2003–04_Fulham_F.C._season

Fulham F.C.
2003–04 season
Chairman	Mohamed Al-Fayed
Manager	Chris Coleman
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Louis Saha (13); All: Louis Saha (15)
Highest home attendance	25,357 (vs. Chelsea, 1 January 2004)
Lowest home attendance	10,500 (vs. Bolton, 26 September 2003)
Home colours	Away colours
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2003–04 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham F.C. 2003–04 football season

The 2003–04 season was Fulham's third consecutive season in the top league of English football, the Barclaycard Premiership. The club was managed by former player Chris Coleman, who replaced Jean Tigana at the end of the 2002–03 season.

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Fulham were near the top of the table after the first few months of the season after a great start to the campaign and consistently remained in the top half throughout the course of the season. They ended up finishing in ninth position, only four points behind fifth-placed Newcastle United. It was a great debut season for Chris Coleman as manager, particularly as the club had to cope for half of the season without top goalscorer, Louis Saha, who left for Manchester United.

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[table_note_res_MID0.3709555740333-13] Middlesbrough qualified as the 2003–04 Football League Cup winners.

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Crossley was born in Barnsley, England and represented them at U-21 level, but qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Wales in February 1997.

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Malbranque was born in Mouscron, Belgium, but also qualified to represent France internationally, and represented them at U-21 level before being called up by France in February 2004 without playing.

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Hayles was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2001, having previously represented the Cayman Islands internationally despite being ineligible to do so.

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Djetou was born in Brogohlo, Ivory Coast, but was raised in France and made his international debut for France in 1996.

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Buari was born in Accra, Ghana, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-15 and U-16 level.

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Rehman was born in Birmingham, England and represented them at U-18, U-19 and U-20 level, but qualified to represent Pakistan internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Pakistan in December 2005.

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John was born in Zwedru, Liberia, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.

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Willock was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and made his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2004.

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Taylor was born in Hildesheim, West Germany (now Germany), but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as he holds a British passport, and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 1999.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NED	Edwin van der Sar	43	0	37	0	6	0	0	0
12	GK	WAL	Mark Crossley	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Moritz Volz	38	0	32+1	0	5	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Jon Harley	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Zat Knight	37	0	30+1	0	5+1	0	0	0
17	DF	FRA	Martin Djetou	31	0	19+7	0	4	0	1	0
18	DF	FRA	Jérôme Bonnissel	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Dean Leacock	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	FRA	Alain Goma	29	0	23	0	6	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Zesh Rehman	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF	ENG	Adam Green	7	0	4	0	2	0	1	0
34	DF	USA	Carlos Bocanegra	19	0	15	0	4	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Ian Pearce	13	0	12+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	FRA	Sylvain Legwinski	37	0	30+2	0	4	0	1	0
6	MF	JPN	Junichi Inamoto	25	3	15+7	2	2	1	1	0
7	MF	WAL	Mark Pembridge	15	1	9+3	1	0+2	0	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Lee Clark	27	2	25	2	2	0	0	0
14	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque	44	8	38	6	6	2	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Sean Davis	30	6	22+2	5	6	1	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Malik Buari	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	NED	Bobby Petta	14	0	3+6	0	2+3	0	0	0
27	MF	LVA	Andrejs Štolcers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	ENG	Darren Pratley	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
8	FW	USA	Brian McBride	19	5	5+11	4	3	1	0	0
9	FW	ARG	Facundo Sava	9	1	0+6	1	0+2	0	1	0
11	FW	POR	Luís Boa Morte	39	10	32+1	9	5	1	0+1	0
15	FW	JAM	Barry Hayles	32	5	10+16	4	3+3	1	0	0
36	FW	NED	Collins John	8	4	3+5	4	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF	WAL	Andy Melville	11	0	9	0	0+1	0	1	0
7	FW	FRA	Steve Marlet	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
8	FW	FRA	Louis Saha	22	15	20+1	13	1	2	0	0

Position	Staff
Manager	Chris Coleman
Assistant manager	Steve Kean
Goalkeeping coach	Dave Beasant
Head of Youth Development	John Murtough
Secretary	Mark Maunders

Chairman	Mohamed Al Fayed
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Loftus Road (19,148 / 112x72 yards)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Charlton Athletic	38	14	11	13	51	51	0	53
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	11	13	48	56	−8	53
9	Fulham	38	14	10	14	52	46	+6	52
10	Birmingham City	38	12	14	12	43	48	−5	50
11	Middlesbrough	38	13	9	16	44	52	−8	48	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}

12 July 2003	Torquay United	1–4	Fulham	Plainmoor, Torquay
	Gritton 32'	Report	Buari 23' Sava 55' Saha 69', 76'	Attendance: 1 896

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2003–04 Fulham F.C. season

Kit and sponsorship

Players

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Starting 11

Transfers

Summer

In

Out

January

In

Out

Club

Management

Other information

Competitions

Premier League

Season statistics

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

Results

Premier League

League Cup

FA Cup

References

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17 July 2003	Fulham	1–2	Celtic	Loftus Road, Fulham, London
	Sava 59'	Report	Petrov 8' Larsson 12'	Attendance: 14 247

23 July 2003	ASK Voitsberg	1–4	Fulham	Stadium Sportscentre Voitsberg, Voitsberg
	Walther Eccher 73' (pen.)	Report	Sava 8' Marlet 24' Hammond 36' Saha 68' (pen)	Attendance: 400

26 July 2003	Roma	2–1	Fulham	Franz Fekete Stadium, Kapfenberg
	Cassano 26' Bombardini 88'	Report	Saha 27'	Attendance: 4 000

2 August 2003	Motherwell	2–2	Fulham	Fir Park, Motherwell
	Burns 40' (pen.), 89'	Report	Saha 18' Marlet 60'	Referee: Eddie Mack

5 August 2003	Livingston	2–0	Fulham	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
	Pasquinelli 23', 31'	Report		Attendance: 2 846 Referee: John Underhill

10 August 2003	Fulham	2–1	Mallorca	Loftus Road, London
	Boa Morte 32' Malbranque 65'	Report	Eto'o 12'	Attendance: 2,489 Referee: Paul Durkin

16 August 2003 (2003-08-16) 1	Fulham	3–2	Middlesbrough	White City, London
15:00 BST	Marlet 81' Inamoto 56' Saha 70'	Report	Marinelli 10' Nemeth 81'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,546 Referee: Graham Poll

23 August 2003 (2003-08-23) 2	Everton	3–1	Fulham	Liverpool, Merseyside
15:00 BST	Naysmith 7' Unsworth 20' Watson 35'	Report	Hayles 69'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,604 Referee: Neale Barry

30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) 3	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Fulham	Tottenham, London
15:00 BST		Report	Hayles 23', 67' Boa Morte 71'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,421 Referee: Jeff Winter

14 September 2003 (2003-09-14) 4	Birmingham City	2–2	Fulham	Birmingham, West Midlands
16:05 BST	Mikael Forssell 45', 82' Purse 82'	Report	Saha 1' Boa Morte 78' Legwinski 60'	Stadium: St. Andrews Attendance: 27,250 Referee: Steve Dunn

20 September 2003 (2003-09-20) 5	Fulham	2-2	Manchester City	White City, London
15:00 BST	Malbranque 73' Saha 79'	Report	Knight 31' (o.g.) Wanchope 90+3'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,124 Referee: Phil Dowd

28 September 2003 (2003-09-28) 6	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Fulham	Blackburn, Lancashire
12:00 BST		Report	Boa Morte 5' Saha 56'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,985 Referee: Matt Messias

4 October 2003 (2003-10-04) 7	Fulham	2–0	Leicester City	White City, London
15:00 BST	Boa Morte 36', 73'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,612 Referee: Chris Foy

18 October 2003 (2003-10-18) 8	Fulham	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White City, London
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,031 Referee: Howard Webb

21 October 2003 (2003-10-21) 9	Fulham	2–3	Newcastle United	White City, London
19:45 BST	Clark 6' Saha 8'	Report	Robert 16' Shearer 51 pen.', 56'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,241 Referee: Barry Knight

25 October 2003 (2003-10-25) 10	Manchester United	1–3	Fulham	Manchester, Greater Manchester
	Forlan 45+2'	Report	Clark 3' Malbranque 66' Inamoto 79'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,727 Referee: Mike Riley

2 November 2003 (2003-11-02) 11	Fulham	1–2	Liverpool	White City, London
	Saha 43' Boa Morte 90'	Report	Heskey 17' Murphy 89 pen.'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,682 Referee: Rob Styles

8 November 2003 (2003-11-08) 12	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Fulham	Charlton, London
	Stuart 10' Johansson 69', 76'	Report	Davis 89'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,285 Referee: Andy D'Urso

24 November 2003 (2003-11-24) 13	Fulham	2–0	Portsmouth	White City, London
	Saha 30', 33'	Report	Berger 82'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,624 Referee: Alan Wiley

30 November 2003 (2003-11-30) 14	Arsenal	0–0	Fulham	Highbury, London
		Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,063 Referee: Graham Barber

6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) 15	Fulham	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	White City, London
	Davis 75' Sava 76'	Report	Davies 53'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,393 Referee: Andy D'Urso

14 December 2003 (2003-12-14) 16	Leeds United	3–2	Fulham	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Duberry 41' Viduka 46' Matteo 88'	Report	Saha 47', 85'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,544 Referee: Neale Barry

20 December 2003 (2003-12-20) 17	Fulham	0–1	Chelsea	White City, London
		Report	Crespo 62'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,431 Referee: Mike Riley

20 December 2003 (2003-12-20) 18	Fulham	2–0	Southampton	White City, London
	Saha 19', 62 pen.'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,640 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

28 December 2003 (2003-12-28) 19	Aston Villa	3–0	Fulham	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Angel 32' Vassell 67', 82'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,617 Referee: Barry Knight

7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) 20	Middlesbrough	2–1	Fulham	Middlesbrough North Yorkshire
	Job 14' Nemeth 67'	Report	Hayles 90+2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,869 Referee: Paul Durkin

10 January 2004 (2004-01-10) 21	Fulham	2–1	Everton	White City, London, London
	Saha 45 pen.' Malbranque 46'	Report	Kilbane 81'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,308 Referee: Graham Poll

19 January 2004 (2004-01-19) 22	Newcastle United	3–1	Fulham	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
	O'Brien 4' Speed 41' Robert 54'	Report	Davis 74'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,104 Referee: Neale Barry

31 January 2004 (2004-01-31) 23	Fulham	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	White City, London
	Malbranque 45+2 pen.' McBride 66'	Report	Keane 18 pen.'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,024 Referee: Matt Messias

7 February 2004 (2004-02-07) 24	Southampton	0–0	Fulham	Southampton, Hampshire
		Report		Stadium: St Mary's Attendance: 31,820 Referee: Andy D'Urso