Süper Lig 2003/04

Süper Lig 2003/04
master	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Champions League	Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Champions League qualification	Trabzonspor
Uefa cup	Beşiktaş Istanbul , Gençlerbirliği Ankara
Cup winners	Trabzonspor
Relegated	Bursaspor , Adanaspor , Elazığspor
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	909  (ø 2.97 per game)
Top scorer	Zafer Biryol ( Konyaspor )
yellow cards	1,139  (ø 3.72 per game)
Yellow and red cards	45  (ø 0.15 per game)
Red cards	40  (ø 0.13 per game)
← Süper Lig 2002/03 Süper Lig 2004/05 →
2. Lig Aategorisi 2003/04 ↓

The 2003/04 Süper Lig was the 46th season of the top Turkish league in men's football . It started on August 8, 2003 with the game Samsunspor against Beşiktaş Istanbul and ended on May 15, 2004 with the 34th matchday. From December 22, 2003 to January 22, 2004 the season was interrupted by the winter break.

Champion Fenerbahce . This secured the blue and yellow the 15th championship in the club's history. The team from the Black Sea , Trabzonspor, was runner-up . Bursaspor , Adanaspor and Elazığspor had to relegate .

The champions' two rivals, Beşiktaş Istanbul and Galatasaray Istanbul, were dissatisfied with their results after the season. Beşiktaş finished third behind Trabzonspor and qualified for the UEFA Cup . Galatasaray played their worst season in many years. Galatasaray's legendary coach Fatih Terim and his team finished sixth, which was unsatisfactory for the fans and the Red-Yellow board . This meant that Galatasaray could not participate in international football in the coming season. Terim resigned and was replaced by Gheorghe Hagi , who succeeded Terim three years after retiring as a footballer.

Attendees

For the 2003/04 Süper Lig, the 15 clubs left from the previous season were joined by the three promoted teams from the last second division season . The climbers were the first to third place in the 2nd division Konyaspor , Çaykur Rizespor and Akçaabat Sebatspor . While Konyaspor returned after ten years, Çaykur Rizespor managed to rise again immediately. For Akçaabat Sebatspor it was the first first division participation in their club history.

Istanbul Gaziantepspor Trabzonspor Ankaragücü Gençlerbirliği Ankara Samsunspor Denizlispor Malatyaspor Diyarbakırspor Çaykur Rizespor Konyaspor Akçaabat Sebatspor Bursaspor Adanaspor Elazığspor Clubs in Istanbul: Beşiktaş Fenerbahçe Galatasaray İstanbulspor

Clubs of the Süper Lig 2003/04

society	city	Previous year
Beşiktaş Istanbul	Istanbul	master
Galatasaray Istanbul	Istanbul	2.
Gençlerbirliği Ankara	Ankara	3.
Gaziantepspor	Gaziantep	4th
Malatyaspor	Malatya	5.
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Istanbul	6th
Trabzonspor	Trabzon	7th
MKE Ankaragücü	Ankara	8th.
İstanbulspor	Istanbul	9.
Denizlispor	Denizli	10.
Adanaspor	Adana	11.
Samsunspor	Samsun	12.
Elazığspor	Elazığ	13.
Diyarbakirspor	Diyarbakır	14th
Bursaspor	Bursa	15th
Konyaspor	Konya	Climbers
Akçaabat Sebatspor	Akçaabat	Climbers
Çaykur Rizespor	Rize	Climbers

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	34	23	7th	4th	082:410	+41	76
2.	Trabzonspor (P)	34	22nd	6th	6th	060:380	+22	72
3.	Beşiktaş Istanbul (M)	34	18th	8th	8th	065:450	+20	62
4th	Gaziantepspor	34	18th	3	13	052:510	+1	57
5.	Denizlispor	34	17th	4th	13	052:430	+9	55
6th	Galatasaray Istanbul	34	15th	9	10	056:470	+9	54
7th	Samsunspor	34	13	7th	14th	046:470	−1	46
8th.	Malatyaspor	34	11	12	11	051:400	+11	45
9.	MKE Ankaragücü	34	13	6th	15th	048:530	−5	45
10.	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	34	12	8th	14th	056:520	+4	44
11.	Konyaspor (N)	34	10	14th	10	053:540	−1	44
12.	Diyarbakırspor	34	12	7th	15th	044:540	−10	43
13.	Akçaabat Sebatspor (N)	34	11	9	14th	045:530	−8	42
14th	Çaykur Rizespor (N)	34	13	3	18th	037:530	−16	42
15th	İstanbulspor	34	11	8th	15th	046:450	+1	41
16.	Bursaspor	34	10	10	14th	040:400	± 0	40
17th	Adanaspor	24	6th	4th	14th	038:730	−35	22nd
18th	Elazığspor	34	5	7th	22nd	037:790	−42	22nd

