2004–05 in Scottish football

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

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.

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
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

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

Source: "2004-2005 Second 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 Third Division

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

Other honours

Cup honours

Individual honours

SPFA awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Average coefficient – 4.750

Celtic

Rangers

Hearts

Dunfermline Athletic

Hibernian

Scotland national team

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. "2004/05 - The Scottish Football League". 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] Archived 20 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine whereas other sources, BBC Sport, RSSSF and Sporting Life Archived 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.