2008–09 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

2008–09 season
Chairman	David Murray
Manager	Walter Smith
Ground	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League	1st P38 W26 D8 L4 F77 A28
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Kris Boyd (27) All: Kris Boyd (31)
Highest home attendance	50,403 vs Celtic (27 December)
Lowest home attendance	27,588 vs Hamilton Academical (8 March)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 2008–09 season. The season began disastrously as the club exited the UEFA Champions League and European football altogether, losing 2–1 on aggregate to Lithuanian side FBK Kaunas in the second qualifying round. The first leg at Ibrox finished goalless, but the return leg ended in defeat for Rangers after an 87th-minute header from Linas Pilibaitis. The financial consequences of the failures to qualify for the Champions League were revealed when the club posted a loss of £3.9m for the six months to December 2008, and in March decided to offer staff the option of voluntary redundancy as a way of cutting costs.^[1] There was also mounting pressure on the manager to reduce the first team squad from 28 players to a more manageable figure. The player excess was eased slightly with the departures of Chris Burke, Jean-Claude Darcheville and a couple out on loan deals but the increased debt meant that the club needed to find a cash injection. This resulted in the attempted sale of Kris Boyd to Birmingham City which fell through due to the players wage demands.^[2]

In the first Old Firm game of the season, Rangers won 4–2, with Pedro Mendes scoring his first goal for the club, and Kenny Miller scoring a double against his former employers. But the team's league form stuttered thereafter. Despite a run of five wins from six matches following the Old Firm victory, the side trailed Celtic by seven points in the league at the turn of the year. For the first few months of 2009 both sides dropped and gained points on the other and Rangers briefly took over top spot of the Scottish Premier League on 21 February after a win against Kilmarnock. The spell as league leaders lasted less than a fortnight. A defeat and a draw, both at home, to Inverness and Hearts respectively, saw Smith's side sit second in the table, one point behind Celtic, at the split. The fourth Old Firm league meeting of the season finished with a 1-0 win to Rangers, thanks to a Steven Davis strike. This meant that, with three league games remaining, Rangers were two points ahead of Celtic. Further twists and turns followed, both Old Firm sides drew their matches against Hibernian at Easter Road, and so Rangers were ahead by two points with one round of matches remaining. Smith's side just needed a win against Dundee United to guarantee the club's 52nd league title. That is exactly what they got, goals from Kyle Lafferty, Pedro Mendes and Kris Boyd sealed a 3-0 win and the club's first league championship in four seasons.^[3]

The club played in the finals of both of the domestic cup competitions for the second season running. The 2009 Scottish League Cup Final was reached by defeating Partick Thistle, Hamilton and Falkirk en route but the final ended in a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Old Firm rivals Celtic. The match was Walter Smith's first ever Old Firm final and was marred by a Kirk Broadfoot sending off deep into extra time for a foul on Aidan McGeady inside the penalty box. Celtic were subsequently awarded a penalty which McGeady himself converted.^[4]

Rangers qualified for the 2009 Scottish Cup Final after beating St Mirren 3-0 in the semi-final. The second goal of the game was scored by Kris Boyd and was his 100th goal for Rangers. The team faced Falkirk at Hampden Park on 30 May 2009 in what was the club's 51st Scottish Cup Final appearance. A Nacho Novo strike in the first minute of the second half gave Rangers a 1-0 win and completed the domestic double.^[5]

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Allan McGregor	27	1998	141	0	2013	Youth system
2	MF		Maurice Edu	23	2008	16	2	2013	£2.6m
3	DF		David Weir (captain)	39	2007 (Winter)	126	5	2010	Free
4	DF		Carlos Cuéllar	27	2007	65	5	2011	£2.37m	left on 12 August
4	MF		Pedro Mendes	30	2008	42	4	2011	£3m
5	DF		Saša Papac	29	2006	108	2	2011	£0.45m
6	MF		Barry Ferguson	31	2005 (Winter)	431	61	2010	£4.5m
7	MF		Brahim Hemdani	31	2005	108	2	2009	Free
8	MF		Kevin Thomson	24	2007 (Winter)	70	3	2011	£2m
9	FW		Kris Boyd	25	2005 (Winter)	152	102	2010	£0.4m
10	FW		Nacho Novo	30	2004	206	64	2010	£0.45m
11	MF		Charlie Adam	23	2003	87	18	2012	Youth system
12	MF		Lee McCulloch	31	2007	66	7	2011	£2.25m
14	FW		Steven Naismith	22	2008	42	5	2012	£1.9m
15	MF		Alan Gow	26	2007	2	0	2010	Free
16	GK		Graeme Smith	26	2007	1	0	2010	Free
17	MF		Chris Burke	25	2000	131	14	2009	Youth system	left on 12 January
18	FW		Kenny Miller	29	2008	76	24	2011	£2m
19	FW		Jean-Claude Darcheville	33	2007	59	16	2009	Free	left on 1 January
20	MF		DaMarcus Beasley	27	2007	33	5	2010	£0.7m
21	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	24	2007	68	1	2010	Free
22	DF		Andy Webster	27	2008	1	1	2011	£0.4m
23	DF		Christian Dailly	35	2008 (Winter)	36	2	2009	Free
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	26	2008	39	1	2012	£2.5m
25	GK		Neil Alexander	31	2008 (Winter)	29	0	2011	Free
26	DF		Steven Smith	23	2002	57	1	2010	Youth system
27	FW		Kyle Lafferty	21	2008	32	9	2013	£3.25m
28	DF		Steven Whittaker	24	2007	79	8	2012	£2m
29	FW		Daniel Cousin	31	2007	44	13	2010	£1.1m	left on 1 September
31	MF		Aarón Ñíguez	20	2008	5	2	2010	Loan
35	MF		Steven Davis	24	2008	69	8	2012	£3m
37	FW		Andrius Velička	30	2008	11	5	2011	£1m
45	FW		Rory Loy	21	2006	1	0	2011	£0.025m
53	MF		John Fleck	17	2007	13	1	2011	Youth system
56	FW		Andrew Little	20	2006	1	0	2011	Youth system

• Last updated: 24 May 2009
• Source:Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

Football Squads (for appearances, goals and player's number)

• Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
22	DF		Andy Webster	26	Wigan Athletic	Transfer	Summer	2011	£0.45m	[6]
18	FW		Kenny Miller	28	Derby County	Transfer	Summer	2011	£2m	[7]
37	FW		Andrius Velička	29	Viking	Transfer	Summer	2011	£1m	[8]
27	FW		Kyle Lafferty	20	Burnley	Transfer	Summer	2013	£3.25m	[9]
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	25	Charlton Athletic	Transfer	Summer	2012	£2.5m	[10]
31	MF		Aarón Ñíguez	19	Valencia	Loan	Summer	2010	n/a	[11]
4	MF		Pedro Mendes	29	Portsmouth	Transfer	Summer	2011	£3m	[12]
35	MF		Steven Davis	23	Fulham	Transfer	Summer	2012	£3m	[13]
2	MF		Maurice Edu	22	Toronto FC	Transfer	Summer	2013	£2.6m	[14][15]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
Total spending: £17.8m

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
54	DF		Nicholas Gallacher	18	Motherwell	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[16]
57	FW		Lacine Cherif	17	Kilmarnock	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[16]
55	MF		Alistair Park	17	Hibernian	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[16]
50	DF		Michael Donald	19	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[16]
31	GK		Calum Reidford	21	Dunfermline Athletic	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[17]
41	DF		Chris Smith	19	Greenock Morton	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[18]
52	MF		Jeroen Van Den Broeck	19	AGOVV	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[18]
23	FW		Filip Šebo	24	Valenciennes	Transfer	Summer	£1m	[19]
4	MF		Thomas Buffel	27	Cercle Brugge	Transfer	Summer	Free	[20]
4	DF		Carlos Cuéllar	26	Aston Villa	Transfer	Summer	£7.8m	[21]
43	FW		Steven Lennon	20	Partick Thistle	Loan	Summer	n/a	[22]
80	GK		Mark Weir	16	Kilmarnock	Loan	Summer	n/a	[22]
22	DF		Andy Webster	26	Bristol City	Loan	Summer	n/a	[23]
36	MF		Dean Furman	20	Bradford City	Loan	Summer	n/a	[24]
42	DF		Alan Lowing	20	Clyde	Loan	Summer	n/a	[25]
44	MF		Paul Emslie	20	Clyde	Loan	Summer	n/a	[25]
41	GK		Scott Gallacher	19	Cowdenbeath	Loan	Summer	n/a	[26]
29	FW		Daniel Cousin	31	Hull City	Transfer	Summer	£3.5m	[27]
15	MF		Alan Gow	25	Blackpool	Loan	Summer	n/a	[28]
40	GK		Lee Robinson	22	St Johnstone	Loan	n/a	n/a	[29]
52	MF		Andrew Shinnie	19	Dundee	Loan	n/a	n/a	[30]
55	DF		Steven Kinniburgh	19	Queen of the South	Loan	n/a	n/a	[31]
45	FW		Rory Loy	20	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	n/a	n/a	[32]
48	DF		William McLachlan	19	Airdrie United	Loan	n/a	n/a
40	GK		Lee Robinson	22	Queen of the South	Loan	n/a	n/a	[33]
19	FW		Jean-Claude Darcheville	33	Valenciennes	Transfer	Winter	Free	[34]
47	DF		Jordan McMillan	20	Hamilton Academical	Loan	Winter	n/a	[35]
17	MF		Chris Burke	25	Cardiff City	Transfer	Winter	Free	[36]
54	MF		Georgios Efrem	19	Dundee	Loan	Winter	n/a	[37]
15	MF		Alan Gow	26	Norwich City	Loan	Winter	n/a	[38]
11	MF		Charlie Adam	23	Blackpool	Loan	Winter	n/a	[39]
49	DF		Ross Harvey	19	Brechin City	Loan	n/a	n/a	[40]
55	DF		Steven Kinniburgh	19	St Johnstone	Loan	n/a	n/a	[41]

Last updated: 31 March 2008
Total income: £12.3m

Squad statistics

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Allan McGregor	35	0	27	0	3	0	3	0	2	0
2	MF		Maurice Edu	16	2	11+1	2	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		David Weir	47	2	36	2	5	0	4	0	2	0
4	MF		Pedro Mendes	42	4	35	3	3	0	4	1	0	0
5	DF		Saša Papac	39	2	29	1	4	1	4	0	2	0
6	MF		Barry Ferguson	27	2	17+5	2	3	0	2	0	0	0
7	MF		Brahim Hemdani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Kevin Thomson	14	2	11	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
9	FW		Kris Boyd	46	31	33+2	27	4+1	1	3+1	3	0+2	0
10	FW		Nacho Novo	38	9	7+22	5	0+3	2	2+2	2	1+1	0
11	MF		Charlie Adam	11	0	7+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12	MF		Lee McCulloch	20	0	10+2	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	2	0
14	FW		Steven Naismith	11	0	1+6	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF		Alan Gow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Graeme Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Chris Burke	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Kenny Miller	38	13	25+5	10	4+1	3	1	0	2	0
19	FW		Jean-Claude Darcheville	11	1	4+4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
20	MF		DaMarcus Beasley	12	0	6+4	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	34	0	27	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
22	DF		Andy Webster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Christian Dailly	14	0	7+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	39	1	31	1	5	0	3	0	0	0
25	GK		Neil Alexander	14	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF		Steven Smith	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Kyle Lafferty	32	9	11+14	6	2+1	2	2+1	1	0+1	0
28	DF		Steven Whittaker	31	3	19+5	2	4	1	1	0	2	0
29	FW		Daniel Cousin	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Aarón Ñíguez	5	2	0+3	0	1+1	2	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Steven Davis	43	7	34	6	4+1	1	4	0	0	0
37	FW		Andrius Velička	11	5	6+2	4	1	1	0	0	0+2	0
45	FW		Rory Loy	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	MF		John Fleck	10	1	7+1	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
56	FW		Andrew Little	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Top Scorer

N	P	Nat.	Name	SPL	SC	SLC	E	Total
9	FW		Kris Boyd	27	1	3		31
18	FW		Kenny Miller	10	3			13
10	FW		Nacho Novo	5	2	2		9
27	FW		Kyle Lafferty	6	2	1		9
35	MF		Steven Davis	5	1	1		7
37	FW		Andrius Velička	4		1		5
4	MF		Pedro Mendes	3		1		4
28	DF		Steven Whittaker	2	1			3
3	DF		David Weir	2				2
2	MF		Maurice Edu	2				2
6	MF		Barry Ferguson	2				2
5	DF		Saša Papac	1	1			2
8	MF		Kevin Thomson	1			1	2
31	MF		Aarón Ñíguez		2			2
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	1				1
53	MF		John Fleck	1				1
19	FW		Jean-Claude Darcheville	1				1
29	FW		Daniel Cousin	1				1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	YC		RC
1	GK		Allan McGregor	1
3	DF		David Weir	5		1
4	MF		Pedro Mendes	7
5	DF		Saša Papac	6	1	1
6	MF		Barry Ferguson	3
8	MF		Kevin Thomson	4
9	FW		Kris Boyd	6
10	FW		Nacho Novo	2
11	MF		Charlie Adam	2
12	MF		Lee McCulloch	6
14	FW		Steven Naismith	1
18	FW		Kenny Miller	3
21	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	4		1
23	DF		Christian Dailly	4
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	8		1
26	DF		Steven Smith	2
27	FW		Kyle Lafferty	6
28	DF		Steven Whittaker	5
29	FW		Daniel Cousin	1	1
31	MF		Aarón Ñíguez	1
35	MF		Steven Davis	1
53	MF		John Fleck	1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors Position Staff Chairman David Murray Chief executive Martin Bain Finance director Donald McIntyre Non-executive director John Greig Non-executive director Alastair Johnston Non-executive director John McClelland Non-executive director Dave King Non-executive director Paul Murray Non-executive director Donald Wilson Source: Wikipedia articles

Coaching staff Position Staff Manager Walter Smith Assistant manager Ally McCoist First-team coach Kenny McDowall First-team coach Ian Durrant (from 30 June) Fitness coach Adam Owen Goalkeepers coach Jim Stewart Source: Wikipedia articles

Other staff Position Staff Head of Football administration Andrew Dickson Physiotherapist Phillip Yeates Doctor Dr Paul Jackson Chief scout Ewan Chester Massuer David Lavery Kit controller Jimmy Bell Video analyst Steve Harvey Source: Wikipedia articles

