2003–04 AC Milan season

Milan
2003–04 season
President	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
Intercontinental Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andriy Shevchenko (24); All: ; Andriy Shevchenko (29)
Average home league attendance	63,245
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

In 2003–04, Associazione Calcio Milan managed to claim their first Serie A title since 1998–99. Arguably, this was the pinnacle of Carlo Ancelotti's Milan side, as the players proved they had the ability to perform effectively for the whole season.

Roma both scored more and conceded fewer goals than Milan, but the effectiveness the Milanese showed in tight matches ensured their winning margin was edged out to a stable 11 points. The title was sealed against Roma at home, with a goal by Andriy Shevchenko

proving enough for a 1–0 win.

In the Champions League, Milan failed to defend their European title, as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals, losing 4–0 to Deportivo La Coruña in the second leg, after they had won 4–1 at home.

Individually, the biggest surprise was how the Brazilian

trequartista Kaká seamlessly found his way into the Italian game, being a key player in Milan's success. The other two arrivals, Cafu and Giuseppe Pancaro, also integrated well with the team. Andriy Shevchenko was crowned as European Footballer of the Year on the back of his successful season. Tactically, Ancelotti used two different formations throughout the season; the 4–4–2 diamond (or 4–1–2–1–2) and the 4–3–2–1

.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[2]

Squad no.	Name	Position
Goalkeepers
12	Dida	GK
77	Christian Abbiati	GK
1	Valerio Fiori	GK
Defenders
3	Paolo Maldini (Captain)	LB
2	Cafu	RM
13	Alessandro Nesta	CB
4	Kakha Kaladze	LM
19	Alessandro Costacurta	RB
14	Dario Šimić	SW
27	Serginho	LW
26	Giuseppe Pancaro	RB
24	Martin Laursen	CB
Midfielders
21	Andrea Pirlo	DM
8	Gennaro Gattuso	RM
10	Rui Costa	AM
22	Kaká	AM
20	Clarence Seedorf	LM
23	Massimo Ambrosini	DM
5	Fernando Redondo	CM
32	Cristian Brocchi	RM
Forwards
7	Andriy Shevchenko	CF
9	Filippo Inzaghi	CF
15	Jon Dahl Tomasson	CF / SS
18	Marco Borriello	CF

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
GK	Gabriele Aldegani	Livorno	loan ended
DF	Cafu	AS Roma	free
DF	Fabricio Coloccini	Atletico Madrid	loan ended
DF	Giuseppe Pancaro	SS Lazio
DF	Mohamed Sarr	Ancona Calcio	loan ended
MF	Demetrio Albertini	Atletico Madrid	loan ended
MF	Marco Donadel	Lecce	loan ended
MF	Massimo Donati	Torino F.C.	loan ended
MF	Kaká	Sao Paulo FC	(€8,5 million )^[3]
FW	Mohammed Aliyu Datti	Siena	loan ended
FW	Marco Borriello	Empoli F.C.	loan ended
FW	Vitali Kutuzov	Sporting CP	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	to	Type
GK	Gabriele Aldegani	Rimini	loan
DF	José Chamot	Leganes
DF	Fabricio Coloccini	Villarreal CF	loan
DF	Thomas Helveg	Inter
DF	Roque Júnior	Leeds United	loan
DF	Mohamed Sarr	Atalanta BC	loan
MF	Demetrio Albertini	SS Lazio
MF	Catilina Aubameyang	Triestina	loan
MF	Ibrahim Ba	Bolton Wanderers
MF	Samuele Dalla Bona	Bologna F.C.	loan
MF	Marco Donadel	Parma F.C.	loan
MF	Massimo Donati	Sampdoria	loan
FW	Mohammed Aliyu Datti	Standard Liege
FW	Vitali Kutuzov	Avellino	loan

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
11	FW	BRA	Rivaldo (on loan to Cruzeiro)
25	DF	BRA	Leeds United and Siena )

Reserve 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
40	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Dei Forti
41	MF	ITA	Mattia Dal Bello
42	MF	ITA	Roberto Bortolotto
43	FW	ITA	Alessandro Matri
44	GK	ITA	Marco Taddonio
45	DF	ITA	Ignazio Abate
46	MF	ITA	Davide Canini


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
47	DF	ITA	Elia Legati
48	MF	ITA	Patrick Kalambay
50	GK	ITA	Davide Gobbato
51	MF	BRA	Claiton
52	FW	ITA	Michele Piccolo
86	FW	ITA	Nicola Pozzi

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Supercoppa Italiana

3 August 2003	Milan	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trezeguet 105+3'		Pirlo 105+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 54,128 Referee: Pierluigi Collina
	Penalties
	Di Vaio Trezeguet Birindelli Camoranesi Ferrara		Pirlo Serginho Brocchi Nesta

UEFA Super Cup

29 August 2003	Milan	1–0	Porto	Monaco
20:45 CEST	Shevchenko 10'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,885 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to Champions League group stage
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	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
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 by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	-	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 2004–05 UEFA Cup; = 2004–05 Serie B

Matches

1 September 2003 1	Milan	Ancona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Shevchenko 30', 75'	Stadium: Stadio del Conero Attendance: 22,746 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

13 September 2003 2	Bologna	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 9' Inzaghi 85'	Report	Nervo 32'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,835 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

21 September 2003 3	Milan	Perugia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vryzas 30'	Report	Gattuso 19'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 17,551 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

28 September 2003 4	Lecce	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 21', 69' Tomasson 90'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,710 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

5 October 2003 Milan	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martins 78'	Report	Inzaghi 39' Kaká 46' Shevchenko 77'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 75,831 Referee: Massimo De Santis

19 October 2003 6	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pirlo 37'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62,122 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

26 October 2003 7	Milan	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Tomasson 38' Shevchenko 59', 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 34,424 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

1 November 2003 Milan	1–1	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 65'	Report	Di Vaio 84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 77,921 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

9 November 2003 9	Milan	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 23,663 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

23 November 2003 10	Milan	Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Shevchenko 45+1', 50'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 30,186 Referee: Stefano Farina

30 November 2003 11	Modena	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shevchenko 24', 67'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59,577 Referee: Domenico Messina

6 December 2003 12	Milan	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Kaká 81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,791 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Milan v Udinese

21 December 2003 14	Milan	1–2	Udinese	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cafu 70'	Report	Fava 2' Sensini 51'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,381 Referee: Paolo Bertini

6 January 2004 15	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	Reggina	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kaká 8', 55' Pirlo 71' (pen.)	Report	Torrisi 2'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 55,604 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

18 January 2004 17	Milan	Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Pancaro 81'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 19,972 Referee: Paolo Bertini

25 January 2004 18	Ancona	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shevchenko 64' (pen.) Rui Costa 71' Tomasson 78' (pen.) Kaká 84', 90'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,266 Referee: Luca Palanca

28 January 2004 13	Siena	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kaká 38' Tomasson 54'	Report	Flo 87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54,428 Referee: Daniele Tombolini
Note: Rescheduled because of Milan's participation in the 2003 Intercontinental Cup.

1 February 2004 19	Milan	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Shevchenko 19' Tomasson 89'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 30,149 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

8 February 2004 20	Perugia	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rui Costa 74' Pirlo 78' (pen.)	Report	Fresi 84' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 55,229 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

15 February 2004 21	Milan	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chevantón 19'	Report	Shevchenko 53'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 31,967 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Milan v Internazionale

21 February 2004 Milan	3–2	Internazionale	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 56' Kaká 57' Seedorf 85'	Report	Stanković 15' C. Zanetti 40'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,334 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

29 February 2004 23	Milan	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Ambrosini 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 54,632 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

7 March 2004 24	Sampdoria	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pirlo 17' Inzaghi 35' Kaká 49'	Report	Doni 27'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,967 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

14 March 2004 Milan	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ferrara 81'	Report	Shevchenko 25' Seedorf 63', 75'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 52,300 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

20 March 2004 26	Parma	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 33', 52' Shevchenko 65'	Report	Gilardino 82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63,433 Referee: Stefano Farina

28 March 2004 27	Chievo	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pirlo 80' Shevchenko 90+7'	Report	Sculli 22' Perrotta 39'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,862 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

4 April 2004 28	Milan	Modena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amoruso 52'	Report	Tomasson 42'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 18,575 Referee: Massimo De Santis

10 April 2004 29	Empoli	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pirlo 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61,964 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

17 April 2004 30	Milan	Siena
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chiesa 38' (pen.)	Report	Shevchenko 26' Kaká 80'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 13,090 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

25 April 2004 31	Milan	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 29,819 Referee: Massimo De Santis

2 May 2004 32	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 2'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,911 Referee: Domenico Messina

9 May 2004 33	Milan	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Michele 7' Cozza 30' (pen.)	Report	Shevchenko 51'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 23,513 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Milan v Brescia

16 May 2004 34	Milan	4–2	Brescia	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tomasson 36', 59' Shevchenko 37' Rui Costa 66'	Report	Matuzalém 53', 69'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 77,618 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

3 December 2003 First leg	Milan	Genoa
21:10 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Conte 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

18 December 2003 Second leg	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Inzaghi 13'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Antonio Dattilo

Quarter-finals

14 January 2004 First leg	Roma	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 40' Ambrosini 90+1'	Report	Carew 78'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 9,325 Referee: Domenico Messina

22 January 2004 Second leg	Milan	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mancini 81'	Report	Nesta 49' Tomasson 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,136 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Semi-finals

5 February 2004 First leg	Lazio	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Inzaghi 45+2'	Report	Fiore 1' Couto 36'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 10,907 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

11 February 2004 Second leg	Milan	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	César 11' Liverani 15' Fiore 35', 41'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Milan	6	3	1	2	4	3	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Celta Vigo	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Ajax	6	2	0	4	6	7	−1	6

Source: RSSSF

1 October 2003 Milan	Vigo, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vágner 66'	Report	Cafu 28' Ambrosini 47' Maldini 63' Pirlo 79'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Milan

v

Club Brugge

22 October 2003 Milan	0–1	Club Brugge	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Mendoza 33' De Cock 47'	Stadium: Norway )

4 November 2003 Milan	Bruges, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rozehnal 31'	Report	Nesta 29' 37' Pancaro 42' Kaká 86'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

26 November 2003 Milan	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yakubu 36' Galásek 43'	Report	Inzaghi 34' Shevchenko 52'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland )

9 December 2003 Celta Vigo	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kaká 40' Brocchi 86'		José Ignacio 35', 71' Jesuli 42' Juanfran 45+1' Berizzo 81' Giovanella 90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

24 February 2004 Milan	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gattuso 78' Cafu 83'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 20,640 Referee: Graham Poll (England )

Quarter-finals

7 April 2004 Milan	A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fran 76'	Report	Pirlo 55'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Intercontinental Cup

14 December 2003	Milan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Boca Juniors	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
19:15 JST	Tomasson 23'	Report	Donnet 28'	Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
	Penalties
	Pirlo Rui Costa Seedorf Costacurta		Schiavi Battaglia Donnet Cascini

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League		Others^[4]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	GK	BRA	Dida	45	-30	32	-20	2	-2	9	-7	2	-1
2	DF	BRA	Cafu	41	1	26+2	1	1	0	9	0	3	0
13	DF	ITA	Nesta	38	1	26	0	4	1	6	0	2	0
3	DF	ITA	Maldini	42	0	30	0	0	0	9	0	3	0
26	DF	ITA	Pancaro	33	1	17+4	1	3	0	6+1	0	2	0
21	MF	ITA	Pirlo	44	8	31+1	6	0	0	9	1	3	1
8	MF	ITA	Gattuso	45	2	29+4	1	2	0	7	1	3	0
20	MF	NED	Seedorf	45	3	26+3	3	5	0	8	0	3	0
22	AM	BRA	Kaká	45	14	25+5	10	4	0	10	4	1	0
10	AM	POR	Rui Costa	41	3	19+9	3	4	0	1+5	0	3	0
7	FW	UKR	Shevchenko	45	29	30+2	24	1	0	9	4	3	1
77	GK	ITA	Abbiati	8	-13	2	-4	4	-6	1	-2	1	-1
19	DF	ITA	Costacurta	36	0	18+4	0	5	0	6+2	0	1	0
15	FW	DEN	Tomasson	37	15	17+9	12	4	2	2+4	0	1	1
23	MF	ITA	Ambrosini	32	2	9+11	1	3	1	2+4	0	3	0
27	MF	BRA	Serginho	33	0	7+13	0	5	0	2+5	0	1	0
9	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	28	7	11+3	3	3	2	6+2	2	3	0
14	DF	CRO	Simic	19	0	6+4	0	6	0	1+1	0	1	0
24	DF	DEN	Laursen	19	0	4+6	0	6	0	2+1	0	0	0
32	MF	ITA	Brocchi	21	0	2+9	0	6	0	2+1	0	1	0
5	MF	ARG	Redondo	14	0	2+6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	GEO	Kaladze	11	0	5+1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
1	GK	ITA	Fiori	1	0	0	-0	1	-0	0	-0	0	-0
18	FW	ITA	Borriello	11	0	0+4	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Rivaldo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
45	DF	ITA	Abate	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
86	MF	ITA	Pozzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	BRA	Roque Júnior	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t2003-043015.html

Goalscorers

References

^ "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2003–2004". StadiaPostcards.com.
^ "FootballSquads - Milan - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
^ Alberto Costa (17 August 2003). "Ancelotti accoglie Kaká a braccia aperte. "Non lo diamo in prestito, resta con noi"". corrieredellasera.it. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^ 2003 UEFA Super Cup, Supercoppa and Intercontinental Cup

[1] "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2003–2004". StadiaPostcards.com.

[2] "FootballSquads - Milan - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

[3] Alberto Costa (17 August 2003). "Ancelotti accoglie Kaká a braccia aperte. "Non lo diamo in prestito, resta con noi"". corrieredellasera.it. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

[4] 2003 UEFA Super Cup, Supercoppa and Intercontinental Cup

[1]

[3]

[4]

16 September 2003 Milan	1–0	Ajax	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Inzaghi 67' Gattuso 90+1'	Report	Van der Vaart 39' Escudé 45' Ibrahimović 90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)