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U.S. Città di Palermo

2003-04 season
President	Maurizio Zamparini
Manager	Silvio Baldini (Until 26 January 2004) Francesco Guidolin
Serie B	1º (promoted to Serie A)
Coppa Italia	Eightfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Luca Toni (30) All: Toni (30)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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U.S. Città di Palermo played the season 2003-04 in the Serie B league and Coppa Italia.

Summary

Ambitious Palermo, for the first time since 1973, failed to gain promotion to Serie A in the previous season following a 3-0 away defeat in the final match against Lecce, which were promoted at Palermo's place. That dramatic defeat was also the last appearance in his playing career for team captain Antonino Asta, who seriously injured during the match and did not manage to recover; he was part of the first team squad in the season 2003-04, without however making a single appearance. Following the events, Palermo made a number of prominent signings in the summer market, such as Eugenio Corini, Andrea Gasbarroni and Luca Toni; in addition, Palermo-born star Gaetano Vasari agreed to join the rosanero with a salary based on the number of appearances he would have made in the season. Silvio Baldini was appointed as new boss to replace Nedo Sonetti. Several football pundits suggested Palermo to be the real favourite team to win the Serie B league because of the quality of its roster.

The team made a very impressive start by defeating Gianfranco Zola's Cagliari Calcio, and managed to be always in the promotion spots. However, following a surprising 3-1 home defeat to Salernitana that brought Palermo down to third place, Baldini heavily criticized club chairman Maurizio Zamparini who consequently fired him and appointed Francesco Guidolin at his place. On the last day of the January transfer market, three new notable signings were made: Antonio Filippini, Emanuele Filippini and Fabio Grosso. Palermo later returned to top the table and eventually won the league, ending with the same points than Cagliari, but being crowned as Serie B champions due to head-to-head matches and promoted to Serie A after 31 years in the lower divisions.

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 1 GK  ITA Gianluca Berti 2 DF  ITA Paolo Cotroneo 3 DF  ITA Francesco Modesto 4 DF  ITA Gianluca Atzori 5 MF  ITA Eugenio Corini 6 DF  ITA Christian Terlizzi 7 MF  ITA Gaetano Vasari 8 MF  ITA Daniele Di Donato 9 FW  ITA Luca Toni 10 MF  ITA Lamberto Zauli 11 MF  ITA Salvatore Masiello 12 GK  ITA Nicola Santoni 13 DF  ITA Pietro Accardi 14 MF  CMR Frank Oliver Ongfiang 14 DF  ITA Rocco D'Aiello 16 FW  ITA Pietro Balistreri 17 FW  ITA Antonino Asta 18 FW  ITA Franco Brienza 18 DF  ITA Fabio Grosso 19 DF  ITA Daniele Zito

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ITA Simone Pepe 21 MF  ROU Paul Codrea 21 DF  ITA Giuseppe Biava 22 MF  ITA Massimo Mutarelli 23 MF  ITA Ighli Vannucchi 23 MF  ITA Emanuele Filippini 24 FW  NGA John Olufemi 25 DF  SLE Kewullay Conteh 26 MF  ITA Antonio Filippini 27 MF  ITA Michele Trionfante 29 DF  ROU Valentin Năstase 30 FW  BRA Jeda 32 MF  ITA Marco Fina 46 MF  ITA Andrea Gasbarroni 51 MF  ITA Vincenzo Giannusa 79 MF  ITA Evans Soligo 81 DF  ITA Michele Ferri 82 MF  ITA Nicola Milano 84 GK  ITA Paolo Comi

Transfers

Winter

In

18	DF	ITA	Fabio Grosso (from Perugia)
21	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Biava (from AlbinoLeffe)
23	MF	ITA	Emanuele Filippini (from Parma)
26	MF	ITA	Antonio Filippini (from Brescia)
30	FW	BRA	Jeda (from Vicenza)

Out

3	DF	ITA	Francesco Modesto (to Reggina)
18	MF	ITA	Franco Brienza (on loan to Perugia)
21	MF	ROU	Paul Codrea (on loan to Perugia)
23	MF	ITA	Ighli Vannucchi (to Empoli)

Competitions

Serie B

League table

Results by round

Matches

14 September 2003 4	Palermo	1-0	Cagliari Calcio	Palermo
20:30	Corini 53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Nucini

20 September 2003 5	Palermo	2-1	Ternana Calcio	Palermo
20:30	Brienza 14' Mutarelli 83'	Report	92' Kharja	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Rosetti

23 September 2003 1	Salernitana	1-1	Palermo	Salerno
20:30	Tulli 49'	Report	94' Gasbarroni	Stadium: Stadio Arechi Referee: Girardi
Note: Match rescheduled from 23 August 2003 due to issues against the expansion of Serie B to 24 squads.

27 September 2003 6	Torino	2-1	Palermo	Torino
20:30	Ferrante 24' (rig.), 43'	Report	59' (rig.) Corini	Stadium: Delle Alpi Referee: Trefoloni

4 October 2003 7	Palermo	2-1	Delfino Pescara	Palermo
20:30	Corini 11' (rig.) Pepe 85'	Report	55' (aut.) Di Donato	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Bolognino

8 October 2003 2	Palermo	1-1	Piacenza Calcio	Palermo
20:30	Toni 64'	Report	90' Beghetto	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Cruciani
Note: Match rescheduled from 7 September 2003 due to issues against the expansion of Serie B to 24 squads.

12 October 2003 8	Como Calcio	0-1	Palermo	Como
15:00		Report	57' (pen.) Corini	Stadium: Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Gabriele

15 October 2003 9	Palermo	2-0	Fiorentina	Palermo
20:30	Corini 29' (pen.) Di Donato 33'	Report		Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Dondarini

18 October 2003 10	Venezia F.C.	1-1	Palermo	Venezia
20:30	Liendo 77'	Report	94' Toni	Stadium: Penzo Referee: Rizzoli

25 October 2003 11	Ascoli Calcio	1-2	Palermo	Ascoli Piceno
20:30	Bonfiglio 29'	Report	28' Toni 56' Mutarelli	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: De Santis

9 November 2003 13	Catania Calcio	0-2	Palermo	Catania
15:00		Report	7' (pen.) Corini 65' Zauli	Stadium: Massimino Referee: Paparesta

16 November 2003 14	Palermo	4-0	S.S.C. Napoli	Palermo
15:00	Ferri 27' Toni 37', 60' Zauli 48'	Report		Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Racalbuto

20 November 2003 15	Treviso	1-1	Palermo	Treviso
20:30	Centurioni 50'	Report	92' Corini	Stadium: Tenni Referee: Rodomonti

23 November 2003 16	Palermo	3-1	Hellas Verona	Palermo
15:00	Toni 27', 52', 72'	Report	23' Papa Waigo	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Palanca

28 November 2003 17	Genoa C.F.C.	1-1	Palermo	Genova
20:30	Colacone 56'	Report	79' Corini	Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Referee: Racalbuto

7 December 2003 18	Palermo	2-1	U.C. Albinoleffe	Palermo
15:00	Toni 14' Di Donato 39'	Report	30' Biava	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Romeo

6 January 2004 21	Triestina Calcio	1-0	Palermo	Trieste
15:00	Moscardelli 82'	Report		Stadium: Nereo Rocco Referee: Tombolini

11 January 2004 22	Palermo	4-1	Livorno	Palermo
15:00	Zauli 22', 71' Toni 49', 84'	Report	48' C.Lucarelli	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Brighi

18 January 2004 23	A.S. Bari	2-1	Palermo	Bari
15:00	Cordova 29' (pen.) De Rosa 41'	Report	35' Corini	Stadium: San Nicola Referee: Collina

25 January 2004 24	Palermo	0-2	Salernitana	Palermo
15:00		Report	59', 84' Bogdani	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: De Marco

2 February 2004 25	Piacenza Calcio	2-2	Palermo	Piacenza
20:30	Lucenti 42' Beghetto 89'	Report	49' Toni 81' Nastase	Stadium: Garilli Referee: Paparesta

8 February 2004 26	Palermo	1-1	Avellino	Palermo
15:00	Toni 42'	Report	70' Stroppa	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Brighi

15 February 2004 27	Cagliari Calcio	3-2	Palermo	Cagliari
15:00	Abeijon 42' E.Filippini 79' (aut.) Langella 87'	Report	49', 67' Gasbarroni	Stadium: Sant'Elia Referee: Ayroldi

22 February 2004 28	Ternana Calcio	1-1	Palermo	Terni
15:00	Zampagna 41'	Report	8' Toni	Stadium: Liberati Referee: Rizzoli

29 February 2004 29	Palermo	2-1	Torino F.C.	Palermo
15:00	Gasbarroni 39' Jeda 40'	Report	8' Tiribocchi	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Racalbuto

4 March 2004 30	Delfino Pescara	0-2	Palermo	Pescara
20:30		Report	5' Toni 77' Jeda	Stadium: Adriatico Referee: Girardi

7 March 2004 31	Palermo	2-1	Como Calcio	Palermo
15:00	Toni 71' Corini 89' (rig.)	Report	83' De Francesco	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Rizzoli

12 March 2004 32	Fiorentina	2-1	Palermo	Firenze
20:30	Di Livio 34' Vryzas 92'	Report	20' Toni	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Referee: Bolognino

