2003–04 Swiss Super League

107th season of top-tier Swiss football

Football league season

Swiss Super League
Season	2003–04
Champions	Basel 10th title
Promoted	Schaffhausen
Relegated	Wil
Champions League	Basel Young Boys
UEFA Cup	Servette
Intertoto Cup	Thun
Matches played	180
Goals scored	587 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stéphane Chapuisat (23)
Biggest home win	Basel 6–0 Servette Basel 6–0 Neuchâtel Xamax
Biggest away win	Thun 0–4 Basel Grasshopper 0–4 Basel
Highest scoring	Basel 5–2 Grasshopper (7 goals)
Longest winning run	Basel (19)
Longest unbeaten run	Basel (19)
Longest winless run	Wil (8)
Longest losing run	Wil (8)
Average attendance	8,990
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Swiss Super League was the 107th season of top-division football in Switzerland. The competition was officially named the AXPO Super League due to sponsoring purposes. It began on 16 July 2003 and has ended on 23 May 2004. This first season as Swiss Super League.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and FC Basel won the championship.

League standings

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

Results

Teams play each other four times in this league. In the first half of the season each team played every other team twice (home and away) and then do the same in the second half of the season.

First half of season

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	NEU	SER	STG	THU	WIL	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		2–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–3
Basel	3–1		5–2	4–2	6–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1
Grasshopper	2–3	0–4		0–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	5–3	3–3	1–0
Neuchâtel Xamax	0–1	1–3	3–1		2–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–1
Servette	3–1	1–2	3–2	1–0		1–3	5–1	3–1	4–1	3–1
St. Gallen	0–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0		1–1	4–1	1–4	2–1
Thun	1–1	0–4	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1		3–2	1–3	2–0
Wil	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1		0–1	2–1
Young Boys	5–3	2–3	4–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–1		2–1
Zürich	4–2	0–1	0–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	AAR	BAS	GCZ	NEU	SER	STG	THU	WIL	YB	ZÜR
Aarau		3–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–4
Basel	3–1		2–2	6–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1
Grasshopper	4–1	0–2		1–0	1–5	3–2	2–3	1–2	4–2	1–2
Neuchâtel Xamax	4–1	3–1	2–1		6–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	4–2
Servette	1–1	1–4	3–0	2–2		3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
St. Gallen	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0		2–1	4–0	1–3	1–3
Thun	6–3	0–2	1–2	2–3	2–1	2–3		2–0	3–0	2–1
Wil	1–1	1–1	1–5	3–0	0–2	0–2	0–2		1–3	0–1
Young Boys	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–2	2–1	0–0	5–1		2–2
Zürich	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

29 May 2004

16:05 CEST

Neuchatel Xamax	2–0	Vaduz
Forschelet 28' Rey 50'

Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

Attendance: 9,400

Referee: Carlo Bertolini

31 May 2004

14:15 CEST

Vaduz	2–1	Neuchatel Xamax
Burgmeier 12' Gohouri 35'		M'Futi 55'

Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz

Attendance: 3,800

Referee: Urs Meier

Neuchatel Xamax won 3–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1.	Stéphane Chapuisat	Young Boys	23
2.	Mohamed Kader	Servette	19
3.	Leandro Fonseca	Young Boys	17
	Richard Núñez	Grasshoppers	17
	Alex Tachie-Mensah	St. Gallen	17
6.	Ionel Gane	Grasshoppers	16
6.	Christian Giménez	Basel	16
8.	Arthur Petrosyan	Zürich	13
8.	Marco Streller	Basel	13
10.	Rainer Bieli	Aarau	12
10.	Mobulu M'Futi	Neuchâtel Xamax	12

References

^ Winkler, Pierre; Zea, Antonio; Schoenmakers, Jan. "Switzerland 2003/04". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

Sources

RSSSF

Seasons of the Swiss Football League

Serie A era, 1897–1931
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Nationalliga A era, 1944–2003

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Super League era, 2003–present
Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

2003–04 in Swiss football

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Domestic leagues

Super League
Challenge League
1. Liga
2. Liga Interregional
2. Liga
3. Liga
4. Liga
5. Liga

Domestic cups

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League UEFA Cup
Women	UEFA Women's Cup

Related to
national teams

Men
Women

Club seasons
Super League	Aarau Basel Grasshopper Club Neuchâtel Xamax Servette St. Gallen Thun Wil Young Boys Zürich
Challenge League	Baden Bellinzona Bulle La Chaux-de-Fonds Chiasso Concordia Basel Delémont Kriens Lugano Luzern Meyrin Schaffhausen Sion Vaduz Winterthur Wohlen Yverdon-Sport

v t e 2003–04 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '03 '04 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '03 '04 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '03 '04 Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Lithuania '03 '04 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia '03 '04 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '03 '04 France Germany Iceland '03 '04 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup