During the 2003–04 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the FA Premier League. The club also competed in the FA Cup, and the League Cup.
Season summary For the third season running, a late slump in form ended Charlton Athletic's hopes of European qualification. In 2001–02, they had finished 14th after failing to win any of their final eight games. In 2002–03, they had finished 12th after winning only one of their final ten games. 2003–04, however, brought Charlton's best ever Premier League finish, as well as their highest top tier league finish since 1952–53 (when Charlton finished 5th), as they came seventh. The club were inside the Champions League places as late as mid-March, but the familiar end-of-season setback, winning only four of their last 16 games, caused them to slip out of contention.
At the end of the season, goalkeeper Dean Kiely was named the club's Player of the Year.
Kit Charlton's kit was manufactured by Joma and sponsored by sports apparel retailer all:sports.
Final league table
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Reserve squad
Transfers
In Matt Holland – Ipswich Town, 16 June, £1,050,000 Simon Royce – Leicester City, 26 June, free Paolo Di Canio – West Ham United, 11 August, free Sérgio Leite – Boavista, 14 August, free Stephen Hughes- Watford, 14 August, free Carlton Cole – Chelsea, 20 August, season-long loan Chris Perry – Tottenham Hotspur, 28 November, £100,000 Jerome Thomas – Arsenal, 2 February, £100,000
Out John Robinson – Cardiff City, 10 July, free Mathias Svensson – Norwich City, 19 December, undisclosed Scott Parker – Chelsea, 30 January, £10,000,000 Tahar El Khalej – retired Ben Roberts – Brighton & Hove Albion Transfers in: £1,250,000 Transfers out: £10,000,000
Loan out Chris Bart-Williams – Ipswich Town, loan
Statistics Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Results
Results are courtesy of Statto.
Results per matchday Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Notes
References