2003–04 Borussia Dortmund season

Dortmund failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage, and followed that up with a disappointing sixth-place finish in the Bundesliga. The club's poor form was mainly a result of playmaker Tomáš Rosický's absence through virtually half of the season. The poor form led to the dismissal of coach Matthias Sammer, while the club's economy got ever more strained.

First-team squad edit

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  GER Roman Weidenfeller 2 DF  BRA Evanílson (on loan from Parma) 4 DF  GER Christian Wörns 5 MF  GER Sebastian Kehl 6 MF  BRA Flávio Conceição (on loan from Real Madrid) 7 DF  GER Stefan Reuter 8 MF  GER Torsten Frings 9 FW  CZE Jan Koller 10 MF  CZE Tomáš Rosický 11 FW  GER Heiko Herrlich 12 FW  BRA Ewerthon 14 DF  CIV Guy Demel[notes 1] 15 DF  DEN Niclas Jensen 16 MF  BRA Leandro (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) 17 DF  BRA Dedê 18 MF  GER Lars Ricken

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  GHA Otto Addo[notes 2] 20 DF  GER Malte Metzelder 21 DF  GER Christoph Metzelder 23 DF  MAR Ahmed Reda Madouni[notes 3] 24 MF  GER David Odonkor 25 FW  GER Sahr Senesie[notes 4] 26 GK  FRA Guillaume Warmuz 27 DF  GER Deniz Sahin 28 DF  NOR André Bergdølmo 30 FW  BRA Thiago 31 MF  GER Stefan Hoffmann 33 MF  GER Salvatore Gambino 34 MF  ISR Amos Sassi 35 DF  GER Markus Brzenska 39 DF  GER Benjamin Knoche

Left club during season edit

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  ARG Juan Fernández (on loan to River Plate) 13 FW  GER Giuseppe Reina (to Hertha BSC)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  BRA Márcio Amoroso (released)

Bundesliga edit

League table edit

Matches edit

• Schalke 04-Borussia Dortmund 2–2
• 1–0 Hamit Altıntop 40'
• 2–0 Hamit Altıntop 58'
• 2–1 Flávio Conceição 66'
• 2–2 Márcio Amoroso 90'
• Borussia Dortmund-Wolfsburg 4–0
• 1–0 Tomáš Rosický 25'
• 2–0 Tomáš Rosický 51'
• 3–0 Márcio Amoroso 74'
• 4–0 Jan Koller 87'
• Borussia Dortmund-1860 Munich 3–1
• 1–0 Márcio Amoroso 46'
• 2–0 Márcio Amoroso 56' (pen.)
• 3–0 Jan Koller 61'
• 3–1 Francis Kioyo 87'
• Köln-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Dirk Lottner 57'
• Borussia Dortmund-Werder Bremen 2–1
• 1–0 Ewerthon 17'
• 1–1 Krisztián Lisztes 41'
• 2–1 Valérien Ismaël 70' (o.g.)
• Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund 1–0
• 1–0 Kevin Kurányi 67'
• Borussia Dortmund-Freiburg 1–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon 68'
• Eintracht Frankfurt-Borussia Dortmund 0–1
• 0–1 Giuseppe Reina 10'
• Borussia Dortmund-Hannover 6–2
• 1–0 Ewerthon 35'
• 2–0 Lars Ricken 42'
• 3–0 Sebastian Kehl 56'
• 3–1 Vinícius 58'
• 4–1 Jan Koller 64'
• 5–1 Ewerthon 73'
• 6–1 Ewerthon 75'
• 6–2 Denis Wolf 85'
• Bochum-Borussia Dortmund 3–0
• 1–0 Vahid Hashemian 7'
• 2–0 Vahid Hashemian 57'
• 3–0 Sunday Oliseh 79'
• Borussia Dortmund-Hamburg 3–2
• 0–1 David Jarolím 14'
• 0–2 Bernardo Romeo 60'
• 1–2 Jan Koller 64'
• 2–2 Jan Koller 66' (pen.)
• 3–2 Ewerthon 69'
• Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund 4–1
• 1–0 Michael Ballack 27'
• 1–1 Jan Koller 49'
• 2–1 Willy Sagnol 50'
• 3–1 Hasan Salihamidžić 72'
• 4–1 Claudio Pizarro 90'
• Borussia Dortmund-Bayer Leverkusen 2–2
• 1–0 Salvatore Gambino 29'
• 2–0 Salvatore Gambino 32'
• 2–1 Oliver Neuville 35'
• 2–2 Marko Babić 77'
• Hansa Rostock-Borussia Dortmund 2–1
• 1–0 Martin Max 54'
• 1–1 Ewerthon 66'
• 2–1 Martin Max 87'
• Borussia Dortmund-Hertha Berlin 1–1
• 1–0 Leandro 69' (pen.)
• 1–1 Alexander Madlung 79'
• Mönchengladbach-Borussia Dortmund 2–1
• 1–0 Igor Demo 11'
• 1–1 Jan Koller 12'
• 2–1 Slađan Ašanin 83'
• Borussia Dortmund-Kaiserslautern 1–1
• 1–0 Jan Koller 45'
• 1–1 Lincoln 76'
• Borussia Dortmund-Schalke 04 0–1
• 0–1 Ebbe Sand 89'
• Wolfsburg-Borussia Dortmund 2–4
• 1–0 Martin Petrov 36'
• 1–1 Niclas Jensen 42'
• 1–2 Jan Koller 45'
• 1–3 Torsten Frings 53'
• 1–4 Lars Ricken 78'
• 2–4 Fernando Baiano 88'
• 1860 Munich-Borussia Dortmund 0–2
• 0–1 Ewerthon 41' (pen.)
• 0–2 Ewerthon 59'
• Borussia Dortmund-Köln 1–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon 26'
• Werder Bremen-Borussia Dortmund 2–0
• 1–0 Valérien Ismaël 56'
• 2–0 Aílton 85'
• Borussia Dortmund-Stuuttgart 0–2
• 0–1 Alexander Hleb 6'
• 0–2 Horst Heldt 81' (pen.)
• Freiburg-Borussia Dortmund 2–2
• 1–0 Roda Antar 17'
• 1–1 Dedê 45'
• 1–2 Lars Hermel 58' (o.g.)
• 2–2 Levan Tskitishvili 67'
• Borussia Dortmund-Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon 24'
• 2–0 Jan Koller 80'
• Hannover-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 0–1 Torsten Frings 13'
• 1–1 Thomas Christiansen 83' (pen.)
• Borussia Dortmund-Bochum 4–1
• 1–0 Jan Koller 9'
• 1–1 Peter Madsen 14'
• 2–1 Salvatore Gambino 30'
• 3–1 Torsten Frings 45'
• 4–1 Ewerthon 53' (pen.)
• Hamburg-Borussia Dortmund 0–2
• 0–1 Torsten Frings 8'
• 0–2 Jan Koller 28'
• Borussia Dortmund-Bayern Munich 2–0
• 1–0 Ewerthon 55'
• 2–0 Christian Wörns 61'
• Bayer Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund 3–0
• 1–0 Marko Babić 6'
• 2–0 França 22'
• 3–0 Dimitar Berbatov 54' (pen.)
• Borussia Dortmund-Hansa Rostock 4–1
• 1–0 Ahmed Reda Madouni 11'
• 2–0 Ewerthon 35'
• 3–0 Jan Koller 38'
• 3–1 Martin Max 66'
• 4–1 David Odonkor 75'
• Hertha Berlin-Borussia Dortmund 6–2
• 1–0 Sebastian Kehl 7' (o.g.)
• 2–0 Marcelinho 20'
• 3–0 Fredi Bobič 37'
• 3–1 Ewerthon 52'
• 4–1 Artur Wichniarek 58'
• 4–2 Ewerthon 80'
• 5–2 Andreas Neuendorf 86'
• 6–2 Nando Rafael 90'
• Borussia Dortmund-Mönchengladbach 3–1
• 0–1 Ivo Ulich 10'
• 1–1 Ewerthon 15'
• 2–1 Dedê 45'
• 3–1 Jan Koller 83'
• Kaiserslautern-Borussia Dortmund 1–1
• 1–0 Vratislav Lokvenc 6'
• 1–1 Jan Koller 71'

Champions League edit

Third qualifying round edit

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund

13 August 2003	Club Brugge	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:30	Čeh 33' Verheyen 44'	Report MatchCentre	Amoroso 53'	Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Borussia Dortmund v Club Brugge

27 August 2003	Borussia Dortmund	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	Club Brugge	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
20:30	Amoroso 3' Ewerthon 86'	Report MatchCentre	Mendoza 26'	Referee: Mike RIley (England)
	Penalties
	Amoroso Bergdølmo Koller Fernández		Simons Čeh De Cock Mendoza

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

• Dortmund 2-1 Austria Wien
• Austria Wein 0-1 Dortmund

Second round edit

• Dortmund 2-2 Sochaux
• Sochaux 4-0 Dortmund

Bundesliga edit

• Ewerthon 16
• Jan Koller 16
• Torsten Frings 4
• Márcio Amoroso 4
• Salvatore Gambino