2003–04 FC Porto season

FC Porto
2003–04 season
ManagerJosé Mourinho
Primeira Liga1st
Taça de PortugalRunners-up
Supertaça Cândido de OliveiraWinners
Champions LeagueWinners
UEFA Super CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Benni McCarthy (20)
All: Benni McCarthy (25)

FC Porto became the 12th club to win multiple European Cup/Champions League titles in a fairytale 2003–04 season. For the first time since 1995, a club outside the big four leagues won the trophy, and it was widely attributed to charismatic coach José Mourinho. The title was clinched in an emphatic 3–0 victory against Monaco in the final in Gelsenkirchen.

Following the success, Mourinho departed the club for Chelsea, bringing key defenders Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho with him. Playmaker Deco also departed, in his case for Barcelona. Elsewhere, it got to keep midfield duo Maniche and Costinha intact, and strikers Derlei and Benni McCarthy stayed at the club.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Bruno Vale
2 DF Portugal POR Jorge Costa
3 DF Portugal POR Pedro Emanuel[2]
4 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Carvalho
5 DF Portugal POR Ricardo Costa
6 MF Portugal POR Costinha
7 DF Portugal POR Carlos Secretário
8 DF Portugal POR Nuno Valente
9 FW Lithuania LTU Edgaras Jankauskas
10 MF Portugal POR Deco[3]
11 FW Brazil BRA Derlei
13 GK Portugal POR Nuno
14 MF Portugal POR Sérgio Conceição
15 MF Russia RUS Dmitri Alenichev
16 DF Portugal POR César Peixoto
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Portugal POR José Bosingwa
18 MF Portugal POR Maniche
19 MF Brazil BRA Carlos Alberto
20 MF Portugal POR Marco Ferreira
21 FW Brazil BRA Maciel
22 DF Portugal POR Paulo Ferreira
23 MF Portugal POR Pedro Mendes
25 MF Portugal POR Ricardo Fernandes
28 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Moraes
29 FW Portugal POR Hugo Almeida
30 DF Portugal POR Mário Silva
39 MF Portugal POR André Vilas Boas (on loan from Rio Ave)
77 FW South Africa RSA Benni McCarthy
99 GK Portugal POR Vítor Baía

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW Portugal POR Hugo Almeida (on loan to União de Leiria)
66 MF Portugal POR Tiago (on loan to União de Leiria)
No. Pos. Nation Player
92 FW Brazil BRA Serginho Baiano (on loan to Nacional)

Results

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira

Main article: 2003 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
10 August 2003 Porto 1–0 União de Leiria Guimarães
21:00 (WEST) Costinha 53' Report Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Referee: Pedro Proença (Lisbon)

UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 2003 UEFA Super Cup
29 August 2003 Milan Italy 1–0 Portugal Porto Monaco
20:45 (CEST) Shevchenko 10' Report Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 16,885
Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2003–04 Primeira Liga
Pos Team
 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:
  1. ^ Maritimo qualified for the UEFA Cup because Benfica, the Portuguese Cup winners qualified for Champions League

Matches

17 August 2003 1 Porto 2–0 Braga Porto
McCarthy 22'
Derlei 83'		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
24 August 2003 2 Estrela Amadora 1–1 Porto Amadora
Júlio César 76' Report McCarthy 62' Stadium: Estádio José Gomes
2 September 2003 3 Porto 4–1 Sporting CP Porto
Derlei 3'
Jankauskas 51'
Maniche 64'
McCarthy 89' (pen.)		 Report Rochemback 79' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
13 September 2003 4 União de Leiria 1–3 Porto Leiria
Maciel 60' Report Derlei 30'
Fernandes 71'
M. Ferreira 74'		 Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
21 September 2003 5 Porto 2–0 Benfica Porto
Derlei 30'
Argel 52' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
27 September 2003 6 Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 Porto Guimarães
Romeu 5' Report Derlei 10'
Costinha 79'		 Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
5 October 2003 7 Porto 4–1 Académica Porto
Peixoto 9'
Derlei 15', 41', 49'		 Report Dário 7' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
18 October 2003 8 Belenenses 1–4 Porto Belém, Lisbon
Brandão 5' Report Derlei 18'
Deco 33'
Peixoto 46'
M. Ferreira 53'		 Stadium: Estádio do Restelo
27 October 2003 9 Boavista 0–1 Porto Porto
Report Alenichev 77' Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
31 October 2003 10 Porto 1–0 Nacional Porto
Carvalho 53' Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
9 November 2003 11 Moreirense 1–1 Porto Moreira de Cónegos
Manoel 28' Report McCarthy 28' Stadium: Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas
30 November 2003 12 Porto 4–1 Gil Vicente Porto
Maniche 37'
McCarthy 59'
Alenichev 64'
Derlei 81'		 Report Edinho 66' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
5 December 2003 13 Marítimo 2–2 Porto Funchal
Rincón 18', 66' Report Derlei 22' (pen.) Stadium: Estádio do Marítimo
14 December 2003 14 Porto 3–0 Beira-Mar Porto
Wijnhard 12' (o.g.)
McCarthy 75'
Maniche 77'		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
22 December 2003 15 Alverca 1–2 Porto Alverca do Ribatejo
Manú 27' Report Derlei 16'
Maniche 35'		 Stadium: Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca
5 January 2004 16 Porto 1–0 Rio Ave Porto
McCarthy 90' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
10 January 2004 17 Paços de Ferreira 0–2 Porto Paços de Ferreira
Report McCarthy 16', 22' Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real
17 January 2004 18 Braga 0–3 Porto Braga
Report Maniche 14'
Maciel 21'
McCarthy 45'		 Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga
24 January 2004 19 Porto 2–0 Estrela Amadora Porto
McCarthy 30', 45' Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
31 January 2004 20 Sporting CP 1–1 Porto Lisbon
Barbosa 69' (pen.) Report Costa 9' Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
7 February 2004 21 Porto 2–1 União de Leiria Porto
Maniche 18'
Maciel 34'		 Report Freddy 76' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
15 February 2004 22 Benfica 1–1 Porto Lisbon
Simão 50' Report Costinha 29' Stadium: Estádio da Luz
21 February 2004 23 Porto 3–0 Vitória de Guimarães Porto
Maciel 30'
Jankauskas 45'
McCarthy 90+4' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
1 March 2004 24 Académica 0–1 Porto Coimbra
Report McCarthy 76' Stadium: Estádio Cidade de Coimbra
5 March 2004 25 Porto 4–1 Belenenses Porto
McCarthy 45', 51' (pen.)
Costa 64'
Deco 83'		 Report Brasília 89' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
13 March 2004 26 Porto 1–0 Boavista Porto
McCarthy 73' Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
28 March 2004 28 Porto 1–0 Moreirense Porto
Carlos Alberto 89' Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
3 April 2004 29 Gil Vicente 2–0 Porto Barcelos
Gaspar 63'
Luís Coentrão 66'		 Report Stadium: Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo
10 April 2004 30 Porto 1–0 Marítimo Porto
Carvalho 85' Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
13 April 2004 27 Nacional 0–0 Porto Madeira
Report Stadium: Estádio da Madeira
18 April 2004 31 Beira-Mar 0–0 Porto Aveiro
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
25 April 2004 32 Porto 1–0 Alverca Porto
Bosingwa 49' Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
30 April 2004 33 Rio Ave 1–0 Porto Vila do Conde
Miguelito 14' Report Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos
8 May 2004 34 Porto 3–1 Paços de Ferreira Porto
McCarthy 19', 51', 68' Report Queirós 15' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão

Taça de Portugal

Main article: 2003–04 Taça de Portugal

Knockout stage

22 November 2003 Fourth round Porto (I) 1–0Boavista (I)Porto
Derlei 53' Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Pedro Proença
17 December 2003 Fifth round Porto (I) 3–0Maia (II)Porto
21:00 (WET) McCarthy 25'
Maniche 80'
Alenichev 90'		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Nuno Almeida
21 January 2004 Sixth round Porto (I) 4–0Vilafranquense (III)Porto
Carlos Alberto 23', 76'
M. Ferreira 28'
Conceição 65' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Paulo Perreira
11 February 2004 Quarter-finalsRio Ave (I)1–2 Porto (I) Vila do Conde
Carvalho 46' (o.g.) Report Costinha 21'
Moraes 39'		 Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos
Referee: Martins dos Santos
16 March 2004 Semi-finalsBraga (I)1–3 Porto (I) Braga
21:15 (WET) Vanzini 55' Report Jankauskas 7', 52', 62' Stadium: Estádio 1º de Maio

Final

Main article: 2004 Taça de Portugal Final
16 May 2004 Final Benfica (I) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Porto (I) Oeiras
17:15 (WEST) Fyssas 58'
Simão 104'		 Report Derlei 45' Stadium: Estádio Nacional

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Portugal Porto 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11
3 France Marseille 6 1 1 4 9 11 −2 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 6 0 3 3 3 8 −5 3
Source: RSSSF
16 September 2003 1 Partizan Serbia and Montenegro 1–1 Portugal Porto Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Delibašić 54' Costinha 22' Stadium: Partizan Stadium
Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic)
1 October 2003 2 Porto Portugal 1–3 Spain Real Madrid Porto, Portugal
Costinha 7' Helguera 28'
Solari 37'
Zidane 67'		 Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
22 October 2003 3 Marseille France 2–3 Portugal Porto Marseille, France
Drogba 24'
Marlet 84'		 Maniche 31'
Derlei 35'
Alenichev 81'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
4 November 2003 4 FC Porto Portugal 1–0 France Marseille Porto, Portugal
Alenichev 21' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
26 November 2003 5 Porto Portugal 2–1 Serbia and Montenegro Partizan Porto, Portugal
McCarthy 25', 50' Delibašić 90+2' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
9 December 2003 6 Real Madrid Spain 1–1 Portugal Porto Madrid, Spain
Solari 9' Derlei 35' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

25 February 2004 First leg Porto Portugal 2–1 England Manchester United Porto, Portugal
McCarthy 29', 78' Fortune 14' Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
9 March 2004 Second leg Manchester United England 1–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Portugal Porto Manchester, England
Scholes 32' Costinha 90' Stadium: Old Trafford
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Quarter-finals

23 March 2004 First leg Porto Portugal 2–0 France Lyon Porto, Portugal
Deco 44'
Carvalho 71'		 Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
7 April 2004 Second leg Lyon France 2–2
(2–4 agg.)		 Portugal Porto Lyon, France
Luyindula 14'
Élber 90'		 Maniche 6', 47' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Semi-finals

21 April 2004 First leg Porto Portugal 0–0 Spain Deportivo La Coruña Porto, Portugal
19:45 (WEST) Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
4 May 2004 Second leg Deportivo La Coruña Spain 0–1
(0–1 agg.)		 Portugal Porto A Coruña, Spain
20:45 CEST Report Derlei 60' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Riazor
Attendance: 34,600
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Final

Main article: 2004 UEFA Champions League Final
26 May 2004 Monaco France 0–3 Portugal Porto Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Carlos Alberto 39'
Deco 71'
Alenichev 75'		 Stadium: Arena AufSchalke
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Top scorers

Primeira Liga

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - FC Porto - 2003/04".
  2. ^ Emanuel was born in Luanda, Angola, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and represented Portugal at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Deco was born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, but gained Portuguese citizenship in 2002 and made his international debut for Portugal later that year.