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)[1]
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Marcel Schied (12)[2] All: Marcel Schied (12)

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

TuS Haste v VfL Osnabrück

6 July 2003 Friendly

TuS Haste

0–8

VfL Osnabrück

SV Holdorf v VfL Osnabrück

8 July 2003 Friendly

SV Holdorf

0–12

VfL Osnabrück

Arminia Hannover v VfL Osnabrück

12 July 2003 Friendly

Arminia Hannover

0–5

VfL Osnabrück

Hannover 96 v VfL Osnabrück

12 July 2003 Friendly

Hannover 96

2–0

VfL Osnabrück

SC Lüstringen v VfL Osnabrück

13 July 2003 Friendly

SC Lüstringen

0–17

VfL Osnabrück

Hamburger SV (A) v VfL Osnabrück

15 July 2003 Friendly

Hamburger SV (A)

0–4

VfL Osnabrück

Kickers Emden v VfL Osnabrück

16 July 2003 Friendly

Kickers Emden

1–1

VfL Osnabrück

Werder Bremen (A) v VfL Osnabrück

18 July 2003 Friendly

Werder Bremen (A)

0–1

VfL Osnabrück

Bayern Munich (A) v VfL Osnabrück

20 July 2003 Friendly

Bayern Munich (A)

6–5

VfL Osnabrück

SV Meppen v VfL Osnabrück

22 July 2003 Friendly

SV Meppen

2–5

VfL Osnabrück

Hansa Rostock v VfL Osnabrück

23 July 2003 Friendly

Hansa Rostock

1–1

VfL Osnabrück

Maccabi Haifa v VfL Osnabrück

27 July 2003 Friendly

Maccabi Haifa

2–2

VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabrück v ADO Den Haag

5 September 2003 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

1–0

ADO Den Haag

VfL Osnabrück v Borussia Dortmund

9 September 2003 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

0–1

Borussia Dortmund

VfL Osnabrück v Uwe-Brunn-Allstars

10 October 2003 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

8–1

Uwe-Brunn-Allstars

TV 01 Bohmte v VfL Osnabrück

21 October 2003 Friendly

TV 01 Bohmte

0–12

VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabrück v RKC Waalwijk

14 November 2003 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

0–0

RKC Waalwijk

Hannover 96 (A) v VfL Osnabrück

19 November 2003 Friendly

Hannover 96 (A)

4–4

VfL Osnabrück

TSG Burg Gretesch v VfL Osnabrück

11 January 2004 Friendly

TSG Burg Gretesch

0–24

VfL Osnabrück

BW Hollage v VfL Osnabrück

14 January 2004 Friendly

BW Hollage

0–2

VfL Osnabrück

SF Oesede v VfL Osnabrück

16 January 2004 Friendly

SF Oesede

0–6

VfL Osnabrück

VfL Osnabrück v VfB Stuttgart

18 January 2004 Friendly

VfL Osnabrück

0–1

VfB Stuttgart

FC Schüttorf v VfL Osnabrück

21 January 2004 Friendly

FC Schüttorf

2–2

VfL Osnabrück

Borussia Dortmund v VfL Osnabrück

24 January 2004 Friendly

Borussia Dortmund

1–0

VfL Osnabrück

Hamburger SV v VfL Osnabrück

14 April 2004 Friendly

Hamburger SV

1–1

VfL Osnabrück

Nordkreisauswahl v VfL Osnabrück

12 May 2004 Friendly

Nordkreisauswahl

0–6

VfL Osnabrück

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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

Main article: 2003–04 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:

1. 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

LR Ahlen v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Karlsruher SC

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

Wacker Burghausen v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Mainz 05

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

Energie Cottbus v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Erzgebirge Aue

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

Greuther Fürth v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v MSV Duisburg

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

VfB Lübeck v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v SpVgg Unterhaching

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

Jahn Regensburg v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Eintracht Trier

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

Union Berlin v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Alemannia Aachen

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

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Osnabrück

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

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

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

VfL Osnabrück v LR Ahlen

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

Karlsruher SC v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Wacker Burghausen

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

Mainz 05 v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Energie Cottbus

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

Erzgebirge Aue v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Greuther Fürth

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

MSV Duisburg v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v VfB Lübeck

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

SpVgg Unterhaching v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Jahn Regensburg

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

Eintracht Trier v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v Union Berlin

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

Alemannia Aachen v VfL Osnabrück

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

VfL Osnabrück v 1. FC Nürnberg

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

VfL Osnabrück v Arminia Bielefeld

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

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen v VfL Osnabrück

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

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2003–04 DFB-Pokal

VfL Osnabrück v Hansa Rostock

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

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