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2003–04 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season


English football club season

FieldValue
clubLiverpool
season2003–04
managerGérard Houllier
chairmanDavid Moores
leagueFA Premier League
league result[4th](2003-04-fa-premier-league)
cup1FA Cup
cup1 result[Fifth round](2003-04-fa-cup-fifth-round-proper)
cup2League Cup
cup2 result[Fourth round](2003-04-football-league-cup-fourth-round)
cup3UEFA Cup
cup3 result[Fourth round](2003-04-uefa-cup-fourth-round)
league topscorerMichael Owen (16)
season topscorerMichael Owen (19)
average attendance41,777
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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.

CompetitionResultTop Scorer
[Premier League](2003-04-fa-premier-league)4thENG Michael Owen, 16
[UEFA Cup](2003-04-uefa-cup)Fourth roundAUS Harry Kewell, 3
[FA Cup](2003-04-fa-cup)Fifth roundFRA Bruno Cheyrou, 2
League CupFourth roundENG 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

#PosPlayerFromFeeDate
20MFFRA Anthony Le TallecFRA Le Havre£1,500,0001 July 2003
24FWFRA Florent Sinama PongolleFRA Le Havre£1,500,0001 July 2003
3DFIRL Steve FinnanENG Fulham£3,500,0001 July 2003
7MFAUS Harry KewellENG Leeds United£5,000,0009 July 2003
30DFFRA Carl MedjaniFRA Saint-ÉtienneFree8 August 2003
12GKWAL Paul JonesENG SouthamptonLoan9 January 2004

Out

#PosPlayerToFeeDate
15MFCZE Patrik BergerENG PortsmouthFree1 July 2003
24MFFRA Bernard DiomèdeFRA AjaccioFree1 July 2003
14DFNOR Vegard HeggemUnattachedFree1 July 2003
19GKGuadeloupe Pegguy ArphexadENG Coventry CityFree1 July 2003
34FWFIN Daniel SjölundSWE Djurgårdens IFFree15 January 2004
3DFPOR 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 96Free2 February 2004
8FWENG Emile HeskeyENG Birmingham City£6,250,00018 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

RankNo.PosNatName[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**10FWENGMichael Owen16102**19**
**2**8FWENGEmile Heskey7122**12**
**3**7MFAUSHarry Kewell7013**11**
**4**7MFENGDanny Murphy5120**8**
**5**17MFENGSteven Gerrard4002**6**
**6**4DFFINSami Hyypiä4001**5**
**7**11MFCZEVladimír Šmicer3010**4**
28MFFRABruno Cheyrou2200**4**
**9**16MFGERDietmar Hamann2001**3**
**10**5FWCZEMilan Baroš1001**2**
24FWFRAFlorent Sinama Pongolle2000**2**
**12**20FWFRAAnthony Le Tallec0001**1**
25DFFRADjimi Traoré0001**1**
**Own goal**20002
**Totals****55****5****6****14****80**

Notes

References

References

  1. "Statistics for the 2003–2004 Season". LFChistory.net.
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