The 2003–04 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Scotland.
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 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.
Scottish First Division
Scottish Second Division
Scottish Third Division
Other honours
Cup honours
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upReportScottish Cup 2003–04Celtic3 – 1Dunfermline AthleticWikipedia articleLeague Cup 2003–04Livingston2 – 0HibernianWikipedia articleChallenge Cup 2003–04Inverness CT2 – 0Airdrie UnitedWikipedia articleYouth CupKilmarnock1 – 0RangersJunior CupCarnoustie Panmure0 – 0 (4 – 1 pen.)Tayport
Individual honours
SPFA awards AwardWinnerClubPlayers' Player of the Year Chris Sutton CelticYoung Player of the Year Stephen Pearson Celtic
SFWA awards AwardWinnerClub 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 ClubCompetition(s)Final roundCoef.RangersUEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage5.50CelticUEFA Champions League UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage Quarter-finals17.00Heart of MidlothianUEFA Europa LeagueSecond round5.00DundeeUEFA Europa LeagueFirst round2.00
Average coefficient – 7.375
Rangers DateVenueOpponentsScoreThe score of the Scottish team is shown first. Rangers scorer(s)ReportChampions League Third qualifying round13 AugustIbrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) FC Copenhagen1–1Peter LøvenkrandsBBC Sport27 AugustParken Stadium, Copenhagen (A) FC Copenhagen2–1Mikel Arteta (pen.), Shota ArveladzeBBC SportChampions League Group stage16 SeptemberIbrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) VfB Stuttgart2–1Christian Nerlinger, Peter LøvenkrandsBBC Sport1 OctoberOlympic Stadium (A) Panathinaikos1–1Emerson Moisés CostaBBC Sport22 OctoberIbrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Manchester United0–1BBC Sport4 NovemberOld Trafford, Manchester (A) Manchester United0–3BBC Sport26 NovemberGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart (A) VfB Stuttgart0–1BBC Sport9 DecemberIbrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Panathinaikos1–3Michael MolsBBC Sport
Celtic DateVenueOpponentsScoreCeltic scorer(s)ReportChampions League Second qualifying round30 JulyS.Dariaus ir S.Girėno Stadium, Kaunas (A) FBK Kaunas4–0Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton, Shaun Maloney, Liam MillerBBC Sport6 AugustCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) FBK Kaunas1–0Darius Gvildys (o.g.)BBC SportChampions League Third qualifying round13 AugustHidegkuti Nándor, Budapest (A) MTK Hungária FC4–0Henrik Larsson, Didier Agathe, Stilian Petrov, Chris SuttonBBC Sport27 AugustCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) MTK Hungária FC1–0Chris SuttonBBC SportChampions League Group stage17 SeptemberOlympic Stadium, Munich (A) Bayern Munich1–2Alan ThompsonBBC Sport30 SeptemberCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) Lyon2–0Liam Miller, Chris SuttonBBC Sport21 OctoberConstant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht (A) Anderlecht0–1BBC Sport5 NovemberCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) Anderlecht3–1Henrik Larsson, Liam Miller, Chris SuttonBBC Sport25 NovemberCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) Bayern Munich0–0BBC Sport10 DecemberStade de Gerland, Lyon (A) Lyon2–3John Hartson, Chris SuttonBBC SportUEFA Cup Third round26 FebruaryCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) FK Teplice3–0Henrik Larsson (2), Chris SuttonBBC Sport3 MarchNa Stínadlech, Teplice (A) FK Teplice0–1BBC SportUEFA Cup Fourth round10 MarchCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) FC Barcelona1–0Alan ThompsonBBC Sport24 MarchNou Camp, Barcelona (A) FC Barcelona0–0BBC SportUEFA Cup Quarter-final8 AprilCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) Villarreal1–1Henrik LarssonBBC Sport14 AprilEstadio El Madrigal, Villarreal (A) Villarreal0–2BBC Sport
Hearts DateVenueOpponentsScoreHearts scorer(s)ReportUEFA Cup First round24 SeptemberTynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (H) NK Željezničar2–0Mark de Vries, Andrew WebsterBBC Sport15 OctoberGrbavica Stadium, Sarajevo (A) NK Željezničar0–0BBC SportUEFA Cup Second round6 NovemberStade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux (A) Girondins de Bordeaux1–0Mark de VriesBBC Sport6 NovemberTynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Girondins de Bordeaux0–2BBC Sport
Dundee DateVenueOpponentsScoreDundee scorer(s)ReportUEFA Cup Qualifying round14 AugustLoro Borici stadium, Albania (A) Vllaznia2–0Steve Lovell, Nacho NovoBBC Sport28 AugustDens Park, Dundee (H) Vllaznia4–0Nacho Novo (2), Juan Sara, Gavin RaeBBC SportUEFA Cup First round24 SeptemberDens Park, Dundee (H) Perugia1–2Lee WilkieBBC Sport15 OctoberStadio Renato Curi, Perugia (A) Perugia0–1BBC Sport
Scotland national team
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)Report20 AugustUllevaal Stadium, Oslo (A)0–0FriendlyBBC Sport6 SeptemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)3–1ECQG5Neil McCann, Paul Dickov, James McFaddenBBC Sport10 SeptemberWestfalenstadion, Dortmund (A)1–2ECQG5Neil McCannBBC Sport11 OctoberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–0ECQG5Darren FletcherBBC Sport15 NovemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–0ECQPOJames McFaddenBBC Sport19 NovemberAmsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam (A)0–6ECQPOBBC Sport18 FebruaryMillennium Stadium, Cardiff (A)0–4FriendlyBBC Sport31 MarchHampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–2FriendlyJames McFaddenBBC Sport28 AprilParken Stadium, Copenhagen (A)0–1FriendlyBBC Sport27 MayA. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (A)1–0FriendlyJames McFaddenBBC Sport30 MayEaster Road, Edinburgh (H)4–1FriendlyDarren Fletcher, Gary Holt, Gary Caldwell, Nigel QuashieBBC 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). 12 February: Leonard Dudman, 70, Falkirk and Forfar Athletic winger.
See also 2003–04 Celtic F.C. season 2003–04 Dundee United F.C. season 2003–04 Rangers F.C. season
Notes and references
no:Skotsk Premier League 2003–2004