2004–05 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season

Dunfermline Athletic 2004–05 football season

Dunfermline Athletic
2004–05 season
Manager	David Hay (until 2 May 2005) Jim Leishman (from 3 May 2005)
Stadium	East End Park
Scottish Premier League	11th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Scottish League Cup	Quarter-final
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season saw Dunfermline Athletic compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 11th position with 34 points.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	11	11	16	41	47	−6	44
9	Dundee United	38	8	12	18	41	59	−18	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
10	Livingston	38	9	8	21	34	61	−27	35
11	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	10	20	34	60	−26	34
12	Dundee (R)	38	8	9	21	37	71	−34	33	Relegation to the Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

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.
As Celtic, the 2004–05 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee United, the cup runners-up.

Results

Dunfermline Athletic's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	7 August 2004	Dundee United	H	1–1	6,512	Tod 48'
2	15 August 2004	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	0–2	1,972
3	21 August 2004	Aberdeen	H	0–1	8,533
4	29 August 2004	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	4,854
5	11 September 2004	Motherwell	H	1–1	4,338	Brewster 9'
6	19 September 2004	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	5,883	Nicholson 65'
7	25 September 2004	Celtic	A	0–3	58,213
8	2 October 2004	Hibernian	H	1–1	7,290	Donnelly 86'
9	16 October 2004	Livingston	A	0–2	2,815
10	23 October 2004	Dundee	A	2–1	5,456	Thomson 35', Young 48'
11	27 October 2004	Rangers	H	1–2	8,678	Brewster 22'
12	30 October 2004	Dundee United	A	2–1	6,297	Tod 8', Young 90'
13	6 November 2004	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	1–1	4,927	Young 28'
14	13 November 2004	Aberdeen	A	1–2	10,398	Donnelly 70'
15	20 November 2004	Kilmarnock	H	4–1	4,344	Nicholson 30', Mehmet 38', Wilson 57', Brewster 90'
16	27 November 2004	Motherwell	A	1–2	5,084	Tod 65'
17	4 December 2004	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3	10,084
18	12 December 2004	Celtic	H	0–2	7,650
19	18 December 2004	Hibernian	A	1–2	9,859	Tod 68'
20	27 December 2004	Livingston	H	0–0	5,092
21	1 January 2005	Dundee	H	3–1	4,426	Tod (3) 13', 28', 54'
22	15 January 2005	Rangers	A	0–3	48,055
23	22 January 2005	Dundee United	H	1–1	6,589	Christiansen 44'
24	29 January 2005	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	A	0–2	5,449
25	12 February 2005	Aberdeen	H	2–1	5,579	Mehmet 53', Donnelly 83'
26	19 February 2005	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	4,701	Christiansen 20'
27	2 March 2005	Motherwell	H	0–0	3,565
28	5 March 2005	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	5,934	Wilson 32'
29	12 March 2005	Celtic	A	0–6	58,908
30	19 March 2005	Hibernian	H	1–4	7,204	Nicholson 43'
31	2 April 2005	Livingston	A	1–1	4,573	Hunt 79'
32	9 April 2005	Dundee	A	1–2	5,995	Young 9'
33	17 April 2005	Rangers	H	0–1	8,226
34	23 April 2005	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	H	0–0	4,481
35	30 April 2005	Livingston	A	0–2	5,700
36	7 May 2005	Dundee	H	5–0	8,313	Young (3) 2', 29', 64', MacDonald (o.g.) 33', Skerla 39'
37	15 May 2005	Dundee United	A	1–0	10,763	Mason 89'
38	21 May 2005	Kilmarnock	A	0–4	5,100

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	8 January 2005	East Fife	A	0–0	1,772
R3 Replay	18 January 2005	East Fife	H	3–1	3,543	Tod 1', Hunt 57', Dempsey 69'
R4	6 February 2005	Celtic	H	0–3	8,014

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2004–05 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	22 September 2004	Partick Thistle	H	3–1	2,301	Brewster 30', Thomson 51', Hunt 76'
QF	10 November 2004	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–3	4,405	Mehmet 60'

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1 lst leg	12 August 2004	FH	A	2–2	1,500	Brewster 72', Skerla 87'
R1 2nd leg	26 August 2004	FH	H	1–2	8,000	Dempsey 72'

References

"Dunfermline Manager History". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
"Scotland 2004/05". RSSSF.

External links

Dunfermline Athletic 2004–05 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	Results 2006 World Cup Qualifying (UEFA Group 5)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers
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Third Division	Albion Rovers Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Gretna Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir
Major transfer deals 2004–05

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