AC Perugia were relegated from Serie A with a bang, following a chaotic season, in which president Luciano Gaucci managed to upset the Italian football society, by claiming that the referees' were deliberately trying to relegate Perugia to Serie B. Prior to the season, he performed a PR-stunt, when signing Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Al-Saadi Gaddafi He also continued trying to sign female players, trying to sign both Hanna Ljungberg and Victoria Svensson, according to Swedish daily Aftonbladet.
In the same paper, Ancona goalkeeper Magnus Hedman accused his teammates for throwing away the final match of the season, in which Perugia won 1–0. That victory qualified Perugia for the relegation playoffs against Fiorentina, where Enrico Fantini scored in both matches for Fiorentina, ensuring Perugia was being relegated, only one year before the club folded.
The list of players representing the club during the season included 35 players, which meant the team drastically changed from game to game.
Squad
Goalkeepers Željko Kalac Michele Tardioli Stefano Pardini
Defenders Zé Maria Marco Di Loreto Souleymane Diamoutene Giovanni Ignoffo Fabio Grosso Fabiano Salvatore Fresi Ferdinand Coly Konstantinos Loumpoutis Evangelos Nastos Jamal Alioui Roberto Cardinale
Midfielders Christian Obodo Fabio Gatti Massimiliano Fusani Giovanni Tedesco Guilherme do Prado Eusebio Di Francesco Paul Codrea Christian Manfredini Gaël Genevier Al-Saadi Gaddafi
Attackers Jay Bothroyd Massimo Margiotta Fabrizio Ravanelli Dario Hübner Franco Brienza Zisis Vryzas Emanuele Berrettoni Marcelo Zalayeta Luigi Giandomenico Francesco Zerbini Gabriele Scandurra
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Matches
Relegation play-offs
Fiorentina were promoted to 2004–05 Serie A; Perugia were relegated to 2004–05 Serie B.
Topscorers Zé Maria 7 Jay Bothroyd 4 Fabrizio Ravanelli 4 Massimo Margiotta 4 Zisis Vryzas 3
References
Sources RSSSF - Italy 2003/04