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Turkish champions and participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage : Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round: Trabzonspor

Participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup : Beşiktaş Istanbul

Participation in the second qualifying round of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup as cup finalist: Gençlerbirliği Ankara

Relegation to the 2nd Lig Aategorisi 2004/05 : Bursaspor, Adanaspor and Elazığspor

(M)	reigning Turkish champion
(P)	reigning Turkish cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the 2nd Lig A Category 2002/03

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2003/04

SAM

1.

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

3: 1

2: 2

3: 1

2-0

2: 1

1: 1

2: 4

3: 1

1-0

5: 2

2: 2

4: 2

4: 1 *

0: 3

3: 1

3-0

7: 1

2.

Trabzonspor

0: 1

3-0

3-0

1-0

2: 4

2: 1

0-0

3-0

1: 3

0: 3

2-0

2: 1

1-0

2-0

2: 1

2: 1

2: 2

3.

Beşiktaş Istanbul

1: 3

5-0

4: 1

3: 1

0-0

0: 4 °

3: 1

3-0

2: 2

1: 1

1-0

0: 2

5: 3

1: 2

1-0

2: 1

5: 3

4th

Gaziantepspor

1: 5

1: 2

0: 3

1: 2

1: 2

1-0

1: 3

2: 1

2-0

3: 1

4: 1

2: 2

2-0

2: 1

3: 2

1-0

3: 1

5.

Denizlispor

0: 4

0: 1

2: 3

2-0

2: 1

1: 1

1-0

0: 1

1: 2

3: 2

1: 2

1: 2

1: 1

2-0

4-0

1: 1

3-0

6th

Galatasaray Istanbul

2: 2

1: 2

1: 2

3-0

4: 3

1-0

2: 2

2: 1

2: 1

2: 1

2: 1

4: 3

1: 2

2: 2

0-0

3: 2

3: 1

7th

Samsunspor

3-0

1: 3

1: 3

1: 2

2: 1

1-0

1-0

3: 2

2: 1

2: 3

3: 1

1: 1

2: 1

3: 3

0-0

2: 1

2-0

8th.

Malatyaspor

2: 4

2: 3

0-0

0-0

0: 1

1: 2

5-0

1-0

1: 1

1: 3

5-0

3: 1

0: 1

2: 1

2: 1

2-0

3-0

9.

MKE Ankaragücü

1: 4

1: 2

1: 1

1: 4

1: 1

1-0

4: 2

0-0

2: 3

1-0

3: 1

1: 1

4: 1

2: 1

2-0

1: 2

1-0

10.

Gençlerbirliği Ankara

0: 1

2: 2

1: 2

1-0

1: 3

2: 2

2: 1

2: 2

1: 2

4-0

3: 4

3: 1

1-0

1-0

2-0

6-0

2: 3

11.

Konyaspor

2: 4

3: 3

2: 2

0: 3

1: 1

1-0

0-0

3: 3

1: 1

4: 1

3: 1

0-0

2: 1

0: 2

1: 1

4: 1

2-0

12.

Diyarbakırspor

1: 2

2: 2

3: 1

2: 1

0: 1

0-0

2: 2

2-0

1: 1

3: 2

1: 1

1-0

0: 1

1: 2

0: 3

3: 1

2-0

13.

Akçaabat Sebatspor

1: 1

0-0

1: 2

1: 2

0: 2

2: 1

1-0

2: 2

3: 2

0: 3

1: 1

0: 1

1-0

1: 3

0: 1

4: 3

3: 1

14th

Çaykur Rizespor

1-0

1-0

1-0

1: 2

1: 2

0: 1

1: 2

2: 1

2: 1

2-0

1: 1

2: 1

0: 1

1-0

1-0

0: 2

5: 4

15th

İstanbulspor

0: 1

0: 2

1: 1

0: 1

0: 3

3: 1

0-0

0-0

2: 3

3-0

2: 3

1: 3

1: 3

3-0

3-0

1-0

3: 1

16.

