2004–05 Rangers F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was the 125th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
2004–05 season
ChairmanJohn McClelland
(until 1 September)
David Murray
(from 1 September)
ManagerAlex McLeish
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st
P38 W29 D6 L3 F78 A22
Scottish CupThird round
League CupWinners
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nacho Novo (19)
All:
Nacho Novo (25)
Highest home attendance50,143 vs Hibernian
(12 February)
Lowest home attendance46,278 vs Kilmarnock
(3 October)

Overview

Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2004–05 season. They went into the season looking to recapture their Scottish Premier League crown, which Celtic had won the season before. Manager Alex McLeish made several summer signings, with the signature of Frenchman Jean-Alain Boumsong being his biggest coup. Others included strikers Dado Prso and Nacho Novo, as well as the experienced midfielder Alex Rae and future Ibrox favourite Marvin Andrews.

Rangers League form began poorly picking up only 8 points from their first 5 matches. Rangers lost the first Old Firm derby of the season 1–0 at Celtic Park and fell behind Celtic in the league. Rangers form improved following the loss to Celtic and they weren't to lose again in the league until April. This run of form included two wins over Celtic in November, once in the League Cup and the other in the League. They also ended a poor run of results at Celtic Park, with a 2–0 victory in February. A 2–1 loss to Celtic at home in April left Rangers five points behind with just four games left of the season. Celtic led by two points on the final day of the season and were winning 1–0 against Motherwell, but two late goals for Motherwell coupled with Rangers 1–0 win over Hibernian saw Rangers win the title, Helicopter Sunday.

Rangers also won the League Cup this season, with a 5–1 victory over Motherwell in the final. Rangers were beaten in the Scottish Cup however, losing 2–1 to Celtic in the third round.

After losing to CSKA Moscow in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Rangers entered the UEFA Cup. Rangers managed to qualify for the newly formed group stages with a penalty shoot-out win over Maritimo. Rangers failed to progress beyond the group stages however, a 2–0 loss at home to Auxerre seeing them fail to stay in Europe beyond Christmas.

Players

Squad information
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Stefan Klos (captain)33 1998 296 0 2007 £0.7m
2 DF Fernando Ricksen28 2000 254 20 2009 £3.75m
3 DF Craig Moore29 1999 (Winter) 252 14 2006 Free left on 3 January
4 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong25 2004 28 2 2009 Free left on 2 January
4 MF Thomas Buffel24 2005 (Winter) 18 5 2009 £2.3m
5 DF Marvin Andrews29 2004 38 4 2007 Free
6 MF Barry Ferguson27 2005 (Winter) 255 38 2010 £4.5m
7 FW Shota Arveladze32 2001 132 57 2005 £2m
8 MF Alex Rae37 2004 32 1 2006 Free
9 FW Dado Pršo30 2004 46 21 2007 Free
10 FW Nacho Novo26 2004 48 26 2008 £0.45m
11 MF Gavin Rae27 2004 (Winter) 11 2 2007 £0.25m
12 DF Bob Malcolm24 1997 115 3 2007 Youth system
14 MF Dragan Mladenović29 2004 9 0 2008 £1.1m
15 DF Zurab Khizanishvili23 2003 (Winter) 63 0 2008 Free
16 DF Paolo Vanoli32 2003 42 1 2005 Free
16 DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos25 2005 (Winter) 17 2 2005 Loan
17 MF Chris Burke21 2000 44 5 2007 Youth system
18 DF Michael Ball25 2001 72 2 2006 £4m
19 FW Steven Thompson21 2003 (Winter) 64 20 2006 £0.2m
20 DF Alan Hutton20 2002 24 1 Youth system
21 DF Maurice Ross24 2000 107 3 2007 Youth system
22 GK Allan McGregor23 2001 11 0 Youth system
23 MF Bojan Djordjic23 2005 (Winter) 5 0 2005 Free
24 DF Grégory Vignal23 2004 42 3 2005 Loan
25 GK Ronald Waterreus34 2005 (Winter) 15 0 2006 £0.05m
26 FW Peter Løvenkrands25 2000 135 36 2006 £1.3m
27 MF Stephen Hughes22 1999 90 7 Youth system left 31 January
31 MF Hamed Namouchi21 2003 35 6 Free
37 DF Steven Smith19 2002 4 0 2008 Youth system
40 MF Charlie Adam19 2003 3 0 Youth system out on season loan
42 FW Robert Davidson19 2004 2 0 2007 Youth system
45 FW Ross McCormack18 2003 3 1 2007 Youth system
  • Last updated: 22 May 2005
  • Source:Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles
  • Ordered by position on pitch.

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
9 FW Dado Pršo 29 Monaco Transfer Summer 2007 Free [1]
8 MF Alex Rae 34 Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfer Summer 2006 Free [2]
5 DF Marvin Andrews 28 Livingston Transfer Summer 2007 Free [3]
14 MF Dragan Mladenović 28 Red Star Belgrade Transfer Summer 2008 £1.1m [4]
4 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 24 Auxerre Transfer Summer 2009 Free [5]
10 FW Nacho Novo 25 Dundee Transfer Summer 2008 £0.45m [6]
24 DF Grégory Vignal 23 Liverpool Loan Summer 2005 n/a [7]
FW Derek Carcary 18 Queen's Park Transfer Summer Free [8]
23 MF Bojan Djordjic 22 Manchester United Transfer Winter 2005 Free [9]
4 MF Thomas Buffel 23 Feyenoord Transfer Winter 2009 £2.3m [10]
FW Jukka Santala 23 HJK Transfer Winter Free [11]
16 DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos 25 Panathinaikos Loan Winter 2005 n/a [12]
23 GK Ronald Waterreus 34 Manchester City Transfer Winter 2005 £0.1m [13]
6 MF Barry Ferguson 26 Blackburn Rovers Transfer Winter 2010 £4.5m [14]

Last updated: 11 January 2006
 Total spending: £8.45m

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
8 MF Christian Nerlinger 31 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [15]
4 MF Emerson 32 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [2]
20 MF Nuno Capucho 32 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [16]
25 DF Henning Berg 34 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [17]
10 FW Michael Mols 33 Utrecht End of contract Summer n/a [17]
5 DF Frank de Boer 34 Al Rayyan End of contract Summer n/a [18]
14 MF Ronald de Boer 34 Al Rayyan End of contract Summer n/a [18]
38 FW Darryl Duffy 20 Falkirk End of contract Summer n/a [19]
33 MF Billy Gibson 22 Partick Thistle End of contract Summer n/a [20]
34 DF Andy Dowie 21 Partick Thistle End of contract Summer n/a [21]
MF Peter Leven 20 Kilmarnock End of contract Summer n/a [22]
MF Paul McHale 22 Cowdenbeath End of contract Summer n/a [23]
24 FW Steve MacLean 21 Sheffield Wednesday Transfer Summer £0.125 [24]
23 MF Mikel Arteta 22 Real Sociedad Transfer Summer £2.6m [25]
33 MF Alex Walker 20 Clyde Loan Summer n/a [26]
32 FW Tom Brighton 20 Scunthorpe United Loan Summer n/a [27]
4 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 25 Newcastle United Transfer Winter £8m [28]
3 DF Craig Moore 29 Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Winter Free [29]
16 DF Paolo Vanoli 32 Vicenza Transfer Winter Free [30]
38 FW Bajram Fetai 19 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Loan Winter Loan [11]
27 MF Stephen Hughes 22 Leicester City Transfer Winter £0.1m [11]
14 MF Dragan Mladenović 28 Real Sociedad Loan n/a n/a [31]

