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(Top) 1 Season review 2 Team kit 3 First-team squad 3.1 Left club during season 4 Historical league performance 5 Friendly games 5.1 Pre-season 5.1.1 First game ever played at CoMS 6 Competitive games 6.1 Premier League 6.1.1 Table 6.1.2 Results summary 6.1.3 Points breakdown 6.1.4 Biggest & smallest 6.1.5 Results by round 6.1.6 Individual match reports 6.2 UEFA Cup 6.3 League Cup 6.4 FA Cup 7 Statistics 7.1 Appearances and goals 7.2 Starting 11 8 Goal scorers 8.1 All competitions 8.2 Premier League 8.3 UEFA Cup 8.4 League Cup and FA Cup 9 Transfers and loans 9.1 Transfers in 9.2 Transfers out 9.3 Loans in 9.4 Loans out 10 References

2003–04 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City

2003–04 season

Owner

Publicly traded company

Chairman

John Wardle

Manager

Kevin Keegan

Stadium

City of Manchester Stadium
(a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)

16th

Fifth round

Fourth round

Second round

Top goalscorer

League: Nicolas Anelka (16)
All: Nicolas Anelka (24)

Highest home attendance

47,269 0v0 Chelsea
28 February 2004

Lowest home attendance

29,067 0v0 Sporting Lokeren
24 September 2003

Average home league attendance

46,245 – over 19 PL home games
(3rd highest in Premier League)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2002–03

2004–05 →

Results summary
All competitions
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	7	12	5	29.2%
Away	9	6	12	33.3%
Both	16	18	17	31.4%
Premier League
	Wins	Draws	Losses	Win %
Home	5	9	5	26.3%
Away	4	5	10	21.1%
Both	9	14	15	23.7%

The 2003–04 season was Manchester City Football Club's second consecutive season playing in the Premier League, the top division of English football, and its seventh season since the Premier League was first created with Manchester City as one of its original 22 founding member clubs. Overall, it was the team's 112th season playing in a division of English football, most of which have been spent in the top flight.

Season review

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This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2010)

After finishing ninth during the club's final season at 80-year-old Maine Road, Manchester City's debut season at the City of Manchester Stadium was a major disappointment. A ninth-place finish had not been good enough to earn City an opportunity to play in the UEFA Cup but the team was rewarded with that opportunity anyway due to being awarded a "Fair Play" slot in the UEFA Cup competition this season. City reached the second round proper of the competition thanks to aggregate victories against The New Saints and Lokeren, but exited the competition on the away goals rule after two draws against Polish club Groclin.

Having embarked on a new era for the club by signing a host of experienced players in the summer, such as Claudio Reyna and Steve McManaman, to combine with such burgeoning talents coming through from the MCFC youth academy as Stephen Ireland and Shaun Wright-Phillips, City started their season very brightly with three wins in five games, sending them near the top of the table. They were still in the top-half of the table after winning five, drawing three and losing three of their first 11 games, with three notably big wins: a 3–0 opening-game away win at Charlton Athletic, a 4–1 home victory over Aston Villa and a 6–2 thumping of Bolton Wanderers. However, a dreadful 3–0 home defeat against unlikely opponents Leicester City in November started a gradual downturn in form and City then ended up battling against relegation. At one point, City went on a run of winning only one game out of 18 league and cup matches played, sparking media rumours of unrest in the squad.^[1] Survival in the Premier League was not confirmed until City won their 36th game of the league season. That victory meant that City were six points ahead of the relegation places, but the club's survival was effectively confirmed due to it having a far superior goal differencetoLeicester, Leeds and Wolves, who were relegated.

Perhaps the most memorable game played by Manchester City during this season was the FA Cup fourth-round replay fixture against Tottenham HotspuratWhite Hart Lane which featured what many people consider to be one of the most extraordinary comebacks in the history of the competition.^[1]^[2] City fell three goals behind during the first half, had Nicolas Anelka substituted due to injury and Joey Barton was sent off during half-time for verbally abusing the referee.^[1] Despite having one man less than their opponents during the second half, City came all the way back to win 4–3 and reach the next round.^[1] Rookie Icelandic goalkeeper Árni Arason made a key double save^[1] and Jon Macken scored the winning goal.^[1] In the next round, a Manchester derbyatOld Trafford, City lost 4–2 to exit the competition.

Team kit

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There was a change in the producer of the team kits for this season, with Reebok replacing the previous season's supplier, Le Coq Sportif. The shirt sponsorship was provided by the financial and legal services group First Advice who had also been the sponsors for the previous season.^[3]

Home

Home (version 2)

Home (version 3)

Away

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2010)

First-team squad

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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	David James
2	DF	FRA	David Sommeil
3	DF	BEL	Daniel Van Buyten (on loan from Marseille)
4	DF	NED	Gerard Wiekens
5	DF	FRA	Sylvain Distin
8	FW	ENG	Robbie Fowler
9	FW	CRC	Paulo Wanchope
10	MF	FRA	Antoine Sibierski
11	FW	ENG	Jon Macken
12	GK	ENG	Nicky Weaver
17	DF	CHN	Sun Jihai
18	DF	GER	Michael Tarnat
19	MF	AUS	Danny Tiatto
20	MF	ENG	Steve McManaman
22	DF	IRL	Richard Dunne


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	ENG	Joey Barton
25	GK	ISL	Árni Gautur Arason
26	MF	NED	Paul Bosvelt
27	DF	DEN	Mikkel Bischoff
28	MF	ENG	Trevor Sinclair
29	MF	ENG	Shaun Wright-Phillips
30	MF	FRA	Christian Negouai
32	GK	DEN	Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard
33	GK	DEN	Kasper Schmeichel
39	FW	FRA	Nicolas Anelka
41	DF	ENG	Stephen Jordan
42	MF	IRL	Glenn Whelan
43	DF	IRL	Paddy McCarthy
44	MF	IRL	Willo Flood
45	FW	IRL	Stephen Elliott

Left club during season

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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	David Seaman (retired)
7	FW	ENG	Darren Huckerby (toNorwich City)
14	MF	ISR	Eyal Berkovic (toPortsmouth)
15	DF	NOR	Alfie Haaland (retired)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	SCO	Paul Ritchie (toWalsall)
25	DF	CMR	Lucien Mettomo (toKaiserslautern)
40	MF	ENG	Chris Shuker (toBarnsley)

Historical league performance

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Prior to this season, the history of Manchester City's performance in the English football league hierarchy since the creation of the Premier League in 1992 is summarised by the following timeline chart – which commences with the last season (1991–92) of the old Football League First Division (from which the Premier League was formed).

Friendly games

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Pre-season

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19 July 2003	Mansfield	2–1	Manchester City	Mansfield, England
	Larkin 37' Corden 57'	Sporting Life report	39' Anelka	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 7,000

22 July 2003	Odense	1–0	Manchester City	Odense, Denmark
	Miti 75'	Sporting Life report		Stadium: Odense Stadion

25 July 2003	Feyenoord	1–2	Manchester City	Århus, Denmark
	Lazovic	Sporting Life report	Anelka 88' Wanchope	Stadium: Atletion

29 July 2003	Lincoln City	2–2	Manchester City	Lincoln, England
	Mayo Bloomer	Sporting Life report	Wanchope Anelka	Stadium: Sincil Bank

2 August 2003	Oldham Athletic	0–6	Manchester City	Oldham, England
		Sporting Life report	23' Anelka Sinclair Fowler Anelka Wright-Phillips Wanchope	Stadium: Boundary Park

4 August 2003	Rochdale	0–4	Manchester City	Rochdale, England
		BBC Sport report	25' Wright-Phillips Anelka Horlock Shuker	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 5,500

First game ever played at CoMS

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10 August 2003	Manchester City	2–1	Barcelona	Manchester, England
	Anelka 35' Sinclair 67'	Sporting Life report YouTube video	58' Saviola	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 36,500

Competitive games

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Premier League

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Table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 the Football League Championship

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	14	15	55	54	+1	41	5	9	5	31	24	+7	4	5	10	24	30	−6

Last updated: 15 May 2004 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2003–04

