2003–04 in Swiss football

Football in Switzerland
Season	2003–04
Men's football
Super League	Basel
Challenge League	Schaffhausen
1. Liga	Group 1:; Étoile Carouge; Group 2:; YF Juventus; Group 3:; Locarno
Swiss Cup	FC Wil
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super League	FC Sursee
Swiss Cup	FC Sursee

The following is a summary of the 2003–04 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Super League edit

Final league table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basel (C)	36	26	7	3	86	32	+54	85	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Young Boys	36	22	6	8	75	48	+27	72	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Servette	36	15	7	14	61	62	−1	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Zürich	36	14	8	14	58	52	+6	50
5	St. Gallen	36	14	8	14	54	57	−3	50
6	Thun	36	13	10	13	51	57	−6	49	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7	Grasshopper	36	12	5	19	62	74	−12	41
8	Aarau	36	9	11	16	57	69	−12	38
9	Neuchâtel Xamax	36	10	6	20	46	63	−17	36	Qualification to relegation play-off
10	Wil (R)	36	7	8	21	37	73	−36	29	Relegation to Swiss Challenge League

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Challenge League edit

Final league table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Schaffhausen (C, P)	32	17	9	6	52	39	+13	24	84	Promotion to 2004–05 Swiss Super League
2	FC Vaduz	32	16	9	7	56	34	+22	22	79	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	FC Chiasso	32	16	6	10	49	31	+18	24	78
4	FC Malcantone Agno^[a]	32	16	7	9	48	38	+10	18	73
5	FC Wohlen	32	12	14	6	46	39	+7	22	72
6	FC Sion^[b]	32	13	11	8	47	33	+14	20	70
7	Yverdon-Sport FC	32	12	10	10	50	37	+13	24	70
8	SC Kriens	32	14	7	11	44	40	+4	18	67
9	FC Concordia Basel	32	15	6	11	54	48	+6	14	65
10	FC Lucerne	32	12	10	10	46	43	+3	18	64
11	AC Bellinzona	32	13	3	16	47	58	−11	14	56
12	FC Bulle	32	9	10	13	42	54	−12	12	49
13	FC Meyrin	32	9	10	13	43	53	−10	10	47
14	FC Baden	32	9	4	19	38	57	−19	10	41
15	FC Winterthur	32	8	6	18	38	47	−9	10	40
16	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	32	7	7	18	25	47	−22	8	36
17	SR Delémont (R)	32	6	7	19	37	64	−27	4	29	Relegated to 2004–05 Swiss 1. Liga

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: During the season, the winner of each confrontation return received 2 bonus points. This system will be abolished for the 2004-05 season
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ FC Malcantone Agno merged with AC Lugano, who will replace the club for the 2004-05 season.
^ FC Sion was admitted into the league on 29 October 2003. Because of the late fixtures, the club's season ended later

1. Liga edit

Group 1 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Étoile Carouge FC	28	21	4	3	58	18	+40	67	Play-off to Challenge League
2	FC Baulmes	28	19	2	7	63	32	+31	59
3	ES FC Malley	28	16	8	4	67	40	+27	56
4	FC Martigny-Sports	28	15	8	5	52	25	+27	53
5	CS Chênois	28	14	4	10	54	51	+3	46
6	Servette U-21	28	10	5	13	36	45	−9	35
7	FC Fribourg	28	9	8	11	42	53	−11	35
8	FC Naters	28	9	8	11	35	49	−14	35
9	FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy	28	9	7	12	40	36	+4	34
10	Grand-Lancy FC	28	10	3	15	36	51	−15	33
11	FC Echallens	28	8	7	13	45	51	−6	31
12	FC Stade Nyonnais	28	6	13	9	30	40	−10	31
13	FC Bex	28	9	4	15	34	53	−19	31
14	Vevey Sports	28	5	5	18	35	57	−22	20	Play-out against relegation
15	FC Sierre	28	5	4	19	37	63	−26	19	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	FC Sion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	FC Sion were admitted to the Challenge League on 29 October 2003

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SC Young Fellows Juventus	30	18	8	4	66	34	+32	62	Play-off to Challenge League
2	Basel U-21	30	18	5	7	70	46	+24	59	Not eligible to Play-offs
3	FC Wangen bei Olten	30	16	6	8	58	41	+17	54	Play-off to Challenge League
4	FC Biel-Bienne	30	14	8	8	52	34	+18	50
5	FC Red Star Zürich	30	14	6	10	55	48	+7	48
6	FC Solothurn	30	14	6	10	47	49	−2	48
7	Zürich U-21	30	13	7	10	46	40	+6	46
8	FC Grenchen	30	13	6	11	50	49	+1	45
9	SC Dornach	30	13	5	12	55	62	−7	44
10	Grasshopper Club U-21	30	11	9	10	49	43	+6	42
11	FC Münsingen	30	11	7	12	36	38	−2	40
12	FC Serrières	30	10	7	13	35	41	−6	37
13	Young Boys U-21	30	8	8	14	55	49	+6	32
14	FC Seefeld Zürich	30	9	3	18	45	60	−15	30
15	FC Altstetten	30	3	8	19	25	69	−44	17	Play-out against relegation
16	FC Colombier	30	4	3	23	24	65	−41	15	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Locarno	30	16	10	4	56	28	+28	58	Play-off to Challenge League
2	FC Kreuzlingen	30	14	12	4	49	26	+23	54
3	FC Tuggen	30	13	14	3	58	34	+24	53
4	FC Schötz	30	15	8	7	51	36	+15	53
5	SC Buochs	30	14	11	5	40	28	+12	53
6	FC Mendrisio	30	14	7	9	60	43	+17	49
7	Zug 94	30	13	8	9	42	38	+4	47
8	FC Gossau	30	10	8	12	40	52	−12	38
9	FC Chur 97	30	9	10	11	31	46	−15	37
10	Luzern U-21	30	8	9	13	40	49	−9	33
11	FC Frauenfeld	30	10	3	17	43	60	−17	33
12	St. Gallen U-21	30	7	9	14	37	46	−9	30
13	SC Cham	30	7	9	14	34	48	−14	30
14	GC Biaschesi	30	7	8	15	47	54	−7	29
15	SC Zofingen	30	7	8	15	41	58	−17	29	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16	SV Schaffhausen	30	5	8	17	23	46	−23	23	Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional

Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off edit

Qualification round edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tuggen	3–1	Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge	3–2	Tuggen

Tuggen win 5–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Malley	1–0	YFJ
YFJ	0–3	Malley

Young Fellows Juventus win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Wangen b.O.	1–1	Locarno
Locarno	0–0	Wangen b.O.

1–1 on aggregate, Locarno win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kreuzlingen	1–2	Baulmes
Baulmes	3–2	Kreuzlingen

Baulmes win 5–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tuggen	3–2	YFJ
YFJ	3–0	Tuggen

Young Fellows Juventus win 5–3 on aggregate and are promoted to 2004–05 Challenge League.^[1]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Locarno	1–1	Baulmes
Baulmes	2–1	Locarno

Baulmes win 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2004–05 Challenge League.^[1]

Swiss Cup edit

Semi-finals edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
3 March 2004
Grasshoppers	6–5 (a.e.t.)	FC Zürich
4 March 2004
FC St. Gallen	1–2	FC Wil

Source:^[2]

Final edit

12 April 2004

15:00

Grasshoppers	3 – 2	FC Wil
Núñez 8' Cabanas 19' Tararache 25' 45' Lichtsteiner 39' Spycher 62' Mitreski 78'	SFL summary	5' Rogerio 30' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Fabinho 78' Blunschi

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 22,500

Referee:

Guido Wildhaber

Source:^[2]

Swiss Clubs in Europe edit

Grasshopper Club as 2002–03 Nationalliga A champions: Champions League third qualifying round
Basel as 2002–03 Swiss Cup winners: UEFA Cup first round
Neuchâtel Xamax as third placed team last season: UEFA Cup qualifying round
Young Boys as fourth placed team: UEFA Cup qualifying round
Thun: Intertoto Cup second round
Wil: Intertoto Cup first round
Vaduz as 2002–03 Liechtenstein Cup winners: UEFA Cup qualifying round

Grasshopper Club edit

Champions League edit

Third qualifying round edit

13 August 2003 First leg	Grasshopper Club	1–0	AEK Athens	Hardturm, Zürich
20:30	Núñez 83'	Report		Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

27 August 2003 Second leg	AEK Athens	3–1	Grasshopper Club	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
20:30	Katsouranis 20' Liberopoulos 25' Castillo 39' (o.g.)	Report	Núñez 68'	Attendance: 16,045 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate. Grasshoppers transfer to UEFA Cup.

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

24 September 2003 First leg	Grasshopper Club	1–1	Hajduk Split	Hardturm, Zürich
19:30	Eduardo 40'	Report	Neretljak 56'	Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

15 October 2003 Second leg	Hajduk Split	0–0	Grasshopper Club	Stadion Poljud, Split
17:30		Report		Attendance: 15,833 Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

1–1 on aggregate. Hajduk Split won on away goals.

Basel edit

UEFA Cup edit

First round edit

24 September 2003 1st Leg	Malatyaspor	0–2	Basel	Malatya İnönü Stadium, Malatya
19:00	Akagünduz 25'	(Report)	15' 51' M. Yakin 51' Zuberbühler 75' H. Yakin	Attendance: 10,000 (sold out) Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (Rom)

15 October 2003 2nd Leg	Basel	1–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Malatyaspor	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30	Huggel 16' Streller 95'	(Report)	25' Birlik 65', 85' Koçak 93' Bensol 102' Domies Junior De-Azevedo Elias	Attendance: 26,663 Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Basel win 3-2 on aggregate after extra time.

Second round edit

6 November 2003 1st Leg	Basel	2–3	Newcastle United	St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30	Cantaluppi 11' Chipperfield 15' P. Degen 29'	(Report)	13' Robert 37' Bramble 75' Ameobi	Attendance: 30,000 (sold out) Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø, (Norway)

27 November 2003 2nd Leg	Newcastle United	1–0	Basel	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
20:30	Shearer 1' Smiljanić 14' (o.g.)	(Report)	27' Cantaluppi	Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Newcastle win 4-2 on aggregate.

Xamax edit

UEFA Cup edit

Qualifying round edit

12 August 2003 First leg	Valletta	0–2	Neuchâtel Xamax	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Valletta
19:30		Report	Griffiths 18' Mangane 35'	Attendance: 815 Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoğlu (Turkey)

28 August 2003 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–0	Valletta	La Maladière, Neuchatel
20:15	Griffiths 45' Portillo 90'	Report		Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Paulius Malžinskas (Lithuania)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round edit

24 September 2003 First leg	Auxerre	1–0	Neuchâtel Xamax	Stade Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:45	Kalou 6'	Report		Attendance: 6,155 Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)

15 October 2003 Second leg	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–1	Auxerre	La Maladière, Neuchatel
20:15		Report	Lachuer 53'	Attendance: 5,585 Referee: Andy D'Urso (England)

Auxerre won 2–0 on aggregate.

Young Boys edit

UEFA Cup edit

Qualifying round edit

14 August 2003 First leg	MyPa	3–2	Young Boys	Saviniemen Jalkapallostadion, Anjalankoski
17:05	Okkonen 2' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Luiz Antônio 23'	Report	Leandro 19' Magnin 57'	Attendance: 1,515 Referee: Georgios Borovilos (Greece)

28 August 2003 Second leg	Young Boys	2–2	MyPa	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
19:30	Sermeter 24', 77'	Report	Luiz Antônio 71' Taipale 86'	Attendance: 7,264 Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)

MyPa won 5–4 on aggregate.

Thun edit

2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup edit

Second round edit

5 July 2003 First leg	Thun	2–3	Brno	Stadion Lachen, Thun
	Aegerter 42' Rama 75'	Report	Živný 10' Zúbek 76' Pacanda 83'	Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)

12 July 2003 Second leg	Brno	1–1	Thun	Stadion na Lesní ulici, Břeclav
	Kroupa 11'	Report	Raimondi 63'	Attendance: 2,110 Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Brno won 4–3 on aggregate.

Wil edit

2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup edit

First round edit

21 June 2003 First leg	Dinaburg	1–0	Wil	Celtnieks Stadium, Daugavpils
	Čugunovs 28'	Report		Attendance: 700 Referee: Zbigniew Marczyk (Poland)

29 June 2003 Second leg	Wil	2–0	Dinaburg	Stadion Bergholz, Wil
	Callà 22' Lustrinelli 45'	Report		Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Goran Mihaljević (Serbia and Montenegro)

Wil won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round edit

5 July 2003 First leg	Willem II Tilburg	2–1	Wil	Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg
	Sektioui 9' Landzaat 70' (pen.)	Report	Callà 32'	Attendance: 2,797 Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)

12 July 2003 Second leg	Wil	3–1	Willem II Tilburg	Stadion Bergholz, Wil
	Lustrinelli 4', 78' Romano 84' (pen.)	Report	Caluwé 61'	Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Wil won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round edit

19 July 2003 First leg	Nantes	2–1	Wil	Stade René Gaillard, Niort
	N'Zigou 50' Pujol 86'	Report	Rogério 23'	Attendance: 3,414 Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)

26 July 2003 Second leg	Wil	2–3	Nantes	Stadion Bergholz, Wil
	Romano 10' (pen.) Mordeku 23'	Report	Yepes 12' Vahirua 43' Pujol 64'	Attendance: 2,080 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Germany)

Nantes won 5–3 on aggregate.

Vaduz edit

UEFA Cup edit

Qualifying round edit

14 August 2003 First leg	Vaduz	0–1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30		Report	Rykun 88'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)

28 August 2003 Second leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–0	Vaduz	Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
17:00	Rykun 75'	Report		Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Zöhrab Gadiyev (Azerbaijan)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 2–0 on aggregate.

References edit

^ ^a ^b Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF Seite 15 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
^ ^a ^b Zea, Antonio (20 July 2005). "Switzerland Cup 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

Sources edit

Switzerland 2003–04 at RSSSF
Switzerland Cup 2003–04 at RSSSF
1. Liga season 2003–04 at the official website
Cup finals at Fussball-Schweiz
Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.

Preceded by 2003–04	Seasons in Swiss football	Succeeded by 2005–06

[table_note_MAL0.37486859102494-1] FC Malcantone Agno merged with AC Lugano, who will replace the club for the 2004-05 season.

[table_note_SIO0.37486859102494-2] FC Sion was admitted into the league on 29 October 2003. Because of the late fixtures, the club's season ended later

[Erste_Liga-Statistik_der_Ersten_Liga_über_Aufstieg_und_Abstieg-3] Erste Liga (SFV) (2018). "Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018" [First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018] (PDF). PDF Seite 15 (in German). Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

[rsssf-Switzerland_Cup_2003/04-4] Zea, Antonio (20 July 2005). "Switzerland Cup 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2023-11-16.

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