2000–01 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2000–01 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerDick Advocaat
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League2nd
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupSemi-finals
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tore André Flo (11)
All:
Jorg Albertz (15)

The 2000–01 season was the 121st season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

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Rangers played a total of 56 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season.

Rangers went into the season looking to clinch a third consecutive Scottish Premier League title, as well as trying to successfully defend the Scottish Cup, win the League Cup and make an impact in the UEFA Champions League. Despite further heavy investment in the team, which included paying a £12 million fee for striker Tore Andre Flo in November, Rangers were unable to win the title and finished the season without winning any trophies.

Despite a good start to the season, a 6–2 loss against Celtic in the first Old Firm derby saw the beginning of inconsistent league form for Rangers throughout the rest of the season, including a 3–0 loss at home to Kilmarnock. The loss to Kilmarnock brought a conflict between club captain Lorenzo Amoruso and manager Dick Advocaat to a head, resulting in Amoruso being stripped of the captaincy and 22-year-old Barry Ferguson being given the arm band. A 5–1 victory over Celtic in November gave hope for revival but Rangers were unable to put up any serious challenge and finished the season 15 points off top spot.

In the domestic cup competitions Rangers lost 3–1 to Celtic in the semi-finals of the League Cup and also surrendered their Scottish Cup crown with a 1–0 loss away to Dundee Utd.

In Europe, Rangers qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive time after two qualifying rounds and were drawn alongside Sturm Graz, Galatasaray and AS Monaco. Rangers made a good start to the group with six points from two matches, including a 5–0 win at home to Sturm Graz and 1–0 win away to Monaco. However, they only picked up two points from the remaining four games and failed to qualify for the next phase of the competition, finishing third and therefore dropping into the UEFA Cup. The last match at home to Monaco saw Rangers leading 2-1 which would have seen them go through but a late Monaco goal denied Rangers a place in the next round. In the UEFA Cup Rangers drew Kaiserslautern and despite winning the first leg 1–0 at home, they exited European competition before Christmas after a 3–0 loss in Germany.

Transfers

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In

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Date Player From Fee
5 June 2000 Netherlands Bert Konterman Netherlands Feyenoord £4,500,000[1]
6 June 2000 Scotland Paul Ritchie Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[2]
8 June 2000 Denmark Peter Løvenkrands Denmark Akademisk Boldklub £1,400,000[3]
26 June 2000 Scotland Kenny Miller Scotland Hibernian £2,000,000[4]
30 June 2000 England Paul Reid England Carlisle United £600,000[5]
1 July 2000 Scotland Allan Johnston England Sunderland Bosman[6]
1 July 2000 Netherlands Fernando Ricksen Netherlands AZ Alkmaar £3,750,000[7]
31 August 2000 Netherlands Ronald de Boer Spain Barcelona £4,500,000[8]
6 September 2000 Austria Alexander Hauser Austria Tirol Innsbruck Free[9]
21 October 2000 Denmark Jesper Christiansen Denmark Odense BK £1,700,000[10]
23 November 2000 Norway Tore André Flo England Chelsea £12,000,000[11]
1 January 2001 Finland Jani Kauppila Finland Tervarit Free[12]
8 March 2001 Jamaica Marcus Gayle England Wimbledon £900,000[13]
14 March 2001 France Fabrice Fernandes France Rennes Loan[14]

Out

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Date Player To Fee
31 May 2000 Norway Ståle Stensaas Norway Rosenborg BK £300,000[15]
31 May 2000 Scotland Gordon Durie Scotland Heart of Midlothian Released[16]
14 June 2000 Northern Ireland Darren Fitzgerald Northern Ireland Glentoran Free[17]
27 July 2000 Scotland Scott Chaplain Scotland Ayr United Free
31 July 2000 Finland Jonatan Johansson England Charlton Athletic £3,500,000[18]
1 August 2000 Scotland Barry Nicholson Scotland Dunfermline Athletic £200,000[19]
10 August 2000 Chile Sebastian Rozental Argentina Independiente Loan[20]
21 August 2000 Scotland Paul Ritchie England Manchester City £500,000[21]
7 September 2000 Scotland Michael Stone England Doncaster Rovers Free
1 February 2001 Romania Daniel Prodan Romania Rocar București Free[22]
9 February 2001 Italy Marco Negri Italy Bologna Free[23]
  • Expendure: Decrease £31,350,000
  • Income: Increase £4,500,000
  • Total loss/gain: Decrease £26,850,000

Matches

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All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

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Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Premier League
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
29 July 2000 St Johnstone H 2–1 48,062 Dodds (2)
5 August 2000 Kilmarnock A 4–2 14,680 Dodds (2, 1 pen.), Miller, Tugay
13 August 2000 St Mirren A 3–1 9,251 Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Dodds
19 August 2000 Dunfermline Athletic H 4–1 47,452 Albertz (pen.), van Bronckhorst, Dodds, Wallace
27 August 2000 Celtic A 2–6 59,476 Reyna, Dodds (pen.)
9 September 2000 Dundee A 1–1 10,439 McCann
17 September 2000 Hearts H 1–0 47,496 de Boer
23 September 2000 Motherwell A 1–0 11,275 Mols
1 October 2000 Dundee United H 3–0 44,324 Kanchelskis, Albertz, van Bronckhorst
14 October 2000 Hibernian A 0–1 14,524
22 October 2000 St Johnstone A 1–2 7,763 Miller
28 October 2000 Kilmarnock H 0–3 49,659
4 November 2000 St Mirren H 7–1 48,795 Miller (5), Dodds, McCann
12 November 2000 Aberdeen A 2–1 16,798 Miller, Mols
18 November 2000 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–0 10,706
26 November 2000 Celtic H 5–1 50,083 Ferguson, Flo, de Boer, Amoruso, Mols
3 December 2000 Hearts A 1–0 16,710 Albertz (pen.)
10 December 2000 Motherwell H 2–0 46,058 Konterman, Ferguson
13 December 2000 Aberdeen H 3–1 45,285 Mols, Dodds, Albertz
17 December 2000 Dundee United A 1–1 10,750 Reyna
23 December 2000 Hibernian H 1–0 49,993 de Boer
26 December 2000 St Johnstone H 3–0 46,180 McCann, Ricksen, Flo
2 January 2001 St Mirren A 3–1 8,142 Flo (2), Konterman
31 January 2001 Aberdeen H 1–0 45,621 Tugay
2 February 2001 Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 46,302 Tugay, Mols
11 February 2001 Celtic A 0–1 59,496
24 February 2001 Dundee A 1–0 9,778 Konterman
3 March 2001 Hearts H 2–0 49,003 Flo (2)
14 March 2001 Dundee H 0–2 45,035
17 March 2001 Motherwell A 2–1 11,208 Fernandes, Malcolm
31 March 2001 Dundee United H 0–2 48,382
8 April 2001 Hibernian A 0–0 9,704
11 April 2001 Kilmarnock A 2–1 14,585 Flo (2)
21 April 2001 Dundee A 3–0 10,687 Wallace, Flo, Albertz
29 April 2001 Celtic H 0–3 50,057
8 May 2001 Hearts A 4–1 15,315 Albertz (2), Wallace, Flo
11 May 2001 Kilmarnock H 5–1 46,577 Wallace (2), de Boer, Amoruso, Flo
20 May 2001 Hibernian H 4–0 47,023 de Boer (2), Albertz (pen.), Vidmar

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2000–01 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
6 September 2000 R3 Aberdeen H 4–2 37,029 van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Dodds, Amoruso
31 October 2000 QF Dundee United H 2–0 30,966 Miller, Ferguson
7 February 2001 SF Celtic N 1–3 50,019 Albertz (pen.)

