2004–05 Dundee F.C. season

The 2004–05 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 12th position with 33 points and were relegated to the Scottish First Division.[1]

Dundee
ManagerScotland Jim Duffy
Scottish Premier League12th
Scottish CupThird Round
Scottish League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Lovell (12)
All: Lovell (15)
Highest home attendance11,263 (vs Dundee United, 30 April 2005) (SPL)
Lowest home attendance3,047 (vs Forfar Athletic, 24 August 2004) (SLC)
Average home league attendance6,865

Final league table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Rangers 38 29 6 3 78 22 +56 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 30 2 6 85 35 +50 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hibernian 38 18 7 13 64 57 +7 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aberdeen 38 18 7 13 44 39 +5 61
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 11 14 43 41 +2 50
6 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 46 49 −3 48
7 Kilmarnock 38 15 4 19 49 55 −6 49
8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 11 11 16 41 47 −6 44
9 Dundee United 38 8 12 18 41 59 −18 36 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
10 Livingston 38 9 8 21 34 61 −27 35
11 Dunfermline Athletic 38 8 10 20 34 60 −26 34
12 Dundee 38 8 9 21 37 71 −34 33 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 2004–05 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee United, the cup runners-up.

Results

Dundee's score comes first

Legend
Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Premier League
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17 August 2004Heart of MidlothianH0–17,770
215 August 2004Dundee UnitedA2–111,118Lovell 17', Sutton 47'
321 August 2004MotherwellH1–24,849Lovell 78'
428 August 2004HibernianA4–49,344Sutton 7', Brady 65', Atle Larsen 79', Hernández 90'
511 September 2004CelticA0–356,936
618 September 2004LivingstonH0–04,387
726 September 2004RangersH0–29,404
82 October 2004AberdeenA1–111,217Sutton 1'
916 October 2004KilmarnockH3–14,367Robb 30', Sutton 63', Anderson 87'
1023 October 2004Dunfermline AthleticH1–25,456Anderson 52'
1127 October 2004Inverness Caledonian ThistleA1–21,254Lovell 72'
1230 October 2004Heart of MidlothianA0–310,172
136 November 2004Dundee UnitedH1–09,845Sutton 86'
1413 November 2004MotherwellA0–34,406
1520 November 2004HibernianH1–45,274Lovell 62'
1628 November 2004CelticH2–29,539Lovell (2) 35', 76'
174 December 2004LivingstonA0–14,509
1811 December 2004RangersA0–348,114
1918 December 2004AberdeenH1–07,310Barrett 57'
2027 December 2004KilmarnockA1–35,468Sutton 39'
211 January 2005Dunfermline AthleticA1–34,426Barrett 40'
2215 January 2005Inverness Caledonian ThistleH3–15,567Robb 28', McManus 48', Sutton 56'
2322 January 2005Heart of MidlothianH1–15,780Caballero 54'
2429 January 2005Dundee UnitedA2–212,703McManus 71', Lovell 85'
2512 February 2005MotherwellH2–15,746Lovell (2) 45', 55'
2619 February 2005HibernianA0–410,938
272 March 2005CelticA0–352,500
285 March 2005LivingstonH0–15,830
2913 March 2005RangersH0–29,876
3019 March 2005AberdeenA1–110,474McManus 73'
312 April 2005KilmarnockH1–05,494Lovell 63'
329 April 2005Dunfermline AthleticH2–15,995Lovell 56', Sancho 62'
3316 April 2005Inverness Caledonian ThistleA2–34,786McManus 74', Sutton 80'
3423 April 2005KilmarnockA0–13,770
3530 April 2005Dundee UnitedH1–211,263Lovell 64'
367 May 2005Dunfermline AthleticA0–58,313
3714 May 2005Inverness Caledonian ThistleH1–16,691Sancho 49'
3821 May 2005LivingstonA1–18,968MacDonald 18'

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R38 January 2005HibernianA0–29,706

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2004–05 Scottish League Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R224 August 2004Forfar AthleticH4–03,047Lovell (3) 66', 82', 90', Anderson 87'
R321 September 2004LivingstonA1–21,736Robb 67'

References
  1. "Scotland 2004/05". RSSSF.
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