2003–04 AS Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma had a tremendous season in the league, scoring most goals and conceding the fewest goals of all teams, but despite this, A.C. Milan were able to run away with the title, due to a greater efficiency in winning their matches.

Roma
2003–04 season
PresidentFranco Sensi
ManagerFabio Capello
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Francesco Totti (20)

All:
Francesco Totti (20)
Average home league attendance55,413[1]

In Fabio Capello's last season as Roma's coach, the squad did not manage to win any titles whatsoever, even though the results showed a resurgence from the anticlimactic 2002–03 season, in which Roma dipped to eighth in the league standings.

Financial worries forced the club to sell Emerson to Juventus and Walter Samuel to Real Madrid following the season's end. Capello controversially signed for Juventus as well, but key players such as Francesco Totti, Antonio Cassano and Cristian Chivu remained.

Players edit

Squad information edit

Last updated on 16 May 2004
Appearances include league matches only
No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (Age at end of season) Signed from Signed in Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Cristiano Lupatelli   GK (1978-06-21)21 June 1978 (aged 26)   Chievo 2003 0 0
12 Carlo Zotti   GK (1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 21)   Palermo 2001 4 0
22 Ivan Pelizzoli   GK (1980-11-18)18 November 1980 (aged 23)   Atalanta 2001 55 0
Defenders
2 Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain)   RB / CB (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 31)   Monaco 2001 84 4
4 Cristian Chivu   LB / CB (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 23)   Ajax 2003 22 2
5 Jonathan Zebina   CB / RB (1978-07-19)19 July 1978 (aged 25)   Cagliari 2000 88 1
19 Walter Samuel   CB (1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 26)   Boca Juniors 2000 122 9
26 Gianluca Galasso   CB (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 20)   Youth Sector 2003 1 0
29 Giuseppe Scurto   CB (1984-01-05)5 January 1984 (aged 20)   Youth Sector 2004 0 0
31 Traianos Dellas   CB (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 28)   Perugia 2002 24 1
32 Vincent Candela   LB / LWB (1973-10-24)24 October 1973 (aged 30)   Guingamp 1997 202 14
Midfielders
8 Francisco Lima   DM / CM (1971-04-17)17 April 1971 (aged 33)   Bologna 2001 88 0
11 Emerson   DM / CM (1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 28)   Bayer Leverkusen 2000 105 13
15 Olivier Dacourt   AM / CM (1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 29)   Leeds United 2003 45 1
17 Damiano Tommasi   DM / CM (1974-05-17)17 May 1974 (aged 30)   Hellas Verona 1996 236 12
21 Gaetano D'Agostino   CM / AM (1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 22)   Bari 2003 16 0
27 Daniele De Rossi   DM / CM (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 20)   Youth Sector 2001 21 2
28 Adewale Wahab   CM (1984-10-04)4 October 1984 (aged 19)   Reggiana 2001 1 0
30 Mancini   LW / RW / AM (1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 23)   Venezia 2003 33 8
33 Akande Ajide   CM (1985-12-24)24 December 1985 (aged 18)   Youth Sector 2004 1 0
37 Raffaele De Martino   CM (1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 18)   Youth Sector 2003 0 0
Forwards
9 Vincenzo Montella   CF / ST (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 30)   Sampdoria 1999 118 58
10 Francesco Totti (Captain)   AM / LW / SS / CF / ST (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 27)   Youth Sector 1992 272 86
18 Antonio Cassano   ST / SS (1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 21)   Bari 2001 82 28
23 John Carew   CF / ST (1979-09-05)5 September 1979 (aged 24)   Valencia 2003 20 6
24 Marco Delvecchio   CF / ST (1973-04-07)7 April 1973 (aged 31)   Internazionale 1995 227 62
25 Alessio Cerci   RW / SS (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 16)   Youth Sector 2003 1 0
34 Daniele Corvia   CF / ST (1984-11-22)22 November 1984 (aged 19)   Youth Sector 2003 3 0
Players transferred during the season
20 Luigi Sartor   LB / RB / CB (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 29)   Parma 2002 12 0

Transfers edit

In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Cristian Chivu Ajax
MF Olivier Dacourt Leeds United
FW John Carew Valencia CF loan
MF Amantino Mancini Venezia F.C. end of contract
MF Adewale Dauda Wahab A.C. Reggiana -
FW Denis Boshnjaku S.S. Lazio -
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW Denis Boshnjaku Teramo -
DF Aldair Genoa C.F.C.
DF Cafu A.C. Milan end of contract
GK Francesco Antonioli Sampdoria end of contract
DF Leandro Cufré Siena loan
MF Gianni Guigou Siena loan
MF Diego Fuser Torino F.C. end of contract
MF Alberto Aquilani Triestina loan
FW Gabriel Batistuta Al-Arabi end of contract
MF Davide Bombardini Salernitana -
DF Damiano Ferronetti Triestina loan

Winter edit

In
Pos. Name To Type
- - - -
Out
Pos. Name To Type
DF Luigi Sartor A.C. Ancona loan

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final position First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 Runners-up 31 August 2003 16 May 2004
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Quarter-finals 4 December 2003 22 January 2004
UEFA Cup First round Fourth round 24 September 2003 8 December 2004

Last updated: 16 May 2004

Serie A edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 34 25 7 2 65 24 +41 82 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Roma 34 21 8 5 68 19 +49 71
3 Juventus 34 21 6 7 67 42 +25 69 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Internazionale 34 17 8 9 59 37 +22 59
5 Parma 34 16 10 8 57 46 +11 58 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker for relevant positions 3) head-to-head points and goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 21 8 5 68 19  +49 71 13 1 3 45 12  +33 8 7 2 23 7  +16

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

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Matches edit

31 August 2003 1 Udinese 1–2 Roma Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Krøldrup   26' Report Delvecchio   13'
Montella   70'
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 17,054
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
14 September 2003 2 Roma 5–0 Brescia Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Montella   11'
Chivu   16'
Totti   23', 58'
Carew   88' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,931
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
21 September 2003 3 Juventus 2–2 Roma Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Vaio   21', 35' Report Chivu   25'
Zebina   87'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 43,042
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
28 September 2003 4 Roma 3–0 Ancona Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Montella   48'
Totti   78'
Delvecchio   86'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,150
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
5 October 2003 5 Siena 0–0 Roma Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena
Attendance: 13,310
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
19 October 2003 6 Roma 2–0 Parma Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Samuel   28'
Cassano   61'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 54,531
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
26 October 2003 7 Internazionale 0–0 Roma Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 68,641
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
2 November 2003 8 Roma 2–0 Reggina Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Montella   17'
Carew   81'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 52,050
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
9 November 2003 9 Roma 2–0 Lazio Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini   81'
Emerson   86'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 72,844
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
23 November 2003 10 Bologna 0–4 Roma Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Totti   16'
Montella   34'
Panucci   38'
Cassano   49'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 27,495
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
30 November 2003 11 Roma 3–1 Lecce Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini   18'
Carew   45'
Totti   77'
Report Chevantón   89' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,619
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
7 December 2003 12 Chievo 0–3 Roma Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Totti   67'
Mancini   70'
Cassano   72'
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 19,023
Referee: Paolo Bertini
14 December 2003 13 Roma 1–0 Modena Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Totti   8' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 47,046
Referee: Domenico Messina
20 December 2003 14 Empoli 0–2 Roma Empoli
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Totti   23' (pen.), 45+1' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12,224
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
6 January 2004 15 Roma 1–2 Milan Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano   45+3' Report Shevchenko   24', 63' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,383
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
11 January 2004 16 Perugia 0–1 Roma Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Mancini   3' Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 18,796
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
18 January 2004 17 Roma 3–1 Sampdoria Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Carew   10'
Totti   60', 67'
Report Bazzani   6' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,813
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
25 January 2004 18 Roma 1–1 Udinese Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Panucci   15' Report Jankulovski   88' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 44,882
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
31 January 2004 19 Brescia 1–0 Roma Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bachini   43' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 15,005
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
8 February 2004 20 Roma 4–0 Juventus Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Dacourt   13'
Totti   53' (pen.)
Cassano   70', 85'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,325
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
15 February 2004 21 Ancona 0–0 Roma Ancona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio del Conero
Attendance: 20,850
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
22 February 2004 22 Roma 6–0 Siena Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano   19', 24', 70'
Mancini   30'
Delvecchio   81'
Totti   86'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,579
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
29 February 2004 23 Parma 1–4 Roma Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Gilardino   30' Report Cassano   44'
Emerson   52'
Totti   70'
Mancini   77'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 19,031
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
7 March 2004 24 Roma 4–1 Internazionale Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano   45'
Mancini   63', 90+4'
Totti   89' (pen.)
Report Vieri   73' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 59,508
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
14 March 2004 25 Reggina 0–0 Roma Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 21,286
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
28 March 2004 27 Roma 1–2 Bologna Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cassano   33' Report Pecchia   26'
Tare   78'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 44,123
Referee: Paolo Bertini
4 April 2004 28 Lecce 0–3 Roma Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Emerson   50'
D'Agostino   54'
Totti   90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 16,266
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
10 April 2004 29 Roma 3–1 Chievo Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Carew   29'
Cassano   60'
Frezzolini   77' (o.g.)
Report Cossato   32' Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
18 April 2004 30 Modena 0–1 Roma Modena
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Totti   55' Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia
Attendance: 15,690
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
21 April 2004 26 Lazio 1–1 Roma Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Corradi   40' Report Totti   61' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,590
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
25 April 2004 31 Roma 3–0 Empoli Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Totti   41', 89'
Carew   65'
Report Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
2 May 2004 32 Milan 1–0 Roma Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Shevchenko   2' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 76,911
Referee: Domenico Messina
9 May 2004 33 Roma 1–3 Perugia Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cassano   12' Report Zé Maria   19', 24' (pen.)
Ravanelli   83'
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
16 May 2004 34 Sampdoria 0–0 Roma Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,152
Referee: Alberto Castellani

Coppa Italia edit

Round of 16 edit

4 December 2003 First leg Roma 1–0 Palermo Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Delvecchio   41' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
17 December 2003 Second leg Palermo 1–2
(1–3 agg.)
Roma Palermo
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pepe   30' Tommasi   69'
Delvecchio   80'
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Referee: Emidio Morganti

Quarter-finals edit

14 January 2004 First leg Milan 2–1 Roma Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Tomasson   40'
Ambrosini   90'
Carew   33' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Domenico Messina
22 January 2004 Second leg Roma 1–2
(2–4 agg.)
Milan Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini   81' Nesta   49'
Tomasson   57'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

24 September 2003 First leg Roma   4–0   Vardar Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lima   7'
Dellas   13'
De Rossi   21'
Dacourt   32'
Carew   54'
Delvecchio   90+2'
Report Branković   36'
Ristovski   66'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
15 October 2003 Second leg Vardar   1–1
(1–5 agg.)
  Roma Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zaharievski   40' Report Samuel   29'
Mancini   63'
Cassano   66'
Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Second round edit

6 November 2003 First leg Roma   1–0   Hajduk Split Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Montella   75'
Cassano   90+1'
Report Vejić   47' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
27 November 2003 Second leg Hajduk Split   1–1
(1–2 agg.)
  Roma Split, Croatia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Bule   14',   33'
Neretljak   31'
Miladin   87'
Report Samuel   37'
Zebina   76'
Tommasi   79'
Cassano   85'
Stadium: Stadion Poljud
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Third round edit

26 February 2004 First leg Gaziantepspor   1–0   Roma Gaziantep, Turkey
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Yusuf   19'
İlhan   69'
Report Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
3 March 2004 Second leg Roma   2–0
(2–1 agg.)
  Gaziantepspor Rome, Italy
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano   5',   43'
Emerson   23',   51'
Carew   45'
Report Johnson   82' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Fourth round edit

11 March 2004 First leg Villarreal   2–0   Roma Villarreal, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Anderson   29'
José Mari   35'
Report Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
25 March 2004 Second leg Roma   2–1
(2–3 agg.)
  Villarreal Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Emerson   10'
Cassano   50'
Report Martí   33'
Belletti   42'
Anderson   66'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,100
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa UEFA
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
22 GK   ITA Pelizzoli 31 -14 31 -14
5 DF   FRA Zebina 23 1 22+1 1
2 DF   ITA Panucci 24 2 24 2
19 DF   ARG Samuel 30 1 30 1
4 DF   ROU Chivu 22 2 22 2
30 MF   BRA Mancini 33 8 33 8
11 MF   BRA Emerson 33 3 33 3
15 MF   FRA Dacourt 27 1 27 1
8 MF   BRA Lima 32 0 32 0
10 FW   ITA Totti 31 20 31 20
18 FW   ITA Cassano 33 14 33 14
12 GK   ITA Zotti 3 -5 3 -5
23 FW   NOR Carew 20 6 10+10 6
32 DF   FRA Candela 12 0 8+4 0
17 MF   ITA Tommasi 20 0 7+13 0
31 DF   GRE Dellas 14 0 7+7 0
21 MF   ITA D'Agostino 16 1 6+10 1
9 FW   ITA Montella 11 5 5+6 5
27 MF   ITA De Rossi 17 0 4+13 0
24 FW   ITA Delvecchio 16 3 3+13 3
34 FW   ITA Corvia 3 0 1+2 0
28 MF   NGA Wahab 1 0 1 0
26 DF   ITA Galasso 1 0 1 0
33 MF   NGA Ajide 1 0 0+1 0
3 GK   ITA Lupatelli 0 0 0 0
29 DF   ITA Scurto 0 0 0 0
37 MF   ITA De Martino 0 0 0 0
25 FW   ITA Cerci 0 0 0 0
35 GK   ITA Curci 0 0 0 0
41 DF   ITA Servi 0 0 0 0
40 MF   ITA Virga 0 0 0 0
42 DF   ITA Piva 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
20 DF   ITA Luigi Sartor 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 10 FW   Francesco Totti 20 0 0 20
2 18 FW   Antonio Cassano 14 0 4 18
3 30 MF   Mancini 8 1 1 10
4 23 FW   John Carew 6 1 1 8
5 24 FW   Marco Delvecchio 3 2 1 6
6 9 FW   Vincenzo Montella 5 0 0 5
11 MF   Emerson 3 0 2 5
8 2 DF   Christian Panucci 2 0 0 0
13 DF   Cristian Chivu 2 0 0 2
10 5 DF   Jonathan Zebina 1 0 0 1
15 MF   Olivier Dacourt 1 0 0 1
16 MF   Daniele De Rossi 0 0 1 1
17 MF   Damiano Tommasi 0 1 0 1
19 DF   Walter Samuel 1 0 0 1
21 MF   Gaetano D'Agostino 1 0 0 1
31 DF   Traianos Dellas 0 0 1 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
Totals 68 5 11 84

Last updated: 16 May 2004

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 22 GK   Ivan Pelizzoli 20 0 1 21
2 12 GK   Carlo Zotti 0 1 2 3
Totals 20 1 3 24

Last updated: 16 May 2004

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
                               
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated:

References edit

  1. ^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie a 2003-2004 Attendance Statistics of Serie A (1st Div) 2003-2004".