2000–01 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers went into the season looking to clinch a third consecutive Scottish Premier League title, as well as trying to successfully defend the Scottish Cup, win the League Cup and make an impact in the UEFA Champions League. Despite further heavy investment in the team, which included paying a record 12 million pound fee for striker Tore Andre Flo in November, Rangers were unable to win the title and finished the season without winning any trophies.

Despite a good start to the season, a 6-2 loss against Celtic in the first Old Firm derby saw the beginning of inconsistent league form for Rangers throughout the rest of the season, including a 3-0 loss at home to Kilmarnock. The loss to Kilmarnock brought a conflict between club captain Lorenzo Amoruso and manager Dick Advocaat to a head, resulting in Amoruso being stripped of the captaincy and 22 year-old Barry Ferguson being given the arm band. A 5-1 victory over Celtic in November gave hope for revival but Rangers were unable to put up any serious challenge and finished the season 15 points off top spot.

In the domestic cup competitions Rangers lost 3-1 to Celtic in the semi finals of the League Cup and also surrendered their Scottish Cup crown with a 1-0 loss away to Dundee Utd.

In Europe, Rangers qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive time after two qualifying rounds and were drawn alongside Sturm Graz, Galatasaray and Monaco. Rangers made a good start to the group with six points from two matches, including a 5-0 win at home to Sturm Graz and 1-0 win away to Monaco. However, they only picked up two points from the remaining four games and failed to qualify for the next phase of the competition, finishing third and therefore dropping into the UEFA Cup. The last match at home to Monaco saw Rangers leading 2-1 which would have seen them go through but a late Monaco goal denied Rangers a place in the next round. In the UEFA Cup Rangers drew Kaiserslautern and despite winning the first leg 1-0 at home, they exited European competition before Christmas after a 3-0 loss in Germany.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee	Source
01 Jun 2000	Allan Johnston	Sunderland	Free
06 Jun 2000	Paul Ritchie	Heart of Midlothian	Free	^[1]
08 Jun 2000	Peter Løvenkrands	Akademisk Boldklub	£1.3m	^[2]
26 Jun 2000	Kenny Miller	Hibernian	£2m	^[3]
30 Jun 2000	Paul Reid	Carlisle United	£600,000	^[4]
01 Jul 2000	Bert Konterman	Feyenoord	£4.3m	^[4]
01 Jul 2000	Fernando Ricksen	AZ Alkmaar	£3.6m	^[4]
30 Aug 2000	Ronald de Boer	Barcelona	£4.5m	^[5]
06 Sep 2000	Alex Hauser	Tirol Innsbruck	Free
21 Oct 2000	Jesper Christiansen	Odense BK	£1.7m	^[6]
23 Nov 2000	Tore André Flo	Chelsea	£12m	^[7]
01 Jan 2001	Jani Kauppila	Tervarit	Free	^[8]
08 Mar 2001	Marcus Gayle	Wimbledon	£900,000	^[9]
14 Mar 2001	Fabrice Fernandes	Rennes	Loan	^[10]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
31 May 2000	Darren Fitzgerald	Glentoran	Released ^[11]
05 Jun 2000	Ståle Stensaas	Rosenborg BK		^[4]
27 Jul 2000	Scott Chaplain	Ayr United	Free
31 Jul 2000	Jonatan Johansson	Charlton Athletic	£3.5m	^[12]
02 Aug 2000	Barry Nicholson	Dunfermline Athletic	£0.2m	^[4]
22 Aug 2000	Paul Ritchie	Manchester City	£500,000	^[13]
07 Sep 2000	Michael Stone	Doncaster Rovers	Free
25 Sep 2000	Gordon Durie	Heart of Midlothian	Free
01 Feb 2001	Daniel Prodan	Rocar Bucharest	Released	^[14]
09 Feb 2001	Marco Negri	Bologna	Released

Expendure: £30,900,000
Income: £4,200,000

Total loss/gain: £26,700,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 July 2000	Gent	A	3–2	2,500	Kanchelskis (2), McCann
12 July 2000	Bocholt	A	3–1	3,000	Mols, Wallace, Albertz
13 July 2000	Quick '20	A	6–0	2,000	Ferguson (2), Johansson (2), Mols, Miller
15 July 2000	HZVV	A	5–1	3,000	Dodds (2), Albertz (2) Kanchelskis

Scottish Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 Jul 2000	St Johnstone	H	2–1	48,062	Dodds (2)
05 Aug 2000	Kilmarnock	A	4–2	14,680	Dodds (2, 1 pen.), Miller, Tugay
13 Aug 2000	St Mirren	A	3–1	9,251	Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Dodds
19 Aug 2000	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–1	47,452	Albertz (pen.), van Bronckhorst, Dodds, Wallace
27 Aug 2000	Celtic	A	2–6	59,476	Reyna, Dodds (pen.)
09 Sep 2000	Dundee	A	1–1	10,439	McCann
17 Sep 2000	Hearts	H	1–0	47,496	de Boer
23 Sep 2000	Motherwell	A	1–0	11,275	Mols
01 Oct 2000	Dundee United	H	3–0	44,324	Kanchelskis, Albertz, van Bronckhorst
14 Oct 2000	Hibernian	A	0–1	14,524
22 Oct 2000	St Johnstone	A	1–2	7,763	Miller
28 Oct 2000	Kilmarnock	H	0–3	49,659
04 Nov 2000	St Mirren	H	7–1	48,795	Miller (5), Dodds, McCann
12 Nov 2000	Aberdeen	A	2–1	16,798	Miller, Mols
18 Nov 2000	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–0	10,706
26 Nov 2000	Celtic	H	5–1	50,083	Ferguson, Flo, de Boer, Amoruso, Mols
03 Dec 2000	Hearts	A	1–0	16,710	Albertz (pen.)
10 Dec 2000	Motherwell	H	2–0	46,058	Konterman, Ferguson
13 Dec 2000	Aberdeen	H	3–1	45,285	Mols, Dodds, Albertz
17 Dec 2000	Dundee United	A	1–1	10,750	Reyna
23 Dec 2000	Hibernian	H	1–0	49,993	de Boer
26 Dec 2000	St Johnstone	H	3–0	46,180	McCann, Ricksen, Flo
02 Jan 2001	St Mirren	A	3–1	8,142	Flo (2), Konterman
31 Jan 2001	Aberdeen	H	1–0	45,621	Tugay
02 Feb 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	46,302	Tugay, Mols
11 Feb 2001	Celtic	A	0–1	59,496
24 Feb 2001	Dundee	A	1–0	9,778	Konterman
03 Mar 2001	Hearts	H	2–0	49,003	Flo (2)
14 Mar 2001	Dundee	H	0–2	45,035
17 Mar 2001	Motherwell	A	2–1	11,208	Fernandes, Malcolm
31 Mar 2001	Dundee United	H	0–2	48,382
08 Apr 2001	Hibernian	A	0–0	9,704
11 Apr 2001	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	14,585	Flo (2)
21 Apr 2001	Dundee	A	3–0	10,687	Wallace, Flo, Albertz
29 Apr 2001	Celtic	H	0–3	50,057
08 May 2001	Hearts	A	4–1	15,315	Albertz (2), Wallace, Flo
11 May 2001	Kilmarnock	H	5–1	46,577	Wallace (2), de Boer, Amoruso, Flo
21 May 2001	Hibernian	H	4–0	47,023	de Boer (2), Albertz (pen.), Vidmar

UEFA Champions League

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26 Jul 2000	QR2	Žalgiris Kaunas	H	4–1	45,974	Dodds (2), Johnston, Albertz
02 Aug 2000	QR2	Žalgiris Kaunas	A	0–0	4,000
09 Aug 2000	QR3	Herfølge BK	A	3–0	3,523	Albertz, Wallace, Amoruso
23 Aug 2000	QR3	Herfølge BK	H	3–0	34,141	Wallace, Johnston, Kanchelskis
12 Sep 2000	GS	Sturm Graz	H	5–0	49,317	Mols, de Boer, Albertz, van Bronckhorst, Dodds
20 Sep 2000	GS	Monaco	A	1–0	11,161	van Bronckhorst
27 Sep 2000	GS	Galatasaray	A	2–3	20,954	Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
17 Oct 2000	GS	Galatasaray	H	0–0	49,603
25 Oct 2000	GS	Sturm Graz	A	0–2	15,400
07 Nov 2000	GS	Monaco	H	2–2	50,228	Miller, Mols

UEFA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 Nov 2000	R3	Kaiserslautern	H	1–0	47,279	Albertz
07 Dec 2000	R3	Kaiserslautern	A	0–3	28,757

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
27 Jan 2001	R3	Brechin City	H	2–0	22,606	Johnston, Miller
18 Feb 2001	R4	Ross County	A	3–2	5,972	Flo (2), Ferguson
11 Mar 2001	QF	Dundee United	A	0–1	11,793

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
06 Sep 2000	R3	Aberdeen	H	4–2	37,029	van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Dodds, Amoruso
31 Oct 2000	QF	Dundee United	H	2–0	30,966	Miller, Ferguson
07 Feb 2001	SF	Celtic	N	1–3	50,019	Albertz (pen.)

Appearances

No.	Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
1	Klos, StefanStefan Klos	GK	47	0
2	Ricksen, FernandoFernando Ricksen	DF	37	1
3	Moore, CraigCraig Moore	DF	7	0
4	Amoruso, LorenzoLorenzo Amoruso	DF	42	4
5	Numan, ArthurArthur Numan	DF	33	0
6	Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson	MF	47	6
7	Kanchelskis, AndreiAndrei Kanchelskis	MF	14	3
8	van Bronckhorst, GiovanniGiovanni van Bronckhorst	MF	19	6
9	Mols, MichaelMichael Mols	FW	21	7
10	Wallace, RodRod Wallace	FW	25	8
11	Albertz, JörgJörg Albertz	MF	34	15
12	Reyna, ClaudioClaudio Reyna	MF	31	2
14	de Boer, RonaldRonald de Boer	MF	26	7
15	Konterman, BertBert Konterman	DF	51	3
16	Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds	FW	41	13
17	Kerimoğlu, TugayTugay Kerimoğlu	MF	38	3
18	McCann, NeilNeil McCann	MF	35	3
19	Wilson, ScottScott Wilson	DF	30	0
20	Christiansen, JesperJesper Christiansen	GK	6	0
20	Johansson, JonatanJonatan Johansson	FW	1	0
21	Porrini, SergioSergio Porrini	DF	18	0
22	Rozental, SebastianSebastian Rozental	FW	0	0
22	Flo, Tore AndréTore André Flo	FW	22	13
23	Miller, KennyKenny Miller	FW	35	11
24	Johnston, AllanAllan Johnston	MF	25	3
25	Vidmar, TonyTony Vidmar	DF	22	1
26	Løvenkrands, PeterPeter Løvenkrands	MF	10	0
27	Ritchie, PaulPaul Ritchie	DF	0	0
28	Adamczuk, DariuszDariusz Adamczuk	DF	3	0
29	Pentilla, TeroTero Pentilla	DF	0	0
30	Charbonnier, LionelLionel Charbonnier	GK	0	0
31	Feeney, LeeLee Feeney	FW	0	0
31	Gayle, MarcusMarcus Gayle	FW	4	0
32	Brown, MarkMark Brown	GK	3	0
33	Malcolm, RobertRobert Malcolm	DF	9	1
35	Kauppila, JaniJani Kauppila	MF	4	0
35	Negri, MarcoMarco Negri	FW	2	0
40	Fernandes, FabriceFabrice Fernandes	MF	4	1
41	Gibson, JimmyJimmy Gibson	MF	1	0
42	Fitzgerald, DarrenDarren Fitzgerald	FW	0	0
44	Ross, MauriceMaurice Ross	DF	1	0
45	Carson, StephenStephen Carson	MF	3	0
48	Hughes, StephenStephen Hughes	MF	1	0

References

^ "Ritchie ties up Ibrox move". BBC Sport. 6 June 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/755161.stm.
^ "Rangers clinch Lovenkrands deal". BBC Sport. 8 June 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/783191.stm.
^ "Rangers conclude Miller deal". BBC Sport. 26 June 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/800045.stm.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Football transfers". BBC Sport. 18 August 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/877715.stm.
^ "Rangers swoop for De Boer and Hartson" BBC Sport (30 August 2000)
^ "Keeper in, Tamudo out at Ibrox" BBC Sport (21 October 2000)
^ "Flo goes to Rangers" BBC Sport (23 November 2000)
^ "Numan handed three-match ban" BBC Sport (5 December 2000)
^ "Gayle blows into Ibrox" BBC Sport (8 March 2001)
^ "Gers are fab, Collins tells Fabrice" BBC Sport. 14 March 2001.
^ "Rozental to go on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/865783.stm.
^ "Rangers striker search continues". BBC Sport. 1 August 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/859523.stm.
^ "Paul Ritchie never got a game but selling him on made tidy profit". Evening Times. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/editor-s-picks/paul-ritchie-never-got-a-game-but-selling-him-on-made-tidy-profit-1.1031680.
^ "Rangers release Prodan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1149030.stm.

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