2003–04 Feyenoord season

During the 2003–04 Dutch football season, Feyenoord competed in the Eredivisie.

Feyenoord

2003-04 season
Chairman	Jorien van den Herik
Manager	Bert van Marwijk
Stadium	De Kuip
Eredivisie	3rd (qualified for UEFA Cup)
Amstel Cup	Quarter-final
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Dirk Kuyt (20) All: Dirk Kuyt (22)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

Feyenoord equaled last's seasons results and finished 3rd, with 12 points less than the previous year. The club made it to the quarter-finals in the domestic KNVB cup, losing to FC Twente. In the UEFA cup they made it to the 2nd round losing to the FK Teplice from Czech Republic.

Kits

Feyenoord's kits were manufactured by Italian company Kappa and sponsored by insurance company Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringen.

Squad

Squad at end of season

In () brackets where they came from.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Edwin Zoetebier
2	DF	GHA	Christian Gyan
3	DF	NED	Peter van den Berg (from RKC Waalwijk)
4	DF	DEN	Patrick Mtiliga (from SBV Excelsior)
4	DF	BEL	Pieter Collen (back from loan NAC Breda)
5	DF	NED	Ramon van Haaren
6	MF	NED	Alfred Schreuder (from NAC Breda)
7	FW	NED	Dirk Kuyt (from FC Utrecht)
8	MF	NED	Kees van Wonderen
9	FW	SCG	Danko Lazović (from FK Partizan Belgrad)
10	MF	NED	Anthony Lurling
11	MF	BRA	Leonardo
14	MF	JPN	Shinji Ono
15	DF	ARG	Mariano Bombarda
16	FW	POL	Ebi Smolarek
17	DF	NED	Patrick Paauwe
19	DF	BEL	Thomas Buffel
20	MF	CHI	Jorge Acuña
22	DF	BRA	Jean Carlos Dondé (from Atletico Paranaense)
23	MF	EGY	Hossam Ghaly (from El-Ahly)
24	DF	KOR	Chong-Gug Song
25	MF	CHI	Sebastián Pardo
26	DF	NED	Gerard de Nooijer
27	DF	NED	Glenn Loovens
28	MF	BEL	Gill Swerts
30	GK	NED	Patrick Lodewijks
31	GK	POL	Zbigniew Małkowski
32	FW	NED	Robin van Persie
33	MF	NED	Ferne Snoyl
34	MF	NED	Joep van den Ouweland

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	SWE	Johan Elmander (on loan to NAC Breda)
—	DF	BRA	Leonardo II (on loan to ADO Den Haag)

Left club at the end of previous season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NED	Paul Bosvelt (to Manchester City F.C.)
—	MF	AUS	Brett Emerton (to Blackburn Rovers F.C.)
—	FW	NED	Pierre van Hooijdonk (to Fenerbahçe S.K.)
—	FW	CIV	Bonaventure Kalou (to AJ Auxerre)
—	DF	POL	Rząsa (to FK Partizan Belgrad)
—	GK	NED	Carlo l'Ami (retired)

Results

Eredivisie

Feyenoord v NEC Nijmegen

17 August 2003 (2003-08-17) 1	Feyenoord	2 – 0	NEC Nijmegen	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Lazović 52' Kuyt  55' Paauwe  55' Buffel 75' Schreuder  82'	report	Demouge  57' Zonneveld  57'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42.000 Referee: van Hulten

SC Heerenveen v Feyenoord

23 August 2003 (2003-08-23) 2	SC Heerenveen	1 – 0	Feyenoord	Heerenveen
19:30 CEST	Sibon 19' Väyrynen  46'	report	Lazović  42' van Persie  71' van den Berg  73' Schreuder  81'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Stadion Attendance: 14.600 Referee: Haverkort

Feyenoord v NAC Breda

31 August 2003 (2003-08-31) 3	Feyenoord	2 – 1	NAC Breda	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	van den Berg  14' van Wonderen  55' Bombarda 83' Buffel 90'	report	Diba 24' Peto  55'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 34.000 Referee: Jol

AZ Alkmaar v Feyenoord

14 September 2003 (2003-09-14) 4	AZ Alkmaar	2 – 2	Feyenoord	Alkmaar
12:30 CEST	van Galen 14' Elkhattabi 43' Wijker  8'  58'  58'	report	Kuyt 8' (pen.), 80'	Stadium: Alkmaarderhout Attendance: 8.031 Referee: Braamhaar

Feyenoord v PSV Eindhoven

21 September 2003 (2003-09-21) 5	Feyenoord	1 – 3	PSV Eindhoven	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	de Nooijer  5' Buffel 20' Schreuder  47' Paauwe  78'	report	Kežman 7', 55' Colin  9' Vogel  9' Vennegoor of Hesselink 74'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41.000 Referee: Temmink

PEC Zwolle v Feyenoord

28 September 2003 (2003-09-28) 6	PEC Zwolle	0 – 3	Feyenoord	Zwolle
14:30 CEST		report	van den Berg  33' Acuña  40' Shinji Ono 53', 71'  73' Lurling 69'	Stadium: Oosterenkstadion Attendance: 6.600 Referee: Koopman

Feyenoord v RBC Roosendaal

5 October 2003 (2003-10-05) 7	Feyenoord	2 – 0	RBC Roosendaal	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	van Persie 14' Lurling 89' van Wonderen  89'	report	Oliseh  48' Hesp  74'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41.000 Referee: Luijten

Roda JC v Feyenoord

19 October 2003 (2003-10-19) 8	Roda JC	1 – 1	Feyenoord	Kerkrade
12:30 CEST	Sergio 34'	report	Kuyt 3'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 13.000 Referee: Luinge

Feyenoord v Willem II

26 October 2003 (2003-10-26) 9	Feyenoord	2 – 1	Willem II	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Lurling 31' Buffel 90' Schreuder  90'	report	Mathijsen  13' Quinn 88'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44.000 Referee: Haverkort

FC Groningen v Feyenoord

2 November 2003 (2003-11-02) 10	FC Groningen	3 – 3	Feyenoord	Groningen
14:30 CEST	Elshot 41' Drent 53' Landerl  68' Hugo 77' van Gessel 89'	report	Lurling 5' Kuyt 35' Paauwe 45' Acuña  61'	Stadium: Oosterpark Stadion Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Braamhaar

FC Volendam v Feyenoord

9 November 2003 (2003-11-09) 11	FC Volendam	1 – 3	Feyenoord	Volendam
12:30 CEST	Ouichou 7' Tuyp  15'	report	Kuyt 4' (pen.), 86' van den Berg  78' van Persie 81'	Stadium: Kras Stadion Attendance: 6.113 Referee: Jol

Feyenoord v Vitesse Arnhem

22 November 2003 (2003-11-22) 12	Feyenoord	3 – 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST	van Persie 22' Paauwe 44' Kuyt 80'	report	Fränkel  62' Ranković  89'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40.500 Referee: van Hulten

Ajax v Feyenoord

30 November 2003 (2003-11-30) 13	Ajax	2 – 0	Feyenoord	Amsterdam
12:30 CEST	van der Vaart 4', 11'	report	Swerts  28' Schreuder  83'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51.344 Referee: Bossen

Feyenoord v ADO Den Haag

7 December 2003 (2003-12-07) 14	Feyenoord	4 – 1	ADO Den Haag	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	van Persie 24', 47' Lurling  27' van Wonderen 45' Pardo 58'	report	van der Gun 14'  71' Bodde  64' van der Leegte  68'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40.800 Referee: Luinge

FC Twente v Feyenoord

13 December 2003 (2003-12-13) 15	FC Twente	4 – 2	Feyenoord	Enschede
19:30 CEST	N'Kufo 10', 30'  55' Zomer  14' Ouédraogo  18' John 56' Polak 67' (pen.)	report	Kuyt 44' Schreuder  66' Smolarek  75' Pardo 86'	Stadium: Arke Stadion Attendance: 13.250 Referee: Haverkort

RKC Waalwijk v Feyenoord

21 December 2003 (2003-12-21) 16	RKC Waalwijk	0 – 0	Feyenoord	Waalwijk
14:30 CEST		report	Gyan  4'	Stadium: Mandemakers Stadion Attendance: 6.500 Referee: van Hulten

Feyenoord v FC Utrecht

25 January 2004 (2004-01-25) 17	Feyenoord	3 – 2	FC Utrecht	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Paauwe  48' Buffel 27' Lazović 77', 81'	report	Tanghe 22' Leitoe 26' de Jong  56' Touzani  78' Kruys  90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 39.800 Referee: Temmink

NEC Nijmegen v Feyenoord

28 January 2004 (2004-01-28) 18	NEC Nijmegen	1 – 2	Feyenoord	Nijmegen
20:00 CEST	Niedzielan 22' Simr  56'	report	Pardo  19' Kuyt 48' Buffel  41' 57'	Stadium: De Goffert Attendance: 12.500 Referee: Jol

Feyenoord v FC Twente

1 February 2004 (2004-02-01) 19	Feyenoord	3 – 2	FC Twente	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Buffel 10', 68' Kuyt 36'	report	Heubach  64' Polak 77' (pen.) Zomer 90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42.000 Referee: van Egmond

Vitesse Arnhem v Feyenoord

8 February 2004 (2004-02-08) 20	Vitesse Arnhem	0 – 0	Feyenoord	Arnhem
14:30 CEST		report		Stadium: Gelredome Attendance: 18.750 Referee: Haverkort

Feyenoord v AZ Alkmaar

11 February 2004 (2004-02-11) 21	Feyenoord	0 – 3	AZ Alkmaar	Rotterdam
20:00 CEST		report	Perez 23' Elkhattabi 47' Landzaat 67' (pen.) Huysegems  75' Opdam  85'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 41.500 Referee: Bossen

ADO Den Haag v Feyenoord

15 February 2004 (2004-02-15) 22	ADO Den Haag	2 – 2	Feyenoord	The Hague
12:30 CEST	Saavedra  11' Castelen 19' Toda  42' van der Gun 83' Saeijs  90'	report	van Persie 37'  75' Gyan  38' Buffel 45'  73'	Stadium: Zuiderpark Stadion Attendance: 8.083 Referee: van Hulten

Willem II v Feyenoord

29 February 2004 (2004-02-29) 23	Willem II	0 – 3	Feyenoord	Tilburg
14:30 CEST	Shoukov  55' van Mosselveld  74'	report	Ghaly  9' Paauwe  18' Lurling 60' Song 70' Mtiliga  73' Smolarek 84'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Vink

Feyenoord v SC Heerenveen

7 March 2004 (2004-03-07) 24	Feyenoord	2 – 2	SC Heerenveen	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Pardo  11' Lurling  19' Schreuder  61' Buffel 75', 82'	report	Selaković 11' (pen.) Seip  20' Väyrynen  22' Knopper 67'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 46.300 Referee: van Egmond

PSV Eindhoven v Feyenoord

14 March 2004 (2004-03-14) 25	PSV Eindhoven	0 – 1	Feyenoord	Eindhoven
12:30 CEST		report	Smolarek 13' Ono  28' Paauwe  48'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35.000 Referee: Jol

Feyenoord v RKC Waalwijk

21 March 2004 (2004-03-21) 26	Feyenoord	1 – 0	RKC Waalwijk	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Kuyt 6' Smolarek  18'	report	Greene  81' Boulahrouz  90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Sterk

Feyenoord v Roda JC

28 March 2004 (2004-03-28) 27	Feyenoord	3 – 0	Roda JC	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Buffel 17' Kuyt 57' (pen.) Mtiliga  62' Smolarek 75'	report	Brouwers  57' Senden  66'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42.500 Referee: van Hulten

NAC Breda v Feyenoord

4 April 2004 (2004-04-04) 28	NAC Breda	0 – 3	Feyenoord	Breda
12:30 CEST	Barakat  69'	report	van den Berg 51' Buffel 66', 73' Lurling  70' Song  54' 75'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 15.900 Referee: Temmink

Feyenoord v Ajax

11 April 2004 (2004-04-11) 29	Feyenoord	1 – 1	Ajax	Rotterdam
12:30 CEST	Kuyt  72' 89'	report	Pienaar  38' Ibrahimović 68' van der Vaart  72'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 43.000 Referee: Jol

FC Utrecht v Feyenoord

18 April 2004 (2004-04-18) 30	FC Utrecht	0 – 3	Feyenoord	Utrecht
12:30 CEST	van de Haar  53' van den Bergh  77'	report	Paauwe  35' Smolarek 52', 76' Kuyt 63'	Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Luinge

Feyenoord v FC Volendam

25 April 2004 (2004-04-25) 31	Feyenoord	2 – 0	FC Volendam	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Smolarek 44'  56' Kuyt 75' (pen.)	report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 42.000 Referee: van Egmond

Feyenoord v FC Groningen

2 May 2004 (2004-05-02) 32	Feyenoord	1 – 2	FC Groningen	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Kuyt 56'	report	Matthijs  52' Schoenmakers  63'  88' Drent 87', 89' Kruiswijk  90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 39.600 Referee: Wiedemeijer

RBC Roosendaal v Feyenoord

9 May 2004 (2004-05-09) 33	RBC Roosendaal	1 – 4	Feyenoord	Roosendaal
14:30 CEST	Youssouf 20'	report	Kuyt 18' Buffel 36' Paauwe 74' Smolarek 80'	Stadium: Vast & Goed Stadion Attendance: 4.980 Referee: Vink

Feyenoord v PEC Zwolle

16 May 2004 (2004-05-16) 34	Feyenoord	7 – 1	PEC Zwolle	Rotterdam
14:30 CEST	Lazović 2', 10', 81' Kuyt 17', 28', 79' Buffel  33' Paauwe 50'	report	Lim-Duan 62'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 44.000 Referee: Temmink

KNVB Cup

Feyenoord v Vitesse Arnhem

17 December 2003 (2003-12-17) Round of 16	Feyenoord	1 – 0	Vitesse Arnhem	Rotterdam
	Lurling 36'	report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 15.000 Referee: unknown

FC Twente v Feyenoord

4 February 2004 (2004-02-04) 1/4 Final	FC Twente	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Feyenoord	Enschede
	N'Kufo 21' Sibum 115' Christensen 117'	report	Kuyt 30'	Stadium: Arke Stadion Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

UEFA Cup

Feyenoord v FC Kärnten

25 September 2003 (2003-09-25) 1st Round	Feyenoord	2 – 1	FC Kärnten	Rotterdam
20:30 CEST	Kuyt 63' Paauwe  71' Buffel 76'	report	Marić 56'  68'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Clark Assistant referees: Davis Assistant referees: Murphy Fourth official: Richmond

FC Kärnten v Feyenoord

16 October 2003 (2003-10-16) 1st Round	FC Kärnten	0 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	Feyenoord	Klagenfurt
20:30 CEST	Jovanovic  43' Kabat  85' Schellander  90'	report	Buffel 14' Acuña  37'	Stadium: Wortherseestadion Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Loizou Assistant referees: Platis Assistant referees: Papamichael Fourth official: Papoutsos

Feyenoord v FK Teplice

6 November 2003 (2003-11-06) 2nd Round	Feyenoord	0 – 2	FK Teplice	Rotterdam
20:45 CEST	Swerts  2'	report	Doležal 3' Rezek 52' Lengyel  60' Hunal  80'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 27.000 Referee: Briakos Assistant referees: Ofidis Assistant referees: Bozatzidis Fourth official: unknown

FK Teplice v Feyenoord

27 November 2003 (2003-11-27) 2nd Round	FK Teplice	1 – 1 (3 – 1 agg.)	Feyenoord	Teplice
18:00 CEST	Horváth 40' (pen.)  52' Leitner  90'	report	Snoyl  31' 36' Schreuder  54'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Layec Assistant referees: Harribey Assistant referees: Faye Fourth official: unknown

Friendlies

Urawa Red Diamonds v Feyenoord

3 June 2003 (2003-06-03) Asia Tour / Saitama City Cup	Urawa Red Diamonds	2 – 2	Feyenoord	Saitama
	Tanaka 61' Emerson 62'		Bombarda 17' 57'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002, Attendance: 52,247 referee = unknown

Busan IPark v Feyenoord

6 June 2003 (2003-06-06) Asia Tour	Busan IPark	4 – 1	Feyenoord	Busan
	Zoran Urumov Zoran Urumov Hwang Chul-mim Lee Jang-kwan	News Article	van Persie	Stadium: Busan Asiad Stadium Attendance: 6,0000 Referee: unknown

Excelsior Maassluis v Feyenoord

12 July 2003 (2003-07-12)	Excelsior Maassluis	0 – 5	Feyenoord	Maassluis
		report	Lurling 33' van Persie 37', 68' Elmander 46' Bosvelt 77'	Stadium: Sportpark Lavendelstraat Attendance: unknown Referee: van der Hilst

Hannover 96 v Feyenoord

15 July 2003 (2003-07-15) Alpencup 1/2 Final	Hannover 96	1 – 0	Feyenoord	Innsbruck
	de Guzman 30'	report		Stadium: Tivoli Neu Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

1. FC Nürnberg v Feyenoord

16 July 2003 (2003-07-16) Alpencup 3rd place match	1. FC Nürnberg	2 – 0	Feyenoord	Innsbruck
19:15 CEST	Nikl 43' Krzynówek 82'	report		Stadium: Tivoli Neu Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

Regional Selection Kitbühel/Kufstein v Feyenoord

18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)	Regional Selection Kitbühel/Kufstein	0 – 7	Feyenoord	Kitzbühel
		report	Elmander 21' Bombarda 30', 48' Dondé 34' Lurling 38', 80' Kuyt 88'	Stadium: unknown Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

Manchester City F.C. v Feyenoord

25 July 2003 (2003-07-25)	Manchester City F.C.	2 – 1	Feyenoord	Aarhus
	Anelka 29' Wanchope 89'	report	Lazović 23'	Stadium: NRGi Park Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

Zwart-Wit '28 v Feyenoord

29 July 2003 (2003-07-29)	Zwart-Wit '28	0 – 6	Feyenoord	Rotterdam
		report	van Persie 12' Buffel 14', 24', 40' Lazović 51' Elmander 80'	Stadium: Sportpark de Vaan Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

Feyenoord v Celta de Vigo

2 August 2003 (2003-08-02)	Feyenoord	0 – 1	Celta de Vigo	Rotterdam
	van den Berg	report	Edu 3'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: unknown Referee: Jol

RVVH v Feyenoord

5 August 2003 (2003-08-05)	RVVH	0 – 7	Feyenoord	Ridderkerk
		report	Elmander 1' Buffel 38' Kuyt 58' (pen.) Lazović 67', 69', 74', 89'	Stadium: Sportpark Ridderkerk Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

Portsmouth F.C. v Feyenoord

9 August 2003 (2003-08-09)	Portsmouth F.C.	2 – 0	Feyenoord	Portsmouth
	Berger 40' Yakubu 83'	report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: unknown Referee: Gallagher

Voorschoten '97 v Feyenoord

12 August 2003 (2003-08-12)	Voorschoten '97	0 – 3	Feyenoord	Voorschoten
		report	Kuyt 27' de Nooijer 75' Pardo 84'	Stadium: Sportpark Adegeest Attendance: 5.500 Referee: Schaap

Feyenoord v Club Brugge

11 January 2004 (2004-01-11)	Feyenoord	2 – 1	Club Brugge	Antalya
18:00 CEST	Smolarek 37' Pardo 55'	report	Sæternes 2'	Stadium: Wow-Hotel Complex Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

Feyenoord v Beşiktaş

14 January 2004 (2004-01-14)	Feyenoord	2 – 1	Beşiktaş	Antalya
18:00 CEST	Buffel 59' Lazović 90'	report	Sergen 79'	Stadium: Wow-Hotel Complex Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown

Feyenoord v SBV Excelsior

18 January 2004 (2004-01-18)	Feyenoord	1 – 0	SBV Excelsior	Rotterdam
	Paauwe 60'	report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40.000 Referee: van der Hilst

Delta Sport v Feyenoord

22 January 2004 (2004-01-22)	Delta Sport	1 – 14	Feyenoord	Vlaardingen
	Korczak 8'	report	Smolarek 7', 48', 74' Lazović 16', 25', 65', 69' Schreuder 39' van Persie 45', 57', 78' Kuyt 71', 83', 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark De Broekpolder Attendance: unknown Referee: unknown