2003–04 AS Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma had a tremendous season in the league, scoring most goals and conceding the fewest goals of all teams, but despite this, A.C. Milan were able to run away with the title, due to a greater efficiency in winning their matches.

Roma
2003–04 season
PresidentFranco Sensi
ManagerFabio Capello
StadiumStadio Olimpico
Serie A2nd
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Francesco Totti (20)

All:
Francesco Totti (20)
Average home league attendance55,413[1]

In Fabio Capello's last season as Roma's coach, the squad did not manage to win any titles whatsoever, even though the results showed a resurgence from the anticlimactic 2002–03 season, in which Roma dipped to eighth in the league standings.

Financial worries forced the club to sell Emerson to Juventus and Walter Samuel to Real Madrid following the season's end. Capello controversially signed for Juventus as well, but key players such as Francesco Totti, Antonio Cassano and Cristian Chivu remained.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 16 May 2004
Appearances include league matches only
No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (Age at end of season) Signed from Signed in Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Cristiano Lupatelli Italy GK (1978-06-21)21 June 1978 (aged 26) Italy Chievo 2003 0 0
12 Carlo Zotti Italy GK (1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 21) Italy Palermo 2001 4 0
22 Ivan Pelizzoli Italy GK (1980-11-18)18 November 1980 (aged 23) Italy Atalanta 2001 55 0
Defenders
2 Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain) Italy RB / CB (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 31) France Monaco 2001 84 4
4 Cristian Chivu Romania LB / CB (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 23) Netherlands Ajax 2003 22 2
5 Jonathan Zebina France CB / RB (1978-07-19)19 July 1978 (aged 25) Italy Cagliari 2000 88 1
19 Walter Samuel Argentina CB (1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 26) Argentina Boca Juniors 2000 122 9
26 Gianluca Galasso Italy CB (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 20) Italy Youth Sector 2003 1 0
29 Giuseppe Scurto Italy CB (1984-01-05)5 January 1984 (aged 20) Italy Youth Sector 2004 0 0
31 Traianos Dellas Greece CB (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 28) Italy Perugia 2002 24 1
32 Vincent Candela France LB / LWB (1973-10-24)24 October 1973 (aged 30) France Guingamp 1997 202 14
Midfielders
8 Francisco Lima Brazil DM / CM (1971-04-17)17 April 1971 (aged 33) Italy Bologna 2001 88 0
11 Emerson Brazil DM / CM (1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 28) Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2000 105 13
15 Olivier Dacourt France AM / CM (1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 29) England Leeds United 2003 45 1
17 Damiano Tommasi Italy DM / CM (1974-05-17)17 May 1974 (aged 30) Italy Hellas Verona 1996 236 12
21 Gaetano D'Agostino Italy CM / AM (1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 22) Italy Bari 2003 16 0
27 Daniele De Rossi Italy DM / CM (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 20) Italy Youth Sector 2001 21 2
28 Adewale Wahab Nigeria CM (1984-10-04)4 October 1984 (aged 19) Italy Reggiana 2001 1 0
30 Mancini Brazil LW / RW / AM (1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 23) Italy Venezia 2003 33 8
33 Akande Ajide Nigeria CM (1985-12-24)24 December 1985 (aged 18) Italy Youth Sector 2004 1 0
37 Raffaele De Martino Italy CM (1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 18) Italy Youth Sector 2003 0 0
Forwards
9 Vincenzo Montella Italy CF / ST (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 30) Italy Sampdoria 1999 118 58
10 Francesco Totti (Captain) Italy AM / LW / SS / CF / ST (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 27) Italy Youth Sector 1992 272 86
18 Antonio Cassano Italy ST / SS (1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 21) Italy Bari 2001 82 28
23 John Carew Norway CF / ST (1979-09-05)5 September 1979 (aged 24) Spain Valencia 2003 20 6
24 Marco Delvecchio Italy CF / ST (1973-04-07)7 April 1973 (aged 31) Italy Internazionale 1995 227 62
25 Alessio Cerci Italy RW / SS (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 16) Italy Youth Sector 2003 1 0
34 Daniele Corvia Italy CF / ST (1984-11-22)22 November 1984 (aged 19) Italy Youth Sector 2003 3 0
Players transferred during the season
20 Luigi Sartor Italy LB / RB / CB (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 29) Italy Parma 2002 12 0

Transfers

Winter

In
Pos. Name To Type
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Out
Pos. Name To Type
DFLuigi SartorA.C. Anconaloan

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final position First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 Runners-up 31 August 2003 16 May 2004
Coppa Italia Round of 16 Quarter-finals 4 December 2003 22 January 2004
UEFA Cup First round Fourth round 24 September 2003 8 December 2004

Last updated: 16 May 2004

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 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Roma 34 21 8 5 68 19 +49 71
3 Juventus 34 21 6 7 67 42 +25 69 Qualification to 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 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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.
(C) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 21 8 5 68 19  +49 71 13 1 3 45 12  +33 8 7 2 23 7  +16

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWDWDWDWWWWWWWLWWDLWDWWWDLWWWDWLLD
Position5111333322111111122222222322222222

Matches

31 August 2003 1 Udinese 1–2 Roma Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Krøldrup 26' Report Delvecchio 13'
Montella 70'
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 17,054
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
14 September 2003 2 Roma 5–0 Brescia Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Montella 11'
Chivu 16'
Totti 23', 58'
Carew 88' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,931
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
21 September 2003 3 Juventus 2–2 Roma Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Di Vaio 21', 35' Report Chivu 25'
Zebina 87'
Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 43,042
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
28 September 2003 4 Roma 3–0 Ancona Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Montella 48'
Totti 78'
Delvecchio 86'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,150
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
5 October 2003 5 Siena 0–0 Roma Siena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena
Attendance: 13,310
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
19 October 2003 6 Roma 2–0 Parma Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Samuel 28'
Cassano 61'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 54,531
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
26 October 2003 7 Internazionale 0–0 Roma Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 68,641
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
2 November 2003 8 Roma 2–0 Reggina Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Montella 17'
Carew 81'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 52,050
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
9 November 2003 9 Roma 2–0 Lazio Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini 81'
Emerson 86'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 72,844
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
23 November 2003 10 Bologna 0–4 Roma Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Totti 16'
Montella 34'
Panucci 38'
Cassano 49'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 27,495
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
30 November 2003 11 Roma 3–1 Lecce Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini 18'
Carew 45'
Totti 77'
Report Chevantón 89' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,619
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
7 December 2003 12 Chievo 0–3 Roma Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Totti 67'
Mancini 70'
Cassano 72'
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 19,023
Referee: Paolo Bertini
14 December 2003 13 Roma 1–0 Modena Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Totti 8' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 47,046
Referee: Domenico Messina
20 December 2003 14 Empoli 0–2 Roma Empoli
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Totti 23' (pen.), 45+1' Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 12,224
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
6 January 2004 15 Roma 1–2 Milan Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano 45+3' Report Shevchenko 24', 63' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,383
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
11 January 2004 16 Perugia 0–1 Roma Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Mancini 3' Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 18,796
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
18 January 2004 17 Roma 3–1 Sampdoria Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Carew 10'
Totti 60', 67'
Report Bazzani 6' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,813
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
25 January 2004 18 Roma 1–1 Udinese Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Panucci 15' Report Jankulovski 88' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 44,882
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
31 January 2004 19 Brescia 1–0 Roma Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Bachini 43' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 15,005
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
8 February 2004 20 Roma 4–0 Juventus Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Dacourt 13'
Totti 53' (pen.)
Cassano 70', 85'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 73,325
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
15 February 2004 21 Ancona 0–0 Roma Ancona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio del Conero
Attendance: 20,850
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
22 February 2004 22 Roma 6–0 Siena Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano 19', 24', 70'
Mancini 30'
Delvecchio 81'
Totti 86'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 49,579
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
29 February 2004 23 Parma 1–4 Roma Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Gilardino 30' Report Cassano 44'
Emerson 52'
Totti 70'
Mancini 77'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 19,031
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
7 March 2004 24 Roma 4–1 Internazionale Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano 45'
Mancini 63', 90+4'
Totti 89' (pen.)
Report Vieri 73' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 59,508
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
14 March 2004 25 Reggina 0–0 Roma Reggio Calabria
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 21,286
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
28 March 2004 27 Roma 1–2 Bologna Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cassano 33' Report Pecchia 26'
Tare 78'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 44,123
Referee: Paolo Bertini
4 April 2004 28 Lecce 0–3 Roma Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Emerson 50'
D'Agostino 54'
Totti 90+4' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
Attendance: 16,266
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
10 April 2004 29 Roma 3–1 Chievo Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Carew 29'
Cassano 60'
Frezzolini 77' (o.g.)
Report Cossato 32' Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
18 April 2004 30 Modena 0–1 Roma Modena
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Totti 55' Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia
Attendance: 15,690
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
21 April 2004 26 Lazio 1–1 Roma Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Corradi 40' Report Totti 61' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 51,590
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
25 April 2004 31 Roma 3–0 Empoli Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Totti 41', 89'
Carew 65'
Report Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto
2 May 2004 32 Milan 1–0 Roma Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Shevchenko 2' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 76,911
Referee: Domenico Messina
9 May 2004 33 Roma 1–3 Perugia Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Cassano 12' Report Zé Maria 19', 24' (pen.)
Ravanelli 83'
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
16 May 2004 34 Sampdoria 0–0 Roma Genoa
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 25,152
Referee: Alberto Castellani

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

4 December 2003 First leg Roma 1–0 Palermo Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Delvecchio 41' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
17 December 2003 Second leg Palermo 1–2
(1–3 agg.)
Roma Palermo
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Pepe 30' Tommasi 69'
Delvecchio 80'
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Referee: Emidio Morganti

Quarter-finals

14 January 2004 First leg Milan 2–1 Roma Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Tomasson 40'
Ambrosini 90'
Carew 33' Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Domenico Messina
22 January 2004 Second leg Roma 1–2
(2–4 agg.)
Milan Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Mancini 81' Nesta 49'
Tomasson 57'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

UEFA Cup

First round

24 September 2003 First leg Roma Italy 4–0 North Macedonia Vardar Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Lima Yellow card 7'
Dellas 13'
De Rossi 21'
Dacourt Yellow card 32'
Carew 54'
Delvecchio 90+2'
Report Branković Yellow card 36'
Ristovski Yellow card 66'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)
15 October 2003 Second leg Vardar North Macedonia 1–1
(1–5 agg.)
Italy Roma Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Zaharievski 40' Report Samuel Yellow card 29'
Mancini 63'
Cassano Yellow card 66'
Stadium: Philip II Arena
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Second round

6 November 2003 First leg Roma Italy 1–0 Croatia Hajduk Split Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Montella Yellow card 75'
Cassano 90+1'
Report Vejić Yellow card 47' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
27 November 2003 Second leg Hajduk Split Croatia 1–1
(1–2 agg.)
Italy Roma Split, Croatia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Bule Yellow card 14', 33'
Neretljak Yellow card 31'
Miladin Yellow card 87'
Report Samuel Yellow card 37'
Zebina Yellow card 76'
Tommasi Yellow card 79'
Cassano 85'
Stadium: Stadion Poljud
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Third round

26 February 2004 First leg Gaziantepspor Turkey 1–0 Italy Roma Gaziantep, Turkey
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Yusuf 19'
İlhan Yellow card 69'
Report Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
3 March 2004 Second leg Roma Italy 2–0
(2–1 agg.)
Turkey Gaziantepspor Rome, Italy
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Cassano Yellow card 5', 43'
Emerson 23', Yellow card 51'
Carew Yellow card 45'
Report Johnson Yellow card 82' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Fourth round

11 March 2004 First leg Villarreal Spain 2–0 Italy Roma Villarreal, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Anderson 29'
José Mari 35'
Report Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
25 March 2004 Second leg Roma Italy 2–1
(2–3 agg.)
Spain Villarreal Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Emerson 10'
Cassano 50'
Report Martí Yellow card 33'
Belletti Yellow card 42'
Anderson 66'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 29,100
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie ACoppaUEFA
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
22 GK Italy ITA Pelizzoli 31-1431-14
5 DF France FRA Zebina 23122+11
2 DF Italy ITA Panucci 242242
19 DF Argentina ARG Samuel 301301
4 DF Romania ROU Chivu 222222
30 MF Brazil BRA Mancini 338338
11 MF Brazil BRA Emerson 333333
15 MF France FRA Dacourt 271271
8 MF Brazil BRA Lima 320320
10 FW Italy ITA Totti 31203120
18 FW Italy ITA Cassano 33143314
12 GK Italy ITA Zotti 3-53-5
23 FW Norway NOR Carew 20610+106
32 DF France FRA Candela 1208+40
17 MF Italy ITA Tommasi 2007+130
31 DF Greece GRE Dellas 1407+70
21 MF Italy ITA D'Agostino 1616+101
9 FW Italy ITA Montella 1155+65
27 MF Italy ITA De Rossi 1704+130
24 FW Italy ITA Delvecchio 1633+133
34 FW Italy ITA Corvia 301+20
28 MF Nigeria NGA Wahab 1010
26 DF Italy ITA Galasso 1010
33 MF Nigeria NGA Ajide 100+10
3 GK Italy ITA Lupatelli 0000
29 DF Italy ITA Scurto 0000
37 MF Italy ITA De Martino 0000
25 FW Italy ITA Cerci 0000
35 GK Italy ITA Curci 0000
41 DF Italy ITA Servi 0000
40 MF Italy ITA Virga 0000
42 DF Italy ITA Piva 0000
Players transferred out during the season
20 DF Italy ITA Luigi Sartor 0000

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 10 FW Italy Francesco Totti 20 0 0 20
2 18 FW Italy Antonio Cassano 14 0 4 18
3 30 MF Brazil Mancini 8 1 1 10
4 23 FW Norway John Carew 6 1 1 8
5 24 FW Italy Marco Delvecchio 3 2 1 6
6 9 FW Italy Vincenzo Montella 5 0 0 5
11 MF Brazil Emerson 3 0 2 5
8 2 DF Italy Christian Panucci 2 0 0 0
13 DF Romania Cristian Chivu 2 0 0 2
10 5 DF France Jonathan Zebina 1 0 0 1
15 MF France Olivier Dacourt 1 0 0 1
16 MF Italy Daniele De Rossi 0 0 1 1
17 MF Italy Damiano Tommasi 0 1 0 1
19 DF Argentina Walter Samuel 1 0 0 1
21 MF Italy Gaetano D'Agostino 1 0 0 1
31 DF Greece Traianos Dellas 0 0 1 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
Totals 68 5 11 84

Last updated: 16 May 2004

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 22 GK Italy Ivan Pelizzoli 20 0 1 21
2 12 GK Italy Carlo Zotti 0 1 2 3
Totals 20 1 3 24

Last updated: 16 May 2004

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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