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2003–04 Ancona Calcio season

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Ancona
2003–04 season
ChairmanErmanno Pieroni
ManagerLeonardo Menichini
Nedo Sonetti
Giovanni Galeone
StadiumStadio del Conero
Serie A18th
Coppa ItaliaFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bucchi (5)

All:
Bucchi (5)
Highest home attendance23,306 vs. Juventus (18 October 2003)
Lowest home attendance9,348 vs. Chievo (25 April 2004)
Average home league attendance13,235

During the 2003–04 Italian football season, Ancona Calcio competed in the Serie A.

Season summary

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Ancona never won a match between September and April, recording 21 losses and seven draws: losing with Sampdoria in early spring, the side collected the certain relegation.[1] In the whole league, it obtained just 13 points finishing last in table.[2]

Kit

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Ancona's kit was manufactured by French sports retailer Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by Banca Marche.

Players

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First-team squad

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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 Sweden SWE Magnus Hedman
2 DF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Dražen Bolić
3 DF Brazil BRA Fábio Bilica
4 MF Sweden SWE Daniel Andersson
5 DF Italy ITA Stefano Lombardi
6 DF Italy ITA Mauro Milanese
7 MF Italy ITA Daniele Berretta
8 MF Italy ITA Dino Baggio
9 FW Brazil BRA Mário Jardel
11 MF Spain ESP Luis Helguera
12 GK Italy ITA Marco Roccati
13 MF Italy ITA Giampiero Maini
14 DF Italy ITA Marco Esposito
15 FW Croatia CRO Milan Rapaić
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Italy ITA Roberto Goretti
19 FW North Macedonia MKD Goran Pandev
21 FW Italy ITA Corrado Grabbi
23 FW Italy ITA Maurizio Ganz
24 MF Italy ITA Luigi Sartor
27 FW Italy ITA Christian Bucchi
28 DF Argentina ARG Luciano Zavagno
29 MF Italy ITA Vincenzo Sommese
31 GK Italy ITA Sergio Marcon
32 DF Italy ITA Massimiliano Giacobbo
37 MF Italy ITA Andrea De Falco
42 DF Italy ITA Sean Sogliano
79 DF Italy ITA Daniele Daino

Serie A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Siena 34 8 10 16 41 54 −13 34[a]
15 Perugia (R) 34 6 14 14 44 56 −12 32 Relegation play-off
16 Modena (R) 34 6 12 16 27 46 −19 30[b] Relegation to Serie B
17 Empoli (R) 34 7 9 18 26 54 −28 30[b]
18 Ancona[c] (R, E, R) 34 2 7 25 21 70 −49 13 Phoenix in Serie C2
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker for relevant positions 3) head-to-head points and goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(E) Eliminated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Reggina finished ahead of Siena on head-to-head points: Reggina 2–1 Siena, Siena 0–0 Reggina.
  2. ^ a b Modena finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Empoli 0–3 Modena, Modena 1–1 Empoli.
  3. ^ Ancona was denied entry to the 2004–05 Serie B season, having entered administration. It was later admitted to the Lega Professionisti Serie C after bankruptcy.

References

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  1. ^ "Bazzani, gol col sospetto Vince la Samp, Ancona in B". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 4, 2004.
  2. ^ "Il Perugia fatica ma ce la fa va allo spareggio per restare in A". repubblica.it (in Italian). May 16, 2004.