2003–04 Swiss Super League

The 2003–04 Swiss Super League was the 107th season of top-division football in Switzerland. The competition was officially named the AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 16 July 2003 and has ended on 23 May 2004. This first season as Swiss Super League.

Swiss Super League
Season2003–04
ChampionsBasel
10th title
PromotedSchaffhausen
RelegatedWil
Champions LeagueBasel
Young Boys
UEFA CupServette
Intertoto CupThun
Matches played180
Goals scored587 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorerStéphane Chapuisat (23)
Biggest home winBasel 6–0 Servette
Basel 6–0 Neuchâtel Xamax
Biggest away winThun 0–4 Basel
Grasshopper 0–4 Basel
Highest scoringBasel 5–2 Grasshopper (7 goals)
Longest winning runBasel (19)
Longest unbeaten runBasel (19)
Longest winless runWil (8)
Longest losing runWil (8)
Average attendance8,990

Overview

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It was contested by 10 teams, and FC Basel won the championship.

League standings

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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

Results

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Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.

Relegation play-offs

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Neuchatel Xamax2–0Vaduz
Forschelet   28'
Rey   50'

Vaduz2–1Neuchatel Xamax
Burgmeier   12'
Gohouri   35'
M'Futi   55'
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Urs Meier

Neuchatel Xamax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1.   Stéphane Chapuisat Young Boys 23
2.   Mohamed Kader Servette 19
3.   Leandro Fonseca Young Boys 17
  Richard Núñez Grasshoppers 17
  Alex Tachie-Mensah St. Gallen 17
6.   Ionel Gane Grasshoppers 16
  Christian Giménez Basel 16
8.   Arthur Petrosyan Zürich 13
  Marco Streller Basel 13
10.   Rainer Bieli Aarau 12
  Mobulu M'Futi Neuchâtel Xamax 12

References

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  1. ^ Winkler, Pierre; Zea, Antonio; Schoenmakers, Jan. "Switzerland 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

Sources

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