2002–03 Rangers F.C. season

The 2002–03 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
2002–03 season
ChairmanJohn McClelland
ManagerAlex McLeish
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st
P38 W31 D4 L3 F101 A28
Scottish CupWinners
League CupWinners
UEFA CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Barry Ferguson,
Ronald de Boer (16)
All:
Ronald de Boer (20)

Overview

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

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
23 MF Mikel Arteta 20 Barcelona Transfer Summer 2006 £5.8m [6]
17 DF Kevin Muscat 28 Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfer Summer 2006 Free [7]
19 FW Steven Thompson 24 Dundee United Transfer Winter 2006 £0.2m [8]
16 DF Jerome Bonnissel 29 Bordeaux Transfer Winter 2003 Free [9]
25 DF Dan Eggen 33 Alavés Transfer Winter 2003 Free [10]

Last updated: 31 January 2003
 Total spending: £6m

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
22 FW Sebastian Rozental 24 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a
29 DF Tero Penttilä 27 HJK End of contract Summer n/a [11]
FW Lee Feeney 24 Linfield End of contract Summer n/a [12]
MF Jani Kauppila 22 Tervarit End of contract Summer n/a [6]
DF Alexander Hauser 17 SC Bregenz End of contract Summer n/a [6]
19 DF Scott Wilson 25 Dunfermline Athletic End of contract Summer n/a [13]
17 MF Andrei Kanchelskis 33 Southampton End of contract Summer n/a [14]
25 DF Tony Vidmar 31 Middlesbrough End of contract Summer n/a [15]
30 GK Jesper Christiansen 24 VfL Wolfsburg Loan Summer n/a [16]
9 FW Tore André Flo 29 Sunderland Transfer Summer £6.75m [17]
28 MF Dariusz Adamczuk 33 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [18]
16 FW Billy Dodds 33 Dundee United Transfer Winter Free [19]
20 MF Russell Latapy 34 Free agent Contract terminated Winter n/a [20]

Last updated: 31 January 2003
 Total spending: £6.75m

Player statistics
Total Scottish Premier League UEFA CupScottish CupScottish League Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK Stefan Klos 50 50 38 2 6 4
2 DF Fernando Ricksen 46 463 353 2 5 4
3 DF Craig Moore 51 444 353 2 512
4 DF Lorenzo Amoruso 32 326 244 1 522
5 DF Arthur Numan 35 351 261 1 5 3
6 MF Barry Ferguson 48 4818 3616 2 624
7 FW Claudio Caniggia 14 3612 268 2 4143
8 MF Christian Nerlinger 3 3
9 FW Tore Andre Flo 1 4 4
10 FW Michael Mols 30 3514 2713 1 413
11 MF Neil McCann 16 263 182 116 1
12 DF Robert Malcolm 26 331 241 1 6 2
14 MF Ronald de Boer 43 4320 3316 225131
15 DF Bert Konterman 10 241 16 2 313
16 FW Billy Dodds 1 6 6
16 DF Jérôme Bonnissel 3 4 3 1
17 DF Kevin Muscat 26 29 22 2 4 1
19 FW Steven Thompson 1 112 82 3
20 MF Russell Latapy 2 8 7 1
21 DF Maurice Ross 22 271 201 1 2 4
23 MF Mikel Arteta 34 355 274 1 314
24 FW Shota Arveladze 31 4016 3015 2 612
26 MF Peter Løvenkrands 27 3312 279 2 1132
27 MF Stephen Hughes 7 161 121 2 2
36 FW Steven MacLean 4 3 1
53 DF Alan Hutton 1 1 1
Last updated: 9 May 2003
Source:
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Club

Matches

Scottish Premier League
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 3 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 1 A Kilmarnock 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
13,972
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
 80' McLaren
 30' Arveladze
2 10 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 2 H Dundee 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
47,044
Referee
Rangers Dundee
 12' de Boer
 67' Arveladze
 88' Løvenkrands
3 18 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 3 A Hibernian 4–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
11,633
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
 35' Townsley
 66'  Luna
 89' O'Connor
4 25 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 4 H Aberdeen 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,219
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
 30' de Boer
 78' (pen.) Ferguson
 78'  McNaughton
5 1 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 5 A Dunfermline Athletic 6–0
Report Report link
Kick off
Attendance
8,948
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
 11' Caniggia
 27' Arteta
 41' Ricksen
 57' (pen.) Ferguson
 59' Caniggia
 68' Caniggia
6 11 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 6 H Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
48,581
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
 41' Caniggia
 79' Arveladze
7 14 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 7 A Livingston 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
10,003
Referee
Livingston Rangers
 58'  Mamam
 61' Ross
 87' (pen.) Ferguson
9 21 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 8 H Partick Thistle 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
48,696
Referee
Rangers Partick Thistle
 3' Løvenkrands
 28' de Boer
 70' de Boer
10 28 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 9 A Dundee United 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
10,013
Referee
John Rowbotham
Dundee United Rangers
 22' Amoruso
 45' Ferguson
 73' Arveladze
12 6 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 10 A Celtic 3–3
Report Report link
Kick off
14:15 BST
Attendance
59,027
Referee
Celtic Rangers
 39' Larsson
 53' Larsson
 78' Sutton
 6' Arteta
 54' de Boer
 75' Arveladze
13 19 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 11 H Motherwell 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,376
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
 2' Amoruso
 72' Løvenkrands
 90' de Boer
 77' Partridge
15 27 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 12 H Kilmarnock 6–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,368
Referee
Willie Young
Rangers Kilmarnock
 5' Mols
 15' Mols
 26' de Boer
 34' Ferguson
 67' Moore
 71' (pen.) Ferguson
 44' Fulton
16 2 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 13 A Dundee 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
10,124
Referee
Dundee Rangers
 30' Malcolm
 50' Løvenkrands
 79' Moore
18 10 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 14 H Hibernian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,798
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
 11' Mols
 35' Arveladze
 45' McManus
19 16 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 15 A Aberdeen 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
14,915
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
 24' Numan
 78' (pen.) Ferguson
 56' Mike
 74' Mackie
20 23 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 16 H Dunfermline Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,431
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
 60' McCann
 81' Mols
 83' Arveladze
 60' Kilgannon
21 1 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 17 A Heart of Midlothian 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
12,156
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
 58'  Maybury
 52' Ricksen
 79' (pen.) Ferguson
 81' Ricksen
 90' Hughes
22 4 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 18 H Livingston 4–3
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
45,992
Referee
Rangers Livingston
 8' Ferguson
 10' Arveladze
 18' Arveladze
 46' Arveladze
 50' Zárate
 72' Wilson
 75'  Bollan
 87' Zárate
23 7 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 19 H Celtic 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
50,022
Referee
Rangers Celtic
 10' Moore
 35' de Boer
 40' Mols
 1' Sutton
 61' Hartson
24 14 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 20 H Dundee United 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
47,639
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
 13' Ferguson
 56' Ferguson
 60' Ricksen
 86' (pen.) Ferguson
 80' McIntyre
25 22 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 21 A Partick Thistle 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
8,022
Referee
Partick Thistle Rangers
 7' Burns
 72' Britton
 70' Mols
 79' de Boer
26 26 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 22 A Motherwell 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
11,234
Referee
Willie Young
Motherwell Rangers
 65' McFadden
27 29 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 23 A Kilmarnock 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
13,396
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
28 2 January 2003 Scottish Premier League 24 H Dundee 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,112
Referee
Tom Brown
Rangers Dundee
 21' Ferguson
 44' de Boer
 82' Thompson
 23' Lovell
30 29 January 2003 Scottish Premier League 25 A Hibernian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
13,686
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
 90'  Smith
 58' Ferguson
 85' Caniggia
31 1 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 26 H Aberdeen 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,667
Referee
Willie Young
Rangers Aberdeen
 37' Mols
 77' Mols
 75' Tosh
33 8 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 27 A Dunfermline Athletic 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
8,754
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
 49' Brewster
 38' McCann
 71' Amoruso
 90' Caniggia
34 15 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 28 H Heart of Midlothian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,459
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
 41' (o.g.) Severin
36 2 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 29 A Livingston 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
10,004
Referee
John Rowbotham
Livingston Rangers
 90' Dadi
 8' Amoruso
 16' Arveladze
37 8 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 30 A Celtic 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
58,787
Referee
Celtic Rangers
 58' Hartson
39 19 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 31 H Motherwell 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
49,420
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
41 5 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 32 H Partick Thistle 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,472
Referee
Rangers Partick Thistle
 70' Mols
 75' Mols
43 13 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 33 A Dundee United 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
10,271
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
 71' Dodds
 11' de Boer
 18' Arveladze
 45' de Boer
 69' Arveladze
45 27 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 34 H Celtic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
50,096
Referee
Rangers Celtic
 57' de Boer
 29' (pen.) Thompson
 43' Hartson
46 4 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 35 A Dundee 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
9,204
Referee
John Rowbotham
Dundee Rangers
 17' Caballero
 28' Caballero
 1' (o.g.) Wilkie
 85' (pen.) Arteta
47 11 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 36 H Kilmarnock 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,036
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
 6' Mols
 7' Mols
 59' Arveladze
 80' Caniggia
48 18 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 37 A Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
15,632
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
 65' de Boer
 73' Løvenkrands
49 25 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 38 H Dunfermline Athletic 6–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,731
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
 3' Mols
 16' Caniggia
 30' Arveladze
 64' de Boer
 67' Thompson
 90' (pen.) Arteta
 11' Dair

Last updated: 25 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
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
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
8 17 September 2002 UEFA Cup 1 A Viktoria Žižkov 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
16:30 BST
Attendance
3,427
Referee
Julian Rodriguez Santiago
Viktoria Žižkov Rangers
 7' Pikl
 60' Stracený
11 3 October 2002 UEFA Cup 1 H Viktoria Žižkov 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
47,646
Referee
Athanassios Briakos
Rangers Viktoria Žižkov
 43' de Boer
 59' de Boer
 97' McCann
 100' Licka
 118'  Buryan

Last updated: 3 October 2002
Source: Wikipedia article
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
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
29 25 January 2003 Scottish Cup 3 A Arbroath 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
17:35 GMT
Attendance
4,125
Referee
John Rowbotham
Arbroath Rangers
 27' Ferguson
 32' Moore
 58' Arveladze
35 22 February 2003 Scottish Cup 4 A Ayr United 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
9,608
Referee
Ayr United Rangers
 79' de Boer
40 23 March 2003 Scottish Cup QF A Dunfermline Athletic 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
9,875
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
 31' Caniggia
 89' Ferguson
 23' Grondin
42 9 April 2003 Scottish Cup QF R H Dunfermline Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
24,752
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
 4' Løvenkrands
 19' Ferguson
 54' Arteta
44 19 April 2003 Scottish Cup SF N Motherwell 4–3
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
29,352
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
 2' Konterman
 56' Mols
 60' Amoruso
 73' (o.g.) Partridge
 15' Craig
 27' McFadden
 90' Adams
50 31 May 2003 Scottish Cup F N Dundee 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
47,136
Referee
Dundee Rangers
 66' Amoruso

Last updated: 31 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
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
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
14 24 October 2002 League Cup 3 A Hibernian 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
8,016
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
 6' Murray
 72' O'Connor
 87'  Smith
 22' (o.g.) Townsley
 25' Caniggia
 78' Løvenkrands
17 7 November 2002 League Cup QF A Dunfermline Athletic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 GMT
Attendance
8,415
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
 79' Caniggia
32 4 February 2003 League Cup SF N Heart of Midlothian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
31,609
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
 27' de Boer
38 16 March 2003 League Cup F N Celtic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
52,000
Referee
Celtic Rangers
 57' Larsson
 88'  Lennon

Last updated: 16 March 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
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
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 11 July 2002 Friendly N NJC All Stars 3–0
Report Report link
Attendance
500
NJC All Stars Rangers
 20' Amoruso
 42' Mols
 55' Konterman
2 13 July 2002 Friendly N River Plate 2–3
Report [http://rangers.co.uk/news/features/on-this-day-river-at-giants/? Report link]
Attendance
22,070
Referee
River Plate Rangers
 17' Ayala
 51' Zapata
 79' López
 61' Arveladze
 77' Amoruso
Numan
3 17 July 2002 Friendly N Reading Rage 4–1
Attendance
1,000
Reading Rage Rangers
4 20 July 2002 Friendly N Santos 0–1
Kick off
16:00 EDT
Attendance
13,200
Referee
Alex Prus
Santos Rangers
5 28 July 2002 Friendly H Milan 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
40,411
Rangers Milan
 15' de Boer
 42' Caniggia
 45' Tomasson
 79' Borriello
6 30 July 2002 Friendly A Linfield 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
18,000
Linfield Rangers
 29' Dodds
 70' Flo
7 7 August 2002 Friendly H Leeds United 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
32,497
Rangers Leeds United
 49' (pen.) Arveladze
 17' Smith
8 18 January 2003 Friendly N Energie Cottbus 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 GST
Attendance
3,000
Rangers Energie Cottbus
 90' (pen.) Muscat

Last updated: 18 January 2003
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 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — 1st 3 August25 May
UEFA Cup 1st Round 1st Round 17 September3 October
Scottish League Cup 3rd Round Winners 24 October16 March
Scottish Cup 3rd Round Winners 25 January31 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Rangers 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
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.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHHAAAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
ResultDWWWWWWWWDWWWWDWWWWWWLWWWWWWWLWWWLDWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2003. Source: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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