2003–04 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

The 2003–04 season saw Dunfermline Athletic compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 4th position with 53 points.[1] They also reached the 2004 Scottish Cup Final where they lost 3–1 to Celtic.

Dunfermline Athletic

Scottish Premier League	4th
Scottish Cup	Runner-up
Scottish League Cup	Third Round

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic	38	31	5	2	105	25	+80	98	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Rangers	38	25	6	7	76	33	+43	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	19	11	8	56	40	+16	68	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
4	Dunfermline Athletic	38	14	11	13	45	52	−7	53
5	Dundee United	38	13	10	15	47	60	−13	49
6	Motherwell	38	12	10	16	42	49	−7	46
7	Dundee	38	12	10	16	48	57	−9	46
8	Hibernian	38	11	11	16	41	60	−19	44	Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[lower-alpha 3]
9	Livingston	38	10	13	15	48	57	−9	43
10	Kilmarnock	38	12	6	20	51	74	−23	42
11	Aberdeen	38	9	7	22	39	63	−24	34
12	Partick Thistle	38	6	8	24	39	67	−28	26	Relegation to the Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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 2003–04 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runners-up.
3. Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

Results

Dunfermline Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	9 August 2003	Celtic	H	0–0	10,082
2	17 August 2003	Dundee	A	2–0	7,750	Wilkie 45' (o.g.), Crawford 88'
3	23 August 2003	Aberdeen	A	2–1	10,870	Brewster 30', Nicholson 56'
4	31 August 2003	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–1	11,934
5	13 September 2003	Rangers	A	0–4	49,072
6	20 September 2003	Hibernian	H	0–0	9,715
7	27 September 2003	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	4,684	Crawford (2) 56', 70'
8	4 October 2003	Livingston	A	0–0	4,616
9	4 October 2003	Kilmarnock	H	2–3	4,495	Crawford (2) 28', 55'
10	1 November 2003	Dundee United	H	2–0	5,078	Thomson 59', Mehmet 90'
11	8 November 2003	Celtic	A	0–5	58,328
12	22 November 2003	Dundee	H	2–0	5,490	Crawford (2) 52', 64'
13	25 November 2003	Motherwell	A	2–2	4,220	Crawford 15', Brewster 39'
14	29 November 2003	Aberdeen	H	2–2	5,294	Young 61', Bullen 74'
15	6 December 2003	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	6,199	Young 21', Wilson 62'
16	14 December 2003	Rangers	H	2–0	8,592	Crawford 5', Vanoli 85' (o.g.)
17	21 December 2003	Hibernian	A	2–1	9,085	Brewster (2) 1', 36'
18	27 December 2003	Partick Thistle	A	1–4	4,377	Brewster 59'
19	3 January 2004	Livingston	H	2–2	5,155	Nicholson 36', Crawford 80'
20	17 January 2004	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	5,715	Crawford 63'
21	24 January 2004	Motherwell	H	1–0	5,270	Young 73'
22	31 January 2004	Dundee United	A	0–1	5,564
23	11 February 2004	Celtic	H	1–4	11,201	Hunt 20'
24	14 February 2004	Dundee	A	1–0	5,643	Hunt 32'
25	21 February 2004	Aberdeen	A	0–2	11,035
26	28 February 2004	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0	8,421
27	20 March 2004	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	4,349	Young 9'
28	23 March 2004	Rangers	A	1–4	47,487	Tod 21'
29	27 March 2004	Livingston	A	0–0	3,558
30	3 April 2004	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	3,914	Nicholson 40', Crawford 70'
31	13 April 2004	Hibernian	H	1–1	5,041	Dempsey 78'
32	15 April 2004	Motherwell	A	0–1	3,920
33	17 April 2004	Dundee United	H	1–1	4,409	Shields 45'
34	24 April 2004	Motherwell	H	3–0	4,290	Nicholson 36', Dempsey 52', Young 74'
35	2 May 2004	Celtic	A	2–1	59,739	Nicholson 28', Dempsey 59'
36	8 May 2004	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	10,846	Tod 11'
37	11 May 2004	Dundee United	A	2–3	5,998	Bullen 34', Crawford 46'
38	16 May 2004	Rangers	H	2–3	6,798	Dempsey (2) 27', 66'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	10 January 2004	Dundee United	H	3–1	6,164	Crawford (2) 16', 36', Brewster 49'
R4	24 February 2004	Clyde	A	3–0	2,441	Nicholson (2) 19', 38', Bullen 41'
QF	6 March 2004	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	5,335	Byrne 11', Nicholson 36', Brewster 69'
SF	10 March 2004	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	N	1–1	13,255	Brewster 37'
SF Replay	20 April 2004	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	N	3–2	5,728	Young 25', Brewster 63', Nicholson 78'
Final	22 May 2004	Celtic	N	1–3	50,846	Skerla 40'

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	24 September 2003	Cowdenbeath	H	2–0	3,582	Crawford 54', Brewster 64'
R3	28 October 2003	St Johnstone	A	2–3	2,769	Crawford 80', Young 83'

References

1. "Scotland 2003/04". RSSSF.

External links

• Dunfermline Athletic 2003–04 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)