2004–05 in Scottish football

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;

The 2004–05 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland.
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Major transfer deals[edit]

2004[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Scottish Premier League[edit]

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.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers	38	29	6	3	78	22	56	93	UEFA Champions League 2005–06 Third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	30	2	6	85	35	50	92	UEFA Champions League 2005–06 Second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	38	18	7	13	64	57	7	61	UEFA Cup 2005–06 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 CT	38	11	11	16	41	47	−6	44
9	Dundee United	38	8	12	18	41	59	−18	36
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	Relegated to First Division 2005–06

Scottish First Division[edit]

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Falkirk	36	22	9	5	66	30	36	75	Promoted to 2005–06 Scottish 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	36	10	9	17	38	52	−14	39	Relegated to Second Division 2005–06
10	Raith Rovers	36	3	7	26	26	67	−41	16	Relegated to Second Division 2005–06

Scottish Second Division[edit]

P	Team	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	Promoted to First Division 2005–06
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	Relegated to Third Division 2005-06

Scottish Third Division[edit]

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
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	Promoted to Second Division 2005-06
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

Other honours[edit]

Cup honours[edit]

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[edit]

SPFA awards[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Summary[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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^ ^a^b^c^d^e The score of the Scottish team is shown first.

^ Scotland's score is shown first.

^ Game abandoned after 59 minutes.

^ Scottish FA credit Scotland goal to James McFadden [1] Archived 20 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. whereas other sources, BBC Sport, RSSSF and Sporting Life credit goal as a Rubén Baraja own goal

^ "Gordon Smith dies". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

^ "Death of Hearts hero of 1956, keeper Willie Duff". The Scotsman. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

^ Glanville, Brian (7 December 2004). "Bill Brown". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

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[Scottish_team_score-2] The score of the Scottish team is shown first.

[Scotland_score-3] Scotland's score is shown first.

[4] Game abandoned after 59 minutes.

[5] Scottish FA credit Scotland goal to James McFadden [1] Archived 20 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. whereas other sources, BBC Sport, RSSSF and Sporting Life 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.

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results 2006 World Cup Qualifying (UEFA Group 5)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers
First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Falkirk Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Dumbarton Forfar Athletic Greenock Morton Stirling Albion Stranraer
Third Division	Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 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