2003–04 SS Lazio season

Lazio
2003–04 season
President	Ugo Longo
Manager	Roberto Mancini
Stadium	Olimpico
Serie A	6th
Coppa Italia	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Bernardo Corradi (10); All: Stefano Fiore (16)
Biggest win	4–0 vs Milan; 5–2 vs Siena
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Chelsea
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 104th season in Società Sportiva Lazio's history and their 16th consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Despite financial problems, Lazio attained a respectable 6th place in Serie A and won the Coppa Italia, defeating Juventus in the two-legged final.

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	ITA	Angelo Peruzzi
2	DF	ITA	Francesco Colonnese
4	MF	ITA	Demetrio Albertini
5	DF	ITA	Luciano Zauri
6	MF	FRA	Ousmane Dabo
7	FW	ARG	Claudio López
8	DF	BRA	César
9	FW	ITA	Bernardo Corradi
10	MF	SCG	Dejan Stanković
11	DF	SCG	Siniša Mihajlović
14	MF	ITA	Stefano Fiore
15	GK	ITA	Fabrizio Casazza
16	MF	ITA	Giuliano Giannichedda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	SUI	Guerino Gottardi
18	FW	ITA	Roberto Muzzi
19	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Favalli
20	DF	ITA	Fabio Liverani
21	FW	ITA	Simone Inzaghi
22	DF	ITA	Massimo Oddo
23	DF	ITA	Paolo Negro
24	DF	POR	Fernando Couto
26	MF	ITA	Fabrizio Melara
31	DF	NED	Jaap Stam
33	GK	ITA	Matteo Sereni
41	FW	ESP	Alfonso Delgado
53	MF	POR	Sérgio Conçeicão

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	Duccio Innocenti	A.S. Bari
MF	Claudio De Sousa	A.S. Lodigiani
MF	Sérgio Conçeicão	Internazionale
MF	Demetrio Albertini	A.C. Milan
GK	Matteo Sereni	Ipswich Town
GK	Fabrizio Casazza	Sampdoria
FW	Roberto Muzzi	Udinese Calcio
DF	Juan Pablo Sorín	FC Barcelona	loan ended
FW	Christian Manfredini	Osasuna	loan ended
MF	Gaizka Mendieta	FC Barcelona	loan ended
MF	Roberto Baronio	Perugia Calcio	loan ended

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
GK	Luca Marchegiani	Chievo Verona
FW	Enrico Chiesa	A.C. Siena
GK	Emanuele Concetti	Perugia Calcio
MF	Diego Simeone	Atletico Madrid
MF	Nikola Lazetic	Genoa
DF	Duccio Innocenti	Atalanta BC	loan
MF	Claudio De Sousa	A.S. Lodigiani	loan
DF	Juan Pablo Sorin	Cruzeiro	loan ended
FW	Christian Manfredini	Fiorentina	loan
MF	Lucas Castroman	Udinese Calcio	loan
MF	Dino Baggio	Blackburn Rovers	loan
MF	Gaizka Mendieta	Middlesbrough FC	loan
MF	Roberto Baronio	Chievo Verona	loan

Winter

In
Pos.	Name	from	Type

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
MF	Dejan Stankovic	Internazionale	€4,000,000
MF	Sergio Conceicao	FC Porto	loan
MF	Dino Baggio	A.C. Ancona	loan

Competitions

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Internazionale	34	17	8	9	59	37	+22	59	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
5	Parma	34	16	10	8	57	46	+11	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Lazio	34	16	8	10	52	38	+14	56
7	Udinese^[a]	34	13	11	10	44	40	+4	50
8	Sampdoria	34	11	13	10	40	42	−2	46

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker for relevant positions 3) head-to-head points and goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia because both finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	8	10	52	38	+14	56	10	4	3	35	19	+16	6	4	7	17	19	−2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	P	D	P	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W
Position	1	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	6	5	4	5	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	6	6

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 2004–05 UEFA Cup; = 2004–05 Serie B

Matches

31 August 2003 1	Lazio	4–1	Lecce	Rome
	Albertini 20' Corradi 25' Fiore 36' Oddo 84'	Report	Konan 50'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

13 September 2003 2	Sampdoria	1–2	Lazio	Genoa
	Bazzani 73'	Report	S. Inzaghi 9' Albertini 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

21 September 2003 3	Lazio	2–3	Parma	Rome
	Stam 33' S. Inzaghi 79'	Report	Bresciano 1, 89' Adriano 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

28 September 2003 4	Empoli	2–2	Lazio	Empoli
	Di Natale 74' Tavano 78'	Report	Stanković 37' Fiore 87'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani

5 October 2003 5	Lazio	1–0	Chievo	Rome
	Mihajlović 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

19 October 2003 6	Milan	1–0	Lazio	Milan
	Pirlo 37'	Report		Stadium: San Siro

26 October 2003 7	Lazio	2–1	Bologna	Rome
	S. Inzaghi 83' Corradi 90 + 1'	Report	Dabo 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

1 November 2003 8	Udinese	1–2	Lazio	Udine
	Iaquinta 27'	Report	Corradi 16' S. Inzaghi 33'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli

9 November 2003 9	Roma	2–0	Lazio	Rome
	Mancini 81' Emerson 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

23 November 2003 10	Lazio	3–1	Perugia	Rome
	Stanković 45+2' Corradi 87' S. Inzaghi 90+4'	Report	Grosso 62'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

29 November 2003 11	Siena	3–0	Lazio	Siena
	Taddei 41, 43' Menegazzo 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi

6 December 2003 12	Lazio	2–0	Juventus	Rome
	Corradi 21' Fiore 45 + 3'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

14 December 2003 13	Ancona	0–1	Lazio	Ancona
		Report	Liverani 76'	Stadium: Stadio del Conero

21 December 2003 14	Lazio	2–1	Inter	Rome
	Corradi 42' Zauri 82'	Report	Vieri 30'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

6 January 2004 15	Reggina	2–1	Lazio	Reggio Calabria
	Di Michele 60' Cozza 71'	Report	Liverani 16'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo

11 January 2004 16	Lazio	0–1	Brescia	Rome
		Report	Di Biagio 5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

17 January 2004 17	Modena	1–1	Lazio	Modena
	Campedelli 61'	Report	C. López 24'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia

25 January 2004 18	Lecce	0–1	Lazio	Lecce
		Report	César 55'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare

1 February 2004 19	Lazio	1–1	Sampdoria	Rome
	Fiore 11'	Report	Bazzani 50'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

8 February 2004 20	Parma	0–3	Lazio	Parma
		Report	C. López 40' (pen.), 57' Corradi 65'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini

14 February 2004 21	Lazio	3–0	Empoli	Rome
	Couto 5' Zauri 45 + 2' Stam 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

22 February 2004 22	Chievo	0–0	Lazio	Verona
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi

29 February 2004 23	Lazio	0–1	Milan	Rome
		Report	Ambrosini 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

14 March 2004 25	Lazio	2–2	Udinese	Rome
	Muzzi 5' S. Inzaghi 6'	Report	Castromán 11' Iaquinta 88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

25 March 2004 24	Bologna	2–1	Lazio	Bologna
	Signori 34' C. Amoroso 64'	Report	Fiore 38'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Note: Match rescheduled from 7 March 2004 due to snow.

28 March 2004 27	Perugia	1–2	Lazio	Perugia
	Brienza 49'	Report	Fiore 29' Giannichedda 58'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi

4 April 2004 28	Lazio	5–2	Siena	Rome
	César 4, 45 + 1, 49' Fiore 29' Corradi 78'	Report	Guigou 9' Taddei 24'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

10 April 2004 29	Juventus	1–0	Lazio	Torino
	Trezeguet 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi

18 April 2004 30	Lazio	4–2	Ancona	Rome
	Couto 12, 81' Fiore 73' Zauri 89'	Report	Bucchi 12' D. Andersson 64'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

21 April 2004 26	Lazio	1–1	Roma	Rome
	Corradi 35'	Report	Totti 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Note: Rescheduled. Match suspended on 21 March 2004 at 47’ with 0-0 score due to fake news about a child killed by Police.

25 April 2004 31	Inter	0–0	Lazio	Milano
		Report		Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza

2 May 2004 32	Lazio	1–1	Reggina	Rome
	C. López 23'	Report	Cozza 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

9 May 2004 33	Brescia	2–1	Lazio	Brescia
	Mauri 81' R. Baggio 89'	Report	César 90 + 3'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti

16 May 2004 34	Lazio	2–1	Modena	Rome
	Corradi 17' César 49'	Report	Amoruso 84'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

3 December 2003 First leg	Modena	0–2	Lazio	Modena
18:00			41' S. Inzaghi 64' Muzzi	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Domenico Messina

17 December 2003 Second leg	Lazio	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Modena	Roma
21:00	Liverani 35'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30 000 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

Quarter-finals

14 January 2004 First leg	Lazio	2–0	Parma	Roma
18:00	Muzzi 36' Stanković 60'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 21 000 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

