The 2003–04 UEFA Cup was won by Valencia in the final against Marseille. It wrapped up a league and UEFA Cup double for Valencia.
Porto could not defend their title as they automatically qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and also went on to win the final for their second European Cup title.
Association team allocation
A total of 145 teams from 51 of 52 UEFA member associations participated in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup (the exception being Azerbaijan which was suspended). The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[1]
- Associations 1–6 and 16–21 each had three teams qualify.
- Associations 7–8 each had four teams qualify.
- Associations 9–15 and 22–52 (except Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino) each had two teams qualify.
- Liechtenstein (as they organized only a domestic cup and no domestic league), Andorra and San Marino had only one team that qualified.
Moreover, the following teams also qualified for the competition:
- 24 teams eliminated from the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League were transferred to the UEFA Cup.
- 3 teams advancing from the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup were transferred to the UEFA Cup.
- 3 associations had one additional team qualify via the UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.
Association ranking
For the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, the associations were allocated places according to their 2002 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 1997–98 to 2001–02.[2]
Apart from the allocation based on the country coefficients, associations could have additional teams participating in the UEFA Cup, as noted below:
- (UCL) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League
- (IC) – Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Intertoto Cup
- (FP) – Additional berth via Fair Play ranking
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Distribution
The following was the access list for this season.[3]
| Round | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round | Teams transferred from Champions League or Intertoto Cup |
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| Qualifying round (82 teams) |
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| First round (96 teams) |
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| Second round (48 teams) |
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| Third round (32 teams) |
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Due to the UEFA Cup title holder (Porto) qualifying for the Champions League via their domestic league, the following changes to the access list were made:
- The cup winners of association 15 and 16 (Austria and Switzerland) entered the UEFA Cup first round instead of the qualifying round.
Due to the suspension of Azerbaijan, the following changes to the access list were made:
- The cup winners of association 17 and 18 (Norway and Israel) entered the UEFA Cup first round instead of the qualifying round.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[4]
- CW: Cup winners
- CR: Cup runners-up
- LC: League Cup winners
- Nth: League position
- PO: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
- IC: Intertoto Cup
- FP: Fair play
- CL: Relegated from the Champions League
- GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
- Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round
- Notes
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[6]
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying round | 20 June 2003 | 14 August 2003 | 28 August 2003 |
| First round | 29 August 2003 | 24 September 2003 | 15 October 2003 |
| Second round | 17 October 2003 | 6 November 2003 | 27 November 2003 |
| Third round | 12 December 2003 | 26 February 2004 | 3 March 2004 |
| Fourth round | 4 March 2004 | 11 March 2004 | 25 March 2004 |
| Quarter-finals | 8 April 2004 | 14 April 2004 | |
| Semi-finals | 22 April 2004 | 6 May 2004 | |
| Final | 19 May 2004 at Ullevi, Gothenburg | ||
Qualifying round
The first legs were played on 12, 13 and 14 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2003.
First round
The first round featured the 41 winners of the qualifying round, joined by 36 directly qualified teams, the 16 losers of the Champions League third qualifying round and the 3 winners for the Intertoto Cup. The first legs were played on 24 and 25 September, and the second legs were played on 15 and 16 October 2003.
Second round
The second round featured the 41 winners of the first round. The first legs were played on 29 October and 6 November, and the second legs were played on 27 November and 11 December 2003.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Rosenborg 
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1–0 |  Red Star Belgrade
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0–0 | 1–0 |
Dinamo Zagreb 
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1–3 |  Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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0–2 | 1–1 |
Borussia Dortmund 
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2–6 |  Sochaux
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2–2 | 0–4 |
Manchester City 
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1–1 (a) |  Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski
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1–1 | 0–0 |
Benfica 
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5–1 | Molde
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3–1 | 2–0 |
Slavia Prague 
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2–2 (a) |  Levski Sofia
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2–2 | 0–0 |
Spartak Moscow 
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5–3 |  Dinamo București
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4–0 | 1–3 |
Gaziantepspor 
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6–1 | Lens
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3–0 | 3–1 |
| Schalke 04
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3–3 (1–3 p) |  Brøndby
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2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Perugia 
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3–1 |  Aris
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2–0 | 1–1 |
Utrecht 
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0–4 | Auxerre
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0–0 | 0–4 |
| Steaua București
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1–2 | Liverpool
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1–1 | 0–1 |
| Vålerenga
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0–0 (4–3 p) | Wisła Kraków
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0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| PAOK
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1–1 (a) |  Debrecen
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1–1 | 0–0 |
| Copenhagen
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2–3 |  Mallorca
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1–2 | 1–1 |
Basel 
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2–4 | Newcastle United
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2–3 | 0–1 |
| Roma
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2–1 | Hajduk Split
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1–0 | 1–1 |
| Gençlerbirliği
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4–1 | Sporting CP
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1–1 | 3–0 |
| Villarreal
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2–1 | Torpedo Moscow
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2–0 | 0–1 |
| Feyenoord
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1–3 | Teplice
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0–2 | 1–1 |
| Bordeaux
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2–1 |  Heart of Midlothian
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0–1 | 2–0 |
| Panionios
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0–5 | Barcelona
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0–3 | 0–2 |
Wüstenrot Salzburg 
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0–9 | Parma
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0–4 | 0–5 |
| Valencia
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4–0 |  Maccabi Haifa
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0–0 | 4–0 |
Final phase
In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:[1]
- In the draws for the third and fourth rounds, teams were seeded and divided into groups containing an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams. In each group, the seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the first team drawn hosting the first leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.
- In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
Bracket
| Third round | Fourth round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Celtic | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teplice | 0 | 1 | 1 | Celtic | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brøndby | 0 | 1 | 1 | Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barcelona | 1 | 2 | 3 | Celtic | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galatasaray | 2 | 0 | 2 | Villarreal | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villarreal | 2 | 3 | 5 | Villarreal | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gaziantepspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | Roma | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roma | 0 | 2 | 2 | Villarreal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski | 0 | 1 | 1 | Valencia | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bordeaux | 1 | 4 | 5 | Bordeaux | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debrecen | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bordeaux | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parma | 0 | 0 | 0 | Valencia | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gençlerbirliği | 1 | 3 | 4 | Gençlerbirliği | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valencia | 3 | 2 | 5 | Valencia (s.g.) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 May – Gothenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beşiktaş | 2 | 0 | 2 | Valencia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auxerre | 0 | 1 | 1 | Marseille | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Panathinaikos | 0 | 0 | 0 | Auxerre | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Perugia | 0 | 1 | 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PSV Eindhoven | 0 | 3 | 3 | PSV Eindhoven | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vålerenga | 1 | 1 | 2 | Newcastle United | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newcastle United | 1 | 3 | 4 | Newcastle United | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spartak Moscow | 0 | 1 | 1 | Mallorca | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mallorca | 3 | 0 | 3 | Newcastle United | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liverpool | 2 | 4 | 6 | Marseille | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Levski Sofia | 0 | 2 | 2 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marseille | 1 | 0 | 1 | Marseille | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | Marseille | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benfica (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | Internazionale | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rosenborg | 0 | 2 | 2 | Benfica | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sochaux | 2 | 0 | 2 | Internazionale | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internazionale (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third round
The draw for the third round was held on 12 December 2003, 13:00 CET.[7] The first legs were played on 26 February, and the second legs were played on 3 March 2004.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Brøndby
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1–3 | Barcelona
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0–1 | 1–2 |
| Parma
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0–4 | Gençlerbirliği
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0–1 | 0–3 |
| Benfica
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2–2 (a) | Rosenborg
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1–0 | 1–2 |
| Marseille
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1–0 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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1–0 | 0–0 |
| Celtic
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3–1 | Teplice
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3–0 | 0–1 |
| Perugia
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1–3 | PSV Eindhoven
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0–0 | 1–3 |
| Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski
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1–5 | Bordeaux
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0–1 | 1–4 |
| Valencia
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5–2 | Beşiktaş
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3–2 | 2–0 |
| Galatasaray
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2–5 | Villarreal
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2–2 | 0–3 |
| Club Brugge
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1–0 | Debrecen
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1–0 | 0–0 |
| Sochaux
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2–2 (a) | Internazionale
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2–2 | 0–0 |
| Liverpool
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6–2 | Levski Sofia
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2–0 | 4–2 |
| Spartak Moscow
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1–3 | Mallorca
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0–3 | 1–0 |
| Gaziantepspor
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1–2 | Roma
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1–0 | 0–2 |
| Auxerre
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1–0 | Panathinaikos
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0–0 | 1–0 |
| Vålerenga
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2–4 | Newcastle United
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1–1 | 1–3 |
Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round was held on 4 March 2004, 14:00 CET.[8] The first legs were played on 11 March, and the second legs were played on 25 March 2004.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Celtic
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1–0 | Barcelona
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1–0 | 0–0 |
| Gençlerbirliği
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1–2 | Valencia
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1–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Bordeaux
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4–1 | Club Brugge
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3–1 | 1–0 |
| Newcastle United
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7–1 | Mallorca
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4–1 | 3–0 |
| Auxerre
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1–4 | PSV Eindhoven
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1–1 | 0–3 |
| Benfica
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3–4 | Internazionale
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0–0 | 3–4 |
| Liverpool
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2–3 | Marseille
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1–1 | 1–2 |
| Villarreal
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3–2 | Roma
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2–0 | 1–2 |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 4 March 2004, 14:00 CET, immediately after the fourth round draw.[8] The first legs were played on 8 April, and the second legs were played on 14 April 2004.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bordeaux 
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2–4 | Valencia
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1–2 | 1–2 |
| Marseille
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2–0 | Internazionale
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1–0 | 1–0 |
| Celtic
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1–3 | Villarreal
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1–1 | 0–2 |
| PSV Eindhoven
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2–3 | Newcastle United
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1–1 | 1–2 |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 4 March 2004, 14:00 CET, immediately after the fourth round and quarter-final draws.[8] The first legs were played on 22 April, and the second legs were played on 6 May 2004.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Newcastle United
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0–2 | Marseille
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0–0 | 0–2 |
| Villarreal
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0–1 | Valencia
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0–0 | 0–1 |
Final
The final was played on 19 May 2004 at the Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden. A draw was held on 4 March 2004 (after the fourth round, quarter-final and semi-final draws) to determine the "home" team for administrative purposes.[8]
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Minutes played |
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| 1 |  Sonny Anderson
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Villarreal
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6 | 967 |
| Mateja Kežman
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PSV Eindhoven
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6 | 540 | |
 Didier Drogba
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Marseille
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6 | 635 | |
| Alan Shearer
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Newcastle United
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6 | 900 | |
| 5 | Nuno Gomes
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Benfica
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5 | 379 |
 Craig Bellamy
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Newcastle United
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5 | 502 | |
| Mista
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Valencia
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5 | 581 | |
| Albert Riera
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Bordeaux
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5 | 769 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA Cup 2003/2004" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Kassies, Bert. "UEFA Country Ranking 2002". UEFA European Cup Football. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ Kassies, Bert. "Year 2003/2004". UEFA European Cup Football. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Qualification for European Cup Football 2003/2004". Archived from the original on 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Azerbaijan 2002/03". www.rsssf.org.
- ^ "UEFA European Football Calendar 2003/2004". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ "Last 32 in UEFA Cup hat". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 December 2003. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Route to final to be revealed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 March 2004. Archived from the original on 13 March 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "4. UEFA Cup Finals" (PDF). UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook 2012/13. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2013. p. 72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "UEFA Cup Final" (PDF). UEFA Direct. No. 27. Union of European Football Associations. July 2004. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
External links
- 2003–04 All matches UEFA Cup – season at UEFA website
- Results at RSSSF.com
- Details at guardian.co.uk
- All scorers 2003–04 UEFA Cup according to (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
- 2003/04 UEFA Cup – results and line-ups (archive)
- Regulations of UEFA Cup 2003-04