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Milan

2003–04 season
President	Silvio Berlusconi
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
Stadium	San Siro
Serie A	1st
Coppa Italia	Semi-finals
Supercoppa Italiana	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
Intercontinental Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Andriy Shevchenko (24) All: Andriy Shevchenko (29)
Average home league attendance	63,245
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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In 2003–04, Associazione Calcio Milan managed to claim their first Serie A title since 1998–99. Arguably, this was the pinnacle of Carlo Ancelotti's Milan side, as the players proved they had the ability to perform effectively for the whole season.

Roma both scored more and conceded fewer goals than Milan, but the effectiveness the Milanese showed in tight matches ensured their winning margin was edged out to a stable 11 points. The title was sealed against Roma at home, with a goal by Andriy Shevchenko proving enough for a 1–0 win.

In the Champions League, Milan failed to defend their European title, as they were knocked out in the quarter-finals, losing 4–0 to Deportivo La Coruña in the second leg, after they had won 4–1 at home.

Individually, the biggest surprise was how the Brazilian trequartista Kaká seamlessly found his way into the Italian game, being a key player in Milan's success. The other two arrivals, Cafu and Giuseppe Pancaro, also integrated well with the team. Andriy Shevchenko was crowned as European Footballer of the Year on the back of his successful season. Tactically, Ancelotti used two different formations throughout the season; the 4–4–2 diamond (or 4–1–2–1–2) and the 4–3–2–1.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeepers
12	Dida		GK
77	Christian Abbiati		GK
1	Valerio Fiori		GK
Defenders
3	Paolo Maldini (Captain)		CB / LB
2	Cafu		RB / RM
13	Alessandro Nesta		CB
4	Kakha Kaladze		LB / CB / DM / LM
19	Alessandro Costacurta		CB / SW / LB / RB
14	Dario Šimić		CB / RB / SW
27	Serginho		LB / LM / LW
26	Giuseppe Pancaro		LB / RB
24	Martin Laursen		CB
Midfielders
21	Andrea Pirlo		CM / AM / DM
8	Gennaro Gattuso		CM / DM / RM
10	Rui Costa		AM
22	Kaká		AM
20	Clarence Seedorf		CM / AM / RM / LM
23	Massimo Ambrosini		CM / DM
5	Fernando Redondo		DM / CM
32	Cristian Brocchi		CM / DM / RM
Forwards
7	Andriy Shevchenko		CF
9	Filippo Inzaghi		CF
15	Jon Dahl Tomasson		CF / SS
18	Marco Borriello		CF

Transfers

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  BRA Rivaldo (on loan to Cruzeiro) 25 DF  BRA Roque Junior (on loan to Leeds United and Siena)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 GK  ITA Giuseppe Dei Forti 41 MF  ITA Mattia Dal Bello 42 MF  ITA Roberto Bortolotto 43 FW  ITA Alessandro Matri 44 GK  ITA Marco Taddonio 45 DF  ITA Ignazio Abate 46 MF  ITA Davide Canini

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 DF  ITA Elia Legati 48 MF  ITA Patrick Kalambay 50 GK  ITA Davide Gobbato 51 MF  BRA Claiton 52 FW  ITA Michele Piccolo 86 FW  ITA Nicola Pozzi

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Supercoppa Italiana

3 August 2003	Juventus	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Milan	East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trezeguet 105+3'		Pirlo 105+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 54,128 Referee: Pierluigi Collina
	Penalties
	Di Vaio Trezeguet Birindelli Camoranesi Ferrara		Pirlo Serginho Brocchi Nesta

UEFA Super Cup

29 August 2003	Milan	1–0	Porto	Monaco
20:45 CEST	Shevchenko 10'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,885 Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Serie A

League table

Results by round

Matches

1 September 2003 1	Ancona	0–2	Milan	Ancona
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Shevchenko 30', 75'	Stadium: Stadio del Conero Attendance: 22,746 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

13 September 2003 2	Milan	2–1	Bologna	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 9' Inzaghi 85'	Report	Nervo 32'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,835 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

21 September 2003 3	Perugia	1–1	Milan	Perugia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vryzas 30'	Report	Gattuso 19'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 17,551 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

28 September 2003 4	Milan	3–0	Lecce	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shevchenko 21', 69' Tomasson 90'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 57,710 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

5 October 2003 5	Internazionale	1–3	Milan	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Martins 78'	Report	Inzaghi 39' Kaká 46' Shevchenko 77'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 75,831 Referee: Massimo De Santis

19 October 2003 6	Milan	1–0	Lazio	Milan
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pirlo 37'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 62,122 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

26 October 2003 7	Sampdoria	0–3	Milan	Genoa
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Tomasson 38' Shevchenko 59', 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 34,424 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

1 November 2003 8	Milan	1–1	Juventus	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 65'	Report	Di Vaio 84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 77,921 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

23 November 2003 10	Chievo	0–2	Milan	Verona
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Shevchenko 45+1', 50'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 30,186 Referee: Stefano Farina

30 November 2003 11	Milan	2–0	Modena	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shevchenko 24', 67'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59,577 Referee: Domenico Messina

6 December 2003 12	Empoli	0–1	Milan	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Kaká 81'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,791 Referee: Salvatore Racalbuto

21 December 2003 14	Milan	1–2	Udinese	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cafu 70'	Report	Fava 2' Sensini 51'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,381 Referee: Paolo Bertini

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

11 January 2004 16	Milan	3–1	Reggina	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kaká 8', 55' Pirlo 71' (pen.)	Report	Torrisi 2'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 55,604 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

18 January 2004 17	Brescia	0–1	Milan	Brescia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Pancaro 81'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 19,972 Referee: Paolo Bertini

25 January 2004 18	Milan	5–0	Ancona	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shevchenko 64' (pen.) Rui Costa 71' Tomasson 78' (pen.) Kaká 84', 90'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 53,266 Referee: Luca Palanca

28 January 2004 13	Milan	2–1	Siena	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kaká 38' Tomasson 54'	Report	Flo 87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 54,428 Referee: Daniele Tombolini
Note: Rescheduled because of Milan's participation in the 2003 Intercontinental Cup.

1 February 2004 19	Bologna	0–2	Milan	Bologna
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Shevchenko 19' Tomasson 89'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 30,149 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

8 February 2004 20	Milan	2–1	Perugia	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rui Costa 74' Pirlo 78' (pen.)	Report	Fresi 84' (pen.)	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 55,229 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

15 February 2004 21	Lecce	1–1	Milan	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chevantón 19'	Report	Shevchenko 53'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 31,967 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

21 February 2004 22	Milan	3–2	Internazionale	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 56' Kaká 57' Seedorf 85'	Report	Stanković 15' C. Zanetti 40'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,334 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

29 February 2004 23	Lazio	0–1	Milan	Rome
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Ambrosini 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 54,632 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

7 March 2004 24	Milan	3–1	Sampdoria	Milan
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pirlo 17' Inzaghi 35' Kaká 49'	Report	Doni 27'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,967 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

14 March 2004 25	Juventus	1–3	Milan	Turin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ferrara 81'	Report	Shevchenko 25' Seedorf 63', 75'	Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 52,300 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

20 March 2004 26	Milan	3–1	Parma	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 33', 52' Shevchenko 65'	Report	Gilardino 82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63,433 Referee: Stefano Farina

28 March 2004 27	Milan	2–2	Chievo	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pirlo 80' Shevchenko 90+7'	Report	Sculli 22' Perrotta 39'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,862 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

4 April 2004 28	Modena	1–1	Milan	Modena
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amoruso 52'	Report	Tomasson 42'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 18,575 Referee: Massimo De Santis

10 April 2004 29	Milan	1–0	Empoli	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pirlo 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 61,964 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

17 April 2004 30	Siena	1–2	Milan	Siena
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chiesa 38' (pen.)	Report	Shevchenko 26' Kaká 80'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 13,090 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

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

9 May 2004 33	Reggina	2–1	Milan	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Michele 7' Cozza 30' (pen.)	Report	Shevchenko 51'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 23,513 Referee: Nicola Ayroldi

16 May 2004 34	Milan	4–2	Brescia	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tomasson 36', 59' Shevchenko 37' Rui Costa 66'	Report	Matuzalém 53', 69'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 77,618 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

3 December 2003 First leg	Sampdoria	0–1	Milan	Genoa
21:10 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Conte 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

18 December 2003 Second leg	Milan	1–0	Sampdoria	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Inzaghi 13'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Antonio Dattilo

Quarter-finals

14 January 2004 First leg	Milan	2–1	Roma	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson 40' Ambrosini 90+1'	Report	Carew 78'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 9,325 Referee: Domenico Messina

22 January 2004 Second leg	Roma	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Milan	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mancini 81'	Report	Nesta 49' Tomasson 57'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 49,136 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

Semi-finals

5 February 2004 First leg	Milan	1–2	Lazio	Milan
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Inzaghi 45+2'	Report	Fiore 1' Couto 36'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 10,907 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

11 February 2004 Second leg	Lazio	4–0 (6–1 agg.)	Milan	Rome
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	César 11' Liverani 15' Fiore 35', 41'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Milan	6	3	1	2	4	3	+1	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Celta Vigo	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
3	Club Brugge	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Ajax	6	2	0	4	6	7	−1	6

16 September 2003 1	Milan	1–0	Ajax	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Inzaghi 67' Gattuso  90+1'	Report	Van der Vaart  39' Escudé  45' Ibrahimović  90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

1 October 2003 2	Celta Vigo	0–0	Milan	Vigo, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vágner  66'	Report	Cafu  28' Ambrosini  47' Maldini  63' Pirlo  79'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Mike Riley (England)

22 October 2003 3	Milan	0–1	Club Brugge	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Mendoza 33' De Cock  47'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

4 November 2003 4	Club Brugge	0–1	Milan	Bruges, Belgium
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rozehnal  31'	Report	Nesta  29'  37' Pancaro  42' Kaká 86'	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

26 November 2003 5	Ajax	0–1	Milan	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yakubu  36' Galásek  43'	Report	Inzaghi  34' Shevchenko 52'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

9 December 2003 6	Milan	1–2	Celta Vigo	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kaká 40' Brocchi  86'		José Ignacio  35', 71' Jesuli 42' Juanfran  45+1' Berizzo  81' Giovanella  90+1'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

24 February 2004 First leg	Sparta Prague	0–0	Milan	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Gattuso  78' Cafu  83'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 20,640 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

10 March 2004 Second leg	Milan	4–1 (4–1 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Inzaghi 45+2' Shevchenko 66', 79' Gattuso 85',  86'	Report	Sivok  7' Pergl  25' Jun 59'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Quarter-finals

23 March 2004 First leg	Milan	4–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kaká 45' Kaká 49' Shevchenko 46' Pirlo 53' Costacurta  59'	Report	Pandiani 11' Scaloni  48'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 60,335 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

7 April 2004 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	4–0 (5–4 agg.)	Milan	A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pandiani 5',  83' Valerón 35' Luque 44' Víctor  67' Fran 76'	Report	Pirlo  55'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Intercontinental Cup

14 December 2003	Milan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Boca Juniors	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
19:15 JST	Tomasson 23'	Report	Donnet 28'	Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
	Penalties
	Pirlo Rui Costa Seedorf Costacurta		Schiavi Battaglia Donnet Cascini

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League		Others
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	GK	BRA	Dida	45	-30	32	-20	2	-2	9	-7	2	-1
2	DF	BRA	Cafu	41	1	26+2	1	1	0	9	0	3	0
13	DF	ITA	Nesta	38	1	26	0	4	1	6	0	2	0
3	DF	ITA	Maldini	42	0	30	0	0	0	9	0	3	0
26	DF	ITA	Pancaro	33	1	17+4	1	3	0	6+1	0	2	0
21	MF	ITA	Pirlo	44	8	31+1	6	0	0	9	1	3	1
8	MF	ITA	Gattuso	45	2	29+4	1	2	0	7	1	3	0
20	MF	NED	Seedorf	45	3	26+3	3	5	0	8	0	3	0
22	AM	BRA	Kaká	45	14	25+5	10	4	0	10	4	1	0
10	AM	POR	Rui Costa	41	3	19+9	3	4	0	1+5	0	3	0
7	FW	UKR	Shevchenko	45	29	30+2	24	1	0	9	4	3	1
77	GK	ITA	Abbiati	8	-13	2	-4	4	-6	1	-2	1	-1
19	DF	ITA	Costacurta	36	0	18+4	0	5	0	6+2	0	1	0
15	FW	DEN	Tomasson	37	15	17+9	12	4	2	2+4	0	1	1
23	MF	ITA	Ambrosini	32	2	9+11	1	3	1	2+4	0	3	0
27	MF	BRA	Serginho	33	0	7+13	0	5	0	2+5	0	1	0
9	FW	ITA	Inzaghi	28	7	11+3	3	3	2	6+2	2	3	0
14	DF	CRO	Simic	19	0	6+4	0	6	0	1+1	0	1	0
24	DF	DEN	Laursen	19	0	4+6	0	6	0	2+1	0	0	0
32	MF	ITA	Brocchi	21	0	2+9	0	6	0	2+1	0	1	0
5	MF	ARG	Redondo	14	0	2+6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	GEO	Kaladze	11	0	5+1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
1	GK	ITA	Fiori	1	0	0	-0	1	-0	0	-0	0	-0
18	FW	ITA	Borriello	11	0	0+4	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Rivaldo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
45	DF	ITA	Abate	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
86	MF	ITA	Pozzi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	BRA	Roque Júnior	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Source: https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t2003-043015.html

Goalscorers

• Andriy Shevchenko 24 (1 pen.)
• Jon Dahl Tomasson 12 (1 pen.)
• Kaká 10
• Andrea Pirlo 6 (3 pen.)

References

1. "Attendance Statistics of Serie A 2003–2004". StadiaPostcards.com.
2. "FootballSquads - Milan - 2003/04". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
3. Alberto Costa (17 August 2003). "Ancelotti accoglie Kaká a braccia aperte. "Non lo diamo in prestito, resta con noi"". corrieredellasera.it. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
4. 2003 UEFA Super Cup, Supercoppa and Intercontinental Cup

• AC Milan seasons
• Italian football clubs 2003–04 season
• Italian football championship–winning seasons