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

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 record 12 million pound 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.

Players

Appearances

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeagueCupLeague CupEurope
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Germany GER Stefan Klos 4703203020100
2 DF Netherlands NED Fernando Ricksen 37126+11302050
3 DF Australia AUS Craig Moore 7050100010
4 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Amoruso 4242921021101
5 DF Netherlands NED Arthur Numan 330220103070
6 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson 4743023131110
7 MF Russia RUS Andrei Kanchelskis 1433+4100002+52
8 MF Netherlands NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst 19610+12001173
9 FW Netherlands NED Michael Mols 21710+350+100+105+12
10 FW England ENG Rod Wallace 25814+150+10116+22
11 MF Germany GER Jörg Albertz 341520+410101184
12 MF United States USA Claudio Reyna 31216+222010100
14 MF Netherlands NED Ronald de Boer 267176101071
15 DF Netherlands NED Bert Konterman 51336+133010100
16 FW Scotland SCO Billy Dodds 411316+14910213+53
17 MF Turkey TUR Tugay Kerimoğlu 38317+931+102+106+10
18 MF Scotland SCO Neil McCann 35316+5310302+80
19 DF Scotland SCO Scott Wilson 30019+1020304+10
20 FW Finland FIN Jonatan Johansson 1000000010
20 GK Denmark DEN Jesper Christiansen (from 21 October) 6030001020
21 DF Italy ITA Sergio Porrini 18012010103+10
22 FW Norway NOR Tore André Flo 221318+111221000
23 FW Scotland SCO Kenny Miller 351112+1582+11113+11
24 MF Scotland SCO Allan Johnston 2539+402+110+204+32
25 DF Australia AUS Tony Vidmar 22111+4110004+20
26 FW Denmark DEN Peter Løvenkrands 1001+70000+1010
27 DF Scotland SCO Paul Ritchie 0000000000
28 DF Poland POL Dariusz Adamczuk 301+20000000
29 DF Finland FIN Tero Penttilä 0000000000
30 GK France FRA Lionel Charbonnier 0000000000
31 FW Jamaica JAM Marcus Gayle 4040000000
32 GK Scotland SCO Mark Brown 3030000000
33 DF Scotland SCO Bob Malcolm 913+311+101000
34 FW Scotland SCO Gordon Durie 0000000000
35 FW Italy ITA Marco Negri 201000000+10
35 MF Finland FIN Jani Kauppila (from 1 January) 401+30000000
38 DF Romania ROU Daniel Prodan 0000000000
40 MF France FRA Fabrice Fernandes 410+41000000
41 MF Scotland SCO Jimmy Gibson 0000000000
44 DF Scotland SCO Maurice Ross 100+10000000
45 MF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Carson 301+100+100000
48 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Hughes 100+10000000

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee Source
1 June 2000 Scotland Allan JohnstonEngland SunderlandFree
6 June 2000 Scotland Paul RitchieScotland Heart of MidlothianFree[1]
8 June 2000 Denmark Peter LøvenkrandsDenmark Akademisk Boldklub£1,3000,000[2]
26 June 2000 Scotland Kenny MillerScotland Hibernian£2,0000,000[3]
30 June 2000 England Paul ReidEngland Carlisle United£600,000[4]
1 July 2000 Netherlands Bert KontermanNetherlands Feyenoord£4,3000,000[4]
1 July 2000 Netherlands Fernando RicksenNetherlands AZ Alkmaar£3,6000,000[4]
30 August 2000 Netherlands Ronald de BoerSpain Barcelona£4,5000,000[5]
6 September 2000 Austria Alexander HauserAustria Tirol InnsbruckFree
21 October 2000 Denmark Jesper ChristiansenDenmark Odense BK£1,7000,000[6]
23 November 2000 Norway Tore André FloEngland Chelsea£12,0000,000[7]
1 January 2001 Finland Jani KauppilaFinland TervaritFree[8]
8 March 2001 Jamaica Marcus GayleEngland Wimbledon£900,000[9]
14 March 2001 France Fabrice FernandesFrance RennesLoan[10]

Out

Date Player To Fee Source
31 May 2000 Northern Ireland Darren FitzgeraldNorthern Ireland GlentoranFree [11]
31 May 2000 Norway Ståle StensaasNorway Rosenborg BK£300,000[12]
27 July 2000 Scotland Scott ChaplainScotland Ayr UnitedFree
31 July 2000 Finland Jonatan JohanssonEngland Charlton Athletic£3,5000,000[13]
2 August 2000 Scotland Barry NicholsonScotland Dunfermline Athletic£200,000[4]
22 August 2000 Scotland Paul RitchieEngland Manchester City£500,000[14]
7 September 2000 Scotland Michael StoneEngland Doncaster RoversFree
25 September 2000 Scotland Gordon DurieScotland Heart of MidlothianFree
1 February 2001 Romania Daniel ProdanRomania Rocar BucureștiFree[15]
9 February 2001 Italy Marco NegriItaly BolognaFree
  • Expendure: Decrease £30,900,000
  • Income: Increase £4,200,000
  • Total loss/gain: Decrease £26,700,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
7 July 2000Belgium GentA3–22,500Kanchelskis (2), McCann
12 July 2000Germany BocholtA3–13,000Mols, Wallace, Albertz
13 July 2000Netherlands Quick '20A6–02,000Ferguson (2), Johansson (2), Mols, Miller
15 July 2000Netherlands HZVVA5–13,000Dodds (2), Albertz (2) Kanchelskis
20 January 2001United States Miami FusionA4–13,000Miller (4) Archived 9 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Scottish Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
29 July 2000St JohnstoneH2–148,062Dodds (2)
5 August 2000KilmarnockA4–214,680Dodds (2, 1 pen.), Miller, Tugay
13 August 2000St MirrenA3–19,251Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Dodds
19 August 2000Dunfermline AthleticH4–147,452Albertz (pen.), van Bronckhorst, Dodds, Wallace
27 August 2000CelticA2–659,476Reyna, Dodds (pen.)
9 September 2000DundeeA1–110,439McCann
17 September 2000HeartsH1–047,496de Boer
23 September 2000MotherwellA1–011,275Mols
1 October 2000Dundee UnitedH3–044,324Kanchelskis, Albertz, van Bronckhorst
14 October 2000HibernianA0–114,524
22 October 2000St JohnstoneA1–27,763Miller
28 October 2000KilmarnockH0–349,659
4 November 2000St MirrenH7–148,795Miller (5), Dodds, McCann
12 November 2000AberdeenA2–116,798Miller, Mols
18 November 2000Dunfermline AthleticA0–010,706
26 November 2000CelticH5–150,083Ferguson, Flo, de Boer, Amoruso, Mols
3 December 2000HeartsA1–016,710Albertz (pen.)
10 December 2000MotherwellH2–046,058Konterman, Ferguson
13 December 2000AberdeenH3–145,285Mols, Dodds, Albertz
17 December 2000Dundee UnitedA1–110,750Reyna
23 December 2000HibernianH1–049,993de Boer
26 December 2000St JohnstoneH3–046,180McCann, Ricksen, Flo
2 January 2001St MirrenA3–18,142Flo (2), Konterman
31 January 2001AberdeenH1–045,621Tugay
2 February 2001Dunfermline AthleticH2–046,302Tugay, Mols
11 February 2001CelticA0–159,496
24 February 2001DundeeA1–09,778Konterman
3 March 2001HeartsH2–049,003Flo (2)
14 March 2001DundeeH0–245,035
17 March 2001MotherwellA2–111,208Fernandes, Malcolm
31 March 2001Dundee UnitedH0–248,382
8 April 2001HibernianA0–09,704
11 April 2001KilmarnockA2–114,585Flo (2)
21 April 2001DundeeA3–010,687Wallace, Flo, Albertz
29 April 2001CelticH0–350,057
8 May 2001HeartsA4–115,315Albertz (2), Wallace, Flo
11 May 2001KilmarnockH5–146,577Wallace (2), de Boer, Amoruso, Flo
20 May 2001HibernianH4–047,023de Boer (2), Albertz (pen.), Vidmar

Scottish League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
6 September 2000R3AberdeenH4–237,029van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Dodds, Amoruso
31 October 2000QFDundee UnitedH2–030,966Miller, Ferguson
7 February 2001SFCelticN1–350,019Albertz (pen.)

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
27 January 2001R3Brechin CityH2–022,606Johnston, Miller
18 February 2001R4Ross CountyA3–25,972Flo (2), Ferguson
11 March 2001QFDundee UnitedA0–111,793

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
26 July 2000QR2Lithuania Žalgiris KaunasH4–145,974Dodds (2), Johnston, Albertz
2 August 2000QR2Lithuania Žalgiris KaunasA0–04,000
9 August 2000QR3Denmark Herfølge BKA3–03,523Albertz, Wallace, Amoruso
23 August 2000QR3Denmark Herfølge BKH3–034,141Wallace, Johnston, Kanchelskis
12 September 2000GSAustria Sturm GrazH5–049,317Mols, de Boer, Albertz, van Bronckhorst, Dodds
20 September 2000GSFrance MonacoA1–011,161van Bronckhorst
27 September 2000GSTurkey GalatasarayA2–320,954Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
17 October 2000GSTurkey GalatasarayH0–049,603
25 October 2000GSAustria Sturm GrazA0–215,400
7 November 2000GSFrance MonacoH2–250,228Miller, Mols

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
30 November 2000R3Germany KaiserslauternH1–047,279Albertz
7 December 2000R3Germany KaiserslauternA0–328,757

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SG 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

  1. ↑ "Ritchie ties up Ibrox move". BBC Sport. 6 June 2000.
  2. ↑ "Rangers clinch Lovenkrands deal". BBC Sport. 8 June 2000.
  3. ↑ "Rangers conclude Miller deal". BBC Sport. 26 June 2000.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Football transfers". BBC Sport. 18 August 2000.
  5. ↑ "Rangers swoop for De Boer and Hartson" BBC Sport (30 August 2000)
  6. ↑ "Keeper in, Tamudo out at Ibrox" BBC Sport (21 October 2000)
  7. ↑ "Flo goes to Rangers" BBC Sport (23 November 2000)
  8. ↑ "Numan handed three-match ban". BBC Sport. 5 December 2000.
  9. ↑ "Gayle blows into Ibrox" BBC Sport (8 March 2001)
  10. ↑ "Gers are fab, Collins tells Fabrice" BBC Sport. 14 March 2001.
  11. ↑ "Rozental to go on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2000.
  12. ↑ "Konterman ready to sign on as Stensaas moves out". The Herald. 1 June 2000.
  13. ↑ "Rangers striker search continues". BBC Sport. 1 August 2000.
  14. ↑ "Paul Ritchie never got a game but selling him on made tidy profit". Evening Times.
  15. ↑ "Rangers release Prodan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2001.
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