2003–04 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga

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

The 2003–04 2. Bundesliga was the 30th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. 1. FC Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld and 1. FSV Mainz 05 were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfB Lübeck, Jahn Regensburg, 1. FC Union Berlin and VfL Osnabrück were relegated to the Regionalliga.

Final standings

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

Nuremberg

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	Qualification 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
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
16	Jahn Regensburg (R)	34	9	12	13	37	51	−14	39
17	1. FC 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
VfB Lübeck, 1. FC Union Berlin and VfL Osnabrück were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Jahn Regensburg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[2]

Goals	Player	Team
18	Francisco Copado	SpVgg Unterhaching
	Marek Mintál	1. FC Nuremberg
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 (German) Weltfussball.de – League table 2003-04, accessed: 16 August 2012
2. 2. Bundesliga 2003/2004 .:. Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers 2003–04, accessed: 16 August 2012

External links

• Official Bundesliga site (German) (English)
• 2. Bundesliga @ DFB (English) (German)
• Kicker.de (German)