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Football in Switzerland
Season2003–04
Men's football
Super LeagueBasel
Challenge LeagueSchaffhausen
1. LigaGroup 1:
Étoile Carouge
Group 2:
YF Juventus
Group 3:
Locarno
Swiss CupFC Wil
Women's football
Swiss Women's Super LeagueFC Sursee
Swiss CupFC Sursee
← 2002–03 Switzerland 2004–05 →

The following is a summary of the 2003–04 season of competitive football in Switzerland.

Super League

Main article: 2003–04 Swiss Super League

Final league table

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

Challenge League

Main article: 2003–04 Swiss Challenge League

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD BP Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Schaffhausen (C, P) 32 17 9 6 52 39 +13 24 84 Promotion to 2004–05 Swiss Super League
2 FC Vaduz 32 16 9 7 56 34 +22 22 79 Qualification for Promotion play-off
3 FC Chiasso 32 16 6 10 49 31 +18 24 78
4 FC Malcantone Agno 32 16 7 9 48 38 +10 18 73
5 FC Wohlen 32 12 14 6 46 39 +7 22 72
6 FC Sion 32 13 11 8 47 33 +14 20 70
7 Yverdon-Sport FC 32 12 10 10 50 37 +13 24 70
8 SC Kriens 32 14 7 11 44 40 +4 18 67
9 FC Concordia Basel 32 15 6 11 54 48 +6 14 65
10 FC Lucerne 32 12 10 10 46 43 +3 18 64
11 AC Bellinzona 32 13 3 16 47 58 −11 14 56
12 FC Bulle 32 9 10 13 42 54 −12 12 49
13 FC Meyrin 32 9 10 13 43 53 −10 10 47
14 FC Baden 32 9 4 19 38 57 −19 10 41
15 FC Winterthur 32 8 6 18 38 47 −9 10 40
16 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 32 7 7 18 25 47 −22 8 36
17 SR Delémont (R) 32 6 7 19 37 64 −27 4 29 Relegated to 2004–05 Swiss 1. Liga
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: During the season, the winner of each confrontation return received 2 bonus points. This system will be abolished for the 2004-05 season
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. FC Malcantone Agno merged with AC Lugano, who will replace the club for the 2004-05 season.
  2. FC Sion was admitted into the league on 29 October 2003. Because of the late fixtures, the club's season ended later

1. Liga

Main article: 2003–04 Swiss 1. Liga

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Étoile Carouge FC 28 21 4 3 58 18 +40 67 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Baulmes 28 19 2 7 63 32 +31 59
3 ES FC Malley 28 16 8 4 67 40 +27 56
4 FC Martigny-Sports 28 15 8 5 52 25 +27 53
5 CS Chênois 28 14 4 10 54 51 +3 46
6 Servette U-21 28 10 5 13 36 45 −9 35
7 FC Fribourg 28 9 8 11 42 53 −11 35
8 FC Naters 28 9 8 11 35 49 −14 35
9 FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 28 9 7 12 40 36 +4 34
10 Grand-Lancy FC 28 10 3 15 36 51 −15 33
11 FC Echallens 28 8 7 13 45 51 −6 31
12 FC Stade Nyonnais 28 6 13 9 30 40 −10 31
13 FC Bex 28 9 4 15 34 53 −19 31
14 Vevey Sports 28 5 5 18 35 57 −22 20 Play-out against relegation
15 FC Sierre 28 5 4 19 37 63 −26 19 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 FC Sion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Sion were admitted to the Challenge League on 29 October 2003
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SC Young Fellows Juventus 30 18 8 4 66 34 +32 62 Play-off to Challenge League
2 Basel U-21 30 18 5 7 70 46 +24 59 Not eligible to Play-offs
3 FC Wangen bei Olten 30 16 6 8 58 41 +17 54 Play-off to Challenge League
4 FC Biel-Bienne 30 14 8 8 52 34 +18 50
5 FC Red Star Zürich 30 14 6 10 55 48 +7 48
6 FC Solothurn 30 14 6 10 47 49 −2 48
7 Zürich U-21 30 13 7 10 46 40 +6 46
8 FC Grenchen 30 13 6 11 50 49 +1 45
9 SC Dornach 30 13 5 12 55 62 −7 44
10 Grasshopper Club U-21 30 11 9 10 49 43 +6 42
11 FC Münsingen 30 11 7 12 36 38 −2 40
12 FC Serrières 30 10 7 13 35 41 −6 37
13 Young Boys U-21 30 8 8 14 55 49 +6 32
14 FC Seefeld Zürich 30 9 3 18 45 60 −15 30
15 FC Altstetten 30 3 8 19 25 69 −44 17 Play-out against relegation
16 FC Colombier 30 4 3 23 24 65 −41 15 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Locarno 30 16 10 4 56 28 +28 58 Play-off to Challenge League
2 FC Kreuzlingen 30 14 12 4 49 26 +23 54
3 FC Tuggen 30 13 14 3 58 34 +24 53
4 FC Schötz 30 15 8 7 51 36 +15 53
5 SC Buochs 30 14 11 5 40 28 +12 53
6 FC Mendrisio 30 14 7 9 60 43 +17 49
7 Zug 94 30 13 8 9 42 38 +4 47
8 FC Gossau 30 10 8 12 40 52 −12 38
9 FC Chur 97 30 9 10 11 31 46 −15 37
10 Luzern U-21 30 8 9 13 40 49 −9 33
11 FC Frauenfeld 30 10 3 17 43 60 −17 33
12 St. Gallen U-21 30 7 9 14 37 46 −9 30
13 SC Cham 30 7 9 14 34 48 −14 30
14 GC Biaschesi 30 7 8 15 47 54 −7 29
15 SC Zofingen 30 7 8 15 41 58 −17 29 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional
16 SV Schaffhausen 30 5 8 17 23 46 −23 23
Source: Erste Liga official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers.

Promotion play-off

Qualification round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Tuggen 3–1 Étoile Carouge
Étoile Carouge 3–2 Tuggen

Tuggen win 5–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Malley 1–0 YFJ
YFJ 0–3 Malley

Young Fellows Juventus win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Wangen b.O. 1–1 Locarno
Locarno 0–0 Wangen b.O.

1–1 on aggregate, Locarno win on away goals and continue to the finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kreuzlingen 1–2 Baulmes
Baulmes 3–2 Kreuzlingen

Baulmes win 5–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals.

Final round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Tuggen 3–2 YFJ
YFJ 3–0 Tuggen

Young Fellows Juventus win 5–3 on aggregate and are promoted to 2004–05 Challenge League.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Locarno 1–1 Baulmes
Baulmes 2–1 Locarno

Baulmes win 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2004–05 Challenge League.

Swiss Cup

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
3 March 2004
Grasshoppers 6–5 (a.e.t.) FC Zürich
4 March 2004
FC St. Gallen 1–2 FC Wil

Source:

Final

Grasshoppers3 – 2FC Wil
Núñez 8'
Cabanas 19'
Tararache Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 45'
Lichtsteiner Yellow card 39'
Spycher Yellow card 62'
Mitreski Yellow card 78'		 Report 5' Rogerio
30' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Fabinho
Yellow card 78' Blunschi
St. Jakob-Park, BaselAttendance: 22,500Referee: Switzerland Guido Wildhaber

Source:

Swiss Clubs in Europe

Grasshopper Club

Champions League

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
Grasshopper Club Switzerland v Greece AEK Athens
13 August 2003 First leg Grasshopper Club Switzerland 1–0 Greece AEK Athens Hardturm, Zürich
20:30 Núñez 83' Report Attendance: 12,400
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
AEK Athens Greece v Switzerland Grasshopper Club
27 August 2003 Second leg AEK Athens Greece 3–1 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
20:30 Katsouranis 20'
Liberopoulos 25'
Castillo 39' (o.g.)		 Report Núñez 68' Attendance: 16,045
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate. Grasshoppers transfer to UEFA Cup.

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup
First round
Grasshopper Club Switzerland v Croatia Hajduk Split
24 September 2003 First leg Grasshopper Club Switzerland 1–1 Croatia Hajduk Split Hardturm, Zürich
19:30 Eduardo 40' Report Neretljak 56' Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
Hajduk Split Croatia v Switzerland Grasshopper Club
15 October 2003 Second leg Hajduk Split Croatia 0–0 Switzerland Grasshopper Club Stadion Poljud, Split
17:30 Report Attendance: 15,833
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

1–1 on aggregate. Hajduk Split won on away goals.

Basel

Main article: 2003–04 FC Basel season

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup
First round
Malatyaspor Turkey v Switzerland Basel
24 September 2003 1st Leg Malatyaspor Turkey 0–2 Switzerland Basel Malatya İnönü Stadium, Malatya
19:00 Akagünduz Yellow card 25' Report 15' Yellow card 51' M. Yakin
Yellow card 51' Zuberbühler
75' H. Yakin		 Attendance: 10,000 (sold out)
Referee: Marian Mircea Salomir (Rom)
Basel Switzerland v Turkey Malatyaspor
15 October 2003 2nd Leg Basel Switzerland 1–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 agg.)		 Turkey Malatyaspor St. Jakob-Park, Basel
19:30 Huggel Yellow card 16'
Streller 95'		 Report Yellow card 25' Birlik
65', 85' Koçak
Yellow card 93' Bensol
Yellow card 102' Domies Junior De-Azevedo Elias		 Attendance: 26,663
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)

Basel win 3-2 on aggregate after extra time.

Second round

Basel Switzerland v England Newcastle United
6 November 2003 1st Leg Basel Switzerland 2–3 England Newcastle United St. Jakob-Park, Basel
20:30 Cantaluppi 11'
Chipperfield 15'
P. Degen Yellow card 29'		 Report 13' Robert
37' Bramble
75' Ameobi		 Attendance: 30,000 (sold out)
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø, (Norway)
Newcastle United England v Switzerland Basel
27 November 2003 2nd Leg Newcastle United England 1–0 Switzerland Basel St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
20:30 Shearer Yellow card 1'
Smiljanić 14' (o.g.)		 Report Yellow card 27' Cantaluppi Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Newcastle win 4-2 on aggregate.

Xamax

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
Valletta Malta v Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax
12 August 2003 First leg Valletta Malta 0–2 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Ta' Qali National Stadium, Valletta
19:30 Report Griffiths 18'
Mangane 35'		 Attendance: 815
Referee: Kuddusi Müftüoğlu (Turkey)
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland v Malta Valletta
28 August 2003 Second leg Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 2–0 Malta Valletta La Maladière, Neuchatel
20:15 Griffiths 45'
Portillo 90'		 Report Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Paulius Malžinskas (Lithuania)

Neuchâtel Xamax won 4–0 on aggregate.

First round
Auxerre France v Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax
24 September 2003 First leg Auxerre France 1–0 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax Stade Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:45 Kalou 6' Report Attendance: 6,155
Referee: Anton Genov (Bulgaria)
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland v France Auxerre
15 October 2003 Second leg Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 0–1 France Auxerre La Maladière, Neuchatel
20:15 Report Lachuer 53' Attendance: 5,585
Referee: Andy D'Urso (England)

Auxerre won 2–0 on aggregate.

Young Boys

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
MyPa Finland v Switzerland Young Boys
14 August 2003 First leg MyPa Finland 3–2 Switzerland Young Boys Saviniemen Jalkapallostadion, Anjalankoski
17:05 Okkonen 2' (pen.), 71' (pen.)
Luiz Antônio 23'		 Report Leandro 19'
Magnin 57'		 Attendance: 1,515
Referee: Georgios Borovilos (Greece)
Young Boys Switzerland v Finland MyPa
28 August 2003 Second leg Young Boys Switzerland 2–2 Finland MyPa Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
19:30 Sermeter 24', 77' Report Luiz Antônio 71'
Taipale 86'		 Attendance: 7,264
Referee: Nikolay Ivanov (Russia)

MyPa won 5–4 on aggregate.

Thun

2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Second round
Thun Switzerland v Czech Republic Brno
5 July 2003 First leg Thun Switzerland 2–3 Czech Republic Brno Stadion Lachen, Thun
Aegerter 42'
Rama 75'		 Report Živný 10'
Zúbek 76'
Pacanda 83'		 Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Kostadin Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Brno Czech Republic v Switzerland Thun
12 July 2003 Second leg Brno Czech Republic 1–1 Switzerland Thun Stadion na Lesní ulici, Břeclav
Kroupa 11' Report Raimondi 63' Attendance: 2,110
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

Brno won 4–3 on aggregate.

Wil

2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round
Dinaburg Latvia v Switzerland Wil
21 June 2003 First leg Dinaburg Latvia 1–0 Switzerland Wil Celtnieks Stadium, Daugavpils
Čugunovs 28' Report Attendance: 700
Referee: Zbigniew Marczyk (Poland)
Wil Switzerland v Latvia Dinaburg
29 June 2003 Second leg Wil Switzerland 2–0 Latvia Dinaburg Stadion Bergholz, Wil
Callà 22'
Lustrinelli 45'		 Report Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Goran Mihaljević (Serbia and Montenegro)

Wil won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round
Willem II Tilburg Netherlands v Switzerland Wil
5 July 2003 First leg Willem II Tilburg Netherlands 2–1 Switzerland Wil Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg
Sektioui 9'
Landzaat 70' (pen.)		 Report Callà 32' Attendance: 2,797
Referee: Levan Paniashvili (Georgia)
Wil Switzerland v Netherlands Willem II Tilburg
12 July 2003 Second leg Wil Switzerland 3–1 Netherlands Willem II Tilburg Stadion Bergholz, Wil
Lustrinelli 4', 78'
Romano 84' (pen.)		 Report Caluwé 61' Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Wil won 4–3 on aggregate.

Third round
Nantes France v Switzerland Wil
19 July 2003 First leg Nantes France 2–1 Switzerland Wil Stade René Gaillard, Niort
N'Zigou 50'
Pujol 86'		 Report Rogério 23' Attendance: 3,414
Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)
Wil Switzerland v France Nantes
26 July 2003 Second leg Wil Switzerland 2–3 France Nantes Stadion Bergholz, Wil
Romano 10' (pen.)
Mordeku 23'		 Report Yepes 12'
Vahirua 43'
Pujol 64'		 Attendance: 2,080
Referee: Jörg Keßler (Germany)

Nantes won 5–3 on aggregate.

Vaduz

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
Vaduz Liechtenstein v Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
14 August 2003 First leg Vaduz Liechtenstein 0–1 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz
19:30 Report Rykun 88' Attendance: 750
Referee: Pavel Saliy (Kazakhstan)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine v Liechtenstein Vaduz
28 August 2003 Second leg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 1–0 Liechtenstein Vaduz Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk
17:00 Rykun 75' Report Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Zöhrab Gadiyev (Azerbaijan)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk won 2–0 on aggregate.

References

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