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2003–04 Sporting CP season

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Sporting CP
2003–04 season
ManagerFernando Santos
Primeira Liga3rd
Taça de PortugalFifth round
UEFA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Liédson (15)
All: Liédson (19)

The 2003–04 season was Sporting CP's 97th season in existence and 70th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

Season Overview

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The club had a disappointing season in the wake of teenage starlet Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Manchester United and Mario Jardel's transfer to Bolton Wanderers in August 2003.

Sporting began the season with a 2-1 away victory over Academica Coimbra, thanks to a last minute winning goal from Beto. Sporting then had irregular form for the next 6 matchdays, but then went on an 18-match unbeaten run. Sporting's form started to decline towards the end of the season, starting with a heavy 4-0 loss to Rio Ave on 27 March 2004. Sporting won their next three matches after that to bounce back from the heavy loss, but then lost matches to Boavista, União Leiria, and then lost the Lisbon derby to Benfica thanks to a late goal by Geovanni in the penultimate round of the season, which ended their hopes of qualifying to the Champions League the following season.[1]

In the Portuguese Cup, the club was eliminated in the fifth round, by Vitoria Guimaraes, after entering in the fourth round. In the UEFA Cup, the club was eliminated at home in the second round with three goals in less than ten minutes by Turkish club Gençlerbirliği after having drawn the first leg.

Squad

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Goalkeepers

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Defenders

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Midfielders

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Attackers

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Competitions

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Primeira Liga

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Main article: 2003–04 Primeira Liga

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Porto (C) 34 25 7 2 63 19 +44 82 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Benfica 34 22 8 4 62 28 +34 74 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Sporting CP 34 23 4 7 60 33 +27 73 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
4 Nacional 34 17 5 12 56 35 +21 56
5 Braga 34 15 9 10 36 38 −2 54
Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners qualified for Champions League

Matches

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16 August 2003 1 Académica Coimbra 1–2 Sporting  
Filipe Alvim 52' Report Luis Lourenço 67'
Beto 90 + 2'
23 August 2003 2 Sporting 4–2 Belenenses  
Fábio Rochemback  (15 p)
Toñito   29' 60'
Luis Lourenço 57'		 Report Sousa 30' Leonardo 46'
2 September 2003 3 Porto 4–1 Sporting  
Derlei   3'
E. Jankauskas 51'
Maniche 64'
Benni McCarthy (89 p)		 Report Fabio Rochemback 79'
14 September 2003 4 Sporting 2–0 Nacional  
Fábio Rochemback  20'
Toñito   34'		 Report
20 September 2003 5 Moreirense 1–0 Sporting  
Manoel 90 + 3' Report
29 September 2003 6 Sporting 1–0 Gil Vicente  
Rodrigo Tello 90 + 5' Report
4 October 2003 7 Maritimo 2–1 Sporting  
Report
20 October 2003 8 Sporting 3–1 Beira-Mar  
Report
26 October 2003 9 Alverca 1–2 Sporting  
Report
1 November 2003 10 Sporting 1–1 Rio Ave  
Report
10 November 2003 11 Pacos de Ferreira 1–2 Sporting  
Report
1 December 2003 12 Sporting 2–0 Braga  
Report
7 December 2003 13 Estrela Amadora 1–4 Sporting  
Report
13 December 2003 14 Sporting 1–0 Boavista  
Report
20 December 2003 15 Sporting 2–0 UD Leiria  
Report
4 January 2004 16 Benfica 1–3 Sporting  
Report
9 January 2004 17 Sporting 2–1 Vitoria Guimaraes  
Report
17 January 2004 18 Sporting 2–0 Academica  
Report
24 January 2004 19 Belenenses 1–3 Sporting  
Report
31 January 2004 20 Sporting 1–1 Porto  
Report
7 February 2004 21 Nacional 3–3 Sporting  
Report
13 February 2004 22 Sporting 1–0 Moreirense  
Report
22 February 2004 23 Gil Vicente 1–1 Sporting  
Report
28 February 2004 24 Sporting 1–0 Maritimo  
Report
6 March 2004 25 Beira-Mar 0–2 Sporting  
Report
15 March 2004 26 Sporting 2–0 Alverca  
Report
20 March 2004 27 Rio Ave 4–0 Sporting  
Report
27 March 2004 28 Sporting 1–0 Pacos de Ferreira  
Report
4 April 2004 29 Braga 2–3 Sporting  
Report
10 April 2004 30 Sporting 4–0 Estrela da Amadora  
Report
17 April 2004 31 Boavista 2–1 Sporting  
Report
24 April 2004 32 União Leiria 1–0 Sporting  
Report
2 May 2004 33 Sporting 0–1 Benfica  
Report
9 May 2004 34 Vitoria Guimaraes 0–2 Sporting  
Report

Taca de Portugal

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Main article: 2003–04 Taça de Portugal

Matches

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Fourth Round

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23 November 2003 1º Dezembro 0–2 Sporting CP Sintra, Portugal
Report Liedson 46'
Clayton 66' (o.g.)

Fifth Round

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17 December 2003 Sporting CP 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães Lisbon
Report Orestes 7' Stadium: Estadio Jose Alvalade

UEFA Cup

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Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Matches

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First Round

24 September 2003 First leg Sporting 2–0 Malmo Lisbon
Luís Lourenço 15'
Liedson 85'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Jose Alvalade
15 October 2003 second leg Malmo 0–1
(0–3 agg.)		 Sporting Malmo
Report Liedson 49' Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Second Round

6 November 2003 first leg Gençlerbirliği 1–1 Sporting CP Ankara
V. Cihan 55' Report Liedson 50' Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium
27 November 2003 second leg Sporting CP 0–3
(1–4 agg.)		 Gençlerbirliği Lisbon
Report A. Tandogan 44'
Mário Sérgio 45' (o.g.)
V. Cihan 48'		 Stadium: Estadio Jose Alvalade

Player statistics

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Top Scorers
Player Goals
Brazil Liédson 15
Brazil Fábio Rochemback 7
Brazil Silva 5
Portugal João Pinto 5

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2003–04". Zerozero. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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