The 2003–04 Bundesliga was the 41st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 1 August 2003 and concluded on 22 May 2004.

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fifteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga. The promoted teams were SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt. SC Freiburg and 1. FC Köln returned to the top flight after an absence of one year while Eintracht Frankfurt returned to the top fight after an absence of two years. They replaced Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Nürnberg and Energie Cottbus, ending their top flight spells of one, two and three years respectively.

Team overview

Stadiums

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! Club

! Location

! Ground

! Capacity

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! style="text-align:center;"| No. !! Team !! style="text-align:right;"| Average !! style="text-align:center;"| Change !! style="text-align:right;"| Highest

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| 1 || Borussia Dortmund || 79,618 || 17,4% || 83,000

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| 2 || Schalke 04 || 61,041 || 0,8% || 61,266

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| 3 || Bayern München || 55,118 || 6,2% || 69,000

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| 4 || Hamburger SV || 48,074 || 5,4% || 55,500

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| 5 || VfB Stuttgart || 42,940 || 24,2% || 54,088

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| 6 || Hertha BSC || 40,087 || -4,8% || 60,800

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| 7 || 1. FC Köln || 40,058 || 51,4% || 50,997

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| 8 || 1. FC Kaiserslautern || 38,618 || 6,5% || 47,315

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| 9 || Werder Bremen || 37,666 || 14,6% || 43,000

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| 10 || Borussia Mönchengladbach || 32,276 || 11,6% || 34,500

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| 11 || TSV 1860 || 28,659 || 8,9% || 69,000

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| 12 || VfL Bochum || 27,189 || 8,8% || 32,645

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| 13 || Eintracht Frankfurt || 26,321 || 61,8% || 37,500

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| 14 || SC Freiburg || 24,162 || 13,8% || 25,000

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| 15 || Hannover 96 || 23,358 || -36,0% || 27,537

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| 16 || VfL Wolfsburg || 23,046 || 19,9% || 30,000

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| 17 || Bayer Leverkusen || 22,500 || 0,0% || 22,500

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| 18 || Hansa Rostock || 22,371 || 12,7% || 29,800

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References

  • 2003–04 Bundesliga on kicker.de