2005–06 Rangers F.C. season

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2005–06 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
2005–06 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Alex McLeish
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 3rd
P38 W21 D10 L7 F67 A37
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Quarter-finals
Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Boyd (17)
All:
Kris Boyd (20)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2005–06 season is the 109th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Contents

Overview

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.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
24 DF SCOScotland Ian Murray 24 Hibernian Transfer Summer 2008 Free [1]
7 CM ALGAlgeria Brahim Hemdani 27 Marseille France Transfer Summer 2009 Free [2]
24 CB FRAFrance José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 29 Paris Saint-Germain France Transfer Summer 2008 Free [3]
23 CF ARGArgentina Federico Nieto 21 Almagro Argentina Loan Summer 2006 n/a [4]
50 LW FRAFrance Dany N'Guessan 17 Auxerre France Transfer Summer 2007 Free [5]
16 CB FRAFrance Julien Rodriguez 27 Monaco France Transfer Summer 2009 £1m [6]
14 CB GreeceGreece Sotirios Kyrgiakos 26 Panathinaikos Greece Transfer Summer 2006 Free [7]
15 CF ITAItaly Filippo Maniero 32 Torino Italy Transfer Summer 2006 Free [8]
3 LB FRAFrance Olivier Bernard 25 Southampton England Transfer Summer 2007 Free [9]
21 CF ENGEngland Francis Jeffers 24 Charlton Athletic England Loan Summer 2006 n/a [10]
15 CF SCOScotland Kris Boyd 22 Kilmarnock Transfer Winter 2009 £0.4m [11]
66 CF ENGEngland Moses Ashikodi 18 West Ham United England Transfer Winter 2006 Free [12]

Last updated: 11 January 2006
Total spending: £1.4m

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
23 LW SWESweden Bojan Djordjic 23 Plymouth Argyle England End of contract Summer n/a [13]
7 CF GeorgiaGeorgia (country) Shota Arveladze 32 AZ Netherlands End of contract Summer n/a [14]
32 CF SCOScotland Tom Brighton 21 Clyde End of contract Summer n/a [15]
30 GK SCOScotland Graeme Smith 22 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [15]
33 DF SCOScotland Alex Walker 21 Greenock Morton End of contract Summer n/a [15]
48 DF FRAFrance Warren Jacmot 18 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a [15]
36 DF FINFinland Jukka Santala 20 Partick Thistle Loan Summer n/a [16]
35 CF DENDenmark Bajram Fetai 19 Silkeborg IF Denmark Transfer Summer Nominal [17]
22 GK SCOScotland Allan McGregor 23 Dunfermline Athletic Loan Summer n/a [18]
3 LB ENGEngland Michael Ball 25 PSV Netherlands Transfer Summer Free [19]
14 CM SRBSerbia Dragan Mladenović 29 Red Star Serbia Transfer Summer Free [20]
21 RB SCOScotland Maurice Ross 24 Sheffield Wednesday England Transfer Summer Free [21]
15 CB GEOGeorgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili 23 Blackburn Rovers England Loan Summer n/a [22]
38 LM SCOScotland Charlie Adam 19 St Mirren Loan Summer n/a [9]
32 CB SCOScotland Brian McLean 20 Motherwell Loan Summer n/a [9]
15 CF ITAItaly Filippo Maniero 33 Free Agent Transfer n/a n/a [23]
23 CF ARGArgentina Federico Nieto 22 Almagro Argentina Loan Return Winter n/a [24]
19 CF SCOScotland Steven Thompson 27 Cardiff City Wales Transfer Winter £0.25m [25]
44 CF SCOScotland Ross McCormack 19 Doncaster Rovers England Loan Winter n/a [26]
36 DF FINFinland Jukka Santala 20 FC Nordsjælland Denmark Transfer Winter Free [27]
15 CB GEOGeorgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili 24 Blackburn Rovers England Transfer n/a £0.5m [28]

Last updated: 10 April 2006
Total received: £0.75m

Squad statistics

Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Champions League Scottish Cup League Cup
No.
P
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK GERGermany Stefan Klos 3 3 2 1
2 RB NEDNetherlands Fernando Ricksen 30 31 1 21 8 1 1 1
3 LB ENGEngland Michael Ball 4 4 2 2
3 LB FRAFrance Olivier Bernard 15 15 9 4 2
4 AM BELBelgium Thomas Buffel 32 38 7 29 4 7 1 1 1 2
5 CB TRITrinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews 27 30 4 23 3 4 2 1 1
6 CM SCOScotland Barry Ferguson 45 46 5 32 5 10 2 2
7 CM ALGAlgeria Brahim Hemdani 23 24 19 5
8 CM SCOScotland Alex Rae 6 12 9 2 1
9 CF CROCroatia Dado Pršo 37 41 12 32 9 7 3 1 1
10 CF ESPSpain Nacho Novo 14 32 3 24 2 5 1 2 1
11 CM SCOScotland Gavin Rae 4 8 8
12 DF SCOScotland Robert Malcolm 15 17 13 1 2 1
14 CB GreeceGreece Sotirios Kyrgiakos 40 40 3 28 1 8 1 2 1 2
15 CF SCOScotland Kris Boyd 17 21 20 17 17 2 2 3
16 CB FRAFrance Julien Rodriguez 29 30 1 21 1 8 1
17 RW SCOScotland Chris Burke 30 35 3 27 3 6 2
16 CB FRAFrance José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 9 10 1 7 1 2 1
19 CF SCOScotland Steven Thompson 6 22 3 14 2 7 1 1
20 RB SCOScotland Alan Hutton 21 23 19 3 1
20 RB SCOScotland Maurice Ross 1 1
21 CF ENGEngland Francis Jeffers 7 14 8 4 2
23 CF ARGArgentina Federico Nieto 1 6 3 3 1 2 1 2
24 DF SCOScotland Ian Murray 37 42 30 8 2 2
25 GK NEDNetherlands Ronald Waterreus 49 49 36 10 2 1
26 LW DENDenmark Peter Løvenkrands 35 47 18 33 14 10 4 2 2
31 LM TUNTunisia Hamed Namouchi 14 16 7 7 2
34 LB SCOScotland Steven Smith 18 20 18 1 1
38 LM SCOScotland Charlie Adam 1 1
41 GK ENGEngland Lee Robinson 1 1
44 CF SCOScotland Ross McCormack 2 11 3 8 1 2 1 1 1
51 RB SCOScotland Alan Lowing 2 4 2 1 1
66 CF ENGEngland Moses Ashikodi 1 1

Last updated: 20 May 2006
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2005/2006 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Top scorer

Disciplinary record

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Alex McLeish
(until 8 May)
Assistant Manager Scotland Andy Watson
(until 8 May)
First-team coach Netherlands Jan Wouters
(until 8 May)
Fitness coach Scotland Frank Nuttall
(until 8 May)
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Billy Thomson

Source: Wikipedia article

Board of Directors

Other staff

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 31 July 2005 Scottish Premier League 1 H Livingston 3 – 0
2 6 August 2005 Scottish Premier League 2 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 0
4 14 August 2005 Scottish Premier League 3 A Aberdeen 2 – 3
5 20 August 2005 Scottish Premier League 4 H Celtic 3 – 1
7 27 August 2005 Scottish Premier League 5 H Hibernian 0 – 3
8 10 September 2005 Scottish Premier League 6 A Falkirk 1 – 1
17 September 2005 Scottish Premier League 7 H Kilmarnock 3 – 0
24 September 2005 Scottish Premier League 8 A Heart of Midlothian 0 – 1
1 October 2005 Scottish Premier League 9 H Dunfermline Athletic 5 – 1
15 October 2005 Scottish Premier League 10 A Dundee United 0 – 0
22 October 2005 Scottish Premier League 11 H Motherwell 2 – 0
26 October 2005 Scottish Premier League 12 A Livingston 2 – 2
29 October 2005 Scottish Premier League 13 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1
5 November 2005 Scottish Premier League 14 H Aberdeen 0 – 0
19 November 2005 Scottish Premier League 15 A Celtic 0 – 3
26 November 2005 Scottish Premier League 16 A Hibernian 1 – 2
3 December 2005 Scottish Premier League 17 H Falkirk 2 – 2
10 December 2005 Scottish Premier League 18 A Kilmarnock 3 – 2
17 December 2005 Scottish Premier League 19 H Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0

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)

UEFA Champions League

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
9 August 2005 UEFA Champions League QR3 AR Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 2 – 1
24 August 2005 UEFA Champions League QR3 H Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 2 – 0
13 September 2005 UEFA Champions League GS H Porto Portugal 3 – 2
28 September 2005 UEFA Champions League GS A Italy Internazionale Italy 0 – 1
19 October 2005 UEFA Champions League GS H Artmedia Petržalka Slovakia 0 – 0
1 November 2005 UEFA Champions League GS AR Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka Slovakia 2 – 2
23 November 2005 UEFA Champions League GS A Portugal Porto Portugal 1 – 1
6 December 2005 UEFA Champions League GS H Internazionale Italy 1 – 1
22 February 2006 UEFA Champions League L16 H Villarreal Spain 2 – 2
7 March 2006 UEFA Champions League L16 A Spain Villarreal Spain 1 – 1

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.

Scottish Cup

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
7 January 2006 Scottish Cup 3 H Peterhead 5 – 0
4 February 2006 Scottish Cup 4 H Hibernian 0 – 3

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.

League Cup

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
20 September 2005 League Cup 3 H Clyde 5 – 2
9 November 2005 League Cup QF A Celtic 0 – 2

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.

Friendlies

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 9 July 2005 Friendly A Canada CPSL XI Canada 4 – 1
2 12 July 2005 Friendly N Canada Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 0 – 1
3 16 July 2005 Friendly A Northern Ireland Linfield Northern Ireland 2 – 0
4 19 July 2005 Friendly A England Ipswich Town England 2 – 0
5 23 July 2005 Friendly H Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany 0 – 0
6 26 July 2005 Friendly AR St Mirren 1 – 0

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.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
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

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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.

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 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

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 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.

UEFA Champions League

Group H

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Italy Inter Milan 6 4 1 1 9 4 5 13
Scotland Rangers 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7
Slovakia Artmedia Bratislava 6 1 3 2 5 9 -4 6
Portugal FC Porto 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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