2003–04 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

Heart of Midlothian

2003–04 season
Manager	Craig Levein
Stadium	Tynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier League	3rd
Uefa Cup	Round 2
Festival Cup	Winner
Scottish Cup	4th Round
League Cup	Quarter Final
Top goalscorer	League: Mark de Vries (12) All: Mark de Vries (15)
Highest home attendance	17,587 v Girondins de Bordeaux Uefa Cup 27 November 2003
Lowest home attendance	8,516 v Berwick Rangers Scottish Cup 10 January 2004
Average home league attendance	11,961
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season is the 107th season of competitive football by Heart of Midlothian. It is the 6th consecutive season of play in the Scottish Premier League in which Hearts have competed since its inauguration in 1998–99. Hearts also competed in the Uefa Cup, Scottish Cup, League Cup and the Festival Cup.

Fixtures

Pre-Season Friendlies

Friendly	Queen's Park		1–2		Hearts	Hampden Park	16 July 2003
Graham					Paul Hartley  8' King  91'

Friendly	Hamilton		4–2		Hearts	New Douglas Park	17 July 2003
Corcoran Convery Convery Dunn					Hamill Boyack	Attendance: 709 Referee: Colin Hardie

Friendly	Lisburn Distillery		0–4		Hearts	New Grosvenor Stadium	19 July 2003
					Kirk Wyness Weir Hartley  (pen.)	Referee: E Aicken

Friendly	Ballymena United		2–1		Hearts	Ballymena Showgrounds	22 July 2003
Campbell  37' (63)					De Vries  83'

Friendly	Linfield		1–0		Hearts	Windsor Park	26 July 2003
Murphy  51'						Referee: Robert Penney

Friendly	Inverness		2–1		Hearts	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness	28 July 2003
Paul Ritchie  36' (57)					Wyness  72'	Referee: Mike Ritchie

Friendly	Hearts		2–2		Sunderland	Tynecastle Stadium	30 July 2003
Stamp  26' De Vries  37'					Thornton  74'	Referee: Ian Fyfye

Friendly	East Fife		1–2		Hearts	Bayview Stadium	7 September 2003
Kisnorbo  82' (og.)					Kisnorbo  38' Wyness  85'

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Premier League

SPL	Hearts		2–0		Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium	9 August 2003
De Vries  16' Kirk  92'						Attendance: 14,260 Referee: Willie Young

SPL	Hibs		1–0		Hearts	Easter Road	17 August 2003
Garry O'Connor  92'						Attendance: 14,803 Referee: Stuart Dougal

SPL	Hearts		3–0		Dundee United	Tynecastle Stadium	23 August 2003
Stamp  20' Wilson  21' (og.) De Vries  35'						Attendance: 11,395 Referee: Iain Brines

SPL	Hearts		1–0		Dunfermline Athletic	Tynecastle Stadium	31 August 2003
Wyness  61'						Attendance: 11,934 Referee: Alan Freeland

SPL	Kilmarnock		0–2		Hearts	Rugby Park	13 September 2003
De Vries  14' (40)						Attendance: 6,925 Referee: Hugh Dallas

SPL	Hearts		0–4		Rangers	Tynecastle Stadium	21 September 2003
					Arveladze  45', 73' Lovenkrands  51', 89'	Attendance: 14,732 Referee: Stuart Dougal

SPL	Motherwell		1–1		Hearts	Fir Park	27 September 2003
Adams  29'					Hartley  45'	Attendance: 5,888 Referee: Charlie Richmond

SPL	Hearts		2–2		Dundee	Tynecastle Stadium	4 October 2003
Weir  77' Pressley  81'					Novo  16' Rae  64'	Attendance: 11,348 Referee: John Underhill

SPL	Celtic		5–0		Hearts	Celtic Park	18 October 2003
Miller  9' (50) Stamp  12' (og.) Larsson  36' Varga  42'						Attendance: 59,511 Referee: Kenny Clark

SPL	Partick Thistle		1–4		Hearts	Firhill Stadium	25 October 2003
Waddell  63'					Kirk  13' (30) De Vries  27' Simmons  74'	Attendance: 4,814 Referee: Willie Young

SPL	Hearts		3–1		Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium	1 November 2003
Kirk  74' (85) Pressley  92' (pen.)					Lilley  51'	Attendance: 11,233 Referee: Stuart Dougal

SPL	Aberdeen		0–1		Hearts	Pittodrie	9 November 2003
					Kirk  12'	Attendance: 9,687 Referee: Craig Thomson

SPL	Hearts		2–0		Hibs	Tynecastle Stadium	23 November 2003
Orman  9' (og.) Smith  67' (og.)						Attendance: 16,632 Referee: Hugh Dallas

SPL	Dundee United		2–1		Hearts	Tannadice	30 November 2003
Archibald  12' McInnes  44'					Severin  46'	Attendance: 6,343 Referee: Alan Freeland

SPL	Dunfermline		2–1		Hearts	East End Park	6 December 2003
Young  21' Wilson  62'					Maybury  40'	Attendance: 6,199 Referee: Charlie Richmond

SPL	Hearts		2–1		Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium	13 December 2003
Kirk  64' Stamp  79'					McSwegan  92'	Attendance: 10,154 Referee: Iain Brines

SPL	Rangers		2–1		Hearts	Ibrox	20 December 2003
Arveladze  22' Burke  52'					Kirk  11'	Attendance: 49,592 Referee: Hugh Dallas

SPL	Hearts		0–0		Motherwell	Tynecastle Stadium	27 December 2003
						Attendance: 10,046 Referee: John Rowbotham

SPL	Dundee		1–2		Hearts	Dens Park	6 January 2004
McLean  80'					De Vries  46' Maybury  83'	Attendance: 6,387 Referee: Craig Thomson

