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2003-04 in Scottish football 

Competitive football has been played in Scotland since 1890.
Competitive football has been played in Scotland since 1890.

The 2003–04 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

The 2003–04 Scottish Premier League season was won by Celtic with 98 points, 17 points ahead of closest challengers Rangers. Both Rangers and Celtic therefore gained the two UEFA Champions League places and Hearts got the UEFA Cup place having finished third. Partick Thistle were relegated to the Scottish First Division.

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 38 31 5 2 105 25 80 98 UEFA Champions League 2004-05 Group stage
2 Rangers 38 25 6 7 76 33 43 81 UEFA Champions League 2004-05 Third qualifying round
3 Hearts 38 19 11 8 56 40 16 68 UEFA Cup 2004-05 First round
4 Dunfermline Athletic 38 14 11 13 45 52 -7 53
5 Dundee United 38 13 10 15 47 60 -13 49
6 Motherwell 38 12 10 16 42 49 -7 46
7 Dundee 38 12 10 16 48 57 -9 46
8 Hibernian 38 11 11 16 41 60 -19 44 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 second round
9 Livingston 38 10 13 15 48 57 -9 43
10 Kilmarnock 38 12 6 20 51 74 -23 42
11 Aberdeen 38 9 7 22 39 63 -24 34
12 Partick Thistle 38 6 8 24 39 67 -28 26 Relegated to First Division 2004-05

Scottish First Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Inverness CT 36 21 7 8 67 33 34 70
Promoted to Scottish Premier League 2004-05
2 Clyde 36 20 9 7 64 40 24 69
3 St. Johnstone 36 15 12 9 59 45 13 57
4 Falkirk 36 15 10 11 43 37 6 55
5 Queen of the South 36 15 9 12 46 48 -2 54
6 Ross County 36 12 13 11 49 41 8 49
7 St. Mirren 36 9 14 13 39 46 -7 41
8 Raith Rovers 36 8 10 18 37 57 -20 34
9 Ayr United 36 6 13 17 37 58 -21 31
Relegated to Second Division 2004-05
10 Brechin City 36 6 9 21 37 73 -36 27

Scottish Second Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Airdrie United 36 20 10 6 64 36 28 70
Promoted To First Division 2004-05
2 Hamilton Academical 36 18 8 10 70 47 28 62
3 Dumbarton 36 18 6 12 56 41 15 60
4 Greenock Morton 36 16 11 9 66 58 8 59
5 Berwick Rangers 36 14 6 16 61 67 -6 48
6 Forfar Athletic 36 12 11 13 49 57 -8 47
7 Alloa Athletic 36 12 8 16 55 55 0 44
8 Arbroath 36 11 10 15 41 57 -26 43
9 East Fife 36 11 8 17 38 45 -7 41
Relegated to Third Division 2004-05
10 Stenhousemuir 36 7 4 25 28 65 -37 25

Scottish Third Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Stranraer 36 24 7 5 87 30 57 79 Promoted to Second Division 2004-05
2 Stirling Albion 36 23 8 5 78 27 51 77
3 Gretna 36 20 8 8 59 39 20 68
4 Peterhead 36 18 7 11 67 37 30 61
5 Cowdenbeath 36 15 10 11 46 39 7 55
6 Montrose 36 12 12 12 52 63 -11 48
7 Queen's Park 36 10 11 15 41 53 -12 41
8 Albion Rovers 36 12 4 20 66 75 -9 40
9 Elgin City 36 6 7 23 48 93 -45 25
10 East Stirlingshire 36 2 2 32 30 118 -88 8

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up Report
Scottish Cup 2003–04 Celtic 3 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic Wikipedia article
League Cup 2003–04 Livingston 2 – 0 Hibernian Wikipedia article
Challenge Cup 2003–04 Inverness CT 2 – 0 Airdrie United Wikipedia article
Youth Cup Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Rangers
Junior Cup Carnoustie Panmure 0 – 0
(4 – 1 pen.)
Tayport

Individual honours

SPFA awards

Award Winner Club
Players' Player of the Year Flag of England Chris Sutton Celtic
Young Player of the Year Flag of Scotland Stephen Pearson Celtic

SFWA awards

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Flag of Scotland Jackie McNamara Celtic
Young Player of the Year Flag of Scotland Craig Gordon Hearts
Manager of the Year Flag of Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill Celtic

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Club Competition(s) Final round Coef.
Rangers UEFA Champions League Group stage 5.50
Celtic UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup
Group stage
Quarter-finals
17.00
Hearts UEFA Cup Second round 5.00
Dundee UEFA Cup First round 2.00

Average coefficient - 7.375

Rangers

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Rangers scorer(s) Report
Champions League Third qualifying round
August 13 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Flag of Denmark FC København 1–1 Peter Løvenkrands BBC
August 27 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (A) Flag of Denmark FC København 2–1 Mikel Arteta (pen.), Shota Arveladze BBC
Champions League Group stage
September 16 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Flag of Germany VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Christian Nerlinger, Peter Løvenkrands BBC
October 1 Olympic Stadium (A) Flag of Greece Panathinaikos 1–1 Emerson Moisés Costa BBC
October 22 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Flag of England Manchester United 0–1 BBC
November 4 Old Trafford, Manchester (A) Flag of England Manchester United 0–3 BBC
November 26 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (A) Flag of Germany VfB Stuttgart 0–1 BBC
December 9 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Flag of Greece Panathinaikos 1–3 Michael Mols BBC

Celtic

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Celtic scorer(s) Report
Champions League Second qualifying round
July 30 S.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium, Kaunas (A) Flag of Lithuania FBK Kaunas 4–0 Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton, Shaun Maloney, Liam Miller BBC
August 6 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Lithuania FBK Kaunas 1–0 Darius Gvildys (og) BBC
Champions League Third qualifying round
August 13 Hidegkuti Nándor, Budapest (A) Flag of Hungary MTK Hungária FC 4–0 Henrik Larsson, Didier Agathe, Stilian Petrov, Chris Sutton BBC
August 27 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Hungary MTK Hungária FC 1–0 Chris Sutton BBC
Champions League Group stage
September 17 Olympic Stadium, Munich (A) Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 1–2 Alan Thompson BBC
September 30 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of France Lyon 2–0 Liam Miller, Chris Sutton BBC
October 21 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht (A) Flag of Belgium Anderlecht 0–1 BBC
November 5 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Belgium Anderlecht 3–1 Henrik Larsson, Liam Miller, Chris Sutton BBC
November 25 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 0–0 BBC
December 10 Stade de Gerland, Lyon (A) Flag of France Lyon 2–3 John Hartson, Chris Sutton BBC
UEFA Cup Third round
February 26 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of the Czech Republic FK Teplice 3–0 Henrik Larsson (2), Chris Sutton BBC
March 3 Na Stínadlech, Teplice (A) Flag of the Czech Republic FK Teplice 0–1 BBC
UEFA Cup Fourth round
March 10 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Spain FC Barcelona 1–0 Alan Thompson BBC
March 24 Nou Camp, Barcelona (A) Flag of Spain FC Barcelona 0–0 BBC
UEFA Cup Quarter-final
April 8 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Spain Villarreal 1–1 Henrik Larsson BBC
April 14 Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal (A) Flag of Spain Villarreal 0–2 BBC

Hearts

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Hearts scorer(s) Report
UEFA Cup First round
September 24 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina NK Željezničar 2–0 Mark de Vries, Andrew Webster BBC
October 15 Grbavica Stadium, Sarajevo (A) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina NK Željezničar 0–0 BBC
UEFA Cup Second round
November 6 Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux (A) Flag of France Girondins de Bordeaux 1–0 Mark de Vries BBC
November 6 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Flag of France Girondins de Bordeaux 0–2 BBC

Dundee

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Dundee scorer(s) Report
UEFA Cup Qualifying round
August 14 Loro Borici stadium, Albania (A) Flag of Albania Vllaznia 2–0 Steve Lovell, Nacho Novo BBC
August 28 Dens Park, Dundee (H) Flag of Albania Vllaznia 4–0 Nacho Novo (2), Juan Sara, Gavin Rae BBC
UEFA Cup First round
September 24 Dens Park, Dundee (H) Flag of Italy Perugia 1–2 Lee Wilkie BBC
October 15 Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia (A) Flag of Italy Perugia 0–1 BBC

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
August 20 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (A)  Norway 0–0 F BBC
September 6 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Faroe Islands 3–1 ECQG5 Neil McCann, Paul Dickov, James McFadden BBC
September 10 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (A)  Germany 1–2 ECQG5 Neil McCann BBC
October 11 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Lithuania 1–0 ECQG5 Darren Fletcher BBC
November 15 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Netherlands 1–0 ECQPO James McFadden BBC
November 19 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam (A)  Netherlands 0–6 ECQPO BBC
March 31 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Romania 1–2 F James McFadden BBC
April 28 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (A)  Denmark 0–1 F BBC
May 27 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (A)  Estonia 1–0 F James McFadden BBC
May 30 Easter Road, Edinburgh (H)  Trinidad and Tobago 4–1 F Darren Fletcher, Gary Holt, Gary Caldwell, Nigel Quashie BBC

Key:

  • (A) = Away match
  • (H) = Home match
  • F = Friendly
  • ECQG5 = European Championship Qualifying - Group 5
  • EFQPO = European Championship Qualifying - Play-off

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d The score of the Scottish team is shown first.
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
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