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 League4th
Scottish CupRunner-up
Scottish League CupThird 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
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
19 August 2003CelticH0–010,082
217 August 2003DundeeA2–07,750Wilkie 45' (o.g.), Crawford 88'
323 August 2003AberdeenA2–110,870Brewster 30', Nicholson 56'
431 August 2003Heart of MidlothianA0–111,934
513 September 2003RangersA0–449,072
620 September 2003HibernianH0–09,715
727 September 2003Partick ThistleH2–14,684Crawford (2) 56', 70'
84 October 2003LivingstonA0–04,616
94 October 2003KilmarnockH2–34,495Crawford (2) 28', 55'
101 November 2003Dundee UnitedH2–05,078Thomson 59', Mehmet 90'
118 November 2003CelticA0–558,328
1222 November 2003DundeeH2–05,490Crawford (2) 52', 64'
1325 November 2003MotherwellA2–24,220Crawford 15', Brewster 39'
1429 November 2003AberdeenH2–25,294Young 61', Bullen 74'
156 December 2003Heart of MidlothianH2–16,199Young 21', Wilson 62'
1614 December 2003RangersH2–08,592Crawford 5', Vanoli 85' (o.g.)
1721 December 2003HibernianA2–19,085Brewster (2) 1', 36'
1827 December 2003Partick ThistleA1–44,377Brewster 59'
193 January 2004LivingstonH2–25,155Nicholson 36', Crawford 80'
2017 January 2004KilmarnockA1–15,715Crawford 63'
2124 January 2004MotherwellH1–05,270Young 73'
2231 January 2004Dundee UnitedA0–15,564
2311 February 2004CelticH1–411,201Hunt 20'
2414 February 2004DundeeA1–05,643Hunt 32'
2521 February 2004AberdeenA0–211,035
2628 February 2004Heart of MidlothianH0–08,421
2720 March 2004Partick ThistleH1–04,349Young 9'
2823 March 2004RangersA1–447,487Tod 21'
2927 March 2004LivingstonA0–03,558
303 April 2004KilmarnockH2–13,914Nicholson 40', Crawford 70'
3113 April 2004HibernianH1–15,041Dempsey 78'
3215 April 2004MotherwellA0–13,920
3317 April 2004Dundee UnitedH1–14,409Shields 45'
3424 April 2004MotherwellH3–04,290Nicholson 36', Dempsey 52', Young 74'
352 May 2004CelticA2–159,739Nicholson 28', Dempsey 59'
368 May 2004Heart of MidlothianA1–210,846Tod 11'
3711 May 2004Dundee UnitedA2–35,998Bullen 34', Crawford 46'
3816 May 2004RangersH2–36,798Dempsey (2) 27', 66'

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R310 January 2004Dundee UnitedH3–16,164Crawford (2) 16', 36', Brewster 49'
R424 February 2004ClydeA3–02,441Nicholson (2) 19', 38', Bullen 41'
QF6 March 2004Partick ThistleA3–05,335Byrne 11', Nicholson 36', Brewster 69'
SF10 March 2004Inverness Caledonian ThistleN1–113,255Brewster 37'
SF Replay20 April 2004Inverness Caledonian ThistleN3–25,728Young 25', Brewster 63', Nicholson 78'
Final22 May 2004CelticN1–350,846Skerla 40'

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2003–04 Scottish League Cup
MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R224 September 2003CowdenbeathH2–03,582Crawford 54', Brewster 64'
R328 October 2003St JohnstoneA2–32,769Crawford 80', Young 83'

References
  1. "Scotland 2003/04". RSSSF.
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