2003–04 La Liga

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Real Madrid 7–2 Valladolid
(13 September 2003)[1]
Villarreal 6–3 Racing
(15 February 2004)[6]
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The 2003–04 La Liga season, the 73rd since its establishment, started on 30 August 2003 and finished on 23 May 2004. Valencia were crowned champions for the 6th time in their history.

To date, this is the most recent season the league was won by a non-top 3 team in La Liga.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the

Murcia, Zaragoza and Albacete, returning to the top flight after an absence of fourteen, one and seven years respectively. They replaced Recreativo, Alavés, and Rayo Vallecano
after spending time in the top flight for one, five, and four years respectively.

Increase Promoted to 2003–04 La Liga Decrease Relegated from 2002–03 La Liga
Murcia
Zaragoza
Albacete
 Recreativo
Alavés
Rayo Vallecano
Real Sociedad
Sevilla
Valencia
Valladolid
Villarreal
Zaragoza
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Location of teams in La Liga 2003–04
Team Stadium Capacity
Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Real Madrid
 Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
Espanyol Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926
Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005
Valencia
Mestalla
 55,000
Real Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132
Sevilla
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
 45,500
Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600
Real Zaragoza* La Romareda 34,596
Celta de Vigo
Estadio Balaídos
 32,500
Real Sociedad
Anoeta
 32,200
Málaga La Rosaleda 30,044
Valladolid José Zorrilla 27,846
Mallorca
Son Moix
 23,142
Villarreal
El Madrigal
 23,000
Racing de Santander
El Sardinero
 22,400
Osasuna
El Sadar
 19,553
Albacete* Carlos Belmonte 18,000
Murcia
*		 La Condomina 16,000

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Valencia (C) 38 23 8 7 71 27 +44 77 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 21 9 8 63 39 +24 72
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]
7 Atlético Madrid 38 15 10 13 51 53 −2 55[a] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Villarreal 38 15 9 14 47 49 −2 54 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9 Betis 38 13 13 12 46 43 +3 52
10 Málaga 38 15 6 17 50 55 −5 51[b]
11 Mallorca 38 15 6 17 54 66 −12 51[b]
12 Zaragoza 38 13 9 16 46 55 −9 48[c] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[d]
13 Osasuna 38 11 15 12 38 37 +1 48[c]
14 Albacete 38 13 8 17 40 48 −8 47
15 Real Sociedad 38 11 13 14 49 53 −4 46
16 Espanyol 38 13 4 21 48 64 −16 43
17 Racing Santander[e] 38 11 10 17 48 63 −15 42
18 Valladolid (R) 38 10 11 17 46 56 −10 41 Relegation to the Segunda División
19
Celta de Vigo
(R) 		38 9 12 17 48 68 −20 39
20
Murcia
(R) 		38 5 11 22 29 57 −28 26
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b SEV 2–0 ATM; ATM 2–1 SEV
  2. ^ a b MLG 3–1 MLL; MLL 2–1 MLG
  3. ^ a b OSA 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 OSA
  4. ^ Zaragoza entered UEFA Cup as winners of 2003–04 Copa del Rey.
  5. ^ Racing Santander were give a one-point deduction due to using foreign players exceeds the quota during a match against Osasuna on 14 December 2003.

Results

Home \ Away ALB ATH ATM FCB BET
CEL
 RCD ESP MCF MLL
MUR
 OSA RAC
RMA
 RSO SFC VCF VLD VIL ZAR
Albacete 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–4 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–1
Athletic Bilbao 1–1 3–4 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 4–0
Atlético Madrid 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–2
Barcelona 5–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 3–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0
Betis 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–1
Celta de Vigo
 2–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–5 1–5 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–5 0–0 0–2 3–2 2–1 0–2
Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 2–0 5–1 2–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–1
Espanyol 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 0–4 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–2
Málaga 1–1 2–1 3–1 5–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 5–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–6 2–3 0–0 2–1
Mallorca 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–4 4–2 4–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–5 1–0 1–2 2–0
Murcia
 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0
Osasuna 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1
Racing Santander 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–2 4–4 0–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–2
Real Madrid
 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–4 5–1 1–1 7–2 2–1 1–1
Real Sociedad 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 0–4 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 3–0
Sevilla 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 5–2 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–2
Valencia 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 5–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 3–2
Valladolid 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–4 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–2
Villarreal 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 6–3 1–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–1
Zaragoza 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–4 0–1 1–0 4–1
Source: LFP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Overall

  • Most wins – Valencia (23)
  • Fewest wins –
    Murcia
    (5)
  • Most draws – Osasuna (15)
  • Fewest draws – Espanyol (4)
  • Most losses –
    Murcia
    (22)
  • Fewest losses – Valencia (7)
  • Most goals scored –
    Real Madrid
    (72)
  • Fewest goals scored –
    Murcia
    (29)
  • Most goals conceded –
    Celta de Vigo
    (68)
  • Fewest goals conceded – Valencia (27)

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Scorer Team Goals
Brazil Ronaldo
Real Madrid
 24
Brazil Júlio Baptista Sevilla 20
Spain Mista Valencia 19
Spain Raúl Tamudo Espanyol 19
Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid 19
Spain Salva Málaga 18
Spain David Villa Zaragoza 17
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Mallorca 17

Fair Play award

Valencia was the winner of the Fair-play award with 99 points.[7]

Pedro Zaballa award

Joan Laporta (Barcelona president) and José María Alanís (CD Siempre Alegres footballer)[8]

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Spain Raúl Real Madrid Valladolid 7-2 13 September 2003
Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Valencia Mallorca 5-0 2 November 2003
Spain Salva Málaga Barcelona 5-1 3 December 2003
Spain Víctor Deportivo La Coruna
Celta Vigo
 5-0 3 January 2004
Spain Javi Guerrero Racing Santander
Murcia
 3-2 25 January 2004
Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Valencia Málaga 6-1 31 January 2004
Brazil Júlio Baptista Sevilla
Murcia
 3-1 14 February 2004
Spain Mista Valencia Mallorca 5-1 21 March 2004
Brazil Júlio Baptista4 Sevilla Racing Santander 5-2 18 April 2004
Spain David Villa4 Zaragoza Sevilla 4-4 25 April 2004
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Real Madrid 7-2 Valladolid" (in Spanish). RFEF. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 5-0 Albacete" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 February 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Málaga 1-6 Valencia" (in Spanish). RFEF. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Mallorca 0-5 Valencia" (in Spanish). RFEF. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Celta Vigo 0-5 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 3 January 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Villarreal 6-3 Racing" (in Spanish). RFEF. 15 February 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Ganadores de los Premios Juego Limpio" [Fair-play awards Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.