2003–04 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen bounced back from the nearly disastrous season it came from, finishing in the top three and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League in the process. The season marked the breakthrough for Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, who scored 16 goals, whereas Brazilian signing França contributed with 14 strikes. As it was, it was the attack that impressed the most, especially in the 6–2 crushing of champions Werder Bremen on the penultimate day of the season.

Bayer Leverkusen
2003–04 season
ManagerKlaus Augenthaler
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalLast 16
Top goalscorerDimitar Berbatov (16)

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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  GER Hans-Jörg Butt
3 DF  BRA Lúcio
4 DF  BRA Juan
5 DF  GER Jens Nowotny
6 DF  SWE Teddy Lučić
7 MF  BRA Robson Ponte
8 MF  GER Jermaine Jones[notes 1]
9 FW  BUL Dimitar Berbatov
10 MF  TUR Yıldıray Baştürk[notes 2]
11 FW  BRA França
13 MF  GER Daniel Bierofka
14 MF  GER Hanno Balitsch
16 MF  GER Ioannis Masmanidis
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  GER Clemens Fritz
18 FW  GER Kenan Şahin[notes 3]
19 MF  CRO Marko Babić
20 GK  AUS Frank Jurić
21 MF  POL Radosław Kałużny
22 GK  GER René Adler
23 DF  GER Alexander Meyer
25 MF  GER Bernd Schneider
26 MF  GER Zoltán Sebescen
27 FW  GER Oliver Neuville[notes 4]
28 MF  GER Carsten Ramelow
29 DF  GER Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker
35 DF  ARG Diego Placente

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
2 DF  GER Christoph Preuß (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
15 DF  GER Ingo Hertzsch (to Eintracht Frankfurt)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW  GER Sebastian Schoof (to LR Ahlen)
31 GK  GER Tom Starke (on loan to Hamburg)

Results

Bundesliga

Statistics

Topscorers

Kits

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References

  1. "Bayer Leverkusen - 2003/04". FootballSquads. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

Notes

  1. Jones was born in Frankfurt, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-20, U-21 and B level and before making his international debut for Germany in February 2008, but also qualified to represent the United States through his father and made his international debut for the United States in October 2010.
  2. Baştürk was born in Herne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and made his international debut for Turkey in 1998.
  3. Şahin was born in Cologne, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented Turkey at U-21 level.
  4. Neuville was born in Locarno, Switzerland, but also qualified to represent Italy and Germany internationally through his mother and father respectively and made his debut for Germany in September 1998.
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