2003–04 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2003–04
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairman	John Wardle
Manager	Kevin Keegan
Team captain	Sylvain Distin
Home stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier0League	Sixteenth
League Cup	Fourth round
FA Cup	Fifth round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: 0Nicolas Anelka (17 goals) (5th highest in Premier League) All comps: Nicolas Anelka (25 goals)
Average home attendance	46,834 – over 19 PL home games (3rd highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,304 0v0 Chelsea 28 February 2004
Highest away attendance	67,645 0v0 Manchester United 13 December 2003
Lowest home attendance	29,067 0v0 Sporting Lokeren 24 September 2003
Lowest away attendance	5,500 0v0 Groclin Dyskobolia 27 November 2003
← 2002–03 0 0 0 0 0 0 2004–05 →

Results summary - all competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	7	12	5	29.2%
Away	9	6	12	33.3%
Both	16	18	17	31.4%

Results summary - Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	5	9	5	26.3%
Away	4	5	10	21.1%
Both	9	14	15	23.7%

The 2003–04 season was Manchester City Football Club's second consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its seventh season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of the its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 112th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

After finishing ninth during the club's final season at 80-year-old Maine Road, Manchester City's debut season at the City of Manchester Stadium was a major disappointment. A ninth-place finish had not been good enough to earn City an opportunity to play in the UEFA Cup but the team was rewarded with that opportunity anyway due to being awarded a "Fair Play" slot in the UEFA Cup competition this season. City reached the second round proper of the competition thanks to aggregate victories against The New Saints and Lokeren, but exited the competition on the away goals rule after two draws against Polish club Groclin.

Having embarked on a new era for the club by signing a host of experienced players in the summer, such as Claudio Reyna and Steve McManaman, to combine with such burgeoning talents coming through from the MCFC youth academy as Stephen Ireland and Shaun Wright-Phillips, City started their season very brightly with three wins in five games, sending them near the top of the table. They were still in the top-half of the table after winning five, drawing three and losing three of their first 11 games, with three notably big wins: a 3–0 opening-game away win at Charlton Athletic, a 4–1 home victory over Aston Villa and a 6–2 thumping of Bolton Wanderers. However, a dreadful 3–0 home defeat against unlikely opponents Leicester City in November started a gradual downturn in form and City then ended up battling against relegation. At one point, City went on a run of winning only one game out of 18 league and cup matches played, sparking media rumours of unrest in the squad.^[1] Survival in the Premier League was not confirmed until City won their 36th game of the league season. That victory meant that City were six points ahead of the relegation places, but the club's survival was effectively confirmed due to it having a far superior goal difference to Leicester, Leeds and Wolves, who were relegated.

Perhaps the most memorable game played by Manchester City during this season was the FA Cup fourth round replay fixture against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane which featured what many people consider to be one of the most extraordinary comebacks in the history of the competition.^[1][2] City fell three goals behind during the first half, had Nicolas Anelka substituted due to injury and Joey Barton was sent off during half-time for verbally abusing the referee.^[1] Despite having one man less than their opponents during the second half, City came all the way back to win 4–3 and reach the next round.^[1] Rookie Icelandic goalkeeper Árni Arason made a key double save^[1] and Jon Macken scored the winning goal.^[1] In the next round, a Manchester derby at Old Trafford, City lost 4–2 to exit the competition.

Team kit

There was a change in the producer of the team kits for this season, with Reebok replacing the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif. The shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice who had also been the sponsors for the previous season.^[3]

Home (version 1)

Home (version 2)

Away

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK David James 2 DF David Sommeil 3 DF Daniel Van Buyten (on loan from Marseille) 4 DF Gerard Wiekens 5 DF Sylvain Distin 6 MF Claudio Reyna 8 FW Robbie Fowler 9 FW Paulo Wanchope 10 MF Antoine Sibierski 11 FW Jon Macken 12 GK Nicky Weaver 17 DF Sun Jihai 18 DF Michael Tarnat 19 MF Danny Tiatto 20 MF Steve McManaman 22 DF Richard Dunne

