# 2003–04 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2003–04 season was the 102nd season in the history of Norwich City, and the club's ninth consecutive season competing in the Football League First Division.
Norwich gained promotion to the FA Premier League as league champions with 94 points, finishing eight points ahead of runners-up West Bromwich Albion.

## Kit

Norwich maintained their kit manufacturing deal with Xara, who produced a new kit for the next two seasons.

## Players
### 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 |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Robert Green |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Keith Briggs |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Adam Drury |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Malky Mackay |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Craig Fleming |
| 6 | FW | ENG | Darren Huckerby |
| 7 | MF | NIR | Phil Mulryne |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Gary Holt |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Iwan Roberts |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Zema Abbey |
| 11 | DF | CAN | Jim Brennan |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Paul Crichton |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Leon McKenzie |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Mark Rivers |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Clint Easton |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Marc Edworthy |
| 18 | FW | NIR | Paul McVeigh |
| 19 | FW | SWE | Mathias Svensson |
| 20 | MF | JAM | Damien Francis |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Dean Sinclair |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Ian Henderson |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ryan Jarvis |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jason Shackell |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Kevin Cooper (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Kevin Harper (on loan from Portsmouth) |
| 28 | GK | ENG | Joe Lewis |

### Left club during 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 |
| 6 | FW | DEN | David Nielsen (to Aalborg) |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Alex Notman (retired) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | GHA | Elvis Hammond (on loan from Fulham) |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Peter Crouch (on loan from Aston Villa) |

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and cards

    (Substitute appearances in brackets)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Robert Green | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Keith Briggs | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Adam Drury | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Malky Mackay | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | Craig Fleming | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | David Nielsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 |
| 6* | FW | Darren Huckerby | 36 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 14 |
| 7 | MF | Philip Mulryne | 14 (20) | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 14 (22) | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Gary Holt | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Iwan Roberts | 13 (28) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (28) | 8 |
| 10 | FW | Zema Abbey | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Jim Brennan | 7 (8) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 (8) | 2 |
| 14 | FW | Alex Notman | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 14* | FW | Leon McKenzie | 12 (6) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 (6) | 9 |
| 15 | FW | Mark Rivers | 7 (5) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (5) | 4 |
| 16 | MF | Clint Easton | 8 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (2) | 2 |
| 17 | DF | Marc Edworthy | 42 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 (1) | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Paul McVeigh | 36 (8) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 37 (9) | 5 |
| 19 | FW | Elvis Hammond | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 |
| 19* | FW | Mathias Svensson | 16 (4) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (4) | 7 |
| 20 | MF | Damien Francis | 39 (2) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 (2) | 7 |
| 22 | FW | Ian Henderson | 14 (5) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 (6) | 4 |
| 23 | FW | Ryan Jarvis | 0 (12) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (13) | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Jason Shackell | 4 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Peter Crouch | 14 (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (1) | 4 |
| 25* | MF | Kevin Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Kevin Harper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
    * indicates number taken from departed player

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### League

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Result | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Position | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Round | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Result | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### May
### FA Cup

| Round | 3 |
| Result | 1–3 |

### League Cup

| Round | 1 |
| Result | 0–1 |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Norwich City (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 94 | Promotion to the FA Premier League |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 42 | +22 | 86 | Promotion to the FA Premier League |
| 3 | Sunderland | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 79 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 4 | West Ham United | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 74 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 84 | 72 | +12 | 73 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |