2003–04 in Scottish football
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 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.Scottish First Division
Scottish Second Division
Scottish Third Division
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 | Tayport |
Individual honours
SPFA awards
SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
Average coefficient -Rangers
Celtic
Hearts
Dundee
Scotland national team
Date | Venue | Opponents | Competition | Scotland scorer | Report | |
20 August | Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo | 0–0 | Friendly | |||
6 September | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 3–1 | ECQG5 | Neil McCann, Paul Dickov, James McFadden | ||
10 September | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund | 1–2 | ECQG5 | Neil McCann | ||
11 October | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 1–0 | ECQG5 | Darren Fletcher | ||
15 November | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 1–0 | ECQPO | James McFadden | ||
19 November | Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam | 0–6 | ECQPO | |||
31 March | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 1–2 | Friendly | James McFadden | ||
28 April | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen | 0–1 | Friendly | |||
27 May | A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | 1–0 | Friendly | James McFadden | ||
30 May | Easter Road, Edinburgh | 4–1 | Friendly | Darren Fletcher, Gary Holt, Gary Caldwell, Nigel Quashie |
Key:
- = Away match
- = Home match
- ECQG5 = European Championship Qualifying - Group 5
- EFQPO = European Championship Qualifying - Play-off
Deaths
- 1 February: Ally MacLeod, 72, Scotland national team manager.
- 12 February: Leonard Dudman, 70, Falkirk and Forfar Athletic winger.