2003–04 Regionalliga

Regionalliga

Season	2003–04
Promoted	Rot-Weiss Essen Dynamo Dresden FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1. FC Saarbrücken
Relegated	SG Wattenscheid 09 FC Schalke 04 II FC Sachsen Leipzig VfR Neumünster 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 1. FC Eschborn 1. FC Kaiserslautern II
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Regionalliga season was the tenth season of the Regionalliga tier three of the German football league system. It was contested in two geographical divisions with eighteen teams each. The competition began on 1 August 2003 with the first matches of each division and ended on the 5 June 2004.

Team Movements

Teams Promoted to 2. Bundesliga

From Nord

• Erzgebirge Aue
• VfL Osnabrück

From Süd

• SpVgg Unterhaching
• Jahn Regensburg

Teams Relegated from 2. Bundesliga

To Nord

• Eintracht Braunschweig
• FC St. Pauli

To Süd

• SSV Reutlingen
• SV Waldhof Mannheim

Teams Relegated to Oberliga

From Nord

• SC Verl
• SV Babelsberg 03
• Bayer Leverkusen II
• Dresdner SC

From Süd

• Stuttgarter Kickers
• Sportfreunde Siegen
• SV Darmstadt 98
• Eintracht Frankfurt II
• Borussia Neunkirchen

Teams promoted from Oberliga

To Nord

• FC Schalke 04 II(Oberliga Westfalen Champions)
• Sachsen Leipzig(NOFV-Oberliga Nord Champions)

To Süd

• VfB Stuttgart II(Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Champions)
• 1. SC Feucht(Bayernliga Champions)
• 1. FSV Mainz 05(Oberliga Südwest Champions)

Regionalligas

Regionalliga Nord

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rot-Weiss Essen (C) (P)	34	23	5	6	59	34	+25	74	Promotion to 2004–05 2. Bundesliga
2	1. FC Dynamo Dresden (P)	34	18	11	5	51	26	+25	65
3	SC Paderborn 07	34	17	11	6	56	40	+16	62
4	Wuppertaler SV	34	18	8	8	49	37	+12	62
5	Werder Bremen II	34	16	7	11	55	44	+11	55
6	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	15	7	12	49	42	+7	52
7	KFC Uerdingen 05	34	13	7	14	46	48	−2	46
8	FC St. Pauli	34	12	8	14	44	40	+4	44
9	Hamburger SV II	34	11	11	12	33	46	−13	44
10	Borussia Dortmund II	34	12	7	15	43	47	−4	43
11	Chemnitzer FC	34	13	4	17	31	49	−18	43
12	Holstein Kiel	34	11	9	14	52	46	+6	42
13	Preußen Münster	34	10	12	12	40	45	−5	42
14	1. FC Köln II	34	10	11	13	53	53	0	41
15	SG Wattenscheid 09 (R)	34	11	7	16	51	60	−9	40	Relegation to Oberliga
16	FC Schalke 04 II (R)	34	10	8	16	54	70	−16	38
17	Sachsen Leipzig (R)	34	4	12	18	34	56	−22	24
18	VfR Neumünster (R)	34	4	11	19	32	65	−33	23

Updated to games played on 8 November 2009.
Source: Weltfussball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Markus Feldhoff	KFC Uerdingen 05	22
2	Veselin Gerov	SC Paderborn 07	19
	Alexander Löbe	SG Wattenscheid 09	19
3	Erwin Koen	Rot-Weiss Essen	18
4	Daniel Teixeira	Holstein Kiel	17
5	Markus Katriniok	SG Wattenscheid 09	13
	Benjamin Köhler	Rot-Weiss Essen	13
	Abdul Iyodo	FC Schalke 04	13
	Denis Koslov	Sachsen Leipzig	13

Source: Weltfussball.de

Regionalliga Süd

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich II1 (C)	34	17	13	4	71	33	+38	64
2	Rot-Weiß Erfurt (P)	34	15	10	9	52	39	+13	55	Promotion to 2004–05 2. Bundesliga
3	1. FC Saarbrücken1 (P)	34	13	14	7	53	44	+9	53
4	FC Augsburg	34	15	7	12	57	41	+16	52
5	TSG Hoffenheim	34	15	7	12	54	58	−4	52
6	VfR Aalen	34	14	9	11	61	63	−2	51
7	SV Wehen	34	12	13	9	47	47	0	49
8	1. SC Feucht	34	12	12	10	62	51	+11	48
9	Stuttgarter Kickers	34	13	8	13	47	43	+4	47
10	SC Pfullendorf	34	13	7	14	45	48	−3	46
11	VfB Stuttgart II	34	13	5	16	44	40	+4	44
12	SV 07 Elversberg	34	11	11	12	41	47	−6	44
13	Kickers Offenbach	34	11	10	13	47	53	−6	43
14	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	34	11	9	14	40	48	−8	42
15	1. FC Schweinfurt 052 (R)	34	11	7	16	53	58	−5	40	Relegation to Oberliga
16	Sportfreunde Siegen2	34	10	7	17	53	63	−10	37
17	1. FC Eschborn (R)	34	8	9	17	47	74	−27	33	Relegation to Oberliga
18	1. FC Kaiserslautern II (R)	34	8	8	18	43	67	−24	32

Source: Weltfussball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

• 1 Despite being champions, Bayern Munich II, since being a reserve side, were barred from promotion allowing 1. FC Saarbrücken to be promoted to the 2004–05 2. Bundesliga
• 2 Schweinfurt were bankrupt after the season and didn't not apply for another licence sparing Siegen from relegation
  (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

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Paolo Guerrero	Bayern Munich II	21
	Zvjezdan Misimović	Bayern Munich II	21
2	René Müller	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	19
3	Alexander Blessin	SC Pfullendorf	16
	Neno Rogosic	VfR Aalen	16
4	Ünal Demirkiran	VfR Aalen	15
	Gunter Thiebaut	1. FC Saarbrücken	15
5	John van Buskirk	Sportfreunde Siegen	14
6	Veselin Popovic	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	13
	Mirnes Mesic	Stuttgarter Kickers	13
	Christian Seeber	VfR Aalen	13

Source: Weltfussball.de

External links

• Regionalliga at the German Football Association (German)
• Regionalliga Nord 2003–04 at kicker.de
• Regionalliga Süd 2003–04 at kicker.de