Bursaspor

2: 2

1: 2

0: 1

0-0

0: 1

2: 2

1-0

3: 2

1-0

0-0

2: 1

0-0

1: 1

4: 2

1: 1

6-0

4-0

17th

Adanaspor

1: 2

0: 1

1-0

2: 3

4: 1

0: 2

2: 3

0: 1

1: 3

2: 2

1: 1

2: 1

1: 2

0: 1

1: 1

0: 3

1: 2

18th

Elazığspor

0: 1

0: 3

1: 5

1: 2

2: 4

2: 2

1-0

0-0

1: 2

1: 1

0-0

3: 1

0: 1

1: 1

1: 1

1-0

3: 4

• (*) The match between Fenerbahçe Istanbul and Çaykur Rizespor was rescheduled due to a wrong decision by referee Ali Aydın . He showed the player Gustavo Victoria from Çaykur Rizespor two yellow cards without sending him off with a red card. The first game ended in a draw with 1: 1.
• (°) The Beşiktaş Istanbul - Samsunspor match ended prematurely after 85 minutes. Referee Cem Papila sent five Beşiktaş players off the pitch with red cards up to that minute. The score at this point was 1: 4, but was officially declared 0: 4.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Zafer Biryol	Konyaspor	25th
2	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	23
3	Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor	20th
4th	Tuncay Sanli	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	19th
5	Yunus Altun	Elazığspor	17th
6th	Souleymane Youla	Gençlerbirliği Ankara	15th
7th	Okan Yilmaz	Bursaspor	14th
	Gökdeniz Karadeniz	Trabzonspor
	Mustafa Özkan	Gençlerbirliği Ankara
	Ahmed Hassan	Beşiktaş Istanbul

The Fenerbahçe Istanbul championship team

1.

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Goal: Recep Biler (14 / -), Volkan Demirel (10 / -) Defense: Fatih Akyel (13 / -), Servet Çetin (5 / -), Mahmut Erdoğdu (10 / -), İsmail Güldüren (6 / -), Fábio Luciano (24/2), Ümit Özat (23/6), Stjepan Tomas (20 / -), Erman Yıldırım (- / -) Midfield: Olcan Adın (1 / -), Erhan Albayrak (1 / -), Kemal Aslan (13/1), Mehmet Aurélio (23/1), Hakan Bayraktar (1 / -), Ali Güneş (13/1), Iwajlo Petkow (13 / -), Serhij Rebrow (17/2), Selçuk Şahin (19/1), Mehmet Yozgatlı (7/1) Attack: Serhat Akın (15/4), Pierre van Hooijdonk (25/19), Mert Nobre (9/9), Tuncay Şanlı (23/13), Semih Şentürk (10 / -) Trainer: Christoph Daum

* Yusuf Şimşek (12/1), Alper Akıcı (3 / -), Robert Enke (1 / -) left the club during the season.

Venues

society	Stadion	city	capacity
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium	Istanbul	52,500
Beşiktaş Istanbul	İnönü Stadı	Istanbul	32,145
Trabzonspor	Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium	Trabzon	30,000
Galatasaray Istanbul	Ali Sami Yen Stadium	Istanbul	24,990
Gaziantepspor	Kâmil Ocak Stadı	Gaziantep	23,000
Bursaspor	Bursa Ataturk Stadı	Bursa	19,700
Konyaspor	Konya Ataturk Stadı	Konya	19,125
MKE Ankaragücü, Gençlerbirliği Ankara	19 Mayıs Stadyumu	Ankara	19,125
Adanaspor	January 5th Stadium	Adana	19,000
Samsunspor	19 Mayis Stadi	Samsun	19,000
Diyarbakir	Ataturk Stadium	Diyarbakır	18,000
Malatyaspor	Malatya Inonu Stadium	Malatya	17,000
Denizlispor	Denizli Ataturk Stadı	Denizli	15,000
Elazığspor	Elazığ Ataturk Stadium	Elazığ	14,467
Caykur Rizespor	Rize Ataturk Stadı	Rize	10,800
Istanbulspor	Güngören Belediye	Istanbul	10,500
Akçaabat Sebatspor	Fatih Stadium	Akçaabat	8,000

Web links

• Süper Lig - 2003/04 season on kicker.de
• Süper Lig - 2003/04 season on the official website of the Turkish Football Association (Turkish)
• Süper Lig 2003/04 in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)