2003–04 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
Season 2003–04
Owner	Publicly traded company
Chairman	John Wardle
Manager	Kevin Keegan
Team captain	Sylvain Distin
Home stadium	City of Manchester Stadium (a.k.a. Eastlands and CoMS)
Premier0League	Sixteenth
League Cup	Fourth round
FA Cup	Fifth round
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: 0Nicolas Anelka (17 goals) (5th highest in Premier League) All comps: Nicolas Anelka (25 goals)
Average home attendance	46,834 – over 19 PL home games (3rd highest in Premier League)
Highest home attendance	47,304 0v0 Chelsea 28 February 2004
Highest away attendance	67,645 0v0 Manchester United 13 December 2003
Lowest home attendance	29,067 0v0 Sporting Lokeren 24 September 2003
Lowest away attendance	5,500 0v0 Groclin Dyskobolia 27 November 2003
← 2002–03 0 0 0 0 0 0 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%

Results summary - 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 the 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

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 difference to Leicester, 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 Hotspur at White 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 Arni Arason made a key double save^[1] and Jon Macken scored the winning goal.^[1] In the next round, a Manchester derby at Old Trafford, City lost 4–2 to exit the competition.

Team kit

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 (version 1)

Home (version 2)

Away

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK David James (from January) 2 DF David Sommeil 3 DF Daniel van Buyten (on loan from Marseille) 4 DF Gerard Wiekens 5 DF Sylvain Distin 6 MF Claudio Reyna 7 FW Darren Huckerby 8 FW Robbie Fowler 9 FW Paulo Wanchope 10 MF Antoine Sibierski 11 FW Jon Macken 12 GK Nicky Weaver 14 DF Eyal Berkovic 17 DF Sun Jihai 18 DF Michael Tarnat

No. Position Player 19 MF Danny Tiatto 20 MF Steve McManaman 22 DF Richard Dunne 24 MF Joey Barton 25 GK Arni Gautur Arason 26 MF Paul Bosvelt 27 DF Mikkel Bischoff 28 MF Trevor Sinclair 29 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 30 MF Christian Negouai 32 GK Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard 33 GK Kasper Schmeichel 39 FW Nicolas Anelka 40 MF Chris Shuker 41 DF Stephen Jordan

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK David Seaman (retired)

Historical league performance

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

Pre-season

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: Fionia Park

25 July 2003	Feyenoord	1 – 2	Manchester City	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Lazovic	Sporting Life report	Anelka  88' Wanchope	Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion

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

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

Premier League

Position in final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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	38	6	15	17	48	65	−17	33

Updated to games played on 15 May 2004 (end of season)
Source: Premier League 2003-04
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

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 Points at home: 24 Points away from home: 17 Points against "Big Four" teams: 1 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 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

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

Last updated: 15 May 2004 (end of season).
Source: Premier League results 2003-04
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Individual match reports

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

First leg

14 August 2003	Manchester City	5 – 0	The New Saints	City of Manchester Stadium Manchester, England Attendance: 34,103 Referee: Alexey Tiumin (Russia)
	Sinclair  14' Wright-Phillips  51' Jihai  60' Sommeil  74' Anelka  87'	Sporting Life report

Second leg

28 August 2003	The New Saints	0 – 2	Manchester City	Millennium Stadium Cardiff, Wales
		Sporting Life report	41' Negouai Huckerby

First round

First leg

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

Second leg

15 October 2003	Sporting Lokeren	0 – 1	Manchester City	Daknamstadion Lokeren, Belgium Attendance: 10,000
		Sporting Life report	19' (pen.) Anelka

Second round

First leg

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

Second leg

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

Final aggregate score 1–1 with Groclin winning due to away goals counting double

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League Cup

Third round

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

Fourth round

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

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FA Cup

Third round

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

Third round replay

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

Fourth round

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

Fourth round replay

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

Fifth round

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

Goal scorers

All competitions Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 25 Shaun Wright-Phillips 11 Robbie Fowler 10 Antoine Sibierski 7 Paulo Wanchope 6 Jon Macken 4 Michael Tarnat Sylvain Distin 3 Sun Jihai 2 Trevor Sinclair David Sommeil Joey Barton 1 Paul Bosvelt Darren Huckerby Christian Negouai Claudio Reyna

Premier League Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 17 Robbie Fowler 7 Shaun Wright-Phillips 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 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 Scorer Goals Nicolas Anelka 4 Jon Macken 3 Shaun Wright-Phillips 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

Transfers in Date Pos. Player From club Transfer fee 04 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] 02 Aug. 2003 MF Antoine Sibierski Lens £700,000[8] 29 Aug. 2003 MF Claudio Reyna Sunderland £2.5 million[9] 30 Aug. 2003 MF Steve McManaman Real Madrid Free[10] 14 Jan. 2004 GK David James West Ham United £2 million[11] Jan. 2004 GK Árni Gautur Arason Rosenborg Free[12]

Transfers out 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] 05 June 2003 DF Steve Howey Leicester City £200,000[15][16] 08 July 2003 DF Niclas Jensen Borussia Dortmund £750,000[17] 24 July 2003 GK Brian Murphy Swansea City Free[18] 25 July 2003 DF Alf-Inge Haaland Retired[19] 27 July 2003 MF Ali Benarbia Al-Rayyan Free[20] 01 Aug. 2003 FW Shaun Goater Reading £500,000[21] 14 Aug. 2003 GK Carlo Nash Middlesbrough Nominal[22] 15 Aug. 2003 MF Kevin Horlock West Ham United £300,000[23] 22 Aug. 2003 DF Paul Ritchie Walsall Free[24] 25 Aug. 2003 DF Lucien Mettomo Kaiserslautern £500,000[25] 26 Dec. 2003 FW Darren Huckerby Norwich City £750,000[26][27] 08 Jan. 2004 MF Eyal Berkovic Portsmouth £500,000[28] 15 Jan. 2004 GK David Seaman Retired[29]

Loans in Date from Date to Pos. Player From club 31 Jan. 04 31 May 04 DF Daniel Van Buyten Olympique de Marseille[30][31]

Loans out Date from Date to Pos. Player To club 03 July 03 31 May 04 FW Matias Vuoso Santos Laguna[32] 07 Aug. 03 07 Nov. 03 MF Chris Shuker Rochdale[33][34][35] 10 Sep. 03 12 Dec. 03 FW Darren Huckerby Norwich City[36] 29 Sep. 03 30 Oct. 03 MF Glenn Whelan Bury[37] 11 Dec. 03  ??? 2004 MF Chris Shuker Hartlepool United[38] 24 Dec. 03 24 Jan. 04 MF Glenn Whelan Bury[39][40] Jan. 2004 Daniel Bardiello Barnsley 31 Jan. 04 31 May 04 DF David Sommeil Olympique de Marseille[30] 02 Feb. 04 0000Dorryl Profitt Coventry City[41] MF Christian Negouai Sturm Graz 15 Mar. 04 15 Apr. 04 MF Willo Flood Rochdale[42]

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

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