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in Scotland.

Major transfer deals

2004

*6 July 2004 – Nacho Novo from

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to Rangers, £450,000 *1 July 2004 – Dado Prso from AS Monaco to Rangers, Bosman *12 July 2004 – Julián Speroni from

to Crystal Palace, £500,000 *29 July 2004 – David Murphy from

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to Hibernian, Free *30 July 2004 – Henri Camara from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Celtic, Season loan *25 August 2004 – Juninho Paulista from

to Celtic, Free

2005

*1 January 2005 – Jean-Alain Boumsong from Rangers to Newcastle United, £8m *5 January 2005 – Thomas Buffel from

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to Rangers, £2.5m *31 January 2005 – Craig Bellamy from Newcastle United to Celtic, Loan *31 January 2005 – Barry Ferguson from Blackburn Rovers to Rangers, £4.5m *28 January 2005 – Stéphane Henchoz from

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to Celtic, Free

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

The 2004–05

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season saw Rangers win the title after a last day win over Hibernian as Celtic were beaten by two late

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goals from Scott McDonald, a win would have been enough for Celtic to retain their title regardless of Rangers' result.

, also on the last day of the season, were relegated to the Scottish First Division after a draw with Livingston. Rangers and Celtic both qualified for the

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while Hibernian, in manager Tony Mowbray's first season in charge, went into the

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. Inverness Caledonian Thistle, in their first season in the top flight, finished in 8th place.

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 �
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Celtic

Rangers

Hearts

Dunfermline Athletic

Hibernian

Scotland national team

Key: * (H) = Home match * (A) = Away match * WCQ5 = World Cup Qualifying – Group 5

Deaths

*14 July: Alex Willoughby, 59, Rangers and Aberdeen forward. *7 August: Gordon Smith, 80, Hibs, Hearts, Dundee and Scotland winger. *30 August: Willie Duff, 69, Hearts and Dunfermline goalkeeper. *30 November: Bill Brown, 73, Dundee and Scotland goalkeeper. *26 January: Jackie Henderson, 73, Scotland forward.

Notes and references

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