Swiss Football Championship 2003/04

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The Axpo Super League 2003/04 was the 107th season of the top Swiss division in men's football. Ten teams took part. The Swiss champions were FC Basel .

The 2003/04 Challenge League was the 106th season of the second highest Swiss division in men's football. Eighteen teams took part in the Challenge League. FC Schaffhausen became champions in the Challenge League .

Super League

Axpo Super League 2003/04
Super League logo
master FC Basel
Champions League
qualification
FC Basel
BSC Young Boys
UEFA Cup
qualification
Servette FC Genève
FC Wil
UI cup FC Thun
Cup winners FC Wil
Relegation ↓ Neuchâtel Xamax (2-0 and 1-2 against FC Vaduz ) LiechtensteinLiechtenstein 
Relegated FC Wil
Teams 10
Games 180 + 2 relegation games
Top scorer SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stéphane Chapuisat (23)
( BSC Young Boys )
Swiss Football Championship 2002/03

Season overview

FC Basel became Swiss champions for the 10th time .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FC Basel (C)  36  26th  7th  3 086:320 +54 85
 2. BSC Young Boys  36  22nd  6th  8th 075:480 +27 72
 3. Servette FC Genève 1  36  15th  7th  14th 061:620  −1 52
 4th FC Zurich  36  14th  8th  14th 058:520  +6 50
 5. FC St. Gallen  36  14th  8th  14th 054:570  −3 50
 6th FC Thun  36  13  10  13 051:570  −6 49
 7th Grasshopper Club Zurich (M)  36  12  5  19th 062:740 −12 41
 8th. FC Aarau  36  9  11  16 057:690 −12 38
 9. Neuchâtel Xamax  36  10  6th  20th 046:630 −17 36
10. FC Wil 1  36  7th  8th  21st 037:730 −36 29
1 Servette FC Genève was deducted 3 points and FC Wil 1 point due to non-compliance with license regulations.
Legend
  • Swiss champion and participation in qualifying for the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in qualifying for the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the qualification for the Uefa Cup 2004/05
  • Participation in the UI Cup 2004 (FC Zurich and FC St. Gallen decided not to participate)
  • Barrage games against the runner-up in the Challenge League
  • Relegation to the Challenge League and cup winner 2004 and participation in the qualification for the Uefa Cup 2004/05
  • (M) - reigning Swiss champion
    (C) - Swiss Cup winner 2002/03

    European qualifications

    Barrage games

    date total First leg Return leg
    29./31. May 2004 Neuchâtel Xamax 3: 2 FC Vaduz 2-0 1: 2

    Relegation

    FC Wil was relegated to the Challenge League . The FC Schaffhausen has replaced him.

    List of goalscorers

    If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stéphane Chapuisat BSC Young Boys 23
    02. TogoTogo Mohamed Kader Servette FC Genève 19th
    03. BrazilBrazil Leandro Fonseca BSC Young Boys 17th
    UruguayUruguay Richard Nuñez Grasshopper Club Zurich
    05. RomaniaRomania Ionel Gane Grasshopper Club Zurich 16
    ArgentinaArgentina Christian Giménez FC Basel
    GhanaGhana Alexander Tachie-Mensah FC St. Gallen
    08th. ArmeniaArmenia Artur Petrosian FC Zurich 13
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marco Streller FC Basel
    010. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rainer Bieli FC Aarau 12
    SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mobulu M'Futi Neuchâtel Xamax
    Final score

    Audience numbers

    • Average audience SL - 9,025
    • FC Basel - 27,886
    • Servette FC - 9,202
    • FC St. Gallen - 8,794
    • GC Zurich - 8,087
    • FC Zurich - 7,889
    • BSC Young Boys - 7,869
    • Neuchâtel Xamax FC - 6,617
    • FC Aarau - 5,594
    • FC Thun - 4,524
    • FC Wil - 3,445

    Swiss teams in the 2003/2004 European Cup

    Champions League

    3rd qualifying round

    total First leg Return leg
    Grasshopper Club Zurich  SwitzerlandSwitzerland 2: 3 GreeceGreece AEK Athens 1-0 1: 3

    UEFA Cup

    Qualifying round

    total First leg Return leg
    Myllycosken Pallo -47  FinlandFinland 5: 4 SwitzerlandSwitzerland BSC Young Boys 3: 2 2: 2
    Valletta FC  MaltaMalta 0: 4 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Neuchâtel Xamax 0: 2 0: 2

    1st main round

    total First leg Return leg
    Malatyaspor  TurkeyTurkey 2: 3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC Basel 0: 2 2: 1 by SG
    Grasshopper Club Zurich  SwitzerlandSwitzerland (a)1: 1 ( a ) CroatiaCroatia Hajduk Split 1: 1 0-0
    AJ Auxerre  FranceFrance 2-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Neuchâtel Xamax 1-0 1-0

    2nd main round

    total First leg Return leg
    FC Basel  SwitzerlandSwitzerland 2: 4 EnglandEngland Newcastle United 2: 3 0: 1

    Challenge League

    Challenge League 2003/04
    brack.ch Challenge League
    master FC Schaffhausen
    Climbers FC Schaffhausen
    Relegation ↑ LiechtensteinLiechtenstein FC Vaduz (0-2 and 2-1 against Neuchâtel Xamax )
    Relegated SR Delémont
    Teams 17th
    Games 272 + 2 relegation games
    Gates 725  (ø 2.67 per game)
    Top scorer BrazilBrazil Francisco Neri (17)
    ( FC Schaffhausen )

    Season overview
    The FC Schaffhausen got a master of Challenge League directly into the Super League on. The FC Vaduz , the table Second, denied the Barrage against Neuchatel Xamax . The Liechtensteiners lost in the duels with the Neuchâtel Xamax and remained in the Challenge League.

    The SR Delémont rose from bottom of the table in the first division . The league played from the 2004/05 season with 18 teams.

    The league starts with 16 teams in the championship. FC Sion was forcibly relegated to the first division before the season, but FC Sion President Christian Constantin forced participation in court. He won the process against the Swiss Football League, and the second highest Swiss league had to be increased by one club to 17. FC Sion started the 2003/04 championship around three months late.

    A special mode was tested, the teams played back and forth against the same opponent one after the other in the European Cup format and the overall winner of these individual duels received an additional 2 bonus points per duel.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. List of goalscorers Super League 2003/2004 sfl.ch