# 2003–04 Coventry City F.C. season

This is Coventry City Football Club progress in the 2003–04 season. This season the Sky Blues will play in the First Division and will feature in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

## Championship data
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 69 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 11 | Stoke City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 66 | |
| 12 | Coventry City | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 65 | |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 65 | |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 60 | |
* ↑ Since the FA Cup winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup went to Millwall, who were the FA Cup runners-up.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2004. Source: CCFC Championship Results

### Round 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

### Scores Overview

| Opposition | Home Score | Away Score | Double |
| Bradford City | 0–0 | 0–1 | N |
| Burnley | 4–0 | 2–1 | Y |
| Cardiff City | 1–3 | 1–0 | N |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2–0 | 1–3 | N |
| Crystal Palace | 2–1 | 1–1 | N |
| Derby County | 2–0 | 3–1 | Y |
| Gillingham | 2–2 | 5–2 | N |
| Ipswich Town | 1–1 | 1–1 | N |
| Millwall | 4–0 | 1–2 | N |
| Norwich City | 0–2 | 1–1 | N |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–3 | 1–0 | N |
| Preston North End | 4–1 | 2–4 | N |
| Reading | 1–2 | 2–1 | N |
| Rotherham United | 1–1 | 0–2 | N |
| Sheffield United | 0–1 | 1–2 | N |
| Stoke City | 4–2 | 0–1 | N |
| Sunderland | 1–1 | 0–0 | N |
| Walsall | 0–0 | 6–1 | N |
| Watford | 0–0 | 1–1 | N |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1–0 | 0–3 | N |
| West Ham United | 1–1 | 0–2 | N |
| Wigan Athletic | 1–1 | 1–2 | N |
| Wimbledon | 1–0 | 3–0 | Y |

## Season statistics
### Stats and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Scott Shearer | 32 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Andy Whing | 31 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Dean Gordon | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Muhamed Konjić | 47 | 2 | 36+6 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Richard Shaw | 21 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Youssef Safri | 34 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Craig Pead | 18 | 1 | 6+11 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | CMR | Patrick Suffo | 29 | 6 | 20+7 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Dele Adebola | 33 | 3 | 15+13 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | IRL | Graham Barrett | 33 | 3 | 20+11 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Andy Morrell | 34 | 9 | 19+11 | 9 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Gavin Ward | 15 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRO | Claus Bech Jørgensen | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Michael Doyle | 45 | 5 | 38+2 | 5 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | IRL | Steve Staunton | 38 | 3 | 34+1 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Gary McSheffrey | 22 | 12 | 16+3 | 11 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Calum Davenport | 36 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ENG | Julian Joachim | 32 | 11 | 27+2 | 8 | 3+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Éric Deloumeaux | 21 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Stephen Warnock | 49 | 3 | 42+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Avun Jephcott | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ISL | Bjarni Guðjónsson | 20 | 3 | 17+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | JAM | Onandi Lowe | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GLP | Pegguy Arphexad | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Stuart Giddings | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Brian Kerr | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Player's featured for Coventry who left before end of the season: ||||||||||||
| | DF | ENG | Peter Clarke | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Martin Grainger | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Johnnie Jackson | 5 | 2 | 2+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ALG | Yazid Mansouri | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gary McAllister | 14 | 3 | 14+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRL | Keith O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | WAL | David Pipe | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Courtney Pitt | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | POL | Sebastian Olszar | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos | Name | First Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 19 | FW | Gary McSheffrey | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | FW | Julian Joachim | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | FW | Andy Morrell | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | FW | Patrick Suffo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | MF | Michael Doyle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Dele Adebola | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Graham Barrett | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | MF | Bjarni Guðjónsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | MF | Gary McAllister | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | DF | Steve Staunton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | MF | Stephen Warnock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | MF | Johnnie Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Muhamed Konjić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | DF | Éric Deloumeaux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | Onandi Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Craig Pead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Richard Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Andy Whing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Overall

| Games played | 51 (46 First Division, 2 League Cup, 3 FA Cup) |
| Games won | 19 (17 First Division, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup) |
| Games drawn | 15 (14 First Division, 0 League Cup, 1 FA Cup) |
| Games lost | 17 (15 First Division, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup) |
| Goals scored | 73 (67 First Division, 2 League Cup, 4 FA Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 62 (54 First Division, 3 League Cup, 5 FA Cup) |
| Goal difference | +11 |
| Best result | W 6–1 (A) v Walsall – First Division – 17 January 2004 |
| Worst result | L 0–3 (A) v Tottenham Hotspur – League Cup – 24 September 2003 L 0–3 (A) v West Bromwich Albion – First Division – 6 March 2004 |
| Most appearances | Stephen Warnock (49 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Gary McSheffrey (12 goals) |
| Points | 65 / 138 (47.10%) |

## Transfers
### In

* Graham Barrett – unattached (last at Arsenal), 30 May
* Claus Bech Jørgensen – unattached (last at Bradford City), 4 August
* Steve Staunton – unattached (last at Aston Villa), 15 August
* Onandi Lowe – Rushden & Diamonds, 25 March, free
* Dele Adebola – unattached (last at Crystal Palace)
* Andy Morrell – unattached (last at Wrexham)
* Bjarni Guðjónsson – unattached (last at VfL Bochum)
* Pegguy Arphexad – unattached (last at Liverpool
* Scott Shearer – Albion Rovers
* Patrick Suffo – Al-Hilal
* Gavin Ward – Walsall
* Michael Doyle – Celtic
* Éric Deloumeaux – Aberdeen

### Out

* Robert Betts – released, 23 May (later joined Rochdale)
* Lee Fowler – released, 13 November (later joined Huddersfield Town)
* Gary McAllister – re-signed as player-manager, 12 January
* Jay Bothroyd – released (later joined Perugia on 11 July)
* John Eustace – released (later joined Stoke City on 18 July)
* Keith O'Neill – retired
* Youssef Chippo – Al Sadd
* Gary Montgomery – Rotherham United
* Morten Hyldgaard – Hibernian
* Christian Yulu
* Fabien Debec
* Sean Cooney
* Tom Bates

### Loans in

* Bjarni Guðjónsson – VfL Bochum, 16 January, five-month-long loan
* Stephen Warnock – Liverpool, season-long loan
* Martin Grainger – Birmingham City
* Johnnie Jackson – Tottenham Hotspur
* Yazid Mansouri – Le Havre
* Sebastian Olszar – Portsmouth
* Courtney Pitt – Portsmouth
* Brian Kerr – Newcastle United
* Peter Clarke – Everton

### Loans out

* Lee Fowler – Huddersfield Town
* Barry Quinn – Rushden & Diamonds