1996–97 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1996–97 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P36 W25 D5 L6 F85 A33 Pts80
Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup Winners
Champions League Group Stage
Top goalscorer League:
Brian Laudrup (17)

All:
Brian Laudrup (21)

The 1996–97 season was the 117th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Transfers

In

Date Name From Fee
15 July 1996 Germany Jörg Albertz Germany Hamburg £4m
15 July 1996 Sweden Joachim Björklund Italy Vicenza £2.2m
13 December 1996 Chile Sebastian Rozental Chile Universidad Catolica £3.5m
11 March 1997 Wales Andy Dibble England Manchester City Free
14 March 1997 England Mark Hateley England Queens Park Rangers £0.3m

Out

Date Name From Fee
31 May 1996 Ukraine Alexei Mikhailichenko Retired
31 May 1996 Scotland Colin Scott Scotland Hamilton Academical Released
8 August 1996 Scotland Billy Thomson Scotland Dundee Free
13 August 1996 Northern Ireland John Morrow England Oldham Athletic Free

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
10 August 1996Raith RoversH1–046,221Steven
17 August 1996Dunfermline AthleticA5–216,782McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), Van Vossen
24 August 1996Dundee UnitedH1–048,285Gascoigne
7 September 1996MotherwellA1–012,288Gough
14 September 1996Heart of MidlothianH3–047,240Durie, Gascoigne, McCoist
21 September 1996KilmarnockA4–114,812Gascoigne (2, 1 (pen.)), Laudrup, Van Vossen
28 September 1996CelticH2–050,124Gough, Gascoigne
12 October 1996HibernianA1–212,436Albertz
19 October 1996AberdeenH2–250,076Gascoigne, Laudrup (pen.)
26 October 1996MotherwellH5–048,160Gascoigne (3), Laudrup (2)
2 November 1996Raith RoversA2–29,722Van Vossen, McCoist
14 November 1996CelticA1–050,009Laudrup
1 December 1996AberdeenA3–019,168Robertson, Laudrup, Miller
7 December 1996HibernianH4–348,053McCoist (2), Ian Ferguson, Laudrup
10 December 1996Dundee UnitedA0–112,417
14 December 1996Dunfermline AthleticH3–145,878McCoist, Gough, Andersen
17 December 1996KilmarnockH4–239,469Andersen (3), Robertson
21 December 1996Heart of MidlothianA4–115,139Robertson, Laudrup, Albertz (pen.), Gascoigne
28 December 1996Raith RoversH4–048,322Gough, Gascoigne, Albertz, McCoist
2 January 1997CelticH3–150,019Andersen (2), Albertz
4 January 1997HibernianA2–112,650Andersen, Albertz (pen.)
12 January 1997AberdeenH4–047,509Andersen (2), Albertz (pen.), Laudrup
15 January 1997KilmarnockA1–115,662Gascoigne
18 January 1997MotherwellA3–113,166Albertz, Laudrup, Gascoigne
1 February 1997Heart of MidlothianH0–050,024
8 February 1997Dunfermline AthleticA3–016,153Durie, Albertz, Laudrup
23 February 1997HibernianH3–147,618Gough, Albertz, Laudrup
1 March 1997AberdeenA2–216,331Laudrup, Moore
12 March 1997Dundee UnitedH0–249,192
16 March 1997CelticA1–049,733Laudrup
22 March 1997KilmarnockH1–250,036Durie
5 April 1997Dunfermline AthleticH4–049,832Albertz, Petric, Laudrup, Hateley
15 April 1997Raith RoversA6–09,745Durie (2), Petric, Robertson, Laudrup, McCoist
5 May 1997 MotherwellH0–250,059
7 May 1997 Dundee UnitedA1–012,180Laudrup
10 May 1997 Heart of MidlothianA1–313,097McInnes

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 August 1996QRAlania VladikavkazH3–144,799McInnes, McCoist, Petric
21 August 1996QRAlania VladikavkazA7–232,000McCoist (3), Laudrup (2), Van Vossen, Miller
11 September 1996GSGrasshopper ZurichA0–320,030
25 September 1996GSAuxerreH1–237,344Gascoigne
16 October 1996GSAjaxA1–447,000Durrant
30 October 1996GSAjaxH0–142,265
20 November 1996GSGrasshopper ZurichH2–134,192McCoist (2, 1 (pen.))
4 December 1996GSAuxerreA1–221,300Gough

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 January 1997 R3St JohnstoneH2–045,037Andersen, Rozental
15 February 1997 R4East FifeH3–041,064Robertson, Steven, McCoist
6 March 1997 QFCelticA0–249,284

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
14 August 1996 R2ClydebankA3–07,450Van Vossen (2), McCoist
4 September 1996 R3Ayr UnitedH3–144,732Albertz, Gascoigne, McInnes
17 September 1996 QFHibernianH4–045,104Van Vossen (2), Durie, Albertz
22 October 1996 SFDunfermline AthleticN6–116,791Laudrup (2), Andersen (2), McInnes, Albertz
24 November 1996 FHeart of MidlothianN4–348,559McCoist (2), Gascoigne (2)

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Goram, AndyAndy Goram GK 38 0
England Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven MF 10 2
Germany Albertz, JorgJorg Albertz MF 47 13
Scotland Gough, RichardRichard Gough DF 41 6
Serbia Petric, GordanGordan Petric DF 40 3
Sweden Björklund, JoachimJoachim Björklund DF 40 0
Scotland Durie, GordonGordon Durie FW 24 6
Scotland McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes MF 33 4
Scotland McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist FW 37 20
Scotland McCall, StuartStuart McCall MF 13 0
Denmark Laudrup, BrianBrian Laudrup MF 43 21
Scotland Durrant, IanIan Durrant MF 16 1
Scotland Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller MF 21 2
Netherlands van Vossen, PeterPeter van Vossen FW 26 9
Scotland Cleland, AlecAlec Cleland DF 45 0
England Gascoigne, PaulPaul Gascoigne MF 34 17
Scotland Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson MF 31 1
Australia Moore, CraigCraig Moore DF 31 1
Denmark Bo Andersen, ErikErik Bo Andersen FW 25 12
Scotland Boyack, StevenSteven Boyack MF 1 0
Netherlands Snelders, TheoTheo Snelders GK 7 0
Scotland Shields, GregGreg Shields DF 10 0
Scotland Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson DF 30 5
Scotland Wilson, ScottScott Wilson DF 4 0
Scotland McLaren, AlanAlan McLaren DF 20 0
Chile Rozental, SebastiánSebastián Rozental FW 2 1
Wales Dibble, AndyAndy Dibble GK 7 0
England Hateley, MarkMark Hateley FW 4 1
Northern Ireland Fitzgerald, DarrenDarren Fitzgerald FW 1 0
Scotland Wright, StephenStephen Wright DF 2 0
Scotland Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson MF 1 0
Scotland McGinty, BrianBrian McGinty MF 1 0
Northern Ireland McKnight, PaulPaul McKnight FW 1 0
Scotland Brown, JohnJohn Brown DF 1 0

References

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