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

Season	2003–04
Champions	1. FC Nürnberg
Promoted	1. FC Nürnberg Arminia Bielefeld Mainz 05
Relegated	VfB Lübeck Jahn Regensburg Union Berlin VfL Osnabrück
Top goalscorer	Francisco Copado Marek Mintál (18 goals each)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

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]

Aachen

Ahlen

Aue

Burghausen

Union

Bielefeld

Cottbus

Duisburg

Fürth

Karlsruhe

Lübeck

Mainz

Nürnberg

Oberhausen

Osnabrück

Regensburg

Trier

Unterhaching

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[lower-alpha 1]
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	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

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

External links

• Official Bundesliga site Archived 23 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in German and English)
• 2. Bundesliga @ DFB (in English and German)
• kicker.de (in German)