# 2003–04 Inter Milan season

The 2003–04 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 95th in existence and 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.

## Season overview

The 2003–04 season started with a lot of issues: despite assembling an expensive squad, Inter got poor results in the domestic league (two wins, three draws and a loss in derby) and Héctor Cúper was sacked. In order to replace him, Alberto Zaccheroni was appointed coach before eventually finishing fourth in the league. Inter's campaign in the Champions League, however, resulted in failure: they didn't manage to get past the group stage, despite a historical win over Arsenal (0-3 in Highbury).
In January 2004, Massimo Moratti decided to leave his position of chairman, to be replaced by former player Giacinto Facchetti, who remained as chairman until his death on 4 September 2006.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Francesco Toldo |
| 2 | DF | COL | Iván Córdoba |
| 3 | FW | SLE | Mohamed Kallon |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Javier Zanetti |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Emre Belözoğlu |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Cristiano Zanetti |
| 7 | MF | NED | Andy van der Meyde |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Sabri Lamouchi |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Cruz |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Adriano |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Dejan Stanković |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Alberto Fontana |
| 13 | DF | DEN | Thomas Helveg |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Javier Farinós |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Daniele Adani |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Fabio Cannavaro |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Kily González |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Giorgos Karagounis |
| 20 | FW | URU | Álvaro Recoba |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Nicola Beati |
| 22 | MF | TUR | Okan Buruk |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marco Materazzi |
| 24 | DF | PAR | Gamarra |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Matías Almeyda |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Pasquale |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Khalilou Fadiga |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Mario Rebecchi |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Obafemi Martins |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Jérémie Bréchet |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Christian Vieri |
| 33 | FW | NGA | Isah Eliakwu |
| 71 | GK | ITA | Alex Cordaz |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Francesco Coco |
| — | MF | BRA | Luciano |

#### From youth 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 |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Khalilou Fadiga |
| 34 | DF | ITA | Devis Nossa |
| 51 | GK | ITA | Giacomo Bindi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 71 | GK | ITA | Alex Cordaz |
| 84 | GK | ITA | Simone Villanova (on loan from Cittadella) |
| — | GK | AUS | Nathan Coe |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Julio Cruz | Bologna | €9.50 million |
| MF | Andy van der Meyde | Ajax | €6.00 million |
| MF | Sabri Lamouchi | Parma | |
| MF | Khalilou Fadiga | Auxerre | €0.30 million |
| DF | Thomas Helveg | Milan | |
| MF | Kily González | Valencia | €2.50 million |
| MF | Giorgos Karagounis | Panathinaikos | free |
| DF | Jérémie Bréchet | Lyon | €3.00 million |
| MF | Luciano | Chievo | loan |
| MF | Javier Farinós | Villarreal | loan ended |
| MF | Giacomo Bindi | Arezzo | loan |
| MF | Simone Villanova | Cittadella | loan |
| DF | Matteo Giordano | Milan | co-ownership |
| DF | Simone Brunelli | Milan | co-ownership |
| DF | Matteo Deinite | Milan | co-ownership |
| DF | Ronny Toma | Milan | co-ownership |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Hernán Crespo | Chelsea | €26.00 million |
| GK | Sebastien Frey | Parma | €21.00 million |
| MF | Sérgio Conceição | Lazio | free |
| MF | Domenico Morfeo | Parma | loan |
| MF | Luigi Di Biagio | Brescia | free |
| DF | Michele Serena | | retired |
| DF | Nelson Vivas | River Plate | |
| FW | Gabriel Batistuta | Roma | loan ended |
| MF | Guly | Bologna | loan |
| DF | Gonzalo Sorondo | Standard Liège | loan |
| MF | Stéphane Dalmat | Tottenham | loan |
| FW | Nicola Ventola | Siena | loan |
| MF | Ronny Toma | Legnano | loan |
| MF | Matteo Deinite | Pergolettese | loan |
| MF | Matteo Giordano | Castel di Sangro | loan |
| MF | Ümit Davala | Werder Bremen | loan |
| FW | Nicola Napolitano | Spezia | loan |
| DF | Mattia Altobelli | Spezia | loan |
| DF | Wellington | Spezia | loan |
| DF | Luca Franchini | Padova | loan |
| FW | Goran Pandev | Ancona | loan |
| FW | Nicola Beati | Triestina | loan |
| GK | Mathieu Moreau | Spezia | loan |
| DF | Mario Rebecchi | Genoa | loan |
| MF | Isah Eliakwu | Parma | loan |
| MF | Alessandro Potenza | Parma | loan |
| MF | Salvatore Ferraro | Milan | co-ownership |
| DF | Alessandro Livi | Milan | co-ownership |
| MF | Giuseppe Ticli | Milan | co-ownership |
| GK | Marco Varaldi | Milan | co-ownership |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Adriano | Parma | €23.4 million |
| MF | Dejan Stanković | Lazio | €4,0 million |
| MF | Ianis Zicu | Dinamo București | |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Goran Pandev | Lazio | €500, January |
| MF | Luciano | Chievo | loan ended |
| MF | Ianis Zicu | Parma | loan |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie A | 31 August 2003 | 16 May 2004 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 050.00 |
| Coppa Italia | 4 December 2003 | 12 February 2004 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 033.33 |
| Champions League | 17 September 2003 | 10 December 2003 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Cup | 26 February 2004 | 14 April 2004 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 83 | 61 | +22 | 042.31 |
Last updated: 16 May 2004 Source: Serie A statistics, Coppa Italia statistics, Champions League statistics, UEFA Cup statistics

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Lazio | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 56 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | LMO | INT | DKV |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 1–5 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — |

### UEFA Cup
#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| | League | UCL | CU | Cup | Total Stats |
| Games played | 38 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 56 |
| Games won | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Games drawn | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| Games lost | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Goals scored | 59 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 83 |
| Goals conceded | 37 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 61 |
| Goal difference | 22 | -3 | -1 | 4 | 22 |
| Clean sheets | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Goal by substitute | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total shots | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shots on target | – | – | – | – | – |
| Corners | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players used | 29 | 22 | 23 | 28 | |
| Offsides | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls suffered | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls committed | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 56 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 71 |
| Red cards | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Last updated: 16 May 2004 Source: Serie A statistics, UEFA Champions League statistics, Coppa Italia statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 16 May 2004
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Champions League & UEFA Cup | UEFA Champions League & UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Toldo | 45 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Zanetti J | 51 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Adani | 34 | 4 | 20+3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | ITA | Cannavaro | 34 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | COL | Cordoba | 47 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCG | Stankovic | 16 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Zanetti C | 29 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Emre | 30 | 0 | 15+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Kily | 32 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Julio Cruz | 35 | 11 | 16+5 | 7 | 2+2 | 3 | 6+4 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | ITA | Vieri | 32 | 17 | 18+4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 4 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Fontana | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Materazzi | 18 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | DEN | Helveg | 32 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Adriano | 18 | 12 | 13+3 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | URU | Recoba | 29 | 11 | 12+7 | 8 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Farinos | 24 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NGA | Martins | 37 | 11 | 11+14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7+2 | 3 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Pasquale | 21 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NED | van der Meyde | 25 | 3 | 11+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | PAR | Gamarra | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ARG | Almeyda | 21 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Lamouchi | 26 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Luciano | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Coco | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GRE | Karagounis | 16 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Brechet | 14 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | ITA | Cordaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | TUR | Okan | 9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Fadiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Rebecchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | SLE | Kallon | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | NGA | Eliakwu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Beati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Champions League | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 32 | FW | | Christian Vieri | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | FW | | Adriano | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | FW | | Julio Cruz | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | FW | | Álvaro Recoba | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 30 | FW | | Obafemi Martins | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | DF | | Daniele Adani | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | | Dejan Stanković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | Andy van der Meyde | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | DF | | Marco Materazzi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | DF | | Fabio Cannavaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | | Iván Córdoba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Cristiano Zanetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Javier Farinós | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 59 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 83 |
Last updated: 16 May 2004. Source: Competitive matches