2003–04 Chelsea F.C. season – Wikipedia

98th season in existence of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 2003–04 football season

The 2003–04 season was Chelsea F.C.’s, 12th consecutive season in the Premier League and 98th year as a club. Manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked on 31 May 2004 and was replaced by José Mourinho. In July 2003, long-time chairman Ken Bates sold the club to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.

Chelsea finished second to the unbeaten Arsenal in the Premier League. In the Champions League Chelsea reached the semi-finals against AS Monaco, but failed to reach the final, losing 5–3 on aggregate to the French side. They also exited the FA Cup in the fifth round to Arsenal and the Carling Cup in the quarter-finals to Aston Villa.

Team kit[edit]

The team kit was produced by Umbro. The shirt sponsor was Emirates Airline; the kit bore the “Fly Emirates” logo. Chelsea’s home kit was all blue with a white collar. Their new away kit was all white with black and blue stripes down the center. Last season’s away kit (all black with blue accents) was retained as the club’s third kit.

First team squad[edit]

Squad at end of season

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

Reserve squad[edit]

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

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

#	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date
N/A	GK	Jürgen Macho	Sunderland	Free^[5]	1 July 2003
31	GK	Marco Ambrosio	Chievo Verona	Free	1 July 2003
2	DF	Glen Johnson	West Ham United	£6,000,000^[6]	15 July 2003
14	MF	Geremi	Real Madrid	£7,000,000^[7]	16 July 2003
18	DF	Wayne Bridge	Southampton	£7,000,000^[8]	21 July 2003
11	MF	Damien Duff	Blackburn Rovers	£17,000,000^[9]	21 July 2003
10	MF	Joe Cole	West Ham United	£6,600,000^[10]	6 August 2003
20	MF	Juan Sebastián Verón	Manchester United	£15,000,000^[11]	6 August 2003
7	FW	Adrian Mutu	Parma	£15,800,000^[12]	12 August 2003
5	MF	Alexey Smertin	Bordeaux	£3,450,000^[13]	25 August 2003
21	FW	Hernán Crespo	Inter Milan	£16,800,000^[14]	26 August 2003
34	GK	Neil Sullivan	Tottenham Hotspur	£500,000^[15]	29 August 2003
4	MF	Claude Makélélé	Real Madrid	£16,000,000^[16]	31 August 2003
19	MF	Scott Parker	Charlton Athletic	£10,000,000^[17]	30 January 2004

Out[edit]

Overall transfer activity[edit]

Total Spending[edit]

Summer: £111,150,000

Winter: £10,000,000

Total: £121,150,000

Income[edit]

Summer: £500,000

Winter: £0

Total: £500,000

Expenditure[edit]

Summer: £110,650,000

Winter: £10,000,000

Total: £120,650,000

Competitions[edit]

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	24	7	7	67	30	+37	79	12	4	3	34	13	+21	12	3	4	33	17	+16

Last updated: 10 November 2014.
Source: ESPN

Matches[edit]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Third qualifying round[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Knockout phase[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

FA Cup[edit]

League Cup[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Statistics taken from [1] Archived 20 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine and [2]. Squad details and shirt numbers from [3] Archived 26 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine and [4].