# 2003–04 FC Steaua București season

The 2003–04 season was the 56th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 56th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's editions of the Cupa României and the UEFA Cup.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Martin Tudor |
| 23 | GK | ROU | Eugen Nae |
| 33 | GK | BLR | Vasil Khamutowski |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Florentin Dumitru |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Valeriu Răchită |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Tiberiu Curt |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Mirel Rădoi (captain) |
| 8 | DF | ROU | Pompiliu Stoica |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Mihai Neșu |
| 16 | DF | ROU | Andrei Stangă |
| 20 | DF | ROU | George Ogăraru |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Daniel Bălan |
| 29 | DF | ROU | Dorel Mutică |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ROU | Romeo Pădureț |
| 5 | MF | ROU | Sorin Paraschiv |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Adrian Pitu |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Dorinel Munteanu |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Marian Aliuţă |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Boștină |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Dică |
| 18 | MF | CMR | Nana Falemi |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga |
| 19 | FW | ROU | Daniel Oprița |
| 27 | FW | ROU | Laurențiu Diniță |
| — | FW | ROU | Alexandru Pițurcă |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| Divizia A | 10 August 2003 | 3 June 2004 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 060.00 |
| Cupa României | 1 October 2003 | 22 October 2003 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 14 August 2003 | 27 November 2003 | Qualifying round | Second round | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 69 | 25 | +44 | 052.63 |
Source: Competitions

### Divizia A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 30 | +41 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rapid București | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 55 | |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 44 | |
| 5 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LT

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |