2003–04 Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League
Season	2003–04
Champions	Celtic
Champions League	Celtic Rangers
UEFA Cup	Hearts Dunfermline
Intertoto Cup	Hibernian
Top goalscorer	Henrik Larsson (30)
Biggest home win	Celtic 6–0 Hibernian (27 December)
Biggest away win	Kilmarnock 0–5 Celtic (1 November)
Highest attendance	59,739 - Celtic v Dunfermline (2 May)
Lowest attendance	2,677 - Livingston v Kilmarnock (7 April)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic.

As league champions, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Rangers also qualifying. Third-placed Hearts qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did Dunfermline Athletic, who took the Scottish Cup place despite losing the final to Celtic.

During the season, Celtic set a Scottish record of 25 successive wins.^[1]

Partick Thistle were relegated, and First Division winners Inverness Caledonian Thistle were promoted.

Celtic's Henrik Larsson was the top scorer with 30 goals.

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	38	31	5	2	105	25	+80	98	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Rangers	38	25	6	7	76	33	+43	81	2004–05 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Hearts	38	19	11	8	56	40	+16	68	2004–05 UEFA Cup First round
4	Dunfermline Athletic	38	14	11	13	45	52	–7	53	2004–05 UEFA Cup First round
5	Dundee United	38	13	10	15	47	60	–13	49
6	Motherwell	38	12	10	16	42	49	–7	46
7	Dundee	38	12	10	16	48	57	–9	46
8	Hibernian	38	11	11	16	41	60	–19	44	2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
9	Livingston	38	10	13	15	48	57	–9	43
10	Kilmarnock	38	12	6	20	51	74	–23	42
11	Aberdeen	38	9	7	22	39	63	–24	34
12	Partick Thistle	38	6	8	24	39	67	–28	26	Relegated to 2004–05 First Division

Source: SPL official website

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Henrik Larsson	Celtic	30
Chris Sutton	Celtic	19
Nacho Novo	Dundee	19
James Grady	Partick Thistle	15
Kris Boyd	Kilmarnock	15
Derek Riordan	Hibernian	15
Stevie Crawford	Dunfermline Athletic	13
Mark de Vries	Hearts	13
Derek Lilley	Livingston	12
Shota Arveladze	Rangers	12
David Clarkson	Motherwell	11
Alan Thompson	Celtic	11

Source: SPL official website

Attendances

The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 2003/04 season are shown below:

Team	Average
Celtic	57,657
Rangers	48,992
Hearts	11,947
Aberdeen	10,389
Hibernian	9,137
Dundee United	7,785
Dundee	7,089
Kilmarnock	6,966
Dunfermline Athletic	6,235
Motherwell	6,225
Livingston	5,116
Partick Thistle	4,710

Source: SPL official website

Monthly awards

Month	Manager	Player	Young Player
August	Alex McLeish (Rangers)	Michael Ball (Rangers)	Mikel Arteta (Rangers)
September	Alex McLeish (Rangers)	Shota Arveladze (Rangers)	Zurab Khizanishvili (Rangers)
October	Martin O'Neill (Celtic)	Roddy McKenzie (Livingston)	Liam Miller (Celtic)
November	Martin O'Neill (Celtic)	Chris Sutton (Celtic)	Stephen Hughes (Rangers)
December	Steve Paterson (Aberdeen)	Craig Brewster (Dunfermline Athletic)	Craig Gordon (Hearts)
January	Jim Duffy (Dundee)	Stilian Petrov (Celtic)	David Clarkson (Motherwell)
February	Terry Butcher (Motherwell)	Steven Pressley (Hearts)	Alexander Diamond (Aberdeen)
March	Ian McCall (Dundee United)	Neil Lennon (Celtic)	David Marshall (Celtic)
April	Jimmy Calderwood (Dunfermline Athletic)	Barry Nicholson (Dunfermline Athletic)	Derek Riordan (Hibernian)

References

↑ "Celtic tipped to break 2004 25-game winning streak by Mjallby". The Daily Record. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

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2003–04 Scottish Premier League

Table

Top scorers

Attendances

Monthly awards

See also

References