Scottish Premier League 2004/05

Scottish Premier League 2004/05
master	Glasgow Rangers
Champions League qualification	Glasgow Rangers Celtic Glasgow
Uefa cup	Hibernian Edinburgh
UEFA Cup qualification	Dundee United
Cup winners	Celtic Glasgow
Relegated	Dundee FC
Teams	12
Games	228
Gates	596  (ø 2.61 per game)
Top scorer	John Hartson (Celtic Glasgow)
← Premier League 2003/04 Premier League 2005/06 →
First Division 2004/05 ↓

The Scottish Premier League was played for the seventh time in 2004/05 . It was also the 108th edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. In the 2004/05 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. After that, the league was divided into two halves, in which the teams play against each other again. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

The Glasgow Rangers won the Scottish Championship for the 51st time in the club's history. The Rangers qualified as champions for the Champions League season 2005/06 . Runner-up Celtic Glasgow also played in the Champions League because of Scotland's improved position in the UEFA five-year standings . The defeated cup finalists Dundee United , as well as the third-placed Hibernian Edinburgh qualified for the UEFA Cup . The Dundee FC rose at the end of the season in the First Division . Celtic Glasgow's John Hartson was the top scorer with 25 goals .

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P)	33	27	2	4th	077:280	+49	83
2.	Glasgow Rangers	33	25th	6th	2	067:170	+50	81
3.	Hibernian Edinburgh	33	17th	5	11	056:490	+7	56
4th	Aberdeen FC	33	15th	7th	11	038:330	+5	52
5.	Heart of Midlothian	33	13	9	11	039:330	+6	48
6th	Motherwell FC	33	12	7th	14th	041:410	± 0	43
7th	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (N)	33	11	9	13	039:420	−3	42
8th.	FC Kilmarnock	33	11	3	19th	039:530	−14	36
9.	Dundee FC	33	8th	7th	18th	034:610	−27	31
10.	Dundee United	33	6th	10	17th	036:550	−19	28
11.	Dunfermline Athletic	33	6th	9	18th	028:540	−26	27
12.	Livingston FC (L)	33	7th	6th	20th	029:570	−28	27

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

Legend
2004/05 season
	Participation in the championship play-offs
	Participation in the relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2003/04 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

2nd round

Championship play-offs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
1.	Glasgow Rangers	5	4th	0	1	011: 500	+6	12	81	93
2.	Celtic Glasgow (M, P)	5	3	0	2	008: 700	+1	09	83	92
3.	Hibernian Edinburgh	5	1	2	2	008: 800	± 0	05	56	61
4th	Aberdeen FC	5	3	0	2	006: 600	± 0	09	52	61
5.	Heart of Midlothian	5	0	2	3	004: 800	−4	02	48	50
6th	Motherwell FC	5	1	2	2	005: 800	−3	05	43	48

Legend
2004/05 season
	Scottish champion and participation in the third qualifying round of the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League
	Participation in the second qualifying round of the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League
	Participation in the 1st round of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup
At the end of the 2003/04 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year

Relegation play-offs

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	bonus	total
7th	FC Kilmarnock	5	4th	1	0	010: 200	+8	13	36	49
8th.	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (N)	5	0	2	3	002: 500	−3	02	42	44
9.	Dundee United	5	2	2	1	005: 400	+1	08th	28	36
10.	Livingston FC (L)	5	2	2	1	005: 400	+1	08th	27	35
11.	Dunfermline Athletic	5	2	1	2	006: 600	± 0	07th	27	34
12.	Dundee FC	5	0	2	3	003:100	−7	02	31	33

2004/05 season
	Cup finalist and participation in the second qualifying round of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup
	Relegated to the first division
At the end of the 2003/04 season
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Newcomer from the First Division

The Glasgow Rangers championship team

(Players with at least 5 appearances were considered; the games and goals are given in brackets)

1.

Glasgow Rangers

Goal : Stefan Klos (23 / -), Ronald Waterreus (13 / -) Defense : Marvin Andrews (30/4), Michael Ball (14 / -), Jean-Alain Boumsong (18/2), Surab Chisanishvili (16 / -), Alan Hutton (10 / -), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (15 / - ), Craig Moore (3 / -), Maurice Ross (14 / -), Steven Smith (3 / -), Paolo Vanoli (5 / -), Grégory Vignal (30/3) Midfield : Thomas Buffel (15/4), Chris Burke (12 / -), Bojan Djordjic (4 / -), Barry Ferguson (20/2), Stephen Hughes (11/2), Robert Malcolm (21/1), Dragan Mladenović (7 / -), Hamed Namouchi (20/2), Alex Rae (25/1), Fernando Ricksen (38/4), Steven Thompson (24/5) Forward : Schota Arweladze (24/6), Peter Lövenkrands (17/3), Nacho Novo (35/19), Dado Pršo (34/18) Trainer : Alex McLeish

List of goalscorers

space	player	nationality	Club	Gates
1.	John Hartson	Wales	Celtic Glasgow	25th
2.	Derek Riordan	Scotland	Hibernian Edinburgh	20th
3.	Nacho Novo	Spain	Glasgow Rangers	19th
4th	Dado Pršo	Croatia	Glasgow Rangers	18th
5.	Kris Boyd	Scotland	FC Kilmarnock	19th

Awards during the season

month	Trainer of the month	Player of the month
August 2004	Jimmy Calderwood ( Aberdeen FC )	Alan Thompson ( Celtic Glasgow )
September 2004	Terry Butcher ( Motherwell FC )	Scott McDonald (Motherwell FC)
October 2004	John Robertson ( Inverness Caledonian Thistle )	Fernando Ricksen ( Glasgow Rangers )
November 2004	Alex McLeish (Glasgow Rangers)	Nacho Novo (Glasgow Rangers)
December 2004	Tony Mowbray ( Hibernian Edinburgh )	Aiden McGeady (Celtic Glasgow)
January 2005	Martin O'Neill (Celtic Glasgow)	Chris Sutton (Celtic Glasgow)
February 2005	Alex McLeish (Glasgow Rangers)	Dado Pršo (Glasgow Rangers)
March 2005	Craig Brewster (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)	Craig Bellamy (Celtic Glasgow)
April 2005	Gordon Chisholm ( Dundee United )	Burton O'Brien ( Livingston FC )
May 2005	Tony Mowbray (Hibernian Edinburgh)	Dado Pršo (Glasgow Rangers)

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 2004/05 at Statto.com
• Scottish Premier League 2004/05 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
• Scottish Premier League 2004/05 at www.kicker.de