Atlético de Madrid firmly re-established itself in La Liga,–Atlé thanks to a seventh-place finish. The season saw Fernando Torres taking another step towards superstardom, scoring 19 goals in the season during which he turned 20 years, which led to a call-up to the Spain national team for UEFA Euro 2004. The finish was still not enough to satisfy the owner family Gil, resulting in coach Gregorio Manzano unexpectedly getting the sack.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Germán Burgos

Sergio Aragoneses

Juanma

Ismael Falcón

Defenders

Cosmin Contra

García Calvo

Santi

Sergi

Matías Lequi

Gaspar Gálvez

Iván Romero

Midfielders

Gonzalo de los Santos

Kiki Musampa

Jorge Larena

Rubén Olivera

Diego Simeone

Carlos Aguilera

Nano

Ariel Ibagaza

Rodrigo Fabri

Álvaro Novo

Diego Rivas

Juanma Ortiz

Gabi

Attackers

Fernando Torres

Veljko Paunović

Demis Nikolaidis

Toché

Arizmendi

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Sevilla–Atlético Madrid 1-0

1-0 Júlio Baptista

Atlético Madrid–Albacete 1-0

1-0 Jorge Larena

Osasuna–Atlético Madrid 1-0

1-0 Pablo García

Atlético Madrid–Valencia 0-3

0-1 Vicente

0-2 Mista

0-3 Mista

Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 0-0

Deportivo–Atlético Madrid 5-1

1-0 Fran

1-1 Matías Lequi

2-1 Enrique Romero

3-1 Sergio

4-1 Walter Pandiani

5-1 Lionel Scaloni

Atlético Madrid–Mallorca 2-1

1-0 Fernando Torres

1-1 Samuel Eto'o

2-1 Jorge Larena

Real Murcia–Atlético Madrid 1-3

0-1 Fernando Torres

0-2 Demis Nikolaidis

1-2 David Karanka

1-3 Fernando Torres

Atlético Madrid–Real Sociedad 4-0

1-0 Demis Nikolaidis

2-0 Fernando Torres

3-0 Fernando Torres

4-0 Diego Simeone

Betis–Atlético Madrid 1-2

1-0 Marcos Assunção

1-1 Fernando Torres

1-2 Fernando Torres

Atlético Madrid–Villarreal 1-0

1-0 Álvaro Novo

Valladolid–Atlético Madrid 3-1

0-1 Kiki Musampa

1-1 Ariza Makukula

2-1 Víctor Zapata

3-1 Francisco Sousa

Atlético Madrid–Málaga 2-0

1-0 Gonzalo de los Santos

2-0 Demis Nikolaidis

Real Madrid–Atlético Madrid 2-0

1-0 Ronaldo

2-0 Raúl

Atlético Madrid–Espanyol 2-0

1-0 Fernando Torres

2-0 Fernando Torres

Celta Vigo–Atlético Madrid 2-2

0-1 Diego Simeone

1-1 Peter Luccin

2-1 Savo Milošević

2-2 Matías Lequi

Atlético Madrid–Racing Santander 2-2

0-1 Sergio Matabuena

1-1 Veljko Paunović

2-1 Kiki Musampa

2-2 Jonatan Valle

Real Zaragoza–Atlético Madrid 0-0

Atlético Madrid–Athletic Bilbao 3-0

1-0 Fernando Torres

2-0 Fernando Torres

3-0 Veljko Paunović

Atlético Madrid–Sevilla 2-1

1-0 Fernando Torres

2-0 Demis Nikolaidis

2-1 José Antonio Reyes

Albacete–Atlético Madrid 1-1

0-1 Nano

1-1 Matías Lequi

Atlético Madrid–Osasuna 1-1

0-1 Valdo

1-1 Demis Nikolaidis

Valencia–Atlético Madrid 3-0

1-0 Mista

2-0 Vicente

3-0 Mista

Barcelona–Atlético Madrid 3-1

1-0 Javier Saviola

1-1 Demis Nikolaidis

2-1 Ronaldinho

3-1 Luis García Sanz

Atlético Madrid–Deportivo 0-0

Mallorca–Atlético Madrid 0-1

0-1 Fernando Torres

Atlético Madrid–Real Murcia 1-1

0-1 Luis García Fernández

1-1 Nano

Real Sociedad–Atlético Madrid 2-1

1-0 Valeri Karpin

2-0 Diego Simeone

2-1 Veljko Paunović

Atlético Madrid–Betis 2-1

1-0 Veljko Paunović

1-1 Joaquín

2-1 Fernando Torres

Villarreal–Atlético Madrid 0-0

Atlético Madrid–Valladolid 2-1

1-0 Fernando Torres

2-0 Veljko Paunović

2-1 Pablo Richetti

Málaga–Atlético Madrid 3-1

1-0 Ivan Leko

2-0 Diego Alonso

2-1 Nano

3-1 Diego Alonso

Atlético Madrid–Real Madrid 1-2

0-1 Santiago Solari

1-1 Veljko Paunović

1-2 Iván Helguera

Espanyol–Atlético Madrid 3-1

1-0 Fredson

2-0 Claudiu Răducanu

3-0 Claudiu Răducanu

3-1 Fernando Torres

Atlético Madrid–Celta Vigo 3-2

1-0 Nano

2-0 Fernando Torres

2-1 Savo Milošević

3-1 García Calvo

2003–04 Atlético Madrid season