2003–04 AFC Ajax season

Dutch football club season Ajax 2003–04 Ronald Koeman Eredivise 1st Zlatan Ibrahimović (13) KNVB Cup Round of 16 UEFA Champions League Group stage _ajax0203h _ajax0203h _ajax0203h _adidasred _redtopl ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff _ajax0304a _ajax0304a _ajax0304a _ajax0304a _whitetopl 2d3a51 2d3a51 2d3a51 2d3a51 2d3a51 _ajax0203a _ajax0203a _ajax0203a _ajax0203a2 _adidasblackl ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff 69b7ff 2002–03 2004–05 During the 2003–04 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie. Season summary Ajax reclaimed the Eredivisie title. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/holland/2003-2004/ere/ajax.htm FootballSquads - Ajax - 2003/04 1 ROM GK Bogdan Lobonț 2 TUN DF Hatem Trabelsi 4 FRA DF Julien Escudé 5 USA MF John O'Brien 6 CZE DF Tomáš Galásek 7 BEL MF Tom Soetaers 8 RSA MF Steven Pienaar 9 SWE FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 10 NED MF Rafael van der Vaart captain 11 NED MF Victor Sikora 12 NED DF John Heitinga 14 BEL DF Jelle Van Damme 15 BRA DF Maxwell 16 NED MF Nigel de Jong 17 GRE FW Yannis Anastasiou 18 NED MF Wesley Sneijder 19 BEL FW Wesley Sonck 20 FIN MF Jari Litmanen 21 NED GK Maarten Stekelenburg 22 GHA MF Abubakari Yakubu 23 CZE DF Zdeněk Grygera 26 GHA MF Anthony Obodai 27 NED MF Daniël de Ridder 29 ROM MF Nicolae Mitea 30 AUS MF Jason Culina 31 NED GK Sander Boschker 33 BEL DF Thomas Vermaelen 37 BEL MF Tom De Mul 39 NED FW Ryan Babel Left club during season 3 FIN DF Petri Pasanen on loan to Portsmouth 17 BRA FW Wamberto on loan to Mons 27 NED MF Cedric van der Gun on loan to ADO Den Haag 28 MAR MF Nourdin BoukhariBoukhari was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in November 2001. on loan to NAC Breda Reserve squad NED MF Jamal Akachar Transfers In CZE Zdeněk Grygera - CZE Sparta Prague, 22 July, €3,500,000 BEL Wesley Sonck - BEL Genk NED Sander Boschker - NED Twente FRA Julien Escudé - FRA Rennes ROM Nicolae Mitea - ROM Dinamo București BEL Tom Soetaers - NED Roda JC GRE Yannis Anastasiou - NED Roda JC Out EGY Mido - FRA Marseille, 12 July, €12,000,000 GRE Nikos Machlas - contract terminated, July ROM Cristian Chivu - ITA Roma, September, €18,000,000 NED Andy van der Meyde - ITA Inter Milan, £4,000,000 NED Mitchell Piqué - NED FC Oss NED Richard Witschge - NED ADO' 20 AUS Joey DidulicaDidulica was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and represented Australia at U-23 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his father and made his international debut for Croatia in March 2004. - AUT Austria Wien NOR André Bergdølmo - GER Borussia Dortmund Loan out NED Cedric van der Gun - NED ADO Den Haag, 4 September, end of season MAR Nourdin Boukhari - NED NAC Breda, 4 September, end of season NED Stefano Seedorf - NED NAC Breda, end of season FIN Petri Pasanen - ENG Portsmouth, end of season BRA Wamberto - BEL Mons, 18 months Results UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round D 12 August 2003 20:30 GAK AUT 1–1 Report https://archive.today/20130812192556/http://2000.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/matches/live/day=-4/session=1/match=73056/matchcenterlight/index.html MatchCentre NED Ajax Pogatetz 56 Sneijder 76 Stadion Graz-Liebenau, Graz Massimo De Santis (Italy) W 27 August 2003 20:30 Ajax NED 2–1 yes Report MatchCentre AUT GAK Ibrahimović 15Galásek 103 pen. Kollmann 40 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Group stage Group H AJX L 16 September 2003 20:45 Milan ITA 1–0 NED Ajax https://archive.today/20130630132000/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/matches/round=1712/match=1056811/index.html Report MatchCentre Inzaghi 67 San Siro, Milan Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) W 1 October 2003 20:45 Ajax NED 2–0 BEL Club Brugge Report MatchCentre Sonck 11 54 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Graham Barber (England) W 22 October 2003 20:45 Ajax NED 1–0 ESP Celta Vigo Report MatchCentre Ibrahimović 53 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Markus Merk (Germany) L 4 November 2003 20:45 Celta Vigo ESP 3–2 NED Ajax Report MatchCentre Luccin 25 pen.Milošević 39Vágner 63 Sonck 53Van der Vaart 82 Balaídos, Vigo Gilles Veissière (France) L 26 November 2003 20:45 Ajax NED 0–1 ITA Milan Report MatchCentre Shevchenko 52 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Urs Meier (Switzerland) L 9 December 2003 20:45 Club Brugge BEL 2–1 NED Ajax Report https://archive.today/20130809152440/http://2000.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2003/matches/live/day=12/session=1/match=1056892/matchcenterlight/index.html MatchCentre Lange 27Sæternes 84 Sonck 42 pen. Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges Domenico Messina (Italy) References 2 Notes notes Category:AFC Ajax seasons AFC Ajax Category:Dutch football championship–winning seasons