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Coventry City Football Club Coventry City Football Club is an English professional association football, football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (region), West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, En ...

progress in the 2003–04 season. This season the Sky Blues will play in the

First Division 1st Division or First Division may refer to: Military Airborne divisions *1st Parachute Division (Germany) *1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) * 1st Airmobile Division (Ukraine) * 1st Guards Airborne Division Armoured divisions *1st Armoure ...

and will feature in the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

and the League Cup.

Matches

First Division 1st Division or First Division may refer to: Military Airborne divisions 1st Parachute Division (Germany) 1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom) * 1st Airmobile Division (Ukraine) * 1st Guards Airborne Division Armoured divisions *1st Armoure ...

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

League Cup

Championship data

League table

Results summary

Round by round

Scores Overview

Season statistics

Stats and goals

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Goalscorers

Overall

Transfers

In

Graham Barrett Graham Barrett (born 6 October 1981) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He began his footballing career at Arsenal, where he won the FA Youth Cup. He went on to feature for English clubs Bristol Rovers, Crewe ...

– unattached (last at

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), 30 May *

Claus Bech Jørgensen Claus Bech Jørgensen (born 27 April 1976) is a Faroese former professional footballer who is a youth team coach at AaB. Born in Denmark, he represented the Faroe Islands national team between 2004 and 2006. He first established himself as a ...

– unattached (last at

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

), 4 August *

Steve Staunton Stephen Staunton (born 19 January 1969) is an Irish football manager, scout and former professional footballer. He played as a defender with two separate spells each with Premier League sides Aston Villa and Liverpool. He also played in the F ...

– unattached (last at

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Villa) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club, founded in 1874, compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The team have p ...

), 15 August *

Onandi Lowe Onandi Lowe (born 2 December 1974), also known as Nandi, is a Jamaican former international footballer who played in every outfield position, but was best known as a prolific forward. He spent some of his career in the top flight Jamaica Nation ...

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Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town F.C., Ket ...

, 25 March, free *

Dele Adebola Bamberdele Olusegun Adebola (born 23 June 1975) is a Nigerian retired Association football, footballer. Including loans, he has played for 16 clubs in his career, with his longest spells at Crewe Alexandra, Birmingham City and Coventry City. Ea ...

– unattached (last at

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) *

Andy Morrell Andrew Jonathan Morrell (born 28 September 1974) is an English former professional footballer. A striker, Morrell played 359 games in the Football League for Wrexham, Coventry City, Blackpool and Bury, scoring 96 goals. Initially handed the ...

– unattached (last at

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) *

Bjarni Guðjónsson Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson (born 26 February 1979) is an Icelandic former professional footballer, who was last manager of KR. He has played in Belgium, England and Germany and has two brothers who have also played professional football, Þ� ...

– unattached (last at

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

) * Pegguy Arphexad – unattached (last at

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Scott Shearer Scott Shearer (born 15 February 1981) is a Scottish former footballer. Career Albion Rovers Born in Glasgow, Shearer began his career in Scotland with Albion Rovers. During the time he spent at the club, he went on to make dozens of appearanc ...

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Albion Rovers Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. Founded in October 1882, the club joined the Scottish Foot ...

Patrick Suffo Patrick Hervé Suffo Kengné (born 17 January 1978) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Suffo was born in Ebolowa, Cameroon. He played in France, England, Spain and the United Arab Emirates bef ...

– Al-Hilal * Gavin Ward –

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* Michael Doyle –

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Éric Deloumeaux Éric Jean Deloumeaux (born 12 May 1973) is a French former football player. He spent his career in his native France and with a number of British clubs, including Coventry City (scoring once against Millwall) and Livingston (scoring once again ...

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Out

* Robert Betts – released, 23 May (later joined

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wid ...

) *

Lee Fowler Lee Anthony Fowler (born 10 June 1983) is a Welsh professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He earned 12 Wales Under-21 caps. He is the manager of Flint Town United. Fowler's career has taken in stints at an ...

– released, 13 November (later joined

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) *

Gary McAllister Gary McAllister MBE (born 25 December 1964) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player. McAllister played primarily as a midfielder in a career spanning over nineteen years. He started his career at local side Motherwell bef ...

– re-signed as player-manager, 12 January *

Jay Bothroyd Jay Bothroyd (born 7 May 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. A product of the Arsenal Academy, he left in 2000 and signed with Coventry City, spending three years with the Sky Blues and becoming the club ...

– released (later joined

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on 11 July) *

John Eustace John Mark Eustace (born 3 November 1979) is an English professional football coach and former player who is currently head coach of club Derby County. During his playing career, he played as a central midfielder for Coventry City, Stoke City, ...

– released (later joined

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

on 18 July) * Keith O'Neill – retired *

Youssef Chippo Youssef Chippo (; born 10 May 1973) is a Moroccan former footballer. He was a renowned midfielder for the Morocco national team during the 1990s, and was a member of the team that participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 19 ...

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Al Sadd Al Sadd Sports Club () is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the capital city Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the top level of Qatari football, the Qatar Stars League. Locally, it i ...

* Gary Montgomery –

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Morten Hyldgaard Morten Lauridsen Hyldgaard (born 26 January 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. He played for a number of clubs in English football. He played four games for the Denmark national under-21 football team. C ...

– Hibernian * Christian Yulu * Fabien Debec * Sean Cooney *

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Loans in

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, 16 January, five-month-long loan *

Stephen Warnock Stephen Warnock (born 12 December 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Starting off his career at Liverpool, he went on to also represent Coventry City, Bradford City, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Bo ...

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, season-long loan * Martin Grainger –

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Johnnie Jackson John Alec Jackson (born 15 August 1982) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder or as a defender. He is the manager of club AFC Wimbledon. Club career Tottenham Hotspur Born in Camden, Lon ...

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Yazid Mansouri Yazid Mansouri (, Yazīd Manṣūrī) (born 25 February 1978) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Algeria national team, gaining 67 caps over ten years. Club career Born in Revin, Ardennes, Fr ...

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* Sebastian Olszar –

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* Courtney Pitt –

* Brian Kerr –

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* Peter Clarke – Everton

Loans out

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* Barry Quinn –

References

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Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...