2004–05 in Scottish football

The 2004–05 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland. ^[1]

Football in Scotland

Season	2004–05
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2004–05 in Scottish football
Premier League champions
Rangers
First Division champions
Falkirk
Second Division champions
Brechin City
Third Division champions
Gretna
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Rangers
Challenge Cup winners
Falkirk
Junior Cup winners
Tayport
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Dunfermline Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
2006 World Cup qualification

Major transfer deals

2004

• 6 July 2004 – Nacho Novo from Dundee to Rangers, £450,000
• 1 July 2004 – Dado Prso from AS Monaco to Rangers, Bosman
• 12 July 2004 – Julián Speroni from Dundee to Crystal Palace, £500,000
• 29 July 2004 – David Murphy from Middlesbrough to Hibernian, Free
• 30 July 2004 – Henri Camara from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Celtic, Season loan
• 25 August 2004 – Juninho Paulista from Middlesbrough to Celtic, Free

2005

• 1 January 2005 – Jean-Alain Boumsong from Rangers to Newcastle United, £8m
• 5 January 2005 – Thomas Buffel from Feyenoord 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 Liverpool to Celtic, Free

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Premier League

The 2004–05 Scottish Premier League season saw Rangers win the title after a last day win over Hibernian as Celtic were beaten by two late Motherwell goals from Scott McDonald, a win would have been enough for Celtic to retain their title regardless of Rangers' result. Dundee, 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 UEFA Champions League while Hibernian, in manager Tony Mowbray's first season in charge, went into the UEFA Cup. Inverness Caledonian Thistle, in their first season in the top flight, finished in 8th place.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Rangers	38	29	6	3	78	22	+56	93	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	30	2	6	85	35	+50	92	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	38	18	7	13	64	57	+7	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Aberdeen	38	18	7	13	44	39	+5	61
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	13	11	14	43	41	+2	50
6	Motherwell	38	13	9	16	46	49	−3	48
7	Kilmarnock	38	15	4	19	49	55	−6	49
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	11	11	16	41	47	−6	44
9	Dundee United	38	8	12	18	41	59	−18	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round^[b]
10	Livingston	38	9	8	21	34	61	−27	35
11	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	10	20	34	60	−26	34
12	Dundee	38	8	9	21	37	71	−34	33	Relegation to the Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
2. As Celtic, the 2004–05 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee United, the cup runners-up.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Falkirk (C, P)	36	22	9	5	66	30	+36	75	Promotion to the Premier League
2	St Mirren	36	15	15	6	41	23	+18	60
3	Clyde	36	16	12	8	35	29	+6	60
4	Queen of the South	36	14	9	13	36	38	−2	51
5	Airdrie United	36	14	8	14	44	48	−4	50
6	Ross County	36	13	8	15	40	37	+3	47
7	Hamilton Academical	36	12	11	13	35	36	−1	47
8	St Johnstone	36	12	10	14	38	39	−1	46
9	Partick Thistle (R)	36	10	9	17	38	52	−14	39	Relegation to the Second Division
10	Raith Rovers (R)	36	3	7	26	26	67	−41	16

Source: "2004-2005 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Scottish Second Division

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Brechin City	36	22	6	8	81	43	+38	72	Promoted to First Division 2005–06
2	Stranraer	36	18	9	9	48	41	+7	63
3	Greenock Morton	36	18	8	10	60	37	+23	62
4	Stirling Albion	36	14	9	13	56	55	+1	51
5	Forfar Athletic	36	13	8	15	51	45	+6	47
6	Alloa Athletic	36	12	10	14	66	68	−2	46
7	Dumbarton	36	11	9	16	43	53	−10	42
8	Ayr United	36	11	9	16	39	54	−15	42
9	Arbroath	36	10	8	18	49	73	−24	38	Relegated to Third Division 2005–06
10	Berwick Rangers	36	8	10	18	40	64	−24	34

Source: "2004-2005 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Scottish Third Division

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Third Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gretna	36	32	2	2	130	29	+101	98	Promoted to Second Division 2005–06
2	Peterhead	36	23	9	4	81	38	+43	78
3	Cowdenbeath	36	14	9	13	54	61	−7	51
4	Queen's Park	36	13	9	14	51	50	+1	48
5	Montrose	36	13	7	16	47	53	−6	46
6	Elgin City	36	12	7	17	39	61	−22	43
7	Stenhousemuir	36	10	12	14	58	58	0	42
8	East Fife	36	10	8	18	40	56	−16	38
9	Albion Rovers	36	8	10	18	40	78	−38	34
10	East Stirlingshire	36	5	7	24	32	88	−56	22

Source: "2004-2005 Third Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Report
Scottish Cup 2004–05	Celtic	1–0	Dundee United	Wikipedia article
League Cup 2004–05	Rangers	5–1	Motherwell	Wikipedia article
Challenge Cup 2004–05	Falkirk	2–1	Ross County	Wikipedia article
Youth Cup	Celtic	2–0	St Mirren
Junior Cup	Tayport	2–0	Lochee United

Individual honours

SPFA awards

Award	Winner	Club
Players' Player of the Year (shared)	John Hartson   Fernando Ricksen	Celtic Rangers
Young Player of the Year	Derek Riordan	Hibernian

SFWA awards

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	John Hartson	Celtic
Young player of the Year	Derek Riordan	Hibernian
Manager of the Year	Tony Mowbray	Hibernian

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Club	Competition(s)	Final round	Coef.
Celtic	UEFA Champions League	Group stage	7.00
Rangers	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup	Third qualifying round Group stage	6.50
Heart of Midlothian	UEFA Cup	Group stage	5.00
Dunfermline Athletic	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	0.50
Hibernian	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round	N/A

Average coefficient – 4.750

Celtic

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Celtic scorer(s)	Report
Champions League Group stage
14 September	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	FC Barcelona	1–3	Chris Sutton	BBC Sport
29 September	San Siro, Milan (A)	A.C. Milan	1–3	Stanislav Varga	BBC Sport
20 October	Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk (A)	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3		BBC Sport
2 November	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Alan Thompson	BBC Sport
24 November 2004	Nou Camp, Barcelona (A)	FC Barcelona	1–1	John Hartson	BBC Sport
7 December	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	A.C. Milan	0–0		BBC Sport

Rangers

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Rangers scorer(s)	Report
Champions League third qualifying round
10 August	Dynamo Stadium, Moscow (A)	CSKA Moscow	1–2	Nacho Novo	BBC Sport
25 August	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Steven Thompson	BBC Sport
UEFA Cup first round
16 September	Estádio dos Barreiros, Madeira (A)	Marítimo	0–1		BBC Sport
30 September	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Marítimo	1–0 (4 – 2 pen.)	Dado Pršo	BBC Sport
UEFA Cup Group stage
21 October	Stadio Amica, Wronki, Poland (A)	Amica Wronki	5–0	Peter Løvenkrands, Nacho Novo, Fernando Ricksen, Shota Arveladze (pen.), Steven Thompson	BBC Sport
25 November	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Grazer AK	3–0	Nacho Novo, Shota Arveladze, Hamed Namouchi	BBC Sport
2 December	Alkmaarder Hout, Alkmaar (A)	AZ Alkmaar	0–1		BBC Sport
15 December	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Auxerre	0–2		BBC Sport

Hearts

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Hearts scorer(s)	Report
UEFA Cup first round
16 September	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H)	Sporting Braga	3–1	Andrew Webster, Paul Hartley, Patrick Kisnorbo	BBC Sport
30 September	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga (A)	Sporting Braga	2–2	Mark de Vries (2)	BBC Sport
UEFA Cup Group stage
21 October	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A)	Feyenoord	0–3		BBC Sport
4 November	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H)	Schalke 04	0–1		BBC Sport
25 November	St. Jakob-Park, Basel (A)	FC Basel	2–1	Dennis Wyness, Robbie Neilson	BBC Sport
16 December	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H)	Ferencvaros	0–1		BBC Sport

Dunfermline Athletic

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Dunfermline scorer(s)	Report
UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
12 August	Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður (A)	Hafnarfjarðar	2–2	Craig Brewster, Andrius Skerla	BBC Sport
26 August	McDiarmid Park, Perth (H)	Hafnarfjarðar	1–2	Gary Dempsey	BBC Sport

Hibernian

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Hibernian scorer(s)	Report
UEFA Intertoto Cup second round
3 July	Easter Road, Edinburgh (H)	FK Vėtra	1–1	Garry O'Connor	BBC Sport
10 July	Vėtra Stadium, Vilnius (A)	FK Vetra	0–1		BBC Sport

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 2000–19 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)	Report
18 August	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	0–3	Friendly		BBC Sport
3 September	Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia (A)	Spain	1–1^[4]	Friendly	Rubén Baraja (o.g.) / James McFadden^[5]	BBC Sport
8 September	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Slovenia	0–0	WCQ5		BBC Sport
9 October	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Norway	0–1	WCQ5		BBC Sport
13 October	Republican Stadium, Chişinău (A)	Moldova	1–1	WCQ5	Steven Thompson	BBC Sport
17 November	Easter Road, Edinburgh (H)	Sweden	1–4	Friendly	James McFadden	BBC Sport
26 March	San Siro, Milan (A)	Italy	0–2	WCQ5		BBC Sport
4 June	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Moldova	2–0	WCQ5	Christian Dailly, James McFadden	BBC Sport
8 June	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk (A)	Belarus	0–0	WCQ5		BBC Sport

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.^[6]
• 30 August: Willie Duff, 69, Hearts and Dunfermline goalkeeper.^[7]
• 30 November: Bill Brown, 73, Dundee and Scotland goalkeeper.^[8]
• 26 January: Jackie Henderson, 73, Scotland forward.

Notes and references

1. . Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
2. The score of the Scottish team is shown first.
3. Scotland's score is shown first.
4. Game abandoned after 59 minutes.
5. Scottish FA credit Scotland goal to James McFadden [1] 20 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine whereas other sources, BBC Sport, RSSSF and Sporting Life 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine credit goal as a Rubén Baraja own goal
6. "Gordon Smith dies". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
7. "Death of Hearts hero of 1956, keeper Willie Duff". The Scotsman. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
8. Glanville, Brian (7 December 2004). "Bill Brown". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2014.