2003–04 Sporting CP season

October 2020 January 2021 noref (GreenC bot) Sporting CP 2003–04 Fernando Santos Primeira Liga 3rd Liédson (15) Liédson (19) Taça de Portugal Fifth round UEFA Cup Second Round 2002–03 2004–05 FFFFFF FFFFFF _sporting0304h _sporting0304h _sporting0304h _sporting0304h _sporting0304h FFFFFF FFFFFF The 2003–04 season was Sporting CP's 97th season in existence and 70th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Season overview The club had a disappointing season in the wake of teenage starlet Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Manchester United and Mario Jardel's transfer to Bolton Wanderers in August 2003. Sporting began the season with a 2-1 away victory over Academica Coimbra, thanks to a last minute winning goal from Beto. Sporting then had irregular form for the next 6 matchdays, but then went on an 18-match unbeaten run. Sporting's form started to decline towards the end of the season, starting with a heavy 4-0 loss to Rio Ave on 27 March 2004. Sporting won their next three matches after that to bounce back from the heavy loss, but then lost matches to Boavista, União Leiria, and then lost the Lisbon derby to Benfica thanks to a late goal by Geovanni in the penultimate round of the season, which ended their hopes of qualifying to the Champions League the following season.April 2026 In the Portuguese Cup, the club was eliminated in the fifth round, by Vitoria Guimaraes, after entering in the fourth round. In the UEFA Cup, the club was eliminated at home in the second round with three goals in less than ten minutes by Turkish club Gençlerbirliği after having drawn the first leg. Squad Goalkeepers POR Ricardo POR Nélson POR Tiago Defenders ARG Facundo Quiroga BRAPOR Ânderson Polga POR Hugo POR Mário Sérgio POR Miguel Garcia MOZPOR Paíto POR Beto POR Luís Filipe POR Rui Jorge POR Santamaria ROU Eduardo Maldea Midfielders POR Rui Bento POR Carlos Martins POR Pedro Barbosa CHLPOR Rodrigo Tello POR Paulo Bento BRA Fábio Rochemback POR Custódio BRA Clayton ESP Toñito BRAPOR Tinga Attackers ROM Marius Niculae POR Sá Pinto POR João Pinto POR Lourenço BRAPOR Elpídio Silva BRA Liédson Competitions Primeira Liga 2003–04 Primeira Liga Standings SCP Matches 16 August 2003 1 1–2 April 2026 Académica Coimbra Filipe Alvim 52 Sporting Luis Lourenço 67 Beto 90 + 2 W23 August 2003 2 4–2 April 2026 Sporting Fábio Rochemback  15 Toñito  29 60 Luis Lourenço 57 Belenenses Sousa 30 Leonardo 46 W2 September 2003 3 4–1 April 2026 Porto Derlei  3 E. Jankauskas 51 Maniche 64 Benni McCarthy 89 Sporting Fabio Rochemback 79 L14 September 2003 4 2–0 April 2026 Sporting Fábio Rochemback  20 Toñito   34 Nacional W20 September 2003 5 1–0 April 2026 Moreirense Manoel 90 + 3 Sporting L29 September 2003 6 1–0 April 2026 Sporting Rodrigo Tello 90 + 5 Gil Vicente W4 October 2003 7 2–1 April 2026 Maritimo Sporting L20 October 2003 8 3–1 April 2026 Sporting Beira-Mar W26 October 2003 9 1–2 April 2026 Alverca Sporting W1 November 2003 10 1–1 April 2026 Sporting Rio Ave D10 November 2003 11 1–2 April 2026 Pacos de Ferreira Sporting W1 December 2003 12 2–0 April 2026 Sporting Braga W7 December 2003 13 1–4 April 2026 Estrela Amadora Sporting W13 December 2003 14 1–0 April 2026 Sporting Boavista W20 December 2003 15 2–0 April 2026 Sporting UD Leiria W4 January 2004 16 1–3 April 2026 Benfica Sporting W9 January 2004 17 2–1 April 2026 Sporting Vitoria Guimaraes W17 January 2004 18 2–0 April 2026 Sporting Academica W24 January 2004 19 1–3 April 2026 Belenenses Sporting W31 January 2004 20 1–1 April 2026 Sporting Porto D7 February 2004 21 3–3 April 2026 Nacional Sporting D13 February 2004 22 1–0 April 2026 Sporting Moreirense W22 February 2004 23 1–1 April 2026 Gil Vicente Sporting D28 February 2004 24 1–0 April 2026 Sporting Maritimo W6 March 2004 25 0–2 April 2026 Beira-Mar Sporting W15 March 2004 26 2–0 April 2026 Sporting Alverca W20 March 2004 27 4–0 April 2026 Rio Ave Sporting L27 March 2004 28 1–0 April 2026 Sporting Pacos de Ferreira W4 April 2004 29 2–3 April 2026 Braga Sporting W10 April 2004 30 4–0 April 2026 Sporting Estrela da Amadora W17 April 2004 31 2–1 April 2026 Boavista Sporting L24 April 2004 32 1–0 April 2026 União Leiria Sporting L2 May 2004 33 0–1 April 2026 Sporting Benfica L9 May 2004 34 0–2 April 2026 Vitoria Guimaraes Sporting W Marítimo-Sporting 2-1 0-1 Liédson 23 1-1 Marcelo Carioca 62 2-1 Alan 90 + 6 Sporting-Beira-Mar 3-1 1-0 Liédson 9 1-1 Sandro 25 2-1 João Pinto 45 3-1 Liédson 73 Alverca-Sporting 1-2 1-0 Torrão 8 1-1 Fábio Rochemback 29 pen. 1-2 Liédson 53 Sporting-Rio Ave 1-1 0-1 Evandro 45 1-1 Silva 84 Paços de Ferreira-Sporting 1-2 0-1 Pedro Barbosa 19 1-1 Zé Manuel 52 1-2 Pedro Barbosa 75 pen. Sporting-Braga 2-0 1-0 João Pinto 29 2-0 Silva 59 Estrela Amadora-Sporting 1-4 0-1 Fábio Rochemback 16 1-1 Júlio César 35 1-2 Pedro Barbosa 40 1-3 Liédson 67 1-4 Liédson 89 Sporting-Boavista 1-0 1-0 Silva 32 Benfica-Sporting 1-3 0-1 Fábio Rochemback 8 pen. 0-2 Silva 33 1-2 Luisão 56 1-3 Sá Pinto 90 + 2 Sporting-Vitória Guimarães 2-1 0-1 Romeu 21 1-1 João Pinto 31 2-1 Pedro Barbosa 42 Sporting-Académica 2-0 1-0 Liédson 42 2-0 Pedro Barbosa 90 + 1 Belenenses-Sporting 1-3 1-0 Marco Paulo 30 1-1 Sá Pinto 33 1-2 João Pinto 67 1-3 Liédson 90 + 3 Sporting-Porto 1-1 0-1 Jorge Costa 9 1-1 Pedro Barbosa 69 pen. Nacional-Sporting 3-3 0-1 Sá Pinto 39 1-1 Gouveia 42 2-1 Adriano 49 2-2 Marius Niculae 62 2-3 Lourenço 73 3-3 Carlos Álvarez 87 Sporting-Moreirense 1-0 1-0 Fábio Rochemback 34 Gil Vicente-Sporting 1-1 1-0 Luís Loureiro 18 pen. 1-1 Carlos Martins 70 Sporting-Marítimo 1-0 1-0 Beto 81 Beira-Mar-Sporting 0-2 0-1 Pedro Barbosa 9 pen. 0-2 Fábio Rochemback 11 Sporting-Alverca 2-0 1-0 Carlos Martins 31 2-0 Liédson 89 Rio Ave-Sporting 4-0 1-0 Evandro 16 2-0 Jaime 25 3-0 Paulo César 45 4-0 Evandro 77 Sporting-Paços de Ferreira 1-0 1-0 Liédson 88 Braga-Sporting 2-3 0-1 Silva 11 0-2 Liédson 31 0-3 Pedro Barbosa 67 pen. 1-3 Henrique 75 2-3 Henrique 85 Sporting-Estrela Amadora 4-0 1-0 Liédson 33 2-0 Liédson 58 3-0 Marius Niculae 78 4-0 Liédson 82 Boavista-Sporting 2-1 0-1 Liédson 59 1-1 Frechaut 83 2-1 Fary Faye 88 União Leiria-Sporting 1-0 1-0 Alhandra 50 Sporting-Benfica 0-1 0-1 Geovanni 88 Vitória Guimarães-Sporting 0-2 0-1 Marius Niculae 73 0-2 João Pinto 83 Taca de Portugal 2003–04 Taça de Portugal Matches Fourth Round 23 November 2003 0–2 April 2026 1º Dezembro Sporting CP Liedson 46 Clayton 66 o.g. Sintra, Portugal W Fifth Round 17 December 2003 0–1 April 2026 Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães Orestes 7 Estadio Jose Alvalade Lisbon L UEFA Cup 2003–04 UEFA Cup Matches First Round 24 September 2003 First leg 2–0 April 2026 Sporting Luís Lourenço 15 Liedson 85 Malmo Estadio Jose Alvalade Lisbon W15 October 2003 second leg 0–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/73490--malmo-vs-sporting-cp/ Malmo Sporting Liedson 49 Malmö Stadion Malmo 0–3 W Second Round 6 November 2003 first leg 1–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/73658--genclerbirligi-vs-sporting-cp/ Gençlerbirliği V. Cihan 55 Sporting CP Liedson 50 19 Mayıs Stadium Ankara D 27 November 2003 second leg 0–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/73659--sporting-cp-vs-genclerbirligi/ Sporting CP Gençlerbirliği A. Tandogan 44 Mário Sérgio 45 o.g. V. Cihan 48 Estadio Jose Alvalade Lisbon 1–4 L Player statistics +Top ScorersPlayerGoalsBRA Liédson 15BRA Fábio Rochemback 7BRA Silva 5POR João Pinto 5 References Category:Sporting CP seasons Sporting