The 2003–04 season was the 107th season of competitive
football
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in Scotland.
League Competitions
Scottish Premier League
The 2003–04
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football' ...
season was won by
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
with 98 points, 17 points ahead of closest challengers
Rangers. Both Rangers and Celtic therefore gained the two
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
places and
Hearts got the
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...
place having finished third.
Partick Thistle
Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ...
were relegated to the
Scottish First Division
The Scottish Football League First Division was the second tier in the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013.
History
The First Division was introduced in 1975–76 to replace the old Scottish Football League Division Two, as t ...
, 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
Individual honours
SPFA awards
SFWA awards
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
Average coefficient â€
7.375
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Rangers
Celtic
Hearts
Dundee
Scotland national team
Key:
* (A) = Away match
* (H) = Home match
* ECQG5 = European Championship Qualifying – Group 5
* EFQPO = European Championship Qualifying – Play-off
Deaths
*1 February:
Ally MacLeod
Alistair Reid "Ally" MacLeod (26 February 1931 – 1 February 2004) was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known for his time as the Scotland national football team manager, including their appearance at t ...
, 72, Scotland national team manager (1977–78).
*12 February:
Leonard Dudman
Leonard Charles Dudman (4 August 1933 – 12 February 2004) was a Scottish international cricketer who also represented his country in curling and Junior football.
A right-handed batsman, he made his highest first-class score of 161 a ...
, 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
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Seasons in Scottish football
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