2003–04 Real Madrid CF season

The 2003–04 season was Real Madrid C.F.'s 73rd season in La Liga. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the 2003–04 season. It was the last time that Real Madrid finished below second place until 2013–14 season. The club played the season wearing their classic white home and teal blue away kits.

Real Madrid
2003–04 season
PresidentFlorentino Pérez
Head coachCarlos Queiroz
StadiumSantiago Bernabéu
La Liga4th
Copa del ReyRunners-up
Supercopa de EspañaWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ronaldo (24)
All:
Ronaldo (31)

Season summary

In spite of the arduous pre-season, the team got off to a good start to the season. They won the Supercopa de España against Mallorca with a 3–0 victory on 27 August in the second leg. By the time half the season had passed, the team topped the league table and was still in contention for the Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League trophies. However, the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Monaco, and finished as runners-up in the domestic cup. They also lost their final five La Liga matches and finished in fourth place, which gave Valencia the title.

Competition Record Result Top Scorer
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Liga 38 21 7 10 72 54 +18 055.26 4th Ronaldo, 24
Copa del Rey 9 6 1 2 19 9 +10 066.67 Runners-up Raúl, 6
Supercopa de España 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00 Winners 4 Players, 1
UEFA Champions League 10 6 3 1 18 11 +7 060.00 Quarter-finals Ronaldo, 4
Total 59 34 11 14 113 76 +37 057.63 Ronaldo, 31

Transfers

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
23 MF Beckham 28EU Manchester United Transfer Summer 2007 €35,000,000

Total spending: €35,000,000

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
4 DF Hierro 35EU Al-Rayyan SC Transfer Summer free [ ]
24 MF Makélélé 30EU Chelsea Transfer Summer €16,000,000 [ ]

Total income: €16,000,000

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
1 GK  ESP Iker Casillas
2 DF  ESP Míchel Salgado
3 DF  BRA Roberto Carlos
5 MF  FRA Zinedine Zidane
6 DF  ESP Iván Helguera
7 FW  ESP Raúl (captain)
8 MF  ESP Borja
9 FW  BRA Ronaldo[1]
10 MF  POR Luís Figo
11 FW  ESP Javier Portillo[2]
13 GK  ESP Carlos Sánchez
14 MF  ESP Guti (vice-captain)
15 DF  ESP Raúl Bravo
16 MF  ESP Antonio Núñez
17 DF  ESP Oscar Miñambres
19 MF  ARG Esteban Cambiasso
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  ARG Santiago Solari
22 DF  ESP Francisco Pavón
23 MF  ENG David Beckham
25 GK  ESP César
31 MF  ESP Jordi López
33 MF  ESP Álvaro Mejía
34 MF  ESP Juanfran
35 MF  ESP José Manuel Jurado
36 MF  ESP Roberto Soldado
37 MF  ESP Álex Pérez
38 DF  ESP Enrique Corrales
39 DF  ESP Álvaro Arbeloa
40 DF  ESP Miguel Palencia
41 DF  ESP Javier Paredes
42 GK  ESP Diego López

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
4 DF  ESP Rubén (on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach)
9 FW  ESP Fernando Morientes (on loan to Monaco)
24 MF  FRA Claude Makélélé (transferred to Chelsea in August 2003)

Pre-season

The team embarked on a summer tour in Asia, for 18 days, to cash in on the worldwide appeal of their new signing, David Beckham. It included exhibition matches in Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok, which alone earned the club €10 million. This was compared by popular contrary with the tour with the first visit of The Beatles to the United States in 1964. Although lucrative and generating wide publicity, the preparation value of the Asia was questionable, considering that the long 2003–04 season which lay ahead. It was exhausting for the players, due to endless rounds of publicity engagements and restrictions on the players' freedom of movement (due to the team hotel being besieged by fans). Most players admitted that they would have preferred a low-profile training camp and/or to have been home in Spain for the pre-season, instead of playing meaningless show matches against low quality opponents. The Asia tour has been said to have catered more to the needs of the club's marketing than to its players' preparations.[3]

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 August 2003 Dragon Team XI 0–4 Real Madrid Beijing, People's Republic of China
Report Figo  43'
Morientes  74', 86'
Portillo  89'		 Stadium: Workers Stadium
Attendance: 50, 000
5 August 2003 FC Tokyo 0–3 Real Madrid Tokyo, Japan
Report  8',  38' Beckham
 45' Solari
 89' Ronaldo		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 65, 000
8 August 2003 Hong Kong League XI 2–4 Real Madrid So Kon Po, Hong Kong
 25' Wang
 45' Li		 Report Figo  6'
Ronaldo  12', 33'
Raúl  34'		 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 40, 000
10 August 2003 Thailand 1–2 Real Madrid Bangkok, Thailand
 65' Sutee Report Portillo  29'
Morientes  68'		 Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 60, 000
17 August 2003 Trofeo Naranja Valencia 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		 Real Madrid Mestalla Stadium
(Report) Attendance: 23, 000
Referee: Rodríguez Santiago
Penalties
Oliveira
Canobbio
Carboni
Marchena
Palop
Pellegrino 		Roberto Carlos
Morientes
Guti
Portillo
Helguera
Cambiasso

Results

2003 Supercopa de España
Main article: 2003 Supercopa de España
24 August 2003 First Leg Mallorca 2–1 Real Madrid Palma de Mallorca
21:45 CET Bruggink  45'
Eto'o  48'		 Report Figo  18' Stadium: Son Moix
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Pérez Burrull
27 August 2003 Second Leg Real Madrid 3–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Mallorca Madrid
21:45 CET Raúl  44'
Ronaldo  52'
Beckham  73'		 Report Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Medina Cantalejo

Classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Barcelona 38 21 9 8 63 39 +24 72 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Notes:
  1. SEV 2–0 ATM; ATM 2–1 SEV

Matches
30 August 2003 1 Real Madrid 2–1 Betis
19:30 CEST Beckham  2'
Ronaldo  61'		 Juanito  33'
2 September 2003 2 Villareal 1–1 Real Madrid
21:00 CEST Anderson  71' Núñez  85'
13 September 2003 3 Real Madrid 7–2 Valladolid
19:30 CEST Júlio César  20' (o.g.)
Raúl  32', 34', 75'
Zidane  53'
Figo  59'
Ronaldo  70'		 Losada  56'
Chema  60'
21 September 2003 4 Málaga 1–3 Real Madrid
21:30 CEST Edgar  78' Ronaldo  12'
Beckham  71'
Guti  85'
27 September 2003 5 Valencia 2–0 Real Madrid
21:30 CEST Mista  5'
Oliveira  71'
5 October 2003 6 Real Madrid 2–1 Espanyol
19:00 CEST Ronaldo  52', 82' Á. Fernández  90'
18 October 2003 7 Celta Vigo 0–2 Real Madrid
19:30 CEST Ronaldo  24'
Roberto Carlos  65'
25 October 2003 8 Real Madrid 3–1 Racing Santander
19:30 CEST Zidane  27'
Raúl  79', 90'		 Benayoun  16'
28 October 2003 9 Real Zaragoza 0–0 Real Madrid
21:00 CET
1 November 2003 10 Real Madrid 3–0 Athletic Bilbao
21:30 CET Ronaldo  33', 55'
Figo  69'
9 November 2003 11 Sevilla 4–1 Real Madrid
21:00 CET Helguera  6' (o.g.)
Silva  7'
Alves  14'
Casquero  37'		 Ronaldo  54'
23 November 2003 12 Real Madrid 2–1 Albacete
19:00 CET Beckham  38'
Zidane  81'		 Parri  39'
29 November 2003 13 Osasuna 1–1 Real Madrid
19:30 CET Bakayoko  10' Ronaldo  73'
3 December 2003 14 Real Madrid 2–0 Atlético Madrid
21:30 CET Ronaldo  1'
Raúl  20'
6 December 2003 15 Barcelona 1–2 Real Madrid
21:30 CET Kluivert  83' Roberto Carlos  37'
Ronaldo  74'
14 December 2003 16 Real Madrid 2–1 Deportivo
19:00 CET Ronaldo  44'
Raúl  84'		 Pandiani  62'
21 December 2003 17 Mallorca 1–3 Real Madrid
19:00 CET Correa  11' Raúl  45'
Ronaldo  55'
Figo  69' (pen.)
3 January 2004 18 Real Madrid 1–0 Murcia
19:30 CET Raúl  8'
10 January 2004 19 Real Sociedad 1–0 Real Madrid
21:30 CET Karpin  63'
18 January 2004 20 Betis 1–1 Real Madrid
21:00 CET Joaquín  33' Ronaldo  59'
24 January 2004 21 Real Madrid 2–1 Villareal
19:30 CET Solari  15'
Ronaldo  54'		 Ballesteros  86'
1 February 2003 22 Valladolid 2–3 Real Madrid
17:00 CET Ó. González  33', 41' Ronaldo  48', 89'
Figo  62'		 Referee: Lizondo Cortés
7 February 2004 23 Real Madrid 2–1 Málaga
21:30 CET Ronaldo  24'
Roberto Carlos  59'		 Luque  74'
15 February 2004 24 Real Madrid 1–1 Valencia
21:00 CET Figo  90' (pen.) Ayala  74'
21 February 2004 25 Espanyol 2–4 Real Madrid
19:30 CET Tamudo  30'
Lopo  85'		 Ronaldo  25' (pen.), 69'
Roberto Carlos  52'
Bravo  66'
29 February 2004 26 Real Madrid 4–2 Celta Vigo
19:00 CET Ronaldo  54'
Zidane  64', 90'
Figo  71'		 Ilić  17'
Milošević  90'
6 March 2004 27 Racing Santander 1–1 Real Madrid
19:30 CET Benayoun  32' Solari  28'
13 March 2004 28 Real Madrid 1–1 Real Zaragoza
19:30 CET Portillo  27' Toledo  32'
20 March 2004 29 Athletic Bilbao 4–2 Real Madrid
19:30 CET Yeste  40'
Urzaiz  44'
Del Horno  74', 76'		 Raúl  46', 71'
28 March 2004 30 Real Madrid 5–1 Sevilla
21:00 CEST Solari  6'
Ronaldo  45', 90'
Zidane  61'
Salgado  75'		 Baptista  59' (pen.)
3 April 2004 31 Albacete 1–2 Real Madrid
20:00 CEST Parri  82' Roberto Carlos  19'
Figo  71'
11 April 2004 32 Real Madrid 0–3 Osasuna
21:30 CEST Valdo  2'
P. García  43'
Moha  61'
17 April 2004 33 Atlético Madrid 1–2 Real Madrid
22:00 CEST Paunović  47' Solari  5'
Helguera  77'
25 April 2004 34 Real Madrid 1–2 Barcelona
19:30 CEST Solari  54' Kluivert  58'
Xavi  86'
1 May 2004 35 Deportivo 2–0 Real Madrid
22:00 CEST Tristán  29'
Capdevila  69'
8 May 2004 36 Real Madrid 2–3 Mallorca
22:00 CEST Pavón  17'
Figo  50' (pen.)		 Eto'o  11', 36'
Campano  42'
16 May 2004 37 Murcia 2–1 Real Madrid
21:30 CEST García  2', 33' (pen.) Guti  90'
23 May 2004 38 Real Madrid 1–4 Real Sociedad
21:00 CEST Figo  39' (pen.) Kovačević  14'
Prieto  29', 60' (pen.)
De Paula  32'

Copa del Rey
Main article: 2003–04 Copa del Rey

Round of 64
8 October 2003 San Sebastián 0–3 Real Madrid San Sebastián de los Reyes
Raúl  28'
Portillo  57'
Cambiasso  87'		 Stadium: Nuevo Matapiñonera
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

Round of 32
16 December 2003 Leganés 3–4 (a.e.t.) Real Madrid Leganés
Pérez  40', 45'
Pavón  50' (o.g.)		 Beckham  14'
Raúl  37', 110'
Solari  88'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Butarque
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez

Eightfinals
7 January 2004 First Leg Eibar 1–1 Real Madrid Eibar
Cuevas  45' Guti  37' Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium
Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull
13 January 2004 Second Leg Real Madrid 2–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Eibar Madrid
Ronaldo  59'
Figo  68'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira

Quarterfinals
21 January 2004 First Leg Real Madrid 3–0 Valencia Madrid
Raúl  31'
Ronaldo  81'
Figo  86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo
28 January 2004 Second Leg Valencia 1–2
(1–5 agg.)		 Real Madrid Valencia
Xisco  73' Raúl  14'
Zidane  90'		 Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez

Semifinals
4 February 2004 First Leg Real Madrid 2–0 Sevilla Madrid
Solari  56'
Raúl  76'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez
11 February 2004 Second Leg Sevilla 1–0
(1–2 agg.)		 Real Madrid Seville
López  1' Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

Final
Main article: 2004 Copa del Rey Final
17 March 2004 Final Real Madrid 2–3 (a.e.t.) Real Zaragoza Barcelona
Beckham  23'
Roberto Carlos  47'		 Dani  28'
Villa  44' (pen.)
Galletti  111'		 Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Group Stage
Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RM POR OM PAR
1 Real Madrid 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 4–2 1–0
2 Porto 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11 1–3 — 1–0 2–1
3 Marseille 6 1 1 4 9 11 −2 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–2 2–3 — 3–0
4 Partizan 6 0 3 3 3 8 −5 3 0–0 1–1 1–1 —
Source:
16 September 2003 1 Real Madrid 4–2 Marseille Madrid, Spain
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Roberto Carlos  29'
Ronaldo  34', 57'
Figo  61' (pen.)		 Report Drogba  26'
Van Buyten  83'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
1 October 2003 2 Porto 1–3 Real Madrid Porto, Portugal
20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)		 Costinha  7' Report Helguera  28'
Solari  37'
Zidane  67'		 Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
22 October 2003 3 Real Madrid 1–0 Partizan Madrid, Spain
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Raúl  38' Report Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
4 November 2003 4 Partizan 0–0 Real Madrid Belgrade, Serbia
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Report Stadium: Partizan Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Cosimo Bolognino (Italy)
26 November 2003 5 Marseille 1–2 Real Madrid Marseille, France
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Mido  63' Report Beckham  35'
Ronaldo  73'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
9 December 2003 6 Real Madrid 1–1 Porto Madrid, Spain
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Solari  9' Report Derlei  35' (pen.) Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Knockout phase
Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Eightfinals
24 February 2004 Round of 16, First Leg Bayern Munich 1–1 Real Madrid Munich, Germany
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Makaay  75' Report Roberto Carlos  83' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 59,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
10 March 2004 Round of 16, Second Leg Real Madrid 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Bayern Munich Madrid, Spain
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Zidane  32' Report Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Quarterfinals
24 March 2004 Quarter-finals, First Leg Real Madrid 4–2 Monaco Madrid, Spain
20:45
(20:45 UTC+1)		 Helguera  51'
Zidane  70'
Figo  77'
Ronaldo  81'		 Report Squillaci  43'
Morientes  83'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
6 April 2004 Quarter-finals, Second Leg Monaco 3–1
(5a-5 agg.)		 Real Madrid Monaco
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Giuly  45+1', 66'
Morientes  48'		 Report Raúl  36' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Statistics

Players statistics
No. Pos Nat Player Total2003-04 La Liga2003-04 Copa del Rey2003-04 UEFA Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Iker Casillas 37-5037-50
2 DF Míchel Salgado 351351
15 DF Raúl Bravo 321321
6 DF Iván Helguera 291291
22 DF Francisco Pavón 291291
3 DF Roberto Carlos 325325
10 MF Luís Figo 369369
23 MF David Beckham 323323
5 MF Zinedine Zidane 336336
7 FW Raúl 35113511
9 FW Ronaldo 32243224
25 GK César 1-41-4
21 MF Santiago Solari 345345
14 MF Guti 262262
19 MF Esteban Cambiasso 170170
8 MF Borja 150150
11 FW Javier Portillo 181181
13 GK Carlos Sánchez
16 MF Antonio Núñez 111111
17 DF Oscar Miñambres 1010
31 MF Jordi López 2020
33 MF Álvaro Mejía 9090
34 MF Juanfran 5050
35 MF José Manuel Jurado
36 MF Roberto Soldado
37 MF Álex Pérez
38 DF Enrique Corrales
39 DF Álvaro Arbeloa
40 DF Miguel Palencia
41 DF Javier Paredes
42 GK Diego López 0000
4 DF Rubén 2020
9 FW Fernando Morientes 1010
  • Source:

References
  1. Ronaldo wore the #11 shirt until Morientes' transfer on 31 August 2003, at which point he was assigned the #9 shirt.
  2. Portillo wore the #18 shirt and switched to the #11 after it had become available following Ronaldo's switch to #9 in August.
  3. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2003/08/11/real_home/
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