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

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

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	Promotion or relegation
1	Rot-Weiss Essen (C, P)	34	23	5	6	59	34	+25	74	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	1. FC Dynamo Dresden (P)	34	18	11	5	51	26	+25	65	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
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

Source: Weltfussball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Markus Feldhoff	KFC Uerdingen 05	22
2	Veselin Gerov	SC Paderborn 07	19
2	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
	Ahmet Kuru	Werder Bremen Amateure	13

Source: Weltfussball.de

Regionalliga Süd

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bayern Munich II^[a] (C)	34	17	13	4	71	33	+38	64
2	Rot-Weiß Erfurt (P)	34	15	10	9	52	39	+13	55	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
3	1. FC Saarbrücken^[a] (P)	34	13	14	7	53	44	+9	53	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
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 05^[b] (R)	34	11	7	16	53	58	−5	40	Relegation to Oberliga
16	Sportfreunde Siegen	34	10	7	17	53	63	−10	37
17	1. FC Eschborn^[b] (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	Relegation to Oberliga

Source: Weltfussball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^
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

^ ^a ^b Schweinfurt were bankrupt after the season and didn't not apply for another licence sparing Siegen from relegation

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Paolo Guerrero	Bayern Munich II	21
1	Zvjezdan Misimović	Bayern Munich II	21
2	René Müller	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	19
3	Alexander Blessin	SC Pfullendorf	16
3	Neno Rogošić	VfR Aalen	16
4	Ünal Demirkiran	VfR Aalen	15
4	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

References

External links

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

[table_note_BMA0.066030079995296-1] 
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

[table_note_SCH0.066030079995296-2] Schweinfurt were bankrupt after the season and didn't not apply for another licence sparing Siegen from relegation

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