2003–04 AFC Ajax season
| 2003–04 season | |||
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| Manager | Ronald Koeman | ||
| Eredivise | 1st | ||
| KNVB Cup | Round of 16 | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | Zlatan Ibrahimović (13) | ||
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During the 2003–04 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.
Season summary
[edit]Ajax reclaimed the Eredivisie title.
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- 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.
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Left club during season
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
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Zdeněk Grygera - Sparta Prague, 22 July, €3,500,000
Wesley Sonck - Genk
Sander Boschker - Twente
Julien Escudé - Rennes
Nicolae Mitea - Dinamo București- Tom Soetaers - Roda JC
Yannis Anastasiou - Roda JC
Out
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Mido - Marseille, 12 July, €12,000,000- Nikos Machlas - contract terminated, July
- Cristian Chivu -
Roma, September, €18,000,000 - Andy van der Meyde - Inter Milan, £4,000,000
- Mitchell Piqué - FC Oss
- Richard Witschge - ADO' 20
Joey Didulica[notes 2] - 
Austria Wien
André Bergdølmo - 
Borussia Dortmund
Loan out
[edit]- Cedric van der Gun - ADO Den Haag, 4 September, end of season
Nourdin Boukhari - NAC Breda, 4 September, end of season- Stefano Seedorf - NAC Breda, end of season
Petri Pasanen - 
Portsmouth, end of season
Wamberto - Mons, 18 months
Results
[edit]UEFA Champions League
[edit]Third qualifying round
[edit]| 12 August 2003 | GAK | 1–1 | Ajax | Stadion Graz-Liebenau, Graz |
| 20:30 | Pogatetz  56' |
Report MatchCentre | Sneijder 76' |
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy) |
| 27 August 2003 | Ajax | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | GAK | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam |
| 20:30 | Ibrahimović 15' Galásek  103' (pen.) |
Report MatchCentre | Kollmann 40' |
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia) |
Group stage
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | CLT | BRU | AJX | |
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| 1 |  Milan
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 |  Celta Vigo
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Club Brugge
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Ajax
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — |
Source: RSSSF
| 16 September 2003 | Milan | 1–0 | Ajax | San Siro, Milan |
| 20:45 | Inzaghi 67' |
Report MatchCentre | Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
| 1 October 2003 | Ajax | 2–0 | Club Brugge | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam |
| 20:45 | Sonck 11', 54' |
Report MatchCentre | Referee: Graham Barber (England) |
| 22 October 2003 | Ajax | 1–0 | Celta Vigo | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam |
| 20:45 | Ibrahimović 53' |
Report MatchCentre | Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
| 4 November 2003 | Celta Vigo | 3–2 | Ajax | Balaídos, Vigo |
| 20:45 | Luccin 25' (pen.) Milošević 39'Vágner 63' |
Report MatchCentre | Sonck 53' Van der Vaart 82' |
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France) |
| 26 November 2003 | Ajax | 0–1 | Milan | Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam |
| 20:45 | Report MatchCentre | Shevchenko 52' |
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
| 9 December 2003 | Club Brugge | 2–1 | Ajax | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |
| 20:45 | Lange 27' Sæternes 84' |
Report MatchCentre | Sonck 42' (pen.) |
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy) |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Boukhari was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in November 2001.
- ^ Didulica was born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and represented Australia at U-23 level, but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his father and made his international debut for Croatia in March 2004.