2003–04 2. Bundesliga

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.

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)

League table

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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]

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:

Results

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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

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The league's top scorers:[2]

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

References

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  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
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