SPL	Hearts		0–1		Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium	18 January 2004
					Petrov  27'	Attendance: 13,753 Referee: Kenny Clark

SPL	Hearts		2–0		Partick	Tynecastle Stadium	24 January 2004
Wyness  41' (78)						Attendance: 10,264 Referee: Mike McCurry

SPL	Hearts		1–0		Aberdeen	Tynecastle Stadium	11 February 2004
Pressley  81' (pen.)						Attendance: 11,236 Referee: Stuart Dougal

SPL	Hibs		1–1		Hearts	Easter Road	15 February 2004
Riordan  24'					Pressley  47' (pen.)	Attendance: 15,016 Referee: Mike McCurry

SPL	Hearts		3–1		Dundee United	Tynecastle Stadium	21 February 2004
Hartley  16' Wilson  65' (og.) McKenna  72'					McIntyre  52'	Attendance: 10,265 Referee: Charlie Richmond

SPL	Livingston		2–3		Hearts	Almondvale Stadium	24 February 2004
Makel  4' McMenamin  56'					De Vries  25' Kirk  47' McKenna  84'	Attendance: 4,450 Referee: Ian Fyfye

SPL	Dunfermline		0–0		Hearts	East End Park	28 February 2004
						Attendance: 8,421 Referee: Ian Fyfye

SPL	Kilmarnock		1–1		Hearts	Rugby Park	7 March 2004
Invincible  87'					Webster  60'	Attendance: 5,297 Referee: Mike McCurry

SPL	Hearts		1–1		Rangers	Tynecastle Stadium	13 March 2004
Wyness  75'					Moore  60' (pen.)	Attendance: 14,598 Referee: Kenny Clark

SPL	Hearts		3–1		Dundee	Tynecastle Stadium	27 March 2004
Hartley  52' Pressley  59' (pen.) Hamill  67'					Milne  8'	Attendance: 10,491 Referee: Hugh Dallas

SPL	Celtic		2–2		Hearts	Celtic Park	3 April 2004
Sutton  88' Agathe  91'					McKenna  21' De Vries  77'	Attendance: 59,348 Referee: Dougie McDonald

SPL	Motherwell		1–1		Hearts	Fir Park	7 April 2004
Clarkson  61'					Wyness  27'	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Charlie Richmond

SPL	Partick Thistle		1–0		Hearts	Firhill Stadium	10 April 2004
Thomson  49'						Attendance: 4,043 Referee: Alan Freeland

SPL	Hearts		1–1		Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium	17 April 2004
McKenna  18'					McMenamin  73'	Attendance: 10,352 Referee: John Underhill

SPL	Hearts		1–1		Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium	25 April 2004
De Vries  74'					McGeady  17'	Attendance: 12,112 Referee: Kenny Clark

SPL	Dundee United		0–2		Hearts	Tannadice	1 May 2004
					De Vries  4' Webster  72'	Attendance: 6,620 Referee: Mark Ritchie

SPL	Hearts		2–1		Dunfermline	Tynecastle Stadium	8 May 2004
De Vries  42' (81)					Tod  11'	Attendance: 10,846 Referee: Kevin Toner

SPL	Rangers		0–1		Hearts	Ibrox	12 May 2004
					Hamill  50'	Attendance: 47,467 Referee: Dougie McDonald

SPL	Hearts		3–2		Motherwell	Tynecastle Stadium	16 May 2004
Wyness  5' (68) McKenna  75'					McDonald  37' Clarkson  45'	Attendance: 11,619 Referee: Iain Brines

Uefa Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Uefa Cup Round 1 First Leg	Hearts		2–0		Željezničar Sarajevo	Tynecastle Stadium	24 September 2003
De Vries  28' Webster  58'						Attendance: 15,830 Referee: Jack van Hulten

Uefa Cup Round 1 Second Leg	Željezničar Sarajevo		0–0		Hearts	Olimpijski Stadion Kosevo	15 October 2003
						Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Anton Stredak

Uefa Cup Round 2 First Leg	Girondins de Bordeaux		0–1		Hearts	Stade Chaban-Delmas	6 November 2003
					De Vries  78'	Attendance: 15,536 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson

Uefa Cup Round 2 Second Leg	Hearts		0–2		Girondins de Bordeaux	Tynecastle Stadium	27 November 2003
					Riera  8' Feindouno  66'	Attendance: 17,587 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski

Festival Cup

Main article: Festival Cup

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

League Cup

Main article: Scottish League Cup 2003–04

League Cup Round 3	Hearts		2–1		Falkirk	Tynecastle Stadium	29 October 2003
De Vries  54' Kirk  86'					Latapy  58'	Attendance: 8,687 Referee: John Rowbotham

League Cup Round QF	Dundee		1 – 0 (a.e.t.)		Hearts	Dens Park	3 December 2003
Linn  107'						Attendance: 7,130 Referee: Willie Young

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2003–04 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup R3	Hearts		2–0		Berwick Rangers	Tynecastle Stadium	10 January 2004
Cowan  28' (og.) Hamill  65'						Attendance: 8,516 Referee: Willie Young

Scottish Cup R4	Hearts		0–3		Celtic	Tynecastle Stadium	7 February 2004
					Petrov  3' (33) Larsson  95'	Attendance: 15,372 Referee: Willie Young

Final SPL Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	38	31	5	2	105	25	80	98	UEFA Champions League 2004–05 Group stage
2	Rangers	38	25	6	7	76	33	43	81	UEFA Champions League 2004–05 Third qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	19	11	8	56	40	16	68	UEFA Cup 2004–05 First round
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	UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 second round
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	Relegated to First Division 2004–05

See also

• List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons

References

External links

• Official Club website
• Complete Statistical Record