Last updated: 1 February 2005
 Total received: £10.825m

Squad statistics
Total SPL SCSL CupUCLUC
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK Stefan Klos 34 34 23 1 2 2 6
2 DF Fernando Ricksen 51 519 384 11432 61
3 DF Craig Moore 6 6 3 1 1 1
4 MF Thomas Buffel 15 185 154 1 21
4 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 28 282 182 2 2 6
5 DF Marvin Andrews 37 384 304 1 2 1 4
6 MF Barry Ferguson 14 152 132 2
7 FW Shota Arveladze 17 339 246 212 52
8 MF Alex Rae 22 321 251 1 3 1 2
9 FW Dado Pršo 44 4621 3418 1 322 61
10 FW Nacho Novo 45 4825 3519 1 432162
12 DF Robert Malcolm 25 281 211 2 5
14 MF Dragan Mladenović 8 9 7 1 1
15 MF Zurab Khizanishvili 23 25 16 1 2 1 5
16 DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos 17 172 15 22
16 DF Paolo Vanoli 5 7 5 1 1
17 MF Chris Burke 11 16 12 1 3
18 DF Michael Ball 15 18 14 2 2
19 FW Steven Thompson 10 3310 245 1 432121
20 DF Alan Hutton 9 12 10 1 1
21 DF Maurice Ross 19 191 14 211 2
22 GK Allan McGregor 2 2 2
23 MF Bojan Djordjic 5 5 4 1
24 DF Grégory Vignal 40 423 303 1 4 2 5
25 GK Ronald Waterreus 15 15 13 2
27 MF Peter Løvenkrands 18 244 173 1 2 41
27 MF Stephen Hughes 7 152 112 1 1 2
31 MF Hamed Namouchi 17 263 202 1 1 41
37 DF Steven Smith 2 4 4
40 MF Charlie Adam 1 1
42 FW Robert Davidson 1 1
45 FW Ross McCormack 1 1
Last updated: 26 August 2015
Source: Wikipedia article
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank

Club

Matches

Scottish Premier League
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 7 August 2004 Scottish Premier League 1 A Aberdeen 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
19,028
Referee
3 14 August 2004 Scottish Premier League 2 H Livingston 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
48,102
Referee
Rangers Livingston
 6' Pršo
 32' Hughes
 78' Hughes
 88' Arveladze
4 21 August 2004 Scottish Premier League 3 H Hibernian 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
48,702
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
 11' Arveladze
 15' Pršo
 58' Boumsong
 84' Løvenkrands
 35' Caldwell
6 29 August 2004 Scottish Premier League 4 A Celtic 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
58,935
Referee
Celtic Rangers
 85' Thompson
7 12 September 2004 Scottish Premier League 5 A Heart of Midlothian 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
14,601
Referee
9 19 September 2004 Scottish Premier League 6 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
47,063
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
 17' Pršo
11 26 September 2004 Scottish Premier League 7 A Dundee 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
9,404
Referee
Dundee Rangers
 78' Novo
 80' Novo
13 3 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 8 H Kilmarnock 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
46,278
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
 10' Andrews
 82' Novo
14 17 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 9 A Motherwell 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
10,946
Referee
John Rowbotham
Motherwell Rangers
 7' Pršo
 83' Pršo
16 24 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 10 H Dundee United 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
46,796
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
 69' Novo
 90' Robson
17 27 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 11 A Dunfermline Athletic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
8,678
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
 22' Brewster
 47' Boumsong
 58' (pen.) Novo
18 31 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 12 H Aberdeen 5–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
48,918
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
 39' Thompson
 68' Løvenkrands
 75' Novo
 88' Ricksen
 90' (pen.) Novo
19 7 November 2004 Scottish Premier League 13 A Livingston 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
8,780
Referee
Livingston Rangers
 61' Easton
 37' Løvenkrands
 55' Novo
 67' Thompson
 84' Namouchi
21 14 November 2004 Scottish Premier League 14 A Hibernian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
13,829
Referee
Willie Young
Hibernian Rangers
 63' Caldwell
 28' Novo
 65' (pen.) Pršo
22 20 November 2004 Scottish Premier League 15 H Celtic 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
50,043
Referee
Rangers Celtic
 15' (pen.) Novo
 36' Pršo
 38' Thompson
 56'  Sutton
24 28 November 2004 Scottish Premier League 16 H Heart of Midlothian 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
48,494
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
 45' (o.g.) McAllister
 56' Novo
 81' Novo
 16' Hartley
 66' de Vries
26 5 December 2004 Scottish Premier League 17 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
6,543
Referee
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers
 3' Bayne
 51' Pršo
27 11 December 2004 Scottish Premier League 18 H Dundee 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
48,114
Referee
Rangers Dundee
 3' (pen.) Novo
 4' Pršo
 50' Malcolm
29 19 December 2004 Scottish Premier League 19 A Kilmarnock 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
11,156
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
 16' Arveladze
30 27 December 2004 Scottish Premier League 20 H Motherwell 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
49,909
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
 3' Novo
 15' Novo
 53' Arveladze
 86' Thompson
 49' McDonald
31 1 January 2005 Scottish Premier League 21 A Dundee United 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
10,461
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
 11' McCracken
 90' Namouchi
33 15 January 2005 Scottish Premier League 22 H Dunfermline Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,055
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
 6' Thompson
 38' Andrews
 64' Rae
34 23 January 2005 Scottish Premier League 23 A Aberdeen 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
xx:00 GMT
Attendance
17,495
Referee
Aberdeen Rangers
 19' Mackie
 9' Pršo
 16' (o.g.) McNaughton
35 29 January 2005 Scottish Premier League 24 H Livingston 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,579
Referee
Rangers Livingston
 14' Pršo
 63' Novo
 68' Ricksen
37 12 February 2005 Scottish Premier League 25 H Hibernian 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,143
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
 35' Pršo
 50' Pršo
 61' Buffel
38 20 February 2005 Scottish Premier League 26 A Celtic 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
59,041
Referee
Celtic Rangers
 71' Vignal
 82' Novo
39 26 February 2005 Scottish Premier League 27 H Kilmarnock 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,575
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
 29' Pršo
 41' Novo
 76' Boyd
40 2 March 2005 Scottish Premier League 28 A Heart of Midlothian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
13,842
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
 87' Burchill
 90' Mikoliūnas
 49' Novo
 90'  Pršo
 90' (pen.) Ricksen
41 5 March 2005 Scottish Premier League 29 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,345
Referee
Mike Ritchie
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
 57' Ferguson
 90+2' Prunty
42 13 March 2005 Scottish Premier League 30 A Dundee 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
9,876
Referee
Dundee Rangers
 82' Andrews
 84' Ricksen
44 3 April 2005 Scottish Premier League 31 A Motherwell 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
10,210
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
 71' (pen.) McBride
 84' Corrigan
 4' Vignal
 32' Vignal
 51' Pršo
 79'  Ferguson
45 12 April 2005 Scottish Premier League 32 H Dundee United 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
49,302
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
 8' Duff
46 17 April 2005 Scottish Premier League 33 A Dunfermline Athletic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
8,266
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
 7' Pršo
47 24 April 2005 Scottish Premier League 34 H Celtic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
49,593
Referee
Rangers Celtic
 88' Thompson
 21' Petrov
 34' Bellamy
48 1 May 2005 Scottish Premier League 35 A Aberdeen 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
17,198
Referee
Aberdeen Rangers
 33' Clark
 10' Ferguson
 43' Pršo
 59' Pršo
49 7 May 2005 Scottish Premier League 36 H Heart of Midlothian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,342
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
 9' Buffel
 42' Andrews
 84' (o.g.) Andrews
50 14 May 2005 Scottish Premier League 37 H Motherwell 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,495
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
 12' Buffel
 17' Arveladze
 54' Arveladze
 57' Buffel
 89' (o.g.) Andrews
51 22 May 2005 Scottish Premier League 38 A Hibernian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
17,450
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
 59' Novo

Last updated: 22 May 2005
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 Champions League
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
2 10 August 2004 UEFA Champions League QR3 A CSKA Moscow 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
17:00 BST
Attendance
11,000
Referee
CSKA Moscow Rangers
 4' Love
 46' Jarošík
 36' Novo
5 25 August 2004 UEFA Champions League QR3 H CSKA Moscow 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 BST
Attendance
49,010
Referee
Rangers CSKA Moscow
 88' Thompson
 61' Love

Last updated: 25 August 2004
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 16 September 2004 UEFA Cup R1 A Marítimo 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 BST
Attendance
5,000
Referee
Johan Verbist
Marítimo Rangers
 27' Manduca
12 30 September 2004 UEFA Cup R1 H Marítimo 1–0
(4-2 pen.)
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 BST
Attendance
47,360
Referee
Rangers Marítimo
 71' Pršo
15 21 October 2004 UEFA Cup GS A Amica Wronki 5–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:30 BST
Attendance
3,100
Referee
Julian Rodriguez Santiago
Amica Wronki Rangers
 17' Løvenkrands
 57' Novo
 69' Ricksen
 73' (pen.) Arveladze
 89' Thompson
23 25 November 2004 UEFA Cup GS H Grazer AK 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
46,453
Referee
Rangers Grazer AK
 58' Novo
 86' Arveladze
 90' Namouchi
25 2 December 2004 UEFA Cup GS A AZ 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
8,343
Referee
AZ Rangers
 8' Landzaat
28 15 December 2004 UEFA Cup GS H Auxerre 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
48,847
Referee
Franz-Xaver Wack
Rangers Auxerre
 10' Kalou
 47' Kalou

Last updated: 15 December 2004
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
32 9 January 2005 Scottish Cup 3 A Celtic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 GMT
Attendance
58,622
Referee
Celtic Rangers
 37' Sutton
 77' Hartson
 47' Ricksen

Last updated: 9 January 2005
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
10 22 September 2004 League Cup R3 A Aberdeen 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
14,876
Referee
Aberdeen Rangers
 45' Ricksen
 89' Thompson
 90'  Malcolm
20 10 November 2004 League Cup QF H Celtic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
47,298
Referee
Rangers Celtic
 85' Pršo
 100' Arveladze
 66' Hartson
36 2 February 2005 League Cup SF N Dundee United 7–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
25,622
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
 7' Novo
 18' Pršo
 67' Buffel
 77' Ricksen
 80' Thompson
 85' Novo
 88' Thompson
 50' Scotland
43 20 March 2005 League Cup F N Motherwell 5–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,182
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
 5' Ross
 9' Kyrgiakos
 33' Ricksen
 48' Novo
 86' Kyrgiakos
 13' Partridge

Last updated: 20 March 2005
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 18 July 2004 Friendly A SC Fürstenfeld 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
SC Fürstenfeld Rangers
2 20 July 2004 Friendly N Roma 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
200
Roma Rangers
3 24 July 2004 Friendly A Fulham 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
14,173
Fulham Rangers
 69' Pršo
4 28 July 2004 Walter Tull Memorial Cup H Tottenham Hotspur 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
35,750
Rangers Tottenham Hotspur
5 31 July 2004 Gateshead Cup A Newcastle United 2–4
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
31,554
Referee
Newcastle United Rangers
 11' (pen.) Shearer
 29' Bellamy
 37' Bernard
 90' Dyer
 43' Pršo
 85' Ricksen
6 1 August 2004 Gateshead Cup N Feyenoord 0–0
(8-7 pen.)
Report Report link
Kick off
Attendance
24,000
Referee

Last updated: 9 January 2005
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.

Competitions

Scottish Premier League
Main article: 2004–05 Scottish Premier League

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Rangers 38 29 6 3 78 22 +56 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 30 2 6 85 35 +50 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hibernian 38 18 7 13 64 57 +7 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aberdeen 38 18 7 13 44 39 +5 61
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 11 14 43 41 +2 50
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.

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  17. "Rangers start clear-out". BBC Sport. 10 March 2004.
  18. "de Boers reunited in Qatar". BBC Sport. 23 June 2004.
  19. "Falkirk win Duffy chase". BBC Sport. 25 June 2004.
  20. "Thistle bosses sign on". BBC Sport. 7 May 2004.
  21. "Jags sign defender Dowie". BBC Sport. 26 July 2004.
  22. "Double signing for Killie". BBC Sport. 8 July 2004.
  23. "Three new faces for Cowden". BBC Sport. 13 July 2004.
  24. "Owls complete MacLean deal". BBC Sport. 7 July 2004.
  25. "Arteta completes Real move". BBC Sport. 10 July 2004.
  26. "Walker gets September award". BBC Sport. 5 October 2004.
  27. "Scunthorpe sign striker". BBC Sport. 31 August 2004.
  28. "Magpies complete Boumsong signing". BBC Sport. 2 January 2005.
  29. "Moore completes Borussia switch". BBC Sport. 3 January 2005.
  30. "Vanoli leaves Rangers for Vicenza". BBC Sport. 18 January 2005.
  31. "Sociedad complete Mladenovic loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 February 2005.
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