During the 2003–04 season Parma Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup. Summary The team endured a season of horror, in which the club formerly known as Parma A.C. went into bankruptcy in the middle of the season, seeing out the season in order to avoid the chaos it would cause to the league pyramid. The reason for the bankruptcy was the financial fraud of its owner Calisto Tanzi, who had embezzled money from his company Parmalat, which also went out of business. On 28 June 2004 the club was reformed under its original name as Parma F.C., and finished fifth in the standings. Its glory days were over, however, and the club was forced to sell several key players in the summer of 2004, among them Hidetoshi Nakata, Matteo Ferrari and Matteo Brighi. However, its two most noted players, goalkeeper Sébastien Frey and top scorer and youngster Alberto Gilardino remained with the club, since it did not receive good enough offers to part with the two players.
The season was also the last in which Parma wore its distinctive blue and yellow colours at home, those being associated with Parmalat's ownership. From the 2004–05 season onwards the club reverted to its original white shirt with a black cross design. Club legend Antonio Benarrivo finished his career following the season, being the last player from the 1999 UEFA Cup winning team to leave.
Players
Squad information Squad at end of season
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Domenico Morfeo Internazionale MF Benito Carbone Como Calcio DF Marcello Castellini Bologna F.C. MF Marco Donadel U.S. Lecce DF Anthony Seric Brescia Calcio MF Manuele Blasi Perugia Calcio loan ended MF Stephen Appiah Brescia Calcio loan ended DF Mirko Stefani A.C. Milan DF Emiliano Moretti Juventus Out Pos. Name To Type FW Adrian Mutu Chelsea F.C. MF Stephen Appiah Juventus MF Matteo Brighi Brescia Calcio loan MF Sabri Lamouchi Internazionale DF Vratislav Gresko Blackburn Rovers DF Alessandro Pierini Udinese Calcio GK Claudio Taffarel retired
Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Alessandro Potenza Ancona Calcio FW Fabrizio Cammarata Cagliari Calcio FW Ianis Zicu Internazionale loan FW Daniele Degano Ancona Calcio GK Marco Amelia U.S. Lecce DF Ibrahima Camara Out Pos. Name To Type FW Adriano Internazionale MF Emanuele Filippini Palermo FW Gaetano Grieco Genoa FW Tonino Sorrentino Avellino MF Jorge Bolaño Lecce MF Hidetoshi Nakata Bologna F.C. loan DF Júnior A.C. Siena loan MF Emiliano Moretti Bologna F.C. loan GK Alfonso De Lucia Salernitana loan GK Vincenzo Sicignano Lecce loan FW Isah EliakwuInternazionale loan
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Statistics Players statistics
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CupTotal111FWAlberto Gilardino23032629FWAdriano801923MFMark Bresciano8109418FWBenito Carbone402632MFMarco Marchionni5016610MFDomenico Morfeo400478MFSimone Barone300317MFEmanuele Filippini1023920MFAlessandro Rosina011227FWTonino Sorrentino0022117MFHidetoshi Nakata001119FWGaetano Grieco010121DFMatteo Ferrari1001Own goal0000Totals5731373 Last updated: 16 May 2004
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