This is Coventry City Football Club progress in the 2003–04 season. This season the Sky Blues will play in the First Division and will feature in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Matches

First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Championship data

League table

Results summary

Round by round

Scores Overview OppositionHome ScoreAway ScoreDoubleBradford City0–00–1Burnley4–02–1Cardiff City1–31–0Crewe Alexandra2–01–3Crystal Palace2–11–1Derby County2–03–1Gillingham2–25–2Ipswich Town1–11–1Millwall4–01–2Norwich City0–21–1Nottingham Forest1–31–0Preston North End4–12–4Reading1–22–1Rotherham United1–10–2Sheffield United0–11–2Stoke City4–20–1Sunderland1–10–0Walsall0–06–1Watford0–01–1West Bromwich Albion1–00–3West Ham United1–10–2Wigan Athletic1–11–2Wimbledon1–03–0

Season statistics

Stats and goals

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Goalscorers No.FlagPosNameFirst DivisionFA CupLeague CupTotal19FW1110 1221FW830 1112FW900 98FW600 617MF500 59FW201 311FW201 331MF300 3MF300 318DF300 326MF300 3MF200 24DF200 222DF100 135FW100 17MF100 15DF100 12DF100 1

Overall Games played 51 (46 First Division, 2 League Cup, 3 FA Cup)Games won 19 (17 First Division, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)Games drawn 15 (14 First Division, 0 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)Games lost 17 (15 First Division, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)Goals scored 73 (67 First Division, 2 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)Goals conceded 62 (54 First Division, 3 League Cup, 5 FA Cup)Goal difference +11Best result W 6–1 (A) v Walsall – First Division – 17 January 2004Worst result L 0–3 (A) v Tottenham Hotspur – League Cup – 24 September 2003 L 0–3 (A) v West Bromwich Albion – First Division – 6 March 2004Most appearances Stephen Warnock (49 appearances)Top scorer Gary McSheffrey (12 goals)Points 65 / 138 (47.10%)

Transfers In Graham Barrett – unattached (last at Arsenal), 30 May Claus Bech Jørgensen – unattached (last at Bradford City), 4 August Steve Staunton – unattached (last at Aston Villa), 15 August Onandi Lowe – Rushden & Diamonds, 25 March, free Dele Adebola – unattached (last at Crystal Palace) Andy Morrell – unattached (last at Wrexham) Bjarni Guðjónsson – unattached (last at VfL Bochum) Pegguy Arphexad – unattached (last at Liverpool Scott Shearer – Albion Rovers Patrick Suffo – Al-Hilal Gavin Ward – Walsall Michael Doyle – Celtic Éric Deloumeaux – Aberdeen

Out Robert Betts – released, 23 May (later joined Rochdale) Lee Fowler – released, 13 November (later joined Huddersfield Town) Gary McAllister – re-signed as player-manager, 12 January Jay Bothroyd – released (later joined Perugia on 11 July) John Eustace – released (later joined Stoke City on 18 July) Keith O'Neill – retired Youssef Chippo – Al Sadd Gary Montgomery – Rotherham United Morten Hyldgaard – Hibernian Christian Yulu Fabien Debec Sean Cooney Tom Bates

Loans in Bjarni Guðjónsson – VfL Bochum, 16 January, five-month-long loan Stephen Warnock – Liverpool, season-long loan Martin Grainger – Birmingham City Johnnie Jackson – Tottenham Hotspur Yazid Mansouri – Le Havre Sebastian Olszar – Portsmouth Courtney Pitt – Portsmouth Brian Kerr – Newcastle United Peter Clarke – Everton

Loans out Lee Fowler – Huddersfield Town Barry Quinn – Rushden & Diamonds

References