20 January 2004 Second leg	Parma	1–1 (3–1 agg.)	Lazio	Parma
17:30	Bresciano 82'		72' Stanković	Stadium: Il Tardini Attendance: 5,493 Referee: Emidio Morganti

Semi-finals

5 February 2004 First leg	Milan	1–2	Lazio	Milano
21:00 CET	Inzaghi 45+2'	Report	1' Fiore 36' Couto	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 10,907 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

11 February 2004 Second leg	Lazio	4–0 (6–1 agg.)	Milan	Roma
21:00 CET	César 11' Liverani 15' Fiore 35', 41'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Final

17 March 2004 First leg	Lazio	2–0	Juventus	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Fiore 59', 80'			Attendance: 62,204 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

12 May 2004 Second leg	Juventus	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	Lazio	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin
	Trezeguet 20' Del Piero 46'		Corradi 69' Fiore 86'	Attendance: 38,849 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

Top scorers

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

13 August 2003 First leg	Lazio	3–1	Benfica	Roma
	Corradi 16' Fiore 52' Mihajlovic 83'		Simão 63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

27 August 2003 Second leg	Benfica	0–1 (1–4 agg.)	Lazio	Lisbon
			César 26'	Stadium: Estádio Nacional

Group stage

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	SPP	BES	LAZ
1	Chelsea	6	4	1	1	9	3	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	0–2	2–1
2	Sparta Prague	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Beşiktaş	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup	0–2	1–0	—	0–2
4	Lazio	6	1	2	3	6	10	−4	5		0–4	2–2	1–1	—

Source: RSSSF

16 September 2003	Beşiktaş	0–2	Lazio	Istanbul
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report	Stam 37' Fiore 77'	Stadium: BJK İnönü Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen

1 October 2003	Lazio	2–2	Sparta Prague	Roma
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Inzaghi 46', 61' (pen.)	Report	Sionko 27' Poborský 35'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Claude Colombo

22 October 2003	Chelsea	2–1	Lazio	London
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Lampard 57' Mutu 65'	Report	Inzaghi 38'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,400 Referee: Terje Hauge

4 November 2003	Lazio	0–4	Chelsea	Roma
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)		Report	Crespo 15' Guðjohnsen 70' Duff 75' Lampard 80'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Valentin Ivanov

26 November 2003	Lazio	1–1	Beşiktaş	Roma
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Muzzi 56'	Report	Pancu 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Markus Merk

9 December 2003	Sparta Prague	1–0	Lazio	Prague
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Kincl 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 17,825 Referee: Lucílio Batista

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Champions League		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Peruzzi	34	-33	27	-26	7	-7
22	DF	ITA	Oddo	44	1	22+9	1	6	0	7	0
31	DF	NED	Stam	42	3	29	2	7	1	6	0
11	DF	SCG	Mihajlovic	37	2	25+1	1	5	1	6	0
19	DF	ITA	Favalli	43	0	28+1	0	8	0	6	0
14	MF	ITA	Fiore	47	16	30+2	8	6+2	2	7	6
20	MF	ITA	Liverani	39	4	21+5	2	1+5	0	7	2
16	MF	ITA	Giannichedda	32	1	17+5	1	1+3	0	6	0
8	MF	BRA	César	20	8	11+3	6	1	1	5	1
9	FW	ITA	Corradi	46	12	27+5	10	8	1	6	1
7	FW	ARG	Claudio	36	4	20+7	4	3+1	0	5	0
33	GK	ITA	Sereni	18	-20	7+2	-12	1	-4	8	-4
24	DF	POR	Couto	31	4	19+4	3	3+1	0	4	1
6	MF	FRA	Dabo	24	0	17+2	0	0+1	0	4	0
4	MF	ITA	Albertini	35	2	15+8	2	8	0	4	0
10	MF	SCG	Stankovic	27	4	15	2	8	0	4	2
18	FW	ITA	Muzzi	34	4	14+8	1	1+5	1	6	2
5	DF	ITA	Zauri	30	3	12+8	3	3+1	0	6	0
21	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	33	10	9+15	6	4+1	3	4	1
23	DF	ITA	Negro	17	0	7+6	0	2+1	0	1	0
53	MF	POR	Conceicao	16	0	2+5	0	3+4	0	2	0
41	FW	ESP	Delgado	7	0	0+4	0	0	0	3	0
17	DF	SUI	Gottardi	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
17	DF	ITA	E. Corsi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	GK	ITA	Casazza	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0
2	DF	ITA	Colonnese	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ITA	Melara	0	0	0	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2003/1242/

References

[table_note_UDI0.7676149107365-1] Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia because both finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively.

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