2001–02 Rangers F.C. season

The 2001–02 season was the 122nd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
2001–02 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerDick Advocaat
(until 12 December)
Alex McLeish
(from 13 December)
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League2nd
P38 W25 D10 L3 F82 A27
Scottish CupWinners
League CupWinners
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tore André Flo (18)
All:
Tore André Flo (25)

Overview

Rangers played a total of 59 competitive matches during the 2001–02 season. The side won both the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in 2001–02, while finishing second in the Scottish Premier League.

The season started under the Management of Dutchman Dick Advocaat. Inconsistent form including two losses to Celtic meant that by December, Rangers were behind Celtic in the league. Advocaat announced his resignation in December, moving to the position of Director of Football and Hibernian manager Alex McLeish took over. Rangers league form improved under McLeish with only one defeat taking place under him before the end of the season, but the gap opened up by Celtic meant no challenge to win the league was possible.

McLeish lead Rangers to success in the two domestic cup competitions. In the League Cup semi-final Rangers beat Celtic 2-1 after extra time with a long range Bert Konterman goal proving to be the winner. They would then go on to win the competition with a 4–0 win over Ayr United in the final. In the Scottish Cup Rangers against faced Celtic, this time in the final. A dramatic last minute goal from Peter Løvenkrands saw Rangers win the game 3–2.

In Europe Rangers went out of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round to Fenerbache and therefore dropped into the UEFA Cup. Rangers progressed in this competition and a penalty shoot-out win over PSG saw them stay in Europe beyond Christmas for the first time in nine years. Rangers then narrowly lost the next round to eventual UEFA Cup winners Feyenoord.

Players

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
8 MF Christian Nerlinger 28 Borussia Dortmund Transfer Summer 2005 £1.8m [1]
7 FW Claudio Caniggia 34 Dundee Transfer Summer 2003 £0.9m [2]
20 MF Russell Latapy 32 Hibernian Transfer Summer 2003 Free [3]
18 DF Michael Ball 21 Everton Transfer Summer 2006 £6.5m [4]
24 FW Shota Arveladze 28 Ajax Transfer Summer 2005 £2m [5]

Last updated: 29 August 2001
 Total spending: £11.2m

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
11 MF Jörg Albertz 30 Hamburger SV Transfer Summer £3m [6]
21 DF Sergio Porrini 32 Alessandria End of contract Summer n/a [7]
10 FW Rod Wallace 31 Bolton Wanderers End of contract Summer n/a [7]
30 GK Lionel Charbonnier 34 Lausanne-Sport End of contract Summer n/a [7]
32 GK Mark Brown 20 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [7]
8 MF Giovanni van Bronckhorst 26 Arsenal Transfer Summer £8.5m [8]
17 MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 30 Blackburn Rovers Transfer Summer £1.3m [9]
FW Peter MacDonald 20 St Johnstone Transfer Summer £0.125m [10]
45 MF Stephen Carson 20 Dundee United Transfer Summer £0.15m [11]
31 FW Marcus Gayle 30 Watford Transfer Summer £0.9m [12]
24 MF Allan Johnston 27 Middlesbrough Transfer Summer £0.6m [13]
12 MF Claudio Reyna 28 Sunderland Transfer n/a £4m [14]
23 FW Kenny Miller 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfer n/a £3m [15]

Last updated: 13 December 2002
 Total spending: £21.575m

  • Total loss/gain: £10.375m

Player statistics
Total Scottish Premier League Scottish CupLeague CupChampions LeagueUEFA Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK Stefan Klos 57 57 36 6 4 4 7
2 DF Fernando Ricksen 47 475 314 4 3 415
3 DF Craig Moore 29 293 183 2 2 3 4
4 DF Lorenzo Amoruso 47 476 284 614 2 71
5 DF Arthur Numan 43 452 301 2 313 7
6 MF Barry Ferguson 37 396 221 52312 72
7 FW Claudio Caniggia 31 429 245 3 42427
8 MF Christian Nerlinger 10 114 81 12 21
9 FW Tore André Flo 39 4625 3018 32214371
10 FW Michael Mols 10 242 152 2 2 2 3
11 MF Neil McCann 22 387 256 5 2 3 31
12 MF Claudio Reyna 17 173 102 113 3
14 MF Ronald de Boer 31 3910 258 4 3 1 62
15 DF Bert Konterman 41 425 262 21314 71
16 FW Billy Dodds 6 166 112 341 1
17 MF Andrei Kanchelskis 9 142 101 31 1
18 DF Michael Ball 8 111 7 2 21
19 DF Scott Wilson 10 12 6 1 1 3 1
20 MF Russell Latapy 21 295 165 3 3 2 5
21 DF Maurice Ross 24 29 21 4 1 1 2
22 GK Jesper Christiansen
23 FW Kenny Miller 3 3
24 MF Allan Johnston 1 1 1
24 FW Shota Arveladze 27 3017 2211 5333
25 DF Tony Vidmar 34 381 241 5 3 3 3
26 MF Peter Løvenkrands 18 327 192 4331 61
27 MF Stephen Hughes 18 281 171 4 2 3 2
28 DF Dariusz Adamczuk
29 DF Tero Penttilä 1 1
31 DF Robert Malcolm 7 8 7 1
33 GK Allan McGregor 3 3 2 1
36 DF Andy Dowie 1 1
39 MF Jimmy Gibson 2 1 1
46 FW Tom Brighton 1 1 1
48 MF Chris Burke 1 21 21
Last updated: 2002
Source: Wikipedia article
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank

Club

Matches

Scottish Premier League
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
28 July 2001AberdeenA3–018,800Nerlinger, Latapy (pen.), Caniggia
4 August 2001LivingstonH0–047,805
11 August 2001Dunfermline AthleticA4–110,902Konterman (2), Latapy, Flo
18 August 2001HibernianH2–245,940Hughes, Flo
26 August 2001DundeeH2–048,038Mols, Ricksen
8 September 2001Heart of MidlothianA2–214,014Latapy, Flo
16 September 2001MotherwellH3–041,137Flo, de Boer, Caniggia
22 September 2001Dundee UnitedA6–111,117Buchan (o.g.), Flo (3), de Boer, McCann
30 September 2001CelticH0–250,097
13 October 2001KilmarnockH3–149,379Arveladze, Caniggia, Flo
21 October 2001St. JohnstoneA2–08,331Arveladze, Flo
27 October 2001LivingstonA2–010,012Reyna (2)
4 November 2001AberdeenH2–049,739Flo (2)
17 November 2001Dunfermline AthleticH4–048,554Arveladze (2), Flo (2)
25 November 2001CelticA1–259,609Løvenkrands
1 December 2001DundeeA0–011,085
9 December 2001Heart of MidlothianH3–147,891de Boer, Latapy, Arveladze
12 December 2001HibernianH1–146,179Ricksen
15 December 2001MotherwellA2–29,864Arveladze, McCann
22 December 2001Dundee UnitedH3–247,315Arveladze (2), Amoruso
26 December 2001HibernianA3–014,021Moore, Flo, Arveladze
29 December 2001St. JohnstoneH1–048,827Mols
12 January 2002LivingstonH3–048,044Caniggia (2), Flo
19 January 2002AberdeenA1–017,846Amoruso
23 January 2002Dunfermline AthleticA4–28,795de Boer (2), Vidmar, Arveladze
30 January 2002KilmarnockA2–211,589de Boer, Flo
2 February 2002DundeeH2–148,861Arveladze, Moore
9 February 2002Heart of MidlothianA2–014,128de Boer, McCann
16 February 2002MotherwellH3–049,284Latapy, Flo, Ricksen
3 March 2002Dundee UnitedA1–09,386Amoruso (pen.)
6 March 2002St. JohnstoneA2–06,382Flo, Ricksen
10 March 2002CelticH1–150,111Numan
20 March 2002KilmarnockH5–040,768McCann (3), Kanchelskis, Burke
7 April 2002Heart of MidlothianH2–047,492Dodds (2)
13 April 2002LivingstonA1–210,019Amoruso
21 April 2002CelticA1–159,384Løvenkrands
27 April 2002AberdeenH2–048,878McCann, Ferguson
12 May 2002Dunfermline AthleticA1–18,716Moore

UEFA Champions League
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 July 2001QR2NK MariborA3–06,100Flo (2, 1 pen.), Nerlinger
1 August 2001QR2NK MariborH3–150,045Caniggia (2), Flo
8 August 2001QR3FenerbahceH0–049,472
22 August 2001QR3FenerbahceA1–218,272Ricksen

UEFA Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
27 September 2001R1Anzhi Makhachkala N [18]1–04,200Konterman
18 October 2001R2Dynamo Moscow H3–145,008Amoruso, Ball, de Boer
1 November 2001R2Dynamo Moscow A 4–16,000de Boer, Ferguson, Flo, Løvenkrands
22 November 2001R3Paris Saint-Germain H0–049,223
6 December 2001R3Paris Saint-Germain A 0–0*35,000
21 February 2002R4Feyenoord H1–149,041Ferguson (pen.)
28 February 2002R4Feyenoord A 2–345,000McCann, Ferguson (pen.)

*Rangers won the match 4–3 on penalties

Scottish Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 January 2002R3Berwick RangersA0–04,280
21 January 2002R3 RBerwick RangersH3–017,662Amoruso, Konterman, Arveladze
26 January 2002R4HibernianH4–125,636Flo (2), Løvenkrands, Dodds
24 February 2002QFForfar AthleticA6–04,504Dodds (3), Arveladze (2), Kanchelskis
24 March 2002SFPartick ThistleN3–031,969Nerlinger (2), Ferguson
4 May 2002FCelticN3–251,138Løvenkrands (2), Ferguson

League Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 October 2001R3AirdrieoniansH3–034,075Arveladze (2), Numan
28 November 2001QFRoss CountyA2–15,972Arveladze, Reyna
5 February 2002SFCelticN2–143,457Løvenkrands, Konterman
17 March 2002FAyr UnitedN4–050,076Caniggia (2), Flo, Ferguson (pen.)

Friendlies
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
5 July 2001VV DovoA7-04,000Miller (3), de Boer, Numan, Dodds, Kanchelskis
7 July 2001VV CapelleA5-13,500Johnston (2), Caniggia, de Boer, Gayle
9 July 2001WHC/VSCO[19]A8-02,200Miller (3), Flo (2), Dodds, Nerlinger, Caniggia
15 July 2001FC CopenhagenA1-110,484Nerlinger
17 July 2001Malmo FFA3-16,000McCann, Caniggia, Flo
21 July 2001AnderlechtH1-225,200Caniggia

Competitions

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic 38 33 4 1 94 18 +76 103 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 25 10 3 82 27 +55 85 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Livingston 38 16 10 12 50 47 +3 58 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
4 Aberdeen 38 16 7 15 51 49 +2 55
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 6 18 52 57 −5 48
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. 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.
  2. As both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.

References
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  2. "Rangers better than Celtic - Caniggia". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 June 2001.
  3. "Latapy signs at Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2001.
  4. "Ball remains in Ibrox limbo". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 October 2004.
  5. "Arveladze ready for Ibrox fight". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 August 2001.
  6. "Albertz rejoins Hamburg". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 May 2001.
  7. "SPL summer signings". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 July 2001.
  8. "Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 June 2001.
  9. "Blackburn agree Tugay fee". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 May 2001.
  10. "Saints snap up MacDonald". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 August 2001.
  11. "Carson moves to Dundee United". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2001.
  12. "Gayle blows into Vicarage Road". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2001.
  13. "Johnston to decide on Boro". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 July 2001.
  14. "Reyna set for Sunderland switch". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 December 2001.
  15. "Wolves seal Miller deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 December 2001.
  16. Wouters joins Dutch legion at Ibrox
  17. "McLean makes Rangers return". BBC. BBC Sport. 11 May 2001.
  18. "Rangers fans travel to Warsaw". BBC. BBC Sport. 20 September 2001.
  19. WHC provided first-half opposition and VSCO second-half
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