2003–04 Swiss Super League
The 2003–04 Swiss Super League was the 107th season of top-division football in Switzerland. The competition is officially named AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 16 July 2003 and has ended on 23 May 2004. This first season as Swiss Super League.
| Season | 2003–04 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Basel 10th title |
| Promoted | Schaffhausen |
| Relegated | Wil |
| Champions League | Basel Young Boys |
| UEFA Cup | Servette |
| Intertoto Cup | Thun |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 587 (3.26 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Stéphane Chapuisat (23) |
| Biggest home win | Basel 6–0 Servette Basel 6–0 Neuchâtel Xamax |
| Biggest away win | Thun 0–4 Basel Grasshopper 0–4 Basel |
| Highest scoring | Basel 5–2 Grasshopper (7 goals) |
| Longest winning run | Basel (19) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Basel (19) |
| Longest winless run | Wil (8) |
| Longest losing run | Wil (8) |
| Average attendance | 8,990 |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → | |
Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and FC Basel won the championship.
League standings
| 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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.
First half of season |
Second half of season
|
Relegation play-offs
| Neuchatel Xamax | 2–0 | Vaduz |
|---|---|---|
Forschelet  28'Rey 50' |
| Vaduz | 2–1 | Neuchatel Xamax |
|---|---|---|
| Burgmeier 12' Gohouri 35' |
M'Futi 55' |
Neuchatel Xamax won 3–2 on aggregate.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Stéphane Chapuisat |
Young Boys | 23 |
| 2. |  Mohamed Kader |
Servette | 19 |
| 3. |  Leandro Fonseca |
Young Boys | 17 |
 Richard Núñez |
Grasshoppers | 17 | |
 Alex Tachie-Mensah |
St. Gallen | 17 | |
| 6. |  Ionel Gane |
Grasshoppers | 16 |
 Christian Giménez |
Basel | 16 | |
| 8. |  Arthur Petrosyan |
Zürich | 13 |
| Marco Streller |
Basel | 13 | |
| 10. | Rainer Bieli |
Aarau | 12 |
 Mobulu M'Futi |
Neuchâtel Xamax | 12 | |
References
- Winkler, Pierre; Zea, Antonio; Schoenmakers, Jan. "Switzerland 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
Sources
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