2003–04 Rangers F.C. season

November 2020 Rangers 2003–04 Alex McLeish John McClelland Ground Ibrox Stadium Scottish Premier League 2nd Scottish Cup Quarter-finals League Cup Semi-finals Champions League Group stage 49,962 vs Aberdeen (22 November) 29,395 vs St Johnstone (3 December) Shota Arveladze (12) Shota Arveladze (15) 2002–03 2004–05 _thinredborder _rangersh0305 _thinredborder _redhorizontal 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 000000 _red_stripes _redstripes2 _red_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0000FF FF0000 _redbluecuff _redbluecuff FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF The 2003–04 season was the 124th season of competitive football by Rangers. Overview Rangers played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 2003–04 season. The season ended trophyless. Due to the club's financial situation they had to resort to selling many top players. These included Barry Ferguson, Lorenzo Amoruso and Neil McCann, they also released high earners Arthur Numan and Bert Konterman. Despite starting the season well with seven consecutive wins and topping the table, a 1–0 loss at home to Celtic in October saw Rangers season unravel. Inconsistent form and three old firm derby defeats saw Rangers fall behind Celtic in the title race and ended up finishing 17 points off top spot. The Scottish Cup campaign ended in the third round after a 1–0 defeat to Celtic. The League Cup campaign also ended in defeat at the semi-final stage to Hibernian at Hampden Park, 4–3 on penalties. In Europe Rangers managed to qualify for the group stages of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League with a win over F.C. Copenhagen in the third qualifying round. They were drawn in the group stages alongside English Champions Manchester United, Stuttgart and Panathinaikos. Despite earning 4 points from the first two matches Rangers were to finish bottom of the group. Players Squad information y n Stefan Klos GER 1 GK 1971 8 16 2004 5 22 1998 2007 £0.7m y Fernando Ricksen NED 2 DF 1976 7 27 2004 5 22 2000 2009 £3.75m Craig Moore AUS 3 DF 1975 12 12 2004 5 22 1999 y w 2006 0.9m y Emerson BRA 4 MF 1972 4 12 2004 5 22 2003 18 1 2005 Free Frank de Boer NED 5 DF 1970 5 15 2004 5 22 2004 17 2 2004 w Free y Barry Ferguson SCO 6 MF 1978 2 2 2004 5 22 1998 255 38 YS left on 29 August Shota Arveladze GEO 1990 7 FW 1978 2 2 2004 5 22 2001 2005 £2m y Christian Nerlinger GER 8 MF 1973 3 21 2004 5 22 2001 £1.8m Egil Østenstad NOR 9 FW 1973 3 21 2004 5 22 2003 17 2 2004 Free left on 18 March Y Michael Mols NED 10 FW 1970 12 17 2004 5 22 1999 147 48 2004 £4m Gavin Rae SCO 11 MF 1977 11 28 2004 5 22 2004 11 2 w 2007 £0.25m y Bob Malcolm SCO 12 DF 1980 11 12 2004 5 22 1997 98 3 2007 YS Ronald de Boer NED 14 MF 1970 5 15 2004 5 22 2000 2004 £4m y Zurab Khizanishvili Georgia 1990 15 DF 1981 10 6 2004 5 22 2003 38 0 2006 Free Paolo Vanoli ITA 16 DF 1972 8 12 2004 5 22 2003 35 1 2005 Free y Kevin Muscat AUS 17 DF 1972 8 12 2004 5 22 Michael Ball ENG 18 DF 1979 10 14 2004 5 22 2001 2006 £6.5m Y Steven Thompson SCO 19 FW 1983 12 3 2004 5 22 2003 w 2006 £0.2m Nuno Capucho POR 20 MF 1972 2 21 2004 5 22 2003 32 6 2005 £0.7m y Maurice Ross SCO 21 DF 1981 2 3 2004 5 22 2000 YS Allan McGregor SCO 22 GK 1982 1 31 2004 5 22 2001 YS Peter Løvenkrands DEN 26 FW 1980 1 29 2005 5 22 2000 £1.3m y Stephen Hughes SCO 27 MF 1982 11 14 2005 1 31 1999 90 7 YS Y Chris Burke SCO 30 MF 1983 12 3 2005 5 22 2000 44 5 2007 YS Alan Hutton SCO 32 DF 1984 11 30 2005 5 22 2002 24 1 YS 22 May 2004 SCO 2004 position on pitch Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles July 2011 Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee17 June 2003POR Nuno Capucho POR Porto £700,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2987018.stm Capucho joins Rangers BBC Sport BBC 17 June 200318 July 2003GEO 1990 Zurab Khizanishvili SCO Dundee Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3062669.stm Rangers seal Zura deal BBC Sport BBC 18 July 20034 August 2003ITA Paolo Vanoli ITA Bologna Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3123455.stm Berg signs on at Rangers BBC Sport BBC 5 August 20035 August 2003NOR Henning Berg ENG Blackburn Rovers Free29 August 2003BRA Emerson SPA Atlético Madrid Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3191125.stm Gers win Emerson race BBC Sport BBC 29 August 200330 August 2003NOR Egil Østenstad ENG Blackburn Rovers Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3194125.stm Ostenstad joins Rangers BBC Sport BBC 30 August 200318 September 2003TUN Hamed Namouchi FRA 1974 Cannes Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3119438.stm Gers snap up French duo BBC Sport BBC 18 September 2003FRA 1974 Marc Kalenga FRA 1974 Auxerre Free31 December 2003SCO Gavin Rae SCO Dundee £207,000https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+DUNDEE+NEED+pounds+1M+TO+LAST+A+MONTH%3b+Rae+and+Novo+sales...-a0111715774 Dundee need £1m to last a month: Rae and Novo sales may not be enough Daily Record 31 December 200326 January 2004NED Frank de Boer TUR Galatasaray Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3429885.stm Rangers sign second de Boer BBC Sport BBC 26 January 200431 January 2004MKD Bajram Fetai DEN B.93 £200,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3448405.stm Rangers sign young striker BBC Sport 31 January 2004 Out DatePlayerToFee1 June 2003 NOR Dan Eggen FRA 1974 Le Mans Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/3123977.stm SPL ins and outs BBC Sport 4 August 2003NED Arthur Numan RetiredFRA 1974 Jérôme Bonnissel ENG Fulham FreeSCO Stephen Dobbie SCO Hibernian Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11988555.hibernian-and-thistle-strike-to-land-youngsters/ Hibernian and Thistle strike to land youngsters The Herald 15 May 20033 June 2003 ENG Paul Reid ENG Northampton Town £100,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/northampton_town/2959108.stm BBC Sport Cobblers grab Reid 3 June 20034 June 2003 ARG Claudio Caniggia QAT Qatar SC Freehttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3a+WHAT+A+SEND-OFF+FOR+CLAUDIO.-a0102784213 WHAT A SEND-OFF FOR CLAUDIO Daily Record 5 June 20037 July 2003 NED Bert Konterman NED Vitesse Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3052486.stm BBC Sport Konterman seals Dutch move 7 July 200314 July 2003 ITA Lorenzo Amoruso ENG Blackburn Rovers £1,400,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2997588.stm BBC Sport Blackburn sign Amoruso 14 July 200330 July 2003 SCO Steven MacLean ENG Scunthorpe United Loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3124149.stm BBC Sport McLean makes Scunthorpe switch 4 August 20035 August 2003 SCO Neil McCann ENG Southampton £1,500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3122177.stm BBC Sport McCann makes Saints switch 5 August 200321 August 2003 SCO Jimmy Gibson SCO Clyde Free29 August 2003 SCO Barry Ferguson ENG Blackburn Rovers £7,500,000https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3185735.stm Rovers sign Ferguson BBC Sport 29 August 2003 AUS Kevin Muscat ENG Millwall Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/3192783.stm Millwall land Muscat BBC Sport 29 August 2003 16 January 2004DEN Jesper Christiansen DEN Viborg FF Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3402925.stm Christiansen leaving Rangers BBC Sport 16 January 200418 March 2004NOR Egil Østenstad NOR Viking FK Freehttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/mar/18/newsstory.sport20 Ostenstad first out of door in Ibrox clear-out The Guardian 18 March 2004 Expenditure: £1,107,000 Income: £10,500,000 Total loss/gain: £9,393,000 Player statistics No.PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals1 GER Stefan Klos GK 46 02 Netherlands Fernando Ricksen DF 42 13 Australia Craig Moore DF 25 24 Brazil Emerson Emerson Moisés Costa MF 18 15 Netherlands Frank de Boer DF 17 26 SCO Barry Ferguson MF 5 07 Georgia 1990 Shota Arveladze FW 29 158 Germany Christian Nerlinger MF 21 59 Norway Egil Østenstad FW 17 210 Netherlands Michael Mols FW 45 1211 SCO Gavin Rae MF 11 212 SCO Robert Malcolm DF 17 014 NED Ronald de Boer MF 21 315 GEO 1990 Zurab Khizanishvili DF 38 016 ITA Paolo Vanoli DF 35 117 AUS Kevin Muscat DF 0 018 ENG Michael Ball Michael Ball (footballer) DF 43 119 SCO Steven Thompson Steven Thompson (Scottish footballer) FW 19 820 POR Nuno Capucho MF 32 621 SCO Maurice Ross DF 30 122 SCO Allan McGregor GK 6 023 ESP Mikel Arteta MF 33 924 SCO Steven MacLean Steve MacLean (footballer) FW 0 025 NOR Henning Berg DF 30 026 DEN Peter Løvenkrands MF 36 1327 SCO Stephen Hughes Stephen Hughes (Scottish footballer) MF 28 329 DEN Jesper Christiansen Jesper Christiansen (footballer, born 1978) GK 0 030 SCO Chris Burke Chris Burke (footballer) MF 26 432 SCO Alan Hutton DF 11 137 TUN Hamed Namouchi MF 9 338 SCO Darryl Duffy FW 3 040 SCO Alex Walker Alex Walker (footballer, born 1984) MF 2 045 SCO Charlie Adam MF 2 048 SCO Gary MacKenzie DF 2 049 SCO Bob Davidson Bob Davidson (footballer) FW 1 050 SCO Ross McCormack FW 1 052 Macedonia Bajram Fetai FW 1 0 Disciplinary record Club Board of directors Chairman SCO John McClelland y Honorary chairman SCO David Murray Director of Football Business SCO Martin Bain y Director of Finance SCO Douglas Odam(until 28 August)SCO David Jolliffe(from 1 August) Director of Retail ENG Nick Peel y Company Secretary SCO Campbell Ogilvie Non-executive director SCO John Greig(from 11 February) y Non-executive director SCO Alastair Johnston(from 11 February) Non-executive director SCO Dave King y Non-executive director ENG Daniel Levy Non-executive director SCO Donald Wilson y Non-executive director SCO Ian Skelly(until 27 June) February 2013 Coaching staff Manager SCO Alex McLeish y Assistant Manager SCO Andy Watson First-team coach NED Jan Wouters y Goalkeepers coach SCO Billy Thomson Wikipedia articleAugust 2020 February 2013 Other staff Physiotherapist SCO Davie Henderson y Doctor SCO Dr Iain McGuiness Chief scout SCO Ewan Chester y Team analyst SCO Steve Harvey(from September) Massuer SCO David Lavery y Kit controller SCO Jimmy Bell Wikipedia articleAugust 2020 February 2013 Matches Friendlies DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 16 July 2003 Greuther FürthN2–03,500Thompson (2) 19 July 2003 VfB AuerbachA5–12,500Mols (3), Capucho, Løvenkrands 19 July 2003 Erzgebirge AueA1–02,500R.de Boer 22 July 2003 Jahn RegensburgA1–25,000Nerlinger 26 July 2003 EvertonH2–328,000Thompson, Mols 30 July 2003LinfieldA3–013,284R.de Boer, Dowie, MacLean 5 August 2003 ArsenalH0–337,000 Scottish Premier League 2003–04 Scottish Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 August 2003KilmarnockH4–049,108Løvenkrands, Mols, Arteta (2, 1 pen) 16 August 2003 AberdeenA3–216,348 R. de Boer, Arteta, Mols 23 August 2003 HibernianH5–249,642 Mols (2), O'Connor (o.g.), Arteta, Burke 31 August 2003 Dundee UnitedA3–111,111 Capucho, Arveladze, Arteta (pen.) 13 September 2003 Dunfermline AthleticH4–049,072 Thompson, Mols, Arveladze, Capucho 21 September 2003 Heart of MidlothianA4–014,732 Arveladze (2), Løvenkrands (2) 27 September 2003 DundeeH3–149,548 Arveladze (2), Vanoli 4 October 2003 CelticH0–149,825 19 October 2003 MotherwellA1–110,824 Arveladze 25 October 2003 LivingstonA0–09,627 1 November 2003 Partick ThistleH3–149,551 Arteta (2, 1 pen.), Mols 9 November 2003 KilmarnockA3–212,204 Arveladze (2), Capucho 22 November 2003 AberdeenH3–049,962 Hughes, Løvenkrands (2), 30 November 2003 HibernianA1–011,160 Hughes 6 December 2003 Dundee UnitedH2–149,307 Capucho, Løvenkrands 14 December 2003 Dunfermline AthleticA0–28,592 20 December 2003 HeartsH2–149,592 Arveladze, Burke 28 December 2003 DundeeA2–010,948 Capucho, Ball 3 January 2004 CelticA0–359,087 17 January 2004 MotherwellH1–048,925 Arveladze 24 January 2004 LivingstonH1–048,638 Nerlinger 1 February 2004 Partick ThistleA1–08,220 Løvenkrands 11 February 2004 KilmarnockH2–046,900 Moore, Namouchi 14 February 2004 AberdeenA1–115,815 F.de Boer 21 February 2004 HibernianH3–049,698 Arveladze (pen), Mols, Thompson(pen) 29 February 2004 Dundee UnitedA0–210,497 13 March 2004 HeartsA1–114,598 Moore(pen) 20 March 2004 DundeeH4–049,364 Løvenkrands, F.de Boer, Rae, Thompson 23 March 2004 Dunfermline AthleticH4–147,487 Hutton, Løvenkrands, R.de Boer, Mols 28 March 2004 CelticH1–249,909 Thompson 4 April 2004 MotherwellA1–08,967 Hughes 14 April 2004 LivingstonA1–16,096 Mols 17 April 2004 Partick ThistleH2–049,279 Thompson, Rae 24 April 2004 Dundee UnitedA3–38,339 Thompson (2, 1 pen), Namouchi 1 May 2004 MotherwellH4–047,579 Arteta, Ross, Namouchi, Thompson 8 May 2004 CelticA0–159,180 12 May 2004 HeartsH0–147,467 16 May 2004 Dunfermline AthleticA3–26,798 Ricksen, Burke, McCormack (pen.) Scottish League Cup 2003–04 Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 28 October 2003R3Forfar AthleticH6–026,327Nerlinger (3), Løvenkrands, Capucho, Østenstad 3 December 2003QFSt JohnstoneH3–011,072Burke, Østenstad, Mols 5 February 2004SFHibernianN*1–127,954Mols *Rangers lost the match 4–3 on penalties Scottish Cup 2003–04 Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 January 2004R3HibernianA2–011,392Arveladze, Løvenkrands 8 February 2004R4KilmarnockA2–011,072R.de Boer, Arveladze (pen.) 7 March 2004QFCelticA0–158,735 UEFA Champions League 2003–04 UEFA Champions League DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 13 August 2003 QR3DEN CopenhagenH1–147,401Løvenkrands 27 August 2003 QR3DEN CopenhagenA2–135,519Arteta (pen.), Arveladze 16 September 2003 GSGER VfB StuttgartH2–147,957Nerlinger, Løvenkrands 1 October 2003 GSGRE PanathinaikosA1–113,718Emerson 22 October 2003 GSENG Manchester UnitedH0–148,730 4 November 2003 GSENG Manchester UnitedA0–366,707 26 November 2003 GSGER VfB StuttgartA0–150,348 9 December 2003 GSGRE PanathinaikosH1–348,588Mols Competitions Overall y y Scottish Premier League 2nd 11 August 4 May y y Scottish Cup Third round Quarter-finals 29 July 18 September y League Cup Third round Semi-finals 7 August 31 October Y y UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Group stage 29 September 2 February August 2021 Scottish Premier League 2003–04 Scottish Premier League Standings RAN Results summary 8 0 0 26 3 6 3 1 25 11 2 January 2013 August 2021 February 2013 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A Result W/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/D/D/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/D/W/L/D/W/W/L/W/D/W/D/W/L/L/W Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss complete August 2021 February 2013 Champions league table Group E y References 30em Category:Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers