2003–04 Ancona Calcio season

Ancona

2003–04 season
Chairman	Ermanno Pieroni
Manager	Leonardo Menichini Nedo Sonetti Giovanni Galeone
Stadium	Stadio del Conero
Serie A	18th
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Bucchi (5) All: Bucchi (5)
Highest home attendance	23,306 vs. Juventus (18 October 2003)
Lowest home attendance	9,348 vs. Chievo (25 April 2004)
Average home league attendance	13,235

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

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]

Kit

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

Players

First-team squad

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  SWE Magnus Hedman 2 DF  SCG 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

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ITA Roberto Goretti 19 FW  MKD Goran Pandev 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

Serie A

Main article: 2003–04 Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Siena	34	8	10	16	41	54	−13	34[a]
15	Perugia (R)	34	6	14	14	44	56	−12	32	Relegation play-off
16	Modena (R)	34	6	12	16	27	46	−19	30[b]	Relegation to Serie B
17	Empoli (R)	34	7	9	18	26	54	−28	30[b]
18	Ancona[c] (R, E, R)	34	2	7	25	21	70	−49	13	Phoenix in Serie C2

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. Modena finished ahead of Empoli 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.

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.