The 2003–04 season was Real Madrid CF's 73rd season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2003–04 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players. The club played the season wearing their classic white home and teal blue away kits.

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Real Madrid

2003–04 season
President	Florentino Pérez
Head coach	Carlos Queiroz
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	4th
Copa del Rey	Runners-up
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ronaldo (24) All: Ronaldo (31)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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In spite of the arduous pre-season, the team got off to a good start. They won the Supercopa de España against Mallorca with a 3–0 victory on 27 August in the second leg, avenging their loss to the same side in the 2002–03 Copa del Rey. By the time half of the season had passed, Madrid topped the league table and was still in contention for the Copa del Rey and Champions League trophies. However, the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on away goals by Monaco and finished as runners-up in the domestic cup, losing to Zaragoza after extra time. They also lost their final five La Liga matches and finished in fourth place, which gave Valencia the title. It was the last time that Real Madrid finished below second place until the 2013–14 season, which brought a long-awaited La Décima.

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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

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

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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 DF  ESP Juanfran 35 MF  ESP José Manuel Jurado 36 FW  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

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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.^[5]

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Dragon Team XI v Real Madrid

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

FC Tokyo v Real Madrid

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

Hong Kong League XI v Real Madrid

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

Thailand v Real Madrid

10 August 2003	Thailand	1–2	Real Madrid	Bangkok, Thailand
	65' Sutee	Report	Portillo 29' Morientes 68'	Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 60, 000

Valencia v Real Madrid

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