The 2003–04 ABA Goodyear League was the third season of the Liga ABA. The league expanded this season: 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia participated in Goodyear League in its third season: Union Olimpija, Krka, Pivovarna Laško, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona VIP, Zadar, Zagreb, Split Croatia Osiguranje, Široki Hercegtisak, Banjalučka pivara, Crvena zvezda, Reflex, Budućnost, Lovćen CG komercijalna banka.
There were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season, best four teams qualified for the Final Four Tournament which was played in Zagreb from April 16 until April 18, 2004.
Reflex became the 2004 Goodyear League Champion.
Regular season
Final four Matches played at Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb
Incident On Friday night, 16 April 2004 around 11pm following the semifinal games, an ethnically motivated incident occurred when Crvena zvezda's director Igor Žeželj and B92 journalist Danijel Bukumirović got assaulted at the Panorama Hotel parking lot by an organized group of fifteen Croatian hooligans armed with chains, rocks and metal poles.U Zagrebu napadnut direktor KK Crvena zvezda;B92, 17 April 2011 Bukumirović managed to escape into the car with only minor injuries while Žeželj wasn't as lucky and ended up with a fractured rib and 6 stitches on his forehead. Croatian police reportedly arrested six individuals in connection with the attack that was carried out by a group that trolled around the Final Four venue Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, as well as hotels Sheraton and Panorama looking to beat up anyone from Serbia.Udarali su nas štanglama i lancima ;Glas javnosti, 19 April 2004
Stats leaders
Ranking MVP RankNameTeamEfficiencyGamesAverage1. Dejan Milojević Budućnost7392529.562. Igor Rakočević Crvena zvezda6102326.523. Frano Čolak Široki Hercegtisak5062619.464. Ognjen Aškrabić Reflex4632419.295. Davor Marcelić Zadar4752618.27
Points RankNameTeamPointsGamesPPG1. Igor Rakočević Crvena zvezda5342323.222. Dejan Milojević Budućnost5132520.523. Davor Marcelić Zadar4402616.924. Feliks Kojadinović Banjalučka pivovara4022416.755. Frano Čolak Široki Hercegtisak4212616.19
Rebounds RankNameTeamReboundsGamesRPG1. Dejan Milojević Budućnost2702510.802. Ninoslav Marjanović Budućnost161227.323. Andrija Žižić Cibona Vip177276.564. Marko Rakočević Lovćen CKB147246.13 Tommy Smith Split CO147246.13
Assists {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Rank !width="175"|Name !width="150"|Team !width="60"|Assists !width="60"|Games !width="60"|APG |- |1.||align="left"| Curtis McCants||align="left"| Split CO||73||16||4.56 |- |1.||align="left"| Igor Rakočević||align="left"| Crvena zvezda||101||23||4.39 |- |3.||align="left"| Vladimir Krstić||align="left"| Zadar||60||14||4.29 |- |4.||align="left"| Martin Vanjak||align="left"| Široki Hercegtisak||109||26||4.19 |- |5.||align="left"| Ivan Tomas||align="left"| Zagreb||99||26||3.96
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