2004–05 in Scottish football explained

Country:	Scotland
Season:	2004–05
Prevseason:	2003–04
Nextseason:	2005–06
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Above:	2004–05 in Scottish football
Header1:	Premier League champions
Data2:	Rangers
Header3:	First Division champions
Data4:	Falkirk
Header5:	Second Division champions
Data6:	Brechin City
Header7:	Third Division champions
Data8:	Gretna
Header9:	Scottish Cup winners
Data10:	Celtic
Header11:	League Cup winners
Data12:	Rangers
Header13:	Challenge Cup winners
Data14:	Falkirk
Header15:	Junior Cup winners
Data16:	Tayport
Header17:	Teams in Europe
Data18:	Celtic, Dunfermline Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Rangers
Header19:	Scotland national team
Data20:	2006 World Cup qualification

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

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

See main article: article and 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.

Other honours

Cup honours

width=150	Competition	width=120	Winner	width=60	Score	width=120	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

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Players' Player of the Year (shared)		Celtic Rangers
		Hibernian

SFWA awards

width=170	Award	width=150	Winner	width=140	Club
		Celtic
		Hibernian
		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	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	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	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	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

See main article: article and Scotland national football team 2000–19 results.

Date	Venue		Competition	Scotland scorer(s)	Report
18 August	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	0–3	Friendly		BBC Sport
3 September	Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia (A)	1–1^[3]	Friendly	Rubén Baraja (o.g.) / James McFadden^[4]	BBC Sport
8 September	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	0–0	WCQ5		BBC Sport
9 October	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	0–1	WCQ5		BBC Sport
13 October	Republican Stadium, Chişinău (A)	1–1	WCQ5	Steven Thompson	BBC Sport
17 November	Easter Road, Edinburgh (H)	1–4	Friendly	James McFadden	BBC Sport
26 March	San Siro, Milan (A)	0–2	WCQ5		BBC Sport
4 June	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	2–0	WCQ5	Christian Dailly, James McFadden	BBC Sport
8 June	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk (A)	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.^[5]
30 August: Willie Duff, 69, Hearts and Dunfermline goalkeeper.^[6]
30 November: Bill Brown, 73, Dundee and Scotland goalkeeper.^[7]
26 January: Jackie Henderson, 73, Scotland forward.

Notes and references

Web site: 2004/05 - The Scottish Football League . 2012-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121216051932/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/2000-2007/200405 . 16 December 2012 .
The score of the Scottish team is shown first.
Game abandoned after 59 minutes.
Scottish FA credit Scotland goal to James McFadden http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/match_details.cfm?matchid=41455 whereas other sources, BBC Sport, RSSSF and Sporting Life credit goal as a Rubén Baraja own goal
Web site: Gordon Smith dies . BBC Sport . BBC . 7 August 2004 . 24 December 2014.
News: Death of Hearts hero of 1956, keeper Willie Duff . The Scotsman . 31 August 2014 . 24 December 2014.
News: Bill Brown . Brian . Glanville . The Guardian. 7 December 2004 . 24 December 2014.