2003–04 FC Bayern Munich Season
FC Bayern Munich did not win any trophies in the 2003–04 season, but nevertheless qualified for the next years' Champions League. The biggest disappointment was losing 3–1 at home to champions Werder Bremen at the end of the season, being three goals down after just 35 minutes. New signing Roy Makaay scored 23 league goals, adapting smoothly to Bundesliga, but the defensive performances were not good enough to overhaul Werder Bremen at the end of the season. Results Bundesliga League results DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Champions League Group stage results =League results= Knockout stage results =Round of 16= Team statistics Squad statistics Squad, appearances and goals Minutes played Discipline Bookings Suspensions Transfers In First Team Out References {{DEFAULTSORT:2003-04 FC Bayern Munich season FC Bayern Munich seasons Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern M� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional association football, football team, who play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Bayern are the most successful club in German football and are among List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the world's most decorated, having won a record 34 List of German football champions, national titles, including eleven consecutive titles from 2013 to 2023 and a record 20 DFB-Pokal, national cups, alongside numerous European titles. Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven players, led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932 German football championship, 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga during Introduction of the Bundesliga, its inception in 1963. The club found suc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Claudio Pizarro
Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (; born 3 October 1978) is a Peruvian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He is currently serving as club ambassador for Bayern Munich. He was captain of Peru national football team, Peru's national football team, being its fifth highest scorer. He is the highest scorer and most successful Latin American football player in the history of football in Germany, German football. He is the all-time top scorer of SV Werder Bremen, the ninth top scorer in the history of Bayern Munich and the sixth top scorer in the history of the Bundesliga and its second top scorer in the 21st century. He is also among the 20 top scorers in the history of UEFA club competitions and is the seventh highest South American scorer in European football history. His professional debut came in 1996, with Deportivo Pesquero. In 1998, he joined Alianza Lima, where he won a Peruvian Primera División, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Giovane Élber
Élber de Souza (born 23 July 1972), commonly known as Giovane Élber, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer in various clubs, Élber's career was mostly spent in Germany, where he represented most notably Bayern Munich (six full seasons), scoring a total of 133 league goals in 260 matches for three clubs. Club career Born in Londrina, Paraná, Élber is a youth product of Londrina. AC Milan At the age of 18, he signed for AC Milan in 1990, Élber went almost unnoticed during his one-year spell with the Serie A side. Grasshoppers Subsequently, he moved to Switzerland Grasshoppers, initially on loan. He immediately started showing displays of offensive talent at his new club, namely in a 1992–93 UEFA Cup tie against Sporting CP where, after a 1–2 home loss, he was influential in the club's 4–3 aggregate win, scoring twice. VfB Stuttgart After more than 50 official goals for Grasshoppers, Élber signed with VfB ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack (; born 26 September 1976) is a German former professional footballer. He was selected by Pelé as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players, and as the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He won the German Footballer of the Year award three times – in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Ballack was known for his passing range, powerful shot, physical strength and commanding presence in midfield. Ballack began his career as a youth at enterprise sports community BSG Motor "Fritz Heckert" Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1983. He then joined the youth department of football club FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. Ballack made his debut for Germany's under-21 side on 26 March 1996. Although the team were relegated in his first season, his performances in the Regionalliga the following season led to a transfer to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1997. He won the Bundesliga in his first season at the club, his first major honour. He became a first team regular in 1998–99 season and also earned his first ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julian De Guzman
Julian Bobby de Guzman (born March 25, 1981) is a Canadian association football, soccer executive and former professional player and coach who currently serves as the Sporting Director for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer. A midfielder, De Guzman was the first Canadian to play in the Spanish La Liga. While playing in Spain, he was voted 2007–08 La Liga, 2007–08 Deportivo La Coruña Player of the Year. De Guzman has played at both the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team, Canadian U-20 and Canada men's national soccer team, Senior level, he was awarded the Canadian Player of the Year in 2008 and in 2007 became only the second Canadian international to be awarded the CONCACAF Gold Cup Most Valuable Player. He was the all-time cap leader of the Canada national team from November 2015, when he surpassed Paul Stalteri's previous record of 84 appearances, to November 2021, when Atiba Hutchinson surpassed De Guzman's final tally of 89 caps. From 2013 to 2016, he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mohammadou Idrissou
Mohamadou Idrissou (born 8 March 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career On the last day of the summer transfer window 2011, Idrissou moved to 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Having contributed 14 goals to Eintracht Frankfurt's return to the Bundesliga in 2011–12, Idrissou unexpectedly signed for 2. Bundesliga team 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 27 July 2012. On 21 May 2014, he signed with Israeli side Maccabi Haifa. He was waived by the team on 13 November 2014. In the following winter-break he moved to the Republic of Macedonia where he signed with FK Shkëndija. In 2015 he moved back to Germany to KFC Uerdingen 05. After two years he moved to Union Hallein. During the summer transfer period 2018 he moved to Austria to FC Kufstein. In October 2020, Idrissou signed for Viktoria Griesheim in the fifth-tier Hessenliga. He retired from football in 2021. International career Idrissou was part of the Cameroon na ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thomas Christiansen
Thomas Christiansen Tarín (born 11 March 1973) is a football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of the Panama national team. Left-footed, he played for a number of clubs in Danish, Spanish and German football over a 15-year professional career, being crowned the top goalscorer of the 2002–03 Bundesliga whilst with Bochum. Born in Denmark, he represented the Spain national team. In 2013, Christiansen started working as a manager. He led Panama at two CONCACAF Gold Cups, finishing as runners-up in 2023. Playing career Early years Born in Hadsund in Denmark to a Spanish mother, Christiansen was raised in Copenhagen. He started playing football aged nine in Avedøre, then spent one year at Brøndby before moving on to Hvidovre. Christiansen trained with the youth team of Real Madrid, but when his mother forbade him to join the club, he moved to B.93. In May 1991, he scored six goals in a youth team match against KB, and went bac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jiří Štajner
Jiří Štajner (born 27 May 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or second striker. Eight years a player for Hannover 96, he is extremely popular with Hannover fans and is seen as a cult figure at the club. Club career Czech Republic Štajner started his active footballing career in the youth teams of SK Dynamo České Budějovice. At a young age, he was picked up by one of the league's best teams, Slavia Prague. He failed to make a breakthrough at Slavia, continuing his youth career with TJ Senohraby, an amateur club close to the city where he grew up - Benešov. In 1998, Štajner moved on to MUS Most in an attempt to advance his career, although his breakthrough was to come at the beginning of the new millennium after signing for Slovan Liberec, as he became known as an excellent goalscorer and attracted attention with his European performances in the UEFA Cup. In the 2001–02 season he was the Czech First League's top goal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nebojša Krupniković
Nebojša Krupniković (; born 15 August 1973) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Arilje, Krupniković started out at Red Star Belgrade, making his first senior appearances during the 1991–92 season. He went on loan to Greek club Panionios in 1993–94 in what would be his breakthrough season. After returning from loan, Krupniković established himself as the team's leader, helping them win the double in 1994–95. He was also instrumental in winning another national cup the following year. In the summer of 1996, Krupniković was transferred abroad to Belgian side Standard Liège. He left the club over the next winter and went to Asia by signing with Japanese side Gamba Osaka. After spending two seasons in the Far East, Krupniković returned to Europe and joined French club Bastia in early 1999. Between 1999 and 2008, Krupniković played for four clubs in Germany, aside from one year with JEF United Chiba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 1964 and 2019 and currently play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier in the German football league system, having been relegated from the Bundesliga, Germany's first tier, after finishing 17th in the 2018–19 Bundesliga, 2018–19 season. Hannover 96 was founded in 1896. Hannover have won two List of German football champions, German championships and one DFB-Pokal. Hannover's stadium is the Niedersachsenstadion, HDI-Arena. Hannover 96 has a Lower Saxony derby, long-standing rivalry with Eintracht Braunschweig. History Foundation to the Second World War The club was founded on 12 April 1896 as Hannoverscher Fußball-Club 1896, upon the suggestion of Ferdinand-Wilhelm Fricke, founder of the Deutscher FV 1878 Hannover. Their initial enthu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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AWD-Arena
Niedersachsenstadion (, ) is a football stadium in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, which is home to football club Hannover 96. The original 86,000-capacity stadium was completed in 1954 and has since been rebuilt several times for various major football events. Today it has 49,000 covered seats. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup the stadium was named FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover. Through a sponsorship deal, the stadium's official name is currently Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena . Between 2002 and 2013 a similar arrangement saw the stadium renamed as the AWD-Arena ; from 2013 to 2022 the stadium was named HDI-Arena . History The stadium was built from 1952 to 1954, with an original capacity of 86,000. Huge amounts of debris from the houses in Hanover destroyed during World War II were used as the foundations of the stadium, with a total construction cost of 4 million Deutschmark. The stadium officially opened on 26 September 1954. Hannover 96 moved permanently to the stadium from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ervin Skela
Ervin Skela (born 17 November 1976) is an Albanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played the majority of his career in Germany, but he also played in Albania as well as Italy and Poland briefly. He is fourth most capped Albanian international with 75 appearances as well being the third highest goalscorer in the country's history with 13 goals. Club career Early career Skela started his playing career in Albania, from a young age he was involved in football. He started his professional career with his local team KS Flamurtari Vlorë, who at the time were one of the best teams in Albania. He was at the Vlorë based club for three years from 1992 to 1995, during his time there he was loaned out to SK Tirana in 1993 but returned soon after. Germany After three years in Albanian football, Skela decided it was time to broaden his horizons and so moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Union Berlin. After spending three years at the Berlin club he had made ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |