2003–04 Serie A

Serie A

Season	2003–04
Champions	Milan 17th title
Relegated	Perugia Modena Empoli Ancona
Champions League	Milan (Group stage) Roma (Group stage) Juventus (Third qualifying round) Internazionale (Third qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Parma (First round) Lazio (First round) Udinese (First round)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	811 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andriy Shevchenko (24)
Biggest home win	Internazionale 6–0 Reggina (22 November 2003) Roma 6–0 Siena (22 February 2004)
Biggest away win	Bologna 0–4 Roma (23 November 2003)
Highest scoring	Brescia 4–4 Reggina (21 September 2003)
Longest unbeaten run	Milan 19 games
Highest attendance	78,334 Milan v Internazionale
Lowest attendance	3,774 Empoli v Udinese
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season in Italian Serie A football contained 18 teams for the 16th and last time from the 1988–89 season. With the bottom three being relegated, the 15th placed side would face the sixth-highest team from Serie B, with the winner playing in the Serie A in the subsequent 2004–05 season.

As usual, the top two teams would progress directly to the UEFA Champions League group stage, while third and fourth place would have to begin in the third qualifying round. The UEFA Cup places would be awarded to fifth and sixth place, and the winners of the Coppa Italia.

A.C. Milan won their 17th scudetto; Roma impressed and were pushing for the title until the last few weeks of the season; Internazionale only made it to the Champions League ahead of Parma and Lazio on the last day thanks to Adriano, who had been signed from Parma earlier in the season; Lazio won the Coppa Italia against Juventus, handing Udinese the UEFA Cup spot; Ancona were relegated with only two wins, the joint lowest tally ever (Brescia's 12 points in 1994–95 Serie A is still the lowest ever); Empoli and Modena were also relegated; Perugia lost their play-off with Fiorentina, who returned to Serie A after a two-year absence.

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