2003–04 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool
2003–04 season
Chairman	David Moores
Manager	Gérard Houllier (until 10 June 2004)
FA Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Owen (16); All: Michael Owen (19)
Average home league attendance	41,777
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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.

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	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

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ 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


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


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

First-team squad

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

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

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

In

#	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

#	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

Premier League

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

6 December 2003 15	Newcastle United	1–1	Liverpool	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	Shearer 63' (pen.)		Murphy 6'	Stadium: St. James' Park

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	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

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

FA Cup

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

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

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

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Rank	No.	Pos	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
7	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
10	24	FW	Florent Sinama Pongolle	2	0	0	0	2
12	20	FW	Anthony Le Tallec	0	0	0	1	1
12	25	DF	Djimi Traoré	0	0	0	1	1
Own goal				2	0	0	0	2
Totals				55	5	6	14	80

Notes

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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

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

[table_note_res_CL30.59328182115838-2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

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

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