2003–04 VfL Osnabrück season

VfL Osnabrück
2003–04 season
Manager	Frank Pagelsdorf; (until 7 April); Thorsten Haas; (from 8 April)
Stadium	Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
2. Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marcel Schied (12); All: ; Marcel Schied (12)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 VfL Osnabrück season is the club's 105th season in existence and the first season back in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, VfL Osnabrück will participate in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covers the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2003

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2003

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

6 July 2003 Friendly

TuS Haste

0–8

VfL Osnabrück

8 July 2003 Friendly

SV Holdorf

0–12

VfL Osnabrück

12 July 2003 Friendly

Arminia Hannover

0–5

VfL Osnabrück

12 July 2003 Friendly

Hannover 96

2–0

VfL Osnabrück

13 July 2003 Friendly

SC Lüstringen

0–17

VfL Osnabrück

15 July 2003 Friendly

Hamburger SV (A)

0–4

VfL Osnabrück

16 July 2003 Friendly

Kickers Emden

1–1

VfL Osnabrück

18 July 2003 Friendly

Werder Bremen (A)

0–1

VfL Osnabrück

20 July 2003 Friendly

Bayern Munich (A)

6–5

VfL Osnabrück

22 July 2003 Friendly

SV Meppen

2–5

VfL Osnabrück

23 July 2003 Friendly

Hansa Rostock

1–1

VfL Osnabrück

27 July 2003 Friendly

Maccabi Haifa

2–2

VfL Osnabrück

5 September 2003 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

1–0

ADO Den Haag

9 September 2003 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

0–1

Borussia Dortmund

10 October 2003 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

8–1

Uwe-Brunn-Allstars

21 October 2003 Friendly

TV 01 Bohmte

0–12

VfL Osnabrück

14 November 2003 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

0–0

RKC Waalwijk

19 November 2003 Friendly

Hannover 96 (A)

4–4

VfL Osnabrück

11 January 2004 Friendly

TSG Burg Gretesch

0–24

VfL Osnabrück

14 January 2004 Friendly

BW Hollage

0–2

VfL Osnabrück

16 January 2004 Friendly

SF Oesede

0–6

VfL Osnabrück

18 January 2004 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

0–1

VfB Stuttgart

21 January 2004 Friendly

FC Schüttorf

2–2

VfL Osnabrück

24 January 2004 Friendly

Borussia Dortmund

1–0

VfL Osnabrück

14 April 2004 Friendly

Hamburger SV

1–1

VfL Osnabrück

12 May 2004 Friendly

Nordkreisauswahl

0–6

VfL Osnabrück

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	3 August 2003	23 May 2004	Matchday 1	18th	34	7	7	20	35	55	−20	020.59
DFB-Pokal	31 August 2003		First round	First round	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total					35	7	8	20	35	55	−20	020.00

Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
14	Karlsruher SC	34	11	10	13	38	44	−6	43
15	VfB Lübeck (R)	34	9	12	13	47	57	−10	39	Relegation to Regionalliga^[a]
16	Jahn Regensburg (R)	34	9	12	13	37	51	−14	39
17	Union Berlin (R)	34	8	9	17	43	53	−10	33
18	VfL Osnabrück (R)	34	7	7	20	35	55	−20	28

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ VfB Lübeck, 1. FC Union Berlin and VfL Osnabrück were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Jahn Regensburg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	7	7	20	35	55	−20	28	6	3	8	26	22	+4	1	4	12	9	33	−24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L
Position	7	10	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	13	16	15	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2003 1	LR Ahlen	0–1	VfL Osnabrück	Ahlen
				Stadium: Wersestadion

10 August 2003 2	VfL Osnabrück	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

17 August 2003 3	Wacker Burghausen	4–1	VfL Osnabrück	Burghausen
				Stadium: Wacker-Arena

24 August 2003 4	VfL Osnabrück	2–2	Mainz 05	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

14 September 2003 5	Energie Cottbus	3–0	VfL Osnabrück	Cottbus
				Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft

21 September 2003 6	VfL Osnabrück	0–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

28 September 2003 7	Greuther Fürth	1–1	VfL Osnabrück	Fürth
				Stadium: Playmobil-Stadion

3 October 2003 8	VfL Osnabrück	2–2	MSV Duisburg	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

17 October 2003 9	VfB Lübeck	1–1	VfL Osnabrück	Lübeck
				Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle

26 October 2003 10	VfL Osnabrück	2–1	SpVgg Unterhaching	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

2 November 2003 11	Jahn Regensburg	1–0	VfL Osnabrück	Regensburg
				Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg

7 November 2003 12	VfL Osnabrück	3–0	Eintracht Trier	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

21 November 2003 13	Union Berlin	2–0	VfL Osnabrück	Berlin
				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

28 November 2003 14	VfL Osnabrück	3–1	Alemannia Aachen	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

7 December 2003 15	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	VfL Osnabrück	Nuremberg
				Stadium: Frankenstadion

12 December 2003 16	Arminia Bielefeld	5–0	VfL Osnabrück	Bielefeld
				Stadium: Bielefelder Alm

16 December 2003 17	VfL Osnabrück	0–2	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

1 February 2004 18	VfL Osnabrück	1–2	LR Ahlen	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

6 February 2004 19	Karlsruher SC	3–0	VfL Osnabrück	Karlsruhe
				Stadium: Wildparkstadion

13 February 2004 20	VfL Osnabrück	3–0	Wacker Burghausen	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

20 February 2004 21	Mainz 05	0–0	VfL Osnabrück	Mainz
				Stadium: Bruchwegstadion

29 February 2004 22	VfL Osnabrück	0–1	Energie Cottbus	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

7 March 2004 23	Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	VfL Osnabrück	Aue
				Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion

14 March 2004 24	VfL Osnabrück	0–1	Greuther Fürth	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

19 March 2004 25	MSV Duisburg	3–1	VfL Osnabrück	Duisburg
				Stadium: Wedaustadion

26 March 2004 26	VfL Osnabrück	3–1	VfB Lübeck	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

4 April 2004 27	SpVgg Unterhaching	2–1	VfL Osnabrück	Unterhaching
				Stadium: Generali Sportpark

11 April 2004 28	VfL Osnabrück	3–0	Jahn Regensburg	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

18 April 2004 29	Eintracht Trier	0–0	VfL Osnabrück	Unterhaching
				Stadium: Moselstadion

23 April 2004 30	VfL Osnabrück	0–2	Union Berlin	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

30 April 2004 31	Alemannia Aachen	2–1	VfL Osnabrück	Aachen
				Stadium: Old Tivoli

7 May 2004 32	VfL Osnabrück	3–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

16 May 2004 33	VfL Osnabrück	0–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

23 May 2004 34	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	3–2	VfL Osnabrück	Oberhausen
				Stadium: Niederrheinstadion

DFB-Pokal

31 August 2003 First round	VfL Osnabrück	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Hansa Rostock	Osnabrück
				Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke

Source: ^[3]

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ Muras, Udo (May 1, 2004). "Osnabrück ist endgültig abgestiegen" – via www.welt.de.
^ "VfL Osnabrück - Appearances 2. Bundesliga 2003/2004". worldfootball.net.
^ "Spieltag/Tabelle". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. March 11, 2014.

[table_note_res_R0.62132727942491-3] VfB Lübeck, 1. FC Union Berlin and VfL Osnabrück were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Jahn Regensburg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd.

[1] Muras, Udo (May 1, 2004). "Osnabrück ist endgültig abgestiegen" – via www.welt.de.

[2] "VfL Osnabrück - Appearances 2. Bundesliga 2003/2004". worldfootball.net.

[4] "Spieltag/Tabelle". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. March 11, 2014.

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