2003–04 in Scottish football

2003–04 in Scottish football
Premier League champions
Celtic
First Division champions
Inverness CT
Second Division champions
Airdrie United
Third Division champions
Stranraer
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Livingston
Challenge Cup winners
Inverness CT
Junior Cup winners
Carnoustie Panmure
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, Rangers
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

The 2003–04 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Scotland. [1]

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, this however was decided by a tribunal as at the time Inverness's stadium did not meet the criteria for the SPL, as with Falkirk the previous season, however unlike Falkirk the SPL decided that Inverness were allowed to share a ground with Aberdeen.

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 383152105258098 UEFA Champions League 2004-05 Group stage
2 Rangers 38256776334381 UEFA Champions League 2004-05 Third qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 381911856401668 UEFA Cup 2004-05 First round
4 Dunfermline Athletic 381411134552753
5 Dundee United 3813101547601349
6 Motherwell 381210164249746
7 Dundee 381210164857946
8 Hibernian 3811111641601944UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 second round
9 Livingston 381013154857943
10 Kilmarnock 381262051742342
11 Aberdeen 38972239632434
12 Partick Thistle 38682439672826 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 36217867333470
Promoted to 2004–05 Scottish Premier League
2 Clyde 36209764402469
3 St Johnstone 361512959451357
4 Falkirk 361510114337655
5 Queen of the South 36159124648254
6 Ross County 361213114941849
7 St Mirren 36914133946741
8 Raith Rovers 368101837572034
9 Ayr United 366131737582131
Relegated to Second Division 2004-05
10 Brechin City 36692137733627

Scottish Second Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Airdrie United 362010664362870
Promoted To First Division 2004-05
2 Hamilton Academical 361881070472862
3 Dumbarton 361861256411560
4 Greenock Morton 36161196658859
5 Berwick Rangers 36146166167648
6 Forfar Athletic 361211134957847
7 Alloa Athletic 36128165555044
8 Arbroath 3611101541572643
9 East Fife 36118173845741
Relegated to Third Division 2004-05
10 Stenhousemuir 36742528653725

Scottish Third Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Stranraer 36247587305779 Promoted to Second Division 2004-05
2 Stirling Albion 36238578275177
3 Gretna 36208859392068
4 Peterhead 361871167373061
5 Cowdenbeath 361510114639755
6 Montrose 3612121252631148
7 Queen's Park 3610111541531241
8 Albion Rovers 36124206675940
9 Elgin City 36672348934525
10 East Stirlingshire 36223230118888

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 England Chris Sutton Celtic
Young Player of the Year Scotland Stephen Pearson Celtic

SFWA awards

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Scotland Jackie McNamara Celtic
Young Player of the Year Scotland Craig Gordon Heart of Midlothian
Manager of the Year 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
Heart of Midlothian UEFA Cup Second round 5.00
Dundee UEFA Cup First round 2.00

Average coefficient - 7.375

Rangers

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

Celtic

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

Hearts

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

Dundee

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

Scotland national team

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

Key:

Deaths

See also

Notes and references

  1. http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/2000-2007/200304/
  2. 1 2 3 4 The score of the Scottish team is shown first.
  3. Scotland's score is shown first.
  4. "Ally MacLeod dies". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 February 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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