2003–04 AC Milan season

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Milan
2003–04 season
PresidentSilvio Berlusconi
ManagerCarlo Ancelotti
StadiumSan Siro
Serie A1st
Coppa ItaliaSemi-finals
Supercoppa ItalianaRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
UEFA Super CupWinners
Intercontinental CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andriy Shevchenko (24)

All:
Andriy Shevchenko (29)
Average home league attendance63,245[1]

In 2003–04, Associazione Calcio Milan managed to claim their first Serie A title since 1998–99. Arguably, this was the pinnacle of Carlo Ancelotti's Milan side, as the players proved they had the ability to perform effectively for the whole season. Roma both scored more and conceded fewer goals than Milan, but the effectiveness the Milanese showed in tight matches ensured their winning margin was edged out to a stable 11 points. The title was sealed against Roma at home, with a goal by Andriy Shevchenko proving enough for a 1–0 win. In the Champions League, Milan failed to defend their European title, as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals, losing 4–0 to Deportivo La Coruña in the second leg, after they had won 4–1 at home. Individually, the biggest surprise was how the Brazilian trequartista Kaká seamlessly found his way into the Italian game, being a key player in Milan's success. The other two arrivals, Cafu and Giuseppe Pancaro, also integrated well with the team. Andriy Shevchenko was crowned as European Footballer of the Year on the back of his successful season. Tactically, Ancelotti used two different formations throughout the season; the 4–4–2 diamond (or 4–1–2–1–2) and the 4–3–2–1.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[2]
Squad no. Name Nationality Position
Goalkeepers
12 Dida Brazil GK
77 Christian Abbiati Italy GK
1 Valerio Fiori Italy GK
Defenders
3 Paolo Maldini (Captain) Italy CB / LB
2 Cafu Brazil RB / RM
13 Alessandro Nesta Italy CB
4 Kakha Kaladze Georgia (country) LB / CB / DM / LM
19 Alessandro Costacurta Italy CB / SW / LB / RB
14 Dario Šimić Croatia CB / RB / SW
27 Serginho Brazil LB / LM / LW
26 Giuseppe Pancaro Italy LB / RB
24 Martin Laursen Denmark CB
Midfielders
21 Andrea Pirlo Italy CM / AM / DM
8 Gennaro Gattuso Italy CM / DM / RM
10 Rui Costa Portugal AM
22 Kaká Brazil AM
20 Clarence Seedorf Netherlands CM / AM / RM / LM
23 Massimo Ambrosini Italy CM / DM
5 Fernando Redondo Argentina DM / CM
32 Cristian Brocchi Italy CM / DM / RM
Forwards
7 Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine CF
9 Filippo Inzaghi Italy CF
15 Jon Dahl Tomasson Denmark CF / SS
18 Marco Borriello Italy CF

Transfers

In
Pos. Name from Type
GK Gabriele Aldegani Livorno loan ended
DF Cafu AS Roma free
DF Fabricio Coloccini Atletico Madrid loan ended
DF Giuseppe Pancaro SS Lazio
DF Mohamed Sarr Ancona Calcio loan ended
MF Demetrio Albertini Atletico Madrid loan ended
MF Marco Donadel Lecce loan ended
MF Massimo Donati Torino F.C. loan ended
MF Kaká Sao Paulo FC (€8,5 million )[3]
FW Mohammed Aliyu Datti Siena loan ended
FW Marco Borriello Empoli F.C. loan ended
FW Vitali Kutuzov Sporting CP loan ended

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
11 FW Brazil BRA Rivaldo (on loan to Cruzeiro)
25 DF Brazil BRA Roque Junior (on loan to Leeds United and Siena)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
40 GK Italy ITA Giuseppe Dei Forti
41 MF Italy ITA Mattia Dal Bello
42 MF Italy ITA Roberto Bortolotto
43 FW Italy ITA Alessandro Matri
44 GK Italy ITA Marco Taddonio
45 DF Italy ITA Ignazio Abate
46 MF Italy ITA Davide Canini
No. Pos. Nation Player
47 DF Italy ITA Elia Legati
48 MF Italy ITA Patrick Kalambay
50 GK Italy ITA Davide Gobbato
51 MF Brazil BRA Claiton
52 FW Italy ITA Michele Piccolo
86 FW Italy ITA Nicola Pozzi

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Supercoppa Italiana

UEFA Super Cup

29 August 2003 Milan Italy 1–0 Portugal Porto Monaco
20:45 CEST Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Report Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 16,885
Referee: England Graham Barber (England)

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 34 25 7 2 65 24 +41 82 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Roma 34 21 8 5 68 19 +49 71
3 Juventus 34 21 6 7 67 42 +25 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Internazionale 34 17 8 9 59 37 +22 59
5 Parma 34 16 10 8 57 46 +11 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker for relevant positions 3) head-to-head points and goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results by round

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Matches

1 September 2003 1 Ancona 0–2 Milan Ancona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 30', 75' Stadium: Stadio del Conero
Attendance: 22,746
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
28 September 2003 4 Milan 3–0 Lecce Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 69'
Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 57,710
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
19 October 2003 6 Milan 1–0 Lazio Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pirlo File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 62,122
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
1 November 2003 8 Milan 1–1 Juventus Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Report Di Vaio File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 77,921
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
9 November 2003 9 Parma 0–0 Milan Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 23,663
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
23 November 2003 10 Chievo 0–2 Milan Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1', 50' Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 30,186
Referee: Stefano Farina
30 November 2003 11 Milan 2–0 Modena Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 67' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 59,577
Referee: Domenico Messina
6 December 2003 12 Empoli 0–1 Milan Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Kaká File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12,791
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
21 December 2003 14 Milan 1–2 Udinese Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Cafu File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Report Fava File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
Sensini File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 53,381
Referee: Paolo Bertini
6 January 2004 15 Roma 1–2 Milan Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+3' Report Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 63' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,383
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
18 January 2004 17 Brescia 0–1 Milan Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Pancaro File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 19,972
Referee: Paolo Bertini
28 January 2004 13 Milan 2–1 Siena Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Kaká File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'
Report Flo File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 54,428
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
Note: Rescheduled because of Milan's participation in the 2003 Intercontinental Cup.
1 February 2004 19 Bologna 0–2 Milan Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'
Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 30,149
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
15 February 2004 21 Lecce 1–1 Milan Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Chevantón File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Report Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 31,967
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
29 February 2004 23 Lazio 0–1 Milan Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Ambrosini File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 54,632
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
10 April 2004 29 Milan 1–0 Empoli Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pirlo File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen.) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 61,964
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
25 April 2004 31 Udinese 0–0 Milan Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 29,819
Referee: Massimo De Santis
2 May 2004 32 Milan 1–0 Roma Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 76,911
Referee: Domenico Messina
16 May 2004 34 Milan 4–2 Brescia Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 36', 59'
Shevchenko File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Rui Costa File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'
Report Matuzalém File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 69' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 77,618
Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

3 December 2003 First leg Sampdoria 0–1 Milan Genoa
21:10 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Conte File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
18 December 2003 Second leg Milan 1–0 Sampdoria Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Inzaghi File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 2,742
Referee: Antonio Dattilo

Quarter-finals

22 January 2004 Second leg Roma 1–2
(2–4 agg.)
Milan Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Report Nesta File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'
Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,136
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Semi-finals

11 February 2004 Second leg Lazio 4–0
(6–1 agg.)
Milan Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) César File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'
Liverani File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Fiore File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 41'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy Milan 6 3 1 2 4 3 +1 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Spain Celta Vigo 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Netherlands Ajax 6 2 0 4 6 7 −1 6
Source: RSSSF

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Intercontinental Cup

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa
Italia
Champions
League
Others[4]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
12 GK Brazil BRA Dida 45 -30 32 -20 2 -2 9 -7 2 -1
2 DF Brazil BRA Cafu 41 1 26+2 1 1 0 9 0 3 0
13 DF Italy ITA Nesta 38 1 26 0 4 1 6 0 2 0
3 DF Italy ITA Maldini 42 0 30 0 0 0 9 0 3 0
26 DF Italy ITA Pancaro 33 1 17+4 1 3 0 6+1 0 2 0
21 MF Italy ITA Pirlo 44 8 31+1 6 0 0 9 1 3 1
8 MF Italy ITA Gattuso 45 2 29+4 1 2 0 7 1 3 0
20 MF Netherlands NED Seedorf 45 3 26+3 3 5 0 8 0 3 0
22 AM Brazil BRA Kaká 45 14 25+5 10 4 0 10 4 1 0
10 AM Portugal POR Rui Costa 41 3 19+9 3 4 0 1+5 0 3 0
7 FW Ukraine UKR Shevchenko 45 29 30+2 24 1 0 9 4 3 1
77 GK Italy ITA Abbiati 8 -13 2 -4 4 -6 1 -2 1 -1
19 DF Italy ITA Costacurta 36 0 18+4 0 5 0 6+2 0 1 0
15 FW Denmark DEN Tomasson 37 15 17+9 12 4 2 2+4 0 1 1
23 MF Italy ITA Ambrosini 32 2 9+11 1 3 1 2+4 0 3 0
27 MF Brazil BRA Serginho 33 0 7+13 0 5 0 2+5 0 1 0
9 FW Italy ITA Inzaghi 28 7 11+3 3 3 2 6+2 2 3 0
14 DF Croatia CRO Simic 19 0 6+4 0 6 0 1+1 0 1 0
24 DF Denmark DEN Laursen 19 0 4+6 0 6 0 2+1 0 0 0
32 MF Italy ITA Brocchi 21 0 2+9 0 6 0 2+1 0 1 0
5 MF Argentina ARG Redondo 14 0 2+6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF Georgia (country) GEO Kaladze 11 0 5+1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
1 GK Italy ITA Fiori 1 0 0 -0 1 -0 0 -0 0 -0
18 FW Italy ITA Borriello 11 0 0+4 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
11 FW Brazil BRA Rivaldo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
45 DF Italy ITA Abate 2 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
86 MF Italy ITA Pozzi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Brazil BRA Roque Júnior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

References

  1. "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2003–2004". StadiaPostcards.com.
  2. "FootballSquads - Milan - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
  3. Alberto Costa (17 August 2003). "Ancelotti accoglie Kaká a braccia aperte. "Non lo diamo in prestito, resta con noi"". corrieredellasera.it. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. 2003 UEFA Super Cup, Supercoppa and Intercontinental Cup