No. Position Player 24 MF Joey Barton 25 GK Árni Gautur Arason 26 MF Paul Bosvelt 27 DF Mikkel Bischoff 28 MF Trevor Sinclair 29 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 30 MF Christian Negouai 32 GK Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard 33 GK Kasper Schmeichel 39 FW Nicolas Anelka 41 DF Stephen Jordan 42 MF Glenn Whelan 43 DF Paddy McCarthy 44 MF Willo Flood 45 FW Stephen Elliott

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. Position Player 1 GK David Seaman (retired) 7 FW Darren Huckerby (to Norwich City) 14 MF Eyal Berkovic (to Portsmouth) 15 DF Alf-Inge Håland (retired)

No. Position Player 16 DF Paul Ritchie (to Walsall) 25 DF Lucien Mettomo (to Kaiserslautern) 40 MF Chris Shuker (to Barnsley)

Historical league performance

Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

Pre-season

First game ever played at CoMS

Competitive games

Premier League

Final Positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	6	19	47	57	−10	45
15	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	38	12	8	18	51	59	−8	44
16	Manchester City !Manchester City	38	9	14	15	55	54	+1	41
17	Everton !Everton	38	9	12	17	45	57	−12	39
18	Leicester City !Leicester City	38	6	15	17	48	65	−17	33

Updated to games played on 15 May 2004 (end of season).
Source: Premier League 2003–04
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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
38	9	14	15	55	54	+1	41	5	9	5	31	24	+7	4	5	10	24	30	−6

Last updated: 15 May 2004 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2003–04

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	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W

Last updated: 15 May 2004 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2003–04
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

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UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Final aggregate score 1–1 with Groclin winning due to away goals counting double

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League Cup

Third round

Fourth round

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FA Cup

Third round

Third round replay

Fourth round

Fourth round replay

Fifth round

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		David James	18	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Nicky Weaver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	GK		Árni Gautur Arason	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		David Sommeil	25	2	18	1	2	0	1	0	4	1
3	DF		Daniel Van Buyten	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Gerard Wiekens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Sylvain Distin	50	3	38	2	5	1	2	0	5	0
17	DF		Sun Jihai	42	2	29+4	1	3	0	1	0	5	1
18	DF		Michael Tarnat	41	4	32	3	4	1	2	0	3	0
22	DF		Richard Dunne	40	0	28+1	0	5	0	2	0	3+1	0
27	DF		Mikkel Bischoff	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
41	DF		Stephen Jordan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Claudio Reyna	31	1	19+4	1	3	0	1	0	2+2	0
19	MF		Danny Tiatto	9	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
20	MF		Steve McManaman	30	0	20+2	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	4	0
24	MF		Joey Barton	39	1	24+4	1	3+1	0	2	0	2+3	0
26	MF		Paul Bosvelt	35	1	22+3	0	4	1	1	0	4+1	0
28	MF		Trevor Sinclair	38	2	20+9	1	3+1	0	2	0	3	1
29	MF		Shaun Wright-Phillips	46	11	32+2	7	3+1	1	2	2	4+2	1
30	MF		Christian Negouai	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
42	MF		Glenn Whelan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
44	MF		Willo Flood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
8	FW		Robbie Fowler	41	10	23+8	7	4	1	2	1	4	1
9	FW		Paulo Wanchope	26	6	12+10	6	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
10	FW		Antoine Sibierski	30	7	18+5	5	3+2	1	0+1	0	1	1
11	FW		Jon Macken	21	4	7+8	1	1+2	2	0+1	1	1+1	0
39	FW		Nicolas Anelka	43	24	31+1	16	4	4	2	0	5	4
45	FW		Stephen Elliott	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK		David Seaman	26	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
7	FW		Darren Huckerby	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
14	MF		Eyal Berkovic	7	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0

Starting 11

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK David Seaman 26 17 RB Sun Jihai 38 22 CB Richard Dunne 38 5 CB Sylvain Distin 50 18 LB Michael Tarnat 41 28 RM Trevor Sinclair 28 24 CM Joey Barton 31 Steve McManaman had 26 starts 26 CM Paul Bosvelt 31 29 LM Shaun Wright-Phillips 41 8 CF Robbie Fowler 33 39 CF Nicolas Anelka 42 Goal scorers All competitions Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 25 Shaun Wright-Phillips 11 Robbie Fowler 10 Antoine Sibierski 7 Paulo Wanchope 6 Jon Macken 4 Michael Tarnat Sylvain Distin 3 Sun Jihai 2 Trevor Sinclair David Sommeil Joey Barton 1 Paul Bosvelt Darren Huckerby Christian Negouai Claudio Reyna Premier League Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 17 Robbie Fowler 7 Shaun Wright-Phillips Paulo Wanchope 6 Antoine Sibierski 5 Michael Tarnat 3 Sylvain Distin 2 Joey Barton 1 Sun Jihai Jon Macken Claudio Reyna David Sommeil Trevor Sinclair UEFA Cup Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 4 Robbie Fowler 1 Darren Huckerby Sun Jihai Christian Negouai Shaun Wright-Phillips Antoine Sibierski Trevor Sinclair David Sommeil League Cup and FA Cup Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 4 Jon Macken 3 Shaun Wright-Phillips Robbie Fowler 2 Paul Bosvelt 1 Sylvain Distin Antoine Sibierski Michael Tarnat Information current as of 15 May 2004 (end of season) Transfers and loans Transfers in Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 4 June 2003 MF Michael Tarnat Bayern Munich Free[4] 21 June 2003 GK David Seaman Arsenal Free[5] 21 July 2003 MF Trevor Sinclair West Ham United £2.5 million[6] 24 July 2003 MF Paul Bosvelt Feyenoord Undisclosed[7] 2 Aug. 2003 MF Antoine Sibierski Lens £700,000[8] 29 Aug. 2003 MF Claudio Reyna Sunderland £2.5 million[9] 30 Aug. 2003 MF Steve McManaman Real Madrid Free[10] 14 Jan. 2004 GK David James West Ham United £2 million[11] Jan. 2004 GK Árni Gautur Arason Rosenborg Free[12] Transfers out Exit date Pos. Player To club Transfer fee May 2003 James Almond Released[13] May 2003 Mark Egerton Released[13] May 2003 Philip Gilder Released[13] May 2003 Adam James Released[13] May 2003 Adrian Orr Released[13] May 2003 David Tickle Released[13] May 2003 Ashley Timms Released[13] May 2003 FW Gary Browne Whitby Town Released[13] May 2003 DF Stephen Paisley Longford Town Released[13] 23 May 2003 DF Tyrone Loran Tranmere Rovers Undisclosed[14] 5 June 2003 DF Steve Howey Leicester City £200,000[15][16] 8 July 2003 DF Niclas Jensen Borussia Dortmund £750,000[17] 24 July 2003 GK Brian Murphy Swansea City Free[18] 25 July 2003 DF Alf-Inge Håland Retired[19] 27 July 2003 MF Ali Benarbia Al-Rayyan Free[20] 1 Aug. 2003 FW Shaun Goater Reading £500,000[21] 14 Aug. 2003 GK Carlo Nash Middlesbrough Nominal[22] 15 Aug. 2003 MF Kevin Horlock West Ham United £300,000[23] 22 Aug. 2003 DF Paul Ritchie Walsall Free[24] 25 Aug. 2003 DF Lucien Mettomo Kaiserslautern £500,000[25] 26 Dec. 2003 FW Darren Huckerby Norwich City £750,000[26][27] 8 Jan. 2004 MF Eyal Berkovic Portsmouth £500,000[28] 15 Jan. 2004 GK David Seaman Retired[29] Loans in Date from Date to Pos. 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