2003–04 Juventus F.C. season

Juventus
2003–04 season
President Franzo Grande Stevens
Manager Marcello Lippi
Stadium Stadio delle Alpi
Serie A 3rd
Supercoppa Italiana Winners
Coppa Italia Runners-up
UEFA Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
David Trezeguet (16)

All:
David Trezeguet (22)
Average home league attendance 35,109[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2003–04 season was Juventus Football Club's 106th in existence and 102nd consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

Juventus could not defend its league title from 2002–03, and tumbled down to third in the standings. Sensationally, it conceded a near-record 42 goals during the course of the season, as new signing Nicola Legrottaglie looked totally out of depth in central defence. So poor was Legrottaglie's form that the club's following manager, Fabio Capello, barely used him at all in his first six months in charge, before eventually shipping him out on loan to various clubs until the end of the 2005–06 season.

Despite a promising start to the season Juventus could not reach any of the season's targets, and therefore coach Marcello Lippi did not get a new contract. A potential turning point in the season was a 1–3 loss at home in the Derby d'Italia against fierce rivals Internazionale. Until then, Juventus had gone unbeaten in their first ten games of the season; after that, they suffered regularly, losing the next game to Lazio 2–0. A brief revival was followed by more defeats in February and March 2004, against Roma (4–0) and Milan (1–3 at home), who went on to top the league.

In Europe, the Bianconeri were impressive in the group stages, topping their group and brushing aside Spanish opponents Real Sociedad, losing just one game in the process. In the first knockout round, they faced Deportivo La Coruña. A totally uninspired Juventus side lost both legs 1–0, and deservedly crashed out of the competition.

Owner Umberto Agnelli died at the end of the season, but before his death he had signed Fabio Capello as Lippi's replacement. Capello had initially denied all rumours linking him with a return to the club he had appeared for as a player in the 1970s. In the end, he did negotiate with Juventus and sign with him, generating furious reactions from Roma fans.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Gianluigi Buffon
2 Italy DF Ciro Ferrara
3 Italy MF Alessio Tacchinardi
4 Uruguay DF Paolo Montero
5 Croatia DF Igor Tudor
6 Italy DF Salvatore Fresi
7 Italy DF Gianluca Pessotto
8 Italy MF Antonio Conte
9 Italy FW Fabrizio Miccoli
10 Italy FW Alessandro Del Piero
11 Czech Republic MF Pavel Nedvěd
12 Italy GK Antonio Chimenti
13 Italy DF Mark Iuliano
14 Italy MF Enzo Maresca
15 Italy DF Alessandro Birindelli
16 Italy MF Mauro Camoranesi
17 France FW David Trezeguet
No. Position Player
18 Ghana MF Stephen Appiah
19 Italy DF Gianluca Zambrotta
20 Italy FW Marco Di Vaio
21 France DF Lilian Thuram
22 Italy GK Antonio Mirante
23 Italy DF Nicola Legrottaglie
27 Italy MF Davide Baiocco
31 Italy DF Orlando Urbano
32 Russia MF Viktor Budyanskiy
34 Switzerland FW Davide Chiumiento
36 Italy MF Luca Scicchitano
41 Nigeria FW Benjamin Onwuachi
42 Italy DF Giovanni Bartolucci
43 France MF Abdoulay Konko
44 Italy DF Andrea Masiello
45 Italy FW Raffaele Palladino
50 Italy GK Nicola Avitabile

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 3rd 31 August 2003 16 May 2004
Supercoppa Italiana Final Winners 3 August 2003
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Runners-up 25 November 2003 12 May 2004
Champions League Group stage Round of 16 17 September 2003 9 March 2004

Supercoppa Italiana

Serie A

Main article: 2003–04 Serie A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 34 25 7 2 65 24+41 82 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Roma 34 21 8 5 68 19+49 71
3 Juventus 34 21 6 7 67 42+25 69 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Internazionale 34 17 8 9 59 37+22 59
5 Parma 34 16 10 8 57 46+11 58 2004–05 UEFA Cup First round
6 Lazio 34 16 8 10 52 38+14 56
7 Udinese 34 13 11 10 44 40+4 0501
8 Sampdoria 34 11 13 10 40 422 46
9 Chievo 34 11 11 12 36 371 44
10 Lecce 34 11 8 15 43 5613 41
11 Brescia 34 9 13 12 52 575 40
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 45 538 39
13 Reggina 34 6 16 12 29 4516 34
14 Siena 34 8 10 16 41 5413 34
15 Perugia (R) 34 6 14 14 44 5612 32 Serie A qualification
16 Modena (R) 34 6 12 16 27 4619 30 Relegation to Serie B
17 Empoli (R) 34 7 9 18 26 5428 30
18 Ancona (R) 34 2 7 25 21 7049 13

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 21 6 7 67 42  +25 69 13 1 3 40 18  +22 8 5 4 27 24  +3

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Result W W D W W W W D W W L L W D W W W D W L W W W W L D W L W D L L W W
Position 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

See also: Derby d'Italia

Final

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV RSO GAL OLY
1 Italy Juventus 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 Advance to knockout stage 4–2 2–1 7–0
2 Spain Real Sociedad 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 9 0–0 1–1 1–0
3 Turkey Galatasaray 6 2 1 3 6 8 2 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 2–0 1–2 1–0
4 Greece Olympiacos 6 1 1 4 6 13 7 4 1–2 2–2 3–0
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

  1. "Presenze (Spettatori + abbonati/gara) Serie A TIM (2002 - 2008)" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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