2003–04 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool 2003–04 Gérard Houllier David Moores FA Premier League 4th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Fourth round UEFA Cup Fourth round Michael Owen (16) Michael Owen (19) 41,777http://lfchistory.net/seasonstats.asp?Season_id=104 Statistics for the 2003–2004 Season LFChistory.net 2009-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626022047/http://www.lfchistory.net/seasonstats.asp?Season_id=104 26 June 2010 dead dmy-all _liverpool0204h _liverpool0204h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 _liverpool0304a _liverpool0304a _liverpool0304a _liverpool0304a FFFFFF CCCCCC FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF _liverpool0204a _liverpool0204a _liverpool0204a _liverpool0204a _liverpool0204a CCCCCC 000000 CCCCCC CCCCCC 000000 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 season was Liverpool's 112th season in existence and their 42nd consecutive year in the top-flight. The season covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004. Liverpool finished the FA Premier League season in fourth place. Season summary Liverpool finished the season in fourth position in the Premier League in what was to be Gérard Houllier's last in charge of Liverpool. He was replaced by Rafael Benítez at the end of the season after six years in charge. Competition Result Top Scorer Premier League 4th ENG Michael Owen, 16 UEFA Cup Fourth round AUS Harry Kewell, 3 FA Cup Fifth round FRA Bruno Cheyrou, 2 League Cup Fourth round ENG Emile Heskey, 2ENG Danny Murphy, 2 Overall ENG Michael Owen, 19 Players First-team squad 1 POL Jerzy Dudek GK 2 SUI Stéphane Henchoz DF 3 IRL Steve Finnan DF 4 FIN Sami Hyypiä DF 5 CZE Milan Baroš FW 6 GER Markus Babbel DF 7 AUS Harry Kewell MF 8 ENG Emile Heskey FW 9 SEN El Hadji Diouf FW 10 ENG Michael Owen FW 11 CZE Vladimír Šmicer MF 13 ENG Danny Murphy MF 15 SEN Salif Diao MF 16 GER Dietmar Hamann MF 17 ENG Steven Gerrard MF 18 NOR John Arne Riise DF 20 FRA Anthony Le Tallec MF 21 FRA Djimi TraoréTraoré was born in Saint-Ouen, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and would make his international debut for Mali in October 2004. DF 22 ENG Chris Kirkland GK 23 ENG Jamie Carragher DF 24 FRA Florent Sinama Pongolle FW 25 CRO Igor Bišćan MF 28 FRA Bruno Cheyrou DF 29 FRA Patrice Luzi GK 32 ENG John Welsh MF 36 ENG Jon Otsemobor DF Left club during season 7 FIN Daniel Sjölund FW to Djurgårdens IF 12 WAL Paul Jones GK on loan from Southampton Reserve squad The following players did not appear for the first team this season. 26 IRL Richie Partridge MF 27 FRA Grégory Vignal DF 30 FRA Carl MedjaniMedjani was born in Lyon, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Algeria in 2010. DF 31 FRA Alou Diarra MF 33 ENG Neil Mellor FW 34 IRL Darren PotterPotter was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at youth level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007. MF 35 ENG Stephen Warnock DF 37 USA Zak Whitbread DF 38 IRL Michael Foley-Sheridan MF 40 ENG Paul Harrison GK ENG Danny O'Donnell DF ENG Lee Peltier DF ENG James Smith DF ENG Calum Woods DF SCO Robbie Foy MF ENG Danny Guthrie MF ENG David Mannix MF ENG Jason Massie MF ENG Mark Smyth MF ENG Steven Gillespie FW ENG Conal Platt FW Transfers In #PosPlayerFromFeeDate20MFFRA Anthony Le TallecFRA Le Havre£1,500,0001 July 200324FWFRA Florent Sinama PongolleFRA Le Havre£1,500,0001 July 20033DFIRL Steve FinnanENG Fulham£3,500,0001 July 20037MFAUS Harry KewellENG Leeds United£5,000,0009 July 200330DFFRA Carl MedjaniFRA Saint-ÉtienneFree8 August 200312GKWAL Paul JonesENG Southampton Loan9 January 2004 Out #PosPlayerToFeeDate15MFCZE Patrik BergerENG PortsmouthFree1 July 200324MFFRA Bernard DiomèdeFRA AjaccioFree1 July 200314DFNOR Vegard HeggemUnattachedFree1 July 200319GKGuadeloupe Pegguy ArphexadENG Coventry CityFree1 July 200334FWFIN Daniel SjölundSWE Djurgårdens IFFree15 January 20043DFPOR Abel XavierXavier was born in Nampula, Portuguese Mozambique (now Mozambique), which was then an overseas territory of Portugal, and made his international debut for Portugal in March 1993.GER Hannover 96Free2 February 20048FWENG Emile HeskeyENG Birmingham City£6,250,00018 May 2004 In: £6,500,000 Out: £6,250,000 Total spending: £250,000 Competitions Premier League 2003–04 FA Premier League League table LIV Results summary 10 4 5 29 15 6 8 5 26 22 Big Four games 0 0 3 3 6 2 0 1 4 4 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H Result L/D/D/W/W/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/D/W/D/L/W/D/W/W/L/D/D/D/W/D/L/W/W/D/W/L/L/D/W/W/W/D Position 16/17/16/10/8/7/7/8/11/10/8/8/9/6/5/9/9/7/7/5/5/5/5/6/4/4/4/5/4/4/4/4/5/5/5/4/4/4 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Competitive Matches May 2010 Matches The league fixtures were announced on 26 June 2003. 1 17 August 2003 16:05 Liverpool 1–2 Report Chelsea Owen 79 pen. Verón 25Hasselbaink 87 Liverpool Anfield 44,082 Steve Bennett L 2 24 August 2003 Aston Villa 0–0 Report Liverpool Birmingham Villa Park 42,573 Paul Durkin D 3 27 August 2003 Liverpool 0–0 Report Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Anfield 43,778 Uriah Rennie D 4 30 August 2003 Everton 0–3 Report Liverpool Owen 39 52Kewell 80 Liverpool Goodison Park 40,200 Mike Riley W 5 12 September 2003 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Report Liverpool Jansen 8Neill 0 45 Owen 12 pen. 68Kewell 90 Blackburn Ewood Park 30,074 Neale Barry W 6 20 September 2003 Liverpool 2–1 Report Leicester City Owen 20 pen.Heskey 75 Bent 90 Liverpool Anfield 44,094 Mark Halsey W 7 28 September 2003 Charlton Athletic 3–2 Report Liverpool Lisbie 31 43 83 Šmicer 15 Owen 52 pen. London The Valley 26,508 Rob Styles L 8 4 October 2003 Liverpool 1–2 Report Arsenal Kewell 14 Hyypiä 31 o.g.Pires 68 Liverpool Anfield 44,374 Graham Barber L 9 18 October 2003 Portsmouth 1–0 Report Liverpool Berger 4 Portsmouth Fratton Park 20,123 Steve Dunn L 10 25 October 2003 Liverpool 3–1 Report Leeds United Owen 35Murphy 57Sinama Pongolle 84 Smith 42 Liverpool Anfield 43,599 Jeff Winter W 11 2 November 2003 Fulham 1–2 Report Liverpool Saha 40Boa Morte 0 90 Heskey 17Murphy 89 pen. London Loftus Road 17,682 Rob Styles W 12 9 November 2003 Liverpool 1–2 Report Manchester United Kewell 76 Giggs 59 70 Liverpool Anfield 44,159 Graham Poll L 13 22 November 2003 Middlesbrough 0–0 Report Liverpool Middlesbrough Riverside 34,268 Phil Dowd D 14 30 November 2003 Liverpool 3–1 Report Birmingham City Gerrard 35 pen.Kewell 69Heskey 78 Forssell 33 Liverpool Anfield 42,683 Neale Barry W 15 6 December 2003 Newcastle United 1–1 Liverpool Shearer 63 pen. Murphy 6 Newcastle-upon-Tyne St. James' Park D 16 13 December 2003 Liverpool 1–2 Report Southampton Heskey 75 Ormerod 2M. Svensson 64 Liverpool Anfield 41,762 Paul Durkin L 17 26 December 2003 Liverpool 3–1 Report Bolton Wanderers Hyypiä 30Sinama Pongolle 47Šmicer 54 Pedersen 85 Liverpool Anfield 42,987 Jeff Winter W 18 28 December 2003 Manchester City 2–2 Report Liverpool Anelka 30 pen.Fowler 90 Šmicer 66Hamann 80 Manchester City of Manchester Stadium 47,201 Mike Riley D 19 7 January 2004 Chelsea 0–1 Report Liverpool Cheyrou 38Diouf 0 87 London Stamford Bridge 41,420 Steve Dunn W 20 10 January 2004 Liverpool 1–0 Report Aston Villa Delaney 36 o.g. Liverpool Anfield 43,771 Graham Barber W 21 17 January 2004 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Report Liverpool Keane 25 pen.Postiga 54 Kewell 75 London White Hart Lane 36,104 Uriah Rennie L 22 21 January 2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Report Liverpool Miller 90 Cheyrou 34 Wolverhampton Molineux 29,380 Barry Knight D 23 31 January 2004 Liverpool 0–0 Report Everton Liverpool Anfield 44,056 Steve Bennett D 24 7 February 2004 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Report Liverpool Hunt 11Djorkaeff 58 Hyypiä 51Gerrard 69 Bolton Reebok Stadium 27,552 Alan Wiley D 25 11 February 2004 Liverpool 2–1 Report Manchester City Owen 3Gerrard 51 Wright-Phillips 50 Liverpool Anfield 43,257 Mike Riley W 26 29 February 2004 Leeds United 2–2 Report Liverpool Bakke 29Viduka 34 Kewell 21Baroš 42 Leeds Elland Road 39,932 Paul Durkin D 27 14 March 2004 Southampton 2–0 Report Liverpool Beattie 51Phillips 85 Southampton St. Mary's 32,056 Dermot Gallagher L 28 17 March 2004 Liverpool 3–0 Report Portsmouth Hamann 6Owen 28 55 Liverpool Anfield 34,663 Barry Knight W 29 20 March 2004 Liverpool 1–0 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Hyypiä 90+3 Liverpool Anfield 43,795 Rob Styles W 30 28 March 2004 Leicester City 0–0 Report Liverpool Leicester Walkers Stadium 32,013 Phil Dowd D 31 4 April 2004 Liverpool 4–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Owen 7 24Todd 22 o.g.Heskey 79 Liverpool Anfield 41,559 Jeff Winter W 32 9 April 2004 Arsenal 4–2 Report Liverpool Henry 31 50 78Pires 49 Hyypiä 5Owen 42 London Highbury 38,119 Alan Wiley L 33 12 April 2004 Liverpool 0–1 Report Charlton Athletic Bartlett 63 Liverpool Anfield 40,003 Phil Dowd L 34 17 April 2004 Liverpool 0–0 Report Fulham Liverpool Anfield 42,042 Steve Bennett D 35 24 April 2004 Manchester United 0–1 Report Liverpool Murphy 65 pen. Manchester Old Trafford 67,647 Mike Riley W 36 2 May 2004 Liverpool 2–0 Report Middlesbrough Murphy 50 pen.Heskey 52 Liverpool Anfield 42,031 Andy D'Urso W 37 8 May 2004 Birmingham City 0–3 Report Liverpool Cunningham 0 64 Owen 29Heskey 51Gerrard 86 Birmingham St Andrew's 29,553 Steve Dunn W 38 15 May 2004 Liverpool 1–1 Report Newcastle United Owen 67 Ameobi 25 Liverpool Anfield 44,172 Mike Riley D FA Cup Matches Third Round 4 January 2004 Yeovil Town 0–2 0–2 Liverpool Heskey 70Murphy 77 pen. Yeovil Huish Park 9,348 W Fourth Round 24 January 2004 Liverpool 2–1 2-1 Newcastle United Cheyrou 2 61 Robert 4 Liverpool Anfield 41,365 W Fifth Round 15 February 2004 Liverpool 1–1 1–1 Portsmouth Owen 2 Taylor 77 Liverpool Anfield 34,669 D Fifth Round Replay 22 February 2004 Portsmouth 1–0 1–0 Liverpool Hughes 72 Portsmouth Fratton Park 19,529 L League Cup Matches Third Round 29 October 2003 Blackburn Rovers 3–4 Report Liverpool Yorke 35Ferguson 81Yorke 90 Murphy 39 pen.Heskey 49Heskey 61Kewell 79 Ewood Park, Blackburn 16,918 Mike Riley W Fourth Round 3 December 2003 Liverpool 2–3 Report Bolton Wanderers Murphy 66Šmicer 88 Mário Jardel 4Okacha 79Djorkaeff 90 pen. Anfield, Liverpool 33,185 Mike Riley L UEFA Cup Matches First RoundFirst Leg 24 September 2003 20:15 Olimpija Ljubljana SVN 1–1 Report ENG Liverpool Žlogar 66 Owen 78 Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana 10,000 Julian Rodriguez Santiago (Spain) D First RoundSecond Leg 15 October 2003 21:00 Liverpool ENG 3–0 Report SVN Olimpija Ljubljana Le Tallec 30Heskey 37Kewell 47 Anfield, Liverpool 42,880 Stefan Messner (Austria) W Second RoundFirst Leg 6 November 2003 20:00 Steaua București ROU 1–1 Report ENG Liverpool Răducanu 68 Traoré 22 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 20,000 Stefano Farina (Italy) D Second RoundSecond Leg 27 November 2003 21:00 Liverpool ENG 1–0 Report ROU Steaua București Kewell 50 Anfield, Liverpool 42,837 Florian Meyer (Germany) W Third RoundFirst Leg 26 February 2004 21:00 Liverpool ENG 2–0 Report BUL Levski Sofia Gerrard 67Kewell 70 Anfield, Liverpool 39,149 René Temmink (Netherlands) W Third RoundSecond Leg 3 March 2004 20:10 Levski Sofia BUL 2–4 Report ENG Liverpool G. Ivanov 27Simonović 40 Gerrard 7Owen 11Hamann 43Hyypiä 68 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 40,281 Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) W Fourth RoundFirst Leg 11 March 2004 Liverpool ENG 1–1 Report FRA Marseille Baroš 55 Drogba 78 Anfield, Liverpool 41,270 Yuri Baskakov (Russia) D Fourth RoundSecond Leg 25 March 2004 Marseille FRA 2–1 Report ENG Liverpool Drogba 38 pen.Méïté 58 Heskey 15 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 58,000 Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain) L Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Jerzy Dudek GK POL 30 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 22 Chris Kirkland GK ENG 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 29 Patrice Luzi GK FRA 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Stéphane Henchoz DF SUI 15+3 0 4 0 1 0 3+1 0 3 Steve Finnan DF IRL 19+3 0 3 0 0 0 5+1 0 4 Sami Hyypiä DF FIN 38 4 4 0 1 0 8 1 18 John Arne Riise DF NOR 22+6 0 1 0 1+1 0 4 0 21 Djimi Traoré DF FRA 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 23 Jamie Carragher DF ENG 22 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 25 Igor Bišćan DF CRO 27+2 0 1 0 2 0 5+2 0 36 Jon Otsemobor DF ENG 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 7 Harry Kewell MF AUS 36 7 3 0 0+2 1 8 3 9 El Hadji Diouf MF SEN 20+6 0 1 0 2 0 3+1 0 11 Vladimír Šmicer MF CZE 15+5 3 1 0 1 1 2+1 0 13 Danny Murphy MF ENG 19+12 3 1+1 1 2 2 6+1 0 15 Salif Diao MF SEN 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 2+1 0 16 Dietmar Hamann MF GER 25 2 4 0 0+1 0 5 1 17 Steven Gerrard MF ENG 34 4 3 0 1+1 0 7+1 2 28 Bruno Cheyrou MF FRA 9+3 2 3+1 2 0 0 1+2 0 32 John Welsh MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 5 Milan Baroš FW CZE 6+7 1 0+1 0 0 0 2+2 1 8 Emile Heskey FW ENG 25+10 7 3+1 1 2 2 4+2 2 10 Michael Owen FW ENG 29 16 3 1 0 0 6 2 20 Anthony Le Tallec FW FRA 3+10 0 1+3 0 2 0 2+2 1 24 Florent Sinama Pongolle FW FRA 3+12 2 1+2 0 1+1 0 1+2 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 12 Paul Jones GK WAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 May 2004 Competitions October 2016 Top scorers Rank RankNo. Squad NumberPos PositionNat NationalityNamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupUEFA CupTotal110FWENGMichael Owen161021928FWENGEmile Heskey71221237MFAUSHarry Kewell70131147MFENGDanny Murphy51208517MFENGSteven Gerrard4002664DFFINSami Hyypiä40015711MFCZEVladimír Šmicer3010428MFFRABruno Cheyrou22004916MFGERDietmar Hamann20013105FWCZEMilan Baroš1001224FWFRAFlorent Sinama Pongolle200021220FWFRAAnthony Le Tallec0001125DFFRADjimi Traoré00011Own goal20002Totals55561480 Notes notes References 2003-2004 Liverpool