2003–04 Fc Barcelona Season

After the disappointment of the Joan Gaspart era, the combination of a new young president Joan Laporta and a new manager, former Dutch and Milan star Frank Rijkaard, saw Barcelona bounce back. Guided by new management off the pitch and the likes of future FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho on the pitch, Barça achieved second place behind Valencia in the league.

Barcelona competed in the UEFA Cup rather than the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 1995–96 season, given their sixth-place finish in 2002–03.

The BBC made a documentary, titled FC Barcelona Confidential, based on the turn of events in the league after Joan Laporta's entry. With his arrival, the club experienced a new style of management that returned the club into a positive cycle, with an inherited massive financial debt crisis was resolved. The season saw Barcelona's spectacular return to form, finishing second after being at the bottom of the table.

Source 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   TUR Rüştü Reçber 2 DF   NED Michael Reiziger 3 MF   NED Edgar Davids 4 DF   MEX Rafael Márquez 5 DF   ESP Carles Puyol 6 MF   ESP Xavi 7 FW   ARG Javier Saviola 8 MF   NED Phillip Cocu 9 FW   NED Patrick Kluivert 10 MF   BRA Ronaldinho 11 MF   NED Marc Overmars 12 DF   NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst 14 MF   ESP Gerard 16 DF   ESP Mario

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   ESP Gabri 20 MF   POR Ricardo Quaresma 21 MF   ESP Luis Enrique (captain) 22 MF   ESP Luis García 23 MF   BRA Thiago Motta 24 MF   ESP Andrés Iniesta 25 GK   ESP Víctor Valdés 26 MF   ESP Ramón Ros 27 DF   ESP Óscar López 28 GK   ESP Albert Jorquera 32 DF   ESP Oleguer 36 FW   ESP Sergio García 37 MF   ESP Sergio Santamaría

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
10	FW		Ronaldinho	23	Non-EU	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer  Y	Summer	2008	€27M
20	MF		Ricardo Quaresma	18	EU	Sporting CP	Transfer  Y	Summer	N/A	€16.25M
1	GK		Rüştü	30	Non-EU	Fenerbahçe	Transfer  Y	Summer	2007	Free
4	DF		Márquez	24	EU	Monaco	Transfer  Y	Summer	2007	€5.25M
12	DF		Giovanni van Bronckhorst	30	EU	Arsenal F.C.	Loan →	Summer	2004	N/A
3	MF		Davids	30	EU	Juventus	Loan →	Winter	2004	€2M
16	DF		Mario	21	EU	Valladolid	Loan →	Summer	2004	N/A
24	MF		Andrés Iniesta	19	EU	Youth system	Promote	Summer	N/A	Free
25	GK		Víctor Valdés	21	EU	Youth system	Promote	Summer	N/A	Free
32	DF		Oleguer	23	EU	Youth system	Promote	Winter	N/A	Free

Total spending:   €50.5 million

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
34	MF		Fàbregas	16	EU	Arsenal	Transfer  Y	Summer	€0.25M
3	DF		de Boer	33	EU	Galatasaray	Contract termination  N	Summer	Free
1	GK		Bonano	33	EU	Murcia	Transfer  Y	Summer	Free
12	DF		Christanval	24	EU	Marseille	Transfer  Y	Summer	Free
20	FW		Alfonso	30	EU	Betis	Contract termination  N	Summer	Free
3	DF		Andersson	31	EU	Malmö FF	Contract termination  N	Winter	Free
22	FW		Geovanni	24	Non-EU	Benfica	Transfer  Y	Winter	Free
10	MF		Riquelme	25	Non-EU	Villarreal	Loan →	Summer	N/A
15	MF		Rochemback	22	Non-EU	Sporting CP	Loan →	Summer	€2.5M
35	DF		Navarro	21	EU	Albacete	Loan →	Winter	N/A
25	GK		Enke	25	EU	Fenerbahçe	Loan →	Summer	€0.4M
27	MF		Trashorras	22	EU	Real Madrid	Transfer  Y	Summer	Free
33	DF		Tortolero	21	EU	Elche	Transfer  Y	Summer	Free

Total income:   €3.15 million |} Last updated: 1 October

La Liga

League table

Results by Round

Matches

Athletic Bilbao v Barcelona

30 August 2003 1	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Barcelona	Bilbao
			Cocu   11'	Stadium: San Mames

Barcelona v Sevilla

3 September 2003 2	Barcelona	1–1	Sevilla	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho   58'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Albacete v Barcelona

14 September 2003 3	Albacete	1–2	Barcelona
			Cocu   2' Luis Enrique   67'

Barcelona v Osasuna

20 September 2003 4	Barcelona	1–1	Osasuna	Barcelona
	Izquierdo   69' (o.g.)			Stadium: Camp Nou

Mallorca v FC Barcelona

26 October 2003 8	Mallorca	1–3	FC Barcelona
			Saviola   10' Ronaldinho   22' Cocu   50'

Barcelona v Real Murcia

29 October 2003 9	Barcelona	3–0	Real Murcia	Barcelona
	Saviola   38' Xavi   56' Ronaldinho   65'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Real Sociedad v Barcelona

2 November 2003 10	Real Sociedad	3–3	Barcelona
			Motta   35' Overmars   71' Gabri   80'

Barcelona v Real Betis

9 November 2003 11	Barcelona	2–1	Real Betis	Barcelona
	Kluivert   42' Márquez   82'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Villarreal v Barcelona

22 November 2003 12	Villarreal	2–1	Barcelona
			Kluivert   71'

Málaga v Barcelona

3 December 2003 14	Málaga	5–1	Barcelona
			Sanz   78' (own goal)

Barcelona v Real Madrid

6 December 2003 15	Barcelona	1–2	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Kluivert   83'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Espanyol v Barcelona

13 December 2003 16	Espanyol	1–3	Barcelona
			Ronaldinho   10' Kluivert   80' Kluivert   86'

Barcelona v Celta Vigo

21 December 2003 17	Barcelona	1–1	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
	Phillip Cocu   69'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Barcelona v Zaragoza

11 January 2004 19	Barcelona	3–0	Zaragoza	Barcelona
	Saviola   24' Ronaldinho   45' Xavi   65'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao

17 January 2004 20	Barcelona	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
	Kluivert   62'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Sevilla v Barcelona

25 January 2004 21	Sevilla	0–1	Barcelona
			Kluivert   30'

Barcelona v Albacete

1 February 2004 22	Barcelona	5–0	Albacete	Barcelona
	Xavi   15' Saviola   49' Quaresma   52' Davids   53' Luis Enrique   90'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Osasuna v Barcelona

8 February 2004 23	Osasuna	1–2	Barcelona
19:00 CET			Saviola   42' Ronaldinho   76'

Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

15 February 2004 24	Barcelona	3–1	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
19:00 CET	Saviola   9' Ronaldinho   24' L. García   43'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Valencia v Barcelona

21 February 2004 25	Valencia	0–1	Barcelona
			Gerard   77'

Deportivo La Coruña v Barcelona

29 February 2004 26	Deportivo La Coruña	2–3	Barcelona
			Ronaldinho   26' Ronaldinho   48' Saviola   29'

Barcelona v Mallorca

7 March 2004 27	Barcelona	3–2	Mallorca	Barcelona
	L. García   2' L. García   57' Luis Enrique   15'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Real Murcia v Barcelona

14 March 2004 28	Real Murcia	0–2	Barcelona
			Saviola   4' Ronaldinho   61'

Barcelona v Real Sociedad

21 March 2004 29	Barcelona	1–0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho   88'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Valladolid v Barcelona

10 April 2004 31	Valladolid	1–3	Barcelona
18:00 CEST			Saviola   2' Ronaldinho   30' Iniesta   84'

Real Betis v FC Barcelona

14 April 2004 32	Real Betis	1–1	FC Barcelona
			Saviola   4'

Barcelona v Málaga

18 April 2004 33	Barcelona	3–0	Málaga	Barcelona
	Saviola   18' L. García   23' Cocu   34'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Real Madrid v Barcelona

25 April 2004 34	Real Madrid	1–2	Barcelona
			Kluivert   56' Xavi   86'

Barcelona v Espanyol

2 May 2004 35	Barcelona	4–1	Espanyol	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho   34' Saviola   43' Saviola   57' Van Bronckhorst   54'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Barcelona v Racing Santander

16 May 2004 37	Barcelona	1–0	Racing Santander	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho   15'			Stadium: Camp Nou

Zaragoza v Barcelona

23 May 2004 38	Zaragoza	2–1	Barcelona
			9' Saviola

Copa del Rey

UDA Gramenet v Barcelona

7 October 2003 Round of 64	UDA Gramenet	0–1	Barcelona	Sant Adrià de Besòs
			Ronaldinho   83'	Stadium: Municipal de Sant Adrià Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Evaristo Puentes Leira

Ciudad de Murcia v Barcelona

17 December 2003 Round of 32	Ciudad de Murcia	0–4	Barcelona	Murcia
			Saviola   24' Overmars   75', 86' Ronaldinho   90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio de La Condomina Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Levante v Barcelona

8 January 2004 Round of 16, First Leg	Levante	1–0	Barcelona	Valencia
	Rivera   10' (pen.)			Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 28,196 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

Barcelona v Levante

14 January 2004 Round of 16, Second Leg	Barcelona	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Levante	Barcelona
	Iniesta   3' Saviola   45' Ronaldinho   66' (pen.)		Congo   80'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 41,427 Referee: José Losantos Omar

Barcelona v Zaragoza

22 January 2004 Quarter-finals, First Leg	Barcelona	0–1	Zaragoza	Barcelona
		Report	Villa   74' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 46,506 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila

Zaragoza v Barcelona

29 January 2004 Quarter-finals, Second Leg	Zaragoza	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Barcelona	Zaragoza
	Yordi   85'	Report	L. García   12'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

UEFA Cup

Matador Púchov   v   Barcelona

24 September 2003 First Round, First Leg	Matador Púchov	1–1	Barcelona	Trnava, Slovakia
	Jambor   90+3'	Report	Kluivert   49'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoğlu (Turkey)

Barcelona   v   Matador Púchov

15 October 2003 First Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	8–0 (9–1 agg.)	Matador Púchov	Barcelona, Spain
	Ronaldinho   7', 20', 57' Motta   41' Luis Enrique   64', 75' Saviola   73', 89'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

Panionios   v   Barcelona

6 November 2003 Second Round, First leg	Panionios	0–3	Barcelona	Athens, Greece
		Report	Luis García   43' Kluivert   47' Xavi   90+2'	Stadium: Nea Smyrni Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Barcelona   v   Panionios

27 November 2003 Second Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Panionios	Barcelona, Spain
	Saviola   33' Luis García   44'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 25,324 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Brøndby   v   Barcelona

26 February 2004 Third Round, First Leg	Brøndby	0–1	Barcelona	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:30		Report	Ronaldinho   63'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium, Attendance: 26,031 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Barcelona   v   Brøndby

3 March 2004 Third Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Brøndby	Barcelona, Spain
	Luis García   31' Cocu   43'	Report	Nielsen   84'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Celtic   v   Barcelona

11 March 2004 Fourth Round, First Leg	Celtic	1–0	Barcelona	Glasgow, Scotland
20:30	Thompson   59'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park, Attendance: 59,539 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Barcelona   v   Celtic

25 March 2004 Fourth Round, Second Leg	Barcelona	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Celtic	Barcelona, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 77,108 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Players statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
25	GK	ESP	Valdes	44	-38	33	-31	6	-4	5	-3
2	DF	NED	Reiziger	40	0	29+1	0	4	0	6	0
5	DF	ESP	Puyol	38	0	27	0	4	0	7	0
4	DF	MEX	Marquez	31	1	17+5	1	5+1	0	2+1	0
12	DF	NED	van Bronckhorst	44	1	34	1	5	0	5	0
8	MF	NED	Cocu	48	6	36	5	5	0	7	1
6	MF	ESP	Xavi	49	5	34+2	4	5+1	0	7	1
3	MF	NED	Davids	20	1	18	1	2	0	0	0
22	FW	ESP	Luis García	38	8	23+2	4	5+1	1	7	3
7	FW	ARG	Saviola	46	19	28+5	14	5+1	2	6+1	3
10	FW	BRA	Ronaldinho	45	21	32	14	5+1	3	7	4
1	GK	TUR	Recber	7	-6	3+1	-6	0	0	3	0
32	DF	ESP	Oleguer	24	0	17+1	0	2	0	4	0
23	MF	BRA	Motta	26	2	13+7	1	1	0	5	1
18	MF	ESP	Gabri	22	1	12+4	1	1	0	4+1	0
9	FW	NED	Kluivert	26	10	11+10	8	2	0	1+2	2
14	MF	ESP	Gerard	28	1	11+8	1	2+2	0	2+3	0
20	MF	POR	Quaresma	28	1	10+12	1	1+1	0	3+1	0
21	MF	ESP	Luis Enrique	30	5	10+14	3	0+1	0	4+1	2
11	MF	NED	Overmars	31	3	5+15	1	1+2	2	1+7	0
24	MF	ESP	Iniesta	17	2	5+6	1	3	1	0+3	0
27	DF	ESP	Óscar López	11	0	2+4	0	1+2	0	1+1	0
28	GK	ESP	Jorquera	2	-2	2	-2	0	0	0	0
36	FW	ESP	Sergio García	7	0	2+2	0	2	0	0+1	0
16	DF	ESP	Mario	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	ESP	Ros	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
37	MF	ESP	Santamaria	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
3†	DF	SWE	Andersson	5	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0