Points breakdown

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Points at home: 24
Points away from home: 17

Points against "Big Four" teams: 4
Points against promoted teams: 3

6 points: Bolton Wanderers

4 points: Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Charlton Athletic, Everton

3 points: Manchester United, Newcastle United, Southampton

2 points: Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur

1 point: 0Birmingham City, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool,

0Portsmouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers

0 points: Arsenal, Chelsea, Middlesbrough

Biggest & smallest

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Biggest home wins: 6–2 vs. Bolton Wanderers, 18 October 2003
000000000000000005–1 vs. Everton, 15 May 2004
Biggest home defeat: 0–3 vs. Leicester City, 9 November 2003
Biggest away win: 0–3 vs. Charlton Athletic, 17 August 2003
Biggest away defeat: 3–0 vs. Newcastle United, 22 November 2003

Biggest home attendance: 47,304 vs. Chelsea, 28 February 2004
Smallest home attendance: 44,307 vs. Charlton Athletic, 7 January 2004
Biggest away attendance: 67,645 vs. Manchester United, 13 December 2003
Smallest away attendance: 16,124 vs. Fulham, 20 September 2003

Results by round

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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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W

Source: 2003–04 Premier League results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Individual match reports

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17 August 2003	Charlton Athletic	0–3	Manchester City	London
14:00		Sporting Life report	13' (pen.) Anelka 23' Sibierski 83' Sun	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 25,780 Referee: M. Dean (Wirral)

23 August 2003	Manchester City	1–1	Portsmouth	Manchester
15:00	Sommeil 90'	Sporting Life report	24' Yakubu	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,287 Referee: M. Messias (N. Yorkshire)

25 August 2003	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	Manchester City	Blackburn
20:00	Sinclair 44' (o.g.) Amoruso 61'	Sporting Life report	4' Tarnat 59' Barton 87' Anelka	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,361 Referee: A. Wiley (Staffordshire)

31 August 2003	Manchester City	1–2	Arsenal	Manchester
16:05	Lauren 10' (o.g.)	Sporting Life report	48' Wiltord 72' Ljungberg	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,436 Referee: G. Poll (Hertfordshire)

14 September 2003	Manchester City	4–1	Aston Villa	Manchester
14:00	Anelka 48' (pen.) Tarnat 50' Anelka 68' (pen.) Anelka 83'	Sporting Life report	31' Angel	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,687 Referee: M. Halsey (Lancashire)

20 September 2003	Fulham	2–2	Manchester City	London
15:00	Malbranque 73' Saha 79'	Sporting Life report	46' Anelka 90' Wanchope	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,124 Referee: P. Dowd (Staffordshire)

28 September 2003	Manchester City	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
16:05		Sporting Life report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,842 Referee: N. Barry (N. Lincolnshire)

4 October 2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Manchester City	Wolverhampton
15:00	Cameron 75'	Sporting Life report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 29,386 Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)

18 October 2003	Manchester City	6–2	Bolton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00	Wright-Phillips 27' Distin 48' Wright-Phillips 56' Anelka 58' Wright-Phillips 62' Anelka 72' Reyna 84'	Sporting Life report	25' Nolan 60' Campo	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,101 Referee: S. Bennett (Kent)

25 October 2003	Chelsea	1–0	Manchester City	London
15:00	Hasselbaink 34'	Sporting Life report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,040 Referee: P. Dowd (Staffordshire)

1 November 2003	Southampton	0–2	Manchester City	Southampton
15:00		Sporting Life report	4' Fowler 85' Wanchope	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,952 Referee: A. Wiley (Staffordshire)

9 November 2003	Manchester City	0–3	Leicester City	Manchester
15:00		Sporting Life report	12' Stewart 53' (pen.) Dickov 58' Bent	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,966 Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)

22 November 2003	Newcastle United	3–0	Manchester City	Newcastle
15:00	Ameobi 57' Shearer 77' 85'	Sporting Life report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,159 Referee: N. Barry (N. Lincolnshire)

30 November 2003	Manchester City	0–1	Middlesbrough	Manchester
15:00		Sporting Life report	30' (o.g.) Jihai	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,824 Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)

7 December 2003	Everton	0–0	Manchester City	Liverpool
14:00		Sporting Life report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,871 Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)

13 December 2003	Manchester United	3–1	Manchester City	Manchester
12:30	Scholes 7' van Nistelrooy 34' Scholes 73'	Sporting Life report	52' Wright-Phillips	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,645 Referee: M. Halsey (Lancashire)

22 December 2003	Manchester City	1–1	Leeds United	Manchester
20:00	Sibierski 82'	Sporting Life report	24' Viduka	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,126 Referee: G. Barber (Hertfordshire)

26 December 2003	Birmingham City	2–1	Manchester City	Birmingham
15:00	Kenna 81' Forssell 87'	Sporting Life report	14' Fowler	Stadium: St. Andrews Attendance: 29,520 Referee: U. Rennie (S. Yorkshire)

28 December 2003	Manchester City	2–2	Liverpool	Manchester
15:00	Anelka 30' (pen.) Fowler 90'	Sporting Life report	66' Šmicer 80' Hamann	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,201 Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)

7 January 2004	Manchester City	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Manchester
19:45	Fowler 39'	Sporting Life report	84' Di Canio	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 44,307 Referee: P. Walton (Northamptonshire)

10 January 2004	Portsmouth	4–2	Manchester City	Portsmouth
15:00	Stefanovic 19' Yakubu 52' Sheringham 58' Yakubu 77'	Sporting Life report	21' Anelka 45' Sibierski	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 20,120 Referee: M. Messias (N. Yorkshire)

17 January 2004	Manchester City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester
15:00	Anelka 50'	Sporting Life report	55' Flitcroft	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,090 Referee: M. Dean (Wirral)

1 February 2004	Arsenal	2–1	Manchester City	London
16:05	Tarnat 39' (o.g.) Henry 83'	Sporting Life report	89' Anelka	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 38,103 Referee: A. Wiley (Staffordshire)

8 February 2004	Manchester City	0–0	Birmingham City	Manchester
14:00		Sporting Life report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,967 Referee: P. Durkin (Dorset)

11 February 2004	Liverpool	2–1	Manchester City	Liverpool
20:00	Owen 3' Gerrard 51'	Sporting Life report	50' Wright-Phillips	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,257 Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)

21 February 2004	Bolton Wanderers	1–3	Manchester City	Bolton
15:00	Nolan 22'	Sporting Life report	27' 31' Fowler 50' (o.g.) Charlton	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 27,301 Referee: S. Dunn (Gloucestershire)

28 February 2004	Manchester City	0–1	Chelsea	Manchester
15:00		Sporting Life report	82' Guðjohnsen	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,304 Referee: R. Styles (Hampshire)

14 March 2004	Manchester City	4–1	Manchester United	Manchester
14:00	Fowler 3' Macken 32' Sinclair 73' Wright-Phillips 90'	Sporting Life report YouTube video	35' Scholes	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,284 Referee: S. Bennett (Kent)

22 March 2004	Leeds United	2–1	Manchester City	Leeds
20:00	McPhail 23' Viduka 76' (pen.)	Sporting Life report	44' Anelka	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,998 Referee: A. Wiley (Staffordshire)

27 March 2004	Manchester City	0–0	Fulham	Manchester
15:00		Sporting Life report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 46,522 Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)

4 April 2004	Aston Villa	1–1	Manchester City	Birmingham
14:00	Angel 26'	Sporting Life report	82' Distin	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,602 Referee: U. Rennie (S. Yorkshire)

10 April 2004	Manchester City	3–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Manchester
15:00	Anelka 25' Sibierski 39' Wright-Phillips 90'	Sporting Life report	13' Kennedy 23' Cort 78' Camara	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,248 Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)

12 April 2004	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Manchester City	London
15:00	Defoe 52'	Sporting Life report	25' Anelka	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,282 Referee: C. Foy (Merseyside)

17 April 2004	Manchester City	1–3	Southampton	Manchester
15:00	Anelka 78'	Sporting Life report	34' Beattie 55' 81' Phillips	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,152 Referee: G. Barber (Hertfordshire)

