2003–04 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season2003–04
Champions1. FC Nürnberg
Promoted1. FC Nürnberg
Arminia Bielefeld
Mainz 05
RelegatedVfB Lübeck
Jahn Regensburg
Union Berlin
VfL Osnabrück
Top goalscorerFrancisco Copado
Marek Mintál
(18 goals each)

The 2003–04 2. Bundesliga was the 30th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. 1. FC Nürnberg, Arminia Bielefeld and Mainz 05 were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfB Lübeck, Jahn Regensburg, Union Berlin and VfL Osnabrück were relegated to the Regionalliga.

League table

For the 2003–04 season SSV Jahn Regensburg, SpVgg Unterhaching, Erzgebirge Aue and VfL Osnabrück were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Nürnberg and FC Energie Cottbus had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.[1]

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Locations of the participating teams of the 2003–04 season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 1. FC Nürnberg (C, P) 34 18 7 9 68 45 +23 61 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Arminia Bielefeld (P) 34 16 8 10 50 37 +13 56
3 Mainz 05 (P) 34 13 15 6 49 34 +15 54
4 Energie Cottbus 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54
5 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 15 8 11 52 48 +4 53
6 Alemannia Aachen 34 15 8 11 51 51 0 53 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
7 MSV Duisburg 34 13 9 12 52 46 +6 48
8 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 12 10 47 45 +2 48
9 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 11 12 11 58 51 +7 45
10 Wacker Burghausen 34 12 9 13 40 39 +1 45
11 Eintracht Trier 34 12 9 13 46 51 −5 45
12 LR Ahlen 34 12 8 14 36 45 −9 44
13 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 11 10 13 41 46 −5 43
14 Karlsruher SC 34 11 10 13 38 44 −6 43
15 VfB Lübeck (R) 34 9 12 13 47 57 −10 39 Relegation to Regionalliga[a]
16 Jahn Regensburg (R) 34 9 12 13 37 51 −14 39
17 Union Berlin (R) 34 8 9 17 43 53 −10 33
18 VfL Osnabrück (R) 34 7 7 20 35 55 −20 28
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ VfB Lübeck, 1. FC Union Berlin and VfL Osnabrück were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Jahn Regensburg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd.

Results

Home \ Away AAC LRA AUE UNB DSC WBU FCE DUI SGF KSC LUE M05 FCN RWO OSN JRE TRI UNT
Alemannia Aachen — 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–1
LR Ahlen 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–2
Erzgebirge Aue 0–1 2–0 — 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–3
Union Berlin 2–1 0–2 3–0 — 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–5 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–0
Arminia Bielefeld 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 — 3–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–3 5–0 0–0 3–1 1–0
Wacker Burghausen 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 5–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–2
Energie Cottbus 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 — 1–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–3 3–1
MSV Duisburg 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–2 — 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–1
Greuther Fürth 7–1 2–0 5–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–3 — 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–4
Karlsruher SC 1–0 1–0 3–5 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–1 0–1
VfB Lübeck 3–5 4–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 — 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–2
Mainz 05 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 — 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0
1. FC Nürnberg 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 — 1–3 2–0 3–2 3–1 3–0
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1–2 1–3 1–4 0–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 3–1 — 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–1
VfL Osnabrück 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–4 0–2 — 3–0 3–0 2–1
Jahn Regensburg 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–5 0–0 1–1 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–0
Eintracht Trier 3–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 4–0 — 2–1
SpVgg Unterhaching 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–2 0–0 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[2]

Goals Player Team
18 Spain Francisco Copado SpVgg Unterhaching
Slovakia Marek Mintál 1. FC Nürnberg
16 Czech Republic Petr Ruman SpVgg Greuther Fürth
14 Morocco Abdelaziz Ahanfouf MSV Duisburg
Ghana Isaac Boakye Arminia Bielefeld
United States Conor Casey Karlsruher SC
Iran Ferydoon Zandi VfB Lübeck
13 Germany Steffen Baumgart 1. FC Union Berlin
Germany Marcus Feinbier SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Germany Michael Thurk 1. FSV Mainz 05

References

  1. ^ 2. Bundesliga 2003/2004 (in German) Weltfussball.de – League table 2003-04, retrieved 16 August 2012
  2. ^ 2. Bundesliga 2003/2004 .:. Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers 2003–04, retrieved 16 August 2012