2003–04 Olympique Lyonnais season

Lyon
2003–04 season
Owner	OL Groupe
President	Jean-Michel Aulas
Head coach	Paul Le Guen
Stadium	Stade de Gerland
Ligue 1	1st (champions)
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Trophée des Champions	Winners
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Péguy Luyindula (16); All: ; Péguy Luyindula (19)
Average home league attendance	36,022
colours	colours
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 105th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions and UEFA Champions League.^[2]

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season^[3]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Grégory Coupet
2	DF	FRA	Eric Deflandre
3	DF	BRA	Edmílson
4	DF	GHA	Michael Essien
5	DF	BRA	Caçapa
7	MF	MLI	Mahamadou Diarra
8	MF	BRA	Juninho Pernambucano
9	FW	BRA	Giovane Élber
10	MF	FRA	Eric Carrière
11	MF	FRA	Florent Malouda
12	DF	FRA	Anthony Réveillère
14	MF	FRA	Sidney Govou
15	DF	BEL	Christophe Delmotte


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	FRA	Peguy Luyindula
20	DF	SUI	Patrick Müller (captain)
22	DF	FRA	Romain Sartre
23	DF	FRA	Jérémy Berthod
24	MF	FRA	Vikash Dhorasoo
25	GK	FRA	Rémy Vercoutre
27	FW	FRA	Julien Viale
29	MF	FRA	Yohan Gomez
30	GK	FRA	Nicolas Puydebois
31	MF	FRA	Bryan Bergougnoux
32	DF	FRA	François Clerc
35	GK	FRA	Fabian Caballero
36	MF	FRA	Jérémy Clément

Left club during season[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	FRA	Philippe Violeau (to Auxerre)
13	DF	FRA	Jérémie Bréchet (to Inter Milan)
26	DF	FRA	Gaël Genevier (on loan to Perugia)

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	1 August 2003	23 May 2004	Matchday 1	Winners	38	24	7	7	64	26	+38	063.16
Coupe de France	3 January 2004	11 February 2004	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	066.67
Coupe de la Ligue	28 October 2003		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Trophée des Champions	26 July 2003		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
UEFA Champions League	17 September 2003	7 April 2004	Group stage	Quarter-finals	10	5	2	3	11	11	+0	050.00
Total					53	32	10	11	88	43	+45	060.38

Source: Competitions

Trophée des Champions[]

26 July 2003 Final	Lyon	2–1	Auxerre	showLyon
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Essien 5' Diarra 9'	Report	Kapo 83'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 18,254 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	7	7	64	26	+38	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	22	10	6	50	28	+22	76	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	21	12	5	59	30	+29	75	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Auxerre	38	19	8	11	60	34	+26	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Sochaux	38	18	9	11	54	42	+12	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	24	7	7	64	26	+38	79	13	4	2	39	8	+31	11	3	5	25	18	+7

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	17	8	4	6	8	11	7	3	3	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

1 August 2003 1	Lille	1–0	Lyon	showLille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

9 August 2003 2	Lyon	3–1	Monaco	showLyon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

16 August 2003 3	Montpellier	0–2	Lyon	showMontpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

23 August 2003 4	Lyon	0–0	Toulouse	showLyon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

30 August 2003 5	Guingamp	2–0	Lyon	showGuingamp
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou

13 September 2003 6	Lyon	1–1	Auxerre	showLyon
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

21 September 2003 7	Le Mans	0–2	Lyon	showLe Mans
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée

27 September 2003 8	Lyon	4–0	Lens	showLyon
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

4 October 2003 9	Ajaccio	2–4	Lyon	showAjaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty

18 October 2003 10	Lyon	1–1	Sochaux	showLyon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

25 October 2003 11	Nantes	0–1	Lyon	showNantes
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

1 November 2003 12	Lyon	5–0	Nice	showLyon
17:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

9 November 2003 13	Marseille	1–4	Lyon	showMarseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

21 November 2003 14	Lyon	1–0	Strasbourg	showLyon
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

29 November 2003 15	Rennes	3–1	Lyon	showRennes
17:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

5 December 2003 17	Lyon	2–1	Metz	showLyon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

13 December 2003 18	Bastia	0–0	Lyon	showFuriani
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

19 December 2003 19	Lyon	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	showLyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

9 January 2004 20	Monaco	3–0	Lyon	showMonaco
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II

17 January 2004 21	Lyon	3–0	Montpellier	showLyon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

28 January 2004 16	Lyon	3–0	Bordeaux	showLyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

31 January 2004 22	Toulouse	0–1	Lyon	showToulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse

7 February 2004 23	Lyon	0–1	Guingamp	showLyon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

15 February 2004 24	Auxerre	1–2	Lyon	showAuxerre
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

21 February 2004 25	Lyon	2–0	Le Mans	showLyon
17:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

28 February 2004 26	Lens	1–1	Lyon	showLens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert

5 March 2004 27	Lyon	4–0	Ajaccio	showLyon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

13 March 2004 28	Sochaux	1–2	Lyon	showMontbéliard
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal

20 March 2004 29	Lyon	1–0	Nantes	showLyon
17:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

27 March 2004 30	Nice	0–1	Lyon	showNice
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Ray

3 April 2004 31	Lyon	1–2	Marseille	showLyon
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

11 April 2004 32	Strasbourg	0–1	Lyon	showStrasbourg
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Meinau

24 April 2004 33	Lyon	3–0	Rennes	showLyon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

2 May 2004 34	Bordeaux	1–1	Lyon	showBordeaux
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

8 May 2004 35	Metz	1–2	Lyon	showMetz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

12 May 2004 36	Lyon	1–0	Bastia	showLyon
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

15 May 2004 37	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Lyon	showParis
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes

23 May 2004 38	Lyon	3–0	Lille	showLyon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

Coupe de France[]

Coupe de la Ligue[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lyon	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Bayern Munich	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Celtic	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Anderlecht	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage[]

References[]

^ "Ligue 1 2003/2004 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Lyon 2003/2004". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Lyon - 2003/04". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[attendance-1] "Ligue 1 2003/2004 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[foot04-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Lyon 2003/2004". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[footballsquads-3] "Lyon - 2003/04". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	24	7	7	64	26	+38	79	13	4	2	39	8	+31	11	3	5	25	18	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	24	7	7	64	26	+38	79	13	4	2	39	8	+31	11	3	5	25	18	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	24	7	7	64	26	+38	79	13	4	2	39	8	+31	11	3	5	25	18	+7