18 March 2004 33	Palermo	4-0	Venezia F.C.	Palermo
20:30	Toni 20', 82' E.Filippini 39' Gasbarroni 61'	Report		Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: De Marco

21 March 2004 34	Palermo	1-0	Ascoli Calcio	Palermo
15:00	Corini 50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Rizzoli

4 April 2004 36	Palermo	5-0	Catania Calcio	Palermo
15:00	A.Filippini 7' Biava 30' Toni 57', 73' (rig.) E.Filippini 70'	Report		Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Messina

10 April 2004 37	S.S.C. Napoli	1-1	Palermo	Napoli
15:00	Dionigi 28'	Report	40' A.Filippini	Stadium: San Paolo Referee: Rodomonti

17 April 2004 38	Palermo	2-3	Treviso	Palermo
20:30	Corini 31' (rig.) Jeda 43'	Report	19' A.D'Agostino 61' Bianco 81' Ganci	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: De Santis

23 April 2004 39	Hellas Verona	1-2	Palermo	Verona
20:30	Adailton 11'	Report	28', 88' Toni	Stadium: Marcantonio Bentegodi Referee: Rizzoli

1 May 2004 40	Palermo	3-1	Genoa C.F.C.	Palermo
20:30	Toni 5', 52' E.Filippini 44'	Report	72' Milito	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Ayroldi

8 May 2004 41	U.C. Albinoleffe	1-1	Palermo	Bergamo
20:30	Raimondi 81'	Report	59' Biava	Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Tombolini

15 May 2004 42	Palermo	3-0	Vicenza Calcio	Palermo
20:30	Gasbarroni 10' Toni 25' Di Donato 65'	Report		Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Pellegrino

22 May 2004 43	Messina	1-1	Palermo	Messina
20:30	Sosa 80'	Report	75' Biava	Stadium: Giovanni Celeste Referee: Rodomonti

29 May 2004 44	Palermo	3-1	Triestina Calcio	Palermo
20:30	Toni 31', 41' E.Filippini 83'		63' Mantovani	Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Dondarini

5 June 2004 45	Livorno	1-1	Palermo	Livorno
20:30	C.Lucarelli 71'	Report	69' Toni	Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi Referee: Saccani

12 June 2004 46	Palermo	3-0	A.S. Bari	Palermo
20:30	Toni 31' Grosso 45+1' Vasari 89'	Report		Stadium: Renzo Barbera Referee: Farina

Statistics

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Coppa Italia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Berti	43	-35	42	-35	1	0
18	DF	ITA	Fabio Grosso	21	1	21	1	0	0
13	DF	ITA	Pietro Accardi	35	0	31+1	0	3	0
26	MF	ITA	Antonio Filippini	21	2	20+1	2	0	0
25	DF	SLE	Kewullay Conteh	34	0	31+1	0	2	0
81	DF	ITA	Michele Ferri	39	2	35+1	1	3	1
8	MF	ITA	Daniele Di Donato	39	3	28+11	3	0	0
22	MF	ITA	Massimo Mutarelli	44	2	41	2	3	0
5	MF	ITA	Eugenio Corini	43	12	38+2	12	3	0
46	MF	ITA	Andrea Gasbarroni	41	6	26+13	6	2	0
9	FW	ITA	Luca Toni	47	30	45	30	2	0
12	GK	ITA	Santoni	8	-10	4	-4	4	-6
21	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Biava	19	3	19	3	0	0
23	MF	ITA	Emanuele Filippini	20	4	18+2	4	0	0
10	MF	ITA	Lamberto Zauli	24	4	17+4	4	3	0
4	DF	ITA	Atzori	18	0	17	0	1	0
6	DF	ITA	Terlizzi	15	0	12	0	3	0
11	MF	ITA	Salvatore Masiello	22	0	9+9	0	4	0
29	DF	ROU	Valentin Năstase	19	1	9+7	1	3	0
7	MF	ITA	Gaetano Vasari	30	2	8+18	1	4	1
	MF	ITA	Franco Brienza	18	1	8+10	1
30	FW	BRA	Jeda	17	3	8+9	3	0	0
20	FW	ITA	Simone Pepe	24	3	5+14	1	5	2
	MF	ROU	Codrea	8	0	5+3	0
79	MF	ITA	Evans Soligo	13	1	3+6	0	4	1
	MF	ITA	Ighli Vannucchi	8	0	3+5	0
	DF	ITA	Francesco Modesto	1	0	1	0
84	GK	ITA	Comi	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ITA	Antonino Asta	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	MF	ITA	Nicola Milano	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	FW	NGA	John Otuagomah Olufemi	1	0	0	0	1	0

• Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2003/2962/

References

1. "Season 2002-03 Palermo" (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14.
2. "The last night of Toni" (in Italian). gazzetta.it.
3. "Zamparini Interview" (in Italian). raisport.it. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16.
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