# 2003–04 AS Roma season

Associazione Sportiva Roma had a tremendous season in the league, scoring most goals and conceding the fewest goals of all teams, but despite this, AC Milan were able to run away with the title, due to a greater efficiency in winning their matches.
In Fabio Capello's last season as Roma's coach, the squad did not manage to win any titles whatsoever, even though the results showed a resurgence from the anticlimactic 2002–03 season, in which Roma dipped to eighth in the league standings.
Financial worries forced the club to sell Emerson to Juventus and Walter Samuel to Real Madrid following the season's end. Capello controversially signed for Juventus as well, but key players such as Francesco Totti, Antonio Cassano and Cristian Chivu remained.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 16 May 2004
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Cristiano Lupatelli | GK | (1978-06-21)21 June 1978 (aged 26) | Chievo | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Carlo Zotti | GK | (1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 21) | Palermo | 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Ivan Pelizzoli | GK | (1980-11-18)18 November 1980 (aged 23) | Atalanta | 2001 | 55 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain) | RB / CB | (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 31) | Monaco | 2001 | 84 | 4 |
| 4 | Cristian Chivu | LB / CB | (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 23) | Ajax | 2003 | 22 | 2 |
| 5 | Jonathan Zebina | CB / RB | (1978-07-19)19 July 1978 (aged 25) | Cagliari | 2000 | 88 | 1 |
| 19 | Walter Samuel | CB | (1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 26) | Boca Juniors | 2000 | 122 | 9 |
| 26 | Gianluca Galasso | CB | (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Giuseppe Scurto | CB | (1984-01-05)5 January 1984 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Traianos Dellas | CB | (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 28) | Perugia | 2002 | 24 | 1 |
| 32 | Vincent Candela | LB / LWB | (1973-10-24)24 October 1973 (aged 30) | Guingamp | 1997 | 202 | 14 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 8 | Francisco Lima | DM / CM | (1971-04-17)17 April 1971 (aged 33) | Bologna | 2001 | 88 | 0 |
| 11 | Emerson | DM / CM | (1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 28) | Bayer Leverkusen | 2000 | 105 | 13 |
| 15 | Olivier Dacourt | AM / CM | (1974-09-25)25 September 1974 (aged 29) | Leeds United | 2003 | 45 | 1 |
| 17 | Damiano Tommasi | DM / CM | (1974-05-17)17 May 1974 (aged 30) | Hellas Verona | 1996 | 236 | 12 |
| 21 | Gaetano D'Agostino | CM / AM | (1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 22) | Bari | 2003 | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | Daniele De Rossi | DM / CM | (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2001 | 21 | 2 |
| 28 | Adewale Wahab | CM | (1984-10-04)4 October 1984 (aged 19) | Reggiana | 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Mancini | LW / RW / AM | (1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 23) | Venezia | 2003 | 33 | 8 |
| 33 | Akande Ajide | CM | (1985-12-24)24 December 1985 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Raffaele De Martino | CM | (1986-04-08)8 April 1986 (aged 18) | Youth Sector | 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Vincenzo Montella | CF / ST | (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 30) | Sampdoria | 1999 | 118 | 58 |
| 10 | Francesco Totti (Captain) | AM / LW / SS / CF / ST | (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 27) | Youth Sector | 1992 | 272 | 86 |
| 18 | Antonio Cassano | ST / SS | (1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 21) | Bari | 2001 | 82 | 28 |
| 23 | John Carew | CF / ST | (1979-09-05)5 September 1979 (aged 24) | Valencia | 2003 | 20 | 6 |
| 24 | Marco Delvecchio | CF / ST | (1973-04-07)7 April 1973 (aged 31) | Internazionale | 1995 | 227 | 62 |
| 25 | Alessio Cerci | RW / SS | (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 16) | Youth Sector | 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Daniele Corvia | CF / ST | (1984-11-22)22 November 1984 (aged 19) | Youth Sector | 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||
| 20 | Luigi Sartor | LB / RB / CB | (1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 29) | Parma | 2002 | 12 | 0 |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| DF | Cristian Chivu | Ajax | |
| MF | Olivier Dacourt | Leeds United | |
| FW | John Carew | Valencia CF | loan |
| MF | Amantino Mancini | Venezia FC | end of contract |
| MF | Adewale Dauda Wahab | AC Reggiana | - |
| FW | Denis Boshnjaku | SS Lazio | - |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Denis Boshnjaku | Teramo | - |
| DF | Aldair | Genoa CFC | |
| DF | Cafu | AC Milan | end of contract |
| GK | Francesco Antonioli | Sampdoria | end of contract |
| DF | Leandro Cufré | Siena | loan |
| MF | Gianni Guigou | Siena | loan |
| MF | Diego Fuser | Torino FC | end of contract |
| MF | Alberto Aquilani | Triestina | loan |
| FW | Gabriel Batistuta | Al-Arabi | end of contract |
| MF | Davide Bombardini | Salernitana | - |
| DF | Damiano Ferronetti | Triestina | loan |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| DF | Luigi Sartor | AC Ancona | loan |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 31 August 2003 | 16 May 2004 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 4 December 2003 | 22 January 2004 |
| UEFA Cup | First round | Fourth round | 24 September 2003 | 8 December 2004 |
Last updated: 16 May 2004

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Milan (C) | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 19 | +49 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Juventus | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Internazionale | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 59 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Parma | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2004. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Fourth round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa | Coppa | UEFA | UEFA |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Pelizzoli | 31 | -14 | 31 | -14 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Zebina | 23 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Panucci | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | ARG | Samuel | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Chivu | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Mancini | 33 | 8 | 33 | 8 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Emerson | 33 | 3 | 33 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Dacourt | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Lima | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Totti | 31 | 20 | 31 | 20 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Cassano | 33 | 14 | 33 | 14 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Zotti | 3 | -5 | 3 | -5 |
| 23 | FW | NOR | Carew | 20 | 6 | 10+10 | 6 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Candela | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Tommasi | 20 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GRE | Dellas | 14 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | D'Agostino | 16 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Montella | 11 | 5 | 5+6 | 5 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | De Rossi | 17 | 0 | 4+13 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Delvecchio | 16 | 3 | 3+13 | 3 |
| 34 | FW | ITA | Corvia | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NGA | Wahab | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Galasso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NGA | Ajide | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Lupatelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ITA | Scurto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ITA | De Martino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Cerci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ITA | Curci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ITA | Servi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ITA | Virga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ITA | Piva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 20 | DF | ITA | Luigi Sartor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2003/1249/

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Antonio Cassano | 14 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | 30 | MF | | Mancini | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 23 | FW | | John Carew | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 24 | FW | | Marco Delvecchio | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Vincenzo Montella | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Emerson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Christian Panucci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Cristian Chivu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Jonathan Zebina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 15 | MF | | Olivier Dacourt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 | MF | | Daniele De Rossi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | MF | | Damiano Tommasi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | DF | | Walter Samuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | MF | | Gaetano D'Agostino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 31 | DF | | Traianos Dellas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 68 | 5 | 11 | 84 |
Last updated: 16 May 2004

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 22 | GK | | Ivan Pelizzoli | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 12 | GK | | Carlo Zotti | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 20 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
Last updated: 16 May 2004

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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