1998–99 Rangers F.C. season

November 2021 Rangers 1998–99 Dick Advocaat David Murray Ground Ibrox Stadium Scottish Premier League 1st (champions) Scottish Cup Winners League Cup Winners UEFA Cup Third round Rod Wallace (19) Rod Wallace (27) _whiteborder _rangers9799h _whiteborder _redsides _redhorizontal 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 000000 _rangers9800t FF0000 FF0000 002060 002060 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 season was the 119th season of competitive football by Rangers. Overview Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1998–99 season. They started the season under new management with Dick Advocaat replacing Walter Smith. The squad Smith had left behind was past its best so Advocaat, with the financial backing of Chairman David Murray, set about rebuilding almost the entire squad. Success quickly followed and Advocaat built a team that gave the club their first domestic treble since the 1992–93 season. The Scottish Cup was secured by a 1–0 win against Celtic and the League Cup by a 2–1 defeat of St Johnstone. The club enjoyed its best season in Europe since 1992–93 as well, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup before being knocked out by Italian side Parma. Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee19 May 1998NED Arthur Numan NED PSV Eindhoven £5,000,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12365242.as-first-of-advocaats-men-arrives-at-rangers-defender-could-be-the-next-out-of-parkhead-numan-in-at-start-of-the-ibrox-revolution/ As first of Advocaat's men arrives at Rangers, defender could be the next out of Parkhead: Numan in at start of the Ibrox revolution The Herald 20 May 1998 6 July 1998ARG Gabriel Amato ESP Real Mallorca £4,200,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12258980.murray-reveals-van-vossen-will-leave-as-part-of-van-bronckhorst-package-24-amato-on-parade-and-others-set-to-follow/ Murray reveals van Vossen will leave as part of van Bronckhorst package: Amato on parade and others set to follow The Herald 7 July 1998 NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst NED Feyenoord £5,000,000 plus Peter van Vossenhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12258980.murray-reveals-van-vossen-will-leave-as-part-of-van-bronckhorst-package-24-amato-on-parade-and-others-set-to-follow/ Murray reveals van Vossen will leave as part of van Bronckhorst package: Amato on parade and others set to follow The Herald 7 July 1998 15 July 1998RUS Andrei Kanchelskis ITA Fiorentina £5,500,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12257624.kanchelskis-becomes-third-5m-man-as-coach-chases-striker-and-defender-rangers-spending-poised-to-hit-30m/ Kanchelskis becomes third £5m man as coach chases striker and defender: Rangers' spending poised to hit £30m The Herald 16 July 1998 16 July 1998FRA Lionel Charbonnier FRA Auxerre £1,200,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12256655.wallace-prefers-ibrox-to-souness/ Wallace prefers Ibrox to Souness The Herald 17 July 1998 ENG Rod Wallace ENG Leeds United Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12256655.wallace-prefers-ibrox-to-souness/ Wallace prefers Ibrox to Souness The Herald 17 July 1998 26 July 1998ROM Daniel Prodan ESP Atlético Madrid £2,200,000https://www.thefreelibrary.com/HENDRY+SWITCH+TO+IBROX+BACK+ON%3b+pounds+3m+Col+wants+to+head+north.-a060562289 Hendry switch to Ibrox back on: £3m Col wants to head north Daily Record 27 July 1998 4 August 1998SCO Colin Hendry ENG Blackburn Rovers £4,000,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12252152.hendry-at-last-a-ranger-as-one-well-known-face-lands-his-dream-move-to-ibrox-another-finally-makes-an-exit/ Hendry at last a Ranger: As one well-known face lands his dream move to Ibrox another finally makes an exit The Herald 5 August 19986 November 1998FRA Stéphane Guivarc'h ENG Newcastle United £3,500,000http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/ae-fond-kiss-as-rangers-acquire-some-more-french-flair-1.320037/ Ae fond kiss as Rangers acquire some more French flair The Herald 7 November 199814 December 1998SCO Neil McCann SCO Heart of Midlothian £1,800,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12019386.baptism-of-fire-for-new-boy-mccann-rangers-2m-acquisition-could-make-quick-return-to-old-stomping-ground/ Baptism of fire for new boy McCann: Rangers' £2m acquisition could make quick return to old stomping ground The Herald 15 December 1998 24 December 1998GER Stefan Klos GER Borussia Dortmund £700,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12015746.german-goalkeeper-digs-deep-into-his-own-pocket-to-make-sure-that-deal-goes-through/ German goalkeeper digs deep into his own pocket to make sure that deal goes through The Herald 26 December 1998 1 January 1999NIR Lee Feeney NIR Linfield £100,0001 April 1999AUS Craig Moore ENG Crystal Palace £1,000,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12016238.caat-gets-cream-with-man-of-the-times/ Caat gets cream with man of the Times 3 April 1999 USA Claudio Reyna GER VfL Wolfsburg £1,200,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12016238.caat-gets-cream-with-man-of-the-times/ Caat gets cream with man of the Times 3 April 1999 Out DatePlayerToFee13 May 1998SCO Alan McLaren Retiredhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12264785.knee-injury-forces-young-rangers-defender-into-an-early-retirement-the-game-is-finally-over-for-mclaren/ Knee injury forces young Rangers defender into an early retirement: The game is finally over for McLaren The Herald 14 May 1998 18 May 1998SCO Richard Gough USA San Jose Clash Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12365674.curtain-falls-on-a-great-scottish-footballing-era-swan-song-decidedly-off-key-for-departing-ibrox-maestros/ Curtain falls on a great Scottish footballing era: Swan-song decidedly off-key for departing Ibrox maestros The Herald 18 May 1998 26 May 1998SCO Andy Goram ENG Notts County Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12263805.tabloids-hounded-me-out-of-the-world-cup/ Tabloids hounded me out of the World Cup The Herald 27 May 1998 31 May 1998SCO Michael Rae SCO Huntly Free1 June 1998SCO Stuart McCall ENG Bradford City Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12263038.veteran-strikers-interest-mcleish/ Veteran strikers interest McLeish The Herald 2 June 1998 3 June 1998SCO Ally McCoist SCO Kilmarnock Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12262700.mccoist-is-not-ready-to-hang-up-his-boots/ McCoist is not ready to hang up his boots The Herald 4 June 1998 13 June 1998SCO Ian Durrant Freehttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/Killie+snatch+Durrant+on+3-year+deal.-a060755794 Killie snatch Durrant on 3 year deal Sunday Mail 14 June 1998 19 June 1998SWE Joachim Björklund ESP Valencia £2,500,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12259792.swede-leaves-then-tips-rangers/ Swede leaves, then tips Rangers The Herald 20 June 1998 29 June 1998SCO Stephen Wright ENG Bradford City Freehttps://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-blackburn-swoop-for-pounds-3m-perez-1168683 Blackburn swoop for £3m Perez The Independent 30 June 1998 1 July 1998DEN Brian Laudrup ENG Chelsea Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12306976.laudrup-explains-why-the-high-profile-challenge-of-chelsea-lured-him-away-from-ibrox-english-premier-too-big-to-resist/ Laudrup explains why the high-profile challenge of Chelsea lured him away from Ibrox: English Premier too big to resist The Herald 20 February 1998SCO Alec Cleland ENG Everton Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12365242.as-first-of-advocaats-men-arrives-at-rangers-defender-could-be-the-next-out-of-parkhead-numan-in-at-start-of-the-ibrox-revolution/ As first of Advocaat's men arrives at Rangers, defender could be the next out of Parkhead: Numan in at start of the Ibrox revolution The Herald 20 May 1998 7 July 1998NED Peter van Vossen NED Feyenoord Part-exchange for Giovanni van Bronckhorst6 October 1998AUS Craig Moore ENG Crystal Palace £800,000 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12018906.rangers-seek-sfa-help-to-obtain-12m-from-palace/ Rangers seek SFA help to obtain £1.2m from Palace The Herald 11 March 1999 22 October 1998ITA Gennaro Gattuso ITA Salernitana £2,800,000https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Gattuso+goes+as+Rangers+cut+price.-a060944672 Gattuso goes as Rangers cut price Daily Record 23 October 19986 November 1998FR Yugoslavia Gordan Petric ENG Crystal Palace £400,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12018906.rangers-seek-sfa-help-to-obtain-12m-from-palace/ Rangers seek SFA help to obtain £1.2m from Palace The Herald 11 March 1999 13 November 1998SCO David Graham SCO Dunfermline Athletic Freehttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12345102.pars-take-vital-points-as-sturrock-blames-bad-attitude/ Pars take vital points as Sturrock blames bad attitude The Herald 16 November 1998 22 February 1999SCO Steven Boyack SCO Dundee £25,000https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12343474.scott-signs-boyack/ Scott signs Boyack The Herald 23 February 1999 Expendure: £34,900,000 Income: £6,425,000 Total loss/gain: £28,475,000 Appearances List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup 1 Lionel Charbonnier France GK 11 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 2 Sergio Porrini Italy DF 35 2 5 0 4 0 10 1 3 Lorenzo Amoruso Italy DF 33 1 4 1 3 1 9 0 4 Daniel Prodan ROM DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Arthur Numan Netherlands DF 8+2 0 0 0 2+1 0 6 0 6 Barry Ferguson Scotland MF 22 1 2+1 0 4 1 10 0 7 Andrei Kanchelskis Russia MF 30+1 7 4+1 1 2 0 7 1 8 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Netherlands MF 35 7 4+1 1 4 0 9 2 9 Gordon Durie Scotland FW 1+4 0 0 0 0+2 1 4+2 0 10 Gabriel Amato Argentina FW 13+7 6 1+2 0 2 1 0+6 2 11 Jörg Albertz Germany MF 33+1 11 5 1 4 3 8+2 4 12 Jonas Thern Sweden DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 Antti Niemi Finland GK 7 0 0 0 1 0 5+1 0 14 Ian Ferguson Scotland MF 4+9 0 0+1 0 0+3 1 5+4 0 15 Gordan Petrić FR Yugoslavia DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 15 Stéphane Guivarc'h (from 6 November) France FW 10+3 5 3+1 1 1 1 0 0 16 Rod Wallace England FW 34 19 5 3 4 2 8 3 17 Derek McInnes Scotland MF 0+7 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 18 Gennaro Gattuso Italy MF 3+2 0 0 0 1 0 2+3 1 18 Neil McCann (from 14 December) Scotland MF 15+4 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 19 / 38Moore was assigned number 38 upon his return from Crystal Palace as his previous number was taken Craig Moore Australia DF 7 0 0 0 1+1 0 5 0 19 Stefan Klos (from 24 December) Germany GK 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20 Jonatan Johansson Finland FW 13+12 8 1+2 3 2 1 6+1 5 21 Ståle Stensaas Norway DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 22 Scott Wilson Scotland DF 7+5 1 1+4 0 1 0 1+1 0 23 David Graham Scotland FW 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 24 Barry Nicholson Scotland MF 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Tony Vidmar Australia DF 26+2 1 5 1 2 0 3+1 0 27 Charlie Miller Scotland MF 2+13 3 1+1 0 0+2 1 0+2 0 28 Luigi Riccio Italy DF 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Sebastian Rozental Chile FW 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Lee Feeney Northern Ireland FW 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Colin Hendry Scotland DF 17+3 0 3 0 3+1 0 4+1 0 40 Claudio Reyna United States MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} Results