The 2004–05 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland.
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.
Scottish First Division
Scottish Second Division
Scottish Third Division
Other honours
Cup honours
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!width=150|Competition
!width=120|Winner
!width=60|Score
!width=120|Runner-up
!Report
|-
|align=left|Scottish Cup 2004–05
|Celtic
|1–0
|Dundee United
|Wikipedia article
|-
|align=left|League Cup 2004–05
|Rangers
|5–1
|Motherwell
|Wikipedia article
|-
|align=left|Challenge Cup 2004–05
|Falkirk
|2–1
|Ross County
|Wikipedia article
|-
|align=left|Youth Cup
|Celtic
|2–0
|St Mirren
|
|-
|align=left|Junior Cup
|Tayport
|2–0
|Lochee United
|
|}
Individual honours
SPFA awards
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! width=170|Award
! width=150|Winner
! width=140|Club
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|Players' Player of the Year <br />(shared) || John Hartson<br /> Fernando Ricksen || Celtic<br />Rangers
|-
|Young Player of the Year || Derek Riordan || Hibernian
|}
SFWA awards
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|-
! width=170|Award
! width=150|Winner
! width=140|Club
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| Footballer of the Year || John Hartson || Celtic
|-
| Young player of the Year || Derek Riordan || Hibernian
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| Manager of the Year || Tony Mowbray || Hibernian
|}
Scottish clubs in Europe
Summary
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|-
!Club
!Competition(s)
!Final round
!Coef.
|-
|Celtic
|UEFA Champions League
|Group stage
|7.00
|-
|Rangers
|UEFA Champions League<br /> UEFA Cup
|Third qualifying round<br /> Group stage
|6.50
|-
|Heart of Midlothian
|UEFA Cup
|Group stage
|5.00
|-
|Dunfermline Athletic
|UEFA Cup
|Second qualifying round
|0.50
|-
|Hibernian
|UEFA Intertoto Cup
|Second round
|N/A
|}
<small>Average coefficient – 4.750</small>
Celtic
{| class="wikitable" width=90%
!Date
!Venue
!Opponents
!Score
!Celtic scorer(s)
!Report
|-
!colspan=7|Champions League Group stage
|-
|14 September
|Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)
| FC Barcelona
|align=center|1–3
|Chris Sutton
|BBC Sport
|-
|29 September
|San Siro, Milan (A)
| A.C. Milan
|align=center|1–3
|Stanislav Varga
|BBC Sport
|-
|20 October
|Shakhtar Stadium, Donetsk (A)
| Shakhtar Donetsk
|align=center|0–3
|
|BBC Sport
|-
|2 November
|Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)
| Shakhtar Donetsk
|align=center|1–0
|Alan Thompson
|BBC Sport
|-
|24 November 2004
|Nou Camp, Barcelona (A)
| FC Barcelona
|align=center|1–1
|John Hartson
|BBC Sport
|-
|7 December
|Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)
| A.C. Milan
|align=center|0–0
|
|BBC Sport
|}
Rangers
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!Date
!Venue
!Opponents
!Score
!Competition
!Scotland scorer(s)
!Report
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|18 August
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|0–3
|Friendly
|
|BBC Sport
|-bgcolor=#ffffdd
|3 September
|Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia (A)
|
|align=center|1–1
|Friendly
|Rubén Baraja (o.g.) / James McFadden
|BBC Sport
|-bgcolor=#ffffdd
|8 September
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|0–0
|WCQ5
|
|BBC Sport
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|9 October
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|0–1
|WCQ5
|
|BBC Sport
|-bgcolor=#ffffdd
|13 October
|Republican Stadium, Chişinău (A)
|
|align=center|1–1
|WCQ5
|Steven Thompson
|BBC Sport
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|17 November
|Easter Road, Edinburgh (H)
|
|align=center|1–4
|Friendly
|James McFadden
|BBC Sport
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|26 March
|San Siro, Milan (A)
|
|align=center|0–2
|WCQ5
|
|BBC Sport
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|4 June
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|2–0
|WCQ5
|Christian Dailly, James McFadden
|BBC Sport
|-bgcolor=#ffffdd
|8 June
|Dinamo Stadium, Minsk (A)
|
|align=center|0–0
|WCQ5
|
|BBC Sport
|}
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.
- 30 August: Willie Duff, 69, Hearts and Dunfermline goalkeeper.
- 30 November: Bill Brown, 73, Dundee and Scotland goalkeeper.
- 26 January: Jackie Henderson, 73, Scotland forward.