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Rangers
2003–04 season
Chairman John McClelland
Manager Alex McLeish
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 2nd
P38 W25 D6 L7 F76 A33
Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup Semi-finals
Champions League Group Stage
Top goalscorer League:
Shota Arveladze (12)
All:
Shota Arveladze (15)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season is the 107th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Contents

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 F.C. 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

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
20 RW PORPortugal Nuno Capucho 31 Porto Portugal Transfer Summer 2005 £0.67m [1]
15 CB GeorgiaGeorgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili 21 Dundee Transfer Summer 2006 Free [2]
16 LB ITAItaly Paolo Vanoli 30 Bologna Italy Transfer Summer 2005 Free [3]
25 CB NORNorway Henning Berg 33 Blackburn Rovers England Transfer Summer 2004 Free [3]
4 CM BRABrazil Emerson 31 Atlético Madrid Spain Transfer Summer 2005 Free [4]
9 CF NORNorway Egil Østenstad 31 Blackburn Rovers England Transfer Summer 2004 Free [5]
37 LM TUNTunisia Hamed Namouchi 19 Cannes France Transfer n/a 2005 Free [6]
CM FRAFrance Marc Kalenga 18 Auxerre France Transfer n/a 2004 Free [6]
11 CM SCOScotland Gavin Rae 26 Dundee Transfer Winter 2007 £0.25m [7]
5 CB NEDNetherlands Frank de Boer 33 Galatasaray Turkey Transfer Winter 2004 Free [8]
52 CF MKDRepublic of Macedonia Bajram Fetai 18 B.93 Denmark Transfer Winter 2006 £0.2m [9]

Last updated: 31 January 2004
 Total spending: £1.12m

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
25 CB NORNorway Dan Eggen 33 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a [10]
5 LB NEDNetherlands Arthur Numan 33 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [10][11]
7 CF ARGArgentina Claudio Caniggia 35 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a [10][12]
CF SCOScotland Stephen Dobbie 20 Hibernian End of contract Summer n/a [10]
15 CB NEDNetherlands Bert Konterman 32 Vitesse Netherlands End of contract Summer n/a [10]
16 LB FRAFrance Jerome Bonnissel 30 Fulham England End of contract Summer n/a [10][13]
44 DF ENGEngland Paul Reid 21 Northampton Town England Transfer Summer £0.1m [14]
3 CB ITAItaly Lorenzo Amoruso 32 Blackburn Rovers England Transfer Summer £1.4m [15]
11 LW SCOScotland Neil McCann 28 Southampton England Transfer Summer £1.5m [16]
6 CM SCOScotland Barry Ferguson 25 Blackburn Rovers England Transfer Summer £7.5m [17]
17 RB AUSAustralia Kevin Muscat 30 Millwall England Transfer Summer Free [18]

Last updated: 31 January 2004
 Total spending: £1.12m

1 August 2003 Scotland Marc Twaddle Scotland Falkirk Released
22 August 2003 Scotland Jimmy Gibson Scotland Clyde Released
16 January 2004 Denmark Jesper Christiansen Denmark Viborg FF Released [19]
17 March 2004 Norway Egil Østenstad Norway Viking FK Released [20]

Player statistics

No. Player Position Appearances Goals
1 Germany Klos, StefanStefan Klos GK 46 0
2 Netherlands Ricksen, FernandoFernando Ricksen DF 42 1
3 Australia Moore, CraigCraig Moore DF 25 2
4 Brazil , EmersonEmerson MF 18 1
5 Netherlands de Boer, FrankFrank de Boer DF 17 2
6 Scotland Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson MF 5 0
7 Georgia (country) Arveladze, ShotaShota Arveladze FW 29 15
8 Germany Nerlinger, ChristianChristian Nerlinger MF 21 5
9 Norway Østenstad, EgilEgil Østenstad FW 17 2
10 Netherlands Mols, MichaelMichael Mols FW 45 12
11 Scotland Rae, GavinGavin Rae MF 11 2
12 Scotland Malcolm, RobertRobert Malcolm DF 17 0
14 Netherlands de Boer, RonaldRonald de Boer MF 21 3
15 Georgia (country) Khizanishvili, ZurabZurab Khizanishvili DF 38 0
16 Italy Vanoli, PaoloPaolo Vanoli DF 35 1
17 Australia Muscat, KevinKevin Muscat DF 0 0
18 England Ball, MichaelMichael Ball DF 43 1
19 Scotland Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson FW 19 8
20 Portugal Capucho, NunoNuno Capucho MF 32 6
21 Scotland Ross, MauriceMaurice Ross DF 30 1
22 Scotland McGregor, AllanAllan McGregor GK 6 0
23 Spain Arteta, MikelMikel Arteta MF 33 9
24 Scotland MacLean, StevenSteven MacLean FW 0 0
25 Norway Berg, HenningHenning Berg DF 30 0
26 Denmark Løvenkrands, PeterPeter Løvenkrands MF 36 13
27 Scotland Hughes, StephenStephen Hughes MF 28 3
29 Denmark Christiansen, JesperJesper Christiansen GK 0 0
30 Scotland Burke, ChrisChris Burke MF 26 4
32 Scotland Hutton, AlanAlan Hutton DF 11 1
37 Tunisia Namouchi, HamedHamed Namouchi MF 9 3
38 Scotland Duffy, DarrylDarryl Duffy FW 3 0
40 Scotland Walker, AlexAlex Walker MF 2 0
45 Scotland Adam, CharlieCharlie Adam MF 2 0
48 Scotland MacKenzie, GaryGary MacKenzie DF 2 0
49 Scotland Davidson, RobertRobert Davidson FW 1 0
50 Scotland McCormack, RossRoss McCormack FW 1 0
52 Republic of Macedonia Fetai, BajramBajram Fetai FW 1 0

Top scorer

Disciplinary record

Club

Coaching staff

Board of Directors

Other staff

Matches

Scottish Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 2003 Kilmarnock H 4–0 49,108 Løvenkrands, Mols, Arteta (2)
16 August 2003 Aberdeen A 3–2 16,348 R. de Boer, Arteta, Mols
23 August 2003 Hibernian H 5–2 49,642 Mols (2), O'Connor (o.g.), Arteta, Burke
31 August 2003 Dundee United A 3–1 11,111 Capucho, Arveladze, Arteta (pen.)
13 September 2003 Dunfermline Athletic H 4–0 49,072 Thompson, Mols, Arveladze, Capucho
21 September 2003 Heart of Midlothian A 4–0 14,732 Arveladze (2), Løvenkrands (2)
27 September 2003 Dundee H 3–1 49,548 Arveladze (2), Vanoli
4 October 2003 Celtic H 0–1 49,825
19 October 2003 Motherwell A 1–1 10,824 Arveladze
25 October 2003 Livingston A 0–0 9,627
1 November 2003 Partick Thistle H 3–1 49,551 Arteta (2, 1 pen.), Mols
9 November 2003 Kilmarnock A 3–2 12,204 Arveladze (2), Capucho
22 November 2003 Aberdeen H 3–0 49,962 Løvenkrands (2), Hughes
30 November 2003 Hibernian A 1–0 11,160 Hughes
6 December 2003 Dundee United H 2–1 49,307 Capucho, Løvenkrands
14 December 2003 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–2 8,592
20 December 2003 Hearts H 2–1 49,592 Arveladze, Burke
28 December 2003 Dundee A 2–0 10,948 Capucho, Ball
3 January 2004 Celtic A 0–3 59,087
17 January 2004 Motherwell H 1–0 48,925 Arveladze
24 January 2004 Livingston H 1–0 48,638 Nerlinger
1 February 2004 Partick Thistle A 1–0 8,220 Løvenkrands
11 February 2004 Kilmarnock H 2–0 46,900 Moore, Namouchi
14 February 2004 Aberdeen A 1–1 15,815 F.de Boer
21 February 2004 Hibernian H 3–0 49,698 Arveladze, Mols, Thompson
29 February 2004 Dundee United A 0–2 10,497
13 March 2004 Hearts A 1–1 14,598 Moore
20 March 2004 Dundee H 4–0 49,364 Løvenkrands, F.de Boer, Rae, Thompson
23 March 2004 Dunfermline Athletic H 4–1 47,487 Hutton, Løvenkrands, R.de Boer, Mols
28 March 2004 Celtic H 1–2 49,909 Thompson
4 April 2004 Motherwell A 1–0 8,967 Hughes
14 April 2004 Livingston A 1–1 6,096 Mols
17 April 2004 Partick Thistle H 2–0 49,279 Thompson, Rae
24 April 2004 Dundee United A 3–3 8,339 Thompson (2), Namouchi
1 May 2004 Motherwell H 4–0 47,579 Arteta, Ross, Namouchi, Thompson
8 May 2004 Celtic A 0–1 59,180
12 May 2004 Hearts H 0–1 47,467
16 May 2004 Dunfermline Athletic A 3–2 6,798 Ricksen, Burke, McCormack (pen.)

UEFA Champions League

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 2003 QR3 FC Copenhagen H 1–1 47,401 Løvenkrands
27 August 2003 QR3 FC Copenhagen A 2–1 35,519 Arteta (pen.), Arveladze
16 September 2003 GS VfB Stuttgart H 2–1 47,957 Nerlinger, Løvenkrands
1 October 2003 GS Panathinaikos A 1–1 13,718 Emerson
22 October 2003 GS Manchester United H 0–1 48,730
4 November 2003 GS Manchester United A 0–3 66,707
26 November 2003 GS VfB Stuttgart A 0–1 50,348
9 December 2003 GS Panathinaikos H 1–3 48,588 Mols

Scottish Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 January 2004 R3 Hibernian A 2–0 11,392 Arveladze, Løvenkrands
8 February 2004 R4 Kilmarnock A 2–0 11,072 R.de Boer, Arveladze (pen.)
7 March 2004 QF Celtic A 0–1 58,735

League Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
28 October 2003 R3 Forfar Athletic H 6–0 26,327 Nerlinger (3), Løvenkrands, Capucho, Østenstad
3 December 2003 QF St. Johnstone H 3–0 29,395 Burke, Østenstad, Mols
5 February 2004 SF Hibernian N 1–1* 27,954 Mols

*Rangers lost the match 3–4 on penalties

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
16 July 2003 Greuther Fürth N 2–0 3,500 Thompson (2)
19 July 2003 VfB Auerbach A 5–1 2,500 Mols (3), Capucho, Løvenkrands
19 July 2003 Erzgebirge Aue A 1–0 2,500 R.de Boer
22 July 2003 Jahn Regensburg A 1–2 5,000 Nerlinger
26 July 2003 Everton H 2–3 28,000 Thompson, Mols
30 July 2003 Linfield A 3–0 13,284 R.de Boer, Dowie, MacLean
5 August 2003 Arsenal H 0–3 37,000

Competitions

Overall

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

References

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  2. ^ "Rangers seal Zura deal". BBC Sport. 18 July 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3062669.stm. 
  3. ^ a b "Berg signs on at Rangers". BBC Sport. 5 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3123455.stm. 
  4. ^ "Gers win Emerson race". BBC Sport. 29 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3191125.stm. 
  5. ^ "Ostenstad joins Rangers". BBC Sport. 30 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3194125.stm. 
  6. ^ a b "Gers snap up French duo". BBC Sport. 18 September 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3119438.stm. 
  7. ^ "Rangers parade signing Rae". BBC Sport. 31 December 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/3346663.stm. 
  8. ^ "Rangers sign second de Boer". BBC Sport. 26 January 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3429885.stm. 
  9. ^ "Rangers sign young striker". BBC Sport. 31 January 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/3448405.stm. 
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  11. ^ "Numan to retire". BBC Sport. 18 February 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2774097.stm. 
  12. ^ "Caniggia considers other offers". BBC Sport. 12 February 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2753393.stm. 
  13. ^ "Fulham sign Bonnissel". BBC Sport. 1 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/3116919.stm. 
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  15. ^ "Blackburn sign Amoruso". BBC Sport. 14 July 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/2997588.stm. 
  16. ^ "McCann makes Saints switch". BBC Sport. 5 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/3122177.stm. 
  17. ^ "Rovers sign Ferguson". BBC Sport. 29 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3185735.stm. 
  18. ^ "Millwall land Muscat". BBC Sport. 29 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/millwall/3192783.stm. 
  19. ^ "Christiansen leaving Rangers" BBC Sport (16 January 2004)
  20. ^ "Ostenstad to leave Ibrox" BBC Sport (19 December 2003)
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