2003–04 Ancona Calcio season

During the 2003–04 Italian football season, Ancona Calcio competed in the Serie A.

Ancona
2003–04 season
ChairmanErmanno Pieroni
ManagerLeonardo Menichini
Nedo Sonetti
Giovanni Galeone
StadiumStadio del Conero
Serie A18th
Coppa ItaliaFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bucchi (5)
All:
Bucchi (5)
Highest home attendance23,306 vs. Juventus (18 October 2003)
Lowest home attendance9,348 vs. Chievo (25 April 2004)
Average home league attendance13,235

Season summary

Ancona never won a match between September and April, recording 21 losses and seven draws: losing with Sampdoria in early spring, the side collected the certain relegation.[1] In the whole league, it obtained just 13 points finishing last in table.[2]

Serie A
Main article: 2003–04 Serie A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Siena 34 8 10 16 41 54 −13 34[lower-alpha 1]
15 Perugia (R) 34 6 14 14 44 56 −12 32 Qualification play-offs
16 Modena (R) 34 6 12 16 27 46 −19 30[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Serie B
17 Empoli (R) 34 7 9 18 26 54 −28 30[lower-alpha 2]
18 Ancona[lower-alpha 3] (R, E, R) 34 2 7 25 21 70 −49 13 Moved to Serie C2 for bankruptcy
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) tiebreaker for relevant positions 3) head-to-head points and goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(E) Eliminated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Reggina finished ahead of Siena on head-to-head points: Reggina 2–1 Siena, Siena 0–0 Reggina.
  2. Empoli finished ahead of Modena on head-to-head points: Empoli 0–3 Modena, Modena 1–1 Empoli.
  3. Ancona was denied entry to the 2004–05 Serie B season, having entered administration. It was later admitted to the Lega Professionisti Serie C after bankruptcy.

Kit

Ancona's kit was manufactured by French sports retailer Le Coq Sportif and sponsored by Banca Marche.

Squad

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  SWE Magnus Hedman
2 DF  CRO Dražen Bolić
3 DF  BRA Fábio Bilica
4 MF  SWE Daniel Andersson
5 DF  ITA Stefano Lombardi
6 DF  ITA Mauro Milanese
7 MF  ITA Daniele Berretta
8 MF  ITA Dino Baggio
9 FW  BRA Mário Jardel
11 MF  ESP Luis Helguera
12 GK  ITA Marco Roccati
13 MF  ITA Giampiero Maini
14 DF  ITA Marco Esposito
15 FW  CRO Milan Rapaić
18 MF  ITA Roberto Goretti
19 FW  MKD Goran Pandev
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW  ITA Corrado Grabbi
23 FW  ITA Maurizio Ganz
24 MF  ITA Luigi Sartor
27 FW  ITA Christian Bucchi
28 DF  ARG Luciano Zavagno
29 MF  ITA Vincenzo Sommese
31 GK  ITA Sergio Marcon
32 DF  ITA Massimiliano Giacobbo
37 MF  ITA Andrea De Falco
42 DF  ITA Sean Sogliano
79 DF  ITA Daniele Daino

References
  1. "Bazzani, gol col sospetto Vince la Samp, Ancona in B". repubblica.it (in Italian). April 4, 2004.
  2. "Il Perugia fatica ma ce la fa va allo spareggio per restare in A". repubblica.it (in Italian). May 16, 2004.
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