2003–04 Süper Lig

Süper Lig 2003-04 was the 46th league, and the third Süper Lig. Fenerbahçe won their 15th title, being 4 points ahead Trabzonspor.

Since Turkey dropped from eighth to tenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2002–03 season, the league has lost two of its UEFA Cup berths.

An extremely dramatical final fixture took place, because in the relegation places, there were four teams. Bursaspor, with 37 points, İstanbulspor with 38, Çaykur Rizespor and Akçaabat Sebatspor with 39. İstanbulspor, managed by Aykut Kocaman, won 2-0 away at Konya over Konyaspor, Çaykur Rizespor defeated Beşiktaş 1-0, and Akçaabat Sebatspor beaten Ankaragücü 3-2. Bursaspor, defeating 1-0 Samsunspor reached the 40 points, but they were relegated.

Final league table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Fenerbahçe (C) 34 23 7 4 82 41+41 76 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage 1
2 Trabzonspor 34 22 6 6 60 38+22 72 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Beşiktaş 34 18 8 8 65 45+20 62 2004–05 UEFA Cup First round
4 Gaziantepspor 34 18 3 13 52 51+1 57rowspan=6 style="background:white;"|
5 Denizlispor 34 17 4 13 52 43+9 55
6 Galatasaray 34 15 9 10 56 47+9 54
7 Samsunspor 34 13 7 14 46 47−1 46
8 Malatyaspor 34 11 12 11 51 40+11 45 ANG 0-0 MAL
MAL 1-0 ANG
9 MKE Ankaragücü 34 13 6 15 48 53−5 45
10 Gençlerbirliği 34 12 8 14 56 52+4 44 2004–05 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round 2 GEN 4-0 KON
KON 4-1 GEN
11 Konyaspor 34 10 14 10 53 54−1 44rowspan=8 style="background:white;"|
12 Diyarbakırspor 34 12 7 15 44 54−10 43
13 Akçaabat Sebatspor 34 11 9 14 45 53−8 42 ASB 1-0 RİZ
RİZ 0-1 ASB
14 Çaykur Rizespor 34 13 3 18 37 53−16 42
15 İstanbulspor 34 11 8 15 46 45+1 41
16 Bursaspor (R) 34 10 10 14 40 400 40
17 Adanaspor A.Ş. (R) 34 6 4 24 38 73−35 22 ADA 1-2 ELZ
ELZ 3-4 ADA
18 Elazığspor (R) 34 5 7 22 37 79−42 22

Updated to games played on September 25, 2008.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1FC Porto, winner of 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage by their league position, so the title holder spot couldn't be used and this spot goes to best excluded champions, champions of Turkey, originally qualified for the third qualifying round.
2Trabzonspor, winner of Turkish Cup, qualified for the UEFA Champions League, so loser finalists Gençlerbirliği qualified for the UEFA Cup 2nd qualifying round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Name Team Nationality Goals
Zafer Biryol Konyaspor Turkey 25
Pierre van Hooijdonk Fenerbahçe Netherlands 24
Serkan Aykut Samsunspor Turkey 20
Tuncay Şanlı Fenerbahçe Turkey 19
Souleymane Youla Gençlerbirliği Guinea Turkey 16
Yunus Altun Elazığspor Turkey 16
Ahmed Hassan Beşiktaş Egypt Turkey 14
Gökdeniz Karadeniz Trabzonspor Turkey 14
Necati Ateş Adanaspor / Galatasaray Turkey 14
Okan Yılmaz Bursaspor Turkey 14
Ersen Martin Denizlispor Turkey Germany 13
Murat Hacıoğlu Diyarbakırspor Turkey 13

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