All results are written with Rangers' score first. Scottish Premier League 1998–99 Scottish Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 1 August 1998 Heart of MidlothianA1–215,892Wallace 15 August 1998 MotherwellH2–149,275Wallace, Albertz (pen.) 22 August 1998 KilmarnockA3–117,608Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Miller 29 August 1998 St JohnstoneH4–048,732Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst 12 September 1998 Dundee UnitedA0–012,788 20 September 1998 CelticH0–050,026 23 September 1998 AberdeenA1–117,862Wallace 26 September 1998 Dunfermline AthleticA2–011,507Johansson, B.Ferguson 4 October 1998 DundeeH1–048,348Albertz 17 October 1998 Heart of MidlothianH3–049,749Wallace (2), Johansson 28 October 1998 MotherwellA0–111,777 31 October 1998 Dundee UnitedH2–149,503Wallace, Amoruso 8 November 1998 St JohnstoneA7–09,636Wallace, Johansson, Albertz (2, 2 (pens.)), Kanchelskis, Guivarc'h (2) 14 November 1998 AberdeenH2–149,479van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis 21 November 1998 CelticA1–559,703van Bronckhorst 5 December 1998 Dunfermline AthleticH1–147,465van Bronckhorst 12 December 1998 KilmarnockH1–049,781Wallace 19 December 1998 Heart of MidlothianA3–217,134Guivarc'h (2), Wallace 26 December 1998 St JohnstoneH1–049,479Porrini 30 December 1998 Dundee UnitedA2–111,707Wilson, Wallace 3 January 1999 CelticH2–250,059Amato, Wallace 27 January 1999 DundeeA4–09,453 Miller (2), Guivarc'h, Johansson 30 January 1999 AberdeenA4–219,537Porrini, Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis 7 February 1999 Dunfermline AthleticA3–011,500Kanchelskis, Johansson (2) 20 February 1999 DundeeH6–149,462Albertz(3, 1 pen), McCann (2), van Bronckhorst 28 February 1999 KilmarnockA5–016,242McCann, Wallace (3), Johansson 13 March 1999 MotherwellH2–149,483Wallace, Johansson 20 March 1999 Dundee UnitedH0–149,164 4 April 1999 St JohnstoneA1–39,740Moore 14 April 1999 Dunfermline AthleticH1–046,220van Bronckhorst 18 April 1999 DundeeA1–111,051Vidmar 25 April 1999 AberdeenH3–149,145Amato (pen.), Kanchelskis, Wallace 2 May 1999 CelticA3–059,918McCann (2), Albertz (pen.) 9 May 1999 Heart of MidlothianH0–049,495 15 May 1999 MotherwellA5–111,078Amato (3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis 23 May 1999 KilmarnockH1–148,835Amato Scottish League Cup 1998–99 Scottish League Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 18 August 1998 R3Alloa AthleticH4–037,201Albertz(2), B.Ferguson, Amoruso 8 September 1998 QFAyr UnitedA2–011,198Miller, Amato 25 October 1998 SFAirdrieoniansN5–021,171Johansson, Wallace (2), I.Ferguson, Durie 29 November 1998 FSt JohnstoneN2–145,533Guivarc'h, Albertz Scottish Cup 1998–99 Scottish Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 23 January 1999 R3StenhousemuirH2–037,759 Guivarc'h, Wallace 14 February 1999 R4Hamilton AcademicalA6–07,339Johannson (2), Albertz(pen.), Vidmar, Kanchelskis, McCann 6 March 1999 QFFalkirkH2–139,250McCann, Amoruso 11 April 1999 SFSt JohnstoneN4–020,664Wallace, van Bronckhorst, Johansson, McCann 29 May 1999 FCelticN1–052,670Wallace UEFA Cup 1998–99 UEFA Cup DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 22 July 1998 QR1IRL ShelbourneN5–36,047Albertz (2 pens), Amato (2), van Bronckhorst 29 July 1998 QR1IRL ShelbourneH2–046,906Johansson (2) 11 August 1998 QR2GRE PAOKH2–035,392Wallace, Kanchelskis 25 August 1998 QR2GRE PAOKA0–030,388 15 September 1998 R1ISR Beitar JerusalemA1–114,000Albertz 1 October 1998 R1ISR Beitar JerusalemH4–245,610Johansson, Wallace, Porrini, Gattuso 22 October 1998 R2GER Bayer LeverkusenA2–122,000Johansson, van Bronckhorst 5 November 1998 R2GER Bayer LeverkusenH1–150,012Johansson 24 November 1998 R3ITA ParmaH1–149,514Wallace 8 December 1998 R3ITA ParmaA1–317,000Albertz League table RAN References Category:Rangers F.C. seasons Rangers Category:Scottish football championship-winning seasons