2003–04 Inter Milan season

Season overview

The 2003–04 season started with a lot of issues: despite assembling an expensive squad, Inter got poor results in the domestic league (two wins, three draws and a loss in derby) and Héctor Cúper was sacked. In order to replace him, Alberto Zaccheroni was appointed coach before eventually finishing fourth in the league. Inter's campaign in the Champions League, however, resulted in failure: they didn't manage to get past the group stage, despite a historical win over Arsenal (0-3 in Highbury).

In January 2004, Massimo Moratti decided to leave his position of chairman, to be replaced by former player Giacinto Facchetti, who remained as chairman until his death on 4 September 2006.

Players

Squad information

From [[Inter Milan Youth Sector|youth squad]]

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

Overview

Serie A

Main article: 2003–04 Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

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Matches

Vieri Materazzi Vieri 95' Ballotta Ungari Delli Carri D'Aversa Helveg Diana Bettarini Palombo Castromán Pizarro 66' Jancker Kroldrup Luciano Kallon Materazzi 45+1' Helveg González Cannavaro Córdoba Martins Kaká
Nesta Shevchenko Caracciolo Vieri Marchegiani Lanna Perrotta Emre Vieri Recoba C. Zanetti Vieri Materazzi
Vieri Viali Cannavaro Pasquale Martins van der Meyde Farinós Cruz Appiah Montero
Tacchinardi Pasquale Adani Martins J. Zanetti Ignoffo Tedesco Recoba Almeyda Fiore Zauri Delgado Favalli Almeyda Cruz Córdoba Vieri Farinós Chevantón Cannavaro E. Filippini
Emre Makinwa Farinós Córdoba Adriano Farinós Guigou Cipriani Zenoni Doni Vieri Fava Passaro Cafu Tomasson Kaká
Nesta Seedorf González C. Zanetti
Córdoba C. Zanetti Di Biagio Caracciolo
Del Nero Mancini Totti Emerson Adani Farinós C. Zanetti Vieri Berretta Recoba Adani Córdoba Bonazzoli Córdoba Pasquale Farinós Adriano Vieri Stanković Farinós González Di Vaio Di Francesco Di Francesco Hübner Diamoutene Di Loreto Farinós Martins Cannavaro Stanković Martins Dalla Bona Bellucci Natali Córdoba Giannichedda Ledesma Konan Tonetto Bovo Abruzzese Pasquale Materazzi Adriano C. Zanetti Emre Vieri Barone Foggia Rocchi Adriano Córdoba Recoba C. Zanetti

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2003–04 Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Martins Cruz

Semi-finals

Toldo Córdoba Adani Del Piero Adriano Stanković Helveg Vieri Maresca Nedvěd Legrottaglie Miccoli

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group B

van der Meyde Martins Emre Vieri Fedorov Sablić Leko Ashvetia Khokhlov Zanetti Recoba Cannavaro González Materazzi Cygan Ljungberg Edu Pires Adani Pasquale

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Third round

Frau Recoba Adani Cruz Vieri

Eightfinals

Martins Recoba Vieri Tiago

Quarter-finals

González Meriem Marlet

Statistics

Squad statistics

References

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