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2003–04 Newcastle United F.C. season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Newcastle United |
| season | 2003–04 |
| manager | Bobby Robson |
| chairman | Freddie Shepherd |
| stadium | St James' Park |
| league | Premier League |
| league result | 5th |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | Fourth round |
| cup2 | League Cup |
| cup2 result | Third round |
| cup3 | Champions League |
| cup3 result | Third qualifying round |
| cup4 | UEFA Cup |
| cup4 result | Semi-finals |
| league topscorer | |
| Alan Shearer (22) | |
| season topscorer | |
| Alan Shearer (28) | |
| average attendance | 51,996 |
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| prevseason | 2002–03 |
| nextseason | 2004–05 |
Alan Shearer (22) Alan Shearer (28) During the 2003–04 season, Newcastle United participated in the FA Premier League. This season saw the club reach the semi-finals of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup.
Newcastle finished 5th in the Premiership at the end of the season, which ensured qualification for the UEFA Cup once again for the 2004–05 season. Many fans were left disgruntled that United did not make it into the Champions League.
Season summary
Newcastle had finished the 2002–03 season third in the Premier League, entering the qualification rounds for the Champions League.
However, Newcastle did not qualify for the Champions League. They beat Partizan Belgrade 1–0 away from home, but then lost 1–0 at St James' Park and were eliminated via the penalty shootout. This defeat dropped Newcastle into the first round of the UEFA Cup.
Newcastle reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, defeating Breda, Basel, Vålerenga, Mallorca and PSV in the competition. Newcastle were knocked out by Olympique Marseille in the semi-finals 2–0 on aggregate.
In the league, the team were unable to repeat the success of the previous two seasons as Liverpool pipped them to the fourth Champions League spot in the last week of the season. Newcastle were able to nip in ahead of Aston Villa and Charlton Athletic to take fifth place and qualify for the UEFA Cup.
The club could have finished higher if they hadn't started and ended the season with terrible runs. Newcastle failed to win until October in the league and ended the season by winning only one of their last seven league games. The club's away form was a major Achilles heel, with the club registering only 2 away wins (at Middlesbrough and Fulham in the space of 4 days) and a staggering 12 away draws.
File:Jermaine Jenas 2010.jpg|Jermaine Jenas File:Shola Ameobi warming up.jpg|Shola Ameobi File:Gary Speed 2011.jpg|Gary Speed
Final league table
Main article: 2003–04 FA Premier League
Team kit
The team kit for the 2003–04 season was produced by Adidas and the main shirt sponsor was Northern Rock.
Club transfers
In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2003 | MF | ENG Lee Bowyer | ENG West Ham United | Free |
| 2 February 2004 | CF | ENG Michael Bridges | ENG Leeds United | Three-month loan |
- Total spending: £0
Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 October 2003 | MF | CHI Clarence Acuña | ARG Rosario Central | Released |
| 1 January 2004 | DF | GRE Nikos Dabizas | ENG Leicester City | Free |
| 25 January 2004 | FW | ENG Carl Cort | ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers | £2,000,000 |
| 30 January 2004 | MF | PER Nolberto Solano | ENG Aston Villa | £1,500,000 |
| 30 January 2004 | DF | SCO Gary Caldwell | SCO Hibernian | Released |
- Total spending: £3,500,000
First-team squad
:Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Appearances, goals and cards
:(Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League | UEFA Cup | Total | Discipline | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | [[File:Yellow card.svg | 13px]] | [[File:Red card.svg | 13px]] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | IRL Shay Given | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG Andy Griffin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | PER Nolberto Solano | 8+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 15+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | DF | IRL Andy O'Brien | 27+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 40+2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG Jermaine Jenas | 26+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 39+7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | MF | ENG Kieron Dyer | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 33+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG Alan Shearer | 37 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 51+1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | FW | WAL Craig Bellamy | 13+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 5 | 20+4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 | MF | WAL Gary Speed | 37+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 52+2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | GK | ENG Steve Harper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | FW | ENG Michael Bridges | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | MF | ENG Darren Ambrose | 10+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+5 | 1 | 16+21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | DF | NIR Aaron Hughes | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | DF | ENG Titus Bramble | 27+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 40+2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | FW | COD Lomana LuaLua | 2+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | FW | NGA Shola Ameobi | 18+8 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+4 | 3 | 27+14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | DF | ENG Jonathan Woodgate | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | FW | ENG Michael Chopra | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 | MF | ENG Lee Bowyer | 17+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 17+8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | DF | SCO Steven Caldwell | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | MF | FRA Laurent Robert | 31+4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 11+1 | 3 | 46+6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 35 | DF | FRA Olivier Bernard | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 38 | DF | ENG Steven Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 39 | MF | ENG Martin Brittain | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 45 | MF | POR Hugo Viana | 5+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 11+16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Coaching staff
Results
Pre-season
Dyer 08:00 UTC Ameobi 08:00 UTC Duff Huth Guðjohnsen Hasselbaink Keenan Terry Robert Dyer Bowyer Bellamy Woodgate Jenas Smith Armstrong Kuqi Ameobi LuaLua Shearer Solano Speed Ameobi Cort Pizarro
[[2003–04 FA Premier League|Premier League]]
Smith Scholes Radzinski Ferguson Shearer Silva Bernard Saha Shearer Shearer Ameobi McCann Crespo Lampard Duff Guðjohnsen Shearer Shearer Speed Robert Taggart Jenas Shearer Jenas Dyer Shearer Yobo Shearer Bramble Griffit Bowyer Ambrose
[[2003–04 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
Dyer Woodgate Ameobi LuaLua Jenas Hughes Nađ Stojanoski Radaković Iliev Ilić Cirkovic
[[2003–04 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
Bramble Shearer Ambrose Chipperfield Bramble Ameobi Ameobi Shearer Robert Bramble Correa Bellamy Speed
[[2003–04 FA Cup|FA Cup]]
Robert
[[2003–04 Football League Cup|League Cup]]
Hughes
References
References
- "Official Site of the Premier League {{!}} Statistics".
- "Champions League 2003-2004 Qualifying Rounds results".
- "UEFA Cup 2003-2004 Results, Wednesday 15th October 2003 - statto.com".
- [http://www.statto.com/football/stats/europe/uefa-cup/2003-2004/results/2003-11 statto.com]
- [http://www.statto.com/football/stats/europe/uefa-cup/2003-2004/results/2004-03 statto.com]
- (25 March 2004). "Newcastle ease through". BBC News.
- [http://www.statto.com/football/stats/europe/uefa-cup/2003-2004/results/2004-04 statto.com]
- [http://www.statto.com/football/stats/europe/uefa-cup/2003-2004/results/2004-05 statto.com]
- (23 May 2003). "Bowyer agrees Magpies deal". BBC News.
- (2 February 2004). "Newcastle sign Bridges". BBC News.
- (14 October 2003). "Acuna leaves Newcastle". BBC News.
- (1 January 2004). "Dabizas to join Leicester". BBC News.
- (25 January 2004). "Cort secures Wolves switch". BBC News.
- (30 January 2004). "Solano signs for Villa". BBC News.
- (30 January 2004). "Hibs land Caldwell". BBC News.
- "All Newcastle United players: 2004".
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