2000–01 Rangers F.C. season

September 2020 Rangers 2000–01 Dick Advocaat David Murray Ground Ibrox Stadium Scottish Premier League 2nd Scottish Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Semi-finals Champions League Group stage UEFA Cup Third round Tore André Flo (11) Jorg Albertz (15) 1999–2000 2001–02 _rangers9901h _redhorizontal 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 000000 _rangers0001a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 The 2000–01 season was the 121st season of competitive football by Rangers. Overview Rangers played a total of 56 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season. Rangers went into the season looking to clinch a third consecutive Scottish Premier League title, as well as trying to successfully defend the Scottish Cup, win the League Cup and make an impact in the UEFA Champions League. Despite further heavy investment in the team, which included paying a £12 million fee for striker Tore André Flo in November, Rangers were unable to win the title and finished the season without winning any trophies. Despite a good start to the season, a 6–2 loss against Celtic in the first Old Firm derby saw the beginning of inconsistent league form for Rangers throughout the rest of the season, including a 3–0 loss at home to Kilmarnock. The loss to Kilmarnock brought a conflict between club captain Lorenzo Amoruso and manager Dick Advocaat to a head, resulting in Amoruso being stripped of the captaincy and 22-year-old Barry Ferguson being given the arm band. A 5–1 victory over Celtic in November gave hope for revival but Rangers were unable to put up any serious challenge and finished the season 15 points off top spot. In the domestic cup competitions Rangers lost 3–1 to Celtic in the semi-finals of the League Cup and also surrendered their Scottish Cup crown with a 1–0 loss away to Dundee Utd. In Europe, Rangers qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive time after two qualifying rounds and were drawn alongside Sturm Graz, Galatasaray and Monaco. Rangers made a good start to the group with six points from two matches, including a 5–0 win at home to Sturm Graz and 1–0 win away to Monaco. However, they only picked up two points from the remaining four games and failed to qualify for the next phase of the competition, finishing third and therefore dropping into the UEFA Cup. The last match at home to Monaco saw Rangers leading 2-1 which would have seen them go through but a late Monaco goal denied Rangers a place in the next round. In the UEFA Cup, Rangers drew Kaiserslautern and, despite winning the first leg 1–0 at home, they exited European competition before Christmas after a 3–0 loss in Germany. Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee5 June 2000NED Bert Konterman NED Feyenoord £4,500,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12236027.ritchie-is-poised-for-ibrox-move-as-konterman-signs/ Ritchie is poised for Ibrox move as Konterman signs The Herald 6 June 20006 June 2000SCO Paul Ritchie SCO Heart of Midlothian Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/755161.stm Ritchie ties up Ibrox move BBC Sport 6 June 20008 June 2000DEN Peter Løvenkrands DEN AB £1,400,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12196831.newcastle-call-on-fifa-as-rangers-sign-dane-geordies-claim-lovenkrands-broke-promise-by-agreeing-14m-deal-at-ibrox/ Newcastle call on FIFA as Rangers sign Dane: Geordies claim Lovenkrands broke promise by agreeing £1.4m deal at Ibrox The Herald 9 June 200026 June 2000SCO Kenny Miller SCO Hibernian £2,000,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/800045.stm Rangers conclude Miller deal BBC Sport 26 June 200030 June 2000ENG Paul Reid ENG Carlisle United £600,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/877715.stm Football transfers BBC Sport 18 August 20001 July 2000SCO Allan Johnston ENG Sunderland Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12224730.dream-comes-true-for-johnston-as-rangers-get-their-man/ Dream comes true for Johnston as Rangers get their man The Herald 14 March 2000NED Fernando Ricksen NED AZ £3,750,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12197615.rangers-latest-signing-is-praised-by-former-team-mate-doesburg-ricksen-has-right-attitude-for-ibrox/ Rangers' latest signing is praised by former team-mate Doesburg: Ricksen has right attitude for Ibrox The Herald 30 March 200031 August 2000NED Ronald de Boer ESP Barcelona £4,500,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12236805.murray-fitness-test-asked-too-much-of-hartson/ Murray: Fitness test asked too much of Hartson The Herald 1 September 20006 September 2000AUT Alexander Hauser AUT Tirol Innsbruck Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12162950.sturm-graz-see-wilson-as-the-answer-to-their-defensive-worries/ Sturm Graz see Wilson as the answer to their defensive worries The Herald 7 September 200021 October 2000DEN Jesper Christiansen DEN OB £1,700,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12151424.my-team-of-hopeless-bigheads-advocaat-furious-with-players-as-rangers-fall-to-wonderful-strike-from-saints-sylla/ My team of hopeless bigheads: Advocaat furious with players as Rangers fall to wonderful strike from Saints' Sylla The Herald 23 October 200023 November 2000NOR Tore André Flo ENG Chelsea £12,000,000"Flo goes to Rangers" BBC Sport (23 November 2000)1 January 2001FIN Jani Kauppila FIN Tervarit Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1054806.stm Numan handed three-match ban BBC Sport 5 December 20008 March 2001JAM Marcus Gayle ENG Wimbledon £900,000"Gayle blows into Ibrox" BBC Sport (8 March 2001)14 March 2001FRA Fabrice Fernandes FRA Rennes Loan"Gers are fab, Collins tells Fabrice" BBC Sport. 14 March 2001. Out DatePlayerToFee31 May 2000NOR Ståle Stensaas NOR Rosenborg £300,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12235330.konterman-ready-to-sign-on-as-stensaas-moves-out/ Konterman ready to sign on as Stensaas moves out The Herald 1 June 2000SCO Gordon Durie SCO Heart of Midlothian Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/937520.stm Durie opts for Hearts move BBC Sport 23 September 200014 June 2000NIR Darren Fitzgerald NIR Glentoran Freehttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+GERS+WANT+TV+GAMES+TO+GO+BACK+IN+TIME%3b+Saturdays+3pm+..+pay...-a062732587 GERS WANT TV GAMES TO GO BACK IN TIME; Saturdays 3pm .. pay per view Daily Record 15 June 200027 July 2000SCO Scott Chaplain SCO Ayr United Free31 July 2000FIN Jonatan Johansson ENG Charlton Athletic £3,500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/859523.stm Rangers striker search continues BBC Sport 1 August 2000 1 August 2000SCO Barry Nicholson SCO Dunfermline Athletic £200,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12189731.nicholson-banishes-the-blues/ Nicholson banishes the blues The Herald 2 August 200010 August 2000CHI Sebastian Rozental ARG Independiente Loanhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12240086.moore-and-vidmars-cup-commitments-may-prove-costly/ Moore and Vidmar's cup commitments may prove costly The Herald 10 August 200021 August 2000SCO Paul Ritchie ENG Manchester City £500,000https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+Ritchie%3a+I+had+no+choice+but+to+leave.-a064442869 Ritchie: I had no choice but to leave Daily Record 22 August 20007 September 2000SCO Michael Stone ENG Doncaster Rovers Free19 November 2000FRA Lionel Charbonnier SWI Lausanne-Sport Freehttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3a+Ibrox+axe+for+French+flop+Lionel.-a067092198 Ibrox axe for French flop Lionel Sunday Mail 19 November 200029 January 2001RUS Andrei Kanchelskis ENG Manchester City Loanhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12148474.royle-admits-winger-is-a-risk/ Royle admits winger is a risk The Herald 26 January 20011 February 2001ROM Daniel Prodan ROM Rocar București Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1149030.stm Rangers release Prodan BBC Sport 1 February 20019 February 2001ITA Marco Negri ITA Bologna Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12149020.cheerio-cheerio-rangers-ditch-the-man-who-cost-dick-advocaat-16500-a-minute/ Cheerio, cheerio... Rangers ditch the man who cost Dick Advocaat £16,500 a minute The Herald 10 February 2001 Expendure: £31,350,000 Income: £4,500,000 Total loss/gain: £26,850,000 Matches All results are written with Rangers' score first. Friendlies DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers7 July 2000 GentA3–22,500Kanchelskis (2), McCann12 July 2000 BocholtA3–13,000Mols, Wallace, Albertz13 July 2000 Quick '20A6–02,000Ferguson (2), Johansson (2), Mols, Miller15 July 2000 HZVVA5–13,000Dodds (2), Albertz (2) Kanchelskis20 January 2001Miami FusionA4–13,000Miller (4) http://rangers.co.uk/news/features/gers-states-florida-01/ Archived copy 8 July 2016 9 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160709134005/http://rangers.co.uk/news/features/gers-states-florida-01/ bot: unknown Scottish Premier League 2000–01 Scottish Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 29 July 2000St JohnstoneH2–148,062Dodds (2) 5 August 2000 KilmarnockA4–214,680Dodds (2, 1 pen.), Miller, Tugay 13 August 2000 St MirrenA3–19,251Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Dodds 19 August 2000 Dunfermline AthleticH4–147,452Albertz (pen.), van Bronckhorst, Dodds, Wallace 27 August 2000 CelticA2–659,476Reyna, Dodds (pen.) 9 September 2000 DundeeA1–110,439McCann 17 September 2000 HeartsH1–047,496de Boer 23 September 2000 MotherwellA1–011,275Mols 1 October 2000Dundee UnitedH3–044,324Kanchelskis, Albertz, van Bronckhorst 14 October 2000 HibernianA0–114,524 22 October 2000St JohnstoneA1–27,763Miller 28 October 2000 KilmarnockH0–349,659 4 November 2000 St MirrenH7–148,795Miller (5), Dodds, McCann 12 November 2000 AberdeenA2–116,798Miller, Mols 18 November 2000 Dunfermline AthleticA0–010,706 26 November 2000 CelticH5–150,083Ferguson, Flo, de Boer, Amoruso, Mols 3 December 2000 HeartsA1–016,710Albertz (pen.) 10 December 2000 MotherwellH2–046,058Konterman, Ferguson 13 December 2000 AberdeenH3–145,285Mols, Dodds, Albertz 17 December 2000 Dundee UnitedA1–110,750Reyna 23 December 2000 HibernianH1–049,993de Boer 26 December 2000 St JohnstoneH3–046,180McCann, Ricksen, Flo 2 January 2001 St MirrenA3–18,142Flo (2), Konterman 31 January 2001AberdeenH1–045,621Tugay 2 February 2001 Dunfermline AthleticH2–046,302Tugay, Mols 11 February 2001 CelticA0–159,496 24 February 2001 DundeeA1–09,778Konterman 3 March 2001 HeartsH2–049,003Flo (2) 14 March 2001 DundeeH0–245,035 17 March 2001 MotherwellA2–111,208Fernandes, Malcolm 31 March 2001 Dundee UnitedH0–248,382 8 April 2001 HibernianA0–09,704 11 April 2001 KilmarnockA2–114,585Flo (2) 21 April 2001 DundeeA3–010,687Wallace, Flo, Albertz 29 April 2001 CelticH0–350,057 8 May 2001 HeartsA4–115,315Albertz (2), Wallace, Flo 11 May 2001KilmarnockH5–146,577Wallace (2), de Boer, Amoruso, Flo 20 May 2001HibernianH4–047,023de Boer (2), Albertz (pen.), Vidmar Scottish League Cup 2000–01 Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 6 September 2000R3AberdeenH4–237,029van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Dodds, Amoruso 31 October 2000QFDundee UnitedH2–030,966Miller, Ferguson 7 February 2001SFCelticN1–350,019Albertz (pen.) Scottish Cup 2000–01 Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 27 January 2001R3Brechin CityH2–022,606Johnston, Miller 18 February 2001R4Ross CountyA3–25,972Flo (2), Ferguson 11 March 2001QFDundee UnitedA0–111,793 UEFA Champions League 2000–01 UEFA Champions League DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 26 July 2000 QR2LIT Žalgiris KaunasH4–145,974 Johnston, Albertz (pen), Dodds (2) 2 August 2000 QR2LIT Žalgiris KaunasA0–04,000 9 August 2000 QR3DEN HerfølgeA3–03,523Albertz, Wallace, Amoruso 23 August 2000 QR3DEN HerfølgeH3–034,141Wallace, Johnston, Kanchelskis 12 September 2000 GSAustria Sturm GrazH5–049,317Mols, de Boer, Albertz, van Bronckhorst, Dodds 20 September 2000 GSFRA MonacoA1–011,161van Bronckhorst 27 September 2000 GSTUR GalatasarayA2–320,954Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst 17 October 2000 GSTUR GalatasarayH0–049,603 25 October 2000 GSAustria Sturm GrazA0–215,400 7 November 2000 GSFRA MonacoH2–250,228Miller, Mols UEFA Cup 2000–01 UEFA Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 30 November 2000 R3GER KaiserslauternH1–047,279Albertz 7 December 2000 R3GER KaiserslauternA0–328,757 Appearances List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition League Cup League Cup Europe 1 Stefan Klos Germany GK 32 0 3 0 2 0 10 0 2 Fernando Ricksen Netherlands DF 26+1 1 3 0 2 0 5 0 3 Craig Moore Australia DF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Lorenzo Amoruso Italy DF 29 2 1 0 2 1 10 1 5 Arthur Numan Netherlands DF 22 0 1 0 3 0 7 0 6 Barry Ferguson Scotland MF 30 2 3 1 3 1 11 0 7 Andrei Kanchelskis Russia MF 3+4 1 0 0 0 0 2+5 2 8 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Netherlands MF 10+1 2 0 0 1 1 7 3 9 Michael Mols Netherlands FW 10+3 5 0+1 0 0+1 0 5+1 2 10 Rod Wallace England FW 14+1 5 0+1 0 1 1 6+2 2 11 Jörg Albertz Germany MF 20+4 10 1 0 1 1 8 4 12 Claudio Reyna United States MF 16+2 2 2 0 1 0 10 0 14 Ronald de Boer Netherlands MF 17 6 1 0 1 0 7 1 15 Bert Konterman Netherlands DF 36+1 3 3 0 1 0 10 0 16 Billy Dodds Scotland FW 16+14 9 1 0 2 1 3+5 3 17 Tugay Kerimoğlu Turkey MF 17+9 3 1+1 0 2+1 0 6+1 0 18 Neil McCann Scotland MF 16+5 3 1 0 3 0 2+8 0 19 Scott Wilson Scotland DF 19+1 0 2 0 3 0 4+1 0 20 Jonatan Johansson Finland FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 Jesper Christiansen (from 21 October) Denmark GK 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21 Sergio Porrini Italy DF 12 0 1 0 1 0 3+1 0 22 Tore André Flo Norway FW 18+1 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 23 Kenny Miller Scotland FW 12+15 8 2+1 1 1 1 3+1 1 24 Allan Johnston Scotland MF 9+4 0 2+1 1 0+2 0 4+3 2 25 Tony Vidmar Australia DF 11+4 1 1 0 0 0 4+2 0 26 Peter Løvenkrands Denmark FW 1+7 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 27 Paul Ritchie Scotland DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Dariusz Adamczuk Poland DF 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Tero Penttilä Finland DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Lionel Charbonnier France GK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Marcus Gayle Jamaica FW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Mark Brown Scotland GK 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Bob Malcolm Scotland DF 3+3 1 1+1 0 1 0 0 0 34 Gordon Durie Scotland FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Marco Negri Italy FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 35 Jani Kauppila (from 1 January) Finland MF 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 Daniel Prodan Romania DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Fabrice Fernandes France MF 0+4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 Jimmy Gibson Scotland MF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Maurice Ross Scotland DF 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 Stephen Carson Northern Ireland MF 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 48 Stephen Hughes Scotland MF 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Competitions Overall 4 Scottish Premier League 29 July 20 May Matchday 1 2nd 26 4 8 76 36 UEFA Champions League 26 July 7 November Second Qualifying round Group Stage 5 3 2 20 8 UEFA Cup 30 November 7 December Third round Third round 1 0 1 1 3 Scottish Cup 20 January 11 March Fourth round Quarter Final 2 0 1 5 3 League Cup 6 September 7 February Second round Semi Final 2 0 1 7 5 League table RAN Champions League table Group D y References 30em Category:Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers