2003-04 season

2003-04 season
General information
Manager	Gerard Houllier
Captain	Sami Hyypia; Steven Gerrard
Performance
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	4th round
Europe	UEFA Cup: 4th round
Top scorers
League	Owen (16)
FA Cup	Cheyrou (2)
League Cup	Heskey (2); Murphy (2)
Europe	UEFA Cup: Kewell (3)
Overall	Owen (19)
Attendances
Average	41,777
←2002-03	2004-05→

The 2003-04 season was Liverpool's 112th season of football since they were established.

Competition performance[]

Competition	Result
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	5th Round
UEFA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	4th Round

Squad[]

1 Jerzy Dudek
2 Stephane Henchoz
3 Steve Finnan
4 Sami Hyypia
5 Milan Baros
6 Markus Babbel
7 Harry Kewell
8 Emile Heskey
9 El Hadji Diouf
10 Michael Owen
11 Vladimir Smicer
12 Paul Jones
13 Danny Murphy
15 Salif Diao
16 Dietmar Hamann
17 Steven Gerrard
18 John Arne Riise
20 Anthony Le Tallec
21 Djimi Traore
22 Chris Kirkland
23 Jamie Carragher
24 Florent Sinama-Pongolle
25 Igor Biscan
26 Richie Partridge
27 Gregory Vignal
28 Bruno Cheyrou
29 Patrice Luzi
32 John Welsh
33 Neil Mellor
34 Darren Potter
36 Jon Otsemobor
40 Paul Harrison

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
16 July 2003	Cologne	3-1	Heskey (6), Owen (59, 88)
19 July 2003	Crewe	1-1	Owen (44)
24 July 2003	Thailand	3-1	Heskey (31), Smicer (46, 65)
27 July 2003	Hong Kong Select	6-0	Smicer (14), Heskey (57, 90), Le Tallec (75), Baros (77, 89)
1 August 2003	Ajax	0-0
3 August 2003	Galatasaray	1-2	Heskey (35)
5 August 2003	Aberdeen	5-1	Murphy (8), Heskey (50), Kewell (55), Mellor (77, 86)
9 August 2003	Valencia	0-2
12 August 2003	Fleetwood	6-1	Diouf (pen 19), Cheyrou (27), Baros (39, 44), Welsh (81), Le Tallec (89)

Results[]

League[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
17 August 2003	Chelsea	1-2	Owen (pen 79)
24 August 2003	Aston Villa	0-0
27 August 2003	Tottenham	0-0
30 August 2003	Everton	3-0	Owen (39, 51), Kewell (79)
13 September 2003	Blackburn	3-1	Owen(pen 12, 68), Kewell (90)
20 September 2003	Leicester	2-1	Owen (pen 20), Heskey (75)
28 September 2003	Charlton	2-3	Smicer (15), Owen (pen 52)
4 October 2003	Arsenal	1-2	Kewell (14)
18 October 2003	Portsmouth	0-1
25 October 2003	Leeds	3-1	Owen (35), Murphy (57), Sinama-Pongolle (84)
2 November 2003	Fulham	2-1	Heskey (17), Murphy (pen 89)
9 November 2003	Man Utd	1-2	Kewell (76)
22 November 2003	Middlesbrough	0-0
30 November 2003	Birmingham	3-1	Gerrard (pen 35), Kewell (69), Heskey (78)
6 December 2003	Newcastle	1-1	Murphy (6)
13 December 2003	Southampton	1-2	Heskey (75)
26 December 2003	Bolton	3-1	Hyypia (30), Sinama-Pongolle (47), Smicer (54)
28 December 2003	Man City	2-2	Smicer (66), Hamann (80)
7 January 2004	Chelsea	1-0	Cheyrou (32)
10 January 2004	Aston Villa	1-0	Delaney (og 36)
17 January 2004	Tottenham	1-2	Kewell (75)
21 January 2004	Wolves	1-1	Cheyrou (42)
31 January 2004	Everton	0-0
7 February 2004	Bolton	2-2	Hyypia (51), Gerrard (69)
11 February 2004	Man City	2-1	Owen (3), Gerrard (51)
29 February 2004	Leeds	2-2	Kewell (21), Baros (42)
14 March 2004	Southampton	0-2
17 March 2004	Portsmouth	3-0	Hamann (6), Owen (28, 58)
20 March 2004	Wolves	1-0	Hyypia (90)
28 March 2004	Leicester	0-0
4 April 2004	Blackburn	4-0	Owen (7, 24), Todd (og 22), Heskey (79)
9 April 2004	Arsenal	2-4	Hyypia (5), Owen (42)
12 April 2004	Charlton	0-1
17 April 2004	Fulham	0-0
24 April 2004	Man Utd	1-0	Murphy (pen 63)
2 May 2004	Middlesbrough	2-0	Murphy (pen 50), Kewell (53)
8 May 2004	Birmingham	3-0	Owen (29), Heskey (51), Gerrard (86)
15 May 2004	Newcastle	1-1	Owen (67)

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	4 January 2004	Yeovil	2-0	Heskey (70), Murphy (pen 77)
4	24 January 2004	Newcastle	2-1	Cheyrou (2, 61)
5	15 February 2004	Portsmouth	1-1	Owen (2)
5 (R)	22 February 2004	Portsmouth	0-1

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	29 October 2003	Blackburn	4-3	Murphy (pen 41), Heskey (49, 61), Kewell (79)
4	3 December 2003	Bolton	2-3	Murphy (66), Smicer (88)

UEFA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	24 September 2003	Olimpija Ljubljana	1-1	Owen (77)
1 (2nd leg)	15 October 2003	Olimpija Ljubljana	3-0	Le Tallec (30), Heskey (36), Kewell (47)
2 (1st leg)	6 November 2003	Steaua Bucharest	1-1	Traore (23)
2 (2nd leg)	27 November 2003	Steaua Bucharest	1-0	Kewell (49)
3 (1st leg)	26 February 2004	Levski Sofia	2-0	Gerrard (67), Kewell (70)
3 (2nd leg)	3 March 2004	Levski Sofia	4-2	Gerrard (7), Owen (11), Hamann (44), Hyypia (67)
4 (1st leg)	11 March 2004	Marseille	1-1	Baros (55)
4 (2nd leg)	25 March 2004	Marseille	1-2	Heskey (15)

Player stats[]

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jerzy Dudek	30	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	38	0
2	DF	Stephane Henchoz	18	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	27	0
3	DF	Steve Finnan	22	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	31	0
4	DF	Sami Hyypia	38	4	4	0	1	0	8	1	51	5
5	FW	Milan Baros	13	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	18	2
7	MF	Harry Kewell	36	7	3	0	2	1	8	3	49	11
8	FW	Emile Heskey	35	7	4	1	2	2	6	2	47	12
9	MF	El Hadji Diouf	26	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	33	0
10	FW	Michael Owen	29	16	3	1	0	0	6	2	38	19
11	MF	Vladimir Smicer	20	3	1	0	1	1	3	0	25	4
12	GK	Paul Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	MF	Danny Murphy	31	5	2	1	2	2	7	0	42	8
15	MF	Salif Diao	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	7	0
16	MF	Dietmar Hamann	25	2	4	0	1	0	5	1	35	3
17	MF	Steven Gerrard	34	4	3	0	2	0	8	2	47	6
18	DF	John Arne Riise	28	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	35	0
20	FW	Anthony Le Tallec	13	0	4	0	2	0	4	1	23	1
21	DF	Djimi Traore	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	11	1
22	GK	Chris Kirkland	6	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	12	0
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	22	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	29	0
24	FW	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	15	2	3	0	2	0	3	0	23	2
25	MF	Igor Biscan	29	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	39	0
28	MF	Bruno Cheyrou	12	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	19	4
29	GK	Patrice Luzi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF	John Welsh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
36	DF	Jon Otsemobor	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0

Tables[]

League[]

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
3	Man Utd	38	23	6	9	64	35	29	75
4	Liverpool	38	16	12	10	55	37	18	60
5	Newcastle	38	13	17	8	52	40	12	56

Transfers[]

In[]

Player	From	Fee	Date
Anthony Le Tallec	Le Havre	£1,500,000	1 July 2003
Florent Sinama-Pongolle	Le Havre	£1,500,000	1 July 2003
Steve Finnan	Fulham	£3,500,000	1 July 2003
Harry Kewell	Leeds	£5,000,000	9 July 2003
Carl Medjani	St Etienne	Free	8 August 2003
Paul Jones	Southampton	Loan	9 January 2004

Out[]

Player	To	Fee	Date
Patrik Berger	Portsmouth	Free	1 July 2003
Bernard Diomede	Ajaccio	Free	1 July 2003
Vegard Heggem	Unknown	Free	1 July 2003
Pegguy Arphexad	Coventry	Free	1 July 2003
Daniel Sjolund	Djurgarden	Free	15 January 2004
Paul Jones	Southampton	Loan expired	28 January 2004
Abel Xavier	Hannover	Free	2 February 2004
Emile Heskey	Birmingham	£6,250,000	8 May 2004

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