2003–04 Dundee F.C. season

The 2003–04 season saw Dundee compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 7th position with 46 points.[1]

Dundee

Manager	Jim Duffy
Scottish Premier League	7th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Semi-final
UEFA Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Novo (19) All: Novo (25)
Highest home attendance	10,948 (vs Rangers, 28 December 2003) (SPL)
Lowest home attendance	4,942 (vs Kilmarnock, 8 May 2004) (SPL)
Average home league attendance	7,087
Home colours

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

Dundee's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	9 August 2003	Motherwell	A	3–0	6,812	Rae 23', Wilkie 43', Smith 84'
2	17 August 2003	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–2	7,750
3	23 August 2003	Livingston	H	2–1	5,815	Novo (2) 17', 84'
4	31 August 2003	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	5,973	Novo 54'
5	13 September 2003	Celtic	H	0–1	10,647
6	20 September 2003	Aberdeen	H	2–0	7,887	Cowan 28', Novo 82'
7	27 September 2003	Rangers	A	1–3	49,548	Novo 77'
8	4 October 2003	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	11,358	Novo 16', Rae 64'
9	18 October 2003	Partick Thistle	H	1–0	6,497	Novo 55'
10	26 October 2003	Dundee United	A	1–1	12,292	Novo 20'
11	1 November 2003	Hibernian	H	1–1	7,032	Novo 33'
12	8 November 2003	Motherwell	H	0–1	6,374
13	22 November 2003	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–2	5,490
14	29 November 2003	Livingston	A	1–1	4,625	Fotheringham 84'
15	6 December 2003	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	6,954	Novo 32'
16	13 December 2003	Celtic	A	2–3	57,573	Fotheringham 20', Mair 90'
17	20 December 2003	Aberdeen	A	2–2	10,354	Hutchinson 45', Novo 52'
18	28 December 2003	Rangers	H	0–2	10,948
19	6 January 2004	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2	6,387	McLean 80'
20	17 January 2004	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	4,690	Novo 85', Smith 89'
21	25 January 2004	Dundee United	H	2–1	10,747	Novo 48', Lovell 70'
22	25 January 2004	Hibernian	A	1–1	8,023	Fotheringham 44'
23	11 February 2004	Motherwell	A	3–5	4,247	Barrett (2) 11', 28', Novo 58'
24	14 February 2004	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1	5,643
25	21 February 2004	Livingston	H	1–0	6,108	Milne 59'
26	28 February 2004	Kilmarnock	A	2–4	5,454	Novo 6', Milne 62'
27	13 March 2004	Aberdeen	H	1–1	6,839	Fotheringham 8'
28	17 March 2004	Celtic	H	1–2	8,539	Kneißl 90'
29	20 March 2004	Rangers	A	0–4	49,364
30	27 March 2004	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	10,491	Milne 8'
31	3 April 2004	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	5,084	Milne 2', Novo 90'
32	11 April 2004	Dundee United	A	2–2	9,571	Lovell 18', Milne 39'
33	17 April 2004	Hibernian	H	2–2	5,508	Lovell 38', Milne 90'
34	24 April 2004	Partick Thistle	A	1–0	2,727	Lovell 71'
35	1 May 2004	Hibernian	A	0–1	6,180
36	8 May 2004	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	4,942	Milne 6', Novo 80'
37	12 May 2004	Livingston	H	2–0	4,954	Novo (2) 5', 90'
38	15 May 2004	Aberdeen	A	2–1	7,878	Milne 73', Lovell 90'

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	10 January 2004	Aberdeen	A	0–0	11,012
R3 Replay	21 January 2004	Aberdeen	H	2–3	5,857	Robb 9', Novo 90'

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	29 October 2003	Clyde	A	5–2	1,701	Novo 4', Wilkie 66', Ravanelli (3) 73', 74', 80'
QF	3 December 2003	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	7,130	Linn 107'
SF	3 February 2004	Livingston	H	0–1	6,660

UEFA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
QR 1st leg	14 August 2003	Vllaznia Shkodër	A	2–0	10,000	Lovell 44', Novo 47'
QR 2nd leg	28 August 2003	Vllaznia Shkodër	H	4–0	7,000	Novo (2) 2', 89', Sara 40', Rae 50'
R1 1st leg	24 September 2003	Perugia	H	1–2	9,111	Novo 64'
R1 2nd leg	15 October 2003	Perugia	A	0–1	10,000

References

1. "Scotland 2003/04". RSSSF.

External links

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