24 April 2004	Leicester City	1–1	Manchester City	Leicester
15:00	Scowcroft 66'	Sporting Life report	45' Tarnat	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 31,457 Referee: A. D'Urso (Essex)

1 May 2004	Manchester City	1–0	Newcastle United	Manchester
15:00	Wanchope 59'	Sporting Life report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,226 Referee: M. Halsey (Lancashire)

8 May 2004	Middlesbrough	2–1	Manchester City	Middlesbrough
15:00	Maccarone 8' Nemeth 32'	Sporting Life report	35' Wanchope	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 34,734 Referee: M. Riley (W. Yorkshire)

15 May 2004	Manchester City	5–1	Everton	Manchester
15:00	Wanchope 16' 30' Anelka 41' Sibierski 89' Wright-Phillips 90'	Sporting Life report	60' Campbell	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,284 Referee: S. Dunn (Gloucestershire)

UEFA Cup

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14 August 2003 Qualifying (1st Leg)	Manchester City	5–0	Total Network Solutions	Manchester, England
	Sinclair 14' Wright-Phillips 51' Sun 60' Sommeil 74' Anelka 87'	Sporting Life report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 34,103 Referee: Alexey Tiumin (Russia)

28 August 2003 Qualifying (2nd Leg)	Total Network Solutions	0–2	Manchester City	Cardiff, Wales
		Sporting Life report	41' Negouai Huckerby	Stadium: Millennium Stadium Referee: Zsolt Szabo (Hungary)

24 September 2003 Round 1 (1st Leg)	Manchester City	3–2	Sporting Lokeren	Manchester, England
	Sibierski 8' Fowler 77' Anelka 80' (pen.)	Sporting Life report	14' Zoundi 40' Kristinsson	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 29,067 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

15 October 2003 Round 1 (2nd Leg)	Sporting Lokeren	0–1	Manchester City	Lokeren, Belgium
		Sporting Life report	19' (pen.) Anelka	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Damien Ledentu (France)

6 November 2003 Round 2 (1st Leg)	Manchester City	1–1	Groclin Dyskobolia	Manchester, England
	Anelka 6'	Sporting Life report	65' Mila	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 32,506 Referee: G. Kaznaferis (Greece)

27 November 2003 Round 2 (2nd Leg)	Groclin Dyskobolia	0–0	Manchester City	Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
		Sporting Life report		Stadium: Stadion Dyskobolia Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden)

Final aggregate score 1–1 with Groclin progressing on away goals rule

League Cup

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28 October 2003 Round 3	Queens Park Rangers	0–3	Manchester City	London
19:45		Sporting Life report	22' 77' Wright-Phillips 79' Macken	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,773 Referee: S. Dunn (Gloucestershire)

3 December 2003 Round 4	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Manchester City	London
19:45	Anderton 9' Postiga 30' Kanouté 90'	Sporting Life report	80' Fowler	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,727 Referee: P. Durkin (Dorset)

FA Cup

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3 January 2004 Round 3	Manchester City	2–2	Leicester City	Manchester
15:00	Anelka 27' (pen.) 69'	Sporting Life report	4' Dickov 66' Bent	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 30,617 Referee: G. Poll (Hertfordshire)

14 January 2004 Round 3 (replay)	Leicester City	1–3	Manchester City	Leicester
19:45	Ferdinand 73'	Sporting Life report	12' Sibierski 90' Macken 90' Anelka	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 18,916 Referee: G. Poll (Hertfordshire)

25 January 2004 Round 4	Manchester City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
13:00	Anelka 11'	Sporting Life report	57' Doherty	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 34,000 Referee: S. Dunn (Gloucestershire)

4 February 2004 Round 4 (replay)	Tottenham Hotspur	3–4	Manchester City	London
19:45	King 2' Keane 19' Ziege 43'	Sporting Life report MCFC video	45' Barton 48' Distin 69' Bosvelt 80' Wright-Phillips 90' Macken	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 30,400 Referee: R. Styles (Hampshire)

14 February 2004 Round 5	Manchester United	4–2	Manchester City	Manchester
12:30	Scholes 34' Neville 39' van Nistelrooy 71' Ronaldo 74' van Nistelrooy 80'	Sporting Life report	78' Tarnat 86' Fowler	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,228 Referee: J. Winter (Cleveland)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	David Seaman	26	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
1	GK	ENG	David James	18	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ENG	Nicky Weaver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	GK	ISL	Árni Gautur Arason	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	DEN	Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	David Sommeil	25	2	18	1	2	0	1	0	4	1
3	DF	BEL	Daniel Van Buyten	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Gerard Wiekens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	FRA	Sylvain Distin	50	3	38	2	5	1	2	0	5	0
17	DF	CHN	Sun Jihai	42	2	29+4	1	3	0	1	0	5	1
18	DF	GER	Michael Tarnat	41	4	32	3	4	1	2	0	3	0
22	DF	IRL	Richard Dunne	40	0	28+1	0	5	0	2	0	3+1	0
27	DF	NED	Mikkel Bischoff	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
41	DF	ENG	Stephen Jordan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	USA	Claudio Reyna	31	1	19+4	1	3	0	1	0	2+2	0
19	MF	AUS	Danny Tiatto	9	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
20	MF	ENG	Steve McManaman	30	0	20+2	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	4	0
24	MF	ENG	Joey Barton	39	1	24+4	1	3+1	0	2	0	2+3	0
26	MF	NED	Paul Bosvelt	35	1	22+3	0	4	1	1	0	4+1	0
28	MF	ENG	Trevor Sinclair	38	2	20+9	1	3+1	0	2	0	3	1
29	MF	ENG	Shaun Wright-Phillips	46	11	32+2	7	3+1	1	2	2	4+2	1
30	MF	FRA	Christian Negouai	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
42	MF	IRL	Glenn Whelan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
44	MF	IRL	Willo Flood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
8	FW	ENG	Robbie Fowler	41	10	23+8	7	4	1	2	1	4	1
9	FW	CRC	Paulo Wanchope	26	6	12+10	6	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
10	FW	FRA	Antoine Sibierski	30	7	18+5	5	3+2	1	0+1	0	1	1
11	FW	ENG	Jon Macken	21	4	7+8	1	1+2	2	0+1	1	1+1	0
39	FW	FRA	Nicolas Anelka	43	24	31+1	16	4	4	2	0	5	4
45	FW	IRL	Stephen Elliott	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	ENG	David Seaman	26	0	19	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
7	FW	ENG	Darren Huckerby	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
14	MF	ISR	Eyal Berkovic	7	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	2	0

Starting 11

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No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	David Seaman	26
17	RB	Sun Jihai	38
22	CB	Richard Dunne	38
5	CB	Sylvain Distin	50
18	LB	Michael Tarnat	41
28	RM	Trevor Sinclair	28
24	CM	Joey Barton	31	Steve McManaman had 26 starts
26	CM	Paul Bosvelt	31
29	LM	Shaun Wright-Phillips	41
8	CF	Robbie Fowler	33
39	CF	Nicolas Anelka	42

Goal scorers

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All competitions

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Scorer	Goals
Nicolas Anelka	24
Shaun Wright-Phillips	11
Robbie Fowler	10
Antoine Sibierski	7
Paulo Wanchope	6
Jon Macken	4
Michael Tarnat	4
Sylvain Distin	3
Sun Jihai	2
Trevor Sinclair
David Sommeil
Joey Barton	1
Paul Bosvelt
Darren Huckerby
Christian Negouai
Claudio Reyna

Premier League

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Scorer	Goals
Nicolas Anelka	16
Robbie Fowler	7
Shaun Wright-Phillips	7
Paulo Wanchope	6
Antoine Sibierski	5
Michael Tarnat	3
Sylvain Distin	2
Joey Barton	1
Sun Jihai
Jon Macken
Claudio Reyna
David Sommeil
Trevor Sinclair

UEFA Cup

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Scorer	Goals
Nicolas Anelka	4
Robbie Fowler	1
Darren Huckerby
Sun Jihai
Christian Negouai
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Antoine Sibierski
Trevor Sinclair
David Sommeil

League Cup and FA Cup

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Scorer	Goals
Nicolas Anelka	4
Jon Macken	3
Shaun Wright-Phillips	3
Robbie Fowler	2
Paul Bosvelt	1
Sylvain Distin
Antoine Sibierski
Michael Tarnat

Information current as of 15 May 2004 (end of season)

Transfers and loans

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Transfers in

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Date	Pos.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
4 June 2003	MF	Michael Tarnat	Bayern Munich	Free^[4]
21 June 2003	GK	David Seaman	Arsenal	Free^[5]
21 July 2003	MF	Trevor Sinclair	West Ham United	£2.5 million^[6]
24 July 2003	MF	Paul Bosvelt	Feyenoord	Undisclosed^[7]
2 August 2003	MF	Antoine Sibierski	Lens	£700,000^[8]
29 August 2003	MF	Claudio Reyna	Sunderland	£2.5 million^[9]
30 August 2003	MF	Steve McManaman	Real Madrid	Free^[10]
14 January 2004	GK	David James	West Ham United	£2 million^[11]
Jan. 2004	GK	Árni Gautur Arason	Rosenborg	Free^[12]

Transfers out

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Exit date	Pos.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
May 2003		James Almond	Released^[13]
May 2003		Mark Egerton	Released^[13]
May 2003		Philip Gilder	Released^[13]
May 2003		Adam James	Released^[13]
May 2003		Adrian Orr	Released^[13]
May 2003		David Tickle	Released^[13]
May 2003		Ashley Timms	Released^[13]
May 2003	FW	Gary Browne	Whitby Town	Released^[13]
May 2003	DF	Stephen Paisley	Longford Town	Released^[13]
23 May 2003	DF	Tyrone Loran	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed^[14]
5 June 2003	DF	Steve Howey	Leicester City	£200,000^[15]^[16]
8 July 2003	DF	Niclas Jensen	Borussia Dortmund	£750,000^[17]
24 July 2003	GK	Brian Murphy	Swansea City	Free^[18]
25 July 2003	DF	Alfie Haaland	Retired^[19]
27 July 2003	MF	Ali Benarbia	Al-Rayyan	Free^[20]
1 August 2003	FW	Shaun Goater	Reading	£500,000^[21]
14 August 2003	GK	Carlo Nash	Middlesbrough	Nominal^[22]
15 August 2003	MF	Kevin Horlock	West Ham United	£300,000^[23]
22 August 2003	DF	Paul Ritchie	Walsall	Free^[24]
25 August 2003	DF	Lucien Mettomo	Kaiserslautern	£500,000^[25]
26 December 2003	FW	Darren Huckerby	Norwich City	£750,000^[26]^[27]
8 January 2004	MF	Eyal Berkovic	Portsmouth	£500,000^[28]
15 January 2004	GK	David Seaman	Retired^[29]

Loans in

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Date from	Date to	Pos.	Player	From club
31 Jan 2004	31 May 2004	DF	Daniel Van Buyten	Olympique de Marseille^[30]^[31]

Loans out

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Date from	Date to	Pos.	Player	To club
3 July 2003	31 May 2004	FW	Matias Vuoso	Santos Laguna^[32]
7 Aug 2003	7 Nov 2003	MF	Chris Shuker	Rochdale^[33]^[34]^[35]
10 Sep 2003	12 Dec 3	FW	Darren Huckerby	Norwich City^[36]
29 Sep 2003	30 Oct 2003	MF	Glenn Whelan	Bury^[37]
11 Dec 2003	??? 2004	MF	Chris Shuker	Hartlepool United^[38]
24 Dec 2003	24 Jan 2004	MF	Glenn Whelan	Bury^[39]^[40]
Jan. 2004			Daniel Bardiello	Barnsley
31 Jan 2004	31 May 2004	DF	David Sommeil	Olympique de Marseille^[30]
2 Feb 4			0000Dorryl Profitt	Coventry City^[41]
		MF	Christian Negouai	Sturm Graz
15 Mar 2004	15 Apr 2004	MF	Willo Flood	Rochdale^[42]

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