2000–01 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2000–01 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Dick Advocaat
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 2nd
P38 W26 D4 L8 F76 A36
Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup Semi-finals
Champions League Group Stage
UEFA Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League:
Tore André Flo (11)
All:
Jorg Albertz (15)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2000–01 season is the 120th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 56 competitive matches during the 2000–01 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 AS 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
1 June 2000 Scotland Allan Johnston England Sunderland Free
6 June 2000 Scotland Paul Ritchie Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free [1]
8 June 2000 Denmark Peter Løvenkrands Denmark Akademisk Boldklub £1.3m [2]
26 June 2000 Scotland Kenny Miller Scotland Hibernian £2m [3]
30 June 2000 England Paul Reid England Carlisle United £0.6m [4]
1 July 2000 Netherlands Bert Konterman Netherlands Feyenoord £4.3m [4]
1 July 2000 Netherlands Fernando Ricksen Netherlands AZ Alkmaar £3.6m [4]
30 August 2000 Netherlands Ronald de Boer Spain Barcelona £4.5m [5]
6 September 2000 Austria Alex Hauser Austria Tirol Innsbruck Free
21 October 2000 Denmark Jesper Christiansen Denmark Odense BK £1.7m [6]
23 November 2000 Norway Tore André Flo England Chelsea £12m [7]
1 January 2001 Finland Jani Kauppila Finland Tervarit Free [8]
8 March 2001 Jamaica Marcus Gayle England Wimbledon £900,000 [9]
14 March 2001 France Fabrice Fernandes France Rennes Loan [10]

Out

Date Player To Fee Source
31 May 2000 Northern Ireland Darren Fitzgerald Northern Ireland Glentoran Released [11]
5 June 2000 Norway Ståle Stensaas Norway Rosenborg BK [4]
27 July 2000 Scotland Scott Chaplain Scotland Ayr United Free
31 July 2000 Finland Jonatan Johansson England Charlton Athletic £3.5m [12]
2 August 2000 Scotland Barry Nicholson Scotland Dunfermline Athletic £0.2m [4]
22 August 2000 Scotland Paul Ritchie England Manchester City £500,000 [13]
7 September 2000 Scotland Michael Stone England Doncaster Rovers Free
25 September 2000 Scotland Gordon Durie Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free
1 February 2001 Romania Daniel Prodan Romania Rocar Bucharest Released [14]
9 February 2001 Italy Marco Negri Italy Bologna Released

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
29 July 2000St JohnstoneH2–148,062Dodds (2)
5 August 2000 KilmarnockA4–214,680Dodds (2, 1 pen.), Miller, Tugay
13 August 2000 St MirrenA3–19,251Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Dodds
19 August 2000 Dunfermline AthleticH4–147,452Albertz (pen.), van Bronckhorst, Dodds, Wallace
27 August 2000 CelticA2–659,476Reyna, Dodds (pen.)
9 September 2000 DundeeA1–110,439McCann
17 September 2000 HeartsH1–047,496de Boer
23 September 2000 MotherwellA1–011,275Mols
1 October 2000Dundee UnitedH3–044,324Kanchelskis, Albertz, van Bronckhorst
14 October 2000 HibernianA0–114,524
22 October 2000St JohnstoneA1–27,763Miller
28 October 2000 KilmarnockH0–349,659
4 November 2000 St MirrenH7–148,795Miller (5), Dodds, McCann
12 November 2000 AberdeenA2–116,798Miller, Mols
18 November 2000 Dunfermline AthleticA0–010,706
26 November 2000 CelticH5–150,083Ferguson, Flo, de Boer, Amoruso, Mols
3 December 2000 HeartsA1–016,710Albertz (pen.)
10 December 2000 MotherwellH2–046,058Konterman, Ferguson
13 December 2000 AberdeenH3–145,285Mols, Dodds, Albertz
17 December 2000 Dundee UnitedA1–110,750Reyna
23 December 2000 HibernianH1–049,993de Boer
26 December 2000 St JohnstoneH3–046,180McCann, Ricksen, Flo
2 January 2001 St MirrenA3–18,142Flo (2), Konterman
31 January 2001AberdeenH1–045,621Tugay
2 February 2001 Dunfermline AthleticH2–046,302Tugay, Mols
11 February 2001 CelticA0–159,496
24 February 2001 DundeeA1–09,778Konterman
3 March 2001 HeartsH2–049,003Flo (2)
14 March 2001 DundeeH0–245,035
17 March 2001 MotherwellA2–111,208Fernandes, Malcolm
31 March 2001 Dundee UnitedH0–248,382
8 April 2001 HibernianA0–09,704
11 April 2001 KilmarnockA2–114,585Flo (2)
21 April 2001 DundeeA3–010,687Wallace, Flo, Albertz
29 April 2001 CelticH0–350,057
8 May 2001 HeartsA4–115,315Albertz (2), Wallace, Flo
11 May 2001KilmarnockH5–146,577Wallace (2), de Boer, Amoruso, Flo
21 May 2001HibernianH4–047,023de Boer (2), Albertz (pen.), Vidmar

