Fulham F.C. season 2003-04

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Fulham F.C.
Season 2003-04
League	Premier League
Manager	Chris Coleman
League position	9th
Top goalscorer	League: Louis Saha (13) All competitions: Louis Saha (15)
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Carling Cup	Second round
Highest home attendance	25,357 vs Chelsea (1 January 2008)
Lowest home attendance	10,500 vs Bolton (26 September 2007)
Previous season	← 2002-03
Next season	2004-05 →

Preceding article: Fulham F.C. season 2002-03
Succeeding article: Fulham F.C. season 2004-05
Also see: Fulham F.C. seasons

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The 2003-04 season was Fulham's third consecutive season in the top league of English football, the Barclaycard Premiership and it would turn out to be their most successful for many years. The club was managed for the entirety by former player Chris Coleman, who replaced Jean Tigana at the end of the 2002-03 season.

Fulham were near the top of the table after the first few months of the season after a great start to the campaign and consisently remained in the top-half throughout the course of the season. They ended up finishing in 9th position, only 4 points behind Newcastle United F.C, who finished 5th in the table. It was a great debut season for Chris Coleman as manager particularly as they had to cope for half the season without their top goalscorer, Louis Saha, who left for Manchester United.

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 First-team squad 1.2 Transfers 2003-04 1.2.1 Summer 1.2.2 January 2 Club 2.1 The Management 2.2 Other Information 3 Competitions 3.1 Premier League 3.2 Season Statistics 4 Matches 4.1 Pre-Season Friendlies 4.2 Premier League 4.3 Carling Cup 4.4 FA Cup 5 Player statistics 5.1 Goalscorers 6 External Links

[edit] Squad

[edit] First-team squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Edwin van der Sar 2 DF Moritz Volz 3 DF Jon Harley 4 DF Andy Melville 5 DF Sylvain Legwinski 6 MF Junichi Inamoto 7 FW Steve Marlet 7 MF Mark Pembridge 8 FW Louis Saha 8 FW Brian McBride 9 FW Facundo Sava 10 MF Lee Clark (Captain) 11 FW Luis Boa Morte 12 GK Mark Crossley 13 GK Ross Flitney 14 MF Steed Malbranque 15 FW Barry Hayles 16 DF Zat Knight 17 DF Martin Djetou 18 DF Jerome Bonnissel 19 FW Elvis Hammond 20 DF Mark Hudson 21 GK Dave Beasant 22 DF Dean Leacock

No. Position Player 23 MF Sean Davis 24 DF Alain Goma 25 DF Malik Buari 26 FW Callum Willock 26 MF Bobby Petta (on loan from Celtic) 27 FW Andrejs Štolcers 28 DF Zesh Rehman 29 MF Sean Doherty 30 DF Adam Green 31 MF Darren Pratley 32 MF Tom Davis 33 FW Stuart Noble 34 DF Carlos Bocanegra 35 DF Ian Pearce 36 FW Collins John -- GK Martín Herrera -- DF Liam Fontaine -- DF Alex Lawless -- DF Abdeslam Ouaddou -- DF Liam Rosenior -- MF Neale McDermott -- FW Loui Fazakerley

[edit] Transfers 2003-04

[edit] Summer

Transfers In

No. Position Player GK Dave Beasant (from Brighton - free) DF Jérôme Bonnissel (from Rangers - free) DF Moritz Volz (on 4 month loan from Arsenal)

No. Position Player GK Mark Crossley (from Middlesbrough - £500,000) MF Mark Pembridge (from Everton - undisclosed) DF Liam Rosenior (from Bristol City - undisclosed)

Transfers Out

No. Position Player MF John Collins (released) FW Luke Cornwall (released) MF Bjarne Goldbæk (released) DF Steve Finnan (to Liverpool - undisclosed) GK Martín Herrera (on season-long loan to Estudiantes)

No. Position Player DF Abdeslam Ouaddou (on season-long loan to Rennes) GK Maik Taylor (on season-long loan to Birmingham) FW Elvis Hammond (on 1 month loan to Norwich) DF Mark Hudson (on 1 month loan to Oldham) FW Steve Marlet (on season-long loan to Marseille) DF Jon Harley (on 1 month loan to Sheff Utd)

[edit] January

Transfers In

No. Position Player MF Bobby Petta (on loan for rest of season from Celtic) DF Carlos Bocanegra (from Chicago Fire - free) DF Moritz Volz (from Arsenal - undisclosed)

No. Position Player DF Ian Pearce (from West Ham - undisclosed) FW Brian McBride (from Columbus Crew - free) FW Collins John (from FC Twente - undisclosed)

Transfers Out

No. Position Player DF Mark Hudson (on 3 month loan to Crystal Palace) DF Jon Harley (on 3 month loan to West Ham) DF Andy Melville (to West Ham - nominal)

No. Position Player FW Louis Saha (to Man Utd - £12,820,000) GK Maik Taylor (to Birmingham - £1,500,000)

[edit] Club

[edit] The Management

Position	Staff
Manager	Chris Coleman
Assistant manager	Steve Kean
Goalkeeping Coach	Dave Beasant
Head of Youth Development	John Murtough
Secretary	Mark Maunders

Source: Fulham FC

[edit] Other Information

Chairman	Mohamed Al Fayed
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Loftus Road (19,148 / 112x72 yards)

Source: Fulham article on 15 August 2007

• Fulham used Queens Park Rangers' ground whilst Craven Cottage was being redeveloped

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Premier League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Arsenal F.C. (C)	38	26	12	0	73	26	47	90	Champions League Group Stage
2	Chelsea	38	24	7	7	67	30	37	79
3	Manchester United	38	23	6	9	64	35	29	75	Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
4	Liverpool	38	16	12	10	55	37	18	60
5	Newcastle United	38	13	17	8	52	40	12	56	UEFA Cup 1st Round
6	Aston Villa	38	15	11	12	48	44	4	56
7	Charlton Athletic	38	14	11	13	51	51	0	53
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	14	11	13	48	56	-8	53
9	Fulham	38	14	10	14	52	46	6	52
10	Birmingham City	38	12	14	12	43	48	-5	50
11	Middlesbrough	38	13	9	16	44	52	-8	48	UEFA Cup 1st Round1
12	Southampton	38	12	11	15	44	45	-1	47
13	Portsmouth	38	12	9	17	47	54	-7	45
14	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	6	19	47	57	-10	45
15	Blackburn Rovers	38	12	8	18	51	59	-8	44
16	Manchester City	38	9	14	15	55	54	1	41
17	Everton	38	9	12	17	45	57	-12	39
18	Leicester City (R)	38	6	15	17	48	65	-17	33	Relegation to Championship
19	Leeds United (R)	38	8	9	21	40	79	-39	33
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers (R)	38	7	12	19	38	77	-39	33

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
C = Champions; R = Relegated

^1. Middlesborough qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

[edit] Season Statistics

Total Goals: 1012

Average Goals per game: 2.66

[edit] Matches

[edit] Pre-Season Friendlies

2003-07-12	Torquay	1 – 4	Fulham	Plainmoor, Torquay Attendance: 1,896 Referee: unknown
	Gritton  32'	Report	Buari  23' Sava  55' Saha  69'  76'

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2003-07-17	Fulham	1 – 2	Celtic	Loftus Road, Fulham, London Attendance: 14,247 Referee: unknown
	Sava  59'	Report	Petrov  8' Larsson  12'

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2003-07-23	ASK Voitsberg	1 – 4	Fulham	Stadium Sportscentre Voitsberg, Voitsberg Attendance: 400 Referee: unknown
	Eccher  73' (pen)	Report	Sava  8' Marlet  24' Hammond  36' Saha  68' (pen)

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2003-07-26	AS Roma	2 – 1	Fulham	Franz Fekete Stadium, Kapfenberg Attendance: 4,000 Referee: unknown
	Cassano  26' Bombardini  88'	Report	Saha  27'

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2003-08-02	Motherwell	2 – 2	Fulham	Fir Park, Motherwell Attendance: unknown Referee: 'Eddie Mack
	Burns  40' (pen)  89'	Report	Saha  18' Marlet  60'

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2003-08-05	Livingstone	2 – 0	Fulham	Almondvale Stadium, Livingstone Attendance: 2,846 Referee: 'John Underhill
	Pasquinelli  23'  31'	Report

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2003-08-10	Fulham	2 – 1	Real Mallorca	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 2,489 Referee: Paul Durkin
	Boa Morte  32' Malbranque  65'	Report	Eto'o  12'

[edit] Premier League

2003-08-16 15:00	Fulham	3 – 2	Middlesbrough	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 14,546 Referee: Graham Poll
	Marlet  18' Inamoto  56' Saha  70'	Report	Marinelli  10' Nemeth  81' Christie

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2003-08-23 15:00	Everton	1 – 3	Fulham	Goodison Park, Everton Attendance: 37,604 Referee: Neale Barry
	Naysmith  7' Unsworth  20' S Watson  35'	Report	Hayles  69'

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2003-08-30 15:00	Tottenham	0 – 3	Fulham	White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 33,421 Referee: Jeff Winter
		Report	Hayles  23'  67' Boa Morte  71'

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2003-09-14 16:05	Birmingham	2 – 2	Fulham	St Andrews, Birmingham Attendance: 27,250 Referee: Steve Dunn
	Forssell  45'  82'	Report	Saha  1' Boa Morte  78'

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2003-09-23 15:00	Fulham	2 – 2	Manchester City	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 16,124 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Malbranque  73' Saha  79'	Report	Anelka  46' Wanchope  90'

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2003-09-28 15:00	Blackburn	0 – 2	Fulham	Ewood Park, Blackburn Attendance: 21,985 Referee: Matt Messias
		Report	Boa Morte  5' Saha  56'

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2003-10-04 15:00	Fulham	2 – 0	Leicester City	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 14,562 Referee: Chris Foy
	Boa Morte  36'  73'	Report

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2003-10-18 15:00	Fulham	0 – 0	Wolves	[Loftus Road]], London Attendance: 17,031 Referee: Howard Webb
		(Report)

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2003-10-21 19:45	Fulham	2 – 3	Newcastle	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 16,506 Referee: Barry Knight
	Clark  6' Saha  8'	(Report)	Robert  16' Shearer  51' (pen)  56'

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2003-10-25 15:00	Manchester United	1 – 3	Fulham	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 67,727 Referee: Mike Riley
	Diego Forlan  45'		Clark  3' Malbranque  66' Inamoto  79'

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2003-11-02 15:00	Fulham	1 – 2	Liverpool	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 17,682 Referee: Rob Styles
	Saha  40'		Heskey  17' Murphy  pen' (89)

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2003-11-08 15:00	Charlton	3 – 1	Fulham	The Valley, Charlton, London Attendance: 26,344 Referee: Andy D'Urso
	Stuart  10' Johansson  69'  76'	Details	S. Davis  89'

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2003-11-24 20:00	Fulham	2 – 0	Portsmouth	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 15,624 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Saha  30'  33'

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2003-11-30 14:00	Arsenal	0 – 0	Fulham	Highbury, London Attendance: 38,063 Referee: Graham Barber
		Details

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2003-12-06 15:00	Fulham	2 – 1	Bolton	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 14,393 Referee: Andy D'Urso
	S. Davis  75' Sava  76'	Details	Kevin Davies  53'

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2003-12-14 16:05	Fulham	3 – 2	Fulham	Elland Road, Leeds, Yorkshire Attendance: 30,544 Referee: Neale Barry
	Duberry  41' Viduka  46' Matteo  88'	Details	Saha  47'  86'

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2003-12-20 20:00	Fulham	0 – 1	Chelsea	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 18,244 Referee: Alan Wiley
		Details	Crespo  62'

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2003-12-26 12:00	Fulham	2 – 0	Southampton	Loftus Road, London Attendance: 16,767 Referee: Alan Wiley
	Saha  19'  pen' (63)	Details

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2003-12-28 15:00	Aston Villa	3 – 0	Fulham	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 35,617 Referee: Barry Knight
	Angel  33' Vassell  67'  82'	Details

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2004-01-07 19:45	Middlesbrough	2 – 1	Fulham	The Riverside, Middlesbrough Attendance: 27,869 Referee: Paul Durkin
	Job  15' Nemeth  67'	Details	Hayles  90'

[edit] Carling Cup

2006-09-20 19:45	Fulham	1 – 2	Wycombe	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 6,620 Referee: Andy Hall
	Helguson  47'	(Report)	Easter  8' Mooney  41' (pen)

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[edit] FA Cup

2007-01-06 15:00	Leicester	2 – 2	Fulham	Walkers Stadium, Leicester Attendance: 15,499 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Kisnorbo  80' Cadamarteri  90'	(Report)	McBride  69' Volz  83'

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2007-01-17 19:45	Fulham	4 – 3	Leicester	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 11,222 Referee: Alan Wiley
	McBride  35' Montella  51'  60' Routledge  90'	(Report)	Fryatt  13' McAuley  45' Wesolowski  47'

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2007-01-27 15:00	Fulham	3 – 0	Stoke	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 11,059 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Montella  11' McBride  39' Radzinski  54'	(Report)

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2007-02-18 16:00	Fulham	0 – 4	Tottenham	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 18,655 Referee: Mark Halsey
		(Report)	Keane  6'  68' Berbatov  77'  90'

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[edit] Player statistics

[edit] Goalscorers

Goalscoring statistics for 2006-07.

Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Brian McBride	9	3	0	12
Carlos Bocanegra	5	0	0	5
Vincenzo Montella	2	3	0	5
Heiðar Helguson	3	0	1	4
Tomasz Radzinski	2	1	0	3
Moritz Volz	2	1	0	3
Jimmy Bullard	2	0	0	2
Simon Davies	2	0	0	2
Claus Jensen	2	0	0	2
Zat Knight	2	0	0	2
Philippe Christanval	1	0	0	1
Clint Dempsey	1	0	0	1
Collins John	1	0	0	1
Franck Queudrue	1	0	0	1
Ian Pearce	1	0	0	1
Wayne Routledge	0	1	0	1
Own Goals	2	0	0	2

[edit] External Links

• Fulham's official website
• Fulham on BBC Sport

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