| 2005–06 season | ||||
| Chairman | David Murray | |||
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| Manager | Alex McLeish | |||
| Ground | Ibrox Stadium | |||
| Scottish Premier League | 3rd P38 W21 D10 L7 F67 A37 |
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| Scottish Cup | Fourth Round | |||
| League Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
| Champions League | Round of 16 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Kris Boyd (17) All: Kris Boyd (20) |
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The 2005–06 season is the 109th season of competitive football by Rangers.
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Rangers played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 2005–06 season. Their start to the season was poor, winning only six league games out of the first 17. The period from October through to early December saw the team embark on one of the worst runs in their history, going ten games without a win. The league form scarely improved as they failed to catch Hearts and so finished third in the league.
The domestic cup competitions were not productive as the club went out of the League Cup at the quarter final stage to Celtic, losing 2–0 at Celtic Park. They lost 3–0 also at Ibrox to Hibernian on 4 February 2006 to go out of the Scottish Cup in the fourth round and end their last hope of silverware for the season.
Rangers did however qualify for the Champions League group stages, and a 1–1 draw with Inter Milan saw Rangers progress to the last 16 for the first time in the club's history, and the first Scottish team to do so. They were then knocked out by Spainish side Villarreal on the away goals rule.
This season turned out to be the last for manager Alex McLeish, with his imminent departure at the end of the season being announced in February following the Scottish Cup exit and a 2-0 defeat away to Aberdeen in the league.
| N |
P |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
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| 24 | DF | Ian Murray | 24 | Hibernian | Transfer | Summer | 2008 | Free | [1] | |
| 7 | CM | Brahim Hemdani | 27 | Marseille |
Transfer | Summer | 2009 | Free | [2] | |
| 24 | CB | José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan | 29 | Paris Saint-Germain |
Transfer | Summer | 2008 | Free | [3] | |
| 23 | CF | Federico Nieto | 21 | Almagro |
Loan | Summer | 2006 | n/a | [4] | |
| 50 | LW | Dany N'Guessan | 17 | Auxerre |
Transfer | Summer | 2007 | Free | [5] | |
| 16 | CB | Julien Rodriguez | 27 | Monaco |
Transfer | Summer | 2009 | £1m | [6] | |
| 14 | CB | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 26 | Panathinaikos |
Transfer | Summer | 2006 | Free | [7] | |
| 15 | CF | Filippo Maniero | 32 | Torino |
Transfer | Summer | 2006 | Free | [8] | |
| 3 | LB | Olivier Bernard | 25 | Southampton |
Transfer | Summer | 2007 | Free | [9] | |
| 21 | CF | Francis Jeffers | 24 | Charlton Athletic |
Loan | Summer | 2006 | n/a | [10] | |
| 15 | CF | Kris Boyd | 22 | Kilmarnock | Transfer | Winter | 2009 | £0.4m | [11] | |
| 66 | CF | Moses Ashikodi | 18 | West Ham United |
Transfer | Winter | 2006 | Free | [12] |
Last updated: 11 January 2006
Total spending: £1.4m
Last updated: 10 April 2006
Total received: £0.75m
| Total | Scottish Premier League | UEFA Champions League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||||||||
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P |
Nat. |
Name |
Sts |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1 | GK | Stefan Klos | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | RB | Fernando Ricksen | 30 | 31 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | LB | Michael Ball | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | LB | Olivier Bernard | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | AM | Thomas Buffel | 32 | 38 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | CB | Marvin Andrews | 27 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 6 | CM | Barry Ferguson | 45 | 46 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | CM | Brahim Hemdani | 23 | 24 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||
| 8 | CM | Alex Rae | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | CF | Dado Pršo | 37 | 41 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 10 | CF | Nacho Novo | 14 | 32 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 11 | CM | Gavin Rae | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 12 | DF | Robert Malcolm | 15 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 14 | CB | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 40 | 40 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 | CF | Kris Boyd | 17 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | CB | Julien Rodriguez | 29 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | RW | Chris Burke | 30 | 35 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 16 | CB | José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan | 9 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | CF | Steven Thompson | 6 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 20 | RB | Alan Hutton | 21 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 20 | RB | Maurice Ross | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 21 | CF | Francis Jeffers | 7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| 23 | CF | Federico Nieto | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 24 | DF | Ian Murray | 37 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 25 | GK | Ronald Waterreus | 49 | 49 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 26 | LW | Peter Løvenkrands | 35 | 47 | 18 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 31 | LM | Hamed Namouchi | 14 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
| 34 | LB | Steven Smith | 18 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 38 | LM | Charlie Adam | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 41 | GK | Lee Robinson | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 44 | CF | Ross McCormack | 2 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 51 | RB | Alan Lowing | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 66 | CF | Moses Ashikodi | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Last updated: 20 May 2006
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2005/2006 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | (until 8 May) |
| Assistant Manager | (until 8 May) |
| First-team coach | (until 8 May) |
| Fitness coach | (until 8 May) |
| Goalkeepers coach |
Source: Wikipedia article
Last updated: 7 May 2006
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.
| 26 December 2005 | Dunfermline | A | 3-3 | 9,481 | Løvenkrands (2, 1 pen.), Burke |
| 31 December 2005 | Dundee United | H | 3-0 | 49,141 | Buffel, Thompson, Løvenkrands |
| 14 January 2006 | Motherwell | A | 1-0 | 10,689 | Løvenkrands |
| 21 January 2006 | Livingston | H | 4-1 | 49,211 | Boyd (2), Pršo (2) |
| 28 January 2006 | Inverness CT | A | 3-2 | 7,380 | Boyd (2, 1 pen.), Andrews |
| 8 February 2006 | Aberdeen | A | 0-2 | 17,087 | |
| 12 February 2006 | Celtic | H | 0-1 | 49,788 | |
| 18 February 2006 | Hibernian | H | 2-0 | 49,720 | Boyd, Ferguson |
| 4 March 2006 | Falkirk | A | 2-1 | 6,343 | Boyd, Twaddle (o.g.) |
| 11 March 2006 | Kilmarnock | H | 4-0 | 49,442 | Boyd, Rodriguez, Pršo, Løvenkrands |
| 18 March 2006 | Heart of Midlothian F.C. | A | 1-1 | 17,040 | Buffel |
| 25 March 2006 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1-0 | 49,017 | Kyrgiakos |
| 1 April 2006 | Dundee United | A | 4-1 | 11,213 | Boyd (3), Pršo |
| 8 April 2006 | Motherwell | H | 1-0 | 49,481 | Boyd |
| 15 April 2006 | Aberdeen | H | 1-1 | 48,987 | Boyd |
| 23 April 2006 | Celtic | A | 0-0 | 59,684 | |
| 29 April 2006 | Kilmarnock | A | 3-1 | 11,583 | Andrews (2), Boyd |
| 2 May 2006 | Hibernian | A | 2-1 | 14,933 | Boyd (2) |
| 7 May 2006 | Hearts | H | 2-0 | 49,792 | Boyd (2) |
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Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Report |
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| 9 August 2005 | UEFA Champions League | QR3 | AR |
Anorthosis Famagusta |
2 – 1 |
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| 24 August 2005 | UEFA Champions League | QR3 | H | Anorthosis Famagusta |
2 – 0 |
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| 13 September 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Porto |
3 – 2 |
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| 28 September 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | A |
Internazionale |
0 – 1 |
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| 19 October 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Artmedia Petržalka |
0 – 0 |
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| 1 November 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | AR |
Artmedia Petržalka |
2 – 2 |
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| 23 November 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | A |
Porto |
1 – 1 |
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| 6 December 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Internazionale |
1 – 1 |
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| 22 February 2006 | UEFA Champions League | L16 | H | Villarreal |
2 – 2 |
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| 7 March 2006 | UEFA Champions League | L16 | A |
Villarreal |
1 – 1 |
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Last updated: 7 March 2006
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.
| M |
Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Report |
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| 7 January 2006 | Scottish Cup | 3 | H | Peterhead | 5 – 0 |
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| 4 February 2006 | Scottish Cup | 4 | H | Hibernian | 0 – 3 |
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Last updated: 4 February 2006
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.
| M |
Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Report |
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| 20 September 2005 | League Cup | 3 | H | Clyde | 5 – 2 |
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| 9 November 2005 | League Cup | QF | A | Celtic | 0 – 2 |
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Last updated: 9 November 2005
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.
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Date |
Tournament |
Round |
Ground |
Opponent |
Score1 |
Report |
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| 1 | 9 July 2005 | Friendly | A |
CPSL XI |
4 – 1 |
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| 2 | 12 July 2005 | Friendly | N |
Dinamo Zagreb |
0 – 1 |
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| 3 | 16 July 2005 | Friendly | A |
Linfield |
2 – 0 |
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| 4 | 19 July 2005 | Friendly | A |
Ipswich Town |
2 – 0 |
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| 5 | 23 July 2005 | Friendly | H | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
0 – 0 |
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| 6 | 26 July 2005 | Friendly | AR | St Mirren | 1 – 0 |
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Last updated: 26 July 2005
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.
| Competition | Started round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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| Scottish Premier League | — | — | 3rd | 31 July | 7 May |
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | — | Round of 16 | 9 August | 7 March |
| League Cup | 3rd Round | — | Semi-finals | 20 September | 9 November |
| Scottish Cup | 3rd Round | — | 4th Round | 7 January | 4 February |
Source: Competitions
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 91 | 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 74 | 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 | UEFA Cup 2006-07 First round |
| 4 | Hibernian | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 56 |
Updated to games played on 20 November 2005
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.
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +3 |
Last updated: 7 May 2005
Source: Wikipedia article
| 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 |
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| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | 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 | H | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W |
Last updated: 7 May 2005.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 5 |
|} Updated to games played on 7 December 2006
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.
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