2007–08 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

2007–08 season
Chairman	David Murray
Manager	Walter Smith
Ground	Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League	2nd P38 W27 D5 L6 F84 A33
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group Stage
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Kris Boyd (14) All: Kris Boyd (25)
Highest home attendance	50,440 vs Hibernian (6 October)
Lowest home attendance	33,837 vs Hibernian (9 March)
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The 2007-08 season was the 127th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 68 competitive matches during the 2007-08 season. It was Walter Smith's first full season at the club since 1997-98. The early season priority was qualification for the group stages of the Champions League and this was secured with hard-fought victories over FK Zeta and Red Star Belgrade.

Rangers were drawn in Group E with Barcelona, Lyon and Stuttgart. The group stage started well, with the first two matches resulting in victories, over Stuttgart and Lyon. A home draw with Barcelona left Rangers with seven points after three games, but the last three matches all resulted in defeat, meaning Rangers finished third in the group and entered the UEFA Cup. However, the European adventure continued for Rangers as they progressed to the semi-finals of the competition by beating Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and Sporting Lisbon. They then reached the final with a penalty shootout victory against Fiorentina. They played Zenit Saint Petersburg, managed by formed Gers boss Dick Advocaat, in Manchester on 14 May. Rangers lost the match 2-0, with over 200,000 fans in the city to see the game.

On the domestic front, the race for the Scottish Premier League continued until the final matchday of the season. Both Celtic and Rangers were tied on 86 points going into their games (against Dundee United and Aberdeen respectively) on 22 May 2008, but Celtic were top of the table due to having a better goal difference of 57, six ahead of Rangers. This did not prove to be decisive, as Rangers surrendered their hopes of landing the championship with a 2-0 defeat away to the Dons, while Celtic beat Dundee United 1-0. The club had had a ten-point lead in late March, although their nearest rivals, Celtic, had games in hand at the time. However, being forced by the Scottish football authorities to play 4 competitive matches (including a UEFA Cup Final) in the last 8 days of the season proved just too great a hurdle for Rangers to overcome.

The club appeared in its first final since 2005. They played Dundee United on 16 March 2008 and won the League Cup on penalties. The match was tied 2-2 after extra time, with both goals coming from Kris Boyd who also scored the winning spot kick.

They also reached the final of the Scottish Cup for the 49th time. They beat St. Johnstone 4-3 on penalties in the semi-final after the score was tied at 1-1 after extra time. The club played Queen of the South in the final on 24 May 2008 and won the match 3-2 thanks to goals from DaMarcus Beasley and a double from Kris Boyd.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Allan McGregor	26	1998	106	0	2010	Youth system
2	RB		Alan Hutton	23	2000	122	4	2012	Youth system	left on 30 January
3	CB		David Weir	38	2007 (Winter)	79	3	2008	Free
4	AM		Thomas Buffel	27	2005 (Winter)	86	16	2009	£2.3m
5	LB		Saša Papac	28	2006	69	0	2009	£0.45m
6	CM		Barry Ferguson (captain)	30	2005 (Winter)	404	59	2010	£4.5m
7	CM		Brahim Hemdani	30	2005	108	2	2009	Free
8	CM		Kevin Thomson	23	2007 (Winter)	56	1	2011	£2m
9	CF		Kris Boyd	24	2005 (Winter)	106	71	2010	£0.4m
10	CF		Nacho Novo	29	2004	168	54	2010	£0.45m
11	LM		Charlie Adam	22	2003	78	18	2012	Youth system
12	CB		Ugo Ehiogu	35	2007 (Winter)	12	1	2008	Free	left on 18 January
12	RM		Steven Davis	23	2008 (Winter)	26	1	2008	Loan
14	CM		Amdy Faye	31	2007	6	0	2008	Loan
15	AM		Alan Gow	25	2007	2	0	2010	Free
16	GK		Graeme Smith	25	2007	1	0	2010	Free
17	RW		Chris Burke	24	2000	129	14	2009	Youth system
18	DF		Ian Murray	26	2005	60	0	2008	Free	left on 24 August
18	CF		Steven Naismith	21	2008	31	5	2012	£1.9m
19	CF		Jean-Claude Darcheville	32	2007	48	15	2009	Free
20	LW		DaMarcus Beasley	26	2007	21	5	2010	£0.7m
21	RB		Kirk Broadfoot	23	2007	34	1	2010	Free
22	CB		Andy Webster	26	2008	1	1	2011	£0.4m
23	CF		Filip Šebo	24	2006	34	2	2010	£1.8m	out on loan
23	CB		Christian Dailly	34	2008 (Winter)	22	2	2008	Free
24	CB		Carlos Cuéllar	26	2007	65	5	2011	£2.37m
25	GK		Roy Carroll	30	2007	1	0	2008	Free	left on 31 January
25	GK		Neil Alexander	30	2008 (Winter)	15	0	2011	Free
26	LB		Steven Smith	22	2002	51	1	2010	Youth system
27	MF		Lee McCulloch	30	2007	46	7	2011	£2.25m
28	RB		Steven Whittaker	23	2007	48	5	2012	£2m
29	CF		Daniel Cousin	31	2007	42	12	2010	£1.1m
34	CM		Paul Emslie	20	2005	1	0	2010	Youth system
36	CM		Dean Furman	19	2006	1	0	2008	Free
43	AM		John Fleck	16	2007	3	0	2011	Youth system

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
44	LW		Georgios Efrem	17	Arsenal	Transfer	Summer	2009	Free	[1]
16	GK		Graeme Smith	24	Kilmarnock	Transfer	Summer	2010	Free	[2]
20	LW		DaMarcus Beasley	25	PSV	Transfer	Summer	2010	£0.7m	[3]
22	CB		Andy Webster	25	Wigan Athletic	Loan extension	Summer	2008	n/a	[4]
21	RB		Kirk Broadfoot	22	St Mirren	Transfer	Summer	2010	Free	[5]
19	CF		Jean-Claude Darcheville	31	Bordeaux	Transfer	Summer	2009	Free	[6]
15	AM		Alan Gow	24	Falkirk	Transfer	Summer	2010	Free	[7]
24	CB		Carlos Cuéllar	25	Osasuna	Transfer	Summer	2011	£2.37m	[8]
25	GK		Roy Carroll	29	West Ham United	Transfer	Summer	2008	Free	[9]
71	LM		Marco Michetschlager	17	Admira Wacker	Loan	Summer	2008	n/a	[10]
27	MF		Lee McCulloch	29	Wigan Athletic	Transfer	Summer	2011	£2.25m	[11]
28	RB		Steven Whittaker	23	Hibernian	Transfer	Summer	2012	£2m	[12]
29	CF		Daniel Cousin	30	Lens	Transfer	Summer	2010	£1.1m	[13]
18	CF		Steven Naismith	20	Kilmarnock	Transfer	Summer	2012	£1.9m	[14]
14	CM		Amdy Faye	30	Charlton Athletic	Loan	Summer	2008	n/a	[15]
	GK		Artūrs Vaičulis	19	St Mirren	Transfer	Summer	2009	Free	[16]
78	AM		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	18	Harstad IL	Transfer	Summer	2010	£0.09m	[16]
	CF		Isa Bagci	17	BK Häcken	Transfer	Summer	2010	Undisclosed	[16]
25	GK		Neil Alexander	29	Ipswich Town	Transfer	Winter	2011	Free	[17]
23	CB		Christian Dailly	34	West Ham United	Transfer	Winter	2008	Free	[18]
12	RM		Steven Davis	23	Fulham	Loan	Winter	2008	n/a	[19]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
Total spending: £10.32m

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
46	DF		Martin Ure	18	Queen's Park	End of contract	Summer	n/a
54	CF		Scott Hadden	18	Ross County	End of contract	Summer	n/a
36	DF		Steven Campbell	20	Free Agent	End of contract	Summer	n/a
51	GK		Joe Sagar	18	Free Agent	End of contract	Summer	n/a
30	MF		Makhtar N'Diaye	25	Free Agent	End of contract	Summer	n/a
28	CB		Antoine Ponroy	21	Free Agent	End of contract	Summer	n/a
1	GK		Stefan Klos	35	Retired	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[20]
9	CF		Dado Pršo	32	Retired	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[21]
11	CM		Gavin Rae	29	Cardiff City	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[22]
37	MF		Brian Gilmour	20	Queen of the South	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[23]
19	CB		Karl Svensson	23	Caen	Transfer	Summer	£0.7m	[24]
30	GK		Lee Robinson	21	Greenock Morton	Loan	Summer	n/a	[10]
14	MF		Libor Sionko	30	Copenhagen	Transfer	Summer	£0.09m	[25]
23	CF		Filip Šebo	23	Valenciennes	Loan	Summer	n/a	[26]
18	DF		Ian Murray	26	Norwich City	Transfer	Summer	Free	[27]
12	CB		Ugo Ehiogu	35	Sheffield United	Transfer	Winter	Free	[28]
2	RB		Alan Hutton	23	Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Winter	£9m	[29]
25	GK		Roy Carroll	30	Derby County	Transfer	Winter	Free	[30]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
Total spending: £9.79m

Squad statistics

				Total			Scottish Premier League		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Cup		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	P	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Allan McGregor	53	53		31		10		6		3		3
2	RB		Alan Hutton	31	31	1	20		9				1	1	1
3	CB		David Weir	61	61	3	37	2	10	1	8		3		3
4	AM		Thomas Buffel		5		1				1		2		1
5	LB		Saša Papac	46	46		22		9		9		3		3
6	CM		Barry Ferguson	61	62	9	38	7	10	1	8		3		3	1
7	CM		Brahim Hemdani	35	35		12		9		9		3		2
8	CM		Kevin Thomson	43	44	1	26	1	8		4		5		1
9	CF		Kris Boyd	25	41	25	28	14	2		2		6	6	3	5
10	CF		Nacho Novo	18	49	16	28	10	7	1	7	1	4	2	3	2
11	LM		Charlie Adam	25	32	4	16	2	7	2	4		3		2
12	CM		Steven Davis	23	26	1	12				9	1	4		1
12	CB		Ugo Ehiogu	1	1										1
14	CM		Amdy Faye	3	6		4		1						1
15	AM		Alan Gow	2	2								1		1
16	GK		Graeme Smith	1	1								1
17	RW		Chris Burke	17	21	4	11	2			2		5	2	3
18	CF		Steven Naismith	17	31	5	21	5	3		1		6
19	CF		Jean-Claude Darcheville	28	48	15	30	12	8	1	5	1	3		2	1
20	LW		DaMarcus Beasley	15	21	5	11	2	8	2			1	1	1
21	RB		Kirk Broadfoot	31	34	1	15	1	9		3		5		2
22	CB		Andy Webster	1	1	1	1	1
23	CB		Christian Dailly	21	22	2	12	2			5		4		1
23	CF		Filip Šebo		1				1
24	CB		Carlos Cuéllar	65	65	5	36	4	10		9		6		4	1
25	GK		Roy Carroll	1	1										1
25	GK		Neil Alexander	13	15		8				3		4
26	LB		Steven Smith	2	2								2
27	MF		Lee McCulloch	38	46	7	22	3	9	2	6		6	2	3
28	RB		Steven Whittaker	43	48	5	30	4	4		5	1	6		3
29	CF		Daniel Cousin	26	42	12	26	10	7	1	5	1	2		2
34	CM		Paul Emslie		1										1
36	CM		Dean Furman		1		1
43	AM		John Fleck		3		1						2

Last updated: 24 May 2008
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2007/2008 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Top Scorer N P Nat. Name SPL SC SLC E Total 9 CF style="text-align:left"|Kris Boyd 14 6 5 25 10 CF style="text-align:left"|Nacho Novo 10 2 2 2 16 19 CF style="text-align:left"|Jean-Claude Darcheville 12 1 2 15 29 CF style="text-align:left"|Daniel Cousin 10 2 12 6 CM style="text-align:left"|Barry Ferguson 7 1 1 9 27 MF style="text-align:left"|Lee McCulloch 3 2 2 7 18 CF style="text-align:left"|Steven Naismith 5 5 20 LW style="text-align:left"|Damarcus Beasley 2 1 2 5 24 CB style="text-align:left"|Carlos Cuéllar 4 1 5 28 RB style="text-align:left"|Steven Whittaker 4 1 5 11 LM style="text-align:left"|Charlie Adam 2 2 4 17 RW style="text-align:left"|Chris Burke 2 2 4 3 CB style="text-align:left"|David Weir 2 1 3 23 CB style="text-align:left"|Christian Dailly 2 2 22 CB style="text-align:left"|Andy Webster 1 1 21 RB style="text-align:left"|Kirk Broadfoot 1 1 8 CM style="text-align:left"|Kevin Thomson 1 1 12 RM style="text-align:left"|Steven Davis 1 1 2 RB style="text-align:left"|Alan Hutton 1 1 style="text-align:left"|Own goal 2 2 Last updated: 24 May 2008 Source: Match reports Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record N P Nat. Name YC RC 1 GK style="text-align:left"|Allan McGregor 2 1 2 RB style="text-align:left"|Alan Hutton 13 1 3 CB style="text-align:left"|David Weir 3 5 LB style="text-align:left"|Saša Papac 2 6 CM style="text-align:left"|Barry Ferguson 2 7 CM style="text-align:left"|Brahim Hemdani 2 8 CM style="text-align:left"|Kevin Thomson 10 9 CF style="text-align:left"|Kris Boyd 2 10 CF style="text-align:left"|Nacho Novo 2 2 11 LM style="text-align:left"|Charlie Adam 4 14 CM style="text-align:left"|Amdy Faye 1 17 RW style="text-align:left"|Chris Burke 3 18 CF style="text-align:left"|Steven Naismith 2 19 CF style="text-align:left"|Jean-Claude Darcheville 1 1 20 LW style="text-align:left"|Damarcus Beasley 2 21 RB style="text-align:left"|Kirk Broadfoot 5 23 CB style="text-align:left"|Christian Dailly 3 24 CB style="text-align:left"|Carlos Cuéllar 6 1 27 MF style="text-align:left"|Lee McCulloch 7 1 28 RB style="text-align:left"|Steven Whittaker 4 1 29 CF style="text-align:left"|Daniel Cousin 1 1 Last updated: 24 May 2008 Source: Match reports Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors Position Staff 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 Donald Wilson Non-Executive Director Paul Murray (from 20 September)[31] Source: Wikipedia

Coaching staff Position Staff Manager Walter Smith Assistant Manager Ally McCoist First-team coach Kenny McDowall Fitness coach Adam Owen Goalkeepers coach Billy Thomson (until 1 August) Jim Stewart (from 1 August)[32] Source: Wikipedia

Other staff Position Staff Physiotherapist Davie Henderson (until 1 August)[32] Philip Yeates (from September) Doctor Dr Paul Jackson Chief Scout Ewan Chester Massuer David Lavery Kit controller Jimmy Bell Video Analyst Steve Harvey Head of Football Administration Andrew Dickson Source: Wikipedia

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
2	4 August 2007	Scottish Premier League	1	A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 7,711 Kenny Clark Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers  16' Ferguson  64' Novo  90' Ferguson
4	11 August 2007	Scottish Premier League	2	H	St Mirren	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 47,772 Mike McCurry Rangers  52' Ferguson  80' Cousin St Mirren
6	18 August 2007	Scottish Premier League	3	H	Falkirk	7 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 47,419 Eddie Smith Rangers  2' Cousin  34' Whittaker  54' Cousin  75' Boyd  88' Darcheville  90' Darcheville  90' Broadfoot Falkirk  44' Riera  72' Barrett
7	25 August 2007	Scottish Premier League	4	A	Kilmarnock	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 11,544 Dougie McDonald Kilmarnock  61' Invincibile Rangers  52' Beasley  76' Darcheville
9	1 September 2007	Scottish Premier League	5	H	Gretna	4 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 49,689 Mike Tumilty Rangers  38' Boyd  63' Webster  81' Cuéllar  83' (o.g.) Collin Gretna
10	15 September 2007	Scottish Premier League	6	A	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 4	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 15,948 Mike McCurry Heart of Midlothian  13' Driver  27' Tall  66' (pen.) Stewart  70' Ivaškevičius Rangers  49' (pen.) Cousin  74' Beasley
12	23 September 2007	Scottish Premier League	7	H	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 49,046 Iain Brines Rangers  46' McCulloch  65' Naismith  88' Boyd Aberdeen
14	29 September 2007	Scottish Premier League	8	A	Motherwell	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 10,009 Craig Thomson Motherwell  23' Porter Rangers  65' (pen.) Boyd
16	6 October 2007	Scottish Premier League	9	H	Hibernian	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 50,440 Kenny Clark Rangers Hibernian  61' Murphy
17	20 October 2007	Scottish Premier League	10	H	Celtic	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 50,428 Mike McCurry Rangers  27' Novo  55' Ferguson  77' (pen.) Novo Celtic
19	28 October 2007	Scottish Premier League	11	A	Dundee United	1 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 GMT 12,129 Dougie McDonald Dundee United  28' Wilkie  54' (pen.) Robson Rangers  51' (pen.) Cousin
21	3 November 2007	Scottish Premier League	12	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 48,898 William Collum Rangers  1' Boyd  63' Cuéllar Inverness Caledonian Thistle
23	24 November 2007	Scottish Premier League	13	A	Falkirk	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 6,627 Iain Brines Rangers  62' Moutinho Falkirk  20' Cuéllar  55' Darcheville  90' Boyd
25	1 December 2007	Scottish Premier League	14	H	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 48,055 Alan Freeland Rangers  4' Darcheville  55' Whittaker Kilmarnock
27	15 December 2007	Scottish Premier League	15	H	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 155:00 GMT 48,392 Dougie McDonald Rangers  18' McCulloch  87' McCulloch Heart of Midlothian  18' Velička
28	23 December 2007	Scottish Premier League	16	A	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 17,798 Kenny Clark Aberdeen  45' Miller Rangers  30' Adam  37' McCulloch
29	26 December 2007	Scottish Premier League	17	H	Motherwell	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 49,823 Steve Conroy Rangers  42' Cousin  70' (o.g.) Porter  90' Boyd Motherwell  65' Quinn
30	29 December 2007	Scottish Premier League	18	A	Hibernian	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 16,217 Charlie Richmond Hibernian  88' Zemmama Rangers  12' Naismith  59' Cousin
31	5 January 2008	Scottish Premier League	19	H	Dundee United	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 48,559 Mike McCurry Rangers  9' Naismith  40' Ferguson Dundee United
32	16 January 2008	Scottish Premier League	20	AR	Gretna	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 6,137 Iain Brines Gretna  46' Deuchar Rangers  45' Ferguson  74' Cousin
33	19 January 2008	Scottish Premier League	21	A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 GMT 7,753 Charlie Richmond Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers  89' Darcheville
35	26 January 2008	Scottish Premier League	22	H	St Mirren	4 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 49,198 Mike Tumilty Rangers  27' Burke  33' Boyd  37' Whittaker  81' Whittaker St Mirren  30' Haining
38	9 February 2008	Scottish Premier League	23	H	Falkirk	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 48,590 Brian Winter Rangers  23' Boyd  89' Naismith Falkirk
40	17 February 2008	Scottish Premier League	24	A	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 GMT 10,546 Mike McCurry Kilmarnock Rangers  24' Cuéllar  63' (pen.) Boyd
42	24 February 2008	Scottish Premier League	25	H	Gretna	4 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 48,375 Calum Murray Rangers  13' Cousin  22' Naismith  60' Burke  88' Boyd Gretna  71' Deuchar  89' Deuchar
43	27 February 2008	Scottish Premier League	26	A	Heart of Midlothian	4 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 16,173 Stuart Dougal Heart of Midlothian Rangers  25' Darcheville  44' Darcheville  53' Novo  70' Novo
44	1 March 2008	Scottish Premier League	27	H	Aberdeen	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 50,066 Kenny Clark Rangers  38' Dailly  50' Adam  83' Boyd Aberdeen  28' Lovell
50	22 March 2008	Scottish Premier League	28	H	Hibernian	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 50,117 Steve Conroy Rangers  40' Darcheville  79' Novo Hibernian  90' Shiels
51	29 March 2008	Scottish Premier League	29	H	Celtic	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 GMT 50,325 Stuart Dougal Rangers  45' Thomson Celtic
53	6 April 2008	Scottish Premier League	30	A	Dundee United	3 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 BST 11,214 Charlie Richmond Dundee United  37' Kalvenes  57' Hunt  65' (o.g.) Cuéllar Rangers  44' Weir  58' Novo  67' Boyd
56	16 April 2008	Scottish Premier League	31	A	Celtic	1 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 58,964 Kenny Clark Celtic  20' Nakamura  90' Hesselink Rangers  55' Novo  70' Cuéllar
59	27 April 2008	Scottish Premier League	32	A	Celtic	2 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 58,622 Craig Thomson Celtic  4' McDonald  43' McDonald  70' (pen.) Robson Rangers  17' Weir  29' Cousin  90' Whittaker
61	4 May 2008	Scottish Premier League	33	A	Hibernian	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 14:00 BST 16,872 Calum Murray Hibernian Rangers
62	7 May 2008	Scottish Premier League	34	H	Motherwell	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 48,238 Charlie Richmond Rangers  74' Ferguson Motherwell
63	10 May 2008	Scottish Premier League	35	H	Dundee United	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 50,293 Mike McCurry Rangers  7' Novo  18' Novo  90' Darcheville Dundee United  76' de Vries
65	17 May 2008	Scottish Premier League	36	A	Motherwell	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:30 BST 10,445 John Underhill Motherwell  50' Porter Rangers  29' Dailly
66	19 May 2008	Scottish Premier League	37	A	St Mirren	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 7,439 Craig Thomson St Mirren Rangers  4' Boyd  24' Darcheville  69' Darcheville
67	22 May 2008	Scottish Premier League	38	A	Aberdeen	0 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 17,509 Kenny Clark Aberdeen  63' Miller  77' Mackie Rangers  77' Novo

Last updated: 22 May 2008
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.

UEFA Champions League

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	31 July 2007	UEFA Champions League	QR2	H	Zeta	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 36,145 Georgios Kasnaferis Rangers  55' Weir  60' Hutton  73' McCulloch Zeta
3	7 August 2007	UEFA Champions League	QR2	AR	Zeta	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:05 BST 11,000 Paolo Dondarini Zeta Rangers  81' Beasley
5	14 August 2007	UEFA Champions League	QR3	H	Red Star	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 35,364 Martin Hansson Rangers  89' Novo Red Star
8	28 August 2007	UEFA Champions League	QR3	A	Red Star	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:00 BST 47,012 Lucílio Batista Rangers Red Star
11	19 September 2007	UEFA Champions League	GS	H	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 49,795 Stefano Farina Rangers  62' Adam  75' (pen.) Darcheville VfB Stuttgart  56' Gómez
15	2 October 2007	UEFA Champions League	GS	A	Lyon	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 38,067 Tom Ovrebo Lyon Rangers  23' McCulloch  48' Cousin  53' Beasley
18	23 October 2007	UEFA Champions League	GS	H	Barcelona	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 49,957 Konrad Plautz Rangers Barcelona
22	7 November 2007	UEFA Champions League	GS	A	Barcelona	0 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 86,476 Eric Braamhaar Barcelona  7' Henry  43' Messi Rangers
24	27 November 2007	UEFA Champions League	GS	A	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 51,000 Darko Ceferin VfB Stuttgart  45' Cacau  62' Pardo  85' Marica Rangers  27' Adam  70' Ferguson
26	12 December 2007	UEFA Champions League	GS	H	Lyon	0 – 3	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 50,062 Lubos Michel Rangers  90' Darcheville Lyon  16' Govou  85' Benzema  88' Benzema

Last updated: 12 December 2007
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.

UEFA Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
39	13 February 2008	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	H	Panathinaikos	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 GMT 45,203 Nicola Rizzoli Rangers Panathinaikos
41	21 February 2008	UEFA Cup	Round of 32	A	Panathinaikos	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 17:00 GMT 14,452 Felix Brych Panathinaikos  12' Goumas Rangers  81' Novo
45	6 March 2008	UEFA Cup	Round of 16	H	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 GMT 45,959 Alain Hamer Rangers  45' Cousin  48' Davis SV Werder Bremen
47	13 March 2008	UEFA Cup	Round of 16	A	SV Werder Bremen	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:30 GMT 33,660 Martin Hansson SV Werder Bremen  57' Diego Rangers
52	3 April 2008	UEFA Cup	QF	H	Sporting CP	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 48,923 Yuri Baskakov Rangers Sporting CP
54	10 April 2008	UEFA Cup	QF	A	Sporting CP	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 31,155 Konrad Plautz Sporting CP Rangers  60' Darcheville  90' Whittaker
58	24 April 2008	UEFA Cup	SF	H	Fiorentina	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 49,199 Kyros Vassaras Rangers Fiorentina
60	1 May 2008	UEFA Cup	SF	A	Fiorentina	0 – 0 (4-2 pen.)	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 39,130 Frank De Bleeckere Fiorentina Rangers  110' Cousin
64	14 May 2008	UEFA Cup	F	N	Zenit St. Petersburg	0 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 43,878 Peter Fröjdfeldt Zenit St. Petersburg  72' Denisov  90+4' Zyryanov Rangers

Last updated: 14 May 2008
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.

Scottish Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
34	23 January 2008	Scottish Cup	4	H	East Stirlingshire	6 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 34,024 Crawford Allan Rangers  25' McCulloch  28' Hutton  30' Boyd  45' Boyd  50' McCulloch  62' (pen.) Boyd East Stirlingshire
37	3 February 2008	Scottish Cup	5	A	Hibernian	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 12:00 GMT 11,513 Craig Thomson Hibernian Rangers  88' McGregor
46	9 March 2008	Scottish Cup	5 R	H	Hibernian	1 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 33,837 Craig Thomson Rangers  39' Burke  79' Novo Hibernian
49	19 March 2008	Scottish Cup	QF	H	Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 36,724 Iain Brines Rangers  69' Boyd Partick Thistle  67' Gray
55	13 April 2008	Scottish Cup	QF R	A	Partick Thistle	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 9,909 Iain Brines Partick Thistle Rangers  27' Novo  40' Burke
57	20 April 2008	Scottish Cup	SF	N	St Johnstone	1 – 1 (4-3 pen.)	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 26,180 Dougie McDonald St Johnstone  94' McBreen Rangers  103' (pen.) Novo
68	24 May 2008	Scottish Cup	F	N	Queen of the South	3 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 48,821 Stuart Dougal Queen of the South  50' Tosh  53' Thomson Rangers  33' Boyd  43' Beasley  72' Boyd

Last updated: 24 May 2008
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.

League Cup

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
13	26 September 2007	Scottish League Cup	3	AR	East Fife	4 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 BST 7,413 William Collum East Fife Rangers  14' Novo  35' Boyd  54' Cuéllar  66' (pen.) Boyd
20	31 October 2007	Scottish League Cup	QF	A	Motherwell	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 9,283 Dougie McDonald Motherwell  90' Quinn Rangers  22' Novo  53' Boyd
36	30 January 2008	Scottish League Cup	SF	N	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 GMT 31,989 Mike McCurry Rangers  50' Ferguson  69' Darcheville Heart of Midlothian
48	16 March 2008	Scottish League Cup	F	N	Dundee United	2 – 2 (3-2 pen.)	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 GMT 50,019 Kenny Clark Dundee United  34' Hunt  96' de Vries Rangers  85' Boyd  113' Boyd

Last updated: 16 March 2008
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.

Friendlies

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	13 July 2007	Friendly		A	FC Gütersloh	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Report link BST 1,850 FC Gütersloh Rangers  13' Webster  43' (pen.) Boyd  75' Burke
2	15 July 2007	Friendly		A	SV Lippstadt 08	4 – 2	Report Kick off Attendance Report link BST 2,000 SV Lippstadt 08  16' Gutic  16' Gutic Rangers  11' Šebo  53' (pen.) Novo  58' McCulloch  53' McCulloch
3	17 July 2007	Friendly		A	Hannover 96	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link BST 23,105 Florian Meyer Hannover 96  53' (o.g.) Weir Rangers
4	21 July 2007	Friendly		A	Falkirk	1 – 1	Report Kick off Referee Report link 15:00 BST Craig Charleston Falkirk  49' Moutinho Rangers  1' McCulloch
5	24 July 2007	Friendly		H	Ajax	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 32,770 Kenny Clark Rangers  19' Cuéllar Ajax  61' Heitinga
6	28 July 2007	Friendly		H	Chelsea	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 15:00 BST 50,380 Stuart Dougal Rangers  86' Novo  87' Šebo Chelsea

Last updated: 28 July 2007
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		—	2nd	4 August	22 May
UEFA Champions League	Second Qualifying Round	—	Group Stage	31 July	12 December
UEFA Cup	Round of 32	—	Runners-up	13 February	14 May
Scottish League Cup	Third Round	—	Winners	24 September	16 March
Scottish Cup	Fourth round	—	Winners	13 January	24 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	38	28	5	5	84	26	+58	89	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Rangers	38	27	5	6	84	33	+51	86	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Motherwell	38	18	6	14	50	46	+4	60	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
4	Aberdeen	38	15	8	15	50	58	−8	53

Updated to games played on 24 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08
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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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	27	5	6	84	33	+51	86	18	0	1	50	10	+40	9	5	5	34	23	+11

Last updated: 24 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L

Last updated: 22 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Champions League

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Barcelona 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Lyon 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10 Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 Stuttgart 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3

Updated to games played on 15 December 2007.
Source: UEFA Champions League 2007-08
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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

References

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