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)
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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

• Ricardo
• Nélson
• Tiago

Defenders

• Facundo Quiroga
• Ânderson Polga
• Hugo
• Mário Sérgio
• Miguel Garcia
• Paíto
• Beto
• Luís Filipe
• Rui Jorge
• Santamaria
• Eduardo Maldea

Midfielders

• Rui Bento
• Carlos Martins
• Pedro Barbosa
• Rodrigo Tello
• Paulo Bento
• Fábio Rochemback
• Custódio
• Clayton
• Toñito
• Tinga

Attackers

• Marius Niculae
• Sá Pinto
• João Pinto
• Lourenço
• Elpídio Silva
• Liédson

Competitions

Primeira Liga

Standings

Matches

• 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

1º Dezembro v Sporting CP

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

Fifth Round

Sporting CP v Vitória de Guimarães

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

UEFA Cup

Matches

First Round

Sporting v Malmo

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

Malmo v Sporting

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

Second Round

Gençlerbirliği v Sporting CP

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

Sporting CP v Gençlerbirliği

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