2003–04 TSV 1860 München season

TSV 1860 München

2003–04 season
Manager	Falko Götz (until 17 April) Gerald Vanenburg
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
1. Bundesliga	4th
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Season summary

After several seasons in midtable, Die Löwen's 10-season stay in Germany's top flight ended with a 17th place finish and relegation. Manager Falko Götz had been sacked in April, with former 1860 player Gerald Vanenburg juggling his duties as manager of PSV's youth team to replace him, but he was unable to save the club from the drop. After relegation, Rudolf Bommer, who had led fellow Bavarian club SV Wacker Burghausen to promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and consecutive 10th place finishes in that division, was tasked with obtaining promotion.

Kit

The club's kits were manufactured by Nike and sponsored by German motor oil company Liqui Moly.

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Michael Hofmann 2 DF Martin Stranzl 3 DF Rémo Meyer 4 DF Marco Kurz 5 DF Janne Saarinen 6 MF Roman Týce 7 DF Rodrigo Costa 8 MF Shao Jiayi 9 FW Francis Kioyo 11 FW Benjamin Lauth 12 MF Danny Schwarz 13 MF Harald Cerny 15 DF Fernando Santos 16 DF Joe Kendrick 18 FW Paul Agostino 19 MF Matthias Lehmann

No. Position Player 20 MF Markus Weissenberger 21 FW Markus Schroth 22 GK André Lenz 23 DF Andreas Görlitz 24 MF Daniel Baier 25 MF Christophe Lepoint 26 MF Marcus Pürk 27 MF Marcel Richter 28 MF Gerhard Poschner[2] 29 GK Matthias Küfner 32 DF Christoph Burkhard 33 MF Lance Davids 35 DF Marcel Schäfer 36 DF Christoph Janker 44 DF Torben Hoffmann

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 14 MF Michael Wiesinger (to Energie Cottbus)

No. Position Player 17 DF Daniel Borimirov (to Magdeburg)

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/ger/2003-2004/bundes/1860mun.htm
2. Poschner was born in Dumitra, Romania, but was raised in Germany from the age of 5 and later represented them at U-21 and U-23 level.