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2000–01 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
27 January 2001 R3 Brechin City H 2–0 22,606 Johnston, Miller
18 February 2001 R4 Ross County A 3–2 5,972 Flo (2), Ferguson
11 March 2001 QF Dundee United A 0–1 11,793

UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
26 July 2000 QR2 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas H 4–1 45,974 Johnston, Albertz (pen), Dodds (2)
2 August 2000 QR2 Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas A 0–0 4,000
9 August 2000 QR3 Denmark Herfølge BK A 3–0 3,523 Albertz, Wallace, Amoruso
23 August 2000 QR3 Denmark Herfølge BK H 3–0 34,141 Wallace, Johnston, Kanchelskis
12 September 2000 GS Austria Sturm Graz H 5–0 49,317 Mols, de Boer, Albertz, van Bronckhorst, Dodds
20 September 2000 GS France Monaco A 1–0 11,161 van Bronckhorst
27 September 2000 GS Turkey Galatasaray A 2–3 20,954 Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
17 October 2000 GS Turkey Galatasaray H 0–0 49,603
25 October 2000 GS Austria Sturm Graz A 0–2 15,400
7 November 2000 GS France Monaco H 2–2 50,228 Miller, Mols

UEFA Cup

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Main article: 2000–01 UEFA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
30 November 2000 R3 Germany Kaiserslautern H 1–0 47,279 Albertz
7 December 2000 R3 Germany Kaiserslautern A 0–3 28,757

Friendlies

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
7 July 2000 Belgium Gent A 3–2 2,500 Kanchelskis (2), McCann
12 July 2000 Germany Bocholt A 3–1 3,000 Mols, Wallace, Albertz
13 July 2000 Netherlands Quick '20 A 6–0 2,000 Ferguson (2), Johansson (2), Mols, Miller
15 July 2000 Netherlands HZVV A 5–1 3,000 Dodds (2), Albertz (2) Kanchelskis
20 January 2001 United States Miami Fusion A 4–1 3,000 Miller (4)[1] [24]

Appearances

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List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Cup League Cup Europe
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany GER Stefan Klos 47 0 32 0 3 0 2 0 10 0
2 DF Netherlands NED Fernando Ricksen 37 1 26+1 1 3 0 2 0 5 0
3 DF Australia AUS Craig Moore 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Amoruso 42 4 29 2 1 0 2 1 10 1
5 DF Netherlands NED Arthur Numan 33 0 22 0 1 0 3 0 7 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson 47 4 30 2 3 1 3 1 11 0
7 MF Russia RUS Andrei Kanchelskis 14 3 3+4 1 0 0 0 0 2+5 2
8 MF Netherlands NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst 19 6 10+1 2 0 0 1 1 7 3
9 FW Netherlands NED Michael Mols 21 7 10+3 5 0+1 0 0+1 0 5+1 2
10 FW England ENG Rod Wallace 25 8 14+1 5 0+1 0 1 1 6+2 2
11 MF Germany GER Jörg Albertz 34 15 20+4 10 1 0 1 1 8 4
12 MF United States USA Claudio Reyna 31 2 16+2 2 2 0 1 0 10 0
14 MF Netherlands NED Ronald de Boer 26 7 17 6 1 0 1 0 7 1
15 DF Netherlands NED Bert Konterman 51 3 36+1 3 3 0 1 0 10 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Billy Dodds 41 13 16+14 9 1 0 2 1 3+5 3
17 MF Turkey TUR Tugay Kerimoğlu 38 3 17+9 3 1+1 0 2+1 0 6+1 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Neil McCann 35 3 16+5 3 1 0 3 0 2+8 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Scott Wilson 30 0 19+1 0 2 0 3 0 4+1 0
20 FW Finland FIN Jonatan Johansson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 GK Denmark DEN Jesper Christiansen (from 21 October) 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
21 DF Italy ITA Sergio Porrini 18 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 3+1 0
22 FW Norway NOR Tore André Flo 22 13 18+1 11 2 2 1 0 0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Kenny Miller 35 11 12+15 8 2+1 1 1 1 3+1 1
24 MF Scotland SCO Allan Johnston 25 3 9+4 0 2+1 1 0+2 0 4+3 2
25 DF Australia AUS Tony Vidmar 22 1 11+4 1 1 0 0 0 4+2 0
26 FW Denmark DEN Peter Løvenkrands 10 0 1+7 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
27 DF Scotland SCO Paul Ritchie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Poland POL Dariusz Adamczuk 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Finland FIN Tero Penttilä 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK France FRA Lionel Charbonnier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Jamaica JAM Marcus Gayle 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK Scotland SCO Mark Brown 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Bob Malcolm 9 1 3+3 1 1+1 0 1 0 0 0
34 FW Scotland SCO Gordon Durie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW Italy ITA Marco Negri 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
35 MF Finland FIN Jani Kauppila (from 1 January) 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Romania ROU Daniel Prodan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF France FRA Fabrice Fernandes 4 1 0+4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Scotland SCO Maurice Ross 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Carson 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
48 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Hughes 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Scottish Premier League 29 July 20 May Matchday 1 38 26 4 8 76 36 +40 068.42
UEFA Champions League 26 July 7 November Second Qualifying round Group Stage 10 5 3 2 20 8 +12 050.00
UEFA Cup 30 November 7 December Third round Third round 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 050.00
Scottish Cup 20 January Fourth round 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
League Cup 19 August 17 December Second round Winners 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 100.00
Total 55 37 7 11 111 50 +61 067.27

Source: Competitions

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 4 3 90 29 +61 97 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 4 8 76 36 +40 82 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hibernian 38 18 12 8 57 35 +22 66 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Kilmarnock 38 15 9 14 44 53 −9 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 10 14 56 50 +6 52
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ As both finalists of the 2000–01 Scottish Cup, Celtic and Hibernian, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2001–02 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Kilmarnock.

Champions League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STM GAL RAN MON
1 Austria Sturm Graz 6 3 1 2 9 12 −3 10 Advance to second group stage — 3–0 2–0 2–0
2 Turkey Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 10 13 −3 8 2–2 — 3–2 3–2
3 Scotland Rangers 6 2 2 2 10 7 +3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 5–0 0–0 — 2–2
4 France Monaco 6 2 1 3 13 10 +3 7 5–0 4–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

References

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  1. ^ "Ritchie is poised for Ibrox move as Konterman signs". The Herald. 6 June 2000.
  2. ^ "Ritchie ties up Ibrox move". BBC Sport. 6 June 2000.
  3. ^ "Newcastle call on FIFA as Rangers sign Dane: Geordies claim Lovenkrands broke promise by agreeing £1.4m deal at Ibrox". The Herald. 9 June 2000.
  4. ^ "Rangers conclude Miller deal". BBC Sport. 26 June 2000.
  5. ^ "Football transfers". BBC Sport. 18 August 2000.
  6. ^ "Dream comes true for Johnston as Rangers get their man". The Herald. 14 March 2000.
  7. ^ "Rangers' latest signing is praised by former team-mate Doesburg: Ricksen has right attitude for Ibrox". The Herald. 30 March 2000.
  8. ^ "Murray: Fitness test asked too much of Hartson". The Herald. 1 September 2000.
  9. ^ "Sturm Graz see Wilson as the answer to their defensive worries". The Herald. 7 September 2000.
  10. ^ "My team of hopeless bigheads: Advocaat furious with players as Rangers fall to wonderful strike from Saints' Sylla". The Herald. 23 October 2000.
  11. ^ "Flo goes to Rangers" BBC Sport (23 November 2000)
  12. ^ "Numan handed three-match ban". BBC Sport. 5 December 2000.
  13. ^ "Gayle blows into Ibrox" BBC Sport (8 March 2001)
  14. ^ "Gers are fab, Collins tells Fabrice" BBC Sport. 14 March 2001.
  15. ^ "Konterman ready to sign on as Stensaas moves out". The Herald. 1 June 2000.
  16. ^ "Durie opts for Hearts move". BBC Sport. 23 September 2000.
  17. ^ "GERS WANT TV GAMES TO GO BACK IN TIME; Saturdays 3pm .. pay per view". Daily Record. 15 June 2000.
  18. ^ "Rangers striker search continues". BBC Sport. 1 August 2000.
  19. ^ "Nicholson banishes the blues". The Herald. 2 August 2000.
  20. ^ "Moore and Vidmar's cup commitments may prove costly". The Herald. 10 August 2000.
  21. ^ "Ritchie: I had no choice but to leave". Daily Record. 22 August 2000.
  22. ^ "Rangers release Prodan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2001.
  23. ^ "Cheerio, cheerio... Rangers ditch the man who cost Dick Advocaat £16,500 a minute". The Herald. 10 February 2001.
  24. ^ Archived 9 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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