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2003–04 Real Madrid CF season

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Real Madrid
2003–04 season
PresidentFlorentino Pérez
Head coachPortugalCarlos Queiroz
StadiumSantiago Bernabéu
La Liga4th
Copa del ReyRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Supercopa de EspañaWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ronaldo (24)

All:
Ronaldo (31)

The 2003–04 season was Real Madrid C.F.'s 73rd season in La Liga. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the 2003–04 season. It was the last time that Real Madrid finished below second place until 2013–14 season. The club played the season wearing their classic white home and teal blue away kits.

Pre-season

The team embarked on a summer tour in Asia, for 18 days, to cash in on the worldwide appeal of their new signing, David Beckham. It included exhibition matches in Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok, which alone earned the club €10 million. This was compared by popular contrary with the tour with the first visit of The Beatles to the United States in 1964. Although lucrative and generating wide publicity, the preparation value of the Asia was questionable, considering that the long 2003–04 season which lay ahead. It was exhausting for the players, due to endless rounds of publicity engagements and restrictions on the players' freedom of movement (due to the team hotel being besieged by fans). Most players admitted that they would have preferred a low-profile training camp and/or to have been home in Spain for the pre-season, instead of playing meaningless show matches against low quality opponents. The Asia tour has been said to have catered more to the needs of the club's marketing than to its players' preparations.[1]

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 August 2003 Dragon Team XI 0–4 Real Madrid Beijing, People's Republic of China
Report Figo 43'
Morientes 74', 86'
Portillo 89'
Stadium: Workers Stadium
Attendance: 50, 000
5 August 2003 FC Tokyo 0–3 Real Madrid Tokyo, Japan
Report Yellow card 8', 38' Beckham
45' Solari
89' Ronaldo
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 65, 000
8 August 2003 Hong Kong League XI 2–4 Real Madrid So Kon Po, Hong Kong
25' Wang
45' Li
Report Figo 6'
Ronaldo 12', 33'
Raúl 34'
Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 40, 000
10 August 2003 Thailand 1–2 Real Madrid Bangkok, Thailand
65' Sutee Report Portillo 29'
Morientes 68'
Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 60, 000

Season summary

In spite of the arduous pre-season, the team got off to a good start to the season. They won the Supercopa de España against Mallorca with a 3–0 victory on 27 August in the second leg. By the time half the season had passed, the team topped the league table and was still in contention for the Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League trophies. However, the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Monaco, and finished as runners-up in the domestic cup. They also lost their final five La Liga matches and finished in fourth place, which gave Valencia the title.

Transfers

In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
23 MF England Beckham 28 EU Manchester United England Transfer Summer 2007 €35,000,000 [1]

Total spending: Decrease €35,000,000

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
24 MF France Makélélé 30 EU Chelsea England Transfer Summer €16,000,000 [ ]

Total income: Increase €16,000,000

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 Spain ESP Iker Casillas
2 DF Spain ESP Míchel Salgado
3 DF Brazil BRA Roberto Carlos
5 MF France FRA Zinedine Zidane
6 DF Spain ESP Iván Helguera
7 FW Spain ESP Raúl (captain)
8 MF Spain ESP Borja
9 FW Brazil BRA Ronaldo[2]
10 MF Portugal POR Luís Figo
11 FW Spain ESP Javier Portillo
13 GK Spain ESP Carlos Sánchez
14 MF Spain ESP Guti (vice-captain)
15 DF Spain ESP Raúl Bravo
16 MF Spain ESP Antonio Núñez
17 DF Spain ESP Oscar Miñambres
19 MF Argentina ARG Esteban Cambiasso
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Argentina ARG Santiago Solari
22 DF Spain ESP Francisco Pavón
23 MF England ENG David Beckham
25 GK Spain ESP César
31 MF Spain ESP Jordi López
33 MF Spain ESP Álvaro Mejía
34 MF Spain ESP Juanfran
35 MF Spain ESP José Manuel Jurado
36 MF Spain ESP Roberto Soldado
37 MF Spain ESP Álex Pérez
38 DF Spain ESP Enrique Corrales
39 DF Spain ESP Álvaro Arbeloa
40 DF Spain ESP Miguel Palencia
41 DF Spain ESP Javier Paredes
42 GK Spain ESP Diego López

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Spain ESP Rubén (on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach)
9 FW Spain ESP Fernando Morientes (on loan to Monaco)

Results

La Liga

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ SEV 2–0 ATM; ATM 2–1 SEV

Matches

30 August 2003 1 Real Madrid 2–1 Betis
19:30 CEST Beckham 2'
Ronaldo 61'
Juanito 33'
2 September 2003 2 Villareal 1–1 Real Madrid
21:00 CEST Anderson 71' Núñez 85'
13 September 2003 3 Real Madrid 7–2 Valladolid
19:30 CEST Júlio César 20' (o.g.)
Raúl 32', 34', 75'
Zidane 53'
Figo 59'
Ronaldo 70'
Losada 56'
Chema 60'
21 September 2003 4 Málaga 1–3 Real Madrid
21:30 CEST Edgar 78' Ronaldo 12'
Beckham 71'
Guti 85'
27 September 2003 5 Valencia 2–0 Real Madrid
21:30 CEST Mista 5'
Oliveira 71'
5 October 2003 6 Real Madrid 2–1 Espanyol
19:00 CEST Ronaldo 52', 82' Á. Fernández 90'
18 October 2003 7 Celta Vigo 0–2 Real Madrid
19:30 CEST Ronaldo 24'
Roberto Carlos 65'
25 October 2003 8 Real Madrid 3–1 Racing Santander
19:30 CEST Zidane 27'
Raúl 79', 90'
Benayoun 16'
28 October 2003 9 Real Zaragoza 0–0 Real Madrid
21:00 CET
1 November 2003 10 Real Madrid 3–0 Athletic Bilbao
21:30 CET Ronaldo 33', 55'
Figo 69'
9 November 2003 11 Sevilla 4–1 Real Madrid
21:00 CET Helguera 6' (o.g.)
Silva 7'
Alves 14'
Casquero 37'
Ronaldo 54'
23 November 2003 12 Real Madrid 2–1 Albacete
19:00 CET Beckham 38'
Zidane 81'
Parri 39'
29 November 2003 13 Osasuna 1–1 Real Madrid
19:30 CET Bakayoko 10' Ronaldo 73'
3 December 2003 14 Real Madrid 2–0 Atlético Madrid
21:30 CET Ronaldo 1'
Raúl 20'
6 December 2003 15 Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid
21:30 CET Kluivert 83' Roberto Carlos 37'
Ronaldo 74'
14 December 2003 16 Real Madrid 2–1 Deportivo
19:00 CET Ronaldo 44'
Raúl 84'
Pandiani 62'
21 December 2003 17 Mallorca 1–3 Real Madrid
19:00 CET Correa 11' Raúl 45'
Ronaldo 55'
Figo 69' (pen.)
3 January 2004 18 Real Madrid 1–0 Murcia
19:30 CET Raúl 8'
10 January 2004 19 Real Sociedad 1–0 Real Madrid
21:30 CET Karpin 63'
18 January 2004 20 Betis 1–1 Real Madrid
21:00 CET Joaquín 33' Ronaldo 59'
24 January 2004 21 Real Madrid 2–1 Villareal
19:30 CET Solari 15'
Ronaldo 54'
Ballesteros 86'
1 February 2003 22 Valladolid 2–3 Real Madrid
17:00 CET Ó. González 33', 41' Ronaldo 48', 89'
Figo 62'
Referee: Lizondo Cortés
7 February 2004 23 Real Madrid 2–1 Málaga
21:30 CET Ronaldo 24'
Roberto Carlos 59'
Luque 74'
15 February 2004 24 Real Madrid 1–1 Valencia
21:00 CET Figo 90' (pen.) Ayala 74'
21 February 2004 25 Espanyol 2–4 Real Madrid
19:30 CET Tamudo 30'
Lopo 85'
Ronaldo 25' (pen.), 69'
Roberto Carlos 52'
Bravo 66'
29 February 2004 26 Real Madrid 4–2 Celta Vigo
19:00 CET Ronaldo 54'
Zidane 64', 90'
Figo 71'
Ilić 17'
Milošević 90'
13 March 2004 28 Real Madrid 1–1 Real Zaragoza
19:30 CET Portillo 27' Toledo 32'
20 March 2004 29 Athletic Bilbao 4–2 Real Madrid
19:30 CET Yeste 40'
Urzaiz 44'
Del Horno 74', 76'
Raúl 46', 71'
28 March 2004 30 Real Madrid 5–1 Sevilla
21:00 CEST Solari 6'
Ronaldo 45', 90'
Zidane 61'
Salgado 75'
Baptista 59' (pen.)
3 April 2004 31 Albacete 1–2 Real Madrid
20:00 CEST Parri 82' Roberto Carlos 19'
Figo 71'
11 April 2004 32 Real Madrid 0–3 Osasuna
21:30 CEST Valdo 2'
P. García 43'
Moha 61'
25 April 2004 34 Real Madrid 1–2 Barcelona
19:30 CEST Solari 54' Kluivert 58'
Xavi 86'
1 May 2004 35 Deportivo 2–0 Real Madrid
22:00 CEST Tristán 29'
Capdevila 69'
8 May 2004 36 Real Madrid 2–3 Mallorca
22:00 CEST Pavón 17'
Figo 50' (pen.)
Eto'o 11', 36'
Campano 42'
16 May 2004 37 Murcia 2–1 Real Madrid
21:30 CEST García 2', 33' (pen.) Guti 90'
23 May 2004 38 Real Madrid 1–4 Real Sociedad
21:00 CEST Figo 39' (pen.) Kovačević 14'
Prieto 29', 60' (pen.)
De Paula 32'

Copa del Rey

8 October 2003 Round of 64 San Sebastián 0–3 Real Madrid San Sebastián de los Reyes
Raúl 28'
Portillo 57'
Cambiasso 87'
Stadium: Nuevo Matapiñonera
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
16 December 2003 Round of 32 Leganés 3–4 (a.e.t.) Real Madrid Leganés
Pérez 40', 45'
Pavón 50' (o.g.)
Beckham 14'
Raúl 37', 110'
Solari 88'
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez
13 January 2004 Round of 16, Second Leg Real Madrid 2–0
(3–1 agg.)
Eibar Madrid
Ronaldo 59'
Figo 68'
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira
28 January 2004 Quarter-finals, Second Leg Valencia 1–2
(1–5 agg.)
Real Madrid Valencia
Xisco 73' Raúl 14'
Zidane 90'
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez
4 February 2004 Semi-finals, First Leg Real Madrid 2–0 Sevilla Madrid
Solari 56'
Raúl 76'
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez
17 March 2004 Final Real Madrid 2–3 (a.e.t.) Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Beckham 23'
Roberto Carlos 47'
Dani 28'
Villa 44' (pen.)
Galletti 111'
Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez

Top scorers

References

  1. ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2003/08/11/real_home/
  2. ^ Ronaldo wore the #11 shirt until Morientes' transfer, at which point he was assigned the #9 shirt.