2003–04 AC Perugia season explained

Season:	2003 - 04
League Result:	15th
League Topscorer:	Zé Maria (7)
Cup1 Result:	Last 16
Cup2 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup3 Result:	Winners
Nextseason:	2004-05

A.C. Perugia were relegated from Serie A with a bang, following a chaotic season, in which president Luciano Gaucci managed to upset the Italian football society, by claiming that the referees' were deliberately trying to relegate Perugia to Serie B. Prior to the season, he performed a PR-stunt, when signing Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Al-Saadi Gaddafi He also continued trying to sign female players, trying to sign both Hanna Ljungberg and Victoria Svensson, according to Swedish daily Aftonbladet.

In the same paper, Ancona goalkeeper Magnus Hedman accused his team mates for throwing away the final match of the season, in which Perugia won 1-0. That victory qualified Perugia for the relegation playoffs against Fiorentina, where Enrico Fantini scored in both matches for Fiorentina, ensuring Perugia was being relegated, only one year before the club folded.

The list of players representing the club during the season included 35 players, which meant the team drastically changed from game to game.

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Željko Kalac
• Michele Tardioli
• Stefano Pardini

Defenders

• Zé Maria
• Marco Di Loreto
• Souleymane Diamoutene
• Giovanni Ignoffo
• Fabio Grosso
• Fabiano
• Salvatore Fresi
• Ferdinand Coly
• Konstantinos Loumpoutis
• Evangelos Nastos
• Jamal Alioui
• Roberto Cardinale

Midfielders

• Christian Obodo
• Fabio Gatti
• Massimiliano Fusani
• Giovanni Tedesco
• Guilherme do Prado
• Eusebio Di Francesco
• Paul Codrea
• Christian Manfredini
• Gaël Genevier
• Al-Saadi Gaddafi

Attackers

• Jay Bothroyd
• Massimo Margiotta
• Fabrizio Ravanelli
• Dario Hübner
• Franco Brienza
• Zisis Vryzas
• Emanuele Berrettoni
• Marcelo Zalayeta
• Luigi Giandomenico
• Francesco Zerbini
• Gabriele Scandurra

Serie A

See main article: 2003–04 Serie A.

