2003–04 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town

2003–04 season
Chairman	David Sheepshanks
Manager	Joe Royle
Stadium	Portman Road
Football League First Division	5th (qualified for play-offs)
Play-offs	Semi-finals
FA Cup	Fourth round proper
Carling Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	D. Bent (17)

During the 2003–04 English football season, Ipswich Town F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Ipswich Town, in their second consecutive season in English football's second tier, finished the campaign in fifth place. Having scored 84 goals, Town sufferd from their poor defensive record: with 72 goals conceded, Town had the third worst defensive record in the whole division, and the worst of the top 18 teams. Town won the first leg of their play-off, against fourth-placed West Ham United, with a goal from teenage striker Darren Bent (who scored 17 goals in the league alone), but lost the second leg 2-0, condemning Town to another season in the new championship.

Squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Kelvin Davis
2	DF	NED	Fabian Wilnis
3	DF	ENG	Chris Makin
4	DF	ENG	John McGreal
5	DF	GUI	Drissa Diallo
6	DF	SCO	Matt Elliott (on loan from Leicester City)
7	MF	NIR	Jim Magilton
8	MF	ENG	Tommy Miller
9	FW	ESP	Pablo Couñago
10	FW	ENG	Alun Armstrong
11	MF	ENG	Jermaine Wright
12	FW	ENG	Richard Naylor
14	DF	ENG	Matt Richards
15	MF	CPV	Georges Santos
16	FW	ENG	Marcus Bent (on loan to Leicester City)
17	FW	ENG	Dean Bowditch

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ENG	Darren Bent
19	GK	ENG	Andy Marshall (on loan to Wolves and Millwall)
20	DF	ENG	Aidan Collins
21	DF	ENG	Scott Mitchell
22	GK	ENG	Nathan Abbey
23	MF	ENG	Chris Bart-Williams
24	MF	NED	Nabil Abidallah
26	DF	PRK	Kim Jong Ill
27	MF	ENG	Matthew Bloomfield
28	DF	EIR	Gerard Nash
29	DF	ENG	Antonio Murray
30	MF	NED	Martijn Reuser
31	FW	ENG	Sam Morrow
32	FW	FIN	Shefki Kuqi
33	MF	ENG	Ian Westlake
34	GK	WAL	Lewis Price