2003–04 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2003–04 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 12th season in the Premier League and 26th successive season in the top division of the English football league system

Tottenham Hotspur
2003–04 season
ChairmanDaniel Levy
ManagerGlenn Hoddle (until 21 September)
David Pleat (from 21 September)
Premier League14th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Robbie Keane (14)
All: Robbie Keane (16)

Season summary edit

A dismal start to the season cost Glenn Hoddle his job and he was sacked as manager on 21 September after two-and-a-half years at the helm.[1] Director of Football David Pleat took over first team duties until the end of the season[2] but was unable to inspire Tottenham to a challenge for European qualification, nor either of the cup competitions, and a 14th-place finish in the final table was Tottenham's lowest since 1998.

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
2 DF   IRL Stephen Carr
3 DF   ARG Mauricio Taricco
5 DF   SCG Goran Bunjevčević
6 MF   ENG Michael Brown
7 MF   ENG Darren Anderton
8 FW   POR Hélder Postiga
9 FW   MLI Frédéric Kanouté[3]
10 FW   IRL Robbie Keane
12 DF   IRL Gary Doherty
13 GK   USA Kasey Keller
14 MF   URU Gustavo Poyet
15 MF   ENG Jamie Redknapp
18 FW   ENG Jermain Defoe
21 DF   RSA Mbulelo Mabizela
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW   ENG Lee Barnard
23 MF   GER Christian Ziege
24 GK   ENG Rob Burch
26 DF   ENG Ledley King (captain)
27 MF   ENG Rohan Ricketts
28 MF   IRL Mark Yeates
29 MF   WAL Simon Davies
30 DF   ENG Anthony Gardner
31 MF   ENG Dean Marney
32 MF   ENG Johnnie Jackson
33 GK   CAN Lars Hirschfeld
34 DF   IRL Stephen Kelly
35 FW   ENG Jamie Slabber
36 DF   ENG Dean Richards

Last updated: 14 October 2019.
Source: footballsquads.co.uk

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
25 June 2003 ST   Hélder Postiga   Porto £6,250,000 [4]
18 July 2003 ST   Bobby Zamora   Brighton and Hove Albion £1,500,000 [5]
8 August 2003 DF   Mbulelo Mabizela   Orlando Pirates Undisclosed [6]
4 August 2003 ST   Frédéric Kanouté   West Ham United £3,500,000 [7]
2 January 2004 MF   Michael Brown   Sheffield United £500,000 [8]
4 February 2004 ST   Jermain Defoe   West Ham United £7,000,000 [9]

Transfers out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
13 June 2003 DF   Alton Thelwell   Hull City Free [10]
30 June 2003 ST   Teddy Sheringham   Portsmouth Free [11]
17 July 2003 DF   Ben Thatcher   Leicester City £300,000 [12]
1 August 2003 ST   Steffen Iversen   Wolverhampton Wanderers Free [13]
4 August 2003 MF   Matthew Etherington   West Ham United £1,000,000
Part Exchange
[7]
29 August 2003 GK   Neil Sullivan   Chelsea Free [14]
28 November 2003 DF   Chris Perry   Charlton Athletic £100,000 [15]
28 January 2004 MF   Jonathan Blondel   Club Brugge Undisclosed [16]
4 February 2004 ST   Bobby Zamora   West Ham United Part Exchange [9]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From End Ref.
1 September 2003 DF   Paul Konchesky   Charlton Athletic January 2004 [17]
1 September 2003 MF   Stéphane Dalmat   Internazionale Season [18]

Loan out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From End Ref.
28 January 2004 MF   Milenko Ačimovič   Lille five-month loan [19]

Released edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 August 2003 MF   Steffen Freund   Kaiserslautern Released [20]
28 November 2003 DF   Ronnie Henry Free Agent Released [15]
28 November 2003 MF   Jonathan Black Released [15]
27 July 2004 ST   Serhii Rebrov   West Ham United Released [21]

Overall transfer activity edit

Competitions Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA Win %
Premier League 38 13 6 19 47 57 034.21
FA Cup 3 1 1 1 7 5 033.33
League Cup 4 3 1 0 8 2 075.00
Total 45 17 8 20 62 64 037.78

