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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