2001–02 Rangers F.C. season

September 2020 Rangers 2001–02 Dick Advocaat(until 12 December)Alex McLeish(from 13 December) David Murray Ground Ibrox Stadium Scottish Premier League 2nd Scottish Cup Winners League Cup Winners Champions League Third qualifying round UEFA Cup Fourth round Tore André Flo (18) Tore André Flo (25) 2000–01 2002–03 _rangers0102h _redhorizontal 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 000000 _vneckonwhite FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF 002060 FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 The 2001–02 season was the 122nd season of competitive football by Rangers. 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 Appearances Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Champions League UEFA Cup Stefan Klos GER GK 1 57 36 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 7 0 Y Fernando Ricksen NED DF 2 47 31 4 4 0 3 0 4 1 5 0 Craig Moore AUS DF 3 29 18 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 Y Lorenzo Amoruso ITA DF 4 47 28 4 6 1 4 0 2 0 7 1 Arthur Numan NED DF 5 43 30 1 2 0 3 1 3 0 7 0 Y Barry Ferguson SCO MF 6 37 22 1 5 2 3 1 2 0 7 2 Claudio Caniggia ARG FW 7 31 24 5 3 0 4 2 4 2 7 0 Y Christian Nerlinger GER MF 8 10 8 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 Tore André Flo NOR FW 9 39 30 18 3 2 2 1 4 3 7 1 Y Michael Mols NED FW 10 10 15 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 Neil McCann SCO MF 11 22 25 6 5 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 Y Claudio Reyna USA MF 12 17 10 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 Ronald de Boer NED MF 14 31 25 8 4 0 3 0 1 0 6 2 Y Bert Konterman NED DF 15 41 26 2 2 1 3 1 4 0 7 1 Billy Dodds SCO FW 16 6 11 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 Y Andrei Kanchelskis RUS MF 17 9 10 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Michael Ball ENG DF 18 8 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 Y Scott Wilson SCO DF 19 10 6 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 Russell Latapy TRI MF 20 21 16 5 3 0 3 0 2 0 5 0 Y Maurice Ross SCO DF 21 24 21 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 Jesper Christiansen DEN GK 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y Kenny Miller SCO FW 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Allan Johnston SCO MF 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y Shota Arveladze GEO FW 24 27 22 11 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 Tony Vidmar AUS DF 25 34 24 1 5 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 Y Peter Løvenkrands DEN MF 26 18 19 2 4 3 3 1 0 0 6 1 Stephen Hughes SCO MF 27 18 17 1 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 Y Dariusz Adamczuk POL DF 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tero Penttilä FIN DF 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y Robert Malcolm SCO DF 31 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Allan McGregor SCO GK 33 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y Andy Dowie SCO DF 36 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Gibson SCO MF 39 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Y Tom Brighton SCO FW 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Burke SCO MF 48 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 number November 2023 Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee25 June 2001ARG Claudio Caniggia SCO Dundee £900,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1410858.stm Rangers better than Celtic - Caniggia BBC BBC Sport 27 June 200126 June 2001GER Christian Nerlinger GER Borussia Dortmund £1,800,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12181602.advocaat-happy-with-his-latest-bargain-buy/ Advocaat happy with his latest bargain buy The Herald 27 June 20013 July 2001TRI Russell Latapy SCO Hibernian Freehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1419328.stm Latapy signs at Rangers BBC BBC Sport 3 July 200117 August 2001ENG Michael BallENG Everton£6,500,000https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+BALL%27S+ON+THE+SLATES+..FOR+8+WEEKS%3b+Injury+delay+rules+out...-a077297458 BALL'S ON THE SLATES ..FOR 8 WEEKS: Injury delay rules out Rangers new boy Daily Record 18 August 200129 August 2001GEO 1990 Shota Arveladze NED Ajax £3,000,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1515958.stm Arveladze ready for Ibrox fight BBC BBC Sport 29 August 2001 Out DatePlayerToFee22 May 2001FIN Tero Penttilä FIN FC Haka Loanhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12167270.10m-too-much-claim-chelsea/ £10m too much claim Chelsea The Herald 23 May 200124 May 2001GER Jörg Albertz GER Hamburger SV £3,000,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/1349555.stm Albertz rejoins Hamburg BBC BBC Sport 24 May 2001 30 May 2001SCO Mark Brown SCO Motherwell Freehttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL+%3a+Goram+career+is+five+alive+as+No.1+sparks+scramble.-a075155795 Goram career is five alive as no 1 sparks scramble Daily Record 31 May 20011 June 2001ITA Sergio Porrini ITA Alessandria Freehttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3a+WOUTERS+RECKONS+DICK+WILL+QUIT+GERS+NEXT+YEAR.-a075221355 Wouters reckons Dick will quit Gers next year Daily Record 2 June 2001ENG Rod Wallace ENG Bolton Wanderers Freehttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3a+WOUTERS+RECKONS+DICK+WILL+QUIT+GERS+NEXT+YEAR.-a075221355 Wouters reckons Dick will quit Gers next year Daily Record 2 June 200120 June 2001NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst ENG Arsenal £8,500,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1389615.stm Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst BBC BBC Sport 20 June 2001 25 August 2017 15 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20170825152751/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1389615.stm live 19 July 2001TUR Tugay Kerimoğlu ENG Blackburn Rovers £1,300,000https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+Tugay+off+to+work+at+long+last.-a076645357 Tugay off to work at long last The Mirror 20 July 20013 August 2001SCO Peter MacDonald SCO St Johnstone £125,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/1472728.stm Saints snap up MacDonald BBC BBC Sport 3 August 20016 August 2001NIR Stephen Carson SCO Dundee United £150,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1476308.stm Carson moves to Dundee United BBC BBC Sport 6 August 2001 7 December 2019 11 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20191207231407/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1476308.stm live7 August 2001JAM Marcus Gayle ENG Watford £900,000http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/watford/1477673.stm Gayle blows into Vicarage Road BBC BBC Sport 7 August 2001 17 September 2008 15 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080917222020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/watford/1477673.stm live9 August 2001POL Dariusz Adamczuk ENG Wigan Athletic Loanhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3a+BALL+HAS+WEEK+TO+FIT+IN.-a077089949 BALL HAS WEEK TO FIT IN Daily Record 10 August 200131 August 2001SCO Allan Johnston ENG Middlesbrough £600,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12231357.fans-urged-to-give-dagestan-a-miss-as-johnston-moves-on/ Fans urged to give Dagestan a miss as Johnston moves on The Herald 1 September 20017 December 2001USA Claudio Reyna ENG Sunderland £4,000,000https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+YOU%27RE+MAKING+A+HUGE+MISTAKE%3b+Advocaat+warning+as+Reyna...-a080651627 YOU'RE MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE: Advocaat warning as Reyna heads to England. Daily Record 8 December 200114 December 2001SCO Kenny Miller ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers £3,000,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12245400.mcleish-takes-the-sudden-elevation-in-his-stride-as-the-wee-fella-lets-him-get-on-with-it-wind-of-change-at-ibrox/ McLeish takes the sudden elevation in his stride as the wee fella lets him get on with it: Wind of change at Ibrox The Herald 15 December 200128 January 2002DEN Jesper Christiansen DEN Vejle Boldklub Loanhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+Eck%27s+loan+Rangers+in+Ibrox+exit.-a082280073 Eck's loan Rangers in Ibrox exit Daily Record 29 January 2002ENG Paul Reid ENG Preston North End Loanhttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+Eck%27s+loan+Rangers+in+Ibrox+exit.-a082280073 Eck's loan Rangers in Ibrox exit Daily Record 29 January 200228 March 2002 SCO Scott WilsonENG PortsmouthLoanhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1899333.stm BBC BBC Sport Wilson heads to Portsmouth 28 March 2002 Expenditure: £12,200,000 Income: £21,575,000 Total loss/gain: £9,375,000 Results All results are written with Rangers' score first. Friendlies DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 5 July 2001 VV DOVOA7–04,000Miller (3), de Boer, Numan, Dodds, Kanchelskis 7 July 2001 VV CapelleA5–13,500Johnston (2), Caniggia, de Boer, Gayle 9 July 2001 WHC Wezep/VSCOWHC provided first-half opposition and VSCO second-halfA8–02,200Miller (3), Flo (2), Dodds, Nerlinger, Caniggia 15 July 2001 FC CopenhagenA1–110,484Nerlinger 17 July 2001 MalmöA3–16,000McCann, Caniggia, Flo 21 July 2001 AnderlechtH1–225,200Caniggia Scottish Premier League 2001–02 Scottish Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 28 July 2001 AberdeenA3–018,800Nerlinger, Latapy (pen.), Caniggia 4 August 2001 LivingstonH0–047,805 11 August 2001 Dunfermline AthleticA4–110,902 Latapy, Flo, Konterman (2) 18 August 2001 HibernianH2–245,940Hughes, Flo 26 August 2001 DundeeH2–048,038Mols, Ricksen 8 September 2001 Heart of MidlothianA2–214,014Latapy, Flo 16 September 2001 MotherwellH3–041,137Flo, de Boer, Caniggia 22 September 2001 Dundee UnitedA6–111,117Buchan (o.g.), Flo (3), de Boer, McCann 30 September 2001 CelticH0–250,097 13 October 2001 KilmarnockH3–149,379Arveladze, Caniggia, Flo 21 October 2001 St JohnstoneA2–08,331Arveladze, Flo 27 October 2001 LivingstonA2–010,012Reyna (2) 4 November 2001 AberdeenH2–049,739Flo (2) 17 November 2001 Dunfermline AthleticH4–048,554Arveladze (2), Flo (2) 25 November 2001 CelticA1–259,609Løvenkrands 1 December 2001 DundeeA0–011,085 9 December 2001 Heart of MidlothianH3–147,891de Boer, Latapy, Arveladze 12 December 2001 HibernianH1–146,179Ricksen 15 December 2001 MotherwellA2–29,864Arveladze, McCann 22 December 2001 Dundee UnitedH3–247,315Arveladze (2), Amoruso 26 December 2001 HibernianA3–014,021Moore, Flo, Arveladze 29 December 2001 St JohnstoneH1–048,827Mols 12 January 2002 LivingstonH3–048,044Flo, Caniggia (2) 19 January 2002 AberdeenA1–017,846Amoruso 23 January 2002 Dunfermline AthleticA4–28,795Vidmar, de Boer (2), Arveladze (pen) 30 January 2002 KilmarnockA2–211,589de Boer, Flo 2 February 2002 DundeeH2–148,861Arveladze, Moore 9 February 2002 Heart of MidlothianA2–014,128de Boer, McCann 16 February 2002 MotherwellH3–049,284Latapy, Flo, Ricksen 3 March 2002 Dundee UnitedA1–09,386Amoruso (pen.) 6 March 2002 St JohnstoneA2–06,382Flo, Ricksen 10 March 2002 CelticH1–150,111Numan 20 March 2002 KilmarnockH5–040,768McCann (3), Kanchelskis, Burke 7 April 2002 Heart of MidlothianH2–047,492Dodds (2) 13 April 2002 LivingstonA1–210,019Amoruso 21 April 2002 CelticA1–159,384Løvenkrands 27 April 2002 AberdeenH2–048,878McCann, Ferguson 12 May 2002 Dunfermline AthleticA1–18,716Moore Scottish League Cup 2001–02 Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 October 2001 R3AirdrieoniansH3–034,075Arveladze (2), Numan 28 November 2001 QFRoss CountyA2–15,972Arveladze, Reyna 5 February 2002 SFCelticN2–143,457Løvenkrands, Konterman 17 March 2002 FAyr UnitedN4–050,076 Flo, Ferguson (pen.), Caniggia (2) Scottish Cup 2001–02 Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 January 2002 R3Berwick RangersA0–04,280 21 January 2002 R3 RBerwick RangersH3–017,662Amoruso, Konterman, Arveladze 26 January 2002 R4HibernianH4–125,636Flo (2), Løvenkrands, Dodds 24 February 2002 QFForfar AthleticA6–04,504Dodds (3), Arveladze (2), Kanchelskis 24 March 2002 SFPartick ThistleN3–031,969Nerlinger (2), Ferguson 4 May 2002 FCelticN3–251,138Løvenkrands (2), Ferguson UEFA Champions League 2001–02 UEFA Champions League DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 25 July 2001 QR2Slovenia NK MariborA3–06,100Flo (2, 1 pen.), Nerlinger 1 August 2001 QR2Slovenia NK MariborH3–150,045Flo, Caniggia (2) 8 August 2001 QR3TUR FenerbahçeH0–049,472 22 August 2001 QR3TUR FenerbahçeA1–218,272Ricksen UEFA Cup 2001–02 UEFA Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 27 September 2001 R1RUS Anzhi MakhachkalaNhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1550176.stm Rangers fans travel to Warsaw BBC Sport BBC 20 September 20011–04,200Konterman 18 October 2001 R2RUS Dynamo MoscowH3–145,008Amoruso, Ball, de Boer 1 November 2001 R2RUS Dynamo Moscow A4–16,000de Boer, Ferguson, Flo, Løvenkrands 22 November 2001 R3FRA Paris Saint-GermainH0–049,223 6 December 2001 R3FRA Paris Saint-GermainA0–0*35,000 21 February 2002 R4NED Feyenoord H1–149,041Ferguson (pen.) 28 February 2002 R4NED FeyenoordA2–345,000McCann, Ferguson (pen.) *Rangers won the match 4–3 on penalties League table RAN References Category:Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers