2003–04 Serie A

102nd season of top-tier Italian football ice hockey 2003–04 Serie A (ice hockey) season Serie A 2003–04 30 August 2003 – 16 May 2004 Milan17th title PerugiaModenaEmpoliAncona (to C2 after bankruptcy) Champions League MilanRomaJuventusInternazionale UEFA Cup ParmaLazioUdinese Andriy Shevchenko (24 goals) Internazionale 6–0 Reggina(22 November 2003)Roma 6–0 Siena(22 February 2004) Bologna 0–4 Roma(23 November 2003) Brescia 4–4 Reggina(21 September 2003) 306 816 Ancona28 games Milan19 games 78,334 Milan v Internazionale 3,774 Empoli v Udinese 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd season of top-tier Italian football, the 72nd in a round-robin tournament. It contained 18 teams for the 16th and last time from the 1988–89 season. With the bottom three being relegated, the 15th placed side would face the sixth-highest team from Serie B, with the winner playing in the Serie A in the subsequent 2004–05 season. As usual, the top two teams would progress directly to the UEFA Champions League group stage, while third and fourth place would have to begin in the third qualifying round. The UEFA Cup places would be awarded to fifth and sixth place, and the winners of the Coppa Italia. Milan won their 17th scudetto; Roma impressed and were pushing for the title until the last few weeks of the season; Internazionale only made it to the Champions League ahead of Parma and Lazio on the last day thanks to Adriano, who had been signed from Parma earlier in the season; Lazio won the Coppa Italia against Juventus, handing Udinese the UEFA Cup spot; Ancona were relegated with only two wins, the joint lowest tally ever (Brescia's 12 points in 1994–95 Serie A is still the lowest ever); Empoli and Modena were also relegated; Perugia lost their special play-off, imposed to expand the league, against Fiorentina, who returned to Serie A after a two-year absence. thumb|upright|Milan’s Andriy Shevchenko Ukrainian forward Andriy Shevchenko of Milan was the top scorer, with 24 goals. The 2003–04 league was the last professional season in the career of former European Footballer of the Year and Italian international Roberto Baggio, who finished among the tournament's top ten scorers with 12 goals, and among the all-time top five scorers in Serie A, with 205 career goals. It was also the last Serie A season for Baggio's former teammate Giuseppe Signori, who then moved to the Super League Greece. Signori ended his career in Italy as the seventh highest scorer ever in Serie A. Teams Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season and the four teams promoted from the Serie B. The promoted teams were Siena, Sampdoria, Lecce and Ancona. Sampdoria, Lecce and Ancona returned to the top flight after an absence of four, one and ten years respectively, while Siena played in the top flight for the first time in history. They replaced Atalanta (relegated after three seasons in the top flight), Piacenza, Torino (both teams relegated after a two-years presence) and Como (relegated after a season's presence). Rule changes Unlike La Liga, which imposed a quota on the number of non-EU players on each club, Serie A clubs could sign as many non-EU players as available on domestic transfer. But for the 2003–04 season a quota was imposed on each of the clubs limiting the number of non-EU, non-EFTA and non-Swiss players who may be signed from abroad each season,http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=57329.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110604164303/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=57329.html dead June 4, 2011 Italy blocks non-EU players 2003-03-05 2010-03-09 UEFA following provisional measureshttp://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=28321.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110604164248/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/news/newsid=28321.html dead June 4, 2011 Italians bar non-EU imports 2002-07-17 2010-03-09 UEFA introduced in the 2002–03 season, which allowed Serie A & B clubs to sign only one non-EU player in the 2002 summer transfer window. Personnel and sponsoring Italy 450 right Locations of the 2003–04 Serie A teams Italy 43.616944 13.516667 Ancona 80 top Italy 44.4922894 11.3077754 Bologna 80 right Italy 45.5706709 10.2348759 Brescia 80 bottom Italy 45.4386110 10.9927780 Chievo 80 top Italy 43.7264941 10.9525966 Empoli 80 top Italy 45.4781273 9.12177330 Internazionale 80 bottom Italy 45.1094440 7.64111100 Juventus 80 bottom Italy 41.9339480 12.4547440 Lazio 80 bottom Italy 40.3495098 18.2020547 Lecce 80 top Italy 45.4781273 9.12177330 Milan 80 top Italy 44.645888 10.925570 Modena 80 left Italy 44.7949078 10.3362639 Parma 80 top Italy 43.11019 12.38923 Perugia 80 right Italy 38.092778 15.635278 Reggina 80 right Italy 41.9339480 12.4547440 Roma 80 top Italy 44.4165060 8.95251900 Sampdoria 80 bottom Italy 43.321667 11.326111 Siena 80 right Italy 46.0666670 13.2333330 Udinese 80 left Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ancona* ITA 2003 Giovanni Galeone Le Coq Sportif Banca Marche Bologna ITA 2003 Carlo Mazzone Macron Area Banca Brescia ITA 2003 Gianni De Biasi Umbro/Kappa Banca Lombarda Chievo ITA 2003 Luigi Del Neri Lotto Paluani/Columbia TriStar Film Distributors InternationalAs part of the agreement, the logos of the following films distributed by Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International were shown: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Bad Boys II Empoli ITA 2003 Attilio Perotti Erreà Sammontana Internazionale ITA 2003 Alberto Zaccheroni Nike Pirelli Juventus ITA 2003 Marcello Lippi Nike Fastweb/Tamoil (in UEFA matches) Lazio ITA 2003 Roberto Mancini Puma Parmacotto/Indesit (in UEFA matches) Lecce* ITA 2003 Delio Rossi Asics SalentoMilan ITA 2003 Carlo Ancelotti Adidas Opel Meriva Modena ITA 2003 Gianfranco Bellotto Erreà Immergas Parma ITA 2003 Cesare Prandelli Champion Parmalat/Cariparma/Santàl (in UEFA matches) Perugia ITA 2003 Serse Cosmi Galex Toyota Reggina ITA 2003 Giancarlo Camolese Asics Spi Serramenti/Credit Suisse/FamilyMart/Stocco&Stocco (in cup matches) Roma ITA 2003 Fabio Capello Diadora Mazda Sampdoria* ITA 2003 Walter Novellino Asics Erg Siena* ITA 2003 Giuseppe Papadopulo Lotto Monte Paschi Vita Udinese ITA 2003 Luciano Spalletti Le Coq Sportif Bernardi/Postalmarket (*) Promoted from Serie B. Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment Position in table Empoli ITA 2003 Silvio Baldini End of contract 30 June 2003 ITA 2003 Daniele Baldini 1 July 2003 Pre-season Ancona ITA 2003 Luigi Simoni ITA 2003 Leonardo Menichini Reggina ITA 2003 Luigi de Canio ITA 2003 Franco Colomba Modena ITA 2003 Gianni De Biasi ITA 2003 Alberto Malesani Brescia ITA 2003 Carlo Mazzone ITA 2003 Gianni De Biasi Bologna ITA 2003 Francesco Guidolin Sacked 26 August 2003 ITA 2003 Carlo Mazzone 28 August 2003 Ancona ITA 2003 Leonardo Menichini 29 September 2003 ITA 2003 Nedo Sonetti 1 October 2003 18th Internazionale ARG Héctor Cúper 20 October 2003 ITA 2003 Alberto Zaccheroni 21 October 2003 8th Empoli ITA 2003 Daniele Baldini 21 October 2003 ITA 2003 Attilio Perotti 22 October 2003 17th Reggina ITA 2003 Franco Colomba 24 November 2003 ITA 2003 Sergio Buso (caretaker) 27 November 2003 13th ITA 2003 Sergio Buso End of caretaker spell 1 December 2003 ITA 2003 Giancarlo Camolese 3 December 2003 12th Ancona ITA 2003 Nedo Sonetti Sacked 27 January 2004 ITA 2003 Giovanni Galeone 28 January 2004 18th Modena ITA 2003 Alberto Malesani 23 March 2004 ITA 2003 Gianfranco Bellotto 24 March 2004 15th League table main WDL 5 QR MIL Milan ROM Roma JUV Juventus INT Internazionale PAR Parma LAZ Lazio UDI Udinese SAM Sampdoria CHV Chievo LCE Lecce BRE Brescia BOL Bologna REG Reggina SIE Siena PER Perugia MOD Modena EMP Empoli ANC Ancona 25 7 2 65 24 C 21 8 5 68 19 21 6 7 67 42 17 8 9 59 37 16 10 8 57 46 16 8 10 52 38 13 11 10 44 40 11 13 10 40 42 11 11 12 36 37 11 8 15 43 56 9 13 12 52 57 10 9 15 45 53 6 16 12 29 45 8 10 16 41 54 6 14 14 44 56 R 6 12 16 27 46 R 7 9 18 26 54 R 2 7 25 21 70 RER Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia because both finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively. Reggina finished ahead of Siena on head-to-head points: Reggina 2–1 Siena, Siena 0–0 Reggina. REG Ancona was denied entry to the 2004–05 Serie B season, having entered administration. It was later admitted to the Lega Professionisti Serie C after bankruptcy. Modena finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Empoli 0–3 Modena, Modena 1–1 Empoli. EMP green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 red2 Relegation play-off QA red1 Relegation to Serie B R R black1 Phoenix in Serie C2 F 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. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 complete Results main FBR grey ANC BOL BRE CHV EMP INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL MOD PAR PER REG ROM SAM SIE UDI Ancona 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 Bologna 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 3–1 2–0 Brescia 5–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 4–4 1–0 1–1 4–2 1–2 Chievo 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 Empoli 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 3–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 Internazionale 3–0 4–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–2 Juventus 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 1–3 1–0 3–4 1–3 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 4–2 4–1 Lazio 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–2 2–2 Lecce 3–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–1 Milan 5–0 2–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 Modena 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 Parma 3–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–3 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–4 1–0 1–1 4–3 Perugia 1–0 4–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 3–3 2–2 3–3 Reggina 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 Roma 3–0 1–2 5–0 3–1 The match was played at Stadio Renzo Barbera. 3–0 The match was played at Stadio Renzo Barbera. 4–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 The match was played at Stadio Renzo Barbera. 2–0 3–1 6–0 1–1 Sampdoria 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 Siena 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 Udinese 3–0 1–3 4–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 complete lega-calcio.it it Qualification play-offs Perugia had to play a qualification match with 6th-placed team of Serie B, Fiorentina. 16 June 2004 20:30 CEST Perugia 0–1 Fiorentina Fantini 10 Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia 23,500 Matteo Trefoloni 20 June 2004 20:30 CEST Fiorentina 1–1 Perugia Fantini 47 do Prado 82 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence 43,000 Roberto Rosetti Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2004–05 Serie A; Perugia were relegated to 2004–05 Serie B. Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1UKR Andriy ShevchenkoMilan242ITA 2003 Alberto GilardinoParma233ITA 2003 Francesco TottiRoma204URU Javier ChevantónLecce195BRA AdrianoInternazionale, Parma176FRA 1974 David TrezeguetJuventus167ITA 2003 Antonio CassanoRoma148ITA 2003 Fabio BazzaniSampdoria13ITA 2003 Christian VieriInternazionale10ITA 2003 Roberto BaggioBrescia12ITA 2003 Andrea CaraccioloBresciaITA 2003 Dino FavaUdineseDEN Jon Dahl TomassonMilan Season transfers Summer transfer Winter transfers Co-ownerships Co-ownerships II Attendances Source:Attendances Georgia average https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita04.htm 2026-09-08 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk # Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 AC Milan 63,245 78,334 2 Internazionale 58,352 75,831 3 SS Lazio 49,341 60,929 4 AS Roma 46,458 73,383 5 Juventus FC 34,365 53,883 6 UC Sampdoria 26,224 35,557 7 Bologna FC 23,062 33,782 8 Reggina Calcio 20,523 24,082 9 Udinese Calcio 17,642 29,819 10 US Lecce 16,409 31,967 11 Parma AC 15,904 23,663 12 Modena FC 15,480 18,748 13 ChievoVerona 14,868 34,624 14 Brescia Calcio 13,807 20,878 15 AC Ancona 13,235 23,306 16 AC Siena 11,142 13,310 17 AC Perugia 11,047 18,796 18 Empoli FC 7,340 16,186 References Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 Footnotes External links Italian Wiki-version, with pictures and extra info Season results, at RSSSF Season squads, at FootballSquads.com Category:Serie A seasons Italy 1