2003–04 Borussia Dortmund season

During the 2003–04 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund
2003–04 season
ManagerMatthias Sammer
Bundesliga6th
DFB-PokalSecond round
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerJan Koller (16)
Ewerthon (16)

Season summary

Dortmund failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage, and followed that up with a disappointing sixth-place finish in the Bundesliga. The club's poor form was mainly a result of playmaker Tomáš Rosický's absence through virtually half of the season. The poor form led to the dismissal of coach Matthias Sammer, while the club's economy got ever more strained.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Germany GER Roman Weidenfeller
2 DF Brazil BRA Evanílson (on loan from Parma)
4 DF Germany GER Christian Wörns
5 MF Germany GER Sebastian Kehl
6 MF Brazil BRA Flávio Conceição (on loan from Real Madrid)
7 DF Germany GER Stefan Reuter
8 MF Germany GER Torsten Frings
9 FW Czech Republic CZE Jan Koller
10 MF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Rosický
11 FW Germany GER Heiko Herrlich
12 FW Brazil BRA Ewerthon
14 DF Ivory Coast CIV Guy Demel[notes 1]
15 DF Denmark DEN Niclas Jensen
16 MF Brazil BRA Leandro (on loan from Atlético Mineiro)
17 DF Brazil BRA Dedê
18 MF Germany GER Lars Ricken
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Ghana GHA Otto Addo[notes 2]
20 DF Germany GER Malte Metzelder
21 DF Germany GER Christoph Metzelder
23 DF Morocco MAR Ahmed Reda Madouni[notes 3]
24 MF Germany GER David Odonkor
25 FW Germany GER Sahr Senesie[notes 4]
26 GK France FRA Guillaume Warmuz
27 DF Germany GER Deniz Sahin
28 DF Norway NOR André Bergdølmo
30 FW Brazil BRA Thiago
31 MF Germany GER Stefan Hoffmann
33 MF Germany GER Salvatore Gambino
34 MF Israel ISR Amos Sassi
35 DF Germany GER Markus Brzenska
39 DF Germany GER Benjamin Knoche

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
3 DF Argentina ARG Juan Fernández (on loan to River Plate)
13 FW Germany GER Giuseppe Reina (to Hertha BSC)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Brazil BRA Márcio Amoroso (released)

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 VfB Stuttgart 34 18 10 6 52 24 +28 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 VfL Bochum 34 15 11 8 57 39 +18 56
6 Borussia Dortmund 34 16 7 11 59 48 +11 55 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Schalke 04 34 13 11 10 49 42 +7 50
8 Hamburger SV 34 14 7 13 47 60 13 49
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Champions League

Third qualifying round

UEFA Cup

First round

  • Dortmund 2-1 Austria Wien
  • Austria Wein 0-1 Dortmund

Second round

  • Dortmund 2-2 Sochaux
  • Sochaux 4-0 Dortmund

Top scorers

Bundesliga

References

Notes

  1. Demel was born in Orsay, France, but also qualified to represent the Ivory Coast internationally and made his international debut for Ivory Coast in 2004.
  2. Addo was born in Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally and made his international debut for Ghana in February 1999.
  3. Madouni was born in Casablanca, Morocco, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and made his international debut for Algeria in June 2005.
  4. Senesie was born in Koindu, Sierra Leone, but was raised in Germany from the age of 12 and represented Germany at U-20 and U-21 level.
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