2003–04 in Scottish football
2003–04 in Scottish football | ||
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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]
Contents
League Competitions
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 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 |
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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 | Heart of Midlothian | 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
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P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Inverness CT | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 67 | 33 | 34 | 70 |
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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 |
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10 | Brechin City | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 27 |
Scottish Second Division
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P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Airdrie United | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 70 |
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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 |
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10 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 28 | 65 | −37 | 25 |
Scottish Third Division
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P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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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 |
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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 |
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Players' Player of the Year | Chris Sutton | Celtic |
Young Player of the Year | Stephen Pearson | Celtic |
SFWA awards
Award | Winner | Club |
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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
Summary
Club | Competition(s) | Final round | Coef. |
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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 | |
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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
Hearts
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score[2] | Hearts scorer(s) | Report | |
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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
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score[2] | Dundee scorer(s) | Report | |
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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 |
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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:
- (A) = Away match
- (H) = Home match
- ECQG5 = European Championship Qualifying - Group 5
- EFQPO = European Championship Qualifying - Play-off
Deaths
- 1 February: Ally MacLeod, 72, Scotland national team manager (1977–78).[4]
- 12 February: Leonard Dudman, 70, Falkirk and Forfar Athletic winger.
See also
Notes and references
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