2003–04 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season May 2020 March 2015 Manchester City 2003–04 Publicly traded company John Wardle Kevin Keegan City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS) Premier League 16th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Fourth round UEFA Cup Second round Nicolas Anelka (16) Nicolas Anelka (24) 46,245 – over 19 PL home games (3rd highest in Premier League) 47,269 v Chelsea 28 February 2004 29,067 v Sporting Lokeren 24 September 2003 _whiteborder _mcfc_home_2003-04 _whiteborder _mcfc_home_2003-04 _mcfc_home_2003-04 3399ff 3399ff 3399ff _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_away_2003-04 2002–03 2004–05 + Results summary All competitions WinsDrawsLossesWin %Home7 125 29.2%Away9 6 1233.3%Both16181731.4% Premier League WinsDrawsLossesWin %Home5 9 5 26.3%Away4 5 1021.1%Both9 141523.7% The 2003–04 season was Manchester City Football Club's second consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its seventh season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 112th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight. Season review November 2010 After finishing ninth during the club's final season at 80-year-old Maine Road, Manchester City's debut season at the City of Manchester Stadium was a major disappointment. A ninth-place finish had not been good enough to earn City an opportunity to play in the UEFA Cup, but the team was rewarded with that opportunity anyway due to being awarded a "Fair Play" slot in the UEFA Cup competition this season. City reached the second round proper of the competition thanks to aggregate victories against The New Saints and Lokeren, but exited the competition on the away goals rule after two draws against Polish club Groclin. Having embarked on a new era for the club by signing a host of experienced players in the summer, such as Claudio Reyna and Steve McManaman, to combine with such burgeoning talents coming through from the MCFC youth academy as Stephen Ireland and Shaun Wright-Phillips, City started their season very brightly with three wins in five games, sending them near the top of the table. They were still in the top-half of the table after winning five, drawing three and losing three of their first 11 games, with three notably big wins: a 3–0 opening-game away win at Charlton Athletic, a 4–1 home victory over Aston Villa and a 6–2 thumping of Bolton Wanderers. However, a dreadful 3–0 home defeat against unlikely opponents Leicester City in November started a gradual downturn in form and City then ended up battling against relegation. At one point, City went on a run of winning only one game out of 18 league and cup matches played, sparking media rumours of unrest in the squad. Survival in the Premier League was not confirmed until City won their 36th game of the league season. That victory meant that City were six points ahead of the relegation places, but the club's survival was effectively confirmed due to it having a far superior goal difference to Leicester, Leeds and Wolves, who were relegated. Perhaps the most memorable game played by Manchester City during this season was the FA Cup fourth-round replay fixture against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, which featured what many people consider to be one of the most extraordinary comebacks in the history of the competition.The greatest comeback ever? https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/3461739.stm BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 5 February 2004 15 March 2011Great FA Cup comebacks of our time https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/feb/05/facup200304 guardian.co.uk Guardian News and Media Limited 5 February 2004 15 March 2011 City fell three goals behind during the first half, had Nicolas Anelka substituted due to injury and Joey Barton was sent off during half-time for verbally abusing the referee. Despite having one man less than their opponents during the second half, City came all the way back to win 4–3 and reach the next round. Rookie Icelandic goalkeeper Árni Arason made a key double save and Jon Macken scored the winning goal. In the next round, a Manchester derby at Old Trafford, City lost 4–2 to exit the competition. Team kit There was a change in the producer of the team kits for this season, with Reebok replacing the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif. The shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice, who had also been the sponsors for the previous season.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/apr/18/marketingandpr.football Man City takes First Advice in £5m shirt deal 18 April 2002 20 November 2010 guardian.co.uk Guardian News and Media Limited none center _whiteborder _mcfc_home_2003-04 _whiteborder _mcfc_home_2003-04 _mcfc_home_2003-04 3399ff 3399ff 3399ff Home none center _whiteborder _mcfc_home_2003-04 _whiteborder _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_home_2003-04 3399ff 3399ff 3399ff Home (version 2) none center _whiteborder _mcfc_home_2003-04 _whiteborder _mcfc_home_2003-04 3399ff 3399ff 3399ff 000020 Home (version 3) none center _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_away_2003-04 _mcfc_away_2003-04 Away November 2010 First-team squad 1 ENG David James GK 2 FRA 1974 David Sommeil DF 3 BEL Daniel Van Buyten DF on loan from Marseille 4 NED Gerard Wiekens DF 5 FRA 1974 Sylvain Distin DF 8 ENG Robbie Fowler FW 9 CRC Paulo Wanchope FW 10 FRA 1974 Antoine Sibierski MF 11 ENG Jon Macken FW 12 ENG Nicky Weaver GK 17 CHN Sun Jihai DF 18 GER Michael Tarnat DF 19 AUS Danny Tiatto MF 20 ENG Steve McManaman MF 22 IRL Richard Dunne DF 24 ENG Joey Barton MF 25 ISL Árni Gautur Arason GK 26 NED Paul Bosvelt MF 27 DEN Mikkel Bischoff DF 28 ENG Trevor Sinclair MF 29 ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 30 FRA 1974 Christian Negouai MF 32 DEN Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard GK 33 DEN Kasper Schmeichel GK 39 FRA 1974 Nicolas Anelka FW 41 ENG Stephen Jordan DF 42 IRL Glenn Whelan MF 43 IRL Paddy McCarthy DF 44 IRL Willo Flood MF 45 IRL Stephen Elliott FW Left club during season 1 ENG David Seaman GK retired 7 ENG Darren Huckerby FW to Norwich City 14 ISR Eyal Berkovic MF to Portsmouth 15 NOR Alf-Inge Haaland DF retired 16 SCO Paul Ritchie DF to Walsall 25 CMR Lucien Mettomo DF to Kaiserslautern 40 ENG Chris Shuker MF to Barnsley Historical league performance Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed). Friendly games Pre-season L f7f7f7 19 July 2003 Mansfield 2–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Larkin 37 Corden 57 39 Anelka Mansfield, England Field Mill 7,000 L f7f7f7 22 July 2003 Odense 1–0 Sporting Life report Manchester City Miti 75 Odense, Denmark Odense Stadion W f7f7f7 25 July 2003 Feyenoord 1–2 Sporting Life report Manchester City Lazovic Anelka 88 Wanchope Århus, Denmark Atletion T f7f7f7 29 July 2003 Lincoln City 2–2 Sporting Life report Manchester City Mayo Bloomer Wanchope Anelka Lincoln, England Sincil Bank W f7f7f7 2 August 2003 Oldham Athletic 0–6 Sporting Life report Manchester City 23 Anelka Sinclair Fowler Anelka Wright-Phillips Wanchope Oldham, England Boundary Park W f7f7f7 4 August 2003 Rochdale 0–4 BBC Sport report Manchester City 25 Wright-Phillips Anelka Horlock Shuker Rochdale, England Spotland Stadium 5,500 First game ever played at CoMS W f7f7f7 10 August 2003 Manchester City 2–1 Sporting Life report YouTube video Barcelona Anelka 35 Sinclair 67 58 Saviola Manchester, England City of Manchester Stadium 36,500 Competitive games Premier League 2003–04 FA Premier League Table MCI Results summary 5 9 5 31 24 4 5 10 24 30 15 May 2004 (end of season) Premier League results 2003–04 November 2010 Points breakdown Points at home: 24 Points away from home: 17 Points against "Big Four" teams: 4 Points against promoted teams: 3 6 points: Bolton Wanderers 4 points: Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Everton 3 points: Manchester United, Newcastle United, Southampton 2 points: Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur 1 point: Birmingham City, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Middlesbrough Biggest & smallest Biggest home wins: 6–2 vs. Bolton Wanderers, 18 October 2003 000000000000000005–1 vs. Everton, 15 May 2004 Biggest home defeat: 0–3 vs. Leicester City, 9 November 2003 Biggest away win: 0–3 vs. Charlton Athletic, 17 August 2003 Biggest away defeat: 3–0 vs. Newcastle United, 22 November 2003 Biggest home attendance: 47,304 vs. Chelsea, 28 February 2004 Smallest home attendance: 44,307 vs. Charlton Athletic, 7 January 2004 Biggest away attendance: 67,645 vs. Manchester United, 13 December 2003 Smallest away attendance: 16,124 vs. Fulham, 20 September 2003 Results by round table b Round Ground A /H /A /H /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /A /H /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /H /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H /A /H Result W /D /W /L /W /D /D /L /W /L /W /L /L /L /D /L /D /L /D /D /L /D /L /D /L /W /L /W /L /D /D /D /D /L /D /W /L /W Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss complete 2003–04 Premier League results November 2010 Individual match reports W 17 August 2003 14:00 Charlton Athletic 0–3 Sporting Life report Manchester City 13 pen. Anelka 23 Sibierski 83 Sun The Valley 25,780 M. Dean (Wirral) London T 23 August 2003 15:00 Manchester City 1–1 Sporting Life report Portsmouth Sommeil 90 24 Yakubu City of Manchester Stadium 46,287 M. Messias (N. Yorkshire) Manchester W 25 August 2003 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Sporting Life report Manchester City Sinclair 44 o.g. Amoruso 61 4 Tarnat 59 Barton 87 Anelka Ewood Park 23,361 A. Wiley (Staffordshire) Blackburn L 31 August 2003 16:05 Manchester City 1–2 Sporting Life report Arsenal Lauren 10 o.g. 48 Wiltord 72 Ljungberg City of Manchester Stadium 46,436 G. Poll (Hertfordshire) Manchester W 14 September 2003 14:00 Manchester City 4–1 Sporting Life report Aston Villa Anelka 48 pen. Tarnat 50 Anelka 68 pen. Anelka 83 31 Angel City of Manchester Stadium 46,687 M. Halsey (Lancashire) Manchester T 20 September 2003 15:00 Fulham 2–2 Sporting Life report Manchester City Malbranque 73 Saha 79 46 o.g. Knight 90 Wanchope Loftus Road 16,124 P. Dowd (Staffordshire) London T 28 September 2003 16:05 Manchester City 0–0 Sporting Life report Tottenham Hotspur City of Manchester Stadium 46,842 N. Barry (N. Lincolnshire) Manchester L 4 October 2003 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Sporting Life report Manchester City Cameron 75 Molineux Stadium 29,386 J. Winter (Cleveland) Wolverhampton W 18 October 2003 15:00 Manchester City 6–2 Sporting Life report Bolton Wanderers Wright-Phillips 27 Distin 48 Wright-Phillips 56 Anelka 58 Wright-Phillips 0 62 Anelka 72 Reyna 84 25 Nolan 60 Campo City of Manchester Stadium 47,101 S. Bennett (Kent) Manchester L 25 October 2003 15:00 Chelsea 1–0 Sporting Life report Manchester City Hasselbaink 34 Stamford Bridge 41,040 P. Dowd (Staffordshire) London W 1 November 2003 15:00 Southampton 0–2 Sporting Life report Manchester City 4 Fowler 85 Wanchope St Mary's Stadium 31,952 A. Wiley (Staffordshire) Southampton L 9 November 2003 15:00 Manchester City 0–3 Sporting Life report Leicester City 12 Stewart 53 pen. Dickov 58 Bent City of Manchester Stadium 46,966 M. Riley (W. Yorkshire) Manchester L 22 November 2003 15:00 Newcastle United 3–0 Sporting Life report Manchester City Ameobi 57 Shearer 77 85 St James' Park 52,159 N. Barry (N. Lincolnshire) Newcastle L 30 November 2003 15:00 Manchester City 0–1 Sporting Life report Middlesbrough 30 o.g. Jihai City of Manchester Stadium 46,824 M. Riley (W. Yorkshire) Manchester T 7 December 2003 14:00 Everton 0–0 Sporting Life report Manchester City Goodison Park 37,871 J. Winter (Cleveland) Liverpool L 13 December 2003 12:30 Manchester United 3–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Scholes 7 van Nistelrooy 34 Scholes 73 52 Wright-Phillips Old Trafford 67,645 M. Halsey (Lancashire) Manchester T 22 December 2003 20:00 Manchester City 1–1 Sporting Life report Leeds United Sibierski 82 24 Viduka City of Manchester Stadium 47,126 G. Barber (Hertfordshire) Manchester L 26 December 2003 15:00 Birmingham City 2–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Kenna 81 Forssell 87 14 Fowler St. Andrews 29,520 U. Rennie (S. Yorkshire) Birmingham T 28 December 2003 15:00 Manchester City 2–2 Sporting Life report Liverpool Anelka 30 pen. Fowler 90 66 Šmicer 80 Hamann City of Manchester Stadium 47,201 M. Riley (W. Yorkshire) Manchester T 7 January 2004 19:45 Manchester City 1–1 Sporting Life report Charlton Athletic Fowler 39 84 Di Canio City of Manchester Stadium 44,307 P. Walton (Northamptonshire) Manchester L 10 January 2004 15:00 Portsmouth 4–2 Sporting Life report Manchester City Stefanovic 19 Yakubu 52 Sheringham 58 Yakubu 77 21 Anelka 45 Sibierski Fratton Park 20,120 M. Messias (N. Yorkshire) Portsmouth T 17 January 2004 15:00 Manchester City 1–1 Sporting Life report Blackburn Rovers Anelka 50 55 Flitcroft City of Manchester Stadium 47,090 M. Dean (Wirral) Manchester L 1 February 2004 16:05 Arsenal 2–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Tarnat 39 o.g. Henry 83 89 Anelka Highbury 38,103 A. Wiley (Staffordshire) London T 8 February 2004 14:00 Manchester City 0–0 Sporting Life report Birmingham City City of Manchester Stadium 46,967 P. Durkin (Dorset) Manchester L 11 February 2004 20:00 Liverpool 2–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Owen 3 Gerrard 51 50 Wright-Phillips Anfield 43,257 M. Riley (W. Yorkshire) Liverpool W 21 February 2004 15:00 Bolton Wanderers 1–3 Sporting Life report Manchester City Nolan 22 27 31 Fowler 50 o.g. Charlton Reebok Stadium 27,301 S. Dunn (Gloucestershire) Bolton L 28 February 2004 15:00 Manchester City 0–1 Sporting Life report Chelsea 82 Guðjohnsen City of Manchester Stadium 47,304 R. Styles (Hampshire) Manchester W 14 March 2004 14:00 Manchester City 4–1 Sporting Life report YouTube video Manchester United Fowler 3 Macken 32 Sinclair 73 Wright-Phillips 90 35 Scholes City of Manchester Stadium 47,284 S. Bennett (Kent) Manchester L 22 March 2004 20:00 Leeds United 2–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City McPhail 23 Viduka 76 pen. 44 Anelka Elland Road 36,998 A. Wiley (Staffordshire) Leeds T 27 March 2004 15:00 Manchester City 0–0 Sporting Life report Fulham City of Manchester Stadium 46,522 J. Winter (Cleveland) Manchester T 4 April 2004 14:00 Aston Villa 1–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Angel 26 82 Distin Villa Park 37,602 U. Rennie (S. Yorkshire) Birmingham T 10 April 2004 15:00 Manchester City 3–3 Sporting Life report Wolverhampton Wanderers Anelka 25 Sibierski 39 Wright-Phillips 90 13 Kennedy 23 Cort 78 Camara City of Manchester Stadium 47,248 J. Winter (Cleveland) Manchester T 12 April 2004 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Defoe 52 25 Anelka White Hart Lane 35,282 C. Foy (Merseyside) London L 17 April 2004 15:00 Manchester City 1–3 Sporting Life report Southampton Anelka 78 34 Beattie 55 81 Phillips City of Manchester Stadium 47,152 G. Barber (Hertfordshire) Manchester T 24 April 2004 15:00 Leicester City 1–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Scowcroft 66 45 Tarnat Walkers Stadium 31,457 A. D'Urso (Essex) Leicester W 1 May 2004 15:00 Manchester City 1–0 Sporting Life report Newcastle United Wanchope 59 City of Manchester Stadium 47,226 M. Halsey (Lancashire) Manchester L 8 May 2004 15:00 Middlesbrough 2–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Maccarone 8 Nemeth 32 35 Wanchope Riverside Stadium 34,734 M. Riley (W. Yorkshire) Middlesbrough W 15 May 2004 15:00 Manchester City 5–1 Sporting Life report Everton Wanchope 16 30 Anelka 41 Sibierski 89 Wright-Phillips 90 60 Campbell City of Manchester Stadium 47,284 S. Dunn (Gloucestershire) Manchester UEFA Cup W 14 August 2003 Manchester City ENG 5–0 Sporting Life report Wales Total Network Solutions Sinclair 14 Wright-Phillips 51 Sun 60 Sommeil 74 Anelka 87 City of Manchester Stadium 34,103 Alexey Tiumin (Russia) Qualifying (1st Leg) Manchester, England W 28 August 2003 Total Network Solutions Wales 0–2 Sporting Life report ENG Manchester City 41 Negouai Huckerby Millennium Stadium Zsolt Szabo (Hungary) Qualifying (2nd Leg) Cardiff, Wales W 24 September 2003 Manchester City ENG 3–2 Sporting Life report Belgium Sporting Lokeren Sibierski 8 Fowler 77 Anelka 80 pen. 14 Zoundi 40 Kristinsson City of Manchester Stadium 29,067 Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) Round 1 (1st Leg) Manchester, England W 15 October 2003 Sporting Lokeren Belgium 0–1 Sporting Life report ENG Manchester City 19 pen. Anelka Daknamstadion 10,000 Damien Ledentu (France) Round 1 (2nd Leg) Lokeren, Belgium T 6 November 2003 Manchester City ENG 1–1 Sporting Life report Poland Groclin Dyskobolia Anelka 6 65 Mila City of Manchester Stadium 32,506 G. Kaznaferis (Greece) Round 2 (1st Leg) Manchester, England T 27 November 2003 Groclin Dyskobolia Poland 0–0 Sporting Life report ENG Manchester City Stadion Dyskobolia 5,500 Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden) Round 2 (2nd Leg) Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland Final aggregate score 1–1 with Groclin progressing on away goals rule League Cup W 28 October 2003 19:45 Queens Park Rangers 0–3 Sporting Life report Manchester City 22 77 Wright-Phillips 79 Macken Loftus Road 16,773 S. Dunn (Gloucestershire) Round 3 London L 3 December 2003 19:45 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Sporting Life report Manchester City Anderton 9 Postiga 30 Kanouté 90 80 Fowler White Hart Lane 31,727 P. Durkin (Dorset) Round 4 London FA Cup T 3 January 2004 15:00 Manchester City 2–2 Sporting Life report Leicester City Anelka 27 pen. 69 4 Dickov 66 Bent City of Manchester Stadium 30,617 G. Poll (Hertfordshire) Round 3 Manchester W 14 January 2004 19:45 Leicester City 1–3 Sporting Life report Manchester City Ferdinand 73 12 Sibierski 90 Macken 90 Anelka Walkers Stadium 18,916 G. Poll (Hertfordshire) Round 3 (replay) Leicester T 25 January 2004 13:00 Manchester City 1–1 Sporting Life report Tottenham Hotspur Anelka 11 57 Doherty City of Manchester Stadium 34,000 S. Dunn (Gloucestershire) Round 4 Manchester W 4 February 2004 19:45 Tottenham Hotspur 3–4 Sporting Life report MCFC video Manchester City King 2 Keane 19 Ziege 43 0 45 Barton 48 Distin 69 Bosvelt 80 Wright-Phillips 90 Macken White Hart Lane 30,400 R. Styles (Hampshire) Round 4 (replay) London L 14 February 2004 12:30 Manchester United 4–2 Sporting Life report Manchester City Scholes 34 Neville 0 39 van Nistelrooy 71 Ronaldo 74 van Nistelrooy 80 78 Tarnat 86 Fowler Old Trafford 67,228 J. Winter (Cleveland) Round 5 Manchester Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 David James GK ENG 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 Nicky Weaver GK ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 Árni Gautur Arason GK ISL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard GK DEN 2+2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 David Sommeil DF FRA 1974 18 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 3 Daniel Van Buyten DF BEL 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Gerard Wiekens DF NED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Sylvain Distin DF FRA 1974 38 2 5 1 2 0 5 0 17 Sun Jihai DF PRC 29+4 1 3 0 1 0 5 1 18 Michael Tarnat DF GER 32 3 4 1 2 0 3 0 22 Richard Dunne DF IRL 28+1 0 5 0 2 0 3+1 0 27 Mikkel Bischoff DF DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 41 Stephen Jordan DF ENG 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 6 Claudio Reyna MF USA 19+4 1 3 0 1 0 2+2 0 19 Danny Tiatto MF AUS 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 2+2 0 20 Steve McManaman MF ENG 20+2 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 4 0 24 Joey Barton MF ENG 24+4 1 3+1 0 2 0 2+3 0 26 Paul Bosvelt MF NED 22+3 0 4 1 1 0 4+1 0 28 Trevor Sinclair MF ENG 20+9 1 3+1 0 2 0 3 1 29 Shaun Wright-Phillips MF ENG 32+2 7 3+1 1 2 2 4+2 1 30 Christian Negouai MF FRA 1974 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 42 Glenn Whelan MF IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 44 Willo Flood MF IRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 8 Robbie Fowler FW ENG 23+8 7 4 1 2 1 4 1 9 Paulo Wanchope FW CRC 12+10 6 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 10 Antoine Sibierski FW FRA 1974 18+5 5 3+2 1 0+1 0 1 1 11 Jon Macken FW ENG 7+8 1 1+2 2 0+1 1 1+1 0 39 Nicolas Anelka FW FRA 1974 31+1 16 4 4 2 0 5 4 45 Stephen Elliott FW IRL 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 1 David Seaman GK ENG 19 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 7 Darren Huckerby FW ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 Eyal Berkovic MF ISR 1+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 2 0 |} Starting 11 David Seaman ENG 1 GK 26 Sun Jihai PRC 17 RB 38 Richard Dunne IRL 22 CB 38 Sylvain Distin FRA 5 CB 50 Michael Tarnat GER 18 LB 41 Trevor Sinclair ENG 28 RM 28 Joey Barton ENG 24 CM 31 Steve McManaman had 26 starts Paul Bosvelt NED 26 CM 31 Shaun Wright-Phillips ENG 29 LM 41 Robbie Fowler ENG 8 CF 33 Nicolas Anelka FRA 39 CF 42 Goal scorers 18em start All competitions ScorerGoalsFrance 1974 Nicolas Anelka24ENG Shaun Wright-Phillips11ENG Robbie Fowler10France 1974 Antoine Sibierski7Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope6ENG Jon Macken4Germany Michael TarnatFrance 1974 Sylvain Distin3China Sun Jihai2ENG Trevor SinclairFrance 1974 David SommeilENG Joey Barton1Netherlands Paul BosveltENG Darren HuckerbyFrance 1974 Christian NegouaiUSA Claudio Reyna 18em break Premier League ScorerGoalsFrance 1974 Nicolas Anelka16ENG Robbie Fowler7ENG Shaun Wright-PhillipsCosta Rica Paulo Wanchope6France 1974 Antoine Sibierski5Germany Michael Tarnat3France 1974 Sylvain Distin2ENG Joey Barton1China Sun JihaiENG Jon MackenUSA POR Claudio ReynaFrance 1974 David SommeilENG Trevor Sinclair 18em break UEFA Cup ScorerGoalsFrance 1974 Nicolas Anelka4ENG Robbie Fowler1ENG Darren HuckerbyChina Sun JihaiFrance 1974 Christian NegouaiENG Shaun Wright-PhillipsFrance 1974 Antoine SibierskiENG Trevor SinclairFrance 1974 David Sommeil 18em break League Cup and FA Cup ScorerGoalsFrance 1974 Nicolas Anelka4ENG Jon Macken3ENG Shaun Wright-PhillipsENG Robbie Fowler2Netherlands Paul Bosvelt1France 1974 Sylvain DistinFrance 1974 Antoine SibierskiGermany Michael Tarnat end Information current as of 15 May 2004 (end of season) Transfers and loans Transfers in Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 4 June 2003 MF GER Michael Tarnat GER Bayern Munich Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2962418.stm Man City swoop for Tarnat 4 June 2003 26 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 21 June 2003 GK ENG David Seaman ENG Arsenal Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/3009058.stm Seaman sounds fond farewell 21 June 2003 26 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 21 July 2003 MF ENG Trevor Sinclair ENG West Ham United £2.5 millionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3051905.stm Sinclair joins Man City 21 July 2003 26 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 24 July 2003 MF NED Paul Bosvelt NED Feyenoord Undisclosedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3088601.stm Man City finalise Bosvelt capture 24 July 2003 17 December 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 2 August 2003 MFFRA 1974 Antoine SibierskiFRA 1974 Lens £700,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3119867.stm Man City land Sibierski 2 August 2003 26 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 29 August 2003 MF USA POR Claudio Reyna ENG Sunderland £2.5 millionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3189535.stm Man City sign Reyna 29 August 2003 18 November 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 30 August 2003 MF ENG Steve McManaman ESP Real Madrid Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3193141.stm McManaman joins Man City 30 August 2003 17 December 2010 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 14 January 2004 GK ENG David James ENG West Ham United £2 millionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3394151.stm James seals Man City deal 14 January 2004 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Jan. 2004 GK Iceland Árni Gautur Arason NOR Rosenborg Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3393307.stm Keegan looks at Arason 13 January 2004 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee May 2003 James Almond Released May 2003 Mark Egerton Released May 2003 Philip Gilder Released May 2003 Adam James Released May 2003 Adrian Orr Released May 2003 David Tickle Released May 2003 Ashley Timms Released May 2003 FW NIR Gary Browne ENG Whitby Town Released May 2003 DF IRE Stephen Paisley IRE Longford Town Releasedhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/sep/01/newsstory.premierleague200304 Premiership ins and outs 1 September 2003 5 March 2011 guardian.co.uk Guardian News and Media Limited 23 May 2003 DF Netherlands Antilles Tyrone Loran ENG Tranmere Rovers Undisclosedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/2932790.stm Tranmere sign Loran 23 May 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 5 June 2003 DF ENG Steve Howey ENG Leicester City £200,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/2967166.stm Foxes move for Howey 5 June 2003 4 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2994788.stm City keen to sell 16 June 2003 4 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 8 July 2003 DF DEN Niclas Jensen GER Borussia Dortmund £750,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3055260.stm Jensen leaves Man City 8 July 2003 26 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 24 July 2003 GK IRE Brian Murphy WAL Swansea City Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3030060.stm Transfers – July 2003 31 July 2003 1 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 25 July 2003 DF NOR Alf-Inge Haaland Retiredhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3097941.stm Haaland set to retire 25 July 2003 1 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 27 July 2003 MF ALG Ali Benarbia Qatar Al-Rayyan Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3100577.stm Benarbia heads to Qatar 27 July 2003 4 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 1 August 2003 FW Bermuda Shaun Goater ENG Reading £500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/reading/3114917.stm Reading sign Goater 1 August 2003 4 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 14 August 2003 GK ENG Carlo Nash ENG Middlesbrough Nominalhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/3150859.stm Nash joins Boro 14 August 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 15 August 2003 MF ENG Kevin Horlock ENG West Ham United £300,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/3152593.stm West Ham sign Horlock 15 August 2003 4 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 22 August 2003 DF SCO Paul Ritchie ENG Walsall Freehttp://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=9201 Paul Ritchie – Career 5 March 2011 soccerbase.com (Racing Post) 25 August 2003 DF CMR Lucien Mettomo GER Kaiserslautern £500,000https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0194-0e6a6d89d170-598f2e027fb8-1000--mettomo-answers-kaiserslautern-call/ Mettomo answers Kaiserslautern call 25 August 2003 5 March 2011 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) 26 December 2003 FW ENG Darren Huckerby ENG Norwich City £750,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/3320517.stm Huckerby's Norwich move back on 26 December 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/3350023.stm Huckerby completes Norwich move 26 December 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 8 January 2004 MF ISR Eyal Berkovic ENG Portsmouth £500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/3363859.stm Pompey sign Berkovic 8 January 2004 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 15 January 2004 GK ENG David Seaman Retiredhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3401547.stm Seaman eyes Gunners post 15 January 2004 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Loans in Date from Date to Pos. Player From club 31 Jan 2004 31 May 2004 DF BEL Daniel Van Buyten FRA 1974 Marseillehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3447857.stm Man City sign Van Buyten 31 January 2004 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3745045.stm City to lose Van Buyten 25 May 2004 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Loans out Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 3 July 2003 31 May 2004 FW MEX Matias Vuoso MEX Santos Lagunahttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3041174.stm Keegan lets Vuoso go 3 July 2003 1 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 7 Aug 2003 7 Nov 2003 MF ENG Chris Shuker ENG Rochdalehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3132009.stm Rochdale bring in Shuker 7 August 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rochdale/3202369.stm Shuker stays at Rochdale 2 September 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporationhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rochdale/3244591.stm Shuker shuns Dale extension 5 November 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 10 Sep 2003 12 Dec 3 FW ENG Darren Huckerby ENG Norwich Cityhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3317487.stm Worthington hails Huckerby 14 December 2003 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 29 Sep 2003 30 Oct 2003 MF IRE Glenn Whelan ENG Buryhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/3149572.stm Bury bag Whelan 29 September 2003 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 11 Dec 2003 ??? 2004 MF ENG Chris Shuker ENG Hartlepool Unitedhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3258366.stm Transfers – December 2003 2 January 2004 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 24 Dec 2003 24 Jan 2004 MF IRE Glenn Whelan ENG Buryhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bury/3346075.stm Bury sign Whelan on loan 24 December 2003 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bury/3452095.stm Shakers extend loan deals 2 February 2004 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Jan. 2004 ENG Daniel Bardiello ENG Barnsley 31 Jan 2004 31 May 2004 DF Guadeloupe David Sommeil FRA 1974 Marseille 2 Feb 4 0000Dorryl Profitt ENG Coventry Cityhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3465047.stm February 2004 6 March 2004 5 March 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation MF FRA 1974 Christian Negouai Austria Sturm Graz 15 Mar 2004 15 Apr 2004 MF IRE Willo Flood ENG Rochdalehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3512886.stm Rochdale snap up duo 15 March 2004 27 February 2011 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation References Category:Manchester City F.C. seasons Manchester City Category:Articles which contain graphical timelines Category:2003 in sport in Manchester Category:2004 in sport in Manchester