Matches

• Perugia-Siena 2-2
• 1-0 Zisis Vryzas (10)
• 1-1 Andrea Ardito (19)
• 2-1 Jay Bothroyd (27)
• 2-2 Rodrigo Taddei (48)
• Parma-Perugia 3-0
• 1-0 Mark Bresciano (26)
• 2-0 Adriano (49 pen)
• 3-0 Alberto Gilardino (82)
• Perugia-Milan 1-1
• 0-1 Gennaro Gattuso (19)
• 1-1 Zisis Vryzas (31)
• Chievo-Perugia 4-1
• 1-0 Andrea Zanchetta (40)
• 1-1 Marco Di Loreto (50)
• 2-1 Andrea Zanchetta (52 pen)
• 3-1 Franco Semioli (66)
• 4-1 Mario Alberto Santana (81)
• Perugia-Reggina 0-0
• Bologna-Perugia 2-2
• 0-1 Fausto Rossini (49 og)
• 0-2 Jay Bothroyd (69)
• 1-2 Samuele Dalla Bona (71)
• 2-2 Fausto Rossini (78)
• Perugia-Udinese 3-3
• 0-1 Dino Fava (36)
• 1-1 Marco Di Loreto (42)
• 2-1 Jay Bothroyd (44)
• 2-2 Dino Fava (62)
• 2-3 Dino Fava (77)
• 3-3 Massimo Margiotta (89)
• Modena-Perugia 1-0
• 1-0 Riccardo Allegretti (50)
• Perugia-Lecce 2-2
• 0-1 Javier Chevantón (7)
• 1-1 Massimo Margiotta (45 + 2)
• 1-2 Cristian Ledesma (66)
• 2-2 Fabio Grosso (82)
• Lazio-Perugia 3-1
• 1-0 Dejan Stanković (45 + 2)
• 1-1 Fabio Grosso (62)
• 2-1 Bernardo Corradi (87)
• 3-1 Simone Inzaghi (90 + 4)
• Perugia-Empoli 1-1
• 0-1 Tommaso Rocchi (3)
• 1-1 Zisis Vryzas (40)
• Inter-Perugia 2-1
• 1-0 Christian Vieri (25)
• 2-0 Christian Vieri (80)
• 2-1 Giovanni Tedesco (89)
• Perugia-Sampdoria 3-3
• 0-1 Francesco Flachi (16)
• 1-1 Giovanni Ignoffo (38)
• 2-1 Massimo Margiotta (55)
• 3-1 Giovanni Tedesco (58)
• 3-2 Michele Tardioli (60 og)
• 3-3 Francesco Flachi (89)
• Perugia-Brescia 2-2
• 1-0 Massimo Margiotta (5)
• 1-1 Luigi Di Biagio (10)
• 2-1 Dario Dainelli (72 og)
• 2-2 Antonio Filippini (77)
• Juventus-Perugia 1-0
• 1-0 Pavel Nedvěd (29)
• Perugia-Roma 0-1
• 0-1 Mancini (3)
• Ancona-Perugia 0-0
• Siena-Perugia 2-1
• 0-1 Fabrizio Ravanelli (5)
• 1-1 Tore André Flo (87)
• 2-1 Fernando Menegazzo (90 + 2)
• Perugia-Parma 2-2
• 1-0 Dario Hübner (8)
• 1-1 Alberto Gilardino (35)
• 1-2 Domenico Morfeo (38)
• 2-2 Zé Maria (42)
• Perugia-Chievo 0-2
• 0-1 Andrea Barzagli (67)
• 0-2 Federico Cossato (90 + 7)
• Reggina-Perugia 1-2
• 0-1 Zé Maria (22)
• 1-1 Francesco Cozza (53 pen)
• 1-2 Dario Hübner (90 + 2)
• Perugia-Bologna 4-2
• 1-0 Fabrizio Ravanelli (32)
• 1-1 Claudio Bellucci (61)
• 2-1 Paul Codrea (68)
• 3-1 Zé Maria (75)
• 4-1 Salvatore Fresi (83 pen)
• 4-2 Claudio Bellucci (85)
• Udinese-Perugia 1-1
• 1-0 Vincenzo Iaquinta (46)
• 1-1 Marco Di Loreto (56)
• Perugia-Modena 1-1
• 0-1 Fabio Vignaroli (18)
• 1-1 Zé Maria (75 pen)
• Lecce-Perugia 1-2
• 0-1 Franco Brienza (14)
• 0-2 Marco Di Loreto (60)
• 1-2 Wilfried Dalmat (86)
• Perugia-Lazio 1-2
• 0-1 Stefano Fiore (29)
• 1-1 Franco Brienza (49)
• 1-2 Giuliano Giannichedda (58)
• Empoli-Perugia 1-0
• 1-0 Tommaso Rocchi (64)
• Perugia-Inter 2-3
• 0-1 Adriano (24)
• 1-1 Eusebio Di Francesco (50)
• 2-1 Dario Hübner (58)
• 2-2 Adriano (86)
• 2-3 Obafemi Martins (88)
• Sampdoria-Perugia 3-2
• 1-0 Aimo Diana (38)
• 2-0 Francesco Flachi (44)
• 2-1 Zé Maria (46)
• 2-2 Fabrizio Ravanelli (84)
• 3-2 Francesco Flachi (87)
• Brescia-Perugia 1-1
• 0-1 Fabrizio Ravanelli (38)
• 1-1 Roberto Baggio (45 + 1)
• Perugia-Juventus 1-0
• 1-0 Fabrizio Ravanelli (49)
• Roma-Perugia 1-3
• 1-0 Antonio Cassano (12)
• 1-1 Zé Maria (18)
• 1-2 Zé Maria (24 pen)
• 1-3 Fabrizio Ravanelli (83)
• Perugia-Ancona 1-0
• 1-0 Jay Bothroyd (64)

Relegation Playoffs

Fiorentina were promoted to 2004–05 Serie A; Perugia were relegated to 2004–05 Serie B.

Topscorers

• Zé Maria 7
• Jay Bothroyd 4
• Fabrizio Ravanelli 4
• Massimo Margiotta 4
• Zisis Vryzas 3

Sources

• RSSSF - Italy 2003/04