2003–04 Sporting CP season

Sporting CP
2003–04 season
Manager	Fernando Santos
Primeira Liga	3rd
Taça de Portugal	Fifth round
UEFA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Liédson (15); All: Liédson (19)
	Home colours
	Home colours
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The 2003–04 season was Sporting CP's 97th season in existence and 70th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football.

The club had a disappointing season in the wake of teenage starlet Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Manchester United and Mario Jardel's transfer to Bolton Wanderers in August 2003. In the league, they finished one point behind arch rivals Benfica, who clinched the final spot for the Champions League thanks to a late goal by Geovanni in the penultimate round of the season during the Lisbon derby.^[1] In the Portuguese Cup, the club was eliminated in the fifth round after entering in the fourth round. In the UEFA Cup, the club was eliminated at home in the second round with three goals in less than ten minutes by Turkish club Gençlerbirliği after having drawn the first leg.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Primeira Liga

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Porto (C)	34	25	7	2	63	19	+44	82	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Benfica	34	22	8	4	62	28	+34	74	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Sporting CP	34	23	4	7	60	33	+27	73	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
4	Nacional	34	17	5	12	56	35	+21	56
5	Braga	34	15	9	10	36	38	−2	54

Source: Foradejogo
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners qualified for Champions League

Matches

16 August 2003 1	Academica	1–2	Sporting
		Report

23 August 2003 2	Sporting	4–2	Belenenses
		Report

2 September 2003 3	Porto	4–1	Sporting
		Report

14 September 2003 4	Sporting	2–0	Nacional
		Report

20 September 2003 5	Moreirense	1–0	Sporting
		Report

29 September 2003 6	Sporting	1–0	Gil Vicente
		Report

4 October 2003 7	Maritimo	2–1	Sporting
		Report

20 October 2003 8	Sporting	3–1	Beira-Mar
		Report

26 October 2003 9	Alverca	1–2	Sporting
		Report

1 November 2003 10	Sporting	1–1	Rio Ave
		Report

10 November 2003 11	Pacos de Ferreira	1–2	Sporting
		Report

1 December 2003 12	Sporting	2–0	Braga
		Report

7 December 2003 13	Estrela Amadora	1–4	Sporting
		Report

13 December 2003 14	Sporting	1–0	Boavista
		Report

20 December 2003 15	Sporting	2–0	UD Leiria
		Report

4 January 2004 16	Benfica	1–3	Sporting
		Report

9 January 2004 17	Sporting	2–1	Vitoria Guimaraes
		Report

17 January 2004 18	Sporting	2–0	Academica
		Report

24 January 2004 19	Belenenses	1–3	Sporting
		Report

31 January 2004 20	Sporting	1–1	Porto
		Report

7 February 2004 21	Nacional	3–3	Sporting
		Report

13 February 2004 22	Sporting	1–0	Moreirense
		Report

22 February 2004 23	Gil Vicente	1–1	Sporting
		Report

28 February 2004 24	Sporting	1–0	Maritimo
		Report

6 March 2004 25	Beira-Mar	0–2	Sporting
		Report

15 March 2004 26	Sporting	2–0	Alverca
		Report

20 March 2004 27	Rio Ave	4–0	Sporting
		Report

27 March 2004 28	Sporting	1–0	Pacos de Ferreira
		Report

4 April 2004 29	Braga	2–3	Sporting
		Report

10 April 2004 30	Sporting	4–0	Estrela Amadora
		Report

17 April 2004 31	Boavista	2–1	Sporting
		Report

24 April 2004 32	Uniao Leiria	1–0	Sporting
		Report

2 May 2004 33	Sporting	0–1	Benfica
		Report

9 May 2004 34	Vitoria Guimaraes	0–2	Sporting
		Report

Académica-Sporting 1-2
1-0 Filipe Alvim 52'
1-1 Lourenço 67'
1-2 Beto 90 + 2'
Sporting-Belenenses 4-2
1-0 Fábio Rochemback 15' (pen.)
2-0 Toñito 29'
2-1 Sousa 30'
2-2 Leonardo 46'
3-2 Lourenço 57'
4-2 Toñito 60'
Porto-Sporting 4-1
1-0 Derlei 3'
2-0 Edgaras Jankauskas 51'
3-0 Maniche 64'
3-1 Fábio Rochemback 79'
4-1 Benni McCarthy 89' (pen.)
Sporting-Nacional 2-0
1-0 Fábio Rochemback 20'
2-0 Toñito 34'
Moreirense-Sporting 1-0
1-0 Manoel 90 + 3'
Sporting-Gil Vicente 1-0
1-0 Rodrigo Tello 90 + 5'
Marítimo-Sporting 2-1
0-1 Liédson 23'
1-1 Marcelo Carioca 62'
2-1 Alan 90 + 6'
Sporting-Beira-Mar 3-1
1-0 Liédson 9'
1-1 Sandro 25'
2-1 João Pinto 45'
3-1 Liédson 73'
Alverca-Sporting 1-2
1-0 Torrão 8'
1-1 Fábio Rochemback 29' (pen.)
1-2 Liédson 53'
Sporting-Rio Ave 1-1
0-1 Evandro 45'
1-1 Silva 84'
Paços de Ferreira-Sporting 1-2
0-1 Pedro Barbosa 19'
1-1 Zé Manuel 52'
1-2 Pedro Barbosa 75' (pen.)
Sporting-Braga 2-0
1-0 João Pinto 29'
2-0 Silva 59'
Estrela Amadora-Sporting 1-4
0-1 Fábio Rochemback 16'
1-1 Júlio César 35'
1-2 Pedro Barbosa 40'
1-3 Liédson 67'
1-4 Liédson 89'
Sporting-Boavista 1-0
1-0 Silva 32'
Benfica-Sporting 1-3
0-1 Fábio Rochemback 8' (pen.)
0-2 Silva 33'
1-2 Luisão 56'
1-3 Sá Pinto 90 + 2'
Sporting-Vitória Guimarães 2-1
0-1 Romeu 21'
1-1 João Pinto 31'
2-1 Pedro Barbosa 42'
Sporting-Académica 2-0
1-0 Liédson 42'
2-0 Pedro Barbosa 90 + 1'
Belenenses-Sporting 1-3
1-0 Marco Paulo 30'
1-1 Sá Pinto 33'
1-2 João Pinto 67'
1-3 Liédson 90 + 3'
Sporting-Porto 1-1
0-1 Jorge Costa 9'
1-1 Pedro Barbosa 69' (pen.)
Nacional-Sporting 3-3
0-1 Sá Pinto 39'
1-1 Gouveia 42'
2-1 Adriano 49'
2-2 Marius Niculae 62'
2-3 Lourenço 73'
3-3 Carlos Álvarez 87'
Sporting-Moreirense 1-0
1-0 Fábio Rochemback 34'
Gil Vicente-Sporting 1-1
1-0 Luís Loureiro 18' (pen.)
1-1 Carlos Martins 70'
Sporting-Marítimo 1-0
1-0 Beto 81'
Beira-Mar-Sporting 0-2
0-1 Pedro Barbosa 9' (pen.)
0-2 Fábio Rochemback 11'
Sporting-Alverca 2-0
1-0 Carlos Martins 31'
2-0 Liédson 89'
Rio Ave-Sporting 4-0
1-0 Evandro 16'
2-0 Jaime 25'
3-0 Paulo César 45'
4-0 Evandro 77'
Sporting-Paços de Ferreira 1-0
1-0 Liédson 88'
Braga-Sporting 2-3
0-1 Silva 11'
0-2 Liédson 31'
0-3 Pedro Barbosa 67' (pen.)
1-3 Henrique 75'
2-3 Henrique 85'
Sporting-Estrela Amadora 4-0
1-0 Liédson 33'
2-0 Liédson 58'
3-0 Marius Niculae 78'
4-0 Liédson 82'
Boavista-Sporting 2-1
0-1 Liédson 59'
1-1 Frechaut 83'
2-1 Fary Faye 88'
União Leiria-Sporting 1-0
1-0 Alhandra 50'
Sporting-Benfica 0-1
0-1 Geovanni 88'
Vitória Guimarães-Sporting 0-2
0-1 Marius Niculae 73'
0-2 João Pinto 83'

Taca de Portugal

Matches

Fourth Round

23 November 2003	1º Dezembro	0–2	Sporting CP	Sintra, Portugal
		Report	Liedson 46' Clayton 66' (o.g.)

Fifth Round

17 December 2003	Sporting CP	0–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Lisbon
		Report	Orestes 7'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Alvalade

UEFA Cup

Matches

First Round

24 September 2003 First leg	Sporting	2–0	Malmo	Lisbon
	Luís Lourenço 15' Liedson 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jose Alvalade

15 October 2003 second leg	Malmo	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	Sporting	Malmo
		Report	Liedson 49'	Stadium: Malmö Stadion

Second Round

6 November 2003 first leg	Gençlerbirliği	1–1	Sporting CP	Ankara
	V. Cihan 55'	Report	Liedson 50'	Stadium: 19 Mayıs Stadium

27 November 2003 second leg	Sporting CP	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	Gençlerbirliği	Lisbon
		Report	A. Tandogan 44' Mário Sérgio 45' (o.g.) V. Cihan 48'	Stadium: Estadio Jose Alvalade

Player statistics

Top Scorers
Player	Goals
Liédson	15
Fábio Rochemback	7
Silva	5
João Pinto	5

References

^ "Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2003–04". Zerozero. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[table_note_res_UC10.39183148340873-2] Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners qualified for Champions League

[1] "Sporting Clube de Portugal in 2003–04". Zerozero. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

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Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final) Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
European competitions	Champions League (Final) UEFA Cup Super Cup
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