# 2003–04 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2003–04 season was Kilmarnock's fifth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Kilmarnock finished tenth in the Scottish Premier League with 42 points. They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Brechin City and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Rangers.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Premier League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 9 August 2003 | Rangers | A | 0–4 | 49,108 | |
| 2 | 16 August 2003 | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | 6,778 | Hardie 46’ Boyd 60’ |
| 3 | 23 August 2003 | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | 5,087 | Dindeleux 76’ |
| 4 | 31 August 2003 | Dundee | H | 1–1 | 5,973 | Boyd 79’ |
| 5 | 13 September 2003 | Hearts | H | 0–2 | 6,925 | |
| 6 | 20 September 2003 | Livingston | H | 2–1 | 6,150 | Hessey 15’ Boyd 22’ |
| 7 | 27 September 2003 | Dundee United | A | 1–1 | 6,529 | Boyd 72’ |
| 8 | 4 October 2003 | Aberdeen | H | 1–3 | 6,023 | Nish 67’ |
| 9 | 18 October 2003 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–2 | 4,495 | McSwegan 24’, 84’ Shields 69’ |
| 10 | 25 October 2003 | Hibernian | A | 1–3 | 7,191 | Nish 80’ |
| 11 | 1 November 2003 | Celtic | H | 0–5 | 12,460 | |
| 12 | 9 November 2003 | Rangers | H | 2–3 | 12,204 | McDonald 39’ Canero 50’ |
| 13 | 22 November 2003 | Partick Thistle | A | 4–2 | 4,445 | Nish 26’ McDonald 61’, 66’ Nish 90’ |
| 14 | 29 November 2003 | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | 6,320 | Canero 13’ Boyd 60’ |
| 15 | 6 December 2003 | Dundee | A | 2–1 | 6,954 | Nish 8’, Boyd 37’ |
| 16 | 13 December 2003 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | 9,881 | McSwegan 90’ |
| 17 | 20 December 2003 | Livingston | H | 0–3 | 5,035 | |
| 18 | 27 December 2003 | Dundee United | H | 0–2 | 6,062 | |
| 19 | 3 January 2004 | Aberdeen | A | 1–3 | 11,698 | Nish 82’ |
| 20 | 17 January 2004 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | 5,715 | McSwegan 29’ (Pen.) |
| 21 | 24 January 2004 | Hibernian | H | 0–2 | 5,571 | |
| 22 | 31 January 2004 | Celtic | A | 1–5 | 59,138 | Skora 84’ |
| 23 | 11 February 2004 | Rangers | A | 0–2 | 46,900 | |
| 24 | 14 February 2004 | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | 5,818 | Lilley 55’, Boyd 58’ |
| 25 | 21 February 2004 | Motherwell | H | 0–1 | 5,163 | |
| 26 | 28 February 2004 | Dundee | A | 4–2 | 5,454 | Skora 32’, Invincible 34’, 64’ Boyd 54’ (Pen.) |
| 27 | 7 March 2004 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | 5,297 | Invincible 87’ |
| 28 | 20 March 2004 | Dundee United | A | 1–4 | 5,757 | Invincible 61’ |
| 29 | 27 March 2004 | Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | 7,250 | Dargo 1’ Boyd 28’, 76’ |
| 30 | 3 April 2004 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–2 | 3,914 | Invincible 9’ |
| 31 | 7 April 2004 | Livingston | A | 1–1 | 2,677 | Dargo 85’ |
| 32 | 10 April 2004 | Hibernian | H | 0–3 | 7,326 | |
| 33 | 18 April 2004 | Celtic | H | 0–1 | 14,576 | |
| 34 | 24 April 2004 | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | 4,886 | Boyd 28’, 76’ |
| 35 | 1 May 2004 | Livingston | H | 4–2 | 5,023 | Nish 54’, 79’ Canning 74’ McSwegan 87’ |
| 36 | 8 May 2004 | Dundee | A | 0–2 | 4,942 | |
| 37 | 12 May 2004 | Aberdeen | H | 4–0 | 4,987 | Skora 24’ Boyd 36’, 58’ Nish 61’ |
| 38 | 15 May 2004 | Partick Thistle | A | 2–2 | 4,124 | Boyd 6’ Dargo 68’ |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Second Round | 23 September 2003 | Brechin City | A | 0–1 | 829 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| Third Round | 10 January 2004 | Raith Rovers | A | 3–1 | 3,610 | McSwegan 28’ McDonald 32’ Nish 35’ |
| Fourth Round | 8 February 2004 | Rangers | H | 0–2 | 11,072 | |

## Player statistics

    As of 15 May 2004 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Colin Meldrum | 16 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Greg Shields | 21 | 1 | 19+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | David Lilley | 14 | 1 | 14+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Barry McLaughlin | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Gary Locke | 22 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Chris Innes | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Gordon Greer | 27 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Dindeleux | 35 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Fowler | 35 | 0 | 25+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Steve Fulton | 23 | 0 | 21+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Gary McSwegan | 34 | 6 | 13+18 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Craig Dargo | 12 | 3 | 3+9 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Peter Canero | 13 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Eric Skora | 18 | 3 | 16+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SCO | Kris Boyd | 40 | 15 | 31+6 | 15 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Alan Mahood | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Sean Hessey | 8 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Martin Hardie | 18 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Shaun Dillon | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Gary McDonald | 25 | 4 | 15+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Stevie Murray | 31 | 0 | 22+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Paul Di Giacomo | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Colin Nish | 32 | 10 | 15+15 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Mark Canning | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Garry Hay | 32 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SCO | Craig Samson | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Danny Invincible | 24 | 5 | 19+3 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | FRA | François Dubourdeau | 22 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SCO | Rhian Dodds | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Neil McGregor | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | SCO | Steven Naismith | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Hibernian | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 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 (R) | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 26 | Relegation to the Scottish First Division |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 |