The 2003–04 season was the 126th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their third consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In Stelios Giannakopoulos - Olympiacos, 28 May 2003 Iván Campo - Real Madrid, free transfer, 18 July 2003 Kevin Davies - Southampton, free transfer, 23 July 2003 Ricardo Vaz Tê - S.C. Farense, free transfer, 27 August 2003 Mário Jardel - Sporting CP, free transfer, 13 August 2003 Emerson Thome - Sunderland, free transfer, 29 August 2003 Ibrahim Ba - Milan, free transfer, 11 September 2003 Glen Little - Burnley, month loan, 1 September 2003 Donovan Ricketts - Village United, five-month loan, 2 January 2004 Javi Moreno - Atlético Madrid, five-month loan, 5 January 2004 Steve Howey - Leicester City, free transfer, 29 January 2004 Dwight Pezzarossi - Comunicaciones, four-month loan, 30 January 2004 Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, four-month loan, 2 February 2004

Out Colin Hendry - retired Guðni Bergsson - retired Leam Richardson - released (later joined Blackpool on 23 June 2003) Mike Whitlow - released (later joined Sheffield United in 2003) Paul Warhurst - released (later joined Chesterfield in October 2003) Jonathan Walters - Hull City, 2004 Bülent Akın - Akçaabat Sebatspor Gareth Farrelly - Wigan Athletic Delroy Facey - West Bromwich Albion Chris Armstrong - Wrexham Gerald Forschelet - Neuchâtel Xamax Cleveland Taylor - Scunthorpe United Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, loan end

Results

FA Premier League

DateOpponentsH / AResult F – AScorersAttendance16 August 2003Manchester UnitedA0 – 467,64723 August 2003Blackburn RoversH2 – 2Djorkaeff 3' (pen), Davies 25'27,42326 August 2003PortsmouthA0 – 420,11330 August 2003Charlton AthleticH0 – 023,09813 September 2003MiddlesbroughH2 – 0Davies 23', Ngotty 81'26,41920 September 2003Newcastle UnitedA0 – 052,01427 September 2003Wolverhampton WanderersH1 – 1Davies 85'27,0435 October 2003Aston VillaA1 – 1Nolan 46'30,22918 October 2003Manchester CityA2 – 6Nolan 25', Campo 60'47,10125 October 2003Birmingham CityH0 – 125,0231 November 2003Tottenham HotspurA1 – 0Nolan 73'35,1918 November 2003SouthamptonH0 – 025,61922 November 2003Leeds UnitedA2 – 0Davies 16', Stelios 17'36,55829 November 2003EvertonH2 – 0Frandsen 26', Djorkaeff 46'27,3506 December 2003FulhamA1 – 2Davies 53'14,39313 December 2003ChelseaA2 – 1Ngotty 39', Terry 90' (og)40,49120 December 2003ArsenalH1 – 1Pedersen 83'28,00326 December 2003LiverpoolA1 – 3Pedersen 85'42,98728 December 2003Leicester CityH2 – 2Ngotty 35', Campo 54'28,3537 January 2004Manchester UnitedH1 – 2Gary Neville (og) 89'27,66810 January 2004Blackburn RoversA4 – 3Nolan (2) 1', 78', Djorkaeff 43', Stelios 73'23,53817 January 2004PortsmouthH1 – 0Davies 53'26,55831 January 2004Charlton AthleticA2 – 1Pedersen 1', Nolan 78'26,2497 February 2004LiverpoolH2 – 2Hunt 11', Djorkaeff 58'27,55210 February 2004Leicester CityA1 – 1Walker 33' (og)26,67421 February 2004Manchester CityH1 – 3Nolan 22' 27,3016 March 2004Birmingham CityA0 – 228,00313 March 2004ChelseaH0 – 226,71720 March 2004ArsenalA1 – 2Campo 41'38,05328 March 2004Newcastle UnitedH1 – 0Pedersen 4'27,3603 April 2004MiddlesbroughA0 – 230,10710 April 2004Aston VillaH2 – 2Pedersen 48', Davies 86'26,37412 April 2004Wolverhampton WanderersA2 – 1Pedersen 43', Davies 90'26,89517 April 2004Tottenham HotspurH2 – 0Campo 7', Pedersen 65' 26,44024 April 2004SouthamptonA2 – 1Nolan 77', Davies 78'31,7122 May 2004Leeds UnitedH4 – 1Djorkaeff (2) 47', 53', Harte 55' (og), Nolan 78'27,4208 May 2004EvertonA2 – 1Djorkaeff (2) 14', 87'40,19115 May 2004FulhamH0 – 2 27,383

FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResult F – AScorersAttendance3 January 2004Round 3Tranmere RoversA 1-1Nolan 78'10,58714 February 2004Round 3 replayTranmere RoversH1-2 (aet)Shakes8,759

Carling Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResult F – AScorersAttendance24 September 2003Round 2 WalsallH3-1Jardel (2) 15', 80', Nolan 69'5,22928 October 2003Round 3GillinghamH2-0Stelios 25', Pedersen 66'5,2583 December 2003Round 4LiverpoolA3-2Jardel 4', Okocha 79', Djorkaeff 90' (pen)33,18516 December 2003Round 5SouthamptonH 1-0 (aet)Pedersen 115'13,95721 January 2004Semi-final first legAston VillaH 5-2Okocha (2) 2', 80', Nolan 9', Stelios 17', Ngotty 74'16,30227 January 2004Semi-final second legAston VillaA 0-25-4 (agg)36,88329 February 2004FinalMiddlesbroughN 1-2Davies 21'72,634

Statistics

Appearances Bolton used a total of 29 players during the season.

PPlayerPositionPLFACLCTotal1 Iván CampoMidfielder37 (1)0 (0)6 (0)43 (1)2 Kevin DaviesStriker38 (0)0 (0)4 (1)42 (1)3 Kevin NolanMidfielder37 (0)0 (2)4 (0)41 (2)4 Jussi JääskeläinenGoalkeeper38 (0)0 (0)3 (0)41 (0)5 Jay-Jay OkochaMidfielder33 (2)0 (0)5 (1)38 (3)6 Bruno NgottyDefender32 (1)0 (0)6 (0)38 (1)7 Simon CharltonDefender28 (3)0 (0)5 (2)33 (5)8 Emerson ThomeDefender25 (1)1 (0)5 (0)31 (1)9 Youri DjorkaeffMidfielder25 (2)0 (0)4 (1)29 (3)10 Henrik PedersenStriker19 (14)2 (0)4 (3)25 (17)11 Per FrandsenMidfielder22 (11)1 (1)2 (1)25 (13)12 Stelios GiannakopoulosMidfielder18 (13)2 (0)4 (2)24 (15)13 Ricardo GardnerDefender/Midfielder20 (2)0 (0)2 (2)22 (4)14 Anthony BarnessDefender11 (4)2 (0)4 (2)17 (6)15 Ibrahim BaMidfielder0 (9)1 (0)5 (1)6 (10)16 Kevin PooleGoalkeeper0 (0)2 (0)4 (0)6 (0)17 Florent LavilleDefender5 (0)0 (0)0 (0)5 (0)18 Mario JardelStriker0 (7)1 (0)3 (1)4 (8)19= Charlie Comyn-PlattDefender0 (0)2 (0)0 (1)2 (1)19= Delroy FaceyStriker0 (1)2 (0)0 (0)2 (1)19= Steve HoweyDefender2 (1)0 (0)0 (0)2 (1)22= Danny LiveseyDefender0 (0)2 (0)0 (0)2 (0)22= Jeff SmithMidfielder0 (0)2 (0)0 (0)2 (2)24 Javi MorenoStriker1 (7)0 (0)0 (2)1 (9)25 Ricardo Vaz TêStriker0 (1)1 (1)0 (0)1 (2)26 Jon OtsemoborDefender1 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (0)27 Glen LittleMidfielder0 (4)0 (0)0 (0)0 (4)28= Ricky ShakesDefender0 (0)0 (1)0 (0)0 (1)28= Cleveland TaylorMidfielder0 (0)0 (1)0 (0)0 (1)

Top scorers PPlayerPositionPLFACLCTotal1 Kevin NolanMidfielder912122= Kevin DaviesStriker901102= Youri DjorkaeffMidfielder80192= Henrik PedersenStriker70295= Stelios GiannakopoulosMidfielder20245= Bruno NgottyDefender3014

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