2003–04 Swiss 1. Liga

May 2024 1. Liga 2003–04 Group 1:Étoile CarougeGroup 2:Young Fellows JuventusGroup 3:Locarno Young Fellows JuventusBaulmes Group 1:FC SierreVevey SportsGroup 2:FC ColombierGroup 3:SC ZofingenSV Schaffhausen once 210 and twice 240plus 12 play-offsplus 2 play-outstotal 704 2002–03 2004–05 The 2003–04 Swiss 1. Liga was the 72nd season of this league since its creation in 1931 and, at this time, it was the third tier of the Swiss football league system. The 1. Liga was also the highest level of amateur football, even though there was an ever-increasing number of clubs in this league that played with professional or semi-professional players in their ranks, not just the U-21 teams of the professional clubs. Format There were 48 teams in this division this season, including seven U-21 teams, which were the eldest youth teams of the professional clubs in the Super League and the Challenge League. The 1. Liga was divided into three regional groups, each with 16 teams. Within each group, the teams would play a double round-robin to decide their positions in the league. The three group winners and the three runners-up, together with the two best third placed teams, then contested a play-off for the two promotion slots. The U-21 teams were not eligible for promotion and could not compete the play-offs. The two last placed teams in each group were to be relegated to the 2. Liga Interregional. In advance of this season, FC Sion had been denied a licence by the Swiss Football Association (ASF-SFV) for the 2003–04 Challenge League and were, therefore, demoted to the amateur level. The club contested this in the courts and on 29 October 2003 the court decided how to settle this matter. Due to the settlement decision, the ASF-SFV were forced to withdraw the club from this division and to admit them to the Challenge League, the next highest tier. From this moment, group 1 continued with just 15 teams and all results of the matches with Sion were voided. Due to this decision only five teams from this level were then to be relegated, to re-increase the competition back to the original 48 teams. Group 1 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC BaulmesVaudStade Sous-VilleFC BexVaudRelaisFC EchallensVaudSportplatz 3 SapinsÉtoile Carouge FCGenevaStade de la FontenetteCS ChênoisGenevaStade des Trois-ChêneFC FribourgFribourgStade UniversitaireGrand-Lancy FCGenevaStade de MarignacES FC MalleyVaudCentre Sportif de la TuilièreFC Martigny-SportsValaisStade d'OctodureFC NatersValaisSportanlage StapfenFC SionValaisStade de TourbillonFC Stade Lausanne OuchyVaudCentre sportif de VidyFC Stade NyonnaisVaudStade de ColovrayServette U-21GenevaStade de GenèveFC Sierre (red) 2023 https://matchcenter.avf-wfv.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=999& FC Sierre avf-wfv.ch de 2023-11-16ValaisComplexe EcossiaVevey SportsVaudStade de Copet Final league table main WDL QR CAR Étoile Carouge FC 21 4 3 58 18 BAU FC Baulmes 19 2 7 63 32 ESM ES FC Malley 16 8 4 67 40 MAR FC Martigny-Sports 15 8 5 52 25 CHE CS Chênois 14 4 10 54 51 S21 Servette U-21 10 5 13 36 45 FRI FC Fribourg 9 8 11 42 53 NAT FC Naters 9 8 11 35 49 SLO FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy 9 7 12 40 36 GrL Grand-Lancy FC 10 3 15 36 51 ECH FC Echallens 8 7 13 45 51 NYO FC Stade Nyonnais 6 13 9 30 40 BEX FC Bex 9 4 15 34 53 VEV Vevey Sports 5 5 18 35 57 SIE FC Sierre 5 4 19 37 63 SIO FC Sion 0 0 0 0 0 green3 Play-off to Challenge League QP QP QP red3 Play-out against relegation PR red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R FC Sion were admitted to the Challenge League on 29 October 2003 2 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers. complete Erste Liga official website Group 2 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityFC Altstetten (red) 2023 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/?oid=11&lng=1&v=1570 FC Altstetten fvrz.ch de 2023-11-16ZürichBuchlernBasel U-21Basel-CityStadion Rankhof orLeichtathletik-Stadion St. JakobFC Biel-BienneBernStadion GurzelenFC ColombierNeuchâtelStade des ChézardsSC DornachSolothurnGigerslochGrasshopper Club U-21ZürichGC/Campus NiederhasliFC GrenchenSolothurnStadium BrühlFC MünsingenBernSportanlage SandreutenenFC Red Star ZürichZürichAllmend BrunauFC Seefeld Zürich (red) 2023 https://matchcenter.fvrz.ch/default.aspx?lng=1&cxxlnus=1&v=1590& FC Seefeld Zürich fvrz.ch de 2023-11-16ZürichSportanlage LenggFC SerrièresNeuchâtelPierre-à-BotFC SolothurnSolothurnStadion FC SolothurnFC Wangen bei OltenSolothurnSportplatz ChrüzmattYoung Boys U-21BernAllmend BernSC YF JuventusZürichUtogrundZürich U-21ZürichSportplatz Heerenschürli Final group table main WDL QR YFJ SC Young Fellows Juventus 18 8 4 66 34 B21 Basel U-21 18 5 7 70 46 WBO FC Wangen bei Olten 16 6 8 58 41 BIE FC Biel-Bienne 14 8 8 52 34 RED FC Red Star Zürich 14 6 10 55 48 SOL FC Solothurn 14 6 10 47 49 Z21 Zürich U-21 13 7 10 46 40 GRE FC Grenchen 13 6 11 50 49 DOR SC Dornach 13 5 12 55 62 G21 Grasshopper Club U-21 11 9 10 49 43 MÜN FC Münsingen 11 7 12 36 38 SER FC Serrières 10 7 13 35 41 YB21 Young Boys U-21 8 8 14 55 49 SEE FC Seefeld Zürich 9 3 18 45 60 ALT FC Altstetten 3 8 19 25 69 COL FC Colombier 4 3 23 24 65 green3 Play-off to Challenge League QP QP Not eligible to Play-offs NP red3 Play-out against relegation PR red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers. complete Erste Liga official website Group 3 Teams ClubCantonStadiumCapacityGC BiaschesiTicinoCampo Sportivo "Al Vallone"SC BuochsNidwaldenStadion SeefeldSC ChamZugStadion EizmoosFC Chur 97GrisonsRingstrasseFC FrauenfeldThurgauKleine AllmendFC GossauSt. GallenSportanlage BuechenwaldFC KreuzlingenThurgauSportplatz HafenarealLuzern U-21LucerneStadion Allmend orAllmend Süd FC Locarno Locarno, Ticino Stadio comunale Lido FC MendrisioTicinoCentro Sportivo ComunaleSV SchaffhausenSchaffhausenSportplatz BühlFC SchötzLucerneSportplatz WissenhusenSt. Gallen U-21St. GallenEspenmoosFC TuggenSchwyzLinthstrasseSC ZofingenAargauSportanlagen TrinermattenZug 94ZugHerti Allmend Stadion Final league table main WDL QR LOC FC Locarno 16 10 4 56 28 KRE FC Kreuzlingen 14 12 4 49 26 TUG FC Tuggen 13 14 3 58 34 SCH FC Schötz 15 8 7 51 36 BUO SC Buochs 14 11 5 40 28 MEN FC Mendrisio 14 7 9 60 43 ZUG Zug 94 13 8 9 42 38 GOS FC Gossau 10 8 12 40 52 CHU FC Chur 97 9 10 11 31 46 L21 Luzern U-21 8 9 13 40 49 FRA FC Frauenfeld 10 3 17 43 60 SG21 St. Gallen U-21 7 9 14 37 46 CHA SC Cham 7 9 14 34 48 GCB GC Biaschesi 7 8 15 47 54 ZOF SC Zofingen 7 8 15 41 58 SVS SV Schaffhausen 5 8 17 23 46 green3 Play-off to Challenge League QP QP QP red1 Relegation to 2. Liga Interregional R R 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league or play-off for qualifiers. complete Erste Liga official website Promotion play-off Qualified for the play-offs were the first two teams from group 1; Étoile Carouge and Baulmes, from group 2; Young Fellows Juventus and because Basel U-21 were not eligible to the play-offs, this right was passed down to Wangen b.O. Then from group 3 the first two teams were Locarno and Kreuzlingen. Because in group 2 the third placed team was already qualified in this situation, the two best third best teams were Malley from group 1 and Tuggen from group 3 and they also advanced to the play-off stage. Qualification round Tuggen 3–1 Étoile Carouge Étoile Carouge 3–2 Tuggen Tuggen win 5–4 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Malley 1–0 YFJ YFJ 0–3 Malley Young Fellows Juventus win 3–1 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Wangen b.O. 1–1 Locarno Locarno 0–0 Wangen b.O. 1–1 on aggregate, Locarno win on away goals and continue to the finals. Kreuzlingen 1–2 Baulmes Baulmes 3–2 Kreuzlingen Baulmes win 5–3 on aggregate and continue to the finals. Final round Tuggen 3–2 YFJ YFJ 3–0 Tuggen Young Fellows Juventus win 5–3 on aggregate and are promoted to 2004–05 Challenge League. Locarno 1–1 Baulmes Baulmes 2–1 Locarno Baulmes win 3–2 on aggregate and are promoted to 2004–05 Challenge League. Relegation play-out Altstetten 1–0 Vevey Sports Vevey Sports 2–2 Altstetten Altstetten win 3–2 on aggregate and remain in the division. Vevey Sports is relegated to 2. Liga Interregional. Summary Group 1 champions were Étoile Carouge and runners-up were Baulmes. Carouge failed for promotion during the play-offs, in contrast to Baulmes, who won their finals. Baulmes were declaired as 1. Liga champions. Group 2 champions were [[SC Young Fellows Juventus]|Young Fellows Juventus]], runners-up were Basel U-21 but they were not eligible to the play-offs, this right was passed down to third placed Wangen b.O. YFJ achieved promotion during the play-offs, but Wangen b.O. failed. Group 3 champions were Locarno and Kreuzlingen were runners-up. Both teams failed in their promotion attempts in the play-off stage. The remaining teams in the division were to be joined in next season by Lausanne-Sport, FC Alle, FC Langenthal, FC Brugg and FC Herisau as the five 2. Liga Interregional group winners and by Urania Genève Sport, who were the best placed runners-up. They were also joined by SR Delémont who had suffered relegation from the 2003–04 Challenge League. Erste Liga (SFV) 2018 https://www.el-pl.ch/PortalData/3/Resources/saison_2019_2020/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-Juni-2019.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2018 PDF Seite 15 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2018 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2023-11-16 See also 2003–04 Swiss Super League 2003–04 Swiss Challenge League 2003–04 Swiss Cup References Sources Switzerland 2003–04 at RSSSF Season 2003–04 at the official website Seasons inSwiss 1. Liga 2002–03 2004–05 Category:2003–04 in Swiss football Category:Swiss 1. Liga (football) seasons Switzerland