Scottish Premier League 2003/04

Scottish Premier League
master	Celtic Glasgow
Champions League	Celtic Glasgow
Champions League qualification	Glasgow Rangers
Uefa cup	Heart of Midlothian Dunfermline Athletic
UI cup	Hibernian Edinburgh
Cup winners	Celtic Glasgow
Relegated	Partick Thistle
Teams	12
Games	228
Gates	637  (ø 2.79 per game)
Top scorer	Henrik Larsson (Celtic Glasgow)
← Premier League 2002/03 Premier League 2004/05 →
First Division 2003/04 ↓

The Scottish Premier League was played for the sixth time in 2003/04 . It was also the 107th edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. In the 2003/04 season, 12 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 matchdays. Each team played once at home and away against every other team in the first round. Then the league was divided into two halves, in which the teams played against each other again. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

Celtic Glasgow won the Scottish Championship for the 39th time in the club's history. The Bhoys qualified as champions for the 2004/05 Champions League season . The runners-up, the Glasgow Rangers , also played in the Champions League thanks to Scotland's improved position in the UEFA five-year standings . The defeated cup finalists Dunfermline Athletic , as well as the third-placed Heart of Midlothian qualified for the UEFA Cup . Partick Thistle was relegated to the First Division at the end of the season . With 30 goals, Henrik Larsson of Celtic Glasgow was the top scorer.

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow	33	29	3	1	099:200	+79	90
2.	Glasgow Rangers (M, P, L)	33	23	5	5	066:260	+40	74
3.	Heart of Midlothian	33	15th	10	8th	047:360	+11	55
4th	Dunfermline Athletic	33	12	11	10	035:430	−8	47
5.	Motherwell FC	33	12	9	12	039:370	+2	45
6th	Dundee United	33	11	9	13	039:510	−12	42
7th	Hibernian Edinburgh	33	9	11	13	037:520	−15	38
8th.	Livingston FC	33	8th	12	13	038:480	−10	36
9.	Dundee FC	33	8th	10	15th	041:550	−14	34
10.	Aberdeen FC	33	9	7th	17th	038:520	−14	34
11.	FC Kilmarnock	33	9	5	19th	039:680	−29	32
12.	Partick Thistle	33	4th	6th	23	031:610	−30	18th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Legend
2003/04 season
	Participation in the championship play-offs
	Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2002/03 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Celtic Glasgow	5	2	2	1	006: 500	+1	08th	90	98
2.	Glasgow Rangers (M, P, L)	5	2	1	2	010: 700	+3	07th	74	81
3.	Heart of Midlothian	5	4th	1	0	009: 400	+5	13	55	68
4th	Dunfermline Athletic	5	2	0	3	010: 900	+1	06th	47	53
5.	Dundee United	5	2	1	2	008: 900	−1	07th	42	49
6th	Motherwell FC	5	0	1	4th	003:120	−9	01	45	46

Legend
2003/04 season
	Scottish champion and entered the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage
	Participation in the third qualifying round of the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League
	Cup finalist and participation in the first round of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup
	Participation in the 1st round of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup
At the end of the 2002/03 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year

Relegation play-offs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
7th	Dundee FC	5	4th	0	1	007: 200	+5	12	34	46
8th.	Hibernian Edinburgh	5	2	0	3	004: 800	−4	06th	38	44
9.	Livingston FC	5	2	1	2	010: 900	+1	07th	36	43
10.	FC Kilmarnock	5	3	1	1	012: 600	+6	10	32	42
11.	Aberdeen FC	5	0	0	5	001:110	−10	00	34	34
12.	Partick Thistle	5	2	2	1	008: 600	+2	08th	18th	26th

2003/04 season
	Relegated to the first division

statistics

List of goalscorers

If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by last name.

Pl.	Nat.	Surname	logo	team	Gates
01.		Henrik Larsson		Celtic Glasgow	30th
02.		Chris Sutton		Celtic Glasgow	19th
		Nacho Novo		Dundee FC
04th		Kris Boyd		FC Kilmarnock	15th
		James Grady		Partick Thistle
		Derek Riordan		Hibernian Edinburgh
07th		Stevie Crawford		Dunfermline Athletic	13
		Mark de Vries		Heart of Midlothian
09.		Shota Arweladze		Glasgow Rangers	12
		Derek Lilley		Livingston FC
11.		David Clarkson		Motherwell FC	11
		Alan Thompson		Celtic Glasgow

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2003	Alex McLeish ( Glasgow Rangers )	Michael Ball (Glasgow Rangers)
September 2003	Alex McLeish (Glasgow Rangers)	Shota Arweladze (Glasgow Rangers)
October 2003	Martin O'Neill ( Celtic Glasgow )	Roddy McKenzie ( Livingston FC )
November 2003	Martin O'Neill (Celtic Glasgow)	Chris Sutton (Celtic Glasgow)
December 2003	Steve Paterson ( Aberdeen FC )	Craig Brewster ( Dunfermline Athletic )
January 2004	Jim Duffy ( Dundee FC )	Stilijan Petrow (Celtic Glasgow)
February 2004	Terry Butcher ( Motherwell FC )	Steven Pressley ( Heart of Midlothian )
March 2004	Ian McCall ( Dundee United )	Neil Lennon (Celtic Glasgow)
April 2004	Jimmy Calderwood ( Dunfermline Athletic )	Barry Nicholson (Dunfermline Athletic)

The championship team from Celtic Glasgow

(Players with at least one stake were taken into account; stakes and goals are given in brackets)

1.

Celtic Glasgow

Goal : Robert Douglas (16/0), Magnus Hedman (12/0), David Marshall (11/0) Defense : Didier Agathe (27/5), Dianbobo Baldé (31/2), Michael Gray (7/0), Stephen Crainey (2/0), John Kennedy (12/1), Stephen McManus (5/0), Jackie McNamara (27/1), Johan Mjällby (13/0), Stanislav Varga (35/6), Joos Valgaeren (7/0) Midfield : Paul Lambert (13/1), Neil Lennon (35/0), Aiden McGeady (4/1), Liam Miller (25/2), Stephen Pearson (17/3), Stilijan Petrow (35/6), Jamie Smith (11/0), Mohammed Sylla (14/0), Alan Thompson (26/11), Ross Wallace (8/1) Attack : Craig Beattie (10/1), John Hartson (15/8), Henrik Larsson (37/30), Shaun Maloney (17/5), Chris Sutton (25/19) Trainer : Martin O'Neill

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Scottish Premier League 2003/04 at Statto.com
• Scottish Premier League 2003/04 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
• Scottish Premier League 2003/04 at www.kicker.de