2003–04 Ancona Calcio season

Ancona
2003–04 season
Chairman	Ermanno Pieroni
Manager	Leonardo Menichini; Nedo Sonetti; Giovanni Galeone
Stadium	Stadio del Conero
Serie A	18th
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bucchi (5); All: ; Bucchi (5)
Highest home attendance	23,306 vs. Juventus (18 October 2003)
Lowest home attendance	9,348 vs. Chievo (25 April 2004)
Average home league attendance	13,235
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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

Season summary

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

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

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	SWE	Magnus Hedman
2	DF	SCG	Dražen Bolić
3	DF	BRA	Fábio Bilica
4	MF	SWE	Daniel Andersson
5	DF	ITA	Stefano Lombardi
6	DF	ITA	Mauro Milanese
7	MF	ITA	Daniele Berretta
8	MF	ITA	Dino Baggio
9	FW	BRA	Mário Jardel
11	MF	ESP	Luis Helguera
12	GK	ITA	Marco Roccati
13	MF	ITA	Giampiero Maini
14	DF	ITA	Marco Esposito
15	FW	CRO	Milan Rapaić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ITA	Roberto Goretti
19	FW	MKD	Goran Pandev
21	FW	ITA	Corrado Grabbi
23	FW	ITA	Maurizio Ganz
24	MF	ITA	Luigi Sartor
27	FW	ITA	Christian Bucchi
28	DF	ARG	Luciano Zavagno
29	MF	ITA	Vincenzo Sommese
31	GK	ITA	Sergio Marcon
32	DF	ITA	Massimiliano Giacobbo
37	MF	ITA	Andrea De Falco
42	DF	ITA	Sean Sogliano
79	DF	ITA	Daniele Daino

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	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]	Relegation to Serie 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:

^ Reggina finished ahead of Siena on head-to-head points: Reggina 2–1 Siena, Siena 0–0 Reggina.
^ ^a ^b Modena finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Empoli 0–3 Modena, Modena 1–1 Empoli.
^ 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

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

[table_hth_REG0.22158813719712-3] Reggina finished ahead of Siena on head-to-head points: Reggina 2–1 Siena, Siena 0–0 Reggina.

[table_hth_EMP0.22158813719712-4] Modena finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Empoli 0–3 Modena, Modena 1–1 Empoli.

[table_note_ANC0.22158813719712-5] 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.

[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.

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