2003–04 Parma AC season

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Parma
2003–04 season
OwnerParmalat
PresidentStefano Tanzi
ManagerCesare Prandelli
StadiumStadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A5th
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alberto Gilardino (23)

All:
Alberto Gilardino (26)
Average home league attendance15,904[1]
← 
2004–05
 →

During the 2003–04 season

UEFA Cup
.

Summary

The team endured a season of horror, in which the club formerly known as Parma A.C. went into bankruptcy in the middle of the season, seeing out the season in order to avoid the chaos it would cause to the league pyramid. The reason for the bankruptcy was the financial fraud of its owner Calisto Tanzi, who had embezzled money from his company Parmalat, which also went out of business. On 28 June 2004 the club was reformed under its original name as Parma F.C., and finished fifth in the standings. Its glory days were over, however, and the club was forced to sell several key players in the summer of 2004, among them Hidetoshi Nakata, Matteo Ferrari and Matteo Brighi. However, its two most noted players, goalkeeper Sébastien Frey and top scorer and youngster Alberto Gilardino remained with the club, since it did not receive good enough offers to part with the two players.

The season was also the last in which Parma wore its distinctive blue and yellow colours at home, those being associated with Parmalat's ownership. From the 2004–05 season onwards the club reverted to its original white shirt with a black cross design. Club legend

UEFA Cup
winning team to leave.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Sébastien Frey
2 DF Italy ITA Sebastiano Girelli
3 DF Italy ITA Antonio Benarrivo
4 DF Croatia CRO
Hellas Verona[3]
)
5 DF Italy ITA Daniele Bonera
6 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Cardone
7 MF Romania ROU Ianis Zicu (on loan from Dinamo București)
8 MF Italy ITA Simone Barone
10 MF Italy ITA Domenico Morfeo
11 FW Italy ITA Alberto Gilardino
13 DF Argentina ARG Gabriel Oyola
14 DF Italy ITA Marcello Castellini
15 MF Italy ITA Marco Donadel
16 DF Italy ITA Mirko Stefani
18 FW Italy ITA Benito Carbone
19 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Potenza (on loan from Internazionale)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Rosina
21 DF Italy ITA Matteo Ferrari
22 GK Italy ITA Giordano Vanin
23 MF Australia AUS Mark Bresciano
24 GK Italy ITA Fabio Virgili
25 FW Italy ITA Alex Gibbs
26 MF Guinea GUI Ibrahima Camara
28 DF Italy ITA Paolo Cannavaro
30 MF Italy ITA Manuele Blasi (on loan from Juventus)
31 MF Italy ITA Paolo Ruffini
32 MF Italy ITA Marco Marchionni
33 MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Carotti
34 GK Italy ITA
Lecce
)
36 MF Italy ITA Manuele Sorti
37 FW Italy ITA
Ancona
)
38 FW Italy ITA Fabrizio Cammarata (on loan from Cagliari)

Transfers

In
Pos. Name from Type
MF Domenico Morfeo Internazionale
MF Benito Carbone
Como Calcio
DF Marcello Castellini
Bologna F.C.
MF Marco Donadel
U.S. Lecce
DF
Anthony Seric
Brescia Calcio
MF Manuele Blasi
Perugia Calcio
loan ended
MF Stephen Appiah Brescia Calcio loan ended
DF Mirko Stefani
A.C. Milan
DF Emiliano Moretti
Juventus
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW Adrian Mutu Chelsea F.C.
MF Stephen Appiah
Juventus
MF Sabri Lamouchi Internazionale
DF Alessandro Pierini Udinese Calcio
GK
Claudio Taffarel
retired

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type
DF Alessandro Potenza
Ancona Calcio
FW Fabrizio Cammarata Cagliari Calcio
FW Ianis Zicu Internazionale loan
FW Daniele Degano
Ancona Calcio
GK Marco Amelia
U.S. Lecce
DF Ibrahima Camara
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW
Adriano
Internazionale
MF Hidetoshi Nakata
Bologna F.C.
loan
DF
Júnior
A.C. Siena
loan
MF Emanuele Filippini
Palermo
MF Emiliano Moretti
Bologna F.C.
loan
FW Gaetano Grieco
Genoa
GK Alfonso De Lucia
Salernitana
loan
GK Vincenzo Sicignano
Lecce
loan
MF Matteo Brighi Brescia Calcio loan
FW Tonino Sorrentino
Avellino
MF Jorge Bolaño
Lecce
FW Isah Eliakwu Internazionale loan

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
6
Lazio
34 16 8 10 52 38 +14 56
7 Udinese[a] 34 13 11 10 44 40 +4 50
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.
Notes:
  1. Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League
    through league position, respectively.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 16 10 8 57 46  +11 58 9 5 3 32 20  +12 7 5 5 25 26  −1

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDWWDWLWWDLWWLLWWDDDLWWLDDLWWWDDWLW
Position6614344446556665445655544444455455

Matches

31 August 2003
Parma
Bologna
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Guly 8'
Locatelli 78'
Report Adriano 20', 87' Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 21,414
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
14 September 2003 2
Perugia
Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Bresciano 27'
Adriano 50' (pen.)
Gilardino 83'
Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 13,815
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
21 September 2003 3
Parma
Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Stam 33'
S. Inzaghi 79'
Report Bresciano 1', 88'
Adriano 63'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino
28 September 2003 4
Siena
Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Adriano 79' Report Lazetić 41' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 15,412
Referee: Domenico Messina
5 October 2003 5
Sampdoria
Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Adriano 19' Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 18,102
Referee: Stefano Cassarà
19 October 2003 6
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
Modena
Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Morfeo 28'
Adriano 86'
Marchionni 88'
Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 16,938
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti
2 November 2003 8
Parma
Brescia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Matuzalém 4'
Di Biagio 38'
Report Morfeo 12'
Marchionni 43'
Gilardino 71'
Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Attendance: 13,724
Referee: Paolo Bertini
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
Parma
Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Foggia 90+1' Report Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani
Attendance: 4,663
Referee: Paolo Bertini
30 November 2003 11
Chievo
Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Morfeo 52'
Marchionni 70'
Gilardino 81' (pen.)
Report Pellissier 74' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 12,414
Referee: Emidio Morganti
7 December 2003 12
Parma
Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Chevantón 73' (pen.) Report Gilardino 47', 78' Stadium:
Stadio Via del Mare

Attendance: 21,528
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
14 December 2003 13
Parma
Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Miccoli 10', 32'
Del Piero 71'
Nedvěd 72'
Report Stadium:
Stadio delle Alpi
Attendance: 35,074
Referee: Gianluca Paparesta
20 December 2003 14
Reggina
Parma
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Gilardino 83' (pen.) Report Di Michele 27'
Cozza 90'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 11,463
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
6 January 2004 15
Parma
Ancona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Barone 27', 64' Stadium: Stadio del Conero
Attendance: 10,433
Referee: Massimo De Santis
17 January 2004 17
Parma
Udine
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Ferrari 23' (o.g.) Report Adriano 80' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 15,012
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
25 January 2004
Bologna
Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 14,251
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
1 February 2004 19
Parma
Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Hübner 8'
Zé Maria 41' (pen.)
Report Gilardino 35'
Morfeo 38'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi
Attendance: 8,835
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
8 February 2004 20
Lazio
Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Report López 40' (pen.), 57'
Corradi 65'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 14,208
Referee: Antonio Dattilo
15 February 2004 21
Parma
Siena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Chiesa 42' Report Gilardino 58'
Bresciano 90+1'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena
Attendance: 9,941
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
21 February 2004 22
Parma
Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Flores 82' Report Gilardino 59'
Bresciano 74'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 23,436
Referee: Stefano Farina
29 February 2004 23
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
6 March 2004 24
Parma
Modena
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Pivotto 42'
Domizzi 60'
Report Gilardino 45+1' (pen.)
Ferrari 87'
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia
Attendance: 14,247
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
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
Empoli
Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Barone 37'
Gilardino 60' (pen.), 63'
Bresciano 79'
Report Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 12,995
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
4 April 2004 28
Parma
Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Marchionni 31'
Gilardino 71'
Stadium:
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 11,047
Referee: Stefano Farina
10 April 2004 29
Lecce
Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Carbone 1'
Gilardino 42', 84'
Report Chevantón 63' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 13,095
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
25 April 2004 31
Parma
Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Torrisi 48' Report Bresciano 9' Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo
Attendance: 19,165
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
2 May 2004 32
Ancona
Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Gilardino 9'
Carbone 15'
Bresciano 30'
Report Bucchi 32' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 12,755
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
9 May 2004 33
Parma
Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Adriano 62' Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 64,112
Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

25 November 2003 First leg
Parma
Venice
Rosina 53'
Grieco 71'
Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Referee: Daniele Tombolini
16 December 2003 Second leg
Venezia
Parma
Mazzeo 90+1' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Marco Gabriele

Quarter-finals

13 January 2004 First leg
Parma
Rome
Muzzi 36'
Stanković 60'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Emilio Pellegrino
20 January 2004 Second leg
Lazio
Parma
Bresciano 81' Stanković 71' Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Referee: Emidio Morganti

UEFA Cup

First round

24 September 2003 First leg
Parma
Donetsk, Ukraine
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Shyshchenko 44'
Beqiri Yellow card 61'
Checher Yellow card 63'
Report Adriano 67' Stadium: Metalurh Stadium
Referee: Tonny Kolbech Poulsen (Denmark)

Second round

6 November 2003
Parma
Linz, Austria
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Laeßig Yellow card 59' Report Gilardino Yellow card 8', 65'
Filippini 60' (pen.)
Ferrari Yellow card 63'
Nakata 84'
Rosina 87'
Stadium: Linzer Stadion
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

Third round

3 March 2004
Parma
Ankara, Turkey
16:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Daems 37' (pen.), Yellow card 75'
Ferrari 81' (o.g.)
Tandoğan 90+5'
Report Frey Red card 34'
Benarrivo Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

Statistics

Players statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total
2003-04 Serie A
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK France FRA Sébastien Frey 33 -46 33 -46
14 DF Italy ITA Marcello Castellini 32 0 32 0
5 DF Italy ITA Daniele Bonera 24 0 24 0
28 DF Italy ITA Paolo Cannavaro 16 0 14+2 0
21 DF Italy ITA Matteo Ferrari 33 1 33 1
8 MF Italy ITA Simone Barone 33 3 33 3
15 MF Italy ITA Marco Donadel 24 0 19+5 0
23 MF Australia AUS Mark Bresciano 33 8 32+1 8
32 MF Italy ITA Marco Marchionni 32 5 30+2 5
18 FW Italy ITA Benito Carbone 19 4 12+7 4
11 FW Italy ITA Alberto Gilardino 34 23 27+7 23
GK Italy ITA Sicignano 1 0 1 0
10 MF Italy ITA Domenico Morfeo 23 4 16+7 4
4 DF Croatia CRO Anthony Šerić 17 0 12+5 0
30 MF Italy ITA Manuele Blasi 12 0 12 0
19 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Potenza 13 0 6+7 0
7 MF Romania ROU Ianis Zicu 7 0 2+5 0
3 DF Italy ITA Antonio Benarrivo 6 0 2+4 0
20 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Rosina 7 0 1+6 0
6 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Cardone 1 0 1 0
13 DF Argentina ARG Gabriel Oyola 1 0 0+1 0
37 FW Italy ITA Daniele Degano 4 0 1+3 0
38 FW Italy ITA Fabrizio Cammarata 8 0 0+8 0
16 DF Italy ITA Mirko Stefani 0 0 0 0
22 GK Italy ITA Giordano Vanin 0 0 0 0
24 FW Italy ITA Eliakwu 0 0 0 0
34 GK Italy ITA Marco Amelia 0 0 0 0
36 MF Italy ITA Manuele Sorti 0 0 0 0
26 MF Guinea GUI Ibrahima Camara 0 0 0 0
DF Brazil BRA Junior 14 0 12+2 0
MF Italy ITA Filippini 12 1 5+7 1
MF Japan JPN Nakata 12 0 6+6 0
FW Brazil BRA
Adriano
9 8 8+1 8
FW Italy ITA Grieco 2 0 0+2 0
MF Colombia COL Jorge Bolaño 2 0 0+2 0

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia UEFA Cup Total
1 11 FW Italy Alberto Gilardino 23 0 3 26
2 9 FW Brazil Adriano 8 0 1 9
23 MF Australia Mark Bresciano 8 1 0 9
4 18 FW Italy Benito Carbone 4 0 2 6
32 MF Italy Marco Marchionni 5 0 1 6
6 10 MF Italy Domenico Morfeo 4 0 0 4
7 8 MF Italy Simone Barone 3 0 0 3
17 MF Italy Emanuele Filippini 1 0 2 3
9 20 MF Italy Alessandro Rosina 0 1 1 2
27 FW Italy Tonino Sorrentino 0 0 2 2
11 7 MF Japan Hidetoshi Nakata 0 0 1 1
19 FW Italy Gaetano Grieco 0 1 0 1
21 DF Italy Matteo Ferrari 1 0 0 1
Own goal 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 3 13 73

Last updated: 16 May 2004

References

  1. ^ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie a 2003-2004 Attendance Statistics of Serie A (1st Div) 2003-2004".
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Parma - 2003/04".
  3. ^ Šerić was born in Sydney, Australia.