# 2003–04 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2003–04 season was the 105th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions and UEFA Champions League.

## 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 | FRA | Grégory Coupet |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Eric Deflandre |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Edmílson |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Michael Essien |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Caçapa |
| 7 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho Pernambucano |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Giovane Élber |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Eric Carrière |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Florent Malouda |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Anthony Réveillère |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Sidney Govou |
| 15 | DF | BEL | Christophe Delmotte |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Peguy Luyindula |
| 20 | DF | SUI | Patrick Müller (captain) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Romain Sartre |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Vikash Dhorasoo |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Rémy Vercoutre |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Julien Viale |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Yohan Gomez |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Nicolas Puydebois |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Bryan Bergougnoux |
| 32 | DF | FRA | François Clerc |
| 35 | GK | FRA | Fabian Caballero |
| 36 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Clément |

### 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 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Philippe Violeau (to Auxerre) |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Jérémie Bréchet (to Inter Milan) |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Gaël Genevier (on loan to Perugia) |

## 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 % |
| Ligue 1 | 1 August 2003 | 23 May 2004 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 063.16 |
| Coupe de France | 3 January 2004 | 11 February 2004 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 28 October 2003 | 28 October 2003 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 26 July 2003 | 26 July 2003 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 17 September 2003 | 7 April 2004 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 060.38 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Auxerre | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sochaux | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 63 | 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 |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 17 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Celtic | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | |