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Rangers
2002–03 season
Chairman John McClelland
Manager Alex McLeish
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 1st
P38 W31 D4 L3 F101 A28
Scottish Cup Winners
League Cup Winners
UEFA Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League:
Barry Ferguson,
Ronald de Boer (16)
All:
Ronald de Boer (20)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season is the 106th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Contents

Overview

Rangers played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 2002–03 season. They won their seventh domestic treble in manager Alex McLeish's first full season in charge, having taken over from Dick Advocaat the previous season. The league championship was won on goal difference in the last match of the season with a 6–1 win against Dunfermline Athletic. The club finished on +73 GD, just one ahead of Celtic

The League Cup was won with a 2–1 final win against Celtic and the Scottish Cup with a 1–0 win against Dundee. Despite domestic success, Rangers crashed out of Europe at the first round stage to little known Czech team Victoria Zizkov losing on the away goals rule.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
23 CM ESPSpain Mikel Arteta 20 Barcelona Spain Transfer Summer 2006 £5.8m [1]
17 RB AUSAustralia Kevin Muscat 28 Wolverhampton Wanderers England Transfer Summer Undisclosed Free [2]
19 CF SCOScotland Steven Thompson 24 Dundee United Transfer Winter 2006 £0.2m [3]
16 LB FRAFrance Jerome Bonnissel 29 Bordeaux France Transfer Winter 2003 Free [4]
25 CB NORNorway Dan Eggen 33 Deportivo Alavés Spain Transfer Winter 2003 Free [5]

Last updated: 31 January 2003
 Total spending: £6m

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
22 CF ChileChile Sebastian Rozental 24 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a
29 RB FINFinland Tero Penttilä 27 HJK Finland End of contract Summer n/a [6]
Undisclosed CF NIRNorthern Ireland Lee Feeney 24 Linfield Northern Ireland End of contract Summer n/a [7]
Undisclosed CM FINFinland Jani Kauppila 22 Tervarit Finland End of contract Summer n/a [1]
19 CB SCOScotland Scott Wilson 25 Dunfermline Athletic End of contract Summer n/a [8]
17 RW RUSRussia Andrei Kanchelskis 33 Southampton England End of contract Summer n/a [9]
25 CB AUSAustralia Tony Vidmar 31 Middlesbrough England End of contract Summer n/a [10]
30 GK DENDenmark Jesper Christiansen 24 VfL Wolfsburg Germany Loan Summer n/a [11]
9 CF NORNorway Tore André Flo 29 Sunderland England Transfer Summer £6.75m [12]
28 MF POLPoland Dariusz Adamczuk 33 Free Agent Transfer n/a n/a [13]
16 CF SCOScotland Billy Dodds 33 Dundee United Transfer Winter Free [14]
20 AM TRITrinidad and Tobago Russell Latapy 34 Free Agent Transfer Winter n/a [15]

Last updated: 31 January 2003
 Total spending: £6.75m

Player statistics

1 Germany Klos, StefanStefan Klos GK 50 0
2 Netherlands Ricksen, FernandoFernando Ricksen DF 46 3
3 Australia Moore, CraigCraig Moore DF 44 4
4 Italy Amoruso, LorenzoLorenzo Amoruso DF 32 6
5 Netherlands Numan, ArthurArthur Numan DF 35 1
6 Scotland Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson MF 48 18
7 Argentina Caniggia, ClaudioClaudio Caniggia FW 36 12
8 Germany Nerlinger, ChristianChristian Nerlinger MF 3 0
9 Norway Flo, Tore AndréTore André Flo FW 4 0
10 Netherlands Mols, MichaelMichael Mols FW 35 14
11 Scotland McCann, NeilNeil McCann MF 26 3
12 Scotland Malcolm, RobertRobert Malcolm DF 33 1
14 Netherlands de Boer, RonaldRonald de Boer MF 43 20
15 Netherlands Konterman, BertBert Konterman DF 24 1
16 Scotland Dodds, BillyBilly Dodds FW 6 0
16 France Bonnissel, JeromeJerome Bonnissel DF 4 0
17 Australia Muscat, KevinKevin Muscat DF 29 0
18 England Ball, MichaelMichael Ball DF 0 0
19 Scotland Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson FW 11 2
20 Trinidad and Tobago Latapy, RussellRussell Latapy MF 8 0
21 Scotland Ross, MauriceMaurice Ross DF 27 1
22 Scotland McGregor, AllanAllan McGregor GK 0 0
23 Spain Arteta, MikelMikel Arteta MF 35 5
24 Georgia (country) Arveladze, ShotaShota Arveladze FW 40 16
25 Norway Eggen, DanDan Eggen DF 0 0
26 Denmark Løvenkrands, PeterPeter Løvenkrands MF 32 12
27 Scotland Hughes, StephenStephen Hughes MF 16 1
36 Scotland MacLean, StevenSteven MacLean FW 4 0
53 Scotland Hutton, AlanAlan Hutton DF 1 0

Top scorer

Disciplinary record

Club

Coaching staff

Board of Directors

Other staff

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 3 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 1 A Kilmarnock 1 – 1
2 10 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 2 H Dundee 3 – 0
3 18 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 3 A Hibernian 4 – 2
4 25 August 2002 Scottish Premier League 4 H Aberdeen 2 – 0
5 1 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 5 A Dunfermline Athletic 6 – 0
6 11 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 6 H Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0
7 14 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 7 A Livingston 2 – 0
9 21 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 8 H Partick Thistle 3 – 0
10 28 September 2002 Scottish Premier League 9 A Dundee United 3 – 0
12 6 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 10 A Celtic 3 – 3
13 19 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 11 H Motherwell 3 – 0
15 27 October 2002 Scottish Premier League 12 H Kilmarnock 6 – 1
16 2 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 13 A Dundee 3 – 0
18 10 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 14 H Hibernian 2 – 1
19 16 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 15 A Aberdeen 2 – 2
20 23 November 2002 Scottish Premier League 16 A Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0
21 1 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 17 A Heart of Midlothian 4 – 0
22 4 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 18 H Livingston 4 – 3
23 7 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 19 H Celtic 3 – 2
24 14 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 20 H Dundee United 3 – 0
25 22 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 21 A Partick Thistle 2 – 1
26 26 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 22 A Motherwell 0 – 1
27 29 December 2002 Scottish Premier League 23 A Kilmarnock 1 – 0
28 2 January 2003 Scottish Premier League 24 H Dundee 3 – 1
30 29 January 2003 Scottish Premier League 25 A Hibernian 2 – 0
31 1 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 26 H Aberdeen 2 – 1
33 8 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 27 A Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 1
34 15 February 2003 Scottish Premier League 28 H Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0
36 2 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 29 A Livingston 2 – 1
37 8 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 30 A Celtic 0 – 1
39 19 March 2003 Scottish Premier League 31 H Motherwell 2 – 0
41 5 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 32 H Partick Thistle 2 – 0
43 13 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 33 A Dundee United 4 – 1
45 27 April 2003 Scottish Premier League 34 H Celtic 1 – 2
46 4 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 35 A Dundee 2 – 2
47 11 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 36 H Kilmarnock 4 – 0
48 18 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 37 A Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0
49 25 May 2003 Scottish Premier League 38 H Dunfermline Athletic 6 – 1

Last updated: 25 May 2003
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

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
8 17 September 2002 UEFA Cup 1 A Czech Republic Viktoria Žižkov Czech Republic 0 – 2
11 3 October 2002 UEFA Cup 1 H Viktoria Žižkov Czech Republic 3 – 1

Last updated: 3 October 2002
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

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
29 25 January 2003 Scottish Cup 3 A Arbroath 3 – 0
35 22 February 2003 Scottish Cup 4 A Ayr United 1 – 0
40 23 March 2003 Scottish Cup QF A Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1
42 9 April 2003 Scottish Cup QF R H Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 0
44 19 April 2003 Scottish Cup SF N Motherwell 4 – 3
50 31 May 2003 Scottish Cup F N Dundee 1 – 0

Last updated: 31 May 2003
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

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
14 24 October 2002 League Cup 3 A Hibernian 3 – 2
17 7 November 2002 League Cup QF A Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 0
32 4 February 2003 League Cup SF N Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0
38 16 March 2003 League Cup F N Celtic 2 – 1

Last updated: 16 March 2003
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

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 11 July 2002 Friendly A United States NJC All Stars United States 3 – 0
2 13 July 2002 Friendly N United States River Plate Argentina 2 – 3
3 17 July 2002 Friendly N United States Reading Rage United States 4 – 1
4 20 July 2002 Friendly N United States Santos Brazil 0 – 1
5 28 July 2002 Friendly H Milan Italy 2 – 2
6 30 July 2002 Friendly A Northern Ireland Linfield Northern Ireland 2 – 0
7 7 August 2002 Friendly H Leeds United England 1 – 1
8 18 January 2003 Friendly N United Arab Emirates Energie Cottbus Germany 1 – 1

Last updated: 18 January 2003
Source:[citation needed]
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

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — — 1st 3 August 25 May
UEFA Cup 1st Round — 1st Round 17 September 3 October
Scottish League Cup 3rd Round — Winners 24 October 16 March
Scottish Cup 3rd Round — Winners 25 January 31 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 31 4 3 101 28 +73 97 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 31 4 3 98 26 +72 97 2003–04 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 9 11 57 51 +6 63 2003–04 UEFA Cup First round
4 Kilmarnock 38 16 9 13 57 56 +1 57

Updated to games played on 25 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 31 4 3 101 28 +73 97 18 0 1 55 12 +43 13 4 2 46 16 +30

Last updated: 25 May 2003
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H H H A A A H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H
Result D W W W W W W W W D W W W W D W W W W W W L W W W W W W W L W W W L D W W W

Last updated: 25 May 2003.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

References

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  2. ^ "Muscat eyes fresh start". BBC Sport. 28 May 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2012106.stm. 
  3. ^ "Rangers get Thompson". BBC Sport. 26 December 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2617037.stm. 
  4. ^ "Bonnissel signs for Rangers". BBC Sport. 27 January 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2694219.stm. 
  5. ^ "Gers seal Eggen signing". BBC Sport. 31 January 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2652687.stm. 
  6. ^ "Penttilä and the Rangers about erkanivat". MTV3.fi. 16May 2002. http://209.85.227.132/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fi&u=http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/arkisto.shtml/arkistot/futis/2002/05/113520&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTero%2BPenttila%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ACAW&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhgDbxPzjSsPwpM33tJcxw0tGO_suA. 
  7. ^ "Feeney back at Windsor". BBC Sport. 17 June 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/2050214.stm. 
  8. ^ "Pars sign Wilson". BBC Sport. 5 August 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/2174152.stm. 
  9. ^ "Saints sign Kanchelskis". BBC Sport. 30 August 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/2225712.stm. 
  10. ^ "Boro sign Vidmar". BBC Sport. 9 September 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/2246812.stm. 
  11. ^ "Dane leaves Ibrox on loan". BBC Sport. 23 July 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/2146768.stm. 
  12. ^ "Flo joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. 30 August 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/2225278.stm. 
  13. ^ "Adamczuk leaves Rangers". BBC Sport. 17 November 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2486245.stm. 
  14. ^ "Dodds completes Tannadice move". BBC Sport. 30 December 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2611981.stm. 
  15. ^ "Gers to pay off Latapy". BBC Sport. 14 January 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2658803.stm. 
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