2003–04 in Scottish football

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

Football in Scotland
Season2003–04
Scotland
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

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2003–04 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 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[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 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[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
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 Relegation to the Scottish First Division
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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
Main article: 2003–04 Scottish First Division
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
Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Second Division
Pos 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 +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 36 11 8 17 38 45 −7 41 Relegated to Third Division 2004–05
10 Stenhousemuir 36 7 4 25 28 65 −37 25
Source: "2003-2004 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Scottish Third Division
Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Third Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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
Source: "2003-2004 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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

SPFA awards
Award Winner Club
Players' Player of the YearEngland Chris SuttonCeltic
Young Player of the YearScotland Stephen PearsonCeltic

SFWA awards
Award Winner Club
Footballer of the YearScotland Jackie McNamaraCeltic
Young Player of the YearScotland Craig GordonHeart of Midlothian
Manager of the YearNorthern Ireland Martin O'NeillCeltic

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary
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
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
Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results
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
  • 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
  1. "2003/04 - The Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. 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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