# 2003 Shelbourne F.C. season

In the 2003 season, Shelbourne were crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions.

## Personnel
### Managerial/backroom staff

Manager: Pat Fenlon

### 2003 squad members

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 |
| — | GK | WAL | Steve Williams |
| — | GK | SCO | Chris Bennion |
| — | GK | IRL | Morgan Cranley |
| — | DF | IRL | Owen Heary (Captain) |
| — | DF | IRL | Jim Gannon |
| — | DF | IRL | Kevin Doherty |
| — | DF | IRL | Philip Byrne |
| — | DF | WAL | Jamie Harris |
| — | DF | ENG | Dave Rogers |
| — | DF | IRL | Tony McCarthy |
| — | DF | IRL | David Crawley |
| — | DF | IRL | Derek Dunne |
| — | DF | IRL | Stephen Murtagh |
| — | DF | IRL | Ciarán Sharkey |
| — | MF | IRL | Richie Baker |
| — | MF | IRL | Stuart Byrne |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRL | Jim Crawford |
| — | MF | ENG | Scott Oakes |
| — | MF | IRL | Thomas Morgan |
| — | MF | IRL | Wes Hoolahan |
| — | MF | IRL | Ollie Cahill |
| — | MF | IRL | Stephen Murphy |
| — | FW | IRL | Jason Byrne |
| — | FW | IRL | Stephen Geoghegan |
| — | FW | IRL | Dessie Baker |
| — | FW | IRL | Ger McCarthy |
| — | FW | IRL | Ger Rowe |
| — | FW | IRL | Alan Kinsella |
| — | FW | IRL | Alan Murphy |
| — | FW | IRL | Alan Lee |
| — | FW | IRL | Ray Whelehan |

## Results/league tables
### League of Ireland Premier Division
#### Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shelbourne (C) | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Bohemians | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Cork City | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 53 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Longford Town | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | St Patrick's Athletic | 36 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 46 | |
* ↑ Longford Town qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round after winning the 2003 FAI Cup.

#### League Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 November 2003. Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures

#### League Form/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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D |

### UEFA Cup
#### Qualifying round

Olimpija Ljubljana won 4 - 2 on aggregate

### League of Ireland Cup
#### First round
##### Final group table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | St. Patrick's Athletic (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for eircom League Cup quarter-finals |
| 2 | Dublin City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Shelbourne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | |

## 2003 season statistics
### Player appearances/goals

As of 28 November 2003.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier Division | Premier Division | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | FAI Cup | FAI Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | IRL | Dessie Baker | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | IRL | Richie Baker | 34 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Chris Bennion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Jason Byrne | 39 | 25 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Philip Byrne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | IRL | Stuart Byrne | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRL | Ollie Cahill | 42 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | IRL | Morgan Cranley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | IRL | Jim Crawford | 36 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | David Crawley | 28 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Kevin Doherty | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Derek Dunne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Jim Gannon | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Stephen Geoghegan | 27 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Jamie Harris | 20 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Owen Heary | 40 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRL | Wes Hoolahan | 36 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Alan Kinsella | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Alan Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Ger McCarthy | 29 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Tony McCarthy | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | IRL | Thomas Morgan | 32 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Alan Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | IRL | Stephen Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | IRL | Stephen Murtagh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Scott Oakes | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Dave Rogers | 30 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Ger Rowe | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | DF | IRL | Ciarán Sharkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | IRL | Ray Whelehan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | WAL | Steve Williams | 41 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top goalscorers

| Position | Goalscorer | Total Goals | Premier Division | UEFA Cup | FAI Cup | League Cup |
| 1 | Jason Byrne | 25 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Jamie Harris | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ollie Cahill | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Stephen Geoghegan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Richie Baker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Jim Crawford | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Stuart Byrne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Wes Hoolahan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ger McCarthy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ger Rowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Dessie Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | David Crawley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Jim Gannon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Dave Rogers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |