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Fulham F.C.

2003–04 season
Chairman	Mohamed Al-Fayed
Manager	Chris Coleman
Premier League	9th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Louis Saha (13) All: Louis Saha (15)
Highest home attendance	25,357 (vs. Chelsea, 1 January 2004)
Lowest home attendance	10,500 (vs. Bolton, 26 September 2003)
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The 2003–04 season was Fulham's third consecutive season in the top league of English football, the Barclaycard Premiership. The club was managed by former player Chris Coleman, who replaced Jean Tigana at the end of the 2002–03 season.

Fulham were near the top of the table after the first few months of the season after a great start to the campaign and consistently remained in the top half throughout the course of the season. They ended up finishing in ninth position, only four points behind fifth-placed Newcastle United. It was a great debut season for Chris Coleman as manager, particularly as the club had to cope for half of the season without top goalscorer, Louis Saha, who left for Manchester United.

Kit and sponsorship

Fulham's last deal with kit supplier Adidas came to an end on 11 May 2003. It was announced on June that dabs.com would be the kits sponsor in a two-year agreement. On June it was announced the new kit would be produced by Puma.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of 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 1 GK  NED Edwin van der Sar 2 DF  GER Moritz Volz 3 DF  ENG Jon Harley 5 DF  FRA Sylvain Legwinski 6 MF  JPN Junichi Inamoto 7 MF  WAL Mark Pembridge 8 FW  USA Brian McBride 9 FW  ARG Facundo Sava 10 MF  ENG Lee Clark (captain) 11 FW  POR Luís Boa Morte 12 GK  WAL Mark Crossley 14 MF  FRA Steed Malbranque 15 FW  JAM Barry Hayles 16 DF  ENG Zat Knight

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  FRA Martin Djetou 18 DF  FRA Jérôme Bonnissel 22 DF  ENG Dean Leacock 23 MF  ENG Sean Davis 24 DF  FRA Alain Goma 25 DF  ENG Malik Buari 26 MF  NED Bobby Petta (on loan from Celtic) 27 FW  LVA Andrejs Štolcers 28 DF  ENG Zesh Rehman 30 DF  ENG Adam Green 31 MF  ENG Darren Pratley 34 DF  USA Carlos Bocanegra 35 DF  ENG Ian Pearce 36 FW  NED Collins John

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 4 DF  WAL Andy Melville (to West Ham United) 7 FW  FRA Steve Marlet (on loan to Marseille) 8 FW  FRA Louis Saha (to Manchester United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  SKN Calum Willock (to Peterborough United) — GK  NIR Maik Taylor (to Birmingham City)

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 13 GK  ENG Ross Flitney 19 FW  GHA Elvis Hammond 20 DF  ENG Mark Hudson 21 GK  ENG Dave Beasant

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  ENG Sean Doherty 32 MF  ENG Tom Davis 33 FW  SCO Stuart Noble 37 DF  ENG Liam Rosenior

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NED	Edwin van der Sar	43	0	37	0	6	0	0	0
12	GK	WAL	Mark Crossley	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Moritz Volz	38	0	32+1	0	5	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Jon Harley	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Zat Knight	37	0	30+1	0	5+1	0	0	0
17	DF	FRA	Martin Djetou	31	0	19+7	0	4	0	1	0
18	DF	FRA	Jérôme Bonnissel	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Dean Leacock	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	FRA	Alain Goma	29	0	23	0	6	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Zesh Rehman	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF	ENG	Adam Green	7	0	4	0	2	0	1	0
34	DF	USA	Carlos Bocanegra	19	0	15	0	4	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Ian Pearce	13	0	12+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	FRA	Sylvain Legwinski	37	0	30+2	0	4	0	1	0
6	MF	JPN	Junichi Inamoto	25	3	15+7	2	2	1	1	0
7	MF	WAL	Mark Pembridge	15	1	9+3	1	0+2	0	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Lee Clark	27	2	25	2	2	0	0	0
14	MF	FRA	Steed Malbranque	44	8	38	6	6	2	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Sean Davis	30	6	22+2	5	6	1	0	0
25	MF	ENG	Malik Buari	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	NED	Bobby Petta	14	0	3+6	0	2+3	0	0	0
27	MF	LVA	Andrejs Štolcers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	MF	ENG	Darren Pratley	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
8	FW	USA	Brian McBride	19	5	5+11	4	3	1	0	0
9	FW	ARG	Facundo Sava	9	1	0+6	1	0+2	0	1	0
11	FW	POR	Luís Boa Morte	39	10	32+1	9	5	1	0+1	0
15	FW	JAM	Barry Hayles	32	5	10+16	4	3+3	1	0	0
36	FW	NED	Collins John	8	4	3+5	4	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
4	DF	WAL	Andy Melville	11	0	9	0	0+1	0	1	0
7	FW	FRA	Steve Marlet	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
8	FW	FRA	Louis Saha	22	15	20+1	13	1	2	0	0

Last updated: 31 June 2004
Source: Competitions

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

Considering a 4-4-2 formation

• GK: #1, Edwin van der Sar, 43
• RB: #2, Moritz Volz, 37
• CB: #16, Zat Knight, 35
• CB: #24, Alain Goma, 29
• LB: #34, Carlos Bocanegra, 19 (#17, Martin Djetou, has 24 starts)
• RM: #10, Lee Clark, 27
• CM: #23, Sean Davis, 28
• CM: #5, Sylvain Legwinski, 35
• LM: #14, Steed Malbranque, 44
• CF: #8, Louis Saha, 21
• CF: #11, Luís Boa Morte, 37

Transfers

Summer

In

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 — GK  ENG Dave Beasant (from Brighton & Hove Albion – free) — DF  FRA Jérôme Bonnissel (from Rangers – free) — DF  GER Moritz Volz (on 4 month loan from Arsenal)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  WAL Mark Crossley (from Middlesbrough – £500,000) — MF  WAL Mark Pembridge (from Everton – undisclosed) — DF  ENG Liam Rosenior (from Bristol City – undisclosed)

Out

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 — MF  SCO John Collins (retired) — FW  ENG Luke Cornwall (released) — MF  DEN Bjarne Goldbæk (released) — DF  IRL Steve Finnan (to Liverpool – undisclosed) — GK  ARG Martín Herrera (on season-long loan to Estudiantes La Plata) — DF  MAR Abdeslam Ouaddou (on season-long loan to Rennes)

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NIR Maik Taylor (on season-long loan to Birmingham City) — FW  GHA Elvis Hammond (on month-long loan to Norwich City) — DF  ENG Mark Hudson (on month-long loan to Oldham Athletic) — FW  FRA Steve Marlet (on season-long loan to Marseille) — DF  ENG Jon Harley (on month-long loan to Sheffield United)

January

In

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 — MF  NED Bobby Petta (on loan from Celtic for season) — DF  USA Carlos Bocanegra (from Chicago Fire – free) — DF  GER Moritz Volz (from Arsenal – undisclosed)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ENG Ian Pearce (from West Ham United – undisclosed) — FW  USA Brian McBride (from Columbus Crew – free) — FW  NED Collins John (from Twente – undisclosed)

Out

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 — DF  ENG Mark Hudson (on three-month-long loan to Crystal Palace) — DF  ENG Jon Harley (on three-month loan to West Ham United) — DF  WAL Andy Melville (to West Ham United – nominal)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Louis Saha (to Manchester United – £12,820,000) — GK  NIR Maik Taylor (to Birmingham City – £1,500,000)

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Chris Coleman
Assistant manager	Steve Kean
Goalkeeping coach	Dave Beasant
Head of Youth Development	John Murtough
Secretary	Mark Maunders

Source: Fulham FC

Other information

Chairman	Mohamed Al Fayed
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Loftus Road (19,148 / 112x72 yards)

Source: Fulham article on 15 August 2007

• Fulham used Queens Park Rangers' ground whilst Craven Cottage was being redeveloped

Competitions

Premier League

1. Middlesbrough qualified as the 2003–04 Football League Cup winners.

Season statistics

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

12 July 2003	Torquay United	1–4	Fulham	Plainmoor, Torquay
	Gritton 32'	Report	Buari 23' Sava 55' Saha 69', 76'	Attendance: 1 896

17 July 2003	Fulham	1–2	Celtic	Loftus Road, Fulham, London
	Sava 59'	Report	Petrov 8' Larsson 12'	Attendance: 14 247

23 July 2003	ASK Voitsberg	1–4	Fulham	Stadium Sportscentre Voitsberg, Voitsberg
	Walther Eccher 73' (pen.)	Report	Sava 8' Marlet 24' Hammond 36' Saha 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 400

26 July 2003	Roma	2–1	Fulham	Franz Fekete Stadium, Kapfenberg
	Cassano 26' Bombardini 88'	Report	Saha 27'	Attendance: 4 000

2 August 2003	Motherwell	2–2	Fulham	Fir Park, Motherwell
	Burns 40' (pen.), 89'	Report	Saha 18' Marlet 60'	Referee: Eddie Mack

5 August 2003	Livingston	2–0	Fulham	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
	Pasquinelli 23', 31'	Report		Attendance: 2 846 Referee: John Underhill

10 August 2003	Fulham	2–1	Mallorca	Loftus Road, London
	Boa Morte 32' Malbranque 65'	Report	Eto'o 12'	Attendance: 2,489 Referee: Paul Durkin

Results

Premier League

16 August 2003 (2003-08-16) 1	Fulham	3–2	Middlesbrough	White City, London
15:00 BST	Marlet 81' Inamoto 56' Saha 70'	Report	Marinelli 10' Nemeth 81'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,546 Referee: Graham Poll

23 August 2003 (2003-08-23) 2	Everton	3–1	Fulham	Liverpool, Merseyside
15:00 BST	Naysmith 7' Unsworth 20' Watson 35'	Report	Hayles 69'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,604 Referee: Neale Barry

30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) 3	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Fulham	Tottenham, London
15:00 BST		Report	Hayles 23', 67' Boa Morte 71'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 33,421 Referee: Jeff Winter

14 September 2003 (2003-09-14) 4	Birmingham City	2–2	Fulham	Birmingham, West Midlands
16:05 BST	Mikael Forssell 45', 82' Purse  82'	Report	Saha 1' Boa Morte 78' Legwinski  60'	Stadium: St. Andrews Attendance: 27,250 Referee: Steve Dunn

20 September 2003 (2003-09-20) 5	Fulham	2-2	Manchester City	White City, London
15:00 BST	Malbranque 73' Saha 79'	Report	Knight 31' (o.g.) Wanchope 90+3'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,124 Referee: Phil Dowd

28 September 2003 (2003-09-28) 6	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Fulham	Blackburn, Lancashire
12:00 BST		Report	Boa Morte 5' Saha 56'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,985 Referee: Matt Messias

4 October 2003 (2003-10-04) 7	Fulham	2–0	Leicester City	White City, London
15:00 BST	Boa Morte 36', 73'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,612 Referee: Chris Foy

21 October 2003 (2003-10-21) 9	Fulham	2–3	Newcastle United	White City, London
19:45 BST	Clark 6' Saha 8'	Report	Robert 16' Shearer 51 pen.', 56'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,241 Referee: Barry Knight

25 October 2003 (2003-10-25) 10	Manchester United	1–3	Fulham	Manchester, Greater Manchester
	Forlan 45+2'	Report	Clark 3' Malbranque 66' Inamoto 79'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,727 Referee: Mike Riley

2 November 2003 (2003-11-02) 11	Fulham	1–2	Liverpool	White City, London
	Saha 43' Boa Morte  90'	Report	Heskey 17' Murphy 89 pen.'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,682 Referee: Rob Styles

8 November 2003 (2003-11-08) 12	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Fulham	Charlton, London
	Stuart 10' Johansson 69', 76'	Report	Davis 89'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,285 Referee: Andy D'Urso

24 November 2003 (2003-11-24) 13	Fulham	2–0	Portsmouth	White City, London
	Saha 30', 33'	Report	Berger  82'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,624 Referee: Alan Wiley

6 December 2003 (2003-12-06) 15	Fulham	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	White City, London
	Davis 75' Sava 76'	Report	Davies 53'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,393 Referee: Andy D'Urso

14 December 2003 (2003-12-14) 16	Leeds United	3–2	Fulham	Leeds, West Yorkshire
	Duberry 41' Viduka 46' Matteo 88'	Report	Saha 47', 85'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,544 Referee: Neale Barry

20 December 2003 (2003-12-20) 17	Fulham	0–1	Chelsea	White City, London
		Report	Crespo 62'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,431 Referee: Mike Riley

20 December 2003 (2003-12-20) 18	Fulham	2–0	Southampton	White City, London
	Saha 19', 62 pen.'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,640 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

28 December 2003 (2003-12-28) 19	Aston Villa	3–0	Fulham	Birmingham, West Midlands
	Angel 32' Vassell 67', 82'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,617 Referee: Barry Knight

7 January 2004 (2004-01-07) 20	Middlesbrough	2–1	Fulham	Middlesbrough North Yorkshire
	Job 14' Nemeth 67'	Report	Hayles 90+2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,869 Referee: Paul Durkin

10 January 2004 (2004-01-10) 21	Fulham	2–1	Everton	White City, London, London
	Saha 45 pen.' Malbranque 46'	Report	Kilbane 81'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,308 Referee: Graham Poll

19 January 2004 (2004-01-19) 22	Newcastle United	3–1	Fulham	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
	O'Brien 4' Speed 41' Robert 54'	Report	Davis 74'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,104 Referee: Neale Barry

31 January 2004 (2004-01-31) 23	Fulham	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	White City, London
	Malbranque 45+2 pen.' McBride 66'	Report	Keane 18 pen.'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,024 Referee: Matt Messias

11 February 2004 (2004-02-11) 25	Fulham	1–2	Aston Villa	White City, London
	Boa Morte 1' Bocanegra  74'	Report	Angel 13'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,153 Referee: Barry Knight

21 February 2004 (2004-02-21) 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Fulham	Wolverhampton, West Midlands
	Ince 20' Cort 51'	Report	Malbranque 83'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,424 Referee: Howard Webb

28 February 2004 (2004-02-28) 27	Fulham	1–1	Manchester United	White City, London
	Boa Morte 64'	Report	Saha 14'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,306 Referee: Alan Wiley

13 March 2004 (2004-03-13) 28	Fulham	2–0	Leeds United	White City, London
	Davis 71' Boa Morte 83'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,104 Referee: Steve Dunn

20 March 2004 (2004-03-20) 29	Chelsea	2–1	Fulham	Fulham, London
	Gudjohnsen 7' Duff 30'	Report	Pembridge 18'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,459 Referee: Neale Barry

10 April 2004 (2004-04-10) 32	Leicester City	0–2	Fulham	Leicester, Leicestershire
		Report	John 65' (89)	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 28,392 Referee: Peter Walton

12 April 2004 (2004-04-12) 33	Fulham	3–4	Blackburn Rovers	White City, London
	John 26', 45+2' Boa Morte 60'	Report	Cole 23' Douglas 48' Amoruso 51' Stead 74'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,981 Referee: Steve Bennett

24 April 2004 (2004-04-24) 35	Fulham	2–0	Charlton Athletic	White City, London
	Malbranque 18 pen.' Davis 64'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,585 Referee: Matt Messias

1 May 2004 (2004-05-01) 36	Portsmouth	1–1	Fulham	Portsmouth, Hampshire
	Yakubu 80'	Report	McBride 84'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,056 Referee: Steve Dunn

9 May 2004 (2004-05-09) 37	Fulham	0–1	Arsenal	White City, London
		Report	Reyes 9'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,102 Referee: Mike Dean

15 May 2004 (2004-05-15) 38	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Fulham	Bolton, Lancashire
		Report	McBride 44', 78'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 27,383 Referee: Graham Barber

League Cup

23 September 2003 (2003-09-23) 2nd Round	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Fulham	Wigan, Lancashire
	Ellington 73'	Report		Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 4,874 Referee: Alan Kaye

FA Cup

4 January 2004 (2004-01-04) 3rd Round	Fulham	2–1	Cheltenham Town	White City, London
	Saha 13', 90'	Report	McCann 5'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,303 Referee: Peter Walton

25 January 2004 (2004-01-25) 4th Round	Everton	1–1	Fulham	Liverpool, Merseyside
	Jeffers 90'	Report	Davis 49'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 27,862 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

4 February 2004 (2004-02-04) 4th Round Replay	Fulham	2–1	Everton	White City, London
	Inamoto 57' Malbranque 102'	Report	Jeffers 90'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,551 Referee: Paul Durkin

24 February 2004 (2004-02-24) 5th Round Replay	West Ham United	0–3	Fulham	Upton Park, London
		Report	McBride 76' Hayles 79' Boa Morte 90'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 27,934 Referee: Mike Riley

6 March 2004 (2004-03-06) Quarter Final	Manchester United	2–1	Fulham	Manchester, Greater Manchester
	Van Nistelrooy 25', 62'	Report	Malbranque 23 pen.'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,614 Referee: Rob Styles

References

1. "FootballSquads - Fulham - 2003/04".
2. "All Fulham players: 2004".
3. "Fulham in FA Premier League 2003/2004 fixture".
4. "Fulham match record: 2004".

Notes

1. Crossley was born in Barnsley, England and represented them at U-21 level, but qualified to represent Wales internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Wales in February 1997.
2. Malbranque was born in Mouscron, Belgium, but also qualified to represent France internationally, and represented them at U-21 level before being called up by France in February 2004 without playing.
3. Hayles was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in June 2001, having previously represented the Cayman Islands internationally despite being ineligible to do so.
4. Djetou was born in Brogohlo, Ivory Coast, but was raised in France and made his international debut for France in 1996.
5. Buari was born in Accra, Ghana, but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-15 and U-16 level.
6. Rehman was born in Birmingham, England and represented them at U-18, U-19 and U-20 level, but qualified to represent Pakistan internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Pakistan in December 2005.
7. John was born in Zwedru, Liberia, but also qualified to represent the Netherlands internationally and made his international debut for the Netherlands in August 2004.
8. Willock was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and made his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2004.
9. Taylor was born in Hildesheim, West Germany (now Germany), but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as he holds a British passport, and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 1999.

External links

• Fulham's official website
• Fulham on BBC Sport

• Fulham F.C. seasons
• 2003–04 FA Premier League by team