2003–04 Süper Lig

The 2003–04 Süper Lig was the 46th league season, and the third season of Süper Lig. Fenerbahçe won their 15th title, being 4 points ahead Trabzonspor. Since Turkey dropped from eighth to tenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2002–03 season, the league has lost two of its UEFA Cup berths.

Süper Lig
Season2003–04
ChampionsFenerbahçe
15th title
RelegatedBursaspor
Adanaspor
Elazığspor
Champions LeagueFenerbahçe
Trabzonspor
UEFA CupBeşiktaş
Gençlerbirliği
Matches played306
Goals scored908 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerZafer Biryol
(25 goals)

An extremely dramatic final fixture took place, because in the relegation places, there were four teams. Bursaspor, with 37 points, İstanbulspor with 38, Çaykur Rizespor and Akçaabat Sebatspor with 39. İstanbulspor, managed by Aykut Kocaman, won 2-0 away at Konya over Konyaspor, Çaykur Rizespor defeated Beşiktaş 1-0, and Akçaabat Sebatspor beaten Ankaragücü 3-2. Bursaspor, defeating 1-0 Samsunspor reached the 40 points, but they were relegated.

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fenerbahçe (C) 34 23 7 4 82 41 +41 76 Qualification to Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Trabzonspor 34 22 6 6 60 38 +22 72 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 34 18 8 8 65 45 +20 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Gaziantepspor 34 18 3 13 52 51 +1 57
5 Denizlispor 34 17 4 13 52 43 +9 55
6 Galatasaray 34 15 9 10 56 47 +9 54
7 Samsunspor 34 13 7 14 46 47 −1 46
8 Malatyaspor 34 11 12 11 51 40 +11 45[lower-alpha 2]
9 MKE Ankaragücü 34 13 6 15 48 53 −5 45[lower-alpha 2]
10 Gençlerbirliği 34 12 8 14 56 52 +4 44[lower-alpha 3] Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 4]
11 Konyaspor 34 10 14 10 53 54 −1 44[lower-alpha 3]
12 Diyarbakırspor 34 12 7 15 44 54 −10 43
13 Akçaabat Sebatspor 34 11 9 14 45 53 −8 42[lower-alpha 5]
14 Çaykur Rizespor 34 13 3 18 37 53 −16 42[lower-alpha 5]
15 İstanbulspor 34 11 8 15 46 45 +1 41
16 Bursaspor (R) 34 10 10 14 40 40 0 40 Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A
17 Adanaspor (R) 34 6 4 24 38 73 −35 22[lower-alpha 6]
18 Elazığspor (R) 34 5 7 22 37 79 −42 22[lower-alpha 6]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Porto, winner of 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage by their league position, so the title holder spot couldn't be used and this spot goes to best excluded champions, champions of Turkey, originally qualified for the third qualifying round.
  2. Malatyaspor were ahead of Ankaragücü on head-to-head record: Ankaragücü–Malatyaspor 0–0, Malatyaspor–Ankaragücü 1–0.
  3. Gençlerbirliği were ahead of Konyaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Gençlerbirliği–Konyaspor 4–0, Konyaspor–Gençlerbirliği 4–1.
  4. Trabzonspor, winner of 2003–04 Turkish Cup, qualified for the UEFA Champions League, so loser finalists Gençlerbirliği qualified for the UEFA Cup 2nd qualifying round.
  5. Akçaabat Sebatspor were ahead of Çaykur Rizespor on head-to-head record: Akçaabat Sebatspor–Çaykur Rizespor 1–0, Çaykur Rizespor–Akçaabat Sebatspor 0–1.
  6. Adanaspor were ahead of Elazığspor on head-to-head away goals scored: Adanaspor–Elazığspor 1–2, Elazığspor–Adanaspor 3–4.

Results
Home \ Away ADA AKÇ BJK BUR ÇYR DEN DYB ELA FNB GAL GAZ GEN İST KON MAL AGÜ SAM TRA
Adanaspor 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–3 0–1
Akçaabat Sebatspor 4–3 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–0
Beşiktaş 2–1 0–2 1–0 5–3 3–1 1–0 5–3 1–3 0–0 4–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–4 5–0
Bursaspor 6–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–2
Çaykur Rizespor 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 5–4 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–3
Denizlispor 1–1 1–2 2–3 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1
Diyarbakırspor 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2
Elazığspor 3–4 3–1 1–5 1–0 1–1 2–4 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–3
Fenerbahçe 3–0 4–2 2–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–2 7–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–3 5–2 2–4 3–1 1–1 3–1
Galatasaray 3–2 4–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–3 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–2
Gaziantepspor 1–0 2–2 0–3 3–2 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–5 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–2
Gençlerbirliği 6–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–4 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–2
İstanbulspor 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–3 1–3 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–2
Konyaspor 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–4 1–0 0–3 4–1 0–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 3–3
Malatyaspor 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 5–0 2–3
MKE Ankaragücü 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–4 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–2
Samsunspor 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–3 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–3
Trabzonspor 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–4 3–0 1–3 2–0 0–3 0–0 3–0 2–1
Source: TFF, Mackolik
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Turkey Zafer Biryol Konyaspor 25
2 Netherlands Pierre van Hooijdonk Fenerbahçe 24
3 Turkey Serkan Aykut Samsunspor 20
4 Turkey Tuncay Fenerbahçe 19
5 Guinea Souleymane Youla Gençlerbirliği 16
Turkey Yunus Altun Elazığspor
7 Egypt Ahmed Hassan Beşiktaş 14
Turkey Gökdeniz Karadeniz Trabzonspor
Turkey Necati Ateş Adanaspor / Galatasaray
Turkey Okan Yılmaz Bursaspor

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References
  • Extensive data about Turkish Super League can be found at the pages of Alper Duruk.
  1. Goal records Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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