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
26 July 2000 QR2Žalgiris KaunasH4–145,974Dodds (2), Johnston, Albertz
2 August 2000 QR2Žalgiris KaunasA0–04,000
9 August 2000 QR3Herfølge BKA3–03,523Albertz, Wallace, Amoruso
23 August 2000 QR3Herfølge BKH3–034,141Wallace, Johnston, Kanchelskis
12 September 2000 GSSturm GrazH5–049,317Mols, de Boer, Albertz, van Bronckhorst, Dodds
20 September 2000 GSAS MonacoA1–011,161van Bronckhorst
27 September 2000 GSGalatasarayA2–320,954Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
17 October 2000 GSGalatasarayH0–049,603
25 October 2000 GSSturm GrazA0–215,400
7 November 2000 GSAS MonacoH2–250,228Miller, Mols

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
30 November 2000 R3KaiserslauternH1–047,279Albertz
7 December 2000 R3KaiserslauternA0–328,757

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
27 January 2001R3Brechin CityH2–022,606Johnston, Miller
18 February 2001R4Ross CountyA3–25,972Flo (2), Ferguson
11 March 2001QFDundee UnitedA0–111,793

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
6 September 2000R3AberdeenH4–237,029van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Dodds, Amoruso
31 October 2000QFDundee UnitedH2–030,966Miller, Ferguson
7 February 2001SFCelticN1–350,019Albertz (pen.)

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 July 2000GentA3–22,500Kanchelskis (2), McCann
12 July 2000BocholtA3–13,000Mols, Wallace, Albertz
13 July 2000Quick '20A6–02,000Ferguson (2), Johansson (2), Mols, Miller
15 July 2000HZVVA5–13,000Dodds (2), Albertz (2) Kanchelskis

Appearances

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

References

  1. ↑ "Ritchie ties up Ibrox move". BBC Sport. 6 June 2000.
  2. ↑ "Rangers clinch Lovenkrands deal". BBC Sport. 8 June 2000.
  3. ↑ "Rangers conclude Miller deal". BBC Sport. 26 June 2000.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Football transfers". BBC Sport. 18 August 2000.
  5. ↑ "Rangers swoop for De Boer and Hartson" BBC Sport (30 August 2000)
  6. ↑ "Keeper in, Tamudo out at Ibrox" BBC Sport (21 October 2000)
  7. ↑ "Flo goes to Rangers" BBC Sport (23 November 2000)
  8. ↑ "Numan handed three-match ban". BBC Sport. 5 December 2000.
  9. ↑ "Gayle blows into Ibrox" BBC Sport (8 March 2001)
  10. ↑ "Gers are fab, Collins tells Fabrice" BBC Sport. 14 March 2001.
  11. ↑ "Rozental to go on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2000.
  12. ↑ "Rangers striker search continues". BBC Sport. 1 August 2000.
  13. ↑ "Paul Ritchie never got a game but selling him on made tidy profit". Evening Times.
  14. ↑ "Rangers release Prodan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2001.