2001–02 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2001–02 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Dick Advocaat
(until 12 December)
Alex McLeish
(from 13 December)
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 2nd
P38 W25 D10 L3 F82 A27
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)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2001–02 season was the 122nd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

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

Transfers

In

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
8 MF Germany Christian Nerlinger 28 Borussia Dortmund Germany Transfer Summer 2005 £1.8m [1]
7 FW Argentina Claudio Caniggia 34 Dundee Transfer Summer 2003 £0.9m [2]
20 MF Trinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy 32 Hibernian Transfer Summer 2003 Free [3]
18 DF England Michael Ball 21 Everton England Transfer Summer 2006 £6.5m [4]
24 FW Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 28 Ajax Netherlands Transfer Summer 2005 £2m [5]

Last updated: 29 August 2001
 Total spending: £11.2m

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
11 MF Germany Jörg Albertz 30 Hamburger SV Germany Transfer Summer £3m [6]
21 DF Italy Sergio Porrini 32 Alessandria Italy End of contract Summer n/a [7][8]
10 FW England Rod Wallace 31 Bolton Wanderers England End of contract Summer n/a [8]
30 GK France Lionel Charbonnier 34 Lausanne-Sport Switzerland End of contract Summer n/a [8]
32 GK Scotland Mark Brown 20 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [8]
8 MF Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst 26 Arsenal England Transfer Summer £8.5m [9]
17 MF Turkey Tugay Kerimoğlu 30 Blackburn Rovers England Transfer Summer £1.3m [10]
FW Scotland Peter MacDonald 20 St Johnstone Transfer Summer £0.125m [11]
45 MF Northern Ireland Stephen Carson 20 Dundee United Transfer Summer £0.15m [12]
31 FW Jamaica Marcus Gayle 30 Watford England Transfer Summer £0.9m [13]
24 MF Scotland Allan Johnston 27 Middlesbrough England Transfer Summer £0.6m [14]
12 MF United States Claudio Reyna 28 Sunderland England Transfer n/a £4m [15]
23 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers England Transfer n/a £3m [16]

Last updated: 13 December 2002
 Total spending: £21.575m

  • Total loss/gain: Increase £10.375m

Player statistics

Total Scottish Premier League Scottish CupLeague CupChampions LeagueUEFA Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GKGermany Stefan Klos 57 57 36 6 4 4 7
2 DFNetherlands Fernando Ricksen 47 475 314 4 3 415
3 DFAustralia Craig Moore 29 293 183 2 2 3 4
4 DFItaly Lorenzo Amoruso 47 476 284 614 2 71
5 DFNetherlands Arthur Numan 43 452 301 2 313 7
6 MFScotland Barry Ferguson 37 396 221 52312 72
7 FWArgentina Claudio Caniggia 31 429 245 3 42427
8 MFGermany Christian Nerlinger 10 114 81 12 21
9 FWNorway Tore André Flo 39 4625 3018 32214371
10 FWNetherlands Michael Mols 10 242 152 2 2 2 3
11 MFScotland Neil McCann 22 387 256 5 2 3 31
12 MFUnited States Claudio Reyna 17 173 102 113 3
14 MFNetherlands Ronald de Boer 31 3910 258 4 3 1 62
15 DFNetherlands Bert Konterman 41 425 262 21314 71
16 FWScotland Billy Dodds 6 166 112 341 1
17 MFRussia Andrei Kanchelskis 9 142 101 31 1
18 DFEngland Michael Ball 8 111 7 2 21
19 DFScotland Scott Wilson 10 12 6 1 1 3 1
20 MFTrinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy 21 295 165 3 3 2 5
21 DFScotland Maurice Ross 24 29 21 4 1 1 2
22 GKDenmark Jesper Christiansen
23 FWScotland Kenny Miller 3 3
24 MFScotland Allan Johnston 1 1 1
24 FWGeorgia (country) Shota Arveladze 27 3017 2211 5333
25 DFAustralia Tony Vidmar 34 381 241 5 3 3 3
26 MFDenmark Peter Løvenkrands 18 327 192 4331 61
27 MFScotland Stephen Hughes 18 281 171 4 2 3 2
28 DFPoland Dariusz Adamczuk
29 DFFinland Tero Penttilä 1 1
31 DFScotland Robert Malcolm 7 8 7 1
33 GKScotland Allan McGregor 3 3 2 1
36 DFScotland Andy Dowie 1 1
39 MFScotland Jimmy Gibson 2 1 1
46 FWScotland Tom Brighton 1 1 1
48 MFScotland Chris Burke 1 21 21

Last updated: 2002
Source: Wikipedia article
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank

Club

Matches

Scottish Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 July 2001AberdeenA3–018,800Nerlinger, Latapy (pen.), Caniggia
4 August 2001LivingstonH0–047,805
11 August 2001Dunfermline AthleticA4–110,902Konterman (2), Latapy, Flo
18 August 2001HibernianH2–245,940Hughes, Flo
26 August 2001DundeeH2–048,038Mols, Ricksen
8 September 2001Heart of MidlothianA2–214,014Latapy, Flo
16 September 2001MotherwellH3–041,137Flo, de Boer, Caniggia
22 September 2001Dundee UnitedA6–111,117Buchan (o.g.), Flo (3), de Boer, McCann
30 September 2001CelticH0–250,097
13 October 2001KilmarnockH3–149,379Arveladze, Caniggia, Flo
21 October 2001St. JohnstoneA2–08,331Arveladze, Flo
27 October 2001LivingstonA2–010,012Reyna (2)
4 November 2001AberdeenH2–049,739Flo (2)
17 November 2001Dunfermline AthleticH4–048,554Arveladze (2), Flo (2)
25 November 2001CelticA1–259,609Løvenkrands
1 December 2001DundeeA0–011,085
9 December 2001Heart of MidlothianH3–147,891de Boer, Latapy, Arveladze
12 December 2001HibernianH1–146,179Ricksen
15 December 2001MotherwellA2–29,864Arveladze, McCann
22 December 2001Dundee UnitedH3–247,315Arveladze (2), Amoruso
26 December 2001HibernianA3–014,021Moore, Flo, Arveladze
29 December 2001St. JohnstoneH1–048,827Mols
12 January 2002LivingstonH3–048,044Caniggia (2), Flo
19 January 2002AberdeenA1–017,846Amoruso
23 January 2002Dunfermline AthleticA4–28,795de Boer (2), Vidmar, Arveladze
30 January 2002KilmarnockA2–211,589de Boer, Flo
2 February 2002DundeeH2–148,861Arveladze, Moore
9 February 2002Heart of MidlothianA2–014,128de Boer, McCann
16 February 2002MotherwellH3–049,284Latapy, Flo, Ricksen
3 March 2002Dundee UnitedA1–09,386Amoruso (pen.)
6 March 2002St. JohnstoneA2–06,382Flo, Ricksen
10 March 2002CelticH1–149,765Numan
20 March 2002KilmarnockH5–040,768McCann (3), Kanchelskis, Burke
7 April 2002Heart of MidlothianH2–047,492Dodds (2)
13 April 2002LivingstonA1–210,019Amoruso
21 April 2002CelticA1–159,384Løvenkrands
27 April 2002AberdeenH2–048,878McCann, Ferguson
12 May 2002Dunfermline AthleticA1–18,716Moore

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 July 2001QR2NK MariborA3–06,100Flo (2, 1 pen.), Nerlinger
1 August 2001QR2NK MariborH3–150,045Caniggia (2), Flo
8 August 2001QR3FenerbahceH0–049,472
22 August 2001QR3FenerbahceA1–218,272Ricksen

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
27 September 2001R1Anzhi Makhachkala RussiaN Poland[19]1–04,200Konterman
18 October 2001R2Dynamo Moscow RussiaH3–145,008Amoruso, Ball, de Boer
1 November 2001R2Dynamo Moscow RussiaA Russia4–16,000de Boer, Ferguson, Flo, Løvenkrands
22 November 2001R3Paris Saint-Germain FranceH0–049,223
6 December 2001R3Paris Saint-Germain FranceA France0–0*35,000
21 February 2002R4Feyenoord NetherlandsH1–149,041Ferguson (pen.)
28 February 2002R4Feyenoord NetherlandsA Netherlands2–345,000McCann, Ferguson (pen.)

*Rangers won the match 4-3 on penalties

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 January 2002R3Berwick RangersA0–04,280
21 January 2002R3 RBerwick RangersH3–017,662Amoruso, Konterman, Arveladze
26 January 2002R4HibernianH4–125,636Flo (2), Løvenkrands, Dodds
24 February 2002QFForfar AthleticA6–04,504Dodds (3), Arveladze (2), Kanchelskis
24 March 2002SFPartick ThistleN3–031,969Nerlinger (2), Ferguson
4 May 2002FCelticN3–251,138Løvenkrands (2), Ferguson

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 October 2001R3AirdrieoniansH3–034,075Arveladze (2), Numan
28 November 2001QFRoss CountyA2–15,972Arveladze, Reyna
5 February 2002SFCelticN2–143,457Løvenkrands, Konterman
17 March 2002FAyr UnitedN4–050,076Caniggia (2), Flo, Ferguson (pen.)

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
5 July 2001VV DovoA7-04,000Miller (3), de Boer, Numan, Dodds, Kanchelskis
7 July 2001VV CapelleA5-13,500Johnston (2), Caniggia, de Boer, Gayle
9 July 2001WHC/VSCO[20]A8-02,200Miller (3), Flo (2), Dodds, Nerlinger, Caniggia
15 July 2001FC CopenhagenA1-110,484Nerlinger
17 July 2001Malmo FFA3-16,000McCann, Caniggia, Flo
21 July 2001AnderlechtH1-225,200Caniggia

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 3833419418+76103UEFA Champions League 2002–03
Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38251038227+5585UEFA Cup 2002–03 First round
3 Livingston 381610125047+358UEFA Cup 2002–03 Qualifying round
4 Aberdeen 38167155149+255UEFA Cup 2002–03 Qualifying round

References

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  2. ↑ "Rangers better than Celtic - Caniggia". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 June 2001.
  3. ↑ "Latapy signs at Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2001.
  4. ↑ "Ball remains in Ibrox limbo". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 October 2004.
  5. ↑ "Arveladze ready for Ibrox fight". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 August 2001.
  6. ↑ "Albertz rejoins Hamburg". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 May 2001.
  7. ↑ "Wallace, Porrini and more to leave Ibrox". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 April 2001.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "SPL summer signings". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 July 2001.
  9. ↑ "Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 June 2001.
  10. ↑ "Blackburn agree Tugay fee". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2001.
  11. ↑ "Saints snap up MacDonald". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 August 2001.
  12. ↑ "Carson moves to Dundee United". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2001.
  13. ↑ "Gayle blows into Vicarage Road". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2001.
  14. ↑ "Johnston to decide on Boro". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 July 2001.
  15. ↑ "Reyna set for Sunderland switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 December 2001.
  16. ↑ "Wolves seal Miller deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 December 2001.
  17. ↑ Wouters joins Dutch legion at Ibrox
  18. ↑ "McLean makes Rangers return". BBC. BBC Sport. 11 May 2001.
  19. ↑ "Rangers fans travel to Warsaw". BBC. BBC Sport. 20 September 2001.
  20. ↑ WHC provided first-half opposition and VSCO second-half
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