The 2003–04 season was
AS Monaco FC's 47th season in
Ligue 1
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. They finished third in Ligue 1, were knocked out of the
Coupe de la Ligue
The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Football in France, French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was est ...
by
Marseille at the Round of 32, knocked out of the
Coupe de France by
Châteauroux at the quarter-finals and reached the final of the
UEFA Champions League where they were defeated by
Porto.
Season summary
Monaco were clear outsiders to progress in the Champions League, but defeated tournament favourites like Real Madrid and Chelsea to face another unfancied side, Porto, in the final. Monaco were comprehensively beaten 3–0 by
José Mourinho
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's side, but that did not dampen Monaco's achievement of having defied their underdog status to come within 90 minutes of club football's greatest prize.
Spanish striker
Fernando Morientes (signed on loan from
Real Madrid
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) was Monaco's top goalscorer with 22 goals in all competitions.
Squad
Out on loan
Transfers
In:
Out:
Competitions
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coupe de la Ligue
Coupe de France
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout stage
= Round of 16
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= Quarter-final
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= Semi-final
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Final
Statistics
Appearances and Goals
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, colspan="14", ''Players away from AS Monaco on loan:''
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, colspan="14", ''Players who appeared for AS Monaco that left during the season:''
Goal scorers
Disciplinary Record
Notes and references
Notes
References
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