Rangers F.C. season 2004-05

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Rangers
Season 2004-05
Manager Alex McLeish
Chairman John McClelland
David Murray
League Scottish Premier League
Final league position 1st
P38 W29 D6 L3 F78 A22
Scottish Cup Third Round
League Cup Winners
Champions League Qualifying Round
UEFA Cup Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Nacho Novo (19)
All: Nacho Novo (25)
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The 2004-05 season is the 108th season of competitive football by Rangers.

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[edit] Overview

Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 2004-05 season. went into the season desperate to recapture their Scottish Premier League crown which had gone, pretty much uncontested, to rivals Celtic the season before. McLeish made some canny summer signings with the signature of Frenchman Jean-Alain Boumsong being his biggest coup. Others included strikers Dado Prso and Nacho Novo, as well as the experienced midfielder Alex Rae and cult hero Marvin Andrews.

The season began badly, with some poor performances in the league which resulted in a haul of just 8 point from there first 5 matches, and failure to qualify for the Champions League after being knocked out by Russian side CSKA Moscow.

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In:

Player From Fee
Flag of Scotland Barry Ferguson Blackburn Rovers £4.5m
Flag of Belgium Thomas Buffel Feyenoord £2.2m
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Mladenovic Red Star Belgrade £1.1m
Flag of Spain Nacho Novo Dundee £450,000
Flag of the Netherlands Ronald Waterreus Manchester City £100,000
Flag of Scotland Alex Rae Wolverhampton Wanderers Free
Flag of Croatia Dado Pršo Monaco Free
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews Livingston Free
Flag of France Jean-Alain Boumsong Auxerre Free
Flag of Scotland Derek Carcary Queen's Park Free
Flag of Sweden Bojan Djordjic Manchester United Free
Flag of Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos Panathinaikos Loan

[edit] Out:

Player To Fee
Flag of France Jean-Alain Boumsong Newcastle United £8m
Flag of Scotland Stephen Hughes Leicester City £100,000
Flag of Scotland Steve MacLean Sheffield Wednesday Undisc
Flag of Spain Mikel Arteta Real Sociedad Undisc
Flag of Scotland Peter Leven Kilmarnock Free
Flag of Scotland Andy Dowie Partick Thistle Free
Flag of Scotland Paul McHale Cowdenbeath Free
Flag of Scotland Alex Walker Clyde Free
Flag of Scotland Chris McLeod Arbroath Free
Flag of Australia Craig Moore Borussia Moenchengladbach Free

[edit] Results

Rangers scores are written Rangers first.

