2002–03 Rangers F.C. season
2002–03 season | |
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Chairman | John McClelland |
Manager | Alex McLeish |
Ground | Ibrox Stadium |
Scottish Premier League | Winners |
Scottish Cup | Winners |
League Cup | Winners |
UEFA Cup | First Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Barry Ferguson Ronald de Boer (16) All: Ronald de Boer (20) |
The 2002–03 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Rangers .
Overview
[edit ]Rangers played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 2002–03 season. They won their seventh domestic treble in manager Alex McLeish's first full season in charge, having taken over from Dick Advocaat the previous season. The league championship was won on goal difference in the last match of the season with a 6–1 win against Dunfermline Athletic. The club finished on +73 GD, just one ahead of Celtic.[1] [2]
The League Cup was won with a 2–1 final win against Celtic [3] and the Scottish Cup with a 1–0 win against Dundee.[4] Despite domestic success, Rangers crashed out of Europe at the first round stage to little known Czech team Victoria Zizkov losing on the away goals rule.[5]
Players
[edit ]Transfers
[edit ]In
[edit ]Window | Date | Player | From | Fee |
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Summer | 1 July 2002 | Spain Mikel Arteta | Spain Barcelona | 5,800,000ドル[6] |
1 July 2002 | Australia Kevin Muscat | England Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free[7] | |
Winter | 26 December 2002 | Scotland Steven Thompson | Scotland Dundee United | 200,000ドル[8] |
27 January 2003 | France Jérôme Bonnissel | France Bordeaux | Free[9] | |
31 January 2003 | Norway Dan Eggen | Spain Alavés | Free[10] |
Out
[edit ]Window | Date | Player | To | Fee |
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Summer | 20 May 2002 | Chile Sebastian Rozental | End of contract[11] | |
1 June 2002 | Scotland Scott Wilson | Scotland Dunfermline Athletic | End of contract[12] [13] | |
1 June 2002 | Russia Andrei Kanchelskis | England Southampton | End of contract[14] [15] | |
1 June 2002 | Australia Tony Vidmar | England Middlesbrough | End of contract[16] [17] | |
16 June 2002 | Northern Ireland Lee Feeney | Northern Ireland Linfield | End of contract[18] | |
20 June 2002 | Finland Tero Penttilä | Finland HJK Helsinki | End of contract[19] | |
20 June 2002 | Finland Jani Kauppila | Finland Tervarit | End of contract[20] | |
23 July 2002 | Denmark Jesper Christiansen | Germany VfL Wolfsburg | Loan[21] | |
30 August 2002 | Norway Tore André Flo | England Sunderland | 6,750,000ドル[22] | |
N/A | 30 October 2002 | Poland Dariusz Adamczuk | Contract terminated[23] | |
Winter | 30 December 2002 | Scotland Billy Dodds | Scotland Dundee United | Free[24] |
14 January 2003 | Trinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy | Free[25] [26] |
- Expenditure: Decrease 6,000,000ドル
- Income: Increase 6,750,000ドル
- Total loss/gain: Increase 750,000ドル
Player statistics
[edit ]Matches
[edit ]Friendlies
[edit ]Game |
Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
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1 | 11 July 2002 | Friendly | N | United States NJC All Stars | 3–0 |
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2 | 13 July 2002 | Friendly | N | Argentina River Plate | 2–3 |
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3 | 17 July 2002 | Friendly | N | United States Reading Rage | 4–1 | |||||||||||
4 | 20 July 2002 | Friendly | N | Brazil Santos | 0–1 | |||||||||||
5 | 28 July 2002 | Friendly | H | Italy AC Milan | 2–2 | |||||||||||
6 | 30 July 2002 | Friendly | A | Northern Ireland Linfield | 2–0 | |||||||||||
7 | 7 August 2002 | Friendly | H | England Leeds United | 1–1 |
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8 | 18 January 2003 | Friendly | N | Germany Energie Cottbus | 1–1 |
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Last updated: 18 January 2003
Source: [citation needed ]
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Scottish Premier League
[edit ]Game |
Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Report | ||||||||||||
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1 | 3 August 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 1 | A | Kilmarnock | 1–1 |
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2 | 10 August 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 2 | H | Dundee | 3–0 |
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3 | 18 August 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 3 | A | Hibernian | 4–2 |
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4 | 25 August 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 4 | H | Aberdeen | 2–0 |
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5 | 1 September 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 5 | A | Dunfermline Athletic | 6–0 |
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6 | 11 September 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 6 | H | Heart of Midlothian | 2–0 |
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7 | 14 September 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 7 | A | Livingston | 2–0 |
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9 | 21 September 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 8 | H | Partick Thistle | 3–0 |
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10 | 28 September 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 9 | A | Dundee United | 3–0 |
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12 | 6 October 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 10 | A | Celtic | 3–3 | |||||||||||||
13 | 19 October 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 11 | H | Motherwell | 3–0 |
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15 | 27 October 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 12 | H | Kilmarnock | 6–1 |
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16 | 2 November 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 13 | A | Dundee | 3–0 |
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18 | 10 November 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 14 | H | Hibernian | 2–1 |
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19 | 16 November 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 15 | A | Aberdeen | 2–2 | |||||||||||||
20 | 23 November 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 16 | H | Dunfermline Athletic | 3–0 |
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21 | 1 December 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 17 | A | Heart of Midlothian | 4–0 |
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22 | 4 December 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 18 | H | Livingston | 4–3 |
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23 | 7 December 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 19 | H | Celtic | 3–2 | |||||||||||||
24 | 14 December 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 20 | H | Dundee United | 3–0 |
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25 | 22 December 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 21 | A | Partick Thistle | 2–1 |
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26 | 26 December 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 22 | A | Motherwell | 0–1 |
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27 | 29 December 2002 | Scottish Premier League | 23 | A | Kilmarnock | 1–0 |
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28 | 2 January 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 24 | H | Dundee | 3–1 | |||||||||||||
30 | 29 January 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 25 | A | Hibernian | 2–0 |
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31 | 1 February 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 26 | H | Aberdeen | 2–1 |
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33 | 8 February 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 27 | A | Dunfermline Athletic | 3–1 |
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34 | 15 February 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 28 | H | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 |
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36 | 2 March 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 29 | A | Livingston | 2–1 |
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37 | 8 March 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 30 | A | Celtic | 0–1 |
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39 | 19 March 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 31 | H | Motherwell | 2–0 |
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41 | 5 April 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 32 | H | Partick Thistle | 2–0 |
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43 | 13 April 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 33 | A | Dundee United | 4–1 |
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45 | 27 April 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 34 | H | Celtic | 1–2 |
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46 | 4 May 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 35 | A | Dundee | 2–2 | |||||||||||||
47 | 11 May 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 36 | H | Kilmarnock | 4–0 |
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48 | 18 May 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 37 | A | Heart of Midlothian | 2–0 |
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49 | 25 May 2003 | Scottish Premier League | 38 | H | Dunfermline Athletic | 6–1 |
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Last updated: 25 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Scottish League Cup
[edit ]Game |
Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Report | ||||||||||||
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14 | 24 October 2002 | League Cup | 3 | A | Hibernian | 3–2 |
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17 | 7 November 2002 | League Cup | QF | A | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–0 |
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32 | 4 February 2003 | League Cup | SF | N | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 |
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38 | 16 March 2003 | League Cup | F | N | Celtic | 2–1 |
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Last updated: 16 March 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Scottish Cup
[edit ]Game |
Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Report | ||||||||||||
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29 | 25 January 2003 | Scottish Cup | 3 | A | Arbroath | 3–0 |
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35 | 22 February 2003 | Scottish Cup | 4 | A | Ayr United | 1–0 |
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40 | 23 March 2003 | Scottish Cup | QF | A | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–1 |
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42 | 9 April 2003 | Scottish Cup | QF R | H | Dunfermline Athletic | 3–0 |
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44 | 19 April 2003 | Scottish Cup | SF | N | Motherwell | 4–3 |
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50 | 31 May 2003 | Scottish Cup | F | N | Dundee | 1–0 |
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Last updated: 31 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
UEFA Cup
[edit ]Game |
Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Report | ||||||||||||
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8 | 17 September 2002 | UEFA Cup | 1 | A | Czech Republic Viktoria Žižkov | 0–2 |
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11 | 3 October 2002 | UEFA Cup | 1 | H | Czech Republic Viktoria Žižkov | 3–1 |
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Last updated: 3 October 2002
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Competitions
[edit ]Overall
[edit ]Competition | Started round | Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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Scottish Premier League | — | 1st | 3 August | 25 May |
UEFA Cup | 1st Round | 1st Round | 17 September | 3 October |
Scottish League Cup | 3rd Round | Winners | 24 October | 16 March |
Scottish Cup | 3rd Round | Winners | 25 January | 31 May |
Source: Competitions
Scottish Premier League
[edit ]Standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Rangers (C) | 38 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 101 | 28 | +73 | 97 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Celtic | 38 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 98 | 26 | +72 | 97 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 57 | |
5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 46 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
Results summary
[edit ]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 101 | 28 | +73 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 16 | +30 |
Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Wikipedia article
Results by round
[edit ]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 |
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Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
References
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- ^ "Rangers crowned SPL champions". BBC Sport. 26 May 2003.
- ^ "Rangers retain CIS Cup". BBC Sport. 16 March 2003.
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- ^ "Rangers crash out". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 October 2002.
- ^ "Arteta reveals de Boer did sales pitch on move to Ibrox: McLeish content with two new faces". The Herald. 28 June 2002.
- ^ "Muscat eyes fresh start". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 May 2002.
- ^ "Rangers get Thompson". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 December 2002.
- ^ "Bonnissel signs for Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 January 2003.
- ^ "Gers seal Eggen signing". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2003.
- ^ "This man cost Celts 222,000ドル per game: O'Neill gives Kharine boot". Daily Record. 21 May 2002.
- ^ "Murray explains decision not to sell Ferguson: Youth policy paying its way". The Herald. 10 May 2002.
- ^ "Pars sign Wilson". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 August 2002.
- ^ "Murray explains decision not to sell Ferguson: Youth policy paying its way". The Herald. 10 May 2002.
- ^ "Saints sign Kanchelskis". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2002.
- ^ "Murray explains decision not to sell Ferguson: Youth policy paying its way". The Herald. 10 May 2002.
- ^ "Boro sign Vidmar". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 September 2002.
- ^ "Feeney back at Windsor". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 June 2002.
- ^ "It's great to have been at World Cup finals.. but I wish I'd got a crack at England SAYS PETER LOVENKRANDS". Daily Mirror. 21 June 2002.
- ^ "It's great to have been at World Cup finals.. but I wish I'd got a crack at England SAYS PETER LOVENKRANDS". Daily Mirror. 21 June 2002.
- ^ "Dane leaves Ibrox on loan". BBC Sport. 23 July 2002.
- ^ "Flo joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. 30 August 2002.
- ^ "Adamczuk leaves Rangers". BBC Sport. 17 November 2002.
- ^ "Dodds completes Tannadice move". BBC Sport. 30 December 2002.
- ^ "Gers to pay off Latapy". BBC Sport. 14 January 2003.
- ^ "Latapy joins United". BBC Sport. 21 February 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2024.