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
3	9 August 2008	Scottish Premier League	1	A	Falkirk	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 6,669 Referee Dougie McDonald Falkirk Rangers  64' Velička
4	16 August 2008	Scottish Premier League	2	H	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 48,191 Referee Stuart Dougal Rangers Heart of Midlothian  37' Lafferty  90' (pen.) Boyd  74' Mikoliunas
5	23 August 2009	Scottish Premier League	3	A	Aberdeen	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 16,489 Referee Craig Thomson Aberdeen Rangers  45' Young  24' Weir
6	31 August 2008	Scottish Premier League	4	A	Celtic	4–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 58,595 Referee Dougie McDonald Celtic Rangers  39' Samaras  76' Vennegoor of Hesselink  90' Nakamura  37' Cousin  52' Miller  62' Mendes  75' Cousin  79' Miller
7	13 September 2008	Scottish Premier League	5	H	Kilmarnock	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 50,019 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Kilmarnock  58' Boyd  62' Boyd  90' Papac  9' Wright
8	21 September 2008	Scottish Premier League	6	H	Motherwell	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 49,448 Referee Eddie Smith Rangers Motherwell  57' Davis  76' Novo  87' Clarkson
10	28 September 2008	Scottish Premier League	7	A	Hibernian	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 14:00 BST Attendance 15,292 Referee Calum Murray Hibernian Rangers  31' Miller  40' Miller  73' Bougherra
11	5 October 2008	Scottish Premier League	8	A	St Mirren	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 14:00 GMT Attendance 7,520 Referee William Collum St Mirren Rangers  77' McGinn
12	25 October 2008	Scottish Premier League	10	A	Hamilton Academical	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 4,613 Referee Dougie McDonald Hamilton Academical Rangers  26' Easton  42' (pen.) Boyd  50' Boyd  80' Novo
14	1 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	11	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	5–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 49,255 Referee Crawford Allan Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle  7' Novo  14' Boyd  19' Boyd  28' (pen.) Boyd  45' Miller
15	4 November 2008[42]	Scottish Premier League	9	H	Dundee United	3–3	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 48,686 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Dundee United  11' Davis  37' Papac  90' Thomson  17' Sandaza  58' Sandaza  59' Robertson
16	9 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	12	A	Kilmarnock	4–0	Report Report link Kick off 14:00 GMT Attendance 10,153 Referee Eddie Smith Kilmarnock Rangers  50' Weir  54' Boyd  87' Miller  90' Whittaker
17	12 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	13	A	Motherwell	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 9,600 Referee Steve Conroy
18	15 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	14	H	St Mirren	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 49,321 Referee David Somers Rangers St Mirren  5' Boyd  10' Davis  81' Miranda
19	22 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	15	H	Aberdeen	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 50,166 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Aberdeen  52' Darcheville  68' Boyd
20	29 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	16	A	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 15,710 Referee Dougie McDonald Heart of Midlothian Rangers  20' Zaliukas  23' Kingston  76' Wallace  26' (o.g.) Karipidis[43][44]
21	6 December 2008	Scottish Premier League	17	H	Hamilton Academical	7–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 48,282 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Hamilton Academical  11' Miller  28' (pen.) Boyd  52' Boyd  62' Boyd  80' Lafferty  88' Novo  90' Davis  2' McArthur  51' Canning
22	13 December 2008	Scottish Premier League	18	A	Dundee United	2–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 11,362 Referee Iain Brines Dundee United Rangers  50' Wilkie  54' Feeney  11' Boyd  76' Lafferty
23	20 December 2008	Scottish Premier League	19	H	Hibernian	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 49,538 Referee Steve Conroy Rangers Hibernian  11' Boyd
24	27 December 2008	Scottish Premier League	20	H	Celtic	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 50,403 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Celtic  58' McDonald
25	4 January 2009	Scottish Premier League	21	A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 7,056 Referee Dougie McDonald Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers  46' Mendes  81' Boyd  87' Boyd
27	17 January 2009	Scottish Premier League	22	H	Falkirk	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 48,811 Referee William Collum Rangers Falkirk  45' (pen.) Boyd  77' Papac  80' Boyd  90' Davis  12' Lovell  51' Cregg
28	24 January 2009	Scottish Premier League	23	A	Aberdeen	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 20,441 Referee Calum Murray
30	31 January 2009	Scottish Premier League	24	H	Dundee United	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 49,911 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Dundee United  78' (pen.) Fleck  90' Lafferty
31	15 February 2009	Scottish Premier League	25	A	Celtic	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 58,766 Referee Calum Murray
33	21 February 2009	Scottish Premier League	26	H	Kilmarnock	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 50,301 Referee Brian Winter Rangers Kilmarnock  29' Miller  33' Boyd  35' Boyd  17' Hamill
34	28 February 2009	Scottish Premier League	27	A	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 5,895 Referee Craig Thomson Hamilton Academical Rangers  35' Ferguson
35	4 March 2009	Scottish Premier League	28	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 48,129 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle  90' Weir  90' Black
38	21 March 2009	Scottish Premier League	29	H	Heart of Midlothian	2–2	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 50,310 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Heart of Midlothian  9' Lafferty  45' Ferguson  64' Karipidis  67' Palazuelos
39	5 April 2009	Scottish Premier League	30	A	Falkirk	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 14:00 BST Attendance 6,853 Referee Iain Brines Falkirk Rangers  9' Boyd
40	8 April 2009[45]	Scottish Premier League	31	A	St Mirren	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 6,231 Referee Eddie Smith St Mirren Rangers  56' Dorman  12' Boyd  19' Edu
41	11 April 2009	Scottish Premier League	32	H	Motherwell	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 50,080 Referee David Somers Rangers Motherwell  2' Velička  10' Boyd  65' (pen.) Boyd  37' Sutton
42	19 April 2009	Scottish Premier League	33	A	Hibernian	3–2	Report Report link Kick off 14:00 BST Attendance 14,014 Referee Steve Conroy Hibernian Rangers  34' Sutton  84' Rankin  2' Whittaker  52' Velička  73' Edu
44	3 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	34	H	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:30 BST Attendance 49,663 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Heart of Midlothian  45' Velička  89' Boyd
45	9 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	35	H	Celtic	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 50,321 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Celtic  37' Davis
46	13 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	36	A	Hibernian	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 13,765 Referee Eddie Smith Hibernian Rangers  41' Riordan  80' Novo
47	16 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	37	H	Aberdeen	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 50,295 Referee Stuart Dougal Rangers Aberdeen  40' Bougherra  41' (o.g.) Foster  68' Miller  18' Mulgrew  77' Paton
48	24 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	38	A	Dundee United	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 13:00 BST Attendance 14,077 Referee Dougie McDonald Dundee United Rangers  6' Lafferty  45' Mendes  52' Boyd

