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Rangers
2011–12 season
Chairman Alastair Johnston
(until 23 May)
Craig Whyte
(from 24 May)
Manager Ally McCoist
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 2nd
P38 W26 D5 L7 F77 A28
Scottish Cup Fifth Round
League Cup Third Round
Champions League Third qualifying round
Europa League Play-off round
Top goalscorer League:
Nikica Jelavić (14)
All:
Nikica Jelavić (17)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2010–11

The 2011–12 season is the 115th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Contents

Overview

Rangers played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2011-12 season. Following the change of ownership at the close of the previous season, and the resignation of manager Walter Smith, the season began with a drawing with Hearts, with assistant manager Ally McCoist promoted to the hot seat.

With the new ownership securing the financial stability of the club, Rangers began their first season in recent years without a significant lack of funds with which to acquire new players. McCoist managed to secure several first team regulars on short term contract extensions, and long term extensions for goalkeeper Allan McGregor, and Steven Whittaker. With McCoist able to enter the transfer market, the playing squad had several faces added, beginning with Almería midfielder Juan Manuel Ortiz.

Rangers's first Scottish Premier League match of the season was a home match against Jim Jefferies' Hearts, where the league flag was unfurled by new owner Craig Whyte. This proved to be a baptism of fire for McCoist, as Rangers were under considerable pressure for most of the first half, but managed to salvage a draw.

Ranger's European adventure began in the middle of the final week of July, where Rangers were defeated by underdogs Malmö 1-0 at home. The following week, after McCoist claimed his first competitive victory as manager in the SPL over St. Johnstone, Rangers crashed out of the Champions League with a bad tempered 1-1 draw in Sweden in which both Steven Whittaker and Madjid Bougherra were both given their marching orders, and ultimately relegating the Gers to the Europa League play-off round, where they faced Slovenian team NK Maribor.

On 14 February 2012 Rangers entered administration over an alleged non-payment of £9 million in PAYE and VAT taxes to HM Revenue and Customs.[1][2] On entering administration, the team was deducted 10 points by the SPL, a move regarded as 'effectively ending' its 2012 championship challenge.[1] Rangers have not submitted accounts for last tax year yet and it is unlikely they will be granted a licence to play in European football next season.[3][4]

Whyte sold his controlling interest in Rangers for £2 to a consortium led by Charles Green on 13 May 2012.[5] Green will offer creditors a settlement in an attempt to exit administration.[5]

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK SCOScotland Allan McGregor 30 1998 270 0 2017 Youth system
2 CB ROMRomania Dorin Goian 31 2011 31 1 2014 £0.8m
3 CB SCOScotland David Weir (captain) 41 2007 (Winter) 231 5 2012 Free left on 17 January
4 RB SCOScotland Kirk Broadfoot 27 2007 114 1 2013 Free
5 LB BIHBosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 32 2006 224 7 2012 £0.45m
6 CM SCOScotland Lee McCulloch 34 2007 165 17 2013 £2.25m
7 CM USAUnited States Maurice Edu 26 2008 116 12 2013 £2.6m
8 CM NIRNorthern Ireland Steven Davis (captain) 27 2008 208 22 2016 £3m
9 CF CROCroatia Nikica Jelavić 26 2010 55 36 2014 £4m left on 31 January
10 AM SCOScotland John Fleck 20 2007 58 3 2013 Youth system out on loan
11 CF NIRNorthern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 24 2008 135 37 2013 £3.25m
12 LB SCOScotland Lee Wallace 24 2011 27 1 2016 £1.5m
14 CF SCOScotland Steven Naismith 25 2008 140 33 2015 £1.9m
15 CF NIRNorthern Ireland David Healy 32 2011 (Winter) 24 5 2012 Free
16 RB SCOScotland Steven Whittaker 27 2007 202 26 2016 £2m
17 RM ESPSpain Juan Manuel Ortiz 30 2011 13 1 2014 £0.5m out on loan
18 CB USAUnited States Carlos Bocanegra (y) 33 2011 28 3 2014 £0.4m
19 CF ENGEngland James Beattie 34 2010 10 0 2012 £1.25m left on 31 August
19 RW NGANigeria Sone Aluko 23 2011 15 5 2012 Free
20 MF AUSAustralia Matt McKay 29 2011 3 0 2014 £0.32m left on 27 February
21 CM USAUnited States Alejandro Bedoya 25 2011 10 0 2014 £0.4m
22 CB ENGEngland Kyle Bartley 21 2011 23 1 2012 Loan
23 DF SCOScotland Jordan McMillan 23 2005 5 0 2012 Youth system left on 31 January
24 CB ALGAlgeria Madjid Bougherra 28 2008 113 5 2012 £2.5m left on 10 August
24 MF SWESweden Mervan Çelik 21 2012 (Winter) 6 0 2015 £0.25m left on 6 March
25 GK SCOScotland Neil Alexander 34 2008 (Winter) 47 0 2013 Free
26 CM SCOScotland Jamie Ness 21 2007 15 1 2015 Youth system
27 LW SCOScotland Gregg Wylde 21 2007 48 2 2016 Youth system left on 6 March
28 LW FRAFrance Salim Kerkar 24 2010 13 2 2012 Free
32 CB SCOScotland Ross Perry 22 2006 9 0 2015 Youth system
33 MF NORNorway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 22 2007 3 0 2012 £0.09m left on 1 January
34 CF NIRNorthern Ireland Andrew Little 23 2007 17 3 2012 Youth system
35 CM SCOScotland Kyle Hutton 21 2008 14 0 2014 Youth system out on season loan
38 CF ENGEngland Kane Hemmings 21 2008 5 0 2013 Youth system
40 MF NIRNorthern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 20 2010 1 0 2012 Free
41 CM SCOScotland Rhys McCabe 19 2009 2 0 2015 Youth system

Last updated: 17 March 2012
Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles, ESPN (for appearances, goals and player's number)
Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
17 RM ESPSpain Juan Manuel Ortiz 29 Almería Spain Transfer Summer 2014 £0.5m [6]
12 LB SCOScotland Lee Wallace 23 Heart of Midlothian Transfer Summer 2016 £1.5m [7]
2 CB ROMRomania Dorin Goian 30 Palermo Italy Transfer Summer 2014 £0.8m [8]
22 CB ENGEngland Kyle Bartley 20 Arsenal England Loan extension Summer 2012 n/a [9]
21 CM USAUnited States Alejandro Bedoya 24 Örebro SK Sweden Transfer Summer 2014 £0.4m [7][10]
18 CB USAUnited States Carlos Bocanegra 32 Saint-Étienne France Transfer Summer 2014 £0.4m [11]
20 MF AUSAustralia Matt McKay 28 Brisbane Roar Australia Transfer Summer 2014 £0.32m [12][13]
19 RW NGANigeria Sone Aluko 22 Aberdeen Transfer n/a 2012 £0.15m [14]
24 MF SWESweden Mervan Çelik 21 GAIS Sweden Transfer Winter 2015 £0.24m [15]

Last updated: 11 February 2012
 Total spending: £4.31m

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
20 RW SVKSlovakia Vladimír Weiss 21 Manchester City England Loan return Summer n/a [16][17]
12 DF SCOScotland Richard Foster 25 Aberdeen Loan return Summer n/a [16][18]
17 CF SENSenegal El Hadji Diouf 30 Blackburn Rovers England Loan return Summer n/a [16][19]
37 CM SCOScotland Andrew Shinnie 22 Inverness Caledonian Thistle End of contract Summer n/a [20]
38 CM SCOScotland Stephen Stirling 22 Stranraer End of contract Summer n/a [20]
41 CF SCOScotland Archie Campbell 21 Greenock Morton End of contract Summer n/a [20]
42 GK NIRNorthern Ireland Wayne Drummond 19 Ballymena United Northern Ireland End of contract Summer n/a [20]
49 CF CODDemocratic Republic of the Congo Cristiano Kisuka 19 Beith Juniors End of contract Summer n/a [20]
57 MF SCOScotland Dylan McGeouch 18 Celtic End of contract Summer Undisclosed [21]
65 MF ENGEngland Steven Hetherington 17 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [20]
31 GK SCOScotland Grant Adam 20 Forfar Athletic Loan Summer n/a [22][23]
24 CB ALGAlgeria Madjid Bougherra 28 Lekhwiya Qatar Transfer Summer £1.7m [24]
34 CF NIRNorthern Ireland Andrew Little 22 Port Vale England Loan Summer n/a [25]
19 CF ENGEngland James Beattie 33 Free Agent Transfer Summer n/a [26][27]
42 FW SCOScotland Kal Naismith 19 Cowdenbeath Loan Summer n/a [28]
35 CM SCOScotland Kyle Hutton 20 Partick Thistle Loan Summer n/a [29]
51 GK SCOScotland Blair Currie 18 Hamilton Academical Loan Winter n/a [30]
33 MF NORNorway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 22 Tromsø Norway End of contract Winter £0.25m[31] [32]
36 CB SCOScotland Darren Cole 19 Partick Thistle Loan Winter n/a [33]
59 CF ENGEngland Sam McMahon 17 Doncaster Rovers England Transfer Winter Free [34]
42 FW SCOScotland Kal Naismith 19 Partick Thistle Loan Winter n/a [35]
3 CB SCOScotland David Weir 41 Free Agent Transfer Winter n/a [36]
10 AM SCOScotland John Fleck 20 Blackpool England Loan Winter n/a [37]
31 GK SCOScotland Grant Adam 20 Airdrie United Loan Winter n/a [38]
63 CF SWESweden Freddie Espling 18 Djurgårdens IF Sweden Transfer Winter Free [39]
45 MF DENDenmark Nicolaj Kohlert 19 Silkeborg IF Denmark Transfer Winter Free [39]
17 RM ESPSpain Juan Manuel Ortiz 29 Almería Spain Loan Winter n/a [40]
23 DF SCOScotland Jordan McMillan 23 Dunfermline Athletic Transfer Winter Undisclosed [41]
9 CF CROCroatia Nikica Jelavić 26 Everton England Transfer Winter £5.5m [42]
35 CM SCOScotland Kyle Hutton 20 Dunfermline Athletic Loan Winter n/a [41]
64 MF SCOScotland Marc Dyer 17 Ayr United Transfer Winter Free [39]
61 CF ENGEngland Jack Werndly 18 Albion Rovers Loan Winter n/a [39]
20 MF AUSAustralia Matt McKay 29 Busan I'Park South Korea Transfer n/a £0.063m [43]
24 MF SWESweden Mervan Çelik 21 Free Agent Transfer n/a n/a [44]
27 LW SCOScotland Gregg Wylde 20 Free Agent Transfer n/a n/a [44]
52 DF SCOScotland Ewan McNeil 18 Airdrie United Loan Winter n/a [45]

Last updated: 25 March 2012
 Total income: £7.513m

New Contracts

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Status
 Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
5 LB BIHBosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 31 Signed 1 year June 2012 [46]
32 MF NORNorway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 21 Signed 6 months January 2012 [47]
28 LW FRAFrance Salim Kerkar 23 Signed 1 year June 2012 [48]
15 CF NIRNorthern Ireland David Healy 31 Signed 1 year June 2012 [49]
29 CF NIRNorthern Ireland Andrew Little 22 Signed 1 year June 2012 [50]
1 GK SCOScotland Allan McGregor 29 Signed 6 years June 2017 [51]
16 RB SCOScotland Steven Whittaker 27 Signed 5 years June 2016 [51]
3 CB SCOScotland David Weir 41 Signed 1 year June 2012 [52]
8 CM NIRNorthern Ireland Steven Davis 26 Signed 5 years June 2016 [53]
27 LW SCOScotland Gregg Wylde 20 Signed 5 years June 2016 [54]
32 CB SCOScotland Ross Perry 21 Signed 4 years June 2015 [55]
11 CF NIRNorthern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 24 Talks on going TBC June 2013 [56]
23 DF SCOScotland Jordan McMillan 23 Rejected 3 years June 2015 [56][57]
7 CM USAUnited States Maurice Edu 26 Talks on going TBC June 2013 [58]
33 MF NORNorway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 22 Rejected 2 years & 6 months June 2014 [59]
41 CM SCOScotland Rhys McCabe 19 Signed 3 years June 2015 [60]

Last updated: 2 January 2012

Squad statistics

Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Champions League Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Europa League
No.
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK SCOScotland Allan McGregor 42 42 36 2 2 2
2 CB ROMRomania Dorin Goian 38 38 1 33 2 1 1 2
3 CB SCOScotland David Weir 1 1 1
4 RB SCOScotland Kirk Broadfoot 12 17 15 2
5 LB BIHBosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 26 26 21 2 2 1
6 CM SCOScotland Lee McCulloch 23 29 4 25 4 2 1 1
7 CM USAUnited States Maurice Edu 39 41 3 35 3 2 2 2
8 CM NIRNorthern Ireland Steven Davis 39 39 4 33 4 2 1 1 2
9 CF CROCroatia Nikica Jelavić 26 28 17 22 14 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
10 AM SCOScotland John Fleck 1 5 4 1
11 CF NIRNorthern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 16 23 7 20 7 1 2
12 LB SCOScotland Lee Wallace 31 33 2 27 2 2 2 2
14 CF SCOScotland Steven Naismith 14 15 9 11 9 2 1 1
15 CF NIRNorthern Ireland David Healy 9 14 4 10 3 2 1 1 1
16 RB SCOScotland Steven Whittaker 26 27 2 24 2 2 1
17 RM ESPSpain Juan Manuel Ortiz 8 14 1 10 2 2 1
18 CB USAUnited States Carlos Bocanegra 34 34 3 29 2 2 1 2 1
19 RW NGRNigeria Sone Aluko 20 22 9 20 9 2
20 MF AUSAustralia Matt McKay 2 3 3
21 MF USAUnited States Alejandro Bedoya 5 12 1 11 1 1
22 CB ENGEngland Kyle Bartley 19 20 18 2
23 DF SCOScotland Jordan McMillan 1 3 2 1
24 CB ALGAlgeria Madjid Bougherra 4 4 2 2
24 MF SWESweden Mervan Çelik 1 6 5 1
25 GK SCOScotland Neil Alexander 2 2 1 1
26 CM SCOScotland Jamie Ness 3 5 1 5 1
27 LW SCOScotland Gregg Wylde 15 25 2 21 2 2 1 1
28 LW FRAFrance Salim Kerkar 5 17 2 15 1 2 1
32 CB SCOScotland Ross Perry 7 12 11 1
33 MF NORNorway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 1 3 3
34 CF NIRNorthern Ireland Andrew Little 6 10 5 9 5 1
38 CF ENGEngland Kane Hemmings 5 4 1
40 MF NIRNorthern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 1 2 2
41 CM SCOScotland Rhys McCabe 7 8 8

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2011/2012 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 SPL
 SC
 SLC
 E
 Total
9 CF Croatia Nikica Jelavić 14 1 1 1 17
19 RW Nigeria Sone Aluko 12 12
14 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 9 9
11 CF Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 7 7
8 CM Northern Ireland Steven Davis 5 5
6 CM Scotland Lee McCulloch 5 5
15 CF Northern Ireland David Healy 3 1 4
34 CF Northern Ireland Andrew Little 4 4
18 CB United States Carlos Bocanegra 2 1 3
7 CM United States Maurice Edu 3 3
27 LW Scotland Gregg Wylde 2 2
28 LW France Salim Kerkar 1 1 2
12 LB Scotland Lee Wallace 2 2
16 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 2 2
17 RM Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 1 1
2 CB Romania Dorin Goian 1 1
26 CM Scotland Jamie Ness 1 1
21 MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 1 1
Own goal 3 1 4

