The 2003–04 season was the 126th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and was their third consecutive year in the top-flight. This article covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

* Stelios Giannakopoulos - Olympiacos, 28 May 2003 * Iván Campo -

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

, free transfer, 18 July 2003 * Kevin Davies - Southampton, free transfer, 23 July 2003 * Ricardo Vaz Tê -

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

, free transfer, 27 August 2003 * Mário Jardel - Sporting CP, £1,158,000, 13 August 2003 * Emerson Thome -

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

, free transfer, 29 August 2003 * Ibrahim Ba - Milan, free transfer, 11 September 2003 * Glen Little - Burnley, month loan, 1 September 2003 * Donovan Ricketts - Village United, five-month loan, 2 January 2004 * Javi Moreno -

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

, five-month loan, 5 January 2004 * Steve Howey - Leicester City, free transfer, 29 January 2004 *

Dwight Pezzarossi Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García (born 4 September 1979) is a Guatemalan former professional football forward and assistant manager for Liga Nacional club Antigua. On 18 September 2014, Pezzarossi was named Minister of Culture and Sports of Gu ...

- Comunicaciones, four-month loan, 30 January 2004 * Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, four-month loan, 2 February 2004 *

Cleveland Taylor Cleveland Kenneth Wayne Taylor (born 9 September 1983) is a football manager and former professional player As a player he was a forward and winger. He played as a professional for Bolton Wanderers, Exeter City, Scarborough, Scunthorpe Unit ...

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Out

* Colin Hendry - retired * Guðni Bergsson - retired * Leam Richardson - released (later joined

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

on 23 June 2003) * Mike Whitlow - released (later joined Sheffield United in 2003) * Paul Warhurst - released (later joined Chesterfield in October 2003) *

Jonathan Walters Jonathan Ronald Walters (born 20 September 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Walters started his career at Blackburn Rovers but failed to break into the first team and joined Bolton Wanderers. He then went out ...

- Hull City, 2004 *

Bülent Akın Bülent Akın (born 28 August 1978) is a Belgian-born Turkish former Association football, footballer. Club career Akin's potential was noticed after Galatasaray S.K. (football team), Galatasaray legend Gheorghe Hagi remarked on how well the y ...

- Akçaabat Sebatspor * Gareth Farrelly - Wigan Athletic * Delroy Facey - West Bromwich Albion * Chris Armstrong - Wrexham * Gerald Forschelet - Neuchâtel Xamax *

* Jon Otsemobor - Liverpool, loan end

Results

FA Premier League

FA Cup

Carling Cup

Statistics

Appearances

Bolton used a total of 29 players during the season.

Top scorers

References

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