Premier League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Southampton 38 12 11 15 44 45 −1 47
13 Portsmouth 38 12 9 17 47 54 −7 45
14 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 6 19 47 57 −10 45
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 8 18 51 59 −8 44
16 Manchester City 38 9 14 15 55 54 +1 41
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results edit

Manager: Glenn Hoddle

16 August 2003 (2003-08-16) 1 Birmingham City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
Dunn   36 pen' Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,398
Referee: Rob Styles
23 August 2003 (2003-08-23) 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Leeds United Haringey, London
Taricco   41'
Kanouté   71'
Report Alan Smith   5' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 34,354
Referee: Steve Dunn
27 August 2003 (2003-08-27) 3 Liverpool 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,778
Referee: Uriah Rennie
30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) 4 Tottenham Hotspur 0–3 Fulham Haringey, London
Report Hayles   23', 67'
Boa Morte   71'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,421
Referee: Jeff Winter
13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 5 Chelsea 4–2 Tottenham Hotspur London
Lampard   35'
Mutu   37', 75'
Hasselbaink   90'
Report Kanouté   25', 87' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,165
Referee: Graham Poll
20 September 2003 (2003-09-20) 6 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Southampton Haringey, London
Kanouté   62' Report Beattie   2', 43'
Phillips   60'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,784
Referee: Andy D'Urso

Caretaker Manager: David Pleat

28 September 2003 (2003-09-28) 7 Manchester City 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester, Greater Manchester
Report Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 46,842
Referee: Neale Barry
4 October 2003 (2003-10-04) 8 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Everton Haringey, London
Kanouté   71'
Poyet   46'
Keane   46'
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,137
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
19 October 2003 (2003-10-19) 9 Leicester City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
Dickov   38' Report Mabizela   79'
Kanouté   90'
Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 31,521
Referee: Andy D'Urso
26 October 2003 (2003-10-26) 10 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Middlesbrough Haringey, London
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,643
Referee: Mike Dean
1 November 2003 (2003-11-01) 11 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Haringey, London
Report Nolan   73' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,191
Referee: Uriah Rennie
8 November 2003 (2003-11-08) 12 Arsenal 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
Pires   69'
Ljungberg   79'
Report Anderton   5' Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 38,101
Referee: Mark Halsey
23 November 2003 (2003-11-23) 13 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Aston Villa Haringey, London
Ricketts   78'
Keane   81'
Report Allbäck   66' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,140
Referee: Jeff Winter
29 November 2003 (2003-11-29) 14 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn
Greško   78' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,802
Referee: Graham Poll
6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) 15 Tottenham Hotspur 5–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Haringey, London
Keane   29', 75', 83'
Kanouté   50'
Dalmat   90'
Report Ince   30'
Rae   84'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 34,825
Referee: Uriah Rennie
13 December 2003 (2003-12-13) 16 Newcastle United 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle
Robert   35', 55'
Shearer   59', 66'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,139
Referee: Alan Wiley
21 December 2003 (2003-12-21) 17 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Manchester United Haringey, London
Poyet   63' Report O'Shea   15'
van Nistelrooy   25'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,910
Referee: Rob Styles
26 December 2003 (2003-12-26) 18 Portsmouth 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth
Berger   52', 68' Report Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,078
Referee: Steve Dunn
28 December 2003 (2003-12-28) 19 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Charlton Athletic Haringey, London
Report Cole   69' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 34,534
Referee: Paul Durkin
7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) 20 Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Birmingham City Haringey, London
Dalmat   10', 24'
Davies   39'
Keane   79'
Report Savage   68' (pen.) Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 30,016
Referee: Barry Knight
10 January 2004 (2004-01-10) 21 Leeds United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Leeds
Report Keane   56' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,365
Referee: Mark Halsey
17 January 2004 (2004-01-17) 22 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Liverpool Haringey, London
Keane   25 pen'
Postiga   54'
Report Kewell   75' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,104
Referee: Uriah Rennie
31 January 2004 (2004-01-31) 23 Fulham 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
Malbranque   45 pen'
McBride   67'
Report Keane   18 pen' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,024
Referee: Matt Messias
7 February 2004 (2004-02-07) 24 Tottenham Hotspur 4–3 Portsmouth Haringey, London
Defoe   13'
Keane   41', 78'
Poyet   89'
Report Berkovic   39'
LuaLua   73'
Mornar   84'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,107
Referee: Peter Walton
11 February 2004 (2004-02-11) 25 Charlton Athletic 2–4 Tottenham Hotspur London
Stuart   51'
Perry   81'
Report Davies   10'
Defoe   43'
King   46'
Jackson   85'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,660
Referee: Graham Barber
22 February 2004 (2004-02-22) 26 Tottenham Hotspur 4–4 Leicester City Haringey, London
Brown   6'
Defoe   13', 89'
Keane   28'
Report Doherty   9' (o.g.)
Ferdinand   51'
Thatcher   74'
Bent   79'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,218
Referee: Neale Barry
9 March 2004 (2004-03-09) 27 Middlesbrough 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Middlesbrough
Németh  73' Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 31,789
Referee: Mark Halsey
14 March 2004 (2004-03-14) 28 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Newcastle United Haringey, London
O'Brien   86' (o.g.) Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,083
Referee: Howard Webb
20 March 2004 (2004-03-20) 29 Manchester United 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
Giggs   30'
Cristiano Ronaldo   89'
Bellion  90'
Report Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,634
Referee: Dermt Gallagher
27 March 2004 (2004-03-27) 30 Southampton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
Delap   64' Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,973
Referee: Chris Foy
3 April 2004 (2004-04-03) 31 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Chelsea Haringey, London
Report Hasselbaink   38' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,101
Referee: Steve Bennett
9 April 2004 (2004-04-09) 32 Everton 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Merseyside
Unsworth   17'
Naysmith   24'
Yobo   40'
Report Carr   75' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,086
Referee: Rob Styles
12 April 2004 (2004-04-12) 33 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Manchester City Haringey, London
Defoe   52' Report Anelka   25' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,282
Referee: Chris Foy
17 April 2004 (2004-04-17) 34 Bolton 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Bolton
Campo   7'
Pedersen   65'
Report Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 26,440
Referee: Jeff Winter
25 April 2004 (2004-04-25) 35 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Arsenal Haringey, London
Redknapp   62'
Keane   90' (pen.)
Report Vieira   3'
Pires   35'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36,097
Referee: Mark Halsey
2 May 2004 (2004-05-02) 36 Aston Villa 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
Ángel   5' Report Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 42,573
Referee: Neale Barry
8 May 2004 (2004-05-08) 37 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Haringey, London
Defoe   18' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,698
Referee: Andy D'Urso
15 May 2004 (2004-05-15) 38 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton
Report Keane   34'
Defoe   57'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 29,389
Referee: Steve Bennett

FA Cup edit

3 January 2004 (2004-01-03) 3rd round Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Crystal Palace Haringey, London
Kanouté   15', 20', 48' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,340
Referee: Andy D'Urso
25 January 2004 (2004-01-25) 4th round Manchester City 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Greater Manchester
Anelka   10' Report Doherty   57' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Steve Dunn
4 February 2004 (2004-02-04) 4th round (Replay) Tottenham Hotspur 3–4 Manchester City Haringey, London
King   2'
Keane   19'
Ziege   43'
Report Distin   48'
Bosvelt   61'
Wright-Phillips   80'
Macken   90'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 30,400
Referee: Rob Styles

League Cup edit

24 September 2003 (2003-09-24) 2nd round Coventry City 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Coventry
Report Kanouté   13'
Keane   23'
Ricketts   78'
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,474
Referee: Mike Jones
29 October 2004 (2004-10-29) 3rd round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 (a.e.t.) West Ham United Haringey, London
Zamora   92' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36, 053
Referee: Graham Barber
3 December 2004 (2004-12-03) 4th round Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Manchester City Haringey, London
Anderton   9'
Postiga   29'
Kanouté   90'
Report Fowler   80' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,727
Referee: Paul Durkin
17 December 2003 (2003-12-17) 5th round Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Middlesbrough Haringey, London
Anderton   2' Report Ricketts   86' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,307
Referee: Mike Dean
Penalties
Keane  
Carr  
Konchesky  
Poyet  
Kanouté  
Taricco  
Ricketts  
Juninho  
Zenden  
Mills  
Mendieta  
Queudrue  

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
13 GK   USA Kasey Keller 45 0 38 0 3 0 4 0
Defenders
2 DF   IRL Stephen Carr 39 1 32 1 3 0 4 0
3 DF   ARG Mauricio Taricco 37 1 31+1 1 2 0 3 0
5 DF   SCG Goran Bunjevčević 8 0 3+4 0 0 0 1 0
12 DF   IRL Gary Doherty 22 1 16+1 0 2 1 2+1 0
21 DF   RSA Mbulelo Mabizela 7 1 0+6 1 0 0 0+1 0
30 DF   ENG Anthony Gardner 40 0 33 0 3 0 4 0
34 DF   IRL Stephen Kelly 11 0 7+4 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF   ENG Dean Richards 26 0 23 0 1 0 2 0
Midfielders
6 MF   ENG Michael Brown 19 1 17 1 2 0 0 0
7 MF   ENG Darren Anderton 24 3 16+4 1 1 0 3 2
14 MF   URU Gus Poyet 25 3 12+8 3 1+1 0 2+1 0
15 MF   ENG Jamie Redknapp 17 1 14+3 1 0 0 0 0
23 MF   GER Christian Ziege 10 1 7+1 0 1 1 1 0
26 MF   ENG Ledley King 35 2 28+1 1 3 1 3 0
27 MF   ENG Rohan Ricketts 28 2 12+12 1 0 0 3+1 1
28 MF   IRL Mark Yeates 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   WAL Simon Davies 20 2 17 2 2+1 0 0 0
31 MF   ENG Dean Marney 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   ENG Johnnie Jackson 14 1 9+2 1 1+2 0 0 0
Forwards
8 FW   POR Hélder Postiga 24 2 9+10 1 2 0 1+2 1
9 FW   MLI Frédéric Kanouté 31 12 19+8 7 1 3 2+1 2
10 FW   IRL Robbie Keane 41 16 31+3 14 3 1 4 1
18 FW   ENG Jermain Defoe 15 7 14+1 7 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
11 MF   FRA Stephane Dalmat 28 3 12+10 3 2+1 0 1+2 0
16 DF   ENG Paul Konchesky 15 0 10+2 0 0 0 2+1 0
20 MF   BEL Jonathan Blondel 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0
25 FW   ENG Bobby Zamora 18 1 6+10 0 0+1 0 1 1

Last updated: 30 May 2004
Source: soccerbase.com

Goal scorers edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW 10   Robbie Keane 14 1 1 16
2 FW 9   Frédéric Kanouté 7 3 2 12
3 FW 18   Jermain Defoe 7 0 0 7
4 MF 7   Darren Anderton 1 0 2 3
MF 11   Stephane Dalmat 3 0 0 3
MF 14   Gus Poyet 3 0 0 3
7 FW 8   Hélder Postiga 1 0 1 2
DF 26   Ledley King 1 1 0 2
MF 27   Rohan Ricketts 1 0 1 2
MF 29   Simon Davies 2 0 0 2
11 DF 2   Stephen Carr 1 0 0 1
DF 3   Mauricio Taricco 1 0 0 1
MF 6   Michael Brown 1 0 0 1
DF 12   Gary Doherty 0 1 0 1
MF 15   Jamie Redknapp 1 0 0 1
DF 21   Mbulelo Mabizela 1 0 0 1
MF 23   Christian Ziege 0 1 0 1
FW 25   Bobby Zamora 0 0 1 1
MF 32   Johnnie Jackson 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 46 7 8 61

Clean sheets edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk No. Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 13   Kasey Keller 8 1 2 11
TOTALS 8 1 2 11

References edit

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