2003–04 Liverpool F.C. season

The 2003–04 season was Liverpool's 112th season in existence and their 42nd consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 May 2004. Liverpool finished the FA Premier League season in fourth place.

Liverpool
2003–04 season
ChairmanDavid Moores
ManagerGérard Houllier (until 10 June 2004)
FA Premier League4th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
UEFA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Michael Owen (16)
All: Michael Owen (19)
Average home league attendance41,777[1]

Season summary edit

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   Michael Owen, 16
UEFA Cup Fourth round   Harry Kewell, 3
FA Cup Fifth round   Bruno Cheyrou, 2
League Cup Fourth round   Emile Heskey, 2
  Danny Murphy, 2
Overall   Michael Owen, 19

Final league table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Chelsea 38 24 7 7 67 30 +37 79 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Manchester United 38 23 6 9 64 35 +29 75 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]
4 Liverpool 38 16 12 10 55 37 +18 60
5 Newcastle United 38 13 17 8 52 40 +12 56 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Aston Villa 38 15 11 12 48 44 +4 56
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as 2003–04 FA Cup winners went to First Division club Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 16 12 10 55 37  +18 60 10 4 5 29 15  +14 6 8 5 26 22  +4

Big Four games edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 2 0 4 7 10  −3 6 0 0 3 3 6  −3 2 0 1 4 4  0

Players edit

First-team squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   POL Jerzy Dudek
2 DF   SUI Stéphane Henchoz
3 DF   IRL Steve Finnan
4 DF   FIN Sami Hyypiä
5 FW   CZE Milan Baroš
6 DF   GER Markus Babbel
7 MF   AUS Harry Kewell
8 FW   ENG Emile Heskey
9 FW   SEN El Hadji Diouf
10 FW   ENG Michael Owen
11 MF   CZE Vladimír Šmicer
13 MF   ENG Danny Murphy
15 MF   SEN Salif Diao
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   GER Dietmar Hamann
17 MF   ENG Steven Gerrard
18 DF   NOR John Arne Riise
20 MF   FRA Anthony Le Tallec
21 DF   FRA Djimi Traoré[notes 1]
22 GK   ENG Chris Kirkland
23 DF   ENG Jamie Carragher
24 FW   FRA Florent Sinama Pongolle
25 MF   CRO Igor Bišćan
28 DF   FRA Bruno Cheyrou
29 GK   FRA Patrice Luzi
32 MF   ENG John Welsh
36 DF   ENG Jon Otsemobor

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW   FIN Daniel Sjölund (to Djurgårdens IF)
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK   WAL Paul Jones (on loan from Southampton)

Reserve squad edit

The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF   IRL Richie Partridge
27 DF   FRA Grégory Vignal
30 DF   FRA Carl Medjani[notes 2]
31 MF   FRA Alou Diarra
33 FW   ENG Neil Mellor
34 MF   IRL Darren Potter[notes 3]
35 DF   ENG Stephen Warnock
37 DF   USA Zak Whitbread
38 MF   IRL Michael Foley-Sheridan
40 GK   ENG Paul Harrison
DF   ENG Danny O'Donnell
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ENG Lee Peltier
DF   ENG James Smith
DF   ENG Calum Woods
MF   SCO Robbie Foy
MF   ENG Danny Guthrie
MF   ENG David Mannix
MF   ENG Jason Massie
MF   ENG Mark Smyth
FW   ENG Steven Gillespie
FW   ENG Conal Platt

Transfers edit

In edit

# Pos Player From Fee Date
20 MF   Anthony Le Tallec   Le Havre £1,500,000 1 July 2003
24 FW   Florent Sinama Pongolle   Le Havre £1,500,000 1 July 2003
3 DF   Steve Finnan   Fulham £3,500,000 1 July 2003
7 MF   Harry Kewell   Leeds United £5,000,000 9 July 2003
30 DF   Carl Medjani   Saint-Étienne Free 8 August 2003
12 GK   Paul Jones   Southampton Loan 9 January 2004

Out edit

# Pos Player To Fee Date
15 MF   Patrik Berger   Portsmouth Free 1 July 2003
24 MF   Bernard Diomède   Ajaccio Free 1 July 2003
14 DF   Vegard Heggem Unattached Free 1 July 2003
19 GK   Pegguy Arphexad   Coventry City Free 1 July 2003
34 FW   Daniel Sjölund   Djurgårdens IF Free 15 January 2004
3 DF   Abel Xavier[notes 4]   Hannover 96 Free 2 February 2004
8 FW   Emile Heskey   Birmingham City £6,250,000 18 May 2004
  • In:   £6,500,000
  • Out:   £6,250,000
  • Total spending:   £250,000

Match results edit

Premier League edit

17 August 2003 1 Liverpool 1–2 Chelsea Liverpool
16:05 Owen   79' (pen.) Report Verón   25'
Hasselbaink   87'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,082
Referee: Steve Bennett
24 August 2003 2 Aston Villa 0–0 Liverpool Birmingham
Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,573
Referee: Paul Durkin
27 August 2003 3 Liverpool 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,778
Referee: Uriah Rennie
30 August 2003 4 Everton 0–3 Liverpool Liverpool
Report Owen   39', 52'
Kewell   80'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 40,200
Referee: Mike Riley
12 September 2003 5 Blackburn 1–3 Liverpool Blackburn
Jansen   8'
Neill   45'
Report Owen   12' (pen.), 68'
Kewell   90'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 30,074
Referee: Neale Barry
20 September 2003 6 Liverpool 2–1 Leicester City Liverpool
Owen   20' (pen.)
Heskey   75'
Report Bent   90' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,094
Referee: Mark Halsey
28 September 2003 7 Charlton Athletic 3–2 Liverpool London
Lisbie   31', 43', 83' Report Šmicer   15'
Owen   52' (pen.)
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,508
Referee: Rob Styles
4 October 2003 8 Liverpool 1–2 Arsenal Liverpool
Kewell   14' Report Hyypiä   31' (o.g.)
Pires   68'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,374
Referee: Graham Barber
18 October 2003 9 Portsmouth 1–0 Liverpool Portsmouth
Berger   4' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,123
Referee: Steve Dunn
25 October 2003 10 Liverpool 3–1 Leeds United Liverpool
Owen   35'
Murphy   57'
Sinama Pongolle   84'
Report Smith   42' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,599
Referee: Jeff Winter
2 November 2003 11 Fulham 1–2 Liverpool London
Saha   40'
Boa Morte   90'
Report Heskey   17'
Murphy   89' (pen.)
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,682
Referee: Rob Styles
9 November 2003 12 Liverpool 1–2 Manchester United Liverpool
Kewell   76' Report Giggs   59', 70' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,159
Referee: Graham Poll
22 November 2003 13 Middlesbrough 0–0 Liverpool Middlesbrough
Report Stadium: Riverside
Attendance: 34,268
Referee: Phil Dowd
30 November 2003 14 Liverpool 3–1 Birmingham City Liverpool
Gerrard   35' (pen.)
Kewell   69'
Heskey   78'
Report Forssell   33' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,683
Referee: Neale Barry
13 December 2003 16 Liverpool 1–2 Southampton Liverpool
Heskey   75' Report Ormerod   2'
M. Svensson   64'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,762
Referee: Paul Durkin
26 December 2003 17 Liverpool 3–1 Bolton Wanderers Liverpool
Hyypiä   30'
Sinama Pongolle   47'
Šmicer   54'
Report Pedersen   85' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,987
Referee: Jeff Winter
28 December 2003 18 Manchester City 2–2 Liverpool Manchester
Anelka   30' (pen.)
Fowler   90'
Report Šmicer   66'
Hamann   80'
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,201
Referee: Mike Riley
7 January 2004 19 Chelsea 0–1 Liverpool London
Report Cheyrou   38'
Diouf  
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,420
Referee: Steve Dunn
10 January 2004 20 Liverpool 1–0 Aston Villa Liverpool
Delaney   36' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,771
Referee: Graham Barber
17 January 2004 21 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Liverpool London
Keane   25' (pen.)
Postiga   54'
Report Kewell   75' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,104
Referee: Uriah Rennie
21 January 2004 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Liverpool Wolverhampton
Miller   90' Report Cheyrou   34' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 29,380
Referee: Barry Knight
31 January 2004 23 Liverpool 0–0 Everton Liverpool
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,056
Referee: Steve Bennett
7 February 2004 24 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Liverpool Bolton
Hunt   11'
Djorkaeff   58'
Report Hyypiä   51'
Gerrard   69'
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 27,552
Referee: Alan Wiley
11 February 2004 25 Liverpool 2–1 Manchester City Liverpool
Owen   3'
Gerrard   51'
Report Wright-Phillips   50' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,257
Referee: Mike Riley
29 February 2004 26 Leeds United 2–2 Liverpool Leeds
Bakke   29'
Viduka   34'
Report Kewell   21'
Baroš   42'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 39,932
Referee: Paul Durkin
14 March 2004 27 Southampton 2–0 Liverpool Southampton
Beattie   51'
Phillips   85'
Report Stadium: St. Mary's
Attendance: 32,056
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
17 March 2004 28 Liverpool 3–0 Portsmouth Liverpool
Hamann   6'
Owen   28', 55'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 34,663
Referee: Barry Knight
20 March 2004 29 Liverpool 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool
Hyypiä   90+3' Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,795
Referee: Rob Styles
28 March 2004 30 Leicester City 0–0 Liverpool Leicester
Report Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 32,013
Referee: Phil Dowd
4 April 2004 31 Liverpool 4–0 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool
Owen   7', 24'
Todd   22' (o.g.)
Heskey   79'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,559
Referee: Jeff Winter
9 April 2004 32 Arsenal 4–2 Liverpool London
Henry   31', 50', 78'
Pires   49'
Report Hyypiä   5'
Owen   42'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,119
Referee: Alan Wiley
12 April 2004 33 Liverpool 0–1 Charlton Athletic Liverpool
Report Bartlett   63' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 40,003
Referee: Phil Dowd
17 April 2004 34 Liverpool 0–0 Fulham Liverpool
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,042
Referee: Steve Bennett
24 April 2004 35 Manchester United 0–1 Liverpool Manchester
Report Murphy   65' (pen.) Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,647
Referee: Mike Riley
2 May 2004 36 Liverpool 2–0 Middlesbrough Liverpool
Murphy   50' (pen.)
Heskey   52'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,031
Referee: Andy D'Urso
8 May 2004 37 Birmingham City 0–3 Liverpool Birmingham
Cunningham   Report Owen   29'
Heskey   51'
Gerrard   86'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,553
Referee: Steve Dunn
15 May 2004 38 Liverpool 1–1 Newcastle United Liverpool
Owen   67' Report Ameobi   25' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,172
Referee: Mike Riley

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLDDWWWLLLWWLDWDLWDWWLDDDWDLWWDWLLDWWWD
Position16171610877811108896599775555644454444555444
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup edit

4 January 2004 Third Round Yeovil Town 0–2 Liverpool Yeovil
0–2 Heskey   70'
Murphy   77' (pen.)
Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 9,348
24 January 2004 Fourth Round Liverpool 2–1 Newcastle United Liverpool
Cheyrou   2', 61' 2-1 Robert   4' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,365
15 February 2004 Fifth Round Liverpool 1–1 Portsmouth Liverpool
Owen   2' 1–1 Taylor   77' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 34,669
22 February 2004 Fifth Round Replay Portsmouth 1–0 Liverpool Portsmouth
Hughes   72' 1–0 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 19,529

League Cup edit

29 October 2003 Third Round Blackburn Rovers 3–4 Liverpool Ewood Park, Blackburn
Yorke   35'
Ferguson   81'
Yorke   90'
Report Murphy   39' (pen.)
Heskey   49'
Heskey   61'
Kewell   79'
Attendance: 16,918
Referee: Mike Riley
3 December 2003 Fourth Round Liverpool 2–3 Bolton Wanderers Anfield, Liverpool
Murphy   66'
Šmicer   88'
Report Mário Jardel   4'
Okacha   79'
Djorkaeff   90' (pen.)
Attendance: 33,185
Referee: Mike Riley

UEFA Cup edit

24 September 2003 First Round
First Leg
Olimpija Ljubljana   1–1   Liverpool Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
20:15 Žlogar   66' Report Owen   78' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Julian Rodriguez Santiago (Spain)
15 October 2003 First Round
Second Leg
Liverpool   3–0   Olimpija Ljubljana Anfield, Liverpool
21:00 Le Tallec   30'
Heskey   37'
Kewell   47'
Report Attendance: 42,880
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
6 November 2003 Second Round
First Leg
Steaua București   1–1   Liverpool Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest
20:00 Răducanu   68' Report Traoré   22' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
27 November 2003 Second Round
Second Leg
Liverpool   1–0   Steaua București Anfield, Liverpool
21:00 Kewell   50' Report Attendance: 42,837
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
26 February 2004 Third Round
First Leg
Liverpool   2–0   Levski Sofia Anfield, Liverpool
21:00 Gerrard   67'
Kewell   70'
Report Attendance: 39,149
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
3 March 2004 Third Round
Second Leg
Levski Sofia   2–4   Liverpool Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:10 G. Ivanov   27'
Simonović   40'
Report Gerrard   7'
Owen   11'
Hamann   43'
Hyypiä   68'
Attendance: 40,281
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)
11 March 2004 Fourth Round
First Leg
Liverpool   1–1   Marseille Anfield, Liverpool
Baroš   55' Report Drogba   78' Attendance: 41,270
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
25 March 2004 Fourth Round
Second Leg
Marseille   2–1   Liverpool Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Drogba   38' (pen.)
Méïté   58'
Report Heskey   15' Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   POL Jerzy Dudek 38 0 30 0 3 0 1 0 4 0
22 GK   ENG Chris Kirkland 12 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
29 GK   FRA Patrice Luzi 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   SUI Stéphane Henchoz 27 0 15+3 0 4 0 1 0 3+1 0
3 DF   IRL Steve Finnan 31 0 19+3 0 3 0 0 0 5+1 0
4 DF   FIN Sami Hyypiä 51 5 38 4 4 0 1 0 8 1
18 DF   NOR John Arne Riise 35 0 22+6 0 1 0 1+1 0 4 0
21 DF   FRA Djimi Traoré 11 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
23 DF   ENG Jamie Carragher 29 0 22 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
25 DF   CRO Igor Bišćan 39 0 27+2 0 1 0 2 0 5+2 0
36 DF   ENG Jon Otsemobor 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF   AUS Harry Kewell 49 11 36 7 3 0 0+2 1 8 3
9 MF   SEN El Hadji Diouf 33 0 20+6 0 1 0 2 0 3+1 0
11 MF   CZE Vladimír Šmicer 25 4 15+5 3 1 0 1 1 2+1 0
13 MF   ENG Danny Murphy 42 6 19+12 3 1+1 1 2 2 6+1 0
15 MF   SEN Salif Diao 7 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 2+1 0
16 MF   GER Dietmar Hamann 35 3 25 2 4 0 0+1 0 5 1
17 MF   ENG Steven Gerrard 47 6 34 4 3 0 1+1 0 7+1 2
28 MF   FRA Bruno Cheyrou 19 4 9+3 2 3+1 2 0 0 1+2 0
32 MF   ENG John Welsh 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards
5 FW   CZE Milan Baroš 18 2 6+7 1 0+1 0 0 0 2+2 1
8 FW   ENG Emile Heskey 47 12 25+10 7 3+1 1 2 2 4+2 2
10 FW   ENG Michael Owen 38 19 29 16 3 1 0 0 6 2
20 FW   FRA Anthony Le Tallec 23 1 3+10 0 1+3 0 2 0 2+2 1
24 FW   FRA Florent Sinama Pongolle 23 2 3+12 2 1+2 0 1+1 0 1+2 0
Players transferred out during the season
12 GK   WAL Paul Jones 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 30 May 2004
Source: Competitions

Top scorers edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 10 FW   Michael Owen 16 1 0 2 19
2 8 FW   Emile Heskey 7 1 2 2 12
3 7 MF   Harry Kewell 7 0 1 3 11
4 7 MF   Danny Murphy 5 1 2 0 8
5 17 MF   Steven Gerrard 4 0 0 2 6
6 4 DF   Sami Hyypiä 4 0 0 1 5
7 11 MF   Vladimír Šmicer 3 0 1 0 4
28 MF   Bruno Cheyrou 2 2 0 0 4
9 16 MF   Dietmar Hamann 2 0 0 1 3
10 5 FW   Milan Baroš 1 0 0 1 2
24 FW   Florent Sinama Pongolle 2 0 0 0 2
12 20 FW   Anthony Le Tallec 0 0 0 1 1
25 DF   Djimi Traoré 0 0 0 1 1
Own goal 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 55 5 6 14 80

Notes edit

  1. ^ Traoré was born in Saint-Ouen, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and would make his international debut for Mali in October 2004.
  2. ^ Medjani 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.
  3. ^ Potter 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.
  4. ^ Xavier 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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Statistics for the 2003–2004 Season". LFChistory.net. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2009.