2003–04 FC Basel season
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The 2003–04 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 111th in existence and the club's 10th consecutive season in the Nationalliga A, the top flight of Swiss football. Basel played their home games in the newly constructed St. Jakob-Park complex. Local businessman Werner Edelmann was the club's chairman for the second consecutive season.
2003–04 season | |
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Chairman | Werner Edelmann |
Manager | Christian Gross |
Stadium | St. Jakob-Park |
Swiss Super League | Champions |
Swiss Cup | Round 3 |
UEFA Cup | Round 2 |
Top goalscorer | Christian Giménez (16) |
Highest home attendance | 30,800 vs Grasshoppers (23.11.2003) 30,000 vs Newcastle United (6.11.2003) |
Lowest home attendance | 21,803 vs Xamax (28.04.2004) |
Average home league attendance | 29,850 |
The Club's main aims for the 2003–04 season were to regain the league title and, as cup holders, to retain their cup title. The third aim was to remain in the UEFA Cup as long as possible. During pre-season Basel won the Uhrencup and the Alpen Cup. After being the surprise package in Europe in the 2002–03 season, Basel could not bring this form into the UEFA Cup in 2003–04 as they were eliminated by Newcastle United in the second round after defeating Malatyaspor in the previous round.
The Super League season started impeccably, Basel won the first thirteen matches straight off. They completed the first half of the season undefeated, with seventeen wins and one draw. Basel remained in top position right up until the end of the season, thus achieving their championship aim. In the club's history this was their tenth championship title.