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Celtic
2003–04 season
Chairman	Brian Quinn
Manager	Martin O'Neill
Ground	Celtic Park; Glasgow, Scotland; (Capacity: 60,355)
Scottish Premier League	1st
Scottish Cup	Winners
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-finals
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Henrik Larsson (30); All: ; Henrik Larsson (40)
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Celtic set out to redeem their final day loss of the Scottish Premier League trophy in season 2003–04 and win the Scottish Cup. They competed in the Scottish League Cup. The highlight of their SPL season was the setting of a new record for the most number of goals scored in a whole season – 105 goals.

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee
Michael Gray	Sunderland	Loan
Stephen Pearson	Motherwell	£400,000

Out

Player	To	Fee
David Fernández	Livingston	Loan
Bobby Petta	Fulham	Loan
Steve Guppy	Stoke City	Free
Stephen Crainey	Southampton	£1,300,000

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	MF	GUI	Mohammed Sylla
4	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara
5	DF	BEL	Joos Valgaeren
6	DF	GUI	Bobo Baldé
7	FW	SWE	Henrik Larsson
8	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson
9	FW	ENG	Chris Sutton
10	FW	WAL	John Hartson
11	MF	SCO	Stephen Pearson (from January)
12	FW	ESP	David Fernandez
14	MF	SCO	Paul Lambert
15	MF	NED	Bobby Petta
16	DF	DEN	Ulrik Laursen
17	DF	FRA	Didier Agathe
18	MF	NIR	Neil Lennon
19	MF	BUL	Stilian Petrov


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas
21	GK	SWE	Magnus Hedman
22	GK	SCO	David Marshall
23	DF	SVK	Stanislav Varga
29	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney
33	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace
35	DF	SWE	Johan Mjallby
37	FW	SCO	Craig Beattie
39	MF	SCO	Jamie Smith
41	DF	SCO	John Kennedy
43	MF	IRL	Liam Miller
44	DF	SCO	Stephen McManus
45	MF	SCO	Kevin McBride
46	MF	IRL	Aiden McGeady
47	GK	NIR	Michael McGovern

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Danny Milosevic (released)
2	DF	ENG	Michael Gray (on loan from Sunderland)
30	MF	ENG	Steve Guppy (on loan to Leicester City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	MF	SCO	Mark Fotheringham (to Dundee)
40	DF	SCO	Stephen Crainey (to Southampton)

Player details

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Michael Gray	10	0	2+5	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
3	DF	GUI	Mohammed Sylla	24	0	5+9	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+7	0
4	DF	SCO	Jackie McNamara	43	1	26+1	1	4	0	1	0	11	0
5	DF	BEL	Joos Valgaeren	16	0	4+3	0	2	0	0	0	4+3	0
6	DF	GUI	Dianbobo Balde	50	2	30+1	2	4	0	1	0	14	0
7	FW	SWE	Henrik Larsson	58	41	36+1	30	5	5	1	0	15	6
8	MF	ENG	Alan Thompson	44	13	26	11	4	0	1	0	13	2
9	FW	ENG	Chris Sutton	44	28	25	19	4	2	1	0	14	7
10	FW	WAL	John Hartson	23	10	14+1	8	1	1	0	0	6+1	1
11	MF	SCO	Stephen Pearson	28	3	16+1	3	4+1	0	0	0	5+1	0
12	FW	ESP	David Fernández	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Paul Lambert	22	2	9+4	1	1	1	2	0	6	0
15	MF	NED	Bobby Petta	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	DF	DEN	Ulrik Laursen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	DF	FRA	Didier Agathe	46	6	26+1	5	5	0	0	0	14	1
18	MF	NIR	Neil Lennon	53	0	35	0	5	0	0	0	12+1	0
19	MF	BUL	Stilian Petrov	55	10	33+2	6	4+1	3	0	0	15	1
20	GK	SCO	Rab Douglas	26	0	15+1	0	3	0	1	0	6	0
21	GK	SWE	Magnus Hedman	19	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
22	GK	SCO	David Marshall	18	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	3+1	0
23	DF	SVK	Stanislav Varga	55	7	35	6	4	0	1	1	15	0
29	FW	SCO	Shaun Maloney	23	6	7+10	5	1	0	1+1	0	1+2	1
33	MF	SCO	Ross Wallace	14	1	4+4	1	1+1	0	1	0	0+3	0
35	DF	SWE	Johan Mjallby	18	0	10+3	0	0+1	0	1	0	3	0
37	FW	SCO	Craig Beattie	17	2	2+8	1	0+3	0	1+1	1	1+1	0
39	MF	SCO	Jamie Smith	15	1	4+7	0	0	0	1	1	1+2	0
41	DF	SCO	John Kennedy	20	1	9+3	1	1+1	0	2	0	2+2	0
43	MF	IRL	Liam Miller	40	5	13+12	2	0+1	0	1	0	5+8	3
44	DF	SCO	Stephen McManus	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	SCO	Kevin McBride	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	MF	IRL	Aiden McGeady	4	1	3+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Results for Celtic F.C. for season 2003–2004.

NOTE: scores are written Celtic first

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Celtic scorers	Match Report
6 July 2003	Kunghshamn Vallen Stadium	Swedish Amateur XI	7–0	Friendly	Varga, Guppy, Sutton, Petrov, Fernández (2), Wallace	BBC Sport
23 July 2003	Seattle	Manchester Utd	0–4	Friendly		BBC Sport
30 July 2003	S.Darius and S.Girėnas Stadium	FBK Kaunas	4–0	CLQ	Larsson, Sutton, Maloney, Miller	BBC Sport
2 August 2003	Celtic Park	Arsenal	1–1	Friendly	Miller	BBC Sport
6 August 2003	Celtic Park	FBK Kaunas	1–0	CLQ	Gvildys (og)	BBC Sport
9 August 2003	East End Park	Dunfermline	0–0	SPL		BBC Sport
13 August 2003	Hidegkuti Nandor Stadium	MTK Hungária	4–0	CLQ	Larsson, Agathe, Petrov, Sutton	BBC Sport
16 August 2003	Celtic Park	Dundee United	5–0	SPL	Maloney, Agathe, Thompson, McNamara, Larsson	BBC Sport
23 August 2003	Firhill	Partick Thistle	2–1	SPL	Lambert, Thompson	BBC Sport
27 August 2003	Celtic Park	MTK Hungária	1–0	CLQ	Sutton	BBC Sport
30 August 2003	Celtic Park	Livingston	5–1	SPL	Larsson (3), Maloney, Thompson	BBC Sport
13 September 2003	Dens Park	Dundee	1–0	SPL	Balde	BBC Sport
17 September 2003	Olympic Stadium (Munich)	Bayern Munich	1–2	CLA	Thompson	BBC Sport
20 September 2003	Celtic Park	Motherwell	3–0	SPL	Larsson, Sutton, Maloney	BBC Sport
27 September 2003	Easter Road	Hibernian	2–1	SPL	Thompson, Larsson	BBC Sport
30 September 2003	Celtic Park	Olympique Lyonnais	2–0	CLA	Miller, Sutton	BBC Sport
4 October 2003	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	1–0	SPL	Hartson	BBC Sport
18 October 2003	Celtic Park	Heart of Midlothian	5–0	SPL	Miller (2), Varga, Larsson, Stamp (og)	BBC Sport
21 October 2003	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium	RSC Anderlecht	0–1	CLA		BBC Sport
25 October 2003	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	4–0	SPL	Larsson (3), Sutton	BBC Sport
1 November 2003	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	5–0	SPL	Sutton (3), Hartson, Maloney	BBC Sport
5 November 2003	Celtic Park	RSC Anderlecht	3–1	CLA	Larsson, Miller, Sutton	BBC Sport
8 November 2003	Celtic Park	Dunfermline Athletic	5–0	SPL	Hartson (2), Wallace, Varga, Larsson	BBC Sport
22 November 2003	Tannadice	Dundee Utd	5–1	SPL	Sutton(3), Larsson (2)	BBC Sport
25 November 2003	Celtic Park	Bayern Munich	0–0	CLA		BBC Sport
29 November 2003	Celtic Park	Partick Thistle	3–1	SPL	Larsson, Sutton (2),	BBC Sport
4 December 2003	Firhill	Partick Thistle	2–0	SLC	Beattie, Smith	BBC Sport
6 December 2003	Almondvale Stadium	Livingston	2–0	SPL	Sutton, Thompson	BBC Sport
10 December 2003	Stade de Gerland	Olympique Lyonnais	2–3	CLA	Hartson, Sutton	BBC Sport
13 December 2003	Celtic Park	Dundee	3–2	SPL	Larsson, Balde, Kennedy	BBC Sport
18 December 2003	Easter Road	Hibernian	1–2	SLC	Varga	BBC Sport
21 December 2003	Fir Park	Motherwell	2–0	SPL	Hartson, Thompson	BBC Sport
27 December 2003	Celtic Park	Hibernian	6–0	SPL	Sutton (2), Hartson (2), Larsson, Petrov	BBC Sport
3 January 2004	Celtic Park	Rangers	3–0	SPL	Petrov, Varga, Thompson	BBC Sport
10 January 2004	Celtic Park	Ross County	2–0	SC	Hartson, Lambert	BBC Sport
18 January 2004	Tynecastle Stadium	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	SPL	Petrov	BBC Sport
24 January 2004	Pittodrie Stadium	Aberdeen	3–1	SPL	Petrov, Larsson, Pearson	BBC Sport
31 January 2004	Celtic Park	Kilmarnock	5–1	SPL	Agathe, Hartson (2), Larsson, Pearson	BBC Sport
7 February 2004	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	SC	Petrov (2), Larsson	BBC Sport
11 February 2004	East End Park	Dunfermline Athletic	4–1	SPL	Larsson (2), Varga, Thompson	BBC Sport
14 February 2004	Celtic Park	Dundee Utd	2–1	SPL	Maloney, Sutton	BBC Sport
22 February 2004	Firhill	Partick Thistle	4–1	SPL	Sutton (2), Varga (2)	BBC Sport
26 February 2004	Celtic Park	FK Teplice	3–0	UC	Larsson (2), Sutton	BBC Sport
29 February 2004	Celtic Park	Livingston	5–1	SPL	Pearson, Sutton, Thompson (2), Larsson	BBC Sport
3 March 2004	Na Stinadlech	FK Teplice	0–1	UC		BBC Sport
7 March 2004	Celtic Park	Rangers	1–0	SC	Larsson	BBC Sport
10 March 2004	Celtic Park	FC Barcelona	1–0	UC	Thompson	BBC Sport
14 March 2004	Celtic Park	Motherwell	1–1	SPL	Larsson	BBC Sport
17 March 2004	Dens Park	Dundee	2–1	SPL	Petrov, Larsson	BBC Sport
21 March 2004	Easter Road	Hibernian	4–0	SPL	Agathe (2), Larsson (2)	BBC Sport
24 March 2004	Nou Camp	FC Barcelona	0–0	UC		BBC Sport
28 March 2004	Ibrox Stadium	Rangers	2–1	SPL	Larsson, Thompson	BBC Sport
3 April 2004	Celtic Park	Heart of Midlothian	2–2	SPL	Sutton, Agathe	BBC Sport
8 April 2004	Celtic Park	Villarreal CF	1–1	UC	Larsson	BBC Sport
11 April 2004	Hampden Park	Livingston	3–1	SC	Sutton (2), Larsson	BBC Sport
14 April 2004	El Madrigal	Villarreal CF	0–2	UC		BBC Sport
18 April 2004	Rugby Park	Kilmarnock	1–0	SPL	Petrov	BBC Sport
21 April 2004	Celtic Park	Aberdeen	1–2	SPL	Larsson	BBC Sport
25 April 2004	Tynecastle	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	SPL	McGeady	BBC Sport
2 May 2004	Celtic Park	Dunfermline Athletic	1–2	SPL	Larsson	BBC Sport
8 May 2004	Celtic Park	Rangers	1–0	SPL	Sutton	BBC Sport
12 May 2004	Fir Park	Motherwell	1–1	SPL	Beattie	BBC Sport
16 May 2004	Celtic Park	Dundee Utd	2–1	SPL	Larsson (2)	BBC Sport
22 May 2004	Hampden Park	Dunfermline Athletic	3–1	SC	Larsson (2), Petrov	BBC Sport
25 May 2004	Celtic Park	Sevilla	1–0	Friendly	Sutton	BBC Sport

Key:

SPL = Scottish Premier League
SC = Scottish Cup
SLC = Scottish League Cup
CLQ = Champions League Qualifier
CLA - Champions League Group A
CL = Champions League Match
UC = UEFA Cup match
F = Friendly match

References

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