2003–04 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

The 2003–04 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian, and their 21st consecutive season in the top level of Scottish football, competing in the Scottish Premier League. Hearts also competed in the UEFA Cup, Scottish Cup, League Cup and the Festival Cup.

Heart of Midlothian
2003–04 season
ManagerCraig Levein
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League3rd
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupQuarter-finals
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mark de Vries (12)

All:
Mark de Vries (15)
Highest home attendance17,587 v Girondins de Bordeaux Uefa Cup 27 November 2003
Lowest home attendance8,516 v Berwick Rangers Scottish Cup 10 January 2004
Average home league attendance11,961

Fixtures

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Pre-Season Friendlies

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16 July 2003 Friendly Queen's Park 1–2 Hearts Hampden Park
Graham   Paul Hartley   8' King   91'
17 July 2003 Friendly Hamilton 4–2 Hearts New Douglas Park
Corcoran   Convery   Convery   Dunn   Hamill   Boyack   Attendance: 709
Referee: Colin Hardie
19 July 2003 Friendly Lisburn Distillery 0–4 Hearts New Grosvenor Stadium
Kirk   Wyness   Weir   Hartley   (pen.) Referee: E Aicken
22 July 2003 Friendly Ballymena United 2–1 Hearts Ballymena Showgrounds
Campbell   37' (63) De Vries   83'
26 July 2003 Friendly Linfield 1–0 Hearts Windsor Park
Murphy   51' Referee: Robert Penney
28 July 2003 Friendly Inverness 2–1 Hearts Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Paul Ritchie   36' (57) Wyness   72' Referee: Mike Ritchie
30 July 2003 Friendly Hearts 2–2 Sunderland Tynecastle Stadium
Stamp   26' De Vries   37' Thornton   74' Referee: Ian Fyfye
7 September 2003 Friendly East Fife 1–2 Hearts Bayview Stadium
Kisnorbo   82' (og.) Kisnorbo   38' Wyness   85'

Scottish Premier League

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9 August 2003 SPL Hearts 2–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
De Vries   16' Kirk   92' Attendance: 14,260
Referee: Willie Young
17 August 2003 SPL Hibs 1–0 Hearts Easter Road
Garry O'Connor   92' Attendance: 14,803
Referee: Stuart Dougal
23 August 2003 SPL Hearts 3–0 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Stamp   20' Wilson   21' (og.) De Vries   35' Attendance: 11,395
Referee: Iain Brines
31 August 2003 SPL Hearts 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Tynecastle Stadium
Wyness   61' Attendance: 11,934
Referee: Alan Freeland
13 September 2003 SPL Kilmarnock 0–2 Hearts Rugby Park
De Vries   14' (40) Attendance: 6,925
Referee: Hugh Dallas
21 September 2003 SPL Hearts 0–4 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Arveladze   45', 73' Lovenkrands   51', 89' Attendance: 14,732
Referee: Stuart Dougal
27 September 2003 SPL Motherwell 1–1 Hearts Fir Park
Adams   29' Hartley   45' Attendance: 5,888
Referee: Charlie Richmond
4 October 2003 SPL Hearts 2–2 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Weir   77' Pressley   81' Novo   16' Rae   64' Attendance: 11,348
Referee: John Underhill
18 October 2003 SPL Celtic 5–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Miller   9' (50) Stamp   12' (og.) Larsson   36' Varga   42' Attendance: 59,511
Referee: Kenny Clark
25 October 2003 SPL Partick Thistle 1–4 Hearts Firhill Stadium
Waddell   63' Kirk   13' (30) De Vries   27' Simmons   74' Attendance: 4,814
Referee: Willie Young
1 November 2003 SPL Hearts 3–1 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
Kirk   74' (85) Pressley   92' (pen.) Lilley   51' Attendance: 11,233
Referee: Stuart Dougal
9 November 2003 SPL Aberdeen 0–1 Hearts Pittodrie
Kirk   12' Attendance: 9,687
Referee: Craig Thomson
23 November 2003 SPL Hearts 2–0 Hibs Tynecastle Stadium
Orman   9' (og.) Smith   67' (og.) Attendance: 16,632
Referee: Hugh Dallas
30 November 2003 SPL Dundee United 2–1 Hearts Tannadice
Archibald   12' McInnes   44' Severin   46' Attendance: 6,343
Referee: Alan Freeland
6 December 2003 SPL Dunfermline 2–1 Hearts East End Park
Young   21' Wilson   62' Maybury   40' Attendance: 6,199
Referee: Charlie Richmond
13 December 2003 SPL Hearts 2–1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Kirk   64' Stamp   79' McSwegan   92' Attendance: 10,154
Referee: Iain Brines
20 December 2003 SPL Rangers 2–1 Hearts Ibrox
Arveladze   22' Burke   52' Kirk   11' Attendance: 49,592
Referee: Hugh Dallas
27 December 2003 SPL Hearts 0–0 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 10,046
Referee: John Rowbotham
6 January 2004 SPL Dundee 1–2 Hearts Dens Park
McLean   80' De Vries   46' Maybury   83' Attendance: 6,387
Referee: Craig Thomson
18 January 2004 SPL Hearts 0–1 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Petrov   27' Attendance: 13,753
Referee: Kenny Clark
24 January 2004 SPL Hearts 2–0 Partick Tynecastle Stadium
Wyness   41' (78) Attendance: 10,264
Referee: Mike McCurry
11 February 2004 SPL Hearts 1–0 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Pressley   81' (pen.) Attendance: 11,236
Referee: Stuart Dougal
15 February 2004 SPL Hibs 1–1 Hearts Easter Road
Riordan   24' Pressley   47' (pen.) Attendance: 15,016
Referee: Mike McCurry
21 February 2004 SPL Hearts 3–1 Dundee United Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley   16' Wilson   65' (og.) McKenna   72' McIntyre   52' Attendance: 10,265
Referee: Charlie Richmond
24 February 2004 SPL Livingston 2–3 Hearts Almondvale Stadium
Makel   4' McMenamin   56' De Vries   25' Kirk   47' McKenna   84' Attendance: 4,450
Referee: Ian Fyfye
28 February 2004 SPL Dunfermline 0–0 Hearts East End Park
Attendance: 8,421
Referee: Ian Fyfye
7 March 2004 SPL Kilmarnock 1–1 Hearts Rugby Park
Invincible   87' Webster   60' Attendance: 5,297
Referee: Mike McCurry
13 March 2004 SPL Hearts 1–1 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Wyness   75' Moore   60' (pen.) Attendance: 14,598
Referee: Kenny Clark
27 March 2004 SPL Hearts 3–1 Dundee Tynecastle Stadium
Hartley   52' Pressley   59' (pen.) Hamill   67' Milne   8' Attendance: 10,491
Referee: Hugh Dallas
3 April 2004 SPL Celtic 2–2 Hearts Celtic Park
Sutton   88' Agathe   91' McKenna   21' De Vries   77' Attendance: 59,348
Referee: Dougie McDonald
7 April 2004 SPL Motherwell 1–1 Hearts Fir Park
Clarkson   61' Wyness   27' Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Charlie Richmond
10 April 2004 SPL Partick Thistle 1–0 Hearts Firhill Stadium
Thomson   49' Attendance: 4,043
Referee: Alan Freeland
17 April 2004 SPL Hearts 1–1 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
McKenna   18' McMenamin   73' Attendance: 10,352
Referee: John Underhill
25 April 2004 SPL Hearts 1–1 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
De Vries   74' McGeady   17' Attendance: 12,112
Referee: Kenny Clark
1 May 2004 SPL Dundee United 0–2 Hearts Tannadice
De Vries   4' Webster   72' Attendance: 6,620
Referee: Mark Ritchie
8 May 2004 SPL Hearts 2–1 Dunfermline Tynecastle Stadium
De Vries   42' (81) Tod   11' Attendance: 10,846
Referee: Kevin Toner
12 May 2004 SPL Rangers 0–1 Hearts Ibrox
Hamill   50' Attendance: 47,467
Referee: Dougie McDonald
16 May 2004 SPL Hearts 3–2 Motherwell Tynecastle Stadium
Wyness   5' (68) McKenna   75' McDonald   37' Clarkson   45' Attendance: 11,619
Referee: Iain Brines

Uefa Cup

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24 September 2003 Uefa Cup round 1 First Leg Hearts 2–0 Željezničar Sarajevo Tynecastle Stadium
De Vries   28' Webster   58' Attendance: 15,830
Referee: Jack van Hulten
6 November 2003 Uefa Cup round 2 First Leg Girondins de Bordeaux 0–1 Hearts Stade Chaban-Delmas
De Vries   78' Attendance: 15,536
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson
27 November 2003 Uefa Cup round 2 Second Leg Hearts 0–2 Girondins de Bordeaux Tynecastle Stadium
Riera   8' Feindouno   66' Attendance: 17,587
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski

Festival Cup

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2 August 2003 Festival Cup Hibs 0–1 Hearts Easter Road
BBC SPORT Webster   17' Attendance: 10,090
Referee: Tom Brown

League Cup

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29 October 2003 League Cup round 3 Hearts 2–1 Falkirk Tynecastle Stadium
De Vries   54' Kirk   86' Latapy   58' Attendance: 8,687
Referee: John Rowbotham
3 December 2003 League Cup Round QF Dundee 1–0 (a.e.t.) Hearts Dens Park
Linn   107' Attendance: 7,130
Referee: Willie Young

Scottish Cup

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10 January 2004 Scottish Cup R3 Hearts 2–0 Berwick Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Cowan   28' (og.) Hamill   65' Attendance: 8,516
Referee: Willie Young
7 February 2004 Scottish Cup R4 Hearts 0–3 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
Petrov   3' (33) Larsson   95' Attendance: 15,372
Referee: Willie Young

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 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[b]
4 Dunfermline Athletic 38 14 11 13 45 52 −7 53
5 Dundee United 38 13 10 15 47 60 −13 49
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
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.

See also

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References

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