During the 2003–04 Spanish football season, Valencia won the double of La Liga and the UEFA Cup. At the end of the season, manager Rafael Benítez left to manage English side Liverpool and was succeeded by former Chelsea, Fiorentina and Valencia manager Claudio Ranieri.
Valencia CF enjoyed a marvellous season by winning the La Liga and UEFA Cup double. The key players of the squad were Mista, Vicente Rodríguez, Francisco Rufete, David Albelda, Roberto Ayala, Fábio Aurélio, Amedeo Carboni and Mauricio Pellegrino. Valencia started the league well in the early season, but slumped in the mid-season and later made a remarkable comeback (remontada) in April and May thanks to Real Madrid's several slips. Valencia were on course for their first-treble winning season, however, Valencia were eliminated by eventual Copa del Rey runners-up Real Madrid in the quarter-finals and thus denying them a season treble.
Overview CompetitionRecordResultTop Scorer La LigaWinners Mista, 19 Copa del Rey Quarter-finals Rubén Baraja, 3 UEFA CupWinners Mista, 5 Total Mista, 24
Squad Squad at end of season
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Ricardo Oliveira Santos €3,50 million MF Jorge López Villarreal €4,00 million MF Mohamed Sissoko Auxerre €1,00 million MF Xisco Recreativo loan ended AM Fabián Canobbio Peñarol Free DF Raul Albiol Valencia B Out Pos. Name To Type FW John Carew Roma loan MF Kily González Internazionale €2,5 million FW Salva Málaga loan DF Miroslav Đukić Tenerife Free DF Anthony Réveillère Lyon loan ended DF Jean-Félix Dorothée Valencia B MF Dennis Șerban Poli Ejido end of contract MF Gonzalo de los Santos Atlético Madrid loan DF Raul Albiol Recreativo loan
Competitions La Liga
League table
Results by round
Matches All kickoff times are in CET/CEST.
Copa del Rey
Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup
First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
Statistics Players statistics
References