2003–04 AS Roma season

Roma

2003–04 season
President	Franco Sensi
Manager	Fabio Capello
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	2nd
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Francesco Totti (20) All: Francesco Totti (20)
Average home league attendance	55,413[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Associazione Sportiva Roma had a tremendous season in the league, scoring most goals and conceding the fewest goals of all teams, but despite this, A.C. Milan were able to run away with the title, due to a greater efficiency in winning their matches.

In Fabio Capello's last season as Roma's coach, the squad did not manage to win any titles whatsoever, even though the results showed a resurgence from the anticlimactic 2002–03 season, in which Roma dipped to eighth in the league standings.

Financial worries forced the club to sell Emerson to Juventus and Walter Samuel to Real Madrid following the season's end. Capello controversially signed for Juventus as well, but key players such as Francesco Totti, Antonio Cassano and Cristian Chivu remained.

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 16 May 2004

Appearances include league matches only

No.	Name	Nat	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age at end of season)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Cristiano Lupatelli		GK	(1978-06-21)21 June 1978 (aged 26)	Chievo	2003	0	0
12	Carlo Zotti		GK	(1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 21)	Palermo	2001	4	0
22	Ivan Pelizzoli		GK	(1980-11-18)18 November 1980 (aged 23)	Atalanta	2001	55	0
Defenders
2	Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain)		RB / CB	(1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 31)	Monaco	2001	84	4
4	Cristian Chivu		LB / CB	(1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 23)	Ajax	2003	22	2
5	Jonathan Zebina		CB / RB	(1978-07-19)19 July 1978 (aged 25)	Cagliari	2000	88	1
19	Walter Samuel		CB	(1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 26)	Boca Juniors	2000	122	9
26	Gianluca Galasso		CB	(1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 20)	Youth Sector	2003	1	0
29	Giuseppe Scurto		CB	(1984-01-05)5 January 1984 (aged 20)	Youth Sector	2004	0	0
31	Traianos Dellas		CB	(1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 28)	Perugia	2002	24	1
32	Vincent Candela		LB / LWB	(1973-10-24)24 October 1973 (aged 30)	Guingamp	1997	202	14
Midfielders
8	Francisco Lima		DM / CM	(1971-04-17)17 April 1971 (aged 33)	Bologna	2001	88	0
11	Emerson		DM / CM	(1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 28)	Bayer Leverkusen	2000	105	13
15	Olivier Dacourt		AM / CM	(1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 29)	Leeds United	2003	45	1
17	Damiano Tommasi		DM / CM	(1974-05-17)17 May 1974 (aged 30)	Hellas Verona	1996	236	12
21	Gaetano D'Agostino		CM / AM	(1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 22)	Bari	2003	16	0
27	Daniele De Rossi		DM / CM	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 20)	Youth Sector	2001	21	2
28	Adewale Wahab		CM	(1984-10-04)4 October 1984 (aged 19)	Reggiana	2001	1	0
30	Mancini		LW / RW / AM	(1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 23)	Venezia	2003	33	8
33	Akande Ajide		CM	(1985-12-24)24 December 1985 (aged 18)	Youth Sector	2004	1	0
37	Raffaele De Martino		CM	(1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 18)	Youth Sector	2003	0	0
Forwards
9	Vincenzo Montella		CF / ST	(1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 30)	Sampdoria	1999	118	58
10	Francesco Totti (Captain)		AM / LW / SS / CF / ST	(1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 27)	Youth Sector	1992	272	86
18	Antonio Cassano		ST / SS	(1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 21)	Bari	2001	82	28
23	John Carew		CF / ST	(1979-09-05)5 September 1979 (aged 24)	Valencia	2003	20	6
24	Marco Delvecchio		CF / ST	(1973-04-07)7 April 1973 (aged 31)	Internazionale	1995	227	62
25	Alessio Cerci		RW / SS	(1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 16)	Youth Sector	2003	1	0
34	Daniele Corvia		CF / ST	(1984-11-22)22 November 1984 (aged 19)	Youth Sector	2003	3	0
Players transferred during the season
20	Luigi Sartor		LB / RB / CB	(1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 29)	Parma	2002	12	0

Transfers

Winter

Competitions

Overall

Last updated: 16 May 2004

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Udinese v Roma

31 August 2003 1	Udinese	1–2	Roma	Udine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krøldrup 26'	Report	Delvecchio 13' Montella 70'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 17,054 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Roma v Brescia

14 September 2003 2	Roma	5–0	Brescia	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella 11' Chivu 16' Totti 23', 58' Carew 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,931 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Juventus v Roma

21 September 2003 3	Juventus	2–2	Roma	Turin
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Vaio 21', 35'	Report	Chivu 25' Zebina 87'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 43,042 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Roma v Ancona

28 September 2003 4	Roma	3–0	Ancona	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Montella 48' Totti 78' Delvecchio 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 51,150 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Roma v Parma

19 October 2003 6	Roma	2–0	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Samuel 28' Cassano 61'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 54,531 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Roma v Reggina

2 November 2003 8	Roma	2–0	Reggina	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella 17' Carew 81'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 52,050 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Roma v Lazio

9 November 2003 9	Roma	2–0	Lazio	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mancini 81' Emerson 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 72,844 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Bologna v Roma

23 November 2003 10	Bologna	0–4	Roma	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Totti 16' Montella 34' Panucci 38' Cassano 49'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 27,495 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Roma v Lecce

30 November 2003 11	Roma	3–1	Lecce	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mancini 18' Carew 45' Totti 77'	Report	Chevantón 89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 51,619 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

Chievo v Roma

7 December 2003 12	Chievo	0–3	Roma	Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Totti 67' Mancini 70' Cassano 72'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 19,023 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Roma v Modena

14 December 2003 13	Roma	1–0	Modena	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Totti 8' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 47,046 Referee: Domenico Messina

Empoli v Roma

20 December 2003 14	Empoli	0–2	Roma	Empoli
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Totti 23' (pen.), 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,224 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

Roma v Milan

6 January 2004 15	Roma	1–2	Milan	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano 45+3'	Report	Shevchenko 24', 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 73,383 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Perugia v Roma

11 January 2004 16	Perugia	0–1	Roma	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Mancini 3'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 18,796 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Roma v Sampdoria

18 January 2004 17	Roma	3–1	Sampdoria	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carew 10' Totti 60', 67'	Report	Bazzani 6'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 51,813 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

Roma v Udinese

25 January 2004 18	Roma	1–1	Udinese	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Panucci 15'	Report	Jankulovski 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 44,882 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Brescia v Roma

31 January 2004 19	Brescia	1–0	Roma	Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bachini 43' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 15,005 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Roma v Juventus

8 February 2004 20	Roma	4–0	Juventus	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dacourt 13' Totti 53' (pen.) Cassano 70', 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 73,325 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Roma v Siena

22 February 2004 22	Roma	6–0	Siena	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano 19', 24', 70' Mancini 30' Delvecchio 81' Totti 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,579 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Parma v Roma

29 February 2004 23	Parma	1–4	Roma	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gilardino 30'	Report	Cassano 44' Emerson 52' Totti 70' Mancini 77'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 19,031 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Roma v Internazionale

7 March 2004 24	Roma	4–1	Internazionale	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano 45' Mancini 63', 90+4' Totti 89' (pen.)	Report	Vieri 73'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 59,508 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Roma v Bologna

28 March 2004 27	Roma	1–2	Bologna	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cassano 33'	Report	Pecchia 26' Tare 78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 44,123 Referee: Paolo Bertini

Lecce v Roma

4 April 2004 28	Lecce	0–3	Roma	Lecce
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Emerson 50' D'Agostino 54' Totti 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 16,266 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Roma v Chievo

10 April 2004 29	Roma	3–1	Chievo	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carew 29' Cassano 60' Frezzolini 77' (o.g.)	Report	Cossato 32'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Daniele Tombolini

Modena v Roma

18 April 2004 30	Modena	0–1	Roma	Modena
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Totti 55'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 15,690 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Lazio v Roma

21 April 2004 26	Lazio	1–1	Roma	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Corradi 40'	Report	Totti 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 51,590 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Roma v Empoli

25 April 2004 31	Roma	3–0	Empoli	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 41', 89' Carew 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

Milan v Roma

2 May 2004 32	Milan	1–0	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 2'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 76,911 Referee: Domenico Messina

Roma v Perugia

9 May 2004 33	Roma	1–3	Perugia	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cassano 12'	Report	Zé Maria 19', 24' (pen.) Ravanelli 83'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Roma v Palermo

4 December 2003 First leg	Roma	1–0	Palermo	Rome
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Delvecchio 41'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

Palermo v Roma

17 December 2003 Second leg	Palermo	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Roma	Palermo
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pepe 30'		Tommasi 69' Delvecchio 80'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Emidio Morganti

Quarter-finals

Milan v Roma

14 January 2004 First leg	Milan	2–1	Roma	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 40' Ambrosini 90'		Carew 33'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Domenico Messina

Roma v Milan

22 January 2004 Second leg	Roma	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Milan	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mancini 81'		Nesta 49' Tomasson 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

UEFA Cup

First round

Roma v Vardar

24 September 2003 First leg	Roma	4–0	Vardar	Rome, Italy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lima  7' Dellas 13' De Rossi 21' Dacourt  32' Carew 54' Delvecchio 90+2'	Report	Branković  36' Ristovski  66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Vardar v Roma

15 October 2003 Second leg	Vardar	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Roma	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zaharievski 40'	Report	Samuel  29' Mancini 63' Cassano  66'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Second round

Roma v Hajduk Split

6 November 2003 First leg	Roma	1–0	Hajduk Split	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Montella  75' Cassano 90+1'	Report	Vejić  47'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Hajduk Split v Roma

27 November 2003 Second leg	Hajduk Split	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Roma	Split, Croatia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bule  14', 33' Neretljak  31' Miladin  87'	Report	Samuel  37' Zebina  76' Tommasi  79' Cassano 85'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Third round

Gaziantepspor v Roma

26 February 2004 First leg	Gaziantepspor	1–0	Roma	Gaziantep, Turkey
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yusuf 19' İlhan  69'	Report		Stadium: Kamil Ocak Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Roma v Gaziantepspor

3 March 2004 Second leg	Roma	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Gaziantepspor	Rome, Italy
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cassano  5', 43' Emerson 23',  51' Carew  45'	Report	Johnson  82'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Fourth round

Villarreal v Roma

11 March 2004 First leg	Villarreal	2–0	Roma	Villarreal, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Anderson 29' José Mari 35'	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Roma v Villarreal

25 March 2004 Second leg	Roma	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Villarreal	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Emerson 10' Cassano 50'	Report	Martí  33' Belletti  42' Anderson 66'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,100 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa		UEFA
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
22	GK	ITA	Pelizzoli	31	-14	31	-14
5	DF	FRA	Zebina	23	1	22+1	1
2	DF	ITA	Panucci	24	2	24	2
19	DF	ARG	Samuel	30	1	30	1
4	DF	ROU	Chivu	22	2	22	2
30	MF	BRA	Mancini	33	8	33	8
11	MF	BRA	Emerson	33	3	33	3
15	MF	FRA	Dacourt	27	1	27	1
8	MF	BRA	Lima	32	0	32	0
10	FW	ITA	Totti	31	20	31	20
18	FW	ITA	Cassano	33	14	33	14
12	GK	ITA	Zotti	3	-5	3	-5
23	FW	NOR	Carew	20	6	10+10	6
32	DF	FRA	Candela	12	0	8+4	0
17	MF	ITA	Tommasi	20	0	7+13	0
31	DF	GRE	Dellas	14	0	7+7	0
21	MF	ITA	D'Agostino	16	1	6+10	1
9	FW	ITA	Montella	11	5	5+6	5
27	MF	ITA	De Rossi	17	0	4+13	0
24	FW	ITA	Delvecchio	16	3	3+13	3
34	FW	ITA	Corvia	3	0	1+2	0
28	MF	NGA	Wahab	1	0	1	0
26	DF	ITA	Galasso	1	0	1	0
33	MF	NGA	Ajide	1	0	0+1	0
3	GK	ITA	Lupatelli	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ITA	Scurto	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ITA	De Martino	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ITA	Cerci	0	0	0	0
35	GK	ITA	Curci	0	0	0	0
41	DF	ITA	Servi	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ITA	Virga	0	0	0	0
42	DF	ITA	Piva	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
20	DF	ITA	Luigi Sartor	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
1	10	FW		Francesco Totti	20	0	0	20
2	18	FW		Antonio Cassano	14	0	4	18
3	30	MF		Mancini	8	1	1	10
4	23	FW		John Carew	6	1	1	8
5	24	FW		Marco Delvecchio	3	2	1	6
6	9	FW		Vincenzo Montella	5	0	0	5
	11	MF		Emerson	3	0	2	5
8	2	DF		Christian Panucci	2	0	0	0
	13	DF		Cristian Chivu	2	0	0	2
10	5	DF		Jonathan Zebina	1	0	0	1
	15	MF		Olivier Dacourt	1	0	0	1
	16	MF		Daniele De Rossi	0	0	1	1
	17	MF		Damiano Tommasi	0	1	0	1
	19	DF		Walter Samuel	1	0	0	1
	21	MF		Gaetano D'Agostino	1	0	0	1
	31	DF		Traianos Dellas	0	0	1	1
Own goal					1	0	0	1
Totals					68	5	11	84

Last updated: 16 May 2004

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
1	22	GK		Ivan Pelizzoli	20	0	1	21
2	12	GK		Carlo Zotti	0	1	2	3
Totals					20	1	3	24

Last updated: 16 May 2004

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A			Coppa Italia			UEFA Cup			Total
Totals				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated:

References