2008–09 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

2008–09 season
Chairman	David Murray
Manager	Walter Smith
Ground	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League	1st P38 W26 D8 L4 F77 A28
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Kris Boyd (27) All: Kris Boyd (31)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2008–09 season is the 112th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Players 2.1 Squad information 2.2 Transfers 2.2.1 In 2.2.2 Out 2.3 Squad statistics 2.4 Top Scorer 2.5 Disciplinary record 3 Club 3.1 Coaching staff 3.2 Board of Directors 3.3 Other staff 4 Matches 4.1 Scottish Premier League 4.2 UEFA Champions League 4.3 Scottish Cup 4.4 League Cup 4.5 Friendlies 5 Competitions 5.1 Overall 5.2 Scottish Premier League 5.2.1 Standings 5.2.2 Results summary 5.2.3 Results by round 6 References

Overview

Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 2008-09 season. The season began disastrously as the club exited the UEFA Champions League and European football altogether, losing 2–1 on aggregate to Lithuanian side FBK Kaunas in the second qualifying round. The first leg at Ibrox finished goalless, but the return leg ended in defeat for Rangers after an 87th-minute header from Linas Pilibaitis. The financial consequences of the failures to qualify for the Champions League were revealed when the club posted a loss of £3.9m for the six months to December 2008, and in March decided to offer staff the option of voluntary redundancy as a way of cutting costs.^[1] There was also mounting pressure on the manager to reduce the first team squad from 28 players to a more manageable figure. The player excess was eased slightly with the departures of Chris Burke, Jean-Claude Darcheville and a couple out on loan deals but the increased debt meant that the club needed to find a cash injection. This resulted in the attempted sale of Kris Boyd to Birmingham City which fell through due to the players wage demands.^[2]

In the first Old Firm game of the season, Rangers won 4–2, with Pedro Mendes scoring his first goal for the club, and Kenny Miller scoring a double against his former employers. But the teams league form stuttered thereafter. Despite a run of five wins from six matches following the Old Firm victory, the side trailed Celtic by seven points in the league at the turn of the year. For the first few months of 2009 both sides dropped and gained points on the other and Rangers briefly took over top spot of the Scottish Premier League on 21 February after a win against Kilmarnock. The spell as league leaders lasted less than a fortnight. A defeat and a draw, both at home, to Inverness and Hearts respectively, saw Smith's side sit second in the table, one point behind Celtic, at the split. The fourth Old Firm league meeting of the season finished with a 1-0 win to Rangers, thanks to a Steven Davis strike. This meant that, with three league games remaining, Rangers were two points ahead of Celtic. Further twists and turns followed, both Old Firm sides drew their matches against Hibernian at Easter Road, and so Rangers were ahead by two points with one round of matches remaining. Smith's side just needed a win against Dundee United to guarantee the club's 52nd league title. That is exactly what they got, goals from Kyle Lafferty, Pedro Mendes and Kris Boyd sealed a 3-0 win and the clubs first league championship in four seasons.^[3]

The club played in the finals of both of the domestic cup competitions for the second season running. The 2009 Scottish League Cup Final was reached by defeating Partick Thistle, Hamilton and Falkirk en route but the final ended in a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Old Firm rivals Celtic. The match was Walter Smith's first ever Old Firm final and was marred by a Kirk Broadfoot sending off deep into extra time for a foul on Aidan McGeady inside the penalty box. Celtic were subsequently awarded a penalty which McGeady himself converted.^[4]

Rangers qualified for the 2009 Scottish Cup Final after beating St. Mirren 3-0 in the semi-final. The second goal of the game was scored by Kris Boyd and was his 100th goal for Rangers. The team faced Falkirk at Hampden Park on 30 May 2009 in what was the clubs 51st Scottish Cup Final appearance. A Nacho Novo strike in the first minute of the second half gave Rangers a 1-0 win and completed the domestic double.^[5]

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	SCO	Allan McGregor	27	1998	141	0	2013	Youth system
2	CM	USA	Maurice Edu	23	2008	16	2	2013	£2.6m
3	CB	SCO	David Weir (captain)	39	2007 (Winter)	126	5	2010	Free
4	CB	ESP	Carlos Cuéllar	27	2007	65	5	2011	£2.37m	left on 12 August
4	CM	POR	Pedro Mendes	30	2008	42	4	2011	£3m
5	LB	BIH	Saša Papac	29	2006	108	2	2011	£0.45m
6	CM	SCO	Barry Ferguson	31	2005 (Winter)	431	61	2010	£4.5m
7	CM	ALG	Brahim Hemdani	31	2005	108	2	2009	Free
8	CM	SCO	Kevin Thomson	24	2007 (Winter)	70	3	2011	£2m
9	CF	SCO	Kris Boyd	25	2005 (Winter)	152	102	2010	£0.4m
10	CF	ESP	Nacho Novo	30	2004	206	64	2010	£0.45m
11	LM	SCO	Charlie Adam	23	2003	87	18	2012	Youth system
12	MF	SCO	Lee McCulloch	31	2007	66	7	2011	£2.25m
14	CF	SCO	Steven Naismith	22	2008	42	5	2012	£1.9m
15	AM	SCO	Alan Gow	26	2007	2	0	2010	Free
16	GK	SCO	Graeme Smith	26	2007	1	0	2010	Free
17	RW	SCO	Chris Burke	25	2000	131	14	2009	Youth system	left on 12 January
18	CF	SCO	Kenny Miller	29	2008	76	24	2011	£2m
19	CF	FRA	Jean-Claude Darcheville	33	2007	59	16	2009	Free	left on 1 January
20	LW	USA	DaMarcus Beasley	27	2007	33	5	2010	£0.7m
21	RB	SCO	Kirk Broadfoot	24	2007	68	1	2010	Free
22	CB	SCO	Andy Webster	27	2008	1	1	2011	£0.4m
23	CB	SCO	Christian Dailly	35	2008 (Winter)	36	2	2009	Free
24	CB	ALG	Madjid Bougherra	26	2008	39	1	2012	£2.5m
25	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	31	2008 (Winter)	29	0	2011	Free
26	LB	SCO	Steven Smith	23	2002	56	1	2010	Youth system
27	CF	NIR	Kyle Lafferty	21	2008	32	9	2013	£3.25m
28	RB	SCO	Steven Whittaker	24	2007	79	8	2012	£2m
29	CF	GAB	Daniel Cousin	31	2007	44	13	2010	£1.1m	left on 1 September
31	RW	ESP	Aarón Ñíguez	20	2008	5	2	2010	Loan
35	RM	NIR	Steven Davis	24	2008	69	8	2012	£3m
37	CF	LIT	Andrius Velička	30	2008	11	5	2011	£1m
45	CF	SCO	Rory Loy	21	2006	1	0	2011	£0.025m
53	AM	SCO	John Fleck	17	2007	13	1	2011	Youth system
56	CF	NIR	Andrew Little	20	2006	1	0	2011	Youth system

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles, Football Squads (for appearances, goals and player's number)
Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
22	CB	SCO	Andy Webster	26	Wigan Athletic	Transfer	Summer	2011	£0.45m	[6]
18	CF	SCO	Kenny Miller	28	Derby County	Transfer	Summer	2011	£2m	[7]
37	CF	LTU	Andrius Velička	29	Viking	Transfer	Summer	2011	£1m	[8]
27	CF	NIR	Kyle Lafferty	20	Burnley	Transfer	Summer	2013	£3.25m	[9]
24	CB	ALG	Madjid Bougherra	25	Charlton Athletic	Transfer	Summer	2012	£2.5m	[10]
31	RW	ESP	Aarón Ñíguez	19	Valencia	Loan	Summer	2010	n/a	[11]
4	CM	POR	Pedro Mendes	29	Portsmouth	Transfer	Summer	2011	£3m	[12]
35	RM	NIR	Steven Davis	23	Fulham	Transfer	Summer	2012	£3m	[13]
2	CM	USA	Maurice Edu	22	Toronto FC	Transfer	Summer	2013	£2.6m	[14][15]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
Total spending: £17.8m

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
54	DF	SCO	Nicholas Gallacher	18	Motherwell	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[16]
57	CF	Ivory Coast	Lacine Cherif	17	Kilmarnock	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[16]
55	MF	SCO	Alistair Park	17	Hibernian	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[16]
50	DF	ENG	Michael Donald	19	Free Agent	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[16]
31	GK	SCO	Calum Reidford	21	Dunfermline Athletic	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[17]
41	CB	SCO	Chris Smith	19	Greenock Morton	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[18]
52	MF	BEL	Jeroen Van Den Broeck	19	AGOVV	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[18]
23	CF	Slovakia	Filip Šebo	24	Valenciennes	Transfer	Summer	£1m	[19]
4	CM	BEL	Thomas Buffel	27	Cercle Brugge	Transfer	Summer	n/a	[20]
4	CB	ESP	Carlos Cuéllar	26	Aston Villa	Transfer	Summer	£7.8m	[21]
43	CF	SCO	Steven Lennon	20	Partick Thistle	Loan	Summer	n/a	[22]
80	GK	SCO	Mark Weir	16	Kilmarnock	Loan	Summer	n/a	[22]
22	CB	SCO	Andy Webster	26	Bristol City	Loan	Summer	n/a	[23]
36	CM	RSA	Dean Furman	20	Bradford City	Loan	Summer	n/a	[24]
42	RB	SCO	Alan Lowing	20	Clyde	Loan	Summer	n/a	[25]
44	CM	SCO	Paul Emslie	20	Clyde	Loan	Summer	n/a	[25]
41	GK	SCO	Scott Gallacher	19	Cowdenbeath	Loan	Summer	n/a	[26]
29	CF	Gabon	Daniel Cousin	31	Hull City	Transfer	Summer	£3.5m	[27]
15	AM	SCO	Alan Gow	25	Blackpool	Loan	Summer	n/a	[28]
40	GK	ENG	Lee Robinson	22	St. Johnstone	Loan	n/a	n/a	[29]
52	CM	SCO	Andrew Shinnie	19	Dundee	Loan	n/a	n/a	[30]
55	LB	SCO	Steven Kinniburgh	19	Queen of the South	Loan	n/a	n/a	[31]
45	CF	SCO	Rory Loy	20	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	n/a	n/a	[32]
48	RB	SCO	William McLachlan	19	Airdrie United	Loan	n/a	n/a
40	GK	SCO	Lee Robinson	22	Queen of the South	Loan	n/a	n/a	[33]
19	CF	FRA	Jean-Claude Darcheville	33	Valenciennes	Transfer	Winter	Free	[34]
47	CB	SCO	Jordan McMillan	20	Hamilton Academical	Loan	Winter	n/a	[35]
17	RW	SCO	Chris Burke	25	Cardiff City	Transfer	Winter	Free	[36]
54	LW	CYP	Georgios Efrem	19	Dundee	Loan	Winter	n/a	[37]
15	AM	SCO	Alan Gow	26	Norwich City	Loan	Winter	n/a	[38]
11	LM	SCO	Charlie Adam	23	Blackpool	Loan	Winter	n/a	[39]
49	CB	SCO	Ross Harvey	19	Brechin City	Loan	n/a	n/a	[40]
55	LB	SCO	Steven Kinniburgh	19	St. Johnstone	Loan	n/a	n/a	[41]

Last updated: 31 March 2008
Total income: £12.3m

Squad statistics

				Total			Scottish Premier League		UEFA Champions League		Scottish Cup	League Cup

No.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK	SCO	Allan McGregor	35	35		27		2		3		3
2	CM	USA	Maurice Edu	14	16	2	12	2			3		1
3	CB	SCO	David Weir	47	47	2	36	2	2		5		4
4	CM	POR	Pedro Mendes	42	42	4	35	3			3		4	1
5	LB	BIH	Saša Papac	39	39	2	29	1	2		4	1	4
6	CM	SCO	Barry Ferguson	22	27	2	22	2			3		2
7	CM	ALG	Brahim Hemdani
8	CM	SCO	Kevin Thomson	14	14	2	11	1	2	1			1
9	CF	SCO	Kris Boyd	40	46	31	35	27	2		5	1	4	3
10	CF	ESP	Nacho Novo	10	38	9	29	5	2		3	2	4	2
11	LM	SCO	Charlie Adam	9	11		9		2
12	MF	SCO	Lee McCulloch	15	20		12		2		4		2
14	CF	SCO	Steven Naismith	4	11		7				3		1
15	AM	SCO	Alan Gow
16	GK	SCO	Graeme Smith
17	RW	SCO	Chris Burke		2		2
18	CF	SCO	Kenny Miller	32	38	13	30	10	2		5	3	1
19	CF	FRA	Jean-Claude Darcheville	7	11	1	8	1	1				2
20	LW	USA	DaMarcus Beasley	7	12		10				1		1
21	RB	SCO	Kirk Broadfoot	34	34		27		2		1		4
22	CB	SCO	Andy Webster
23	CB	SCO	Christian Dailly	10	14		9		2		2		1
24	CB	ALG	Madjid Bougherra	39	39	1	31	1			5		3
25	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	14	14		11				2		1
26	LB	SCO	Steven Smith	6	6		5				1
27	CF	NIR	Kyle Lafferty	15	32	9	25	6	1		3	2	3	1
28	RB	SCO	Steven Whittaker	26	31	3	24	2	2		4	1	1
29	CF	Gabon	Daniel Cousin	1	2	1	2	1
31	RW	ESP	Aarón Ñíguez	1	5	2	3				2	2
35	RM	NIR	Steven Davis	42	43	7	34	6			5	1	4
37	CF	LTU	Andrius Velička	7	11	5	8	4	2		1	1
45	CF	SCO	Rory Loy		1		1
53	AM	SCO	John Fleck	7	10	1	8	1			1		1
56	CF	NIR	Andrew Little		1						1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: BBC Sport
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Top Scorer

N	P	Nat.	Name	SPL	SC	SLC	E	Total
9	CF		Kris Boyd	27	1	3		31
18	CF		Kenny Miller	10	3			13
10	CF		Nacho Novo	5	2	2		9
27	CF		Kyle Lafferty	6	2	1		9
35	RM		Steven Davis	5	1	1		7
37	CF		Andrius Velička	4		1		5
4	CM		Pedro Mendes	3		1		4
28	RB		Steven Whittaker	2	1			3
3	CB		David Weir	2				2
2	CM		Maurice Edu	2				2
6	CM		Barry Ferguson	2				2
5	LB		Saša Papac	1	1			2
8	CM		Kevin Thomson	1			1	2
31	RW		Aarón Ñíguez		2			2
24	CB		Madjid Bougherra	1				1
53	AM		John Fleck	1				1
19	CF		Jean-Claude Darcheville	1				1
29	CF		Daniel Cousin	1				1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	YC		RC
1	GK		Allan McGregor	1
3	CB		David Weir	5		1
4	CM		Pedro Mendes	7
5	LB		Saša Papac	6	1	1
6	CM		Barry Ferguson	3
8	CM		Kevin Thomson	4
9	CF		Kris Boyd	6
10	CF		Nacho Novo	2
11	LM		Charlie Adam	2
12	CM		Lee McCulloch	6
14	CF		Steven Naismith	1
18	CF		Kenny Miller	3
21	RB		Kirk Broadfoot	4		1
23	CB		Christian Dailly	4
24	CB		Madjid Bougherra	8		1
26	LB		Steven Smith	2
27	CF		Kyle Lafferty	6
28	RB		Steven Whittaker	5
29	CF		Daniel Cousin	1	1
31	RW		Aarón Ñíguez	1
35	RM		Steven Davis	1
53	AM		John Fleck	1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Walter Smith
Assistant Manager	Ally McCoist
First-team coach	Kenny McDowall
First-team coach	Ian Durrant (from 30 June)
Fitness coach	Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach	Jim Stewart

Source: Wikipedia articles

Board of Directors

Chairman	David Murray
Chief Executive	Martin Bain
Finance Director	Donald McIntyre
Non-Executive Director	John Greig
Non-Executive Director	Alastair Johnston
Non-Executive Director	John McClelland
Non-Executive Director	Dave King
Non-Executive Director	Paul Murray
Non-Executive Director	Donald Wilson

Source: Wikipedia articles

Other staff

Physiotherapist	Pip Yeates
Doctor	Dr Paul Jackson
Chief Scout	Ewan Chester
Massuer	David Lavery
Kit controller	Jimmy Bell
Video Analyst	Steve Harvey
Football administrator	Andrew Dickson

Source: Wikipedia articles

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
3	9 August 2008	Scottish Premier League	1	A	Falkirk	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 6,669 Dougie McDonald Falkirk Rangers  64' Velička
4	16 August 2008	Scottish Premier League	2	H	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 48,191 Stuart Dougal Rangers  37' Lafferty  90' (pen.) Boyd Heart of Midlothian  74' Mikoliunas
5	23 August 2009	Scottish Premier League	3	A	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 16,489 Craig Thomson Aberdeen  45' Young Rangers  24' Weir
6	31 August 2008	Scottish Premier League	4	A	Celtic	4 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 58,595 Dougie McDonald Celtic  39' Samaras  76' Vennegoor of Hesselink  90' Nakamura Rangers  37' Cousin  52' Miller  62' Mendes  75' Cousin  79' Miller
7	13 September 2008	Scottish Premier League	5	H	Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 50,019 Calum Murray Rangers  58' Boyd  62' Boyd  90' Papac Kilmarnock  9' Wright
8	21 September 2008	Scottish Premier League	6	H	Motherwell	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 49,448 Eddie Smith Rangers  57' Davis  76' Novo Motherwell  87' Clarkson
10	28 September 2008	Scottish Premier League	7	A	Hibernian	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 BST 15,292 Calum Murray Hibernian Rangers  31' Miller  40' Miller  73' Bougherra
11	5 October 2008	Scottish Premier League	8	A	St. Mirren	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 GMT 7,520 William Collum St. Mirren  77' McGinn Rangers
12	25 October 2008	Scottish Premier League	10	A	Hamilton Academical	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 4,613 Dougie McDonald Hamilton Academical  26' Easton Rangers  42' (pen.) Boyd  50' Boyd  80' Novo
14	1 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	11	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	5 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 49,255 Crawford Allan Rangers  7' Novo  14' Boyd  19' Boyd  28' (pen.) Boyd  45' Miller Inverness Caledonian Thistle
15	4 November 2008[42]	Scottish Premier League	9	H	Dundee United	3 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 48,686 Craig Thomson Rangers  11' Davis  37' Papac  90' Thomson Dundee United  17' Sandaza  58' Sandaza  59' Robertson
16	9 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	12	A	Kilmarnock	4 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 GMT 10,153 Eddie Smith Kilmarnock Rangers  50' Weir  54' Boyd  87' Miller  90' Whittaker
17	12 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	13	A	Motherwell	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 9,600 Steve Conroy
18	15 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	14	H	St. Mirren	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 49,321 David Somers Rangers  5' Boyd  10' Davis St. Mirren  81' Miranda
19	22 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	15	H	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 50,166 Craig Thomson Rangers  52' Darcheville  68' Boyd Aberdeen
20	29 November 2008	Scottish Premier League	16	A	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 15,710 Dougie McDonald Heart of Midlothian  20' Zaliukas  23' Kingston  76' Wallace Rangers  26' (o.g.) Karipidis[43][44]
21	6 December 2008	Scottish Premier League	17	H	Hamilton Academical	7 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 48,282 Calum Murray Rangers  11' Miller  28' (pen.) Boyd  52' Boyd  62' Boyd  80' Lafferty  88' Novo  90' Davis Hamilton Academical  2' McArthur  51' Canning
22	13 December 2008	Scottish Premier League	18	A	Dundee United	2 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 11,362 Iain Brines Dundee United  50' Wilkie  54' Feeney Rangers  11' Boyd  76' Lafferty
23	20 December 2008	Scottish Premier League	19	H	Hibernian	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 49,538 Steve Conroy Rangers  11' Boyd Hibernian
24	27 December 2008	Scottish Premier League	20	H	Celtic	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 50,403 Craig Thomson Rangers Celtic  58' McDonald
25	4 January 2009	Scottish Premier League	21	A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 7,056 Dougie McDonald Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers  46' Mendes  81' Boyd  87' Boyd
27	17 January 2009	Scottish Premier League	22	H	Falkirk	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 48,811 William Collum Rangers  45' (pen.) Boyd  77' Papac  80' Boyd  90' Davis Falkirk  12' Lovell  51' Cregg
28	24 January 2009	Scottish Premier League	23	A	Aberdeen	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 20,441 Calum Murray Aberdeen Rangers
30	31 January 2009	Scottish Premier League	24	H	Dundee United	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 49,911 Iain Brines Rangers  78' (pen.) Fleck  90' Lafferty Dundee United
31	15 February 2009	Scottish Premier League	25	A	Celtic	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 58,766 Calum Murray Celtic Rangers
33	21 February 2009	Scottish Premier League	26	H	Kilmarnock	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 50,301 Brian Winter Rangers  29' Miller  33' Boyd  35' Boyd Kilmarnock  17' Hamill
34	28 February 2009	Scottish Premier League	27	A	Hamilton Academical	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 5,895 Craig Thomson Hamilton Academical Rangers  35' Ferguson
35	4 March 2009	Scottish Premier League	28	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 48,129 Calum Murray Rangers  90' Weir Inverness Caledonian Thistle  90' Black
38	21 March 2009	Scottish Premier League	29	H	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 50,310 Craig Thomson Rangers  9' Lafferty  45' Ferguson Heart of Midlothian  64' Karipidis  67' Palazuelos
39	5 April 2009	Scottish Premier League	30	A	Falkirk	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 BST 6,853 Iain Brines Falkirk Rangers  9' Boyd
40	8 April 2009[45]	Scottish Premier League	31	A	St. Mirren	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 6,231 Eddie Smith St. Mirren  56' Dorman Rangers  12' Boyd  19' Edu
41	11 April 2009	Scottish Premier League	32	H	Motherwell	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 50,080 David Somers Rangers  2' Velička  10' Boyd  65' (pen.) Boyd Motherwell  37' Sutton
42	19 April 2009	Scottish Premier League	33	A	Hibernian	3 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 BST 14,014 Steve Conroy Hibernian  34' Sutton  84' Rankin Rangers  2' Whittaker  52' Velička  73' Edu
44	3 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	34	H	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:30 BST 49,663 Iain Brines Rangers  45' Velička  89' Boyd Heart of Midlothian
45	9 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	35	H	Celtic	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 50,321 Craig Thomson Rangers  37' Davis Celtic
46	13 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	36	A	Hibernian	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 13,765 Eddie Smith Hibernian  41' Riordan Rangers  80' Novo
47	16 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	37	H	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 50,295 Stuart Dougal Rangers  40' Bougherra  41' (o.g.) Foster  68' Miller Aberdeen  18' Mulgrew  77' Paton
48	24 May 2009	Scottish Premier League	38	A	Dundee United	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 13:00 BST 14,077 Dougie McDonald Dundee United Rangers  6' Lafferty  45' Mendes  52' Boyd

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Champions League

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	30 July 2008	Champions League	QR2	H	FBK Kaunas	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 34,847 Kevin Blom Rangers FBK Kaunas
2	5 August 2008	Champions League	QR2	A	FBK Kaunas	1 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 18:05 BST 5,500 Stefan Johannesson FBK Kaunas  43' Radžius  87' Pilibaitis Rangers  33' Thomson

Last updated: 5 August 2008
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
26	13 January 2009	Scottish Cup	4	A	St. Johnstone	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:05 BST 7,746 Dougie McDonald St. Johnstone Rangers  43' (o.g.) McCaffrey  79' Novo
32	18 February 2009[46]	Scottish Cup	5	A	Forfar Athletic	4 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 4,718 Eddie Smith Forfar Athletic  70' Elliot Smith Rangers  8' Papac  54' Miller  84' Aarón  90' Miller
36	8 March 2009	Scottish Cup	QF	H	Hamilton Academical	5 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 27,588 Iain Brines Rangers  15' Whittaker  35' Lafferty  45' (pen.) Aarón  53' Davis  81' Lafferty Hamilton Academical  26' Quinn
43	25 April 2009	Scottish Cup	SF	N	St. Mirren	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:15 BST 32,431 Calum Murray Rangers  2' Velička  66' Boyd  70' Miller St. Mirren
49	30 May 2009	Scottish Cup	F	N	Falkirk	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 51,193 Craig Thomson Rangers  46' Novo Falkirk

Last updated: 30 May 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
9	24 September 2008	League Cup	3	A	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 6,497 Steve Conroy Partick Thistle  33' McKeown Rangers  25' Boyd  116' Mendes
13	28 October 2008	League Cup	QF	H	Hamilton Academical	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 32,083 Eddie Smith Rangers  25' Boyd  50' Lafferty Hamilton Academical
29	27 January 2009	League Cup	SF	N	Falkirk	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 24,507 Charlie Richmond Rangers  8' Novo  40' Novo  88' Boyd Falkirk
37	15 March 2009	League Cup	F	N	Celtic	0 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 51,193 Dougie McDonald Celtic  91' O'Dea  120' (pen.) McGeady Rangers  120' Broadfoot

Last updated: 15 March 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	13 July 2008	Friendly		A	Preußen Münster	1 – 0	Report Attendance Referee Report link 5,211 Cetin Sevinc Preußen Münster Rangers  35' (pen.) Adam
2	16 July 2008	Friendly		A	Sportfreunde Lotte	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 18:00 BST 3,000 Rene Kunsleben Sportfreunde Lotte  5' Dennis Rommel Rangers  70' Boyd  71' Boyd  86' Fleck
3	19 July 2009	Friendly		A	Schalke 04	0 – 1	Report Attendance Referee Report link 28,350 Detlef Scheppe Schalke 04  30' Krstajić Rangers
4	22 July 2009	Friendly		A	Clyde	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 7,653 Steven Nicholls Clyde Rangers  79' Novo
5	26 July 2009	Friendly		A	Raith Rovers	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 4,865 Steve Conroy Raith Rovers  31' Smith Rangers  70' Novo  79' Cousin
6	2 August 2009	Friendly		H	Liverpool	0 – 4	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 50,223 Craig Thomson Rangers Liverpool  23' Torres  56' N'Gog  60' Benayoun  70' (pen.) Alonso
7	4 February 2009	Friendly		H	Milan	2 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 45,197 William Collum Rangers  64' Beasley  82' Papac Milan  69' Pato  77' Kaká

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source:
¹Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	—	1st	9 August	24 May
Champions League	Second Qualifying Round	—	Second Qualifying Round	30 July	6 August
League Cup	3rd Round	—	Runners-up	24 September	15 March
Scottish Cup	4th Round	—	Winners	13 January	30 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	38	26	8	4	77	28	+49	86	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Celtic	38	24	10	4	80	33	+47	82	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	16	11	11	40	37	+3	59	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4	Aberdeen	38	14	11	13	41	40	+1	53	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Updated to games played on 24 May 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	8	4	77	28	+49	86	15	2	2	44	15	+29	11	6	2	33	13	+20

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W

Last updated: 24 May 2009.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

References

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