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 YC Yellow card.svg
 Yellow card.svgRed card.svg
 RC Red card.svg
2 CB Romania Dorin Goian 10 1
4 RB Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 3
5 LB Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 4 1
6 CM Scotland Lee McCulloch 6 1
7 CM United States Maurice Edu 9 1
8 CM Northern Ireland Steven Davis 5
9 CF Croatia Nikica Jelavić 2
11 CF Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 7
12 LB Scotland Lee Wallace 2
14 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 3
15 CF Northern Ireland David Healy 2
16 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 4 1
17 RM Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 2
18 CB United States Carlos Bocanegra 8 1
19 RW Nigeria Sone Aluko 2
21 MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 1
22 CB England Kyle Bartley 6
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 2
24 CB Algeria Madjid Bougherra 1
26 CM Scotland Jamie Ness 1
27 LW Scotland Gregg Wylde 1
28 LW France Salim Kerkar 2
32 CB Scotland Ross Perry 1
40 MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 2
41 CM Scotland Rhys McCabe 2

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of Directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland Alastair Johnston
(until 23 May)[61]
Scotland Craig Whyte
(from 24 May)[62]
Chief Executive Scotland Martin Bain
(until 20 June)[63]
Chief Operations Officer Scotland Ali Russell
(from 18 June)[64]
(until 29 February)[65]
Director of Football Scotland Gordon Smith
(from 18 June)[64]
(until 29 February)[65]
Director of Finance Scotland Donald McIntyre
(until 10 October)[66]
Non-Executive Director Scotland John Greig
(until 17 October)[67]
Non-Executive Director Scotland John McClelland
(until 17 October)[67]
Non-Executive Director Scotland Dave King
Non-Executive Director Scotland Paul Murray
(until 23 May)[61]
Non-Executive Director England Phil Betts
(until 20 January)[68]
Non-Executive Director England Andrew Ellis
(from 20 January)[68]

Source: Rangers.co.uk

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Ally McCoist
Assistant Manager Scotland Kenny McDowall
First-team coach Scotland Ian Durrant
Fitness coach Wales Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Jim Stewart

Source: Rangers.co.uk

Other staff

Position Staff
Company Secretary England Gary Withey
(from 26 May)[69]
Global Partnerships director Ukraine Misha Sher
(from 17 January)[70]
(until 9 March)[71]
Head of Football Administration Scotland Andrew Dickson
Physiotherapist Scotland Philip Yeates
Doctor Scotland Dr Paul Jackson
Chief Scout Scotland Neil Murray
Scout Scotland John Brown
Masseur Scotland Davie Lavey
Kit controller Scotland Jimmy Bell
Video Analyst Scotland Steve Harvey
Administators England David Whitehouse
England Paul Clark
(from 14 February)
on behalf of Duff & Phelps[72]

Source: Rangers.co.uk

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 23 July 2011 Scottish Premier League 1 H Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1
3 30 July 2011 Scottish Premier League 2 A St Johnstone 2 – 0
5 13 August 2011 Scottish Premier League 4 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0
7 21 August 2011 Scottish Premier League 5 A Motherwell 3 – 0
9 28 August 2011 Scottish Premier League 6 H Aberdeen 2 – 0
10 10 September 2011 Scottish Premier League 7 A Dundee United 1 – 0
11 17 September 2011 Scottish Premier League 8 H Celtic 4 – 2
13 24 September 2011 Scottish Premier League 9 A Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 0
14 27 September 2011[73] Scottish Premier League 3 H Kilmarnock 2 – 0
15 1 October 2011 Scottish Premier League 10 H Hibernian 1 – 0
16 15 October 2011 Scottish Premier League 11 H St Mirren 1 – 1
17 23 October 2011 Scottish Premier League 12 A Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0
18 29 October 2011 Scottish Premier League 13 A Aberdeen 2 – 1
19 5 November 2011 Scottish Premier League 14 H Dundee United 3 – 1
20 19 November 2011 Scottish Premier League 15 H St Johnstone 0 – 0
21 27 November 2011 Scottish Premier League 16 A Kilmarnock 0 – 1
22 3 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 17 H Dunfermline Athletic 2 – 1
23 10 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 18 A Hibernian 2 – 0
24 17 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 19 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1
25 24 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 20 A St Mirren 1 – 2
26 28 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 21 A Celtic 0 – 1
27 2 January 2012 Scottish Premier League 22 H Motherwell 3 – 0
29 14 January 2012 Scottish Premier League 23 A St Johnstone 2 – 1
30 21 January 2012 Scottish Premier League 24 H Aberdeen 1 – 1
31 28 January 2012 Scottish Premier League 25 H Hibernian 4 – 0
33 11 February 2012 Scottish Premier League 26 A Dunfermline Athletic 4 – 1
34 18 February 2012 Scottish Premier League 27 H Kilmarnock 0 – 1
35 26 February 2012 Scottish Premier League 28 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 1
36 3 March 2012 Scottish Premier League 29 H Heart of Midlothian 1 – 2
37 17 March 2012 Scottish Premier League 30 A Dundee United 1 – 2
38 24 March 2012 Scottish Premier League 31 H Celtic 3 – 2
39 31 March 2012 Scottish Premier League 32 A Motherwell 2 – 1
40 7 April 2012 Scottish Premier League 33 H St Mirren 3 – 1
41 21 April 2012 Scottish Premier League 34 A Heart of Midlothian 3 – 0
42 29 April 2012 Scottish Premier League 35 A Celtic 0 – 3
43 2 May 2012 Scottish Premier League 36 H Dundee United 5 – 0
44 5 May 2012 Scottish Premier League 37 H Motherwell 0 – 0
45 13 May 2012 Scottish Premier League 38 A St Johnstone 4 – 0

Last updated: 13 May 2012
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 Champions League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
2 26 July 2011 UEFA Champions League QR3 H Malmö FF Sweden 0 – 1
4 3 August 2011 UEFA Champions League QR3 A Sweden Malmö FF Sweden 1 – 1

Last updated: 3 August 2011
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 Europa League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
6 18 August 2011 UEFA Europa League POR A Slovenia Maribor Slovenia 1 – 2
8 25 August 2011 UEFA Europa League POR H Maribor Slovenia 1 – 1

Last updated: 25 August 2011
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
28 8 January 2012 Scottish Cup R4 A Arbroath 4 – 0
32 5 February 2012 Scottish Cup R5 H Dundee United 0 – 2

Last updated: 5 February 2012
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
12 21 September 2011 League Cup R3 A Falkirk 2 – 3

Last updated: 21 September 2011
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 7 July 2011 Friendly A Germany Sportfreunde Lotte Germany 0 – 1
2 9 July 2011 Friendly A Germany VfL Bochum Germany 0 – 3
3 13 July 2011 Friendly N Germany Bayer Leverkusen Germany 0 – 2
4 16 July 2011 Friendly A Northern Ireland Linfield Northern Ireland 4 – 1
5 19 July 2011 Friendly A England Blackpool England 2 – 0
6 6 August 2011 Friendly H Chelsea England 1 – 3
7 18 October 2011 Friendly H Liverpool England 1 – 0
8 29 November 2011 Friendly A Germany Hamburger SV Germany 1 – 2
9 7 May 2012 Friendly A Northern Ireland Linfield Northern Ireland 2 – 0

Last updated: 29 November 2011
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.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — — 2nd 23 July 13 May
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round — Third qualifying round 26 July 3 August
UEFA Europa League Play-off round — Play-off round 18 August 25 August
League Cup 3rd Round — 3rd Round 21 September
Scottish Cup 4th Round — 5th Round 8 January 5 February

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 30 3 5 84 21 +63 93 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 5 7 77 28 +49 073†
3 Motherwell 38 18 8 12 49 44 +5 62 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 7 16 45 43 +2 52 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round

Updated to games played on 13 May 2012
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.
 † Rangers were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[74] Should they remain in administration by the end of March, they will be ineligible to play in a 2012–13 European competition.[75]

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 26 5 7 77 28 +49 73† 12 5 2 38 14 +24 14 0 5 39 14 +25

Last updated: 13 May 2012
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 H A A H A H A H H A A H H A H H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A A A H A
Result D W W W W W W W W W D W W W D L W W W L L W W D W W L W L L W W W W L W D W

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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  73. ^ Original date was 6 August 2011 - rearranged as both sides opted to play friendly matches
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