| Club: | Internazionale |
| Season: | 2003–04 |
| Owner: | Massimo Moratti |
| Chairman: | Massimo Moratti Giacinto Facchetti |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Manager: | Héctor Cúper Alberto Zaccheroni |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Stadium: | San Siro |
| League: | Serie A |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | Coppa Italia |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2: | UEFA Champions League |
| Cup2 Result: | Group stage (3rd) |
| Cup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Christian Vieri (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Christian Vieri (17) |
| Average Attendance: | 58,352 |
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| Prevseason: | 2002–03 |
| Nextseason: | 2004–05 |
The 2003–04 season was Football Club Internazionale Milano's 95th in existence and 88th consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football.
The 2003–04 season started with a lot of issues: despite assembling an expensive squad, Inter got poor results in the domestic league (two wins, three draws and a loss in derby) and Héctor Cúper was sacked. In order to replace him, Alberto Zaccheroni was appointed coach before eventually finishing fourth in the league. Inter's campaign in the Champions League, however, resulted in failure: they didn't manage to get past the group stage, despite a historical win over Arsenal (0-3 in Highbury).
In January 2004, Massimo Moratti decided to leave his position of chairman, to be replaced by former player Giacinto Facchetti, who remained as chairman until his death on 4 September 2006.
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| FW | €9.50 million [2] | ||||||
| MF | €6.00 million [3] | ||||||
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| MF | €0.30 million | ||||||
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| MF | €2.50 million [4] | ||||||
| MF | free | ||||||
| DF | €3.00 million | ||||||
| MF | Luciano | loan [5] | |||||
| MF | loan ended | ||||||
| MF | loan | ||||||
| MF | Simone Villanova | Cittadella | loan | ||||
| DF | co-ownership | ||||||
| DF | co-ownership | ||||||
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| FW | Hernán Crespo | €26.00 million [6] | |||||
| GK | €21.00 million | ||||||
| MF | Sérgio Conceição | Lazio | free | ||||
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| MF | free | ||||||
| DF | retired | ||||||
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| DF | Mario Rebecchi | Genoa | loan | ||||
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| MF | co-ownership | ||||||
| DF | Alessandro Livi | co-ownership | |||||
| MF | Giuseppe Ticli | co-ownership | |||||
| GK | Marco Varaldi | co-ownership | |||||
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| FW | €23.4 million [7] | ||||||
| MF | €4,0 million | ||||||
| MF | Dinamo București | ||||||
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| FW | Lazio | €500, January[8] | |||||
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| MF | Parma | loan | |||||
See main article: 2003–04 Serie A.
See main article: 2003–04 Coppa Italia.
See also: Derby d'Italia.
See main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League.
See main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup.
| League | UCL | CU | Cup | Total Stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games played | 38 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 56 |
| Games won | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Games drawn | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| Games lost | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Goals scored | 59 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 83 |
| Goals conceded | 37 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 61 |
| Goal difference | 22 | -3 | -1 | 4 | 22 |
| Clean sheets | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Goal by substitute | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total shots | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shots on target | – | – | – | – | – |
| Corners | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players used | 29 | 22 | 23 | 28 | |
| Offsides | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls suffered | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls committed | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 56 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 71 |
| Red cards | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |