Rangers F.C. season 2002-03

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Rangers won the Domestic treble in season 2002-2003. The League Championship was won on goal difference in the last match of the season with a 6-1 win against Dunfermline Athletic F.C.. They won the League Cup with a 2-1 final win against Celtic F.C. and the Scottish Cup was also won with a 1-0 win against Dundee F.C.. All this came in manager Alex McLeish' first full season in charge having taken over from Dick Advocaat the previous season. Despite domestic success, Rangers crashed out of Europe at the first round stage to little known Czech team Victoria Zizkov. Star players for this season include Barry Ferguson, Ronald De Boer, Arthur Numan, Stefan Klos and Shota Arveladze. they also won a world record 50 league titles this year

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Results for Rangers F.C. for season 2002-2003.

NOTE: scores are written Rangers first

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Rangers scorers Match Reports
July 11, 2002 Unknown NJC All Stars 3-0 F Amoruso, Mols, Konterman NA
July 13, 2002 Unknown River Plate 2-3 F Arveladze, Amoruso NA
July 17, 2002 Unknown Reading Rage 4-1 F Ferguson (2, 1 pen), Flo, Shota Arveladze NA
July 20, 2002 Unknown Santos 0-1 F - NA
July 28, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow AC Milan 2-2 F de Boer, Caniggia BBC
July 30, 2002 Windsor Park, Belfast Linfield 2-0 F Dodds, Flo BBC
August 3, 2002 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock 1-1 SPL Arveladze BBC
August 7, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Leeds United 1-1 F Arveladze (pen) NA
August 10, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee 3-0 SPL de Boer, Arveladze, Løvenkrands
August 18, 2002 Easter Road, Edinburgh Hibernian 4-2 SPL Løvenkrands (2), de Boer, Ferguson (pen)
August 25, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Aberdeen 2-0 SPL de Boer, Ferguson (pen)
September 1, 2002 East End Park, Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 6-0 SPL Caniggia (3), Arteta, Ricksen, Ferguson (pen)
September 11, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hearts 2-0 SPL Caniggia, Arveladze
September 14, 2002 Almondvale, Livingston Livingston 2-0 SPL Ross, Ferguson (pen)
September 17, 2002 Unknown Viktoria Zizkov 0-2 UC
September 21, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Partick Thistle 3-0 SPL de Boer (2), Lovenkrands
September 28, 2002 Tannadice Park, Dundee Dundee United 3-0 SPL Amoruso, Ferguson, Arveladze
October 3, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Viktoria Zizkov 3-1 UC de Boer (2), McCann
October 6, 2002 Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic 3-3 SPL Arteta, de Boer, Arveladze
October 19, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Motherwell 3-0 SPL Amoruso, Løvenkrands, de Boer
October 24, 2002 Easter Road, Edinburgh Hibernian 3-2 SLC Townsley (og), Caniggia, Løvenkrands
October 27, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Kilmarnock 6-1 SPL Mols (2), de Boer, Ferguson (2, 1 pen), Moore
November 2, 2002 Dens Park, Dundee Dundee 3-0 SPL Malcolm, Løvenkrands, Moore
November 7, 2002 East End Park, Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 1-0 SLC Caniggia
November 10, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hibernian 2-1 SPL Mols, Arveladze
November 16, 2002 Pittodrie, Aberdeen Aberdeen 2-2 SPL Numan, Ferguson (pen)
November 23, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 SPL McCann, Mols, Arveladze
December 1, 2002 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Hearts 4-0 SPL Ricksen (2), Ferguson (pen), Hughes
December 4, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Livingston 4-3 SPL Arveladze (3), Ferguson
December 7, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Celtic 3-2 SPL Moore, de Boer, Mols
December 14, 2002 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee United 3-0 SPL Ferguson (3, 1 pen)
December 22, 2002 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Partick Thistle 2-1 SPL Mols, de Boer
December 26, 2002 Fair Park, Motherwell Motherwell 0-1 SPL
December 29, 2002 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock 1-0 SPL Løvenkrands
January 2, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee 3-1 SPL Ferguson, de Boer, Thompson
January 18, 2003 Unknown Energie Cottbus 1-1 F Muscat (pen)
January 25, 2003 Gayfield, Arbroath Arbroath 3-0 SC Ferguson, Moore, Arveladze
January 29, 2003 Easter Road, Edinburgh Hibernian 2-0 SPL Ferguson, Caniggia
February 1, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Aberdeen 2-1 SPL Mols (2)
February 4, 2003 Hampden Park, Glasgow Hearts 1-0 SLC de Boer
February 8, 2003 East End Park, Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 3-1 SPL McCann, Amoruso, Caniggia
February 15, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hearts 1-0 SPL Severin (og)
February 22, 2003 Somerset Park, Ayr Ayr United 1-0 SC de boer
March 2, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Livingston 2-1 SPL Amoruso, Arveladze
March 8, 2003 Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic 0-1 SPL
March 16, 2003 Hampden Park, Glasgow Celtic 2-1 SLC Caniggia, Løvenkrands
March 19, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Motherwell 2-0 SPL Ferguson, Løvenkrands
March 23, 2003 East End Park, Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 1-1 SC Caniggia
April 5, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Partick Thistle 2-0 SPL Mols (2)
April 9, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 SCR Løvenkrands, Ferguson, Arteta
April 13, 2003 Tannadice Park, Dundee Dundee United 4-1 SPL de Boer (2), Arveladze (2)
April 19, 2003 Hampden Park, Glasgow Motherwell 4-3 SPL Konterman, Mols, Amoruso, Partridge (og)
April 27, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Celtic 1-2 SPL de Boer
May 4, 2003 Dens Park, Dundee Dundee 2-2 SPL Wilkie (og), Arteta (pen)
May 11, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Kilmarnock 4-0 SPL Mols (2), Arveladze, Caniggia
May 18, 2003 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Hearts 2-0 SPL de Boer, Løvenkrands
May 25, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dunfermline Athletic 6-1 SPL Mols, Caniggia, de Boer, Thompson, Arteta (pen)
May 31, 2003 Hampden Park, Glasgow Dundee 1-0 SC Amoruso

[edit] Appearances

Note - These figures do not include friendly matches.

Player Position Appearances Goals
Flag of Germany 1 - Stefan Klos GK 50 0
Flag of Scotland 6 - Barry Ferguson MF 48 18
Flag of Netherlands 2 - Fernando Ricksen DF 46 3
Flag of Australia 3 - Craig Moore DF 44 4
Flag of Netherlands 14 - Ronald de Boer MF 43 20
Flag of Georgia (country) 24 - Shota Arveladze FW 40 16
Flag of Argentina 7 - Claudio Caniggia FW 36 12
Flag of Netherlands 5 - Arthur Numan DF 35 1
Flag of Spain 23 - Mikel Arteta MF 35 5
Flag of Netherlands 10 - Michael Mols FW 35 14
Flag of Scotland 12 - Robert Malcolm DF 33 1
Flag of Italy 4 - Lorenzo Amoruso DF 32 6
Flag of Denmark 26 - Peter Løvenkrands FW 32 12
Flag of Australia 17 - Kevin Muscat DF 29 0
Flag of Scotland 21 - Maurice Ross DF 27 1
Flag of Scotland 11 - Neil McCann FW 26 3
Flag of Netherlands 15 - Bert Konterman DF 24 1
Flag of Scotland 27 - Stephen Hughes MF 16 1
Flag of Scotland 19 - Steven Thompson FW 11 2
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago 20 - Russell Latapy MF 8 0
Flag of Scotland 16 - Billy Dodds FW 6 0
Flag of France 16 - Jerome Bonnissel DF 4 0
Flag of Norway 9 - Tore André Flo FW 4 0
Flag of Scotland 32 - Steve MacLean FW 4 0
Flag of Germany 8 - Christian Nerlinger MF 3 0
Flag of Scotland 53 - Alan Hutton DF 1 0

[edit] Season Summary

Scottish Premier League Winners
Scottish Cup Winners
Scottish League Cup Winners
UEFA Cup First Round
Players player of the year Barry Ferguson
Young player of the year Mikel Arteta
Goal of the season Ronald de Boer vs. Celtic
Best old firm performance Stefan Klos
Youth player of the year Chris Burke
Rangers F.C. Seasons

2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07
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