# 2003–04 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2003–04 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 12th season in the Premier League and 26th successive season in the top division of the English football league system

## Season summary

A dismal start to the season cost Glenn Hoddle his job and he was sacked as manager on 21 September after two-and-a-half years at the helm. Director of Football David Pleat took over first team duties until the end of the season but was unable to inspire Tottenham to a challenge for European qualification, nor either of the cup competitions, and a 14th-place finish in the final table was Tottenham's lowest since 1998.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Stephen Carr |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Taricco |
| 5 | DF | SCG | Goran Bunjevčević |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Michael Brown |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darren Anderton |
| 8 | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Frédéric Kanouté |
| 10 | FW | IRL | Robbie Keane |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Gary Doherty |
| 13 | GK | USA | Kasey Keller |
| 14 | MF | URU | Gustavo Poyet |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Jamie Redknapp |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe |
| 21 | DF | RSA | Mbulelo Mabizela |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Lee Barnard |
| 23 | MF | GER | Christian Ziege |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Rob Burch |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Ledley King (captain) |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Rohan Ricketts |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Mark Yeates |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Simon Davies |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Anthony Gardner |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Dean Marney |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Johnnie Jackson |
| 33 | GK | CAN | Lars Hirschfeld |
| 34 | DF | IRL | Stephen Kelly |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Jamie Slabber |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Dean Richards |
Last updated: 14 October 2019. Source: footballsquads.co.uk

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 25 June 2003 | ST | Hélder Postiga | Porto | £6,250,000 |
| 18 July 2003 | ST | Bobby Zamora | Brighton and Hove Albion | £1,500,000 |
| 8 August 2003 | DF | Mbulelo Mabizela | Orlando Pirates | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2003 | ST | Frédéric Kanouté | West Ham United | £3,500,000 |
| 2 January 2004 | MF | Michael Brown | Sheffield United | £500,000 |
| 4 February 2004 | ST | Jermain Defoe | West Ham United | £7,000,000 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 June 2003 | DF | Alton Thelwell | Hull City | Free |
| 30 June 2003 | ST | Teddy Sheringham | Portsmouth | Free |
| 17 July 2003 | DF | Ben Thatcher | Leicester City | £300,000 |
| 1 August 2003 | ST | Steffen Iversen | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free |
| 4 August 2003 | MF | Matthew Etherington | West Ham United | £1,000,000 Part Exchange |
| 29 August 2003 | GK | Neil Sullivan | Chelsea | Free |
| 28 November 2003 | DF | Chris Perry | Charlton Athletic | £100,000 |
| 28 January 2004 | MF | Jonathan Blondel | Club Brugge | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2004 | ST | Bobby Zamora | West Ham United | Part Exchange |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End | Ref. |
| 1 September 2003 | DF | | Paul Konchesky | Charlton Athletic | January 2004 | |
| 1 September 2003 | MF | | Stéphane Dalmat | Internazionale | Season | |

### Loan out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End | Ref. |
| 28 January 2004 | MF | | Milenko Ačimovič | Lille | five-month loan | |

### Released

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 August 2003 | MF | Steffen Freund | Kaiserslautern | Released |
| 28 November 2003 | DF | Ronnie Henry | Free Agent | Released |
| 28 November 2003 | MF | Jonathan Black | | Released |
| 27 July 2004 | ST | Serhii Rebrov | West Ham United | Released |

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 57 | 034.21 |
| FA Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 033.33 |
| League Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 075.00 |
| Total | 45 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 64 | 037.78 |

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Southampton | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 47 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 45 |
| 14 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 45 |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 44 |
| 16 | Manchester City | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 41 |

#### Results

Manager: Glenn Hoddle
Caretaker Manager: David Pleat

### League Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 13 | GK | USA | Kasey Keller | 45 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRL | Stephen Carr | 39 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Taricco | 37 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCG | Goran Bunjevčević | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Gary Doherty | 22 | 1 | 16+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | RSA | Mbulelo Mabizela | 7 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Anthony Gardner | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | IRL | Stephen Kelly | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Dean Richards | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ENG | Michael Brown | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Darren Anderton | 24 | 3 | 16+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | URU | Gus Poyet | 25 | 3 | 12+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Jamie Redknapp | 17 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Christian Ziege | 10 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Ledley King | 35 | 2 | 28+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Rohan Ricketts | 28 | 2 | 12+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Mark Yeates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | WAL | Simon Davies | 20 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Dean Marney | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Johnnie Jackson | 14 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | POR | Hélder Postiga | 24 | 2 | 9+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | MLI | Frédéric Kanouté | 31 | 12 | 19+8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | IRL | Robbie Keane | 41 | 16 | 31+3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe | 15 | 7 | 14+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | FRA | Stéphane Dalmat | 28 | 3 | 12+10 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Paul Konchesky | 15 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BEL | Jonathan Blondel | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Bobby Zamora | 18 | 1 | 6+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 30 May 2004 Source: soccerbase.com

### Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Robbie Keane | 14 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Frédéric Kanouté | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Jermain Defoe | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Darren Anderton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Stéphane Dalmat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | Gus Poyet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 8 | Hélder Postiga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 26 | Ledley King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 27 | Rohan Ricketts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 29 | Simon Davies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Stephen Carr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Mauricio Taricco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 6 | Michael Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 12 | Gary Doherty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 15 | Jamie Redknapp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 21 | Mbulelo Mabizela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 23 | Christian Ziege | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 25 | Bobby Zamora | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 32 | Johnnie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 46 | 7 | 8 | 61 |

### Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source: premierleague.com
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 13 | Kasey Keller | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |