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2003–04 Liverpool F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Liverpool |
| season | 2003–04 |
| manager | Gérard Houllier |
| chairman | David Moores |
| league | FA Premier League |
| league result | [4th](2003-04-fa-premier-league) |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | [Fifth round](2003-04-fa-cup-fifth-round-proper) |
| cup2 | League Cup |
| cup2 result | [Fourth round](2003-04-football-league-cup-fourth-round) |
| cup3 | UEFA Cup |
| cup3 result | [Fourth round](2003-04-uefa-cup-fourth-round) |
| league topscorer | Michael Owen (16) |
| season topscorer | Michael Owen (19) |
| average attendance | 41,777 |
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| prevseason | [2002–03](2002-03-liverpool-f-c-season) |
| nextseason | [2004–05](2004-05-liverpool-f-c-season) |
The 2003–04 season was Liverpool's 112th season in existence and their 42nd consecutive year in the top-flight. The season covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004. Liverpool finished the FA Premier League season in fourth place.
Season summary
Liverpool finished the season in fourth position in the Premier League in what was to be Gérard Houllier's last in charge of Liverpool. He was replaced by Rafael Benítez at the end of the season after six years in charge.
| Competition | Result | Top Scorer |
|---|---|---|
| [Premier League](2003-04-fa-premier-league) | 4th | ENG Michael Owen, 16 |
| [UEFA Cup](2003-04-uefa-cup) | Fourth round | AUS Harry Kewell, 3 |
| [FA Cup](2003-04-fa-cup) | Fifth round | FRA Bruno Cheyrou, 2 |
| League Cup | Fourth round | ENG Emile Heskey, 2 |
| ENG Danny Murphy, 2 | ||
| [Overall](2003-04-in-english-football) | ENG Michael Owen, 19 |
Players
First-team squad
Left club during season
Reserve squad
:The following players did not appear for the first team this season.
Transfers
In
| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | MF | FRA Anthony Le Tallec | FRA Le Havre | £1,500,000 | 1 July 2003 |
| 24 | FW | FRA Florent Sinama Pongolle | FRA Le Havre | £1,500,000 | 1 July 2003 |
| 3 | DF | IRL Steve Finnan | ENG Fulham | £3,500,000 | 1 July 2003 |
| 7 | MF | AUS Harry Kewell | ENG Leeds United | £5,000,000 | 9 July 2003 |
| 30 | DF | FRA Carl Medjani | FRA Saint-Étienne | Free | 8 August 2003 |
| 12 | GK | WAL Paul Jones | ENG Southampton | Loan | 9 January 2004 |
Out
| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | MF | CZE Patrik Berger | ENG Portsmouth | Free | 1 July 2003 |
| 24 | MF | FRA Bernard Diomède | FRA Ajaccio | Free | 1 July 2003 |
| 14 | DF | NOR Vegard Heggem | Unattached | Free | 1 July 2003 |
| 19 | GK | Guadeloupe Pegguy Arphexad | ENG Coventry City | Free | 1 July 2003 |
| 34 | FW | FIN Daniel Sjölund | SWE Djurgårdens IF | Free | 15 January 2004 |
| 3 | DF | POR Abel XavierXavier was born in Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique), which was then an overseas territory of Portugal, and made his international debut for Portugal in March 1993. | GER Hannover 96 | Free | 2 February 2004 |
| 8 | FW | ENG Emile Heskey | ENG Birmingham City | £6,250,000 | 18 May 2004 |
- In: £6,500,000
- Out: £6,250,000
- Total spending: £250,000
Competitions
Premier League
Main article: 2003–04 FA Premier League
League table
Results summary
Big Four games
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 26 June 2003. Hasselbaink Kewell Neill Kewell Heskey Owen Pires Murphy Sinama Pongolle Boa Morte Murphy Kewell Heskey M. Svensson Sinama Pongolle Šmicer Fowler Hamann Diouf Postiga Djorkaeff Gerrard Gerrard Viduka Baroš Phillips Owen Todd Heskey Pires Owen Heskey Heskey Gerrard
FA Cup
Matches
Murphy
League Cup
Matches
Ferguson Yorke Heskey Heskey Kewell Šmicer Okacha Djorkaeff
UEFA Cup
Matches
First Leg Second Leg Heskey Kewell First Leg Second Leg First Leg Kewell Second Leg Simonović Owen Hamann Hyypiä First Leg Second Leg Méïté
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
Top scorers
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | [Premier League](2003-04-fa-premier-league) | [FA Cup](2003-04-fa-cup) | [League Cup](2003-04-football-league-cup) | [UEFA Cup](2003-04-uefa-cup) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | 10 | FW | ENG | Michael Owen | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | **19** |
| **2** | 8 | FW | ENG | Emile Heskey | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | **12** |
| **3** | 7 | MF | AUS | Harry Kewell | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | **11** |
| **4** | 7 | MF | ENG | Danny Murphy | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | **8** |
| **5** | 17 | MF | ENG | Steven Gerrard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | **6** |
| **6** | 4 | DF | FIN | Sami Hyypiä | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **5** |
| **7** | 11 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Šmicer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | **4** |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Bruno Cheyrou | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | **4** | |
| **9** | 16 | MF | GER | Dietmar Hamann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **3** |
| **10** | 5 | FW | CZE | Milan Baroš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **2** |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Florent Sinama Pongolle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **2** | |
| **12** | 20 | FW | FRA | Anthony Le Tallec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **1** |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Djimi Traoré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | **1** | |
| **Own goal** | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| **Totals** | **55** | **5** | **6** | **14** | **80** |
Notes
References
References
- "Statistics for the 2003–2004 Season". LFChistory.net.
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