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Champions League

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	30 July 2008	Champions League	QR2	H	FBK Kaunas	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 34,847 Referee Kevin Blom
2	5 August 2008	Champions League	QR2	A	FBK Kaunas	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 18:05 BST Attendance 5,500 Referee Stefan Johannesson FBK Kaunas Rangers  43' Radžius  87' Pilibaitis  33' Thomson

Last updated: 5 August 2008
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
26	13 January 2009	Scottish Cup	4	A	St Johnstone	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 20:05 BST Attendance 7,746 Referee Dougie McDonald St Johnstone Rangers  43' (o.g.) McCaffrey  79' Novo
32	18 February 2009[46]	Scottish Cup	5	A	Forfar Athletic	4–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 4,718 Referee Eddie Smith Forfar Athletic Rangers  70' Elliot Smith  8' Papac  54' Miller  84' Aarón  90' Miller
36	8 March 2009	Scottish Cup	QF	H	Hamilton Academical	5–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 27,588 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Hamilton Academical  15' Whittaker  35' Lafferty  45' (pen.) Aarón  53' Davis  81' Lafferty  26' Quinn
43	25 April 2009	Scottish Cup	SF	N	St Mirren	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:15 BST Attendance 32,431 Referee Calum Murray Rangers St Mirren  2' Velička  66' Boyd  70' Miller
49	30 May 2009	Scottish Cup	F	N	Falkirk	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 51,193 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Falkirk  46' Novo

Last updated: 30 May 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
9	24 September 2008	League Cup	3	A	Partick Thistle	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 6,497 Referee Steve Conroy Partick Thistle Rangers  33' McKeown  25' Boyd  116' Mendes
13	28 October 2008	League Cup	QF	H	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 32,083 Referee Eddie Smith Rangers Hamilton Academical  25' Boyd  50' Lafferty
29	27 January 2009	League Cup	SF	N	Falkirk	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 24,507 Referee Charlie Richmond Rangers Falkirk  8' Novo  40' Novo  88' Boyd
37	15 March 2009	League Cup	F	N	Celtic	0–2	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 51,193 Referee Dougie McDonald Celtic Rangers  91' O'Dea  120' (pen.) McGeady  120' Broadfoot

Last updated: 15 March 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	13 July 2008	Friendly		A	Preußen Münster	1–0	Report Report link Attendance 5,211 Referee Cetin Sevinc Preußen Münster Rangers  35' (pen.) Adam
2	16 July 2008	Friendly		A	Sportfreunde Lotte	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 18:00 BST Attendance 3,000 Referee Rene Kunsleben Sportfreunde Lotte Rangers  5' Dennis Rommel  70' Boyd  71' Boyd  86' Fleck
3	19 July 2009	Friendly		A	Schalke 04	0–1	Report Report link Attendance 28,350 Referee Detlef Scheppe Schalke 04 Rangers  30' Krstajić
4	22 July 2009	Friendly		A	Clyde	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 7,653 Referee Steven Nicholls Clyde Rangers  79' Novo
5	26 July 2009	Friendly		A	Raith Rovers	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 4,865 Referee Steve Conroy Raith Rovers Rangers  31' Smith  70' Novo  79' Cousin
6	2 August 2009	Friendly		H	Liverpool	0–4	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 50,223 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Liverpool  23' Torres  56' N'Gog  60' Benayoun  70' (pen.) Alonso
7	4 February 2009	Friendly		H	Milan	2–2	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 45,197 Referee William Collum Rangers Milan  64' Beasley  82' Papac  69' Pato  77' Kaká

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source:
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.