2003–04 Parma A.C. season

Parma Associazione Calcio endured a season of horror, in which the club formerly known as Parma A.C. went into bankruptcy in the middle of the season, seeing out the season in order to avoid the chaos it would cause to the league pyramid. The reason for the bankruptcy was the financial fraud of its owner Calisto Tanzi, who had embezzled money from his company Parmalat, which also went out of business. The club was reformed under its original name as Parma F.C., and finished fifth in the standings. Its glory days were over, however, and the club was forced to sell several key players in the summer of 2004, among them Hidetoshi Nakata, Matteo Ferrari and Matteo Brighi. However, its two most noted players, goalkeeper Sébastien Frey and top scorer and youngster Alberto Gilardino remained with the club, since it did not receive good enough offers to part with the two players.

Parma

2003–04 season
President	Stefano Tanzi
Manager	Cesare Prandelli
Stadium	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Serie A	5th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Alberto Gilardino (23) All: Alberto Gilardino (26)
Average home league attendance	15,904[1]
Home colours Away colours

The season was also the last in which Parma wore its distinctive blue and yellow colours at home, those being associated with Parmalat's ownership. From the 2004–05 season onwards the club reverted to its original white shirt with a black cross design. Club legend Antonio Benarrivo finished his career following the season, being the last player from the 1999 UEFA Cup winning team to leave.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season[2]

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  FRA Sébastien Frey 2 DF  ITA Sebastiano Girelli 3 DF  ITA Antonio Benarrivo 4 DF  CRO Anthony Šerić (on loan from Hellas Verona[3]) 5 DF  ITA Daniele Bonera 6 DF  ITA Giuseppe Cardone 7 MF  ROU Ianis Zicu (on loan from Dinamo București) 8 MF  ITA Simone Barone 10 MF  ITA Domenico Morfeo 11 FW  ITA Alberto Gilardino 13 DF  ARG Gabriel Oyola 14 DF  ITA Marcello Castellini 15 MF  ITA Marco Donadel 16 DF  ITA Mirko Stefani 18 FW  ITA Benito Carbone 19 DF  ITA Alessandro Potenza (on loan from Internazionale)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ITA Alessandro Rosina 21 DF  ITA Matteo Ferrari 22 GK  ITA Giordano Vanin 23 MF  AUS Mark Bresciano 24 GK  ITA Fabio Virgili 25 FW  ITA Alex Gibbs 26 MF  GUI Ibrahima Camara 28 DF  ITA Paolo Cannavaro 30 MF  ITA Manuele Blasi (on loan from Juventus) 31 MF  ITA Paolo Ruffini 32 MF  ITA Marco Marchionni 33 MF  ITA Lorenzo Carotti 34 GK  ITA Marco Amelia (on loan from Lecce) 36 MF  ITA Manuele Sorti 37 FW  ITA Daniele Degano (on loan from Ancona) 38 FW  ITA Fabrizio Cammarata (on loan from Cagliari)

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 7 MF  JPN Hidetoshi Nakata (to Bologna) 9 FW  BRA Adriano (to Internazionale) 10 FW  ROU Adrian Mutu (to Chelsea) 16 MF  BRA Júnior (on loan to Siena) 17 MF  ITA Emanuele Filippini (to Palermo) 18 MF  ITA Emiliano Moretti (on loan to Bologna) 19 FW  ITA Gaetano Grieco (to Genoa)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 GK  ITA Alfonso De Lucia (on loan to Salernitana) 24 GK  ITA Vincenzo Sicignano (on loan to Lecce) 26 FW  ITA Matteo Brighi (on loan to Brescia) 27 FW  ITA Tonino Sorrentino (to Avellino) 29 MF  COL Jorge Bolaño (to Lecce) 35 FW  NGA Isah Eliakwu (on loan to Internazionale)

Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Juventus	34	21	6	7	67	42	+25	69	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Internazionale	34	17	8	9	59	37	+22	59
5	Parma	34	16	10	8	57	46	+11	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Lazio	34	16	8	10	52	38	+14	56
7	Udinese[lower-alpha 1]	34	13	11	10	44	40	+4	50

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.
Notes:

1. Udinese gained entry to the 2004–05 UEFA Cup as Coppa Italia because both finalists Lazio and Juventus qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup and the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League through league position, respectively.

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
34	16	10	8	57	46	+11	58	9	5	3	32	20	+12	7	5	5	25	26	−1

Last updated: 16 May 2004.
Source: Competitive matches

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2004. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2003 1	Bologna	2–2	Parma	Bologna
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Guly  8' Locatelli  78'	Report	Adriano  20', 87'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 21,414 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

14 September 2003 2	Parma	3–0	Perugia	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bresciano  27' Adriano  50' (pen.) Gilardino  83'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 13,815 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

21 September 2003 3	Lazio	2–3	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stam  33' S. Inzaghi  79'	Report	Bresciano  1', 88' Adriano  63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Cosimo Bolognino

28 September 2003 4	Parma	1–1	Siena	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adriano  79'	Report	Lazetić  41'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 15,412 Referee: Domenico Messina

5 October 2003 5	Parma	1–0	Sampdoria	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adriano  19'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 18,102 Referee: Stefano Cassarà

19 October 2003 6	Roma	2–0	Parma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Samuel  28' Cassano  61'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 54,531 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

26 October 2003 7	Parma	3–0	Modena	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Morfeo  28' Adriano  86' Marchionni  88'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 16,938 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti

2 November 2003 8	Brescia	2–3	Parma	Brescia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Matuzalém  4' Di Biagio  38'	Report	Morfeo  12' Marchionni  43' Gilardino  71'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 13,724 Referee: Paolo Bertini

9 November 2003 9	Parma	0–0	Milan	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 23,663 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

23 November 2003 10	Empoli	1–0	Parma	Empoli
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Foggia  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 4,663 Referee: Paolo Bertini

30 November 2003 11	Parma	3–1	Chievo	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Morfeo  52' Marchionni  70' Gilardino  81' (pen.)	Report	Pellissier  74'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 12,414 Referee: Emidio Morganti

7 December 2003 12	Lecce	1–2	Parma	Lecce
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chevantón  73' (pen.)	Report	Gilardino  47', 78'	Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare Attendance: 21,528 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

14 December 2003 13	Juventus	4–0	Parma	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miccoli  10', 32' Del Piero  71' Nedvěd  72'	Report		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 35,074 Referee: Gianluca Paparesta

20 December 2003 14	Parma	1–2	Reggina	Parma
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gilardino  83' (pen.)	Report	Di Michele  27' Cozza  90'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 11,463 Referee: Massimiliano Saccani

6 January 2004 15	Ancona	0–2	Parma	Ancona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Barone  27', 64'	Stadium: Stadio del Conero Attendance: 10,433 Referee: Massimo De Santis

10 January 2004 16	Parma	1–0	Internazionale	Parma
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Filippini  41'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 22,302 Referee: Paolo Bertini

17 January 2004 17	Udinese	1–1	Parma	Udine
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ferrari  23' (o.g.)	Report	Adriano  80'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 15,012 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

25 January 2004 18	Parma	0–0	Bologna	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,251 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

1 February 2004 19	Perugia	2–2	Parma	Perugia
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hübner  8' Zé Maria  41' (pen.)	Report	Gilardino  35' Morfeo  38'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Curi Attendance: 8,835 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

8 February 2004 20	Parma	0–3	Lazio	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	López  40' (pen.), 57' Corradi  65'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,208 Referee: Antonio Dattilo

15 February 2004 21	Siena	1–2	Parma	Siena
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Chiesa  42'	Report	Gilardino  58' Bresciano  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena Attendance: 9,941 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

21 February 2004 22	Sampdoria	1–2	Parma	Genoa
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Flores  82'	Report	Gilardino  59' Bresciano  74'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 23,436 Referee: Stefano Farina

29 February 2004 23	Parma	1–4	Roma	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gilardino  30'	Report	Cassano  44' Emerson  52' Totti  70' Mancini  77'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 19,031 Referee: Pierluigi Collina

6 March 2004 24	Modena	2–2	Parma	Modena
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pivotto  42' Domizzi  60'	Report	Gilardino  45+1' (pen.) Ferrari  87'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 14,247 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

14 March 2004 25	Parma	2–2	Brescia	Parma
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carbone  4' Marchionni  60'	Report	Di Biagio  32' R. Baggio  74'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 13,992 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

20 March 2004 26	Milan	3–1	Parma	Milan
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tomasson  33', 52' Shevchenko  65'	Report	Gilardino  82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 63,433 Referee: Stefano Farina

28 March 2004 27	Parma	4–0	Empoli	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Barone  37' Gilardino  60' (pen.), 63' Bresciano  79'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 12,995 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

4 April 2004 28	Chievo	0–2	Parma	Verona
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Marchionni  31' Gilardino  71'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 11,047 Referee: Stefano Farina

10 April 2004 29	Parma	3–1	Lecce	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carbone  1' Gilardino  42', 84'	Report	Chevantón  63'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 13,095 Referee: Tiziano Pieri

18 April 2004 30	Parma	2–2	Juventus	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carbone  35' Gilardino  81'	Report	Di Vaio  78' Tudor  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 20,501 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

25 April 2004 31	Reggina	1–1	Parma	Reggio Calabria
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Torrisi  48'	Report	Bresciano  9'	Stadium: Stadio Oreste Granillo Attendance: 19,165 Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

2 May 2004 32	Parma	3–1	Ancona	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gilardino  9' Carbone  15' Bresciano  30'	Report	Bucchi  32'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 12,755 Referee: Paolo Dondarini

9 May 2004 33	Internazionale	1–0	Parma	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Adriano  62'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 64,112 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

16 May 2004 34	Parma	4–3	Udinese	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gilardino  60', 72', 78', 86'	Report	Krøldrup  56' Jørgensen  75' Jankulovski  90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 10,711 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

25 November 2003 First leg	Venezia	0–2	Parma	Venice
			Rosina  53' Grieco  71'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Referee: Daniele Tombolini

16 December 2003 Second leg	Parma	0–1 (2–1 agg.)	Venezia	Parma
			Mazzeo  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Marco Gabriele

Quarter-finals

13 January 2004 First leg	Lazio	2–0	Parma	Rome
	Muzzi  36' Stanković  60'			Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Emilio Pellegrino

20 January 2004 Second leg	Parma	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Lazio	Parma
	Bresciano  81'		Stanković  71'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Emidio Morganti

UEFA Cup

First round

24 September 2003 First leg	Metalurh Donetsk	1–1	Parma	Donetsk, Ukraine
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shyshchenko  44' Beqiri  61' Checher  63'	Report	Adriano  67'	Stadium: Metalurh Stadium Referee: Tonny Kolbech Poulsen (Denmark)

15 October 2003 Second leg	Parma	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Metalurh Donetsk	Parma, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gilardino  44', 46' Donadel  71' Marchionni  73'	Report	Checher  34'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Second round

6 November 2003 First leg	Austria Salzburg	0–4	Parma	Linz, Austria
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Laeßig  59'	Report	Gilardino  8',  65' Filippini  60' (pen.) Ferrari  63' Nakata  84' Rosina  87'	Stadium: Linzer Stadion Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)

27 November 2003 Second leg	Parma	5–0 (9–0 agg.)	Austria Salzburg	Parma, Italy
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carbone  1', 7' Filippini  43' Sorrentino  47', 86'	Report	Winkler  77' Teber  90'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)

Third round

26 February 2004 First leg	Parma	0–1	Gençlerbirliği	Parma, Italy
19:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Barone  90+2'	Report	Ümit  26' Skoko  60' Youla  73'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

3 March 2004 Second leg	Gençlerbirliği	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Parma	Ankara, Turkey
16:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Daems  37' (pen.),  75' Ferrari  81' (o.g.) Tandoğan  90+5'	Report	Frey  34' Benarrivo  90+2'	Stadium: Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA Cup	Total
1	11	FW		Alberto Gilardino	23	0	3	26
2	9	FW		Adriano	8	0	1	9
	23	MF		Mark Bresciano	8	1	0	9
4	18	FW		Benito Carbone	4	0	2	6
	32	MF		Marco Marchionni	5	0	1	6
6	10	MF		Domenico Morfeo	4	0	0	4
7	8	MF		Simone Barone	3	0	0	3
	17	MF		Emanuele Filippini	1	0	2	3
9	20	MF		Alessandro Rosina	0	1	1	2
	27	FW		Tonino Sorrentino	0	0	2	2
11	7	MF		Hidetoshi Nakata	0	0	1	1
	19	FW		Gaetano Grieco	0	1	0	1
	21	DF		Matteo Ferrari	1	0	0	1
Own goal					0	0	0	0
Totals					57	3	13	73

Last updated: 16 May 2004

References

1. http://www.stadiapostcards.com/A03-04.htm
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/italy/2003-2004/seriea/parma.htm
3. Šerić was born in Sydney, Australia.