2001–02 Rangers F.C. season
2001–02 season | ||||
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Chairman | David Murray | |||
Manager | Dick Advocaat (until 12 December) Alex McLeish (from 13 December) | |||
Ground | Ibrox Stadium | |||
Scottish Premier League | 2nd | |||
Scottish Cup | Winners | |||
League Cup | Winners | |||
Champions League | Third qualifying round | |||
UEFA Cup | Fourth round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Tore André Flo (18) All: Tore André Flo (25) | |||
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The 2001–02 season was the 122nd season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview
[edit]Rangers played a total of 59 competitive matches during the 2001–02 season. The side won both the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in 2001–02, while finishing second in the Scottish Premier League.
The season started under the Management of Dutchman Dick Advocaat. Inconsistent form including two losses to Celtic meant that by December, Rangers were behind Celtic in the league. Advocaat announced his resignation in December, moving to the position of Director of Football and Hibernian manager Alex McLeish took over. Rangers league form improved under McLeish with only one defeat taking place under him before the end of the season, but the gap opened up by Celtic meant no challenge to win the league was possible.
McLeish lead Rangers to success in the two domestic cup competitions. In the League Cup semi-final Rangers beat Celtic 2-1 after extra time with a long range Bert Konterman goal proving to be the winner. They would then go on to win the competition with a 4–0 win over Ayr United in the final. In the Scottish Cup Rangers against faced Celtic, this time in the final. A dramatic last minute goal from Peter Løvenkrands saw Rangers win the game 3–2.
In Europe Rangers went out of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round to Fenerbache and therefore dropped into the UEFA Cup. Rangers progressed in this competition and a penalty shoot-out win over PSG saw them stay in Europe beyond Christmas for the first time in nine years. Rangers then narrowly lost the next round to eventual UEFA Cup winners Feyenoord.
Players
[edit]Appearances
[edit]Total | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Champions League | UEFA Cup | |||||||||||
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No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Sts |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
1 | GK | Stefan Klos | 57 | 57 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
2 | DF | Fernando Ricksen | 47 | 47 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
3 | DF | Craig Moore | 29 | 29 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
4 | DF | Lorenzo Amoruso | 47 | 47 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||
5 | DF | Arthur Numan | 43 | 45 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
6 | MF | Barry Ferguson | 37 | 39 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
7 | FW | Claudio Caniggia | 31 | 42 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
8 | MF | Christian Nerlinger | 10 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
9 | FW | Tore André Flo | 39 | 46 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
10 | FW | Michael Mols | 10 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
11 | MF | Neil McCann | 22 | 38 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||
12 | MF | Claudio Reyna | 17 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
14 | MF | Ronald de Boer | 31 | 39 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||
15 | DF | Bert Konterman | 41 | 42 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
16 | FW | Billy Dodds | 6 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
17 | MF | Andrei Kanchelskis | 9 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
18 | DF | Michael Ball | 8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
19 | DF | Scott Wilson | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
20 | MF | Russell Latapy | 21 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
21 | DF | Maurice Ross | 24 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
22 | GK | Jesper Christiansen | ||||||||||||||
23 | FW | Kenny Miller | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
24 | MF | Allan Johnston | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
24 | FW | Shota Arveladze | 27 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
25 | DF | Tony Vidmar | 34 | 38 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
26 | MF | Peter Løvenkrands | 18 | 32 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
27 | MF | Stephen Hughes | 18 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||
28 | DF | Dariusz Adamczuk | ||||||||||||||
29 | DF | Tero Penttilä | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
31 | DF | Robert Malcolm | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
33 | GK | Allan McGregor | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
36 | DF | Andy Dowie | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
39 | MF | Jimmy Gibson | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
46 | FW | Tom Brighton | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
48 | MF | Chris Burke | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | MF | Christian Nerlinger | 28 | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | 2005 | £1.8m | [1] | |
7 | FW | Claudio Caniggia | 34 | Dundee | Transfer | Summer | 2003 | £0.9m | [2] | |
20 | MF | Russell Latapy | 32 | Hibernian | Transfer | Summer | 2003 | Free | [3] | |
18 | DF | Michael Ball | 21 | Everton | Transfer | Summer | 2006 | £6.5m | [4] | |
24 | FW | Shota Arveladze | 28 | Ajax | Transfer | Summer | 2005 | £2m | [5] |
Last updated: 29 August 2001
Total spending: £11.2m
Out
[edit]N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | MF | Jörg Albertz | 30 | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | £3m | [6] | |
21 | DF | Sergio Porrini | 32 | Alessandria | End of contract | Summer | n/a | [7] | |
10 | FW | Rod Wallace | 31 | Bolton Wanderers | End of contract | Summer | n/a | [7] | |
30 | GK | Lionel Charbonnier | 34 | Lausanne-Sport | End of contract | Summer | n/a | [7] | |
32 | GK | Mark Brown | 20 | Motherwell | End of contract | Summer | n/a | [7] | |
8 | MF | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 26 | Arsenal | Transfer | Summer | £8.5m | [8] | |
17 | MF | Tugay Kerimoğlu | 30 | Blackburn Rovers | Transfer | Summer | £1.3m | [9] | |
FW | Peter MacDonald | 20 | St Johnstone | Transfer | Summer | £0.125m | [10] | ||
45 | MF | Stephen Carson | 20 | Dundee United | Transfer | Summer | £0.15m | [11] | |
31 | FW | Marcus Gayle | 30 | Watford | Transfer | Summer | £0.9m | [12] | |
24 | MF | Allan Johnston | 27 | Middlesbrough | Transfer | Summer | £0.6m | [13] | |
12 | MF | Claudio Reyna | 28 | Sunderland | Transfer | n/a | £4m | [14] | |
23 | FW | Kenny Miller | 21 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer | n/a | £3m | [15] |
Last updated: 13 December 2002
Total spending: £21.575m
- Total loss/gain: £10.375m
Results
[edit]All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Friendlies
[edit]Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 July 2001 | VV DOVO | A | 7–0 | 4,000 | Miller (3), de Boer, Numan, Dodds, Kanchelskis |
7 July 2001 | VV Capelle | A | 5–1 | 3,500 | Johnston (2), Caniggia, de Boer, Gayle |
9 July 2001 | WHC Wezep/VSCO[16] | A | 8–0 | 2,200 | Miller (3), Flo (2), Dodds, Nerlinger, Caniggia |
15 July 2001 | FC Copenhagen | A | 1–1 | 10,484 | Nerlinger |
17 July 2001 | Malmö | A | 3–1 | 6,000 | McCann, Caniggia, Flo |
21 July 2001 | Anderlecht | H | 1–2 | 25,200 | Caniggia |
Scottish Premier League
[edit]Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 July 2001 | Aberdeen | A | 3–0 | 18,800 | Nerlinger, Latapy (pen.), Caniggia |
4 August 2001 | Livingston | H | 0–0 | 47,805 | |
11 August 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 4–1 | 10,902 | Konterman (2), Latapy, Flo |
18 August 2001 | Hibernian | H | 2–2 | 45,940 | Hughes, Flo |
26 August 2001 | Dundee | H | 2–0[permanent dead link] | 48,038 | Mols, Ricksen |
8 September 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | 14,014 | Latapy, Flo |
16 September 2001 | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | 41,137 | Flo, de Boer, Caniggia |
22 September 2001 | Dundee United | A | 6–1 | 11,117 | Buchan (o.g.), Flo (3), de Boer, McCann |
30 September 2001 | Celtic | H | 0–2 | 50,097 | |
13 October 2001 | Kilmarnock | H | 3–1 | 49,379 | Arveladze, Caniggia, Flo |
21 October 2001 | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | 8,331 | Arveladze, Flo |
27 October 2001 | Livingston | A | 2–0 | 10,012 | Reyna (2) |
4 November 2001 | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | 49,739 | Flo (2) |
17 November 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–0 | 48,554 | Arveladze (2), Flo (2) |
25 November 2001 | Celtic | A | 1–2 | 59,609 | Løvenkrands |
1 December 2001 | Dundee | A | 0–0 | 11,085 | |
9 December 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | 47,891 | de Boer, Latapy, Arveladze |
12 December 2001 | Hibernian | H | 1–1 | 46,179 | Ricksen |
15 December 2001 | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | 9,864 | Arveladze, McCann |
22 December 2001 | Dundee United | H | 3–2 | 47,315 | Arveladze (2), Amoruso |
26 December 2001 | Hibernian | A | 3–0 | 14,021 | Moore, Flo, Arveladze |
29 December 2001 | St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | 48,827 | Mols |
12 January 2002 | Livingston | H | 3–0 | 48,044 | Caniggia (2), Flo |
19 January 2002 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 17,846 | Amoruso |
23 January 2002 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 4–2 | 8,795 | de Boer (2), Vidmar, Arveladze |
30 January 2002 | Kilmarnock | A | 2–2 | 11,589 | de Boer, Flo |
2 February 2002 | Dundee | H | 2–1 | 48,861 | Arveladze, Moore |
9 February 2002 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–0 | 14,128 | de Boer, McCann |
16 February 2002 | Motherwell | H | 3–0 | 49,284 | Latapy, Flo, Ricksen |
3 March 2002 | Dundee United | A | 1–0 | 9,386 | Amoruso (pen.) |
6 March 2002 | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | 6,382 | Flo, Ricksen |
10 March 2002 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 50,111 | Numan |
20 March 2002 | Kilmarnock | H | 5–0 | 40,768 | McCann (3), Kanchelskis, Burke |
7 April 2002 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | 47,492 | Dodds (2) |
13 April 2002 | Livingston | A | 1–2 | 10,019 | Amoruso |
21 April 2002 | Celtic | A | 1–1 | 59,384 | Løvenkrands |
27 April 2002 | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | 48,878 | McCann, Ferguson |
12 May 2002 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | 8,716 | Moore |
Scottish League Cup
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 October 2001 | R3 | Airdrieonians | H | 3–0 | 34,075 | Arveladze (2), Numan |
28 November 2001 | QF | Ross County | A | 2–1 | 5,972 | Arveladze, Reyna |
5 February 2002 | SF | Celtic | N | 2–1 | 43,457 | Løvenkrands, Konterman |
17 March 2002 | F | Ayr United | N | 4–0 | 50,076 | Caniggia (2), Flo, Ferguson (pen.) |
Scottish Cup
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 January 2002 | R3 | Berwick Rangers | A | 0–0 | 4,280 | |
21 January 2002 | R3 R | Berwick Rangers | H | 3–0 | 17,662 | Amoruso, Konterman, Arveladze |
26 January 2002 | R4 | Hibernian | H | 4–1 | 25,636 | Flo (2), Løvenkrands, Dodds |
24 February 2002 | QF | Forfar Athletic | A | 6–0 | 4,504 | Dodds (3), Arveladze (2), Kanchelskis |
24 March 2002 | SF | Partick Thistle | N | 3–0 | 31,969 | Nerlinger (2), Ferguson |
4 May 2002 | F | Celtic | N | 3–2 | 51,138 | Løvenkrands (2), Ferguson |
UEFA Champions League
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 July 2001 | QR2 | NK Maribor | A | 3–0 | 6,100 | Flo (2, 1 pen.), Nerlinger |
1 August 2001 | QR2 | NK Maribor | H | 3–1 | 50,045 | Caniggia (2), Flo |
8 August 2001 | QR3 | Fenerbahçe | H | 0–0 | 49,472 | |
22 August 2001 | QR3 | Fenerbahçe | A | 1–2[permanent dead link] | 18,272 | Ricksen |
UEFA Cup
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 September 2001 | R1 | Anzhi Makhachkala | N[17] | 1–0 | 4,200 | Konterman |
18 October 2001 | R2 | Dynamo Moscow | H | 3–1 | 45,008 | Amoruso, Ball, de Boer |
1 November 2001 | R2 | Dynamo Moscow | A | 4–1 | 6,000 | de Boer, Ferguson, Flo, Løvenkrands |
22 November 2001 | R3 | Paris Saint-Germain | H | 0–0 | 49,223 | |
6 December 2001 | R3 | Paris Saint-Germain | A | 0–0* | 35,000 | |
21 February 2002 | R4 | Feyenoord | H | 1–1 | 49,041 | Ferguson (pen.) |
28 February 2002 | R4 | Feyenoord | A | 2–3 | 45,000 | McCann, Ferguson (pen.) |
*Rangers won the match 4–3 on penalties
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 94 | 18 | +76 | 103 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Rangers | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 82 | 27 | +55 | 85 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Livingston | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 58 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b] |
4 | Aberdeen | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 55 | |
5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 48 |
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
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 both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.
References
[edit]- ^ "Rangers line up Nerlinger". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 June 2001.
- ^ "Rangers better than Celtic - Caniggia". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 June 2001.
- ^ "Latapy signs at Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2001.
- ^ "Ball remains in Ibrox limbo". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 October 2004.
- ^ "Arveladze ready for Ibrox fight". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 August 2001.
- ^ "Albertz rejoins Hamburg". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 May 2001.
- ^ a b c d "SPL summer signings". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 July 2001.
- ^ "Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 June 2001.
- ^ "Blackburn agree Tugay fee". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2001.
- ^ "Saints snap up MacDonald". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 August 2001.
- ^ "Carson moves to Dundee United". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2001.
- ^ "Gayle blows into Vicarage Road". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2001.
- ^ "Johnston to decide on Boro". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 July 2001.
- ^ "Reyna set for Sunderland switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 December 2001.
- ^ "Wolves seal Miller deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 December 2001.[permanent dead link]
- ^ WHC provided first-half opposition and VSCO second-half
- ^ "Rangers fans travel to Warsaw". BBC. BBC Sport. 20 September 2001.