2002–03 Rangers F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
2002–03 season
ChairmanJohn McClelland
ManagerAlex McLeish
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st
P38 W31 D4 L3 F101 A28
Scottish CupWinners
League CupWinners
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ronald de Boer
Barry Ferguson
(16 each)
All:
Ronald de Boer
(20 goals)

Overview

Rangers played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 2002–03 season. They won their seventh domestic treble in manager Alex McLeish's first full season in charge, having taken over from Dick Advocaat the previous season. The league championship was won on goal difference in the last match of the season with a 6–1 win against Dunfermline Athletic. The club finished on +73 GD, just one ahead of Celtic.[1][2]

The League Cup was won with a 2–1 final win against Celtic[3] and the Scottish Cup with a 1–0 win against Dundee.[4] Despite domestic success, Rangers crashed out of Europe at the first round stage to little known Czech team Victoria Zizkov losing on the away goals rule.[5]

Players

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
23 MF Spain Mikel Arteta 20 Barcelona Spain Transfer Summer 2006 £5.8m [6]
17 DF Australia Kevin Muscat 28 Wolverhampton Wanderers England Transfer Summer 2006 Free [7]
19 FW Scotland Steven Thompson 24 Dundee United Transfer Winter 2006 £0.2m [8]
16 DF France Jerome Bonnissel 29 Bordeaux France Transfer Winter 2003 Free [9]
25 DF Norway Dan Eggen 33 Alavés Spain Transfer Winter 2003 Free [10]

Last updated: 31 January 2003
 Total spending: £6m

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
22 FW Chile Sebastian Rozental 24 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a
29 DF Finland Tero Penttilä 27 HJK Finland End of contract Summer n/a [11]
FW Northern Ireland Lee Feeney 24 Linfield Northern Ireland End of contract Summer n/a [12]
MF Finland Jani Kauppila 22 Tervarit Finland End of contract Summer n/a [6]
DF Austria Alexander Hauser 17 SC Bregenz Austria End of contract Summer n/a [6]
19 DF Scotland Scott Wilson 25 Dunfermline Athletic End of contract Summer n/a [13]
17 MF Russia Andrei Kanchelskis 33 Southampton England End of contract Summer n/a [14]
25 DF Australia Tony Vidmar 31 Middlesbrough England End of contract Summer n/a [15]
30 GK Denmark Jesper Christiansen 24 VfL Wolfsburg Germany Loan Summer n/a [16]
9 FW Norway Tore André Flo 29 Sunderland England Transfer Summer £6.75m [17]
28 MF Poland Dariusz Adamczuk 33 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [18]
16 FW Scotland Billy Dodds 33 Dundee United Transfer Winter Free [19]
20 MF Trinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy 34 Free agent Contract terminated Winter n/a [20]

Last updated: 31 January 2003
 Total spending: £6.75m

Player statistics
Total Scottish Premier League UEFA CupScottish CupLeague Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GKGermany Stefan Klos 50 50 38 2 6 4
2 DFNetherlands Fernando Ricksen 46 463 353 2 5 4
3 DFAustralia Craig Moore 51 444 353 2 512
4 DFItaly Lorenzo Amoruso 32 326 244 1 522
5 DFNetherlands Arthur Numan 35 351 261 1 5 3
6 MFScotland Barry Ferguson 48 4818 3616 2 624
7 FWArgentina Claudio Caniggia 14 3612 268 2 4143
8 MFGermany Christian Nerlinger 3 3
9 FWNorway Tore Andre Flo 1 4 4
10 FWNetherlands Michael Mols 30 3514 2713 1 413
11 MFScotland Neil McCann 16 263 182 116 1
12 DFScotland Robert Malcolm 26 331 241 1 6 2
14 MFNetherlands Ronald de Boer 43 4320 3316 225131
15 DFNetherlands Bert Konterman 10 241 16 2 313
16 FWScotland Billy Dodds 1 6 6
16 DFFrance Jérôme Bonnissel 3 4 3 1
17 DFAustralia Kevin Muscat 26 29 22 2 4 1
19 FWScotland Steven Thompson 1 112 82 3
20 MFTrinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy 2 8 7 1
21 DFScotland Maurice Ross 22 271 201 1 2 4
22 GKScotland Allan McGregor
23 MFSpain Mikel Arteta 34 355 274 1 314
24 FWGeorgia (country) Shota Arveladze 31 4016 3015 2 612
26 MFDenmark Peter Løvenkrands 27 3312 279 2 1132
27 MFScotland Stephen Hughes 7 161 121 2 2
36 FWScotland Steven MacLean 4 3 1
53 DFScotland Alan Hutton 1 1 1
Last updated: 9 May 2003
Source:
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Club

Matches

Scottish Premier League
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 3 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 1 A Kilmarnock 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
13,972
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
80' McLaren
2 10 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 2 H Dundee 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
47,044
Referee
Alan Freeland Scotland
Rangers Dundee
3 18 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 3 A Hibernian 4–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
11,633
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
35' Townsley
Yellow card 66' Red card Luna
89' O'Connor
4 25 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 4 H Aberdeen 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,219
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
30' de Boer
78' (pen.) Ferguson
Yellow card 78' Red card McNaughton
5 1 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 5 A Dunfermline Athletic 6–0
Report Report link
Kick off
Attendance
8,948
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
11' Caniggia
27' Arteta
41' Ricksen
57' (pen.) Ferguson
59' Caniggia
68' Caniggia
6 11 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 6 H Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
48,581
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
7 14 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 7 A Livingston 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
10,003
Referee
Livingston Rangers
Yellow card 58' Red card Mamam
61' Ross
87' (pen.) Ferguson
9 21 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 8 H Partick Thistle 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
48,696
Referee
Rangers Partick Thistle
10 28 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 9 A Dundee United 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
10,013
Referee
John Rowbotham Scotland
Dundee United Rangers
12 6 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 10 A Celtic 3–3
Report Report link
Kick off
14:15 BST
Attendance
59,027
Referee
Celtic Rangers
39' Larsson
53' Larsson
78' Sutton
13 19 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 11 H Motherwell 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,081
Referee
Alan Freeland Scotland
Rangers Motherwell
Red card 77' Partridge
15 27 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 12 H Kilmarnock 6–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,368
Referee
Willie Young Scotland
Rangers Kilmarnock
5' Mols
15' Mols
26' de Boer
34' Ferguson
67' Moore
71' (pen.) Ferguson
44' Fulton
16 2 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 13 A Dundee 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
10,124
Referee
Dundee Rangers
18 10 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 14 H Hibernian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,798
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
11' Mols
35' Arveladze
45' McManus
19 16 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 15 A Aberdeen 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
14,915
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
24' Numan
78' (pen.) Ferguson
56' Mike
74' Mackie
20 23 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 16 H Dunfermline Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,431
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
60' McCann
81' Mols
83' Arveladze
Red card 60' Kilgannon
21 1 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 17 A Heart of Midlothian 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
12,156
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
Yellow card 58' Red card Maybury
52' Ricksen
79' (pen.) Ferguson
81' Ricksen
90' Hughes
22 4 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 18 H Livingston 4–3
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
45,992
Referee
Rangers Livingston
50' Zárate
72' Wilson
Yellow card 75' Red card Bollan
87' Zárate
23 7 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 19 H Celtic 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
50,022
Referee
Rangers Celtic
10' Moore
35' de Boer
40' Mols
1' Sutton
61' Hartson
24 14 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 20 H Dundee United 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
47,639
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
13' Ferguson
56' Ferguson
Red card 60' Ricksen
86' (pen.) Ferguson
Red card 80' McIntyre
25 22 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 21 A Partick Thistle 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
8,022
Referee
Partick Thistle Rangers
7' Burns
Red card 72' Britton
70' Mols
79' de Boer
26 26 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 22 A Motherwell 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
11,234
Referee
Willie Young Scotland
Motherwell Rangers
27 29 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 23 A Kilmarnock 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
13,396
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
28 2 January 2003 Scottish Premier League 24 H Dundee 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,012
Referee
Tom Brown Scotland
Rangers Dundee
23' Lovell
30 29 January 2003 Scottish Premier League 25 A Hibernian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
13,686
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
Yellow card 90' Red card Smith
31 1 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 26 H Aberdeen 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,076
Referee
Willie Young Scotland
Rangers Aberdeen
37' Mols
77' Mols
75' Tosh
33 8 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 27 A Dunfermline Athletic 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
8,754
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
38' McCann
71' Amoruso
90' Caniggia
34 15 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 28 H Heart of Midlothian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,109
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
41' (o.g.) Severin
36 2 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 29 A Livingston 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
10,004
Referee
John Rowbotham Scotland
Livingston Rangers
90' Dadi
37 8 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 30 A Celtic 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
58,787
Referee
Celtic Rangers
58' Hartson
39 19 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 31 H Motherwell 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
49,420
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
41 5 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 32 H Partick Thistle 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,472
Referee
Rangers Partick Thistle
70' Mols
75' Mols
43 13 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 33 A Dundee United 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
10,271
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
71' Dodds
45 27 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 34 H Celtic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
50,096
Referee
Rangers Celtic
57' de Boer
29' (pen.) Thompson
43' Hartson
46 4 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 35 A Dundee 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
9,204
Referee
John Rowbotham Scotland
Dundee Rangers
1' (o.g.) Wilkie
85' (pen.) Arteta
47 11 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 36 H Kilmarnock 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,036
Referee
Alan Freeland Scotland
Rangers Kilmarnock
6' Mols
7' Mols
59' Arveladze
80' Caniggia
48 18 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 37 A Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
15,632
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
49 25 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 38 H Dunfermline Athletic 6–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,112
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
3' Mols
16' Caniggia
30' Arveladze
64' de Boer
67' Thompson
90' (pen.) Arteta
11' Dair

Last updated: 25 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Cup
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
8 17 September 2002 UEFA Cup 1 A Czech Republic Viktoria ŽižkovCzech Republic 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
16:30 BST
Attendance
3,427
Referee
Julian Rodriguez Santiago Spain
Viktoria Žižkov Rangers
7' Pikl
60' Stracený
11 3 October 2002 UEFA Cup 1 H Viktoria ŽižkovCzech Republic 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
47,646
Referee
Athanassios Briakos Greece
Rangers Viktoria Žižkov
43' de Boer
59' de Boer
97' McCann
100' Licka
Yellow card 118' Red card Buryan

Last updated: 3 October 2002
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
29 25 January 2003 Scottish Cup 3 A Arbroath 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
17:35 GMT
Attendance
4,125
Referee
John Rowbotham Scotland
Arbroath Rangers
27' Ferguson
32' Moore
58' Arveladze
35 22 February 2003 Scottish Cup 4 A Ayr United 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
9,608
Referee
Alan Freeland Scotland
Ayr United Rangers
79' de Boer
40 23 March 2003 Scottish Cup QF A Dunfermline Athletic 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
9,875
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
31' Caniggia
Red card 89' Ferguson
23' Grondin
42 9 April 2003 Scottish Cup QF R H Dunfermline Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
24,752
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
44 19 April 2003 Scottish Cup SF N Motherwell 4–3
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
29,352
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
2' Konterman
56' Mols
60' Amoruso
73' (o.g.) Partridge
15' Craig
27' McFadden
90' Adams
50 31 May 2003 Scottish Cup F N Dundee 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
47,136
Referee
Dundee Rangers
66' Amoruso

Last updated: 31 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
14 24 October 2002 League Cup 3 A Hibernian 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
8,016
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
6' Murray
72' O'Connor
Yellow card 87' Red card Smith
17 7 November 2002 League Cup QF A Dunfermline Athletic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 GMT
Attendance
8,415
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
32 4 February 2003 League Cup SF N Heart of Midlothian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
31,609
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
27' de Boer
38 16 March 2003 League Cup F N Celtic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
52,000
Referee
Celtic Rangers
57' Larsson
Yellow card 88' Red card Lennon

Last updated: 16 March 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 11 July 2002 Friendly N NJC All Stars United States 3–0
Report Report link
Attendance
500
NJC All Stars Rangers
20' Amoruso
42' Mols
55' Konterman
2 13 July 2002 Friendly N River Plate Argentina 2–3
Report [http://rangers.co.uk/news/features/on-this-day-river-at-giants/? Report link]
Attendance
22,070
Referee
River Plate Rangers
17' Ayala
51' Zapata
79' López
3 17 July 2002 Friendly N Reading Rage United States 4–1
Attendance
1,000
Reading Rage Rangers
4 20 July 2002 Friendly N Santos Brazil 0–1
Kick off
16:00 EDT
Attendance
13,200
Referee
Alex Prus United States
Santos Rangers
5 28 July 2002 Friendly H Milan Italy 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
40,411
Rangers Milan
15' de Boer
42' Caniggia
6 30 July 2002 Friendly A Linfield Northern Ireland 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
18,000
Linfield Rangers
29' Dodds
70' Flo
7 7 August 2002 Friendly H Leeds United England 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
32,497
Rangers Leeds United
49' (pen.) Arveladze
17' Smith
8 18 January 2003 Friendly N Energie Cottbus Germany 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 GST
Attendance
3,000
Rangers Energie Cottbus
90' (pen.) Muscat

Last updated: 18 January 2003
Source:
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

Overall
Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — 1st 3 August25 May
UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Round 17 September3 October
Scottish League Cup 3rd Round Winners 24 October16 March
Scottish Cup 3rd Round Winners 25 January31 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Rangers 38 31 4 3 101 28 +73 97 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 31 4 3 98 26 +72 97 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 9 11 57 51 +6 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Kilmarnock 38 16 9 13 47 56 −9 57
5 Dunfermline Athletic 38 13 7 18 54 71 −17 46
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 31 4 3 101 28  +73 97 18 0 1 55 12  +43 13 4 2 46 16  +30

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHHAAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWWWWWWWDWWWWDWWWWWWLWWWWWWWLWWWLDWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2003. Source: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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