# 2003–04 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season

The 2003–04 season was the 123rd season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.

## Season summary

Without the goals of Pauleta, Bordeaux had a poor season and slipped to 12th in the league. Manager Élie Baup was sacked in October and replaced by former midfielder Michel Pavon, but results failed to improve. However, they did make an impressive run to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

## 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 | FRA | Frédéric Roux |
| 2 | DF | FRA | David Jemmali |
| 3 | DF | POR | Marco Caneira |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Hervé Alicarte |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Franck Jurietti |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Costa |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Albert Celades (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jean-Claude Darcheville |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Albert Riera |
| 14 | MF | GUI | Pascal Feindouno |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Ulrich Ramé |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Deivid |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | POR | Bruno Basto |
| 20 | MF | POR | Paulo Costa (on loan from Porto and Inter) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Kodjo Afanou |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Paulo Miranda |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Béda |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Marc Planus |
| 28 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Kosonogov |
| 29 | FW | MAR | Marouane Chamakh |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Mathieu Valverde |
| 31 | FW | ARG | Juan Pablo Francia |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Rio Mavuba |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Mauricio Pochettino (on loan to Espanyol) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Alexei Smertin (to Chelsea) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem (on loan to Marseille) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Sahnoun (to Almería) |
| 26 | MF | SCG | Ivan Vukomanović (to Alania Vladikavkaz) |

## Transfers
### Out

* Pauleta - PSG, 10 July, €12,000,000

## 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 % |
| Ligue 1 | 2 August 2003 | 28 May 2004 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 034.21 |
| Coupe de France | 3 January 2004 | 24 January 2004 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 28 October 2003 | 16 December 2003 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 9 November 2004 | 9 November 2004 | First round | Quarter-finals | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 040.38 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 11 | Nice | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 50 | |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 43 | |
| 14 | Metz | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 42 | |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 20 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 |