2003–04 TSV 1860 Munich season

TSV 1860 Munich
2003–04 season
Manager	Falko Götz (until 17 April); Gerald Vanenburg
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Bundesliga	17th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Second round
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Season summary

After several seasons in midtable, Die Löwen's 10-season stay in Germany's top flight ended with a 17th-place finish and relegation. Manager Falko Götz had been sacked in April, with former 1860 player Gerald Vanenburg juggling his duties as manager of PSV's youth team to replace him, but he was unable to save the club from the drop. After relegation, Rudolf Bommer, who had led fellow Bavarian club SV Wacker Burghausen to promotion to the 2. Bundesliga and consecutive 10th-place finishes in that division, was tasked with obtaining promotion.

Kit

The club's kits were manufactured by Nike and sponsored by German motor oil company Liqui Moly.

Players

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Michael Hofmann
2	DF	AUT	Martin Stranzl
3	DF	SUI	Rémo Meyer
4	DF	GER	Marco Kurz
5	DF	FIN	Janne Saarinen
6	MF	CZE	Roman Týce
7	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Costa
8	MF	CHN	Shao Jiayi
9	FW	CMR	Francis Kioyo
11	FW	GER	Benjamin Lauth
12	MF	GER	Danny Schwarz
13	MF	AUT	Harald Cerny
15	DF	BRA	Fernando Santos
16	DF	IRL	Joe Kendrick
18	FW	AUS	Paul Agostino
19	MF	GER	Matthias Lehmann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	AUT	Markus Weissenberger
21	FW	GER	Markus Schroth
22	GK	GER	André Lenz
23	DF	GER	Andreas Görlitz
24	MF	GER	Daniel Baier
25	MF	BEL	Christophe Lepoint
26	MF	AUT	Marcus Pürk
27	MF	GER	Marcel Richter
28	MF	GER	Gerhard Poschner^{[notes 1]}
29	GK	GER	Matthias Küfner
32	DF	GER	Christoph Burkhard
33	MF	RSA	Lance Davids
35	DF	GER	Marcel Schäfer
36	DF	GER	Christoph Janker
44	DF	GER	Torben Hoffmann

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	GER	Michael Wiesinger (to Energie Cottbus)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	GER	Daniel Borimirov (to Magdeburg)

Competitions

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Hannover 96	34	9	10	15	49	63	−14	37
15	1. FC Kaiserslautern^[a]	34	11	6	17	39	62	−23	36
16	Eintracht Frankfurt (R)	34	9	5	20	36	53	−17	32	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	1860 Munich (R)	34	8	8	18	32	55	−23	32
18	1. FC Köln (R)	34	6	5	23	32	57	−25	23

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

^ 1. FC Kaiserslautern were docked three points for financial irregularities.

References

^ "FootballSquads - TSV 1860 Munich - 2003/04".

Notes

^ Poschner was born in Dumitra, Romania, but was raised in Germany from the age of 5 and represented Germany at U-21 and U-23 level.

[table_note_FCK0.00041528185848858-3] 1. FC Kaiserslautern were docked three points for financial irregularities.

[1] "FootballSquads - TSV 1860 Munich - 2003/04".

[2] Poschner was born in Dumitra, Romania, but was raised in Germany from the age of 5 and represented Germany at U-21 and U-23 level.

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