The 2004–05 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland.
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
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.
Scottish First Division
Scottish Second Division
Scottish Third Division
Other honours
Cup honours
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upReportScottish Cup 2004–05Celtic1–0Dundee UnitedWikipedia articleLeague Cup 2004–05Rangers5–1MotherwellWikipedia articleChallenge Cup 2004–05Falkirk2–1Ross CountyWikipedia articleYouth CupCeltic2–0St MirrenJunior CupTayport2–0Lochee United
Individual honours
SPFA awards AwardWinnerClubPlayers' Player of the Year (shared) John Hartson Fernando Ricksen CelticRangersYoung Player of the Year Derek Riordan Hibernian
SFWA awards AwardWinnerClub 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 ClubCompetition(s)Final roundCoef.CelticUEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage7.00RangersUEFA Champions League UEFA CupThird qualifying round Group stage6.50Heart of MidlothianUEFA CupGroup stage5.00Dunfermline AthleticUEFA CupSecond qualifying round0.50HibernianUEFA Intertoto CupSecond roundN/A
Average coefficient – 4.750
Celtic DateVenueOpponentsScoreThe score of the Scottish team is shown first. Celtic scorer(s)ReportChampions League Group stage14 SeptemberCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) FC Barcelona1–3Chris SuttonBBC Sport29 SeptemberSan Siro, Milan (A) A.C. Milan1–3Stanislav VargaBBC Sport20 OctoberShakhtar Stadium, Donetsk (A) Shakhtar Donetsk0–3BBC Sport2 NovemberCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) Shakhtar Donetsk1–0Alan ThompsonBBC Sport24 November 2004Nou Camp, Barcelona (A) FC Barcelona1–1John HartsonBBC Sport7 DecemberCeltic Park, Glasgow (H) A.C. Milan0–0BBC Sport
Rangers DateVenueOpponentsScoreRangers scorer(s)ReportChampions League third qualifying round10 AugustDynamo Stadium, Moscow (A) CSKA Moscow1–2Nacho NovoBBC Sport25 AugustIbrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) CSKA Moscow1–1Steven ThompsonBBC SportUEFA Cup first round16 SeptemberEstádio dos Barreiros, Madeira (A) Marítimo0–1BBC Sport30 SeptemberIbrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Marítimo1–0 (4 – 2 pen.)Dado PršoBBC SportUEFA Cup Group stage21 OctoberStadio Amica, Wronki, Poland (A) Amica Wronki5–0Peter Løvenkrands, Nacho Novo, Fernando Ricksen, Shota Arveladze (pen.), Steven ThompsonBBC Sport25 NovemberIbrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Grazer AK3–0Nacho Novo, Shota Arveladze, Hamed NamouchiBBC Sport2 DecemberAlkmaarder Hout, Alkmaar (A) AZ Alkmaar0–1BBC Sport15 DecemberIbrox Stadium, Glasgow (H) Auxerre0–2BBC Sport
Hearts DateVenueOpponentsScoreHearts scorer(s)ReportUEFA Cup first round16 SeptemberMurrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Sporting Braga3–1Andrew Webster, Paul Hartley, Patrick KisnorboBBC Sport30 SeptemberEstádio Municipal de Braga, Braga (A) Sporting Braga2–2Mark de Vries (2)BBC SportUEFA Cup Group stage21 OctoberFeijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A) Feyenoord0–3BBC Sport4 NovemberMurrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Schalke 040–1BBC Sport25 NovemberSt. Jakob-Park, Basel (A) FC Basel2–1Dennis Wyness, Robbie NeilsonBBC Sport16 DecemberMurrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh (H) Ferencvaros0–1BBC Sport
Dunfermline Athletic DateVenueOpponentsScoreDunfermline scorer(s)ReportUEFA Cup Second qualifying round12 AugustKaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður (A) Hafnarfjarðar2–2Craig Brewster, Andrius SkerlaBBC Sport26 AugustMcDiarmid Park, Perth (H) Hafnarfjarðar1–2Gary DempseyBBC Sport
Hibernian DateVenueOpponentsScoreHibernian scorer(s)ReportUEFA Intertoto Cup second round3 JulyEaster Road, Edinburgh (H) FK Vėtra1–1Garry O'ConnorBBC Sport10 JulyVėtra Stadium, Vilnius (A) FK Vetra0–1BBC Sport
Scotland national team
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)Report18 AugustHampden Park, Glasgow (H)0–3FriendlyBBC Sport3 SeptemberEstadio Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia (A)1–1Game abandoned after 59 minutes.FriendlyRubén Baraja (o.g.) / James McFaddenScottish FA credit Scotland goal to James McFadden whereas other sources, BBC Sport, and Sporting Life credit goal as a Rubén Baraja own goalBBC Sport8 SeptemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)0–0WCQ5BBC Sport9 OctoberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)0–1WCQ5BBC Sport13 OctoberRepublican Stadium, Chişinău (A)1–1WCQ5Steven ThompsonBBC Sport17 NovemberEaster Road, Edinburgh (H)1–4FriendlyJames McFaddenBBC Sport26 MarchSan Siro, Milan (A)0–2WCQ5BBC Sport4 JuneHampden Park, Glasgow (H)2–0WCQ5Christian Dailly, James McFaddenBBC Sport8 JuneDinamo Stadium, Minsk (A)0–0WCQ5BBC 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. 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.
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