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2001–02 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2001–02 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerDick Advocaat
(until 12 December)
Alex McLeish
(from 13 December)
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League2nd
Scottish CupWinners
League CupWinners
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tore André Flo (18)
All:
Tore André Flo (25)

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

Appearances

Total Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Champions League UEFA Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK Germany Stefan Klos 57 57 36 6 4 4 7
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 47 47 5 31 4 4 3 4 1 5
3 DF Australia Craig Moore 29 29 3 18 3 2 2 3 4
4 DF Italy Lorenzo Amoruso 47 47 6 28 4 6 1 4 2 7 1
5 DF Netherlands Arthur Numan 43 45 2 30 1 2 3 1 3 7
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 37 39 6 22 1 5 2 3 1 2 7 2
7 FW Argentina Claudio Caniggia 31 42 9 24 5 3 4 2 4 2 7
8 MF Germany Christian Nerlinger 10 11 4 8 1 1 2 2 1
9 FW Norway Tore André Flo 39 46 25 30 18 3 2 2 1 4 3 7 1
10 FW Netherlands Michael Mols 10 24 2 15 2 2 2 2 3
11 MF Scotland Neil McCann 22 38 7 25 6 5 2 3 3 1
12 MF United States Claudio Reyna 17 17 3 10 2 1 1 3 3
14 MF Netherlands Ronald de Boer 31 39 10 25 8 4 3 1 6 2
15 DF Netherlands Bert Konterman 41 42 5 26 2 2 1 3 1 4 7 1
16 FW Scotland Billy Dodds 6 16 6 11 2 3 4 1 1
17 MF Russia Andrei Kanchelskis 9 14 2 10 1 3 1 1
18 DF England Michael Ball 8 11 1 7 2 2 1
19 DF Scotland Scott Wilson 10 12 6 1 1 3 1
20 MF Trinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy 21 29 5 16 5 3 3 2 5
21 DF Scotland Maurice Ross 24 29 21 4 1 1 2
22 GK Denmark Jesper Christiansen
23 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 3 3
24 MF Scotland Allan Johnston 1 1 1
24 FW Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 27 30 17 22 11 5 3 3 3
25 DF Australia Tony Vidmar 34 38 1 24 1 5 3 3 3
26 MF Denmark Peter Løvenkrands 18 32 7 19 2 4 3 3 1 6 1
27 MF Scotland Stephen Hughes 18 28 1 17 1 4 2 3 2
28 DF Poland Dariusz Adamczuk
29 DF Finland Tero Penttilä 1 1
31 DF Scotland Robert Malcolm 7 8 7 1
33 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 3 3 2 1
36 DF Scotland Andy Dowie 1 1
39 MF Scotland Jimmy Gibson 2 1 1
46 FW Scotland Tom Brighton 1 1 1
48 MF Scotland Chris Burke 1 2 1 2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Ordered by number
0 shown as blank

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
21 June 2001 Germany Christian Nerlinger Germany Borussia Dortmund £2,500,000[1]
27 June 2001 Argentina Claudio Caniggia Scotland Dundee £900,000[2]
3 July 2001 Trinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy Scotland Hibernian Bosman[3]
17 August 2001 EnglandMichael Ball England Everton £6,500,000[4]
29 August 2001 Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze Netherlands Ajax £2,000,000[5]

Out

Date Player To Fee
22 May 2001 Finland Tero Penttilä Finland Haka Loan[6]
24 May 2001 Germany Jörg Albertz Germany Hamburger SV £3,000,000[7]
30 May 2001 Scotland Mark Brown Scotland Motherwell End of contract[8]
1 June 2001 Italy Sergio Porrini Italy Alessandria End of contract[9]
1 June 2001 England Rod Wallace England Bolton Wanderers End of contract[10]
20 June 2001 Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst England Arsenal £8,500,000[11]
20 June 2001 Turkey Tugay Kerimoğlu England Blackburn Rovers £1,300,000[12]
3 August 2001 Scotland Peter MacDonald Scotland St Johnstone £125,000[13]
6 August 2001 Northern Ireland Stephen Carson Scotland Dundee United £150,000[14]
7 August 2001 Jamaica Marcus Gayle England Watford £900,000[15]
7 August 2001 Scotland Allan Johnston England Middlesbrough £600,000[16]
7 December 2001 United States Claudio Reyna England Sunderland £4,000,000[17]
14 December 2001 Scotland Kenny Miller England Wolverhampton Wanderers £3,000,000[18]
  • Expenditure: Decrease £11,900,000
  • Income: Increase £21,575,000
  • Total loss/gain: Increase £9,675,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
5 July 2001 Netherlands VV DOVO A 7–0 4,000 Miller (3), de Boer, Numan, Dodds, Kanchelskis
7 July 2001 Netherlands VV Capelle A 5–1 3,500 Johnston (2), Caniggia, de Boer, Gayle
9 July 2001 Netherlands WHC Wezep/VSCO[19] A 8–0 2,200 Miller (3), Flo (2), Dodds, Nerlinger, Caniggia
15 July 2001 Denmark FC Copenhagen A 1–1 10,484 Nerlinger
17 July 2001 Sweden Malmö A 3–1 6,000 McCann, Caniggia, Flo
21 July 2001 Belgium Anderlecht H 1–2 25,200 Caniggia

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Premier League
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

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish League Cup
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

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Cup
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

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 July 2001 QR2 Slovenia NK Maribor A 3–0 6,100 Flo (2, 1 pen.), Nerlinger
1 August 2001 QR2 Slovenia NK Maribor H 3–1 50,045 Caniggia (2), Flo
8 August 2001 QR3 Turkey Fenerbahçe H 0–0 49,472
22 August 2001 QR3 Turkey Fenerbahçe A 1–2[permanent dead link‍] 18,272 Ricksen

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
27 September 2001 R1 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala N[20] 1–0 4,200 Konterman
18 October 2001 R2 Russia Dynamo Moscow H 3–1 45,008 Amoruso, Ball, de Boer
1 November 2001 R2 Russia Dynamo Moscow A 4–1 6,000 de Boer, Ferguson, Flo, Løvenkrands
22 November 2001 R3 France Paris Saint-Germain H 0–0 49,223
6 December 2001 R3 France Paris Saint-Germain A 0–0* 35,000
21 February 2002 R4 Netherlands Feyenoord H 1–1 49,041 Ferguson (pen.)
28 February 2002 R4 Netherlands Feyenoord A 2–3 45,000 McCann, Ferguson (pen.)

*Rangers won the match 4–3 on penalties

League table

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
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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

  1. ^ "Nerlinger signing is first brick in the wall: Rangers challenge excites German". The Herald. 22 June 2001.
  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. ^ "£10m too much claim Chelsea". The Herald. 23 May 2001.
  7. ^ "Albertz rejoins Hamburg". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 May 2001.
  8. ^ "Goram career is five alive as no 1 sparks scramble". Daily Record. 31 May 2001.
  9. ^ "Wouters reckons Dick will quit Gers next year". Daily Record. 2 June 2001.
  10. ^ "Wouters reckons Dick will quit Gers next year". Daily Record. 2 June 2001.
  11. ^ "Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 June 2001. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
  12. ^ "Blackburn agree Tugay fee". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2001. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Saints snap up MacDonald". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 August 2001.
  14. ^ "Carson moves to Dundee United". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2001. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  15. ^ "Gayle blows into Vicarage Road". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2001. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
  16. ^ "Johnston to decide on Boro". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 July 2001.
  17. ^ "Reyna set for Sunderland switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 December 2001.
  18. ^ "McLeish takes the sudden elevation in his stride as the wee fella lets him get on with it: Wind of change at Ibrox". The Herald. 15 December 2001.
  19. ^ WHC provided first-half opposition and VSCO second-half
  20. ^ "Rangers fans travel to Warsaw". BBC. BBC Sport. 20 September 2001.
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