2003–04 La Liga

La Liga
Season	2003–04
Dates	30 August 2003 – 23 May 2004
Champions	Valencia; 6th title
Relegated	Real Valladolid; Celta Vigo; Real Murcia
Champions League	Valencia (group stage); Barcelona (group stage); Deportivo (3rd qualifying round); Real Madrid (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Athletic Bilbao (first round); Sevilla (first round); Zaragoza (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup	Atlético Madrid (third round); Villarreal (second round)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,015 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronaldo (24)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 7–2 Valladolid; (13 September 2003); Barcelona 5–0 Albacete; (1 February 2004)
Biggest away win	Málaga 1–6 Valencia; (31 January 2004); Mallorca 0–5 Valencia; (2 November 2003); Celta Vigo 0–5 Deportivo; (3 January 2004)
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 7–2 Valladolid; (13 September 2003); Villarreal 6–3 Racing; (15 February 2004)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 La Liga season, the 73rd since its establishment, started on 30 August 2003 and finished on 23 May 2004. Valencia were crowned champions for the 6th time in their history.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Murcia, Zaragoza and Albacete, returning to the top flight after an absence of fourteen, one and seven years respectively. They replaced Recreativo, Alavés and Rayo Vallecano after spending time in the top flight for one, five and four years respectively.

Promoted to 2003–04 La Liga	Relegated from 2002–03 La Liga
Murcia Zaragoza Albacete	Recreativo Alavés Rayo Vallecano

Location of teams in La Liga 2003–04

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza*	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Málaga	La Rosaleda	30,044
Valladolid	José Zorrilla	27,846
Mallorca	Son Moix	23,142
Villarreal	El Madrigal	23,000
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,400
Osasuna	El Sadar	19,553
Albacete*	Carlos Belmonte	18,000
Murcia*	La Condomina	16,000

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valencia (C)	38	23	8	7	71	27	+44	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Deportivo La Coruña	38	21	8	9	60	34	+26	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Real Madrid	38	21	7	10	72	54	+18	70
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	11	12	53	49	+4	56	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Sevilla	38	15	10	13	56	45	+11	55^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7	Atlético Madrid	38	15	10	13	51	53	−2	55^[a]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8	Villarreal	38	15	9	14	47	49	−2	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9	Betis	38	13	13	12	46	43	+3	52
10	Málaga	38	15	6	17	50	55	−5	51^[b]
11	Mallorca	38	15	6	17	54	66	−12	51^[b]
12	Zaragoza	38	13	9	16	46	55	−9	48^[c]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[d]
13	Osasuna	38	11	15	12	38	37	+1	48^[c]
14	Albacete	38	13	8	17	40	48	−8	47
15	Real Sociedad	38	11	13	14	49	53	−4	46
16	Espanyol	38	13	4	21	48	64	−16	43
17	Racing Santander^[e]	38	11	10	17	48	63	−15	42
18	Valladolid (R)	38	10	11	17	46	56	−10	41	Relegation to the Segunda División
19	Celta de Vigo (R)	38	9	12	17	48	68	−20	39
20	Murcia (R)	38	5	11	22	29	57	−28	26

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b SEV 2–0 ATM; ATM 2–1 SEV
^ ^a ^b MLG 3–1 MLL; MLL 2–1 MLG
^ ^a ^b OSA 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 OSA
^ Zaragoza entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2003–04 Copa del Rey.
^ Racing Santander were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Osasuna on 14 December 2003.

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ATH	ATM	FCB	BET	CEL	RCD	ESP	MCF	MLL	MUR	OSA	RAC	RMA	RSO	SFC	VCF	VLD	VIL	ZAR
Albacete		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–4	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Athletic Bilbao	1–1		3–4	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–4	2–0	4–0
Atlético Madrid	1–0	3–0		0–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–2
Barcelona	5–0	1–1	3–1		2–1	1–1	0–2	4–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0
Betis	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–1
Celta de Vigo	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–2		0–5	1–5	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–5	0–0	0–2	3–2	2–1	0–2
Deportivo La Coruña	3–0	2–0	5–1	2–3	2–2	3–0		2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1
Espanyol	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–2	0–4	2–0		1–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–2
Málaga	1–1	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	5–2		3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–6	2–3	0–0	2–1
Mallorca	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–1	2–4	4–2	4–2	2–1		4–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–5	1–0	1–2	2–0
Murcia	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0
Osasuna	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1
Racing Santander	0–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–2	4–4	0–1	0–1	4–2	2–1	3–2	0–0		1–1	0–1	0–4	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–2
Real Madrid	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	0–3	3–1		1–4	5–1	1–1	7–2	2–1	1–1
Real Sociedad	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–4	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	3–0
Sevilla	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–2	4–1	1–0		0–2	1–1	2–0	3–2
Valencia	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0		1–1	4–2	3–2
Valladolid	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–4	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–0		3–0	1–2
Villarreal	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	6–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	3–1		1–1
Zaragoza	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	4–4	0–1	1–0	4–1

Source: LFP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

Most wins – Valencia (23)
Fewest wins – Murcia (5)
Most draws – Osasuna (15)
Fewest draws – Espanyol (4)
Most losses – Murcia (22)
Fewest losses – Valencia (7)
Most goals scored – Real Madrid (72)
Fewest goals scored – Murcia (29)
Most goals conceded – Celta de Vigo (68)
Fewest goals conceded – Valencia (27)

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Scorer	Team	Goals
Ronaldo	Real Madrid	24
Júlio Baptista	Sevilla	20
Mista	Valencia	19
Raúl Tamudo	Espanyol	19
Fernando Torres	Atlético Madrid	19
Salva	Málaga	18
David Villa	Zaragoza	17
Samuel Eto'o	Mallorca	17

Fair Play award

Valencia was the winner of the Fair-play award with 99 points.^[7]

Pedro Zaballa award

Joan Laporta (Barcelona president) and José María Alanís (CD Siempre Alegres footballer)^[8]

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Raúl	Real Madrid	Valladolid	7-2	13 September 2003
Ricardo Oliveira	Valencia	Mallorca	5-0	2 November 2003
Salva	Málaga	Barcelona	5-1	3 December 2003
Víctor	Deportivo La Coruna	Celta Vigo	5-0	3 January 2004
Javi Guerrero	Racing Santander	Murcia	3-2	25 January 2004
Ricardo Oliveira	Valencia	Málaga	6-1	31 January 2004
Júlio Baptista	Sevilla	Murcia	3-1	14 February 2004
Mista	Valencia	Mallorca	5-1	21 March 2004
Júlio Baptista⁴	Sevilla	Racing Santander	5-2	18 April 2004
David Villa⁴	Zaragoza	Sevilla	4-4	25 April 2004

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References

^ ^a ^b "Real Madrid 7-2 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Barcelona 5-0 Albacete" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 February 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Málaga 1-6 Valencia" (in Spanish). RFEF. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Mallorca 0-5 Valencia" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Celta Vigo 0-5 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 3 January 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Villarreal 6-3 Racing" (in Spanish). RFEF. 15 February 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Ganadores de los Premios Juego Limpio" [Fair-play awards Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
^ "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

[table_hth_SEV0.44274791164452-7] SEV 2–0 ATM; ATM 2–1 SEV

[table_hth_MCF0.44274791164452-8] MLG 3–1 MLL; MLL 2–1 MLG

[table_hth_OSA0.44274791164452-9] OSA 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 OSA

[table_note_res_UC1b0.44274791164452-10] Zaragoza entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2003–04 Copa del Rey.

[table_note_RAC0.44274791164452-11] Racing Santander were give a one-point deduction for using an ineligible player during a match against Osasuna on 14 December 2003.

[Real_Madrid_7-2_Valladolid-1] "Real Madrid 7-2 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Barcelona_5-0_Albacete-2] "Barcelona 5-0 Albacete" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 February 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Málaga_1-6_Valencia-3] "Málaga 1-6 Valencia" (in Spanish). RFEF. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Mallorca_0-5_Valencia-4] "Mallorca 0-5 Valencia" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Celta_Vigo_0-5_Deportivo-5] "Celta Vigo 0-5 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 3 January 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Villarreal_6-3_Racing-6] "Villarreal 6-3 Racing" (in Spanish). RFEF. 15 February 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[FairPlay-12] "Ganadores de los Premios Juego Limpio" [Fair-play awards Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

[PedroZaballa-13] "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

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UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (qualifying, 1st round, 2nd round, final phase, final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup