2003–04 in Scottish football

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

Football in Scotland
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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

League Competitions

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Scottish Premier League

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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 Europa League 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 5 2 105 25 +80 98 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Rangers 38 25 6 7 76 33 +43 81 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 19 11 8 56 40 +16 68 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
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 Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[c]
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 (R) 38 6 8 24 39 67 −28 26 Relegation to the Scottish First Division
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ As Celtic, the 2003–04 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runners-up.
  3. ^ Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

Scottish First Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Inverness CT (C, P) 36 21 7 8 67 33 +34 70 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Clyde 36 20 9 7 64 40 +24 69
3 St Johnstone 36 15 12 9 59 45 +14 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 (R) 36 6 13 17 37 58 −21 31 Relegation to the Second Division
10 Brechin City (R) 36 6 9 21 37 73 −36 27
Source: "2003-2004 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Second Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Airdrie United (C, P) 36 20 10 6 64 36 +28 70 Promotion to the First Division
2 Hamilton Academical (P) 36 18 8 10 70 47 +23 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 −16 43
9 East Fife (R) 36 11 8 17 38 45 −7 41 Relegation to the Third Division
10 Stenhousemuir (R) 36 7 4 25 28 65 −37 25
Source: "2003-2004 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Third Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Stranraer (C, P) 36 24 7 5 87 30 +57 79 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Stirling Albion (P) 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
Source: "2003-2004 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Other honours

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Cup honours

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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

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SPFA awards

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

SFWA awards

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Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year   Jackie McNamara Celtic
Young Player of the Year   Craig Gordon Heart of Midlothian
Manager of the Year   Martin O'Neill Celtic

Scottish clubs in Europe

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Summary

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

Average coefficient – 7.375

Rangers

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

Celtic

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

Hearts

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

Dundee

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

Scotland national team

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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
18 February Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (A)   Wales 0–4 Friendly 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:

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

Deaths

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  • 1 February: Ally MacLeod, 72, Scotland national team manager (1977–78).[4]
  • 12 February: Leonard Dudman, 70, Falkirk and Forfar Athletic winger.

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "2003/04 - The Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.