2003–04 AS Bari season

During the 2003–04 Italian football season, A.S. Bari competed in the Serie B.

A.S. Bari

2003–04 season
Chairman	Vincenzo Matarrese
Manager	Marco Tardelli Giuseppe Pillon
Stadium	Stadio San Nicola
Serie B	21st
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	Nicolás Córdova (12) Gionatha Spinesi (12)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Season summary

Bari were expected to make a bid for an immediate return to the Serie A, but struggled all season. Manager Marco Tardelli was sacked and replaced by Giuseppe Pillon, who led the team to a secure but disappointing 21st place finish.

Kit

A.S. Bari's kit was manufactured by Italian sports retailer Lotto and sponsored by Pasta Ambra.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Graziano Battistini 2 DF  ITA Marco Candrina 3 DF  ITA Giuseppe Ingrosso 4 DF  ITA Gaetano De Rosa 7 MF  ITA Mattia Collauto 8 MF  ITA Antonio La Fortezza 10 MF  CHI Nicolás Córdova 11 MF  URU Marcelo Lipatin 13 MF  ITA Carlo Cardascio 14 MF  SUI Lionel Pizzinat 15 DF  ITA Nicola Mora 16 MF  ITA Antonio Bellavista 18 DF  CHI Alex von Schwedler 19 FW  ITA Luigi Anaclerio 20 MF  CHI Jaime Valdés

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  ITA Vitangelo Spadavecchia 22 MF  ARG Diego Markic 23 DF  ITA Emanuele Brioschi 24 FW  ITA Gionatha Spinesi 26 MF  ITA Pasquale Berardi 27 DF  SEN Diaw Doudou 28 DF  ITA Domenico Creanza 29 FW  NGA Ugochukwu Enyinnaya 77 FW  ITA Simone Motta 79 MF  ITA Luca Brambilla

Serie B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
19	Hellas Verona	46	13	14	19	54	65	−11	53
20	Venezia (O)	46	12	15	19	40	57	−17	51	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
21	Bari[a] (T)	46	13	11	22	50	63	−13	50	Spared from relegation
22	Pescara[b] (T)	46	11	13	22	46	69	−23	46
23	Avellino (R)	46	8	13	25	51	69	−18	37	Relegation to Serie C1

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

1. Relegated after relegation play-off and later readmitted in place of Napoli.
2. Relegated and later readmitted after newly relegated Ancona's bankruptcy.