2003–04 Real Madrid C.F. season

Real Madrid

2003–04 season

Chairman

Manager

4th

UEFA Champions League

Quarter-finals

Top goalscorer

League:
Ronaldo (24)
All:
Ronaldo (31)

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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.

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	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

17 August 2003 Trofeo Naranja	Valencia	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 6 p)	Real Madrid	Mestalla Stadium
		(Report)		Attendance: 23, 000 Referee: Rodríguez Santiago
		Penalties
	Oliveira Canobbio Carboni Marchena Palop Pellegrino		Roberto Carlos Morientes Guti Portillo Helguera Cambiasso

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

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
23	MF		Beckham	28	EU	Manchester United !Manchester United	Transfer	Summer	2007	€35,000,000

Total spending: €35,000,000

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source

Total income: €0 Makelele

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Iker Casillas
2	DF	Míchel Salgado
3	DF	Roberto Carlos
5	MF	Zinedine Zidane
6	DF	Iván Helguera
7	FW	Raúl (captain)
9	FW	Ronaldo^[2]
10	MF	Luís Figo
11	FW	Javier Portillo
13	GK	Carlos Sánchez
14	MF	Guti (vice-captain)
15	DF	Raúl Bravo
16	MF	Antonio Núñez
17	DF	Oscar Miñambres
19	DF	Esteban Cambiasso
21	MF	Santiago Solari
22	DF	Francisco Pavón

No.	Position	Player
23	MF	David Beckham
25	GK	César
29	MF	Riki
30	MF	Roberto Trashorras
31	MF	Jordi López
32	GK	Jordi Codina
33	MF	Álvaro Mejía
34	MF	Juanfran
35	MF	José Manuel Jurado
36	MF	Roberto Soldado
37	MF	Álex Pérez
38	DF	Enrique Corrales
39	DF	Álvaro Arbeloa
40	DF	Miguel Palencia
41	DF	Javier Paredes
42	GK	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.		Position	Player
8		MF	Borja (on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach)
9		FW	Fernando Morientes (on loan to Monaco)

Results

La Liga

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'

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'

6 March 2004 27	Racing Santander	1–1	Real Madrid
19:30 CET	Benayoun 32'		Solari 28'

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'

17 April 2004 33	Atlético Madrid	1–2	Real Madrid
22:00 CEST	Paunović 47'		Solari 5' Helguera 77'

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'

Classification


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valencia !Valencia (C)	38	23	8	7	71	27	+44	77	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Barcelona !Barcelona	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage
3	Deportivo La Coruña !Deportivo La Coruña	38	21	8	9	60	34	+26	71	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Real Madrid !Real Madrid	38	21	7	10	72	54	+18	70	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round

Updated to games played on 2009-09-03.
Source: 2003–04 La Liga#Final League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	1	Fourth	2003-08-30	2004-05-23
Copa del Rey	Second Round	Final	2003-10-08	2004-03-17
UEFA Champions League	First group stage	Quarter-finals	2003-09-16	2004-04-06

Top scorers

References

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

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