2003–04 Scottish Premier League
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.
Partick Thistle were relegated, and First Division winners Inverness Caledonian Thistle were promoted.
Celtic's Henrik Larsson was the top scorer with 30 goals.
Teams
Promotion and relegation from 2002–03
finished bottom of the 2002–03 Scottish Premier League but were spared relegation, as 2002–03 Scottish First Division champions Falkirk were denied promotion due to their lack of an appropriate stadium for the Scottish Premier League.Stadia and locations
Personnel
Team | Manager |
Aberdeen | Steve Paterson |
Celtic | Martin O'Neill |
Dundee | Jim Duffy |
Dundee United | Ian McCall |
Dunfermline Athletic | Jimmy Calderwood |
Heart of Midlothian | Craig Levein |
Hibernian | Tony Mowbray |
Kilmarnock | Jim Jefferies |
Livingston | David Hay |
Motherwell | Terry Butcher |
Partick Thistle | Gerry Britton Derek Whyte |
Rangers | Alex McLeish |
Managerial changes
League table
Top scorers
Source: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:
Monthly awards
Month | Manager | Player | Young Player |
August | Alex McLeish | Michael Ball | Mikel Arteta |
September | Alex McLeish | Shota Arveladze | Zurab Khizanishvili |
October | Martin O'Neill | Roddy McKenzie | Liam Miller |
November | Martin O'Neill | Chris Sutton | Stephen Hughes |
December | Steve Paterson | Craig Brewster | Craig Gordon |
January | Jim Duffy | Stilian Petrov | David Clarkson |
February | Terry Butcher | Steven Pressley | Alexander Diamond |
March | Ian McCall | Neil Lennon | David Marshall |
April | Jimmy Calderwood | Barry Nicholson | Derek Riordan |