2003–04 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Season summary

For the third season running, a late slump in form ended Charlton Athletic's hopes of European qualification. In 2001–02, they had finished 14th after failing to win any of their final eight games. In 2002–03, they had finished 12th after winning only one of their final ten games. 2003–04, however, brought Charlton's best ever Premier League finish, as well as their highest top tier league finish since 1952–53 (when Charlton finished 5th), as they came seventh. The club were inside the Champions League places as late as mid-March, but the familiar end-of-season setback, winning only four of their last 16 games, caused them to slip out of contention.

At the end of the season, goalkeeper Dean Kiely was named the club's Player of the Year.

Final league table

Main article: 2003–04 FA Premier League

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

• IRL Matt Holland – ENG Ipswich Town, 16 June, £1,050,000
• ENG Simon Royce – ENG Leicester City, 26 June, free
• ITA Paolo Di Canio – ENG West Ham United, 11 August, free
• POR Sérgio Leite – POR Boavista, 14 August, free
• ENG Stephen Hughes- ENG Watford, 14 August, free
• ENG Carlton Cole – ENG Chelsea, 20 August, season-long loan
• ENG Chris Perry – ENG Tottenham Hotspur, 28 November, £100,000
• ENG Jerome Thomas – ENG Arsenal, 2 February, £100,000

Out

• WAL John Robinson – WAL Cardiff City, 10 July, free
• SWE Mathias Svensson – ENG Norwich City, 19 December, undisclosed
• ENG Scott Parker – ENG Chelsea, 30 January, £10,000,000
• MAR Tahar El Khalej – retired
• ENG Ben Roberts – ENG Brighton & Hove Albion
• Transfers in: £1,250,000
• Transfers out: £10,000,000

Loan out

• ENG Chris Bart-Williams – ENG Ipswich Town, loan

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Results

Results are courtesy of Statto.

Results per matchday

• Fish
• Konchesky
• Euell
• Anelka
• Sibierski
• Jihai
• Ince
• Iversen
• Euell
• Jensen
• Bartlett
• Parker
• Euell
• Jensen
• Watson
• Rooney
• Unsworth
• Davies
• Jääskeläinen
• Campo
• Okocha
• Hreiðarsson
• Fortune
• Euell
• Kishishev
• van Nistelrooy
• Butt
• P. Neville
• Alpay
• Samuel
• Lisbie
• Young
• Fortune
• Lisbie
• Young
• Kishishev
• Šmicer
• Owen
• Diouf
• Sheringham
• de Zeeuw
• Sherwood
• Fortune
• Bartlett
• Perry
• Emerton
• Thompson
• Cole Johansson Holland Johansson Euell Guðjohnsen Nolan Perry Defoe King Jackson Euell Jensen Friedel Henry
  Jenas Samuel G. Neville Davis Di Canio Ferdinand Pennant Smith Euell Cole

FA Cup

• Johnson
• Sidibé
• Smith
• Cox
• Cole

League Cup

• Parker
• Lisbie
• Di Canio
• Jensen
• Foley
• Bayliss
• McSheffrey
• Coyne
• Coyne

Notes

References

References

1. (16 June 2003). "Charlton seal Holland deal". BBC News.
2. (26 June 2003). "Royce returns to Charlton". BBC News.
3. (11 August 2003). "Di Canio joins Charlton". BBC News.
4. (14 August 2003). "Addicks make double signing". BBC News.
5. (20 August 2003). "Cole joins Charlton". BBC News.
6. (28 November 2003). "Perry stays at Charlton". BBC News.
7. (2 February 2004). "Charlton sign Thomas". BBC News.
8. (10 July 2003). "Robinson makes Cardiff move". BBC News.
9. (19 December 2003). "Norwich sign Svensson". BBC News.
10. (30 January 2004). "Parker joins Chelsea". BBC News.
11. "Charlton Athletic 2003–2004 : Results".