2003–04 Sunderland A.F.C. season
| 2003–04 season | |||
| Manager | Mick McCarthy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stadium | Stadium of Light | ||
| First Division | 3rd | ||
| Play-offs | Semi-finals | ||
| FA Cup | Semi-finals | ||
| League Cup | Second round | ||
| Top goalscorer | Marcus Stewart (16) | ||
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During the 2003–04 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
Transfers
In
Summer
| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2003 | MF |  Jeff Whitley |
Manchester City | Free |
| 5 August 2003 | DF |  Gary Breen |
West Ham United | Free |
| 25 September 2003 | MF |  Tommy Smith |
Watford | Free |
| 3 October 2003 | MF | Alan Quinn |
Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 30 October 2003 | MF | Stewart Downing |
Middlesbrough | Loan |
January
| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2004 | MF | Kevin Cooper |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 6 February 2004 | FW |  Darren Byfield |
Rotherham United | Straight Swap With Michael Proctor |
| 12 March 2004 | DF | Colin Cooper |
Middlesbrough | Loan |
| 24 March 2004 | MF |  Carl Robinson |
Portsmouth | Loan |
Out
Summer
| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2003 | MF |  Stefan Schwarz |
Retired | Retired |
| 11 June 2003 | DF | Cliff Byrne |
Scunthorpe United | Free |
| 1 July 2003 | FW |  David Bellion |
Manchester United | Free |
| 3 July 2003 | GK |  Jurgen Macho |
Chelsea | Free |
| 9 July 2003 | FW | Lilian Laslandes |
Nice | Free |
| 9 July 2003 | DF |  Bernt Haas |
West Bromwich Albion | £400,000 |
| 24 July 2003 | MF | Gavin McCann |
Aston Villa | £2.25 million |
| 31 July 2003 | DF | Jody Craddock |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | £1.75 million |
| 8 August 2003 | GK |  Thomas Sorensen |
Aston Villa | £2.25 million |
| 14 August 2003 | FW | Kevin Phillips |
Southampton | £3.25 million |
| 20 August 2003 | MF |  Nicolas Medina |
Leganes | Season Long Loan |
| 23 August 2003 | FW |  Tore Andre Flo |
Siena | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2003 | MF |  Claudio Reyna |
Manchester City | £2.5 million |
| 29 August 2003 | DF |  Emerson Thome |
Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 1 September 2003 | MF | Kevin Kilbane |
Everton | £1 million |
| 1 September 2003 | DF | Michael Gray |
Celtic | 4 Month Loan (September - December) |
| 25 September 2003 | FW | Keith Graydon |
Scarborough | Free |
| 3 October 2003 | FW | Michael Reddy |
Sheffield Wednesday | Loan |
| 3 October 2003 | FW | Chris Brown |
Doncaster Rovers | Loan |
| 23 October 2003 | GK | Thomas Myhre |
Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 13 November 2003 | DF | Craig James |
Darlington | Loan |
January
| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January 2004 | DF | Michael Gray |
Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 6 February 2004 | FW | Neil Teggart |
Darlington | Loan |
| 6 February 2004 | FW | Michael Proctor |
Rotherham United | Straight Swap With Darren Byfield |
| 25 February 2004 | MF | Jonjo Dickman |
York City | Loan |
| 15 March 2004 | GK | Michael Ingham |
Wrexham | Loan |
| 19 March 2004 | DF | Craig James |
Port Vale | Loan |
| 25 March 2004 | MF | Chris Black |
Doncaster Rovers | Free |
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Results
Sunderland's score comes first.
| Win | Draw | Loss |
League Cup
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2003 | Round 1 | Mansfield Town | Field Mill | 2-1 | 5,665 | Kyle, Artell (own goal) |
| 23 September 2003 | Round 2 | Huddersfield Town | Stadium of Light | 2-4 | 13,516 | Kyle (2) |
FA Cup
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January 2004 | Round 3 | Hartlepool United | Stadium of Light | 1-0 | 40,816 | Arca |
| 24 January 2004 | Round 4 | Ipswich Town | Portman Road | 2-1 | 21,406 | Smith, Arca |
| 14 February 2004 | Round 5 | Birmingham City | Stadium of Light | 1-1 | 24,966 | Kyle |
| 25 February 2004 | Round 5 Replay | Birmingham City | St. Andrews | 2-0 (after extra time) | 25,645 | Smith (2) |
| 7 March 2004 | Quarter Final | Sheffield United | Stadium of Light | 1-0 | 37,115 | Smith |
| 4 April 2004 | Semi-final | Millwall | Old Trafford | 0-1 | 56,112 |
Football League First Division
Football League First Division play-offs
| Date | Leg | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2004 | Leg 1 | Crystal Palace | Selhurst Park | 2-3 | 25,287 | Kyle, Stewart (pen) |
| 17 May 2004 | Leg 2 | Crystal Palace | Stadium of Light | 2-1 (4-4 on aggregate, Sunderland lost 5-4 on penalties) | 34,536 | Kyle, Stewart |
Final league table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwich City (C) (P) | 46 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 94 | Promotion to 2004–05 FA Premier League |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion (P) | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 42 | +22 | 86 | |
| 3 | Sunderland | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 79 | Qualification to 2003–04 First Division Play-offs |
| 4 | West Ham United | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 74 | |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 84 | 72 | +12 | 73 | |
| 6 | Crystal Palace (P) | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 72 | 61 | +11 | 73 | |
| 7 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 71 | |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 71 | |
| 9 | Reading | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 70 | |
| 10 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 69 | 2004–05 UEFA Cup First round |
| 11 | Stoke City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 66 | |
| 12 | Coventry City | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 65 | |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 65 | |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 60 | |
| 15 | Preston North End | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 69 | 71 | −2 | 59 | |
| 16 | Watford | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 57 | |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 54 | |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 57 | 66 | −9 | 53 | |
| 19 | Burnley | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 60 | 77 | −17 | 53 | |
| 20 | Derby County | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 52 | |
| 21 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 51 | |
| 22 | Walsall (R) | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 51 | Relegation to 2004-05 League One |
| 23 | Bradford City (R) | 46 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 36 | |
| 24 | Wimbledon (R) | 46 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 41 | 89 | −48 | 29 |
Updated to games played on 30 April 2011.
Source:
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Goal scorers
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | |
10 | Marcus Stewart | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| FW |  |
9 | Kevin Kyle | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| MF | |
11 | Tommy Smith | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| MF | |
33 | Julio Arca | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| FW | |
17 | Darren Byfield | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MF | |
12 | John Oster | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MF | |
15 | Sean Thornton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| DF | |
5 | Gary Breen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MF | |
24 | Stewart Downing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | |
4 | Jason McAteer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | |
8 | Jeff Whitley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| / | / | / | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | |
24 | Carl Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | |
2 | Stephen Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GK |  |
1 | Mart Poom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | |
14 | Michael Proctor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Totals | 62 | 4 | 7 | 73 |
References
McCarthy vows to keep Arca - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/3349923.stm
Sunderland want Jon Stead - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3410371.stm
Sunderland sign Jeff Whitley - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3122981.stm
Sunderland sign Gary Breen - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3125829.stm
Sunderland sign Tommy Smith - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3139374.stm
Sunderland sign Alan Quinn - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3161652.stm
Sunderland sign Stewart Downing - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3224527.stm
Sunderland sign Kevin Cooper - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3372447.stm
Sunderland sign Darren Byfield - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3465317.stm
Sunderland sign Colin Cooper - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3505050.stm
Sunderland sign Carl Robinson - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3564809.stm
Scunthorpe United sign Cliff Byrne - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scunthorpe_utd/3024813.stm
Manchester United sign David Bellion - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/3030903.stm
Chelsea sign Jurgen Macho - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3048195.stm
Nice sign Lilian Laslandes - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/3022730.stm
West Bromwich Albion sign Bernt Haas - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/3040802.stm
Aston Villa sign Gavin McCann - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3090959.stm
Wolverhampton Wanderers sign Jody Craddock - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/3113667.stm
Aston Villa sign Thomas Sorensen - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/3134623.stm
Southampton sign Kevin Phillips - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3150981.stm
Leganes sign Nicolas Medina - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3167711.stm
Siena sign Tore Andre Flo - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3169055.stm
Manchester City sign Claudio Reyna - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/3189535.stm
Bolton Wanderers sign Emerson Thome - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/3191447.stm
Everton sign Kevin Kilbane - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3199399.stm
Celtic sign Michael Gray - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/3197417.stm
Scarborough sign Keith Graydon - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scarborough/3139642.stm
Sheffield Wednesday sign Michael Reddy - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3161652.stm
Doncaster Rovers sign Chris Brown - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/3163972.stm
Darlington sign Craig James - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/3267881.stm
Blackburn Rovers sign Michael Gray - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/3435345.stm
Darlington sign Neil Teggart - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3466661.stm
Rotherham United sign Michael Proctor - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3465317.stm
York City sign Jonjo Dickman - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/3517321.stm
Wrexham sign Michael Ingham - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/3513330.stm
Port Vale sign Craig James - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/3551307.stm
Doncaster Rovers sign Chris Black - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/3579829.stm
Mansfield Town 1-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3132797.stm
Sunderland 2-4 Huddersfield Town - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3125152.stm
Sunderland 1-0 Hartlepool United - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3349271.stm
Ipswich Town 1-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3403707.stm
Sunderland 1-1 Birmingham City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3468367.stm
Birmingham City 0-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3509691.stm
Sunderland 1-0 Sheffield United - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3518451.stm
Millwall 1-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3571953.stm
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3113049.stm
Sunderland 0-1 Millwall - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3137515.stm
Preston North End 0-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3154463.stm
Sunderland 2-0 Watford - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3156139.stm
Bradford City 0-4 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3174227.stm
Sunderland 2-1 Crystal Palace - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3084028.stm
Stoke City 3-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3099648.stm
Derby County 1-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3109550.stm
Sunderland 2-0 Reading - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3113674.stm
Sunderland 3-2 Ipswich Town - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3138692.stm
Sheffield United 0-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3139994.stm
Sunderland 0-0 Cardiff City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3187002.stm
Sunderland 1-0 Walsall - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3187002.stm
Sunderland 0-0 Rotherham United - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3191586.stm
Norwich City 1-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3203086.stm
West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3204923.stm
Gillingham 1-3 Sunderland - news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/3233081.stm
Sunderland 0-0 Coventry City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3232983.stm
Crewe Alexandra 3-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3273091.stm
Sunderland 1-1 Burnley - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3284797.stm
Sunderland 1-1 Wigan Athletic - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3247060.stm
Coventry City 1-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3248922.stm
West Ham United 3-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3296547.stm
Sunderland 2-1 Wimbledon - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3314409.stm
Sunderland 3-0 Bradford City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3331441.stm
Rotherham United 0-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3349011.stm
Sunderland 1-0 Nottingham Forest - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3363787.stm
Millwall 2-1 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3385185.stm
Watford 2-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3447345.stm
Cardiff City 4-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3481999.stm
Walsall 1-3 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3490190.stm
Sunderland 3-3 Preston North End - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3535865.stm
Sunderland 2-0 West Ham United - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3536461.stm
Sunderland 1-1 Stoke City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3507690.stm
Reading 0-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3508010.stm
Sunderland 2-1 Gillingham - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3552769.stm
Sunderland 2-1 Derby County - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3552911.stm
Wimbledon 1-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3593193.stm
Sunderland 3-0 Sheffield United - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3593463.stm
Ipswich Town 1-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3592949.stm
Sunderland 0-1 West Bromwich Albion - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3616159.stm
Crystal Palace 3-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3634613.stm
Wigan Athletic 0-0 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3634671.stm
Sunderland 1-1 Crewe Alexandra - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3655173.stm
Sunderland 1-0 Norwich City - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3680009.stm
Burnley 1-2 Sunderland - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3676093.stm