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Rangers scorers Match Report
August 7, 2004 Pittodrie, Aberdeen Aberdeen 0-0 SPL BBC
August 10, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow CSKA Moscow 1-2 CLQ Novo BBC
August 14, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Livingston 4-0 SPL Pršo, Hughes (2), Løvenkrands BBC
August 21, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hibernian 4-1 SPL Arveladze, Pršo, Boumsong, Løvenkrands BBC
August 25, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow CSKA Moscow 1-1 CLQ Thompson BBC
August 29, 2004 Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic 0-1 SPL BBC
September 12, 2004 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Hearts 0-0 SPL BBC
September 16, 2004 Estádio dos Barreiros, Madeira CS Marítimo 0-1 UC BBC
September 19, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Inverness CT 1-0 SPL Pršo BBC
September 22, 2004 Pittodrie, Aberdeen Aberdeen 2-0 SLC Ricksen, Thompson BBC
September 26, 2004 Dens Park, Dundee Dundee 2-0 SPL Novo (2) BBC
September 30, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow CS Marítimo 1-0 (Rangers win 4-2 on pens) UC Pršo BBC
October 3, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Kilmarnock 2-0 SPL Andrews, Novo BBC
October 17, 2004 Fir Park, Motherwell Motherwell 2-0 SPL Pršo (2) BBC
October 21, 2004 Stadion Amica, Wronki Amica Wronki 5-0 UC Løvenkrands, Novo, Ricksen, Arveladze (pen), Thompson BBC
October 24, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee United 1-1 SPL Novo BBC
Oct 27, 2004 East End Park, Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 2-1 SPL Boumsong, Novo (pen) BBC
Oct 31, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Aberdeen 5-0 SPL Thompson, Løvenkrands, Novo (2, 1 pen), Fernando Ricksen BBC
November 7, 2004 City Stadium, Livingston Livingston 4-1 SPL Løvenkrands, Novo, Thompson, Namouchi BBC
November 10, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Celtic 2-1 (aet) SLC Pršo, Arveladze BBC
November 14, 2004 Easter Road, Edinburgh Hibernian 1-0 SPL Pršo (pen) BBC
November 20, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Celtic 2-0 SPL Novo (pen), Pršo BBC
November 25, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Grazer AK 3-0 UC Novo, Arveladze, Namouchi BBC
November 28, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hearts 3-2 SPL McAllister o.g., Novo (2) BBC
December 2, 2004 DSB Stadion, Alkmaar AZ Alkmaar 0-1 UC BBC
December 5, 2004 Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Inverness 1-1 SPL Pršo BBC
December 11, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee 3-0 SPL Novo, Pršo, Malcolm BBC
December 15, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Auxerre 0-2 UC BBC
December 19, 2004 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock 1-0 SPL Arveladze BBC
December 27, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Motherwell 4-1 SPL Novo (2), Arveladze, Thompson BBC
January 1, 2005 Tannadice Park, Dundee Dundee United 1-1 SPL Namouchi BBC
January 9, 2005 Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic 1-2 SPL Ricksen BBC
January 15, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 SPL Thompson, Andrews, Alex Rae BBC
January 23, 2005 Pittodrie, Aberdeen Aberdeen 2-1 SPL Pršo, McNaughton (o.g.) BBC
January 29, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Livingston 3-0 SPL Pršo, Novo, Ricksen BBC
February 2, 2005 Hampden Park, Glasgow Dundee United 7-1 SLC Novo (2), Thompson (2), Buffel, Ricksen, Pršo BBC
February 12, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hibernian 3-0 SPL Pršo (2), Buffel BBC
February 20, 2005 Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic 2-0 SPL Vignal, Novo BBC
February 26, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Kilmarnock 2-1 SPL Pršo, Novo BBC
March 2, 2005 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Hearts 2-1 SPL Novo, Ricksen (pen) BBC
March 5, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Inverness CT 1-1 SPL Ferguson BBC
March 13, 2005 Dens Park, Dundee Rangers 2-0 SPL Andrews, Ricksen BBC
March 20, 2005 Hampden Park, Glasgow Motherwell 5-1 SLC Ross, Kyrgiakos (2), Novo, Ricksen BBC
April 3, 2005 Fir Park, Motherwell Motherwell 3-2 SPL Vignal (2), Pršo BBC
April 14, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee United 0-1 SPL BBC
April 17, 2005 East End Park, Dunfermline Dunfermline 1-0 SPL Pršo BBC
April 24, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Celtic 1-2 SPL Thompson BBC
May 1, 2005 Pittodrie, Aberdeen Aberdeen 3-1 SPL Ferguson, Pršo (2) BBC
May 7, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hearts 2-1 SPL Buffel, Andrews BBC
May 14, 2005 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Motherwell 4-1 SPL Buffel (2), Arveladze (2) BBC
May 22, 2005 Easter Road, Edinburgh Hibernian 1-0 SPL Novo BBC

[edit] Appearances

No. Player Apps Goals
1 Flag of Germany Klos, StefanStefan Klos 34 0
2 Flag of the Netherlands Ricksen, FernandoFernando Ricksen 51 9
3 Flag of Australia Moore, CraigCraig Moore 6 0
4 Flag of Belgium Buffel, ThomasThomas Buffel 18 5
4 Flag of France Boumsong, Jean-AlainJean-Alain Boumsong 28 2
5 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Andrews, MarvinMarvin Andrews 38 4
6 Flag of Scotland Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson 15 2
7 Flag of Georgia (country) Arveladze, ShotaShota Arveladze 33 9
8 Flag of Scotland Rae, AlexAlex Rae 32 1
9 Flag of Croatia Pršo, DadoDado Pršo 46 21
10 Flag of Spain Novo, NachoNacho Novo 48 25
12 Flag of Scotland Malcolm, RobertRobert Malcolm 28 1
14 Flag of Serbia Mladenovic, DraganDragan Mladenovic 9 0
15 Flag of Georgia (country) Khizanishvili, ZurabZurab Khizanishvili 25 0
16 Flag of Greece Kyrgiakos, SotiriosSotirios Kyrgiakos 17 2
16 Flag of Italy Vanoli, PaoloPaolo Vanoli 7 0
17 Flag of Scotland Burke, ChrisChris Burke 16 0
18 Flag of England Ball, MichaelMichael Ball 18 0
19 Flag of Scotland Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson 34 10
20 Flag of Scotland Hutton, AlanAlan Hutton 12 0
21 Flag of Scotland Ross, MauriceMaurice Ross 19 1
22 Flag of Scotland McGregor, AllanAllan McGregor 2 0
23 Flag of Sweden Djordjic, BojanBojan Djordjic 5 0
24 Flag of France Vignal, GregoryGregory Vignal 42 3
25 Flag of the Netherlands Waterreus, RonaldRonald Waterreus 15 0
26 Flag of Denmark Løvenkrands, PeterPeter Løvenkrands 24 4
27 Flag of Scotland Hughes, StephenStephen Hughes 15 2
31 Flag of Tunisia Namouchi, HamedHamed Namouchi 26 3
37 Flag of Scotland Smith, StevenSteven Smith 4 0
40 Flag of Scotland Adam, CharlieCharlie Adam 1 0
42 Flag of Scotland Davidson, RobertRobert Davidson 1 0
45 Flag of Scotland McCormack, RossRoss McCormack 1 0

[edit] See also