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
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)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

2001–02 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers 2001–02 football season

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

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Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

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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

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[18] 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.

[table_note_res_UCQ0.051517949463575-19] 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.

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"Ball remains in Ibrox limbo". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 October 2004.

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"Arveladze ready for Ibrox fight". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 August 2001.

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"Albertz rejoins Hamburg". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 May 2001.

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"SPL summer signings". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 July 2001.

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"Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 June 2001.

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"Gayle blows into Vicarage Road". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2001.

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"Johnston to decide on Boro". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 July 2001.

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"Reyna set for Sunderland switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 December 2001.

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"Wolves seal Miller deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 December 2001.^{[permanent dead link]}

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WHC provided first-half opposition and VSCO second-half

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"Rangers fans travel to Warsaw". BBC. BBC Sport. 20 September 2001.

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No.	Pos.	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]

N	Pos.	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]

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

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.)

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

2001–02_Rangers_F.C._season

2001–02 Rangers F.C. season

Overview

Players

Appearances

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Friendlies

Scottish Premier League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup

League table

References

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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

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.)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Aberdeen	38	16	7	15	51	49	+2	55
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	6	18	52	57	−5	48