Ajax
2003–04 season
ManagerRonald Koeman
Eredivise1st
KNVB CupRound of 16
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerZlatan Ibrahimović (13)

During the 2003–04 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.

Season summary

Ajax reclaimed the Eredivisie title.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Romania ROU Bogdan Lobonț
2 DF Tunisia TUN Hatem Trabelsi
4 DF France FRA Julien Escudé
5 MF United States USA John O'Brien
6 DF Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Galásek
7 MF Belgium BEL Tom Soetaers
8 MF South Africa RSA Steven Pienaar
9 FW Sweden SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović
10 MF Netherlands NED Rafael van der Vaart (captain)
11 MF Netherlands NED Victor Sikora
12 DF Netherlands NED John Heitinga
14 DF Belgium BEL Jelle Van Damme
15 DF Brazil BRA Maxwell
16 MF Netherlands NED Nigel de Jong
17 FW Greece GRE Yannis Anastasiou
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Netherlands NED Wesley Sneijder
19 FW Belgium BEL Wesley Sonck
20 MF Finland FIN Jari Litmanen
21 GK Netherlands NED Maarten Stekelenburg
22 MF Ghana GHA Abubakari Yakubu
23 DF Czech Republic CZE Zdeněk Grygera
26 MF Ghana GHA Anthony Obodai
27 MF Netherlands NED Daniël de Ridder
29 MF Romania ROU Nicolae Mitea
30 MF Australia AUS Jason Culina
31 GK Netherlands NED Sander Boschker
33 DF Belgium BEL Thomas Vermaelen
37 MF Belgium BEL Tom De Mul
39 FW Netherlands NED Ryan Babel

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
3 DF Finland FIN Petri Pasanen (on loan to Portsmouth)
17 FW Brazil BRA Wamberto (on loan to Mons)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Netherlands NED Cedric van der Gun (on loan to ADO Den Haag)
28 MF Morocco MAR Nourdin Boukhari[notes 1] (on loan to NAC Breda)

Reserve 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
— MF Netherlands NED Jamal Akachar

Transfers

In

Out

Loan out

Results

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

12 August 2003 GAK Austria 1–1 Netherlands Ajax Stadion Graz-Liebenau, Graz
20:30 Pogatetz 56' Report MatchCentre Sneijder 76' Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Group stage

16 September 2003 Milan Italy 1–0 Netherlands Ajax San Siro, Milan
20:45 Inzaghi 67' Report MatchCentre Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

References

  1. ↑ "FootballSquads - Ajax - 2003/04".

Notes

  1. ↑ Boukhari was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and made his international debut for Morocco in November 2001.
  2. ↑ 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.
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