1998–99 Rangers F.C. season
1998–99 season | |||
Chairman | David Murray | ||
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Manager | Dick Advocaat | ||
Ground | Ibrox Stadium | ||
Scottish Premier League |
1st P36 W23 D8 L5 F78 A31 | ||
Scottish Cup | Winners | ||
League Cup | Winners | ||
UEFA Cup | Third Round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Rod Wallace (19) All: Rod Wallace (27) | ||
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The 1998–99 season is the 118th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1998–99 season. They started the season under new management with Dick Advocaat replacing Walter Smith. The squad Smith had left behind was past its best so Advocaat - with the financial backing of Murray - set about rebuilding almost the entire squad.
Success quickly followed and Advocaat built a team that gave the club their first domestic treble since the 1992–93 season. The Scottish Cup was secured by a 1–0 win against Celtic and the League Cup by a 2–1 defeat of St Johnstone.
The club enjoyed its best season in Europe since 1992–93 as well, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup before being knocked out by Italian side Parma.
Transfers
In
Date | Player | From | Fee |
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18 May 1998 | Arthur Numan | PSV Eindhoven | £4.5m |
6 July 1998 | Gabriel Amato | Real Mallorca | £4.2m |
6 July 1998 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Feyenoord | £5m |
15 July 1998 | Andrei Kanchelskis | Fiorentina | £5.5m |
16 July 1998 | Lionel Charbonnier | AJ Auxerre | £1.2m |
16 July 1998 | Rod Wallace | Leeds United | Free |
31 July 1998 | Daniel Prodan | Atlético Madrid | £2.2m |
4 August 1998 | Colin Hendry | Blackburn Rovers | £4m |
6 November 1998 | Stephane Guivarc'h | Newcastle United | £3.5m [1] |
14 December 1998 | Neil McCann | Hearts | £2m |
24 December 1998 | Stefan Klos | Borussia Dortmund | £0.75m |
1 January 1999 | Lee Feeney | Linfield | £0.1m |
1 April 1999 | Craig Moore | Crystal Palace | £1m [2] |
13 April 1999 | Claudio Reyna | VfL Wolfsburg | £2m |
Out
Date | Player | To | Fee |
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31 May 1998 | Ally McCoist | Kilmarnock | Released |
31 May 1998 | Andy Goram | Motherwell | Released |
31 May 1998 | Stuart McCall | Bradford City | Released |
31 May 1998 | Stephen Wright | Bradford City | Released |
31 May 1998 | Richard Gough | San Jose Earthquakes | Free |
31 May 1998 | Alan McLaren | Retired | |
7 June 1998 | Brian Laudrup | Chelsea | Free |
15 June 1998 | Ian Durrant | Kilmarnock | Free |
20 June 1998 | Joachim Björklund | Valencia | £2.5m |
30 June 1998 | Alec Cleland | Everton | Free |
7 July 1998 | Peter van Vossen | Feyenoord | Free |
24 October 1998 | Gennaro Gattuso | Salernitana | £4m |
10 October 1998 | Craig Moore | Crystal Palace | £0.8m |
6 November 1998 | Gordan Petric | Crystal Palace | £0.3m |
13 November 1998 | David Graham | Clyde | Free |
22 February 1999 | Steven Boyack | Dundee | £0.025m |
- Expendure: £35,950,000
- Income: £7,625,000
- Total loss/gain: £28,325,000
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish Premier League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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1 August 1998 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | 15,892 | Wallace |
15 August 1998 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 49,275 | Wallace, Albertz (pen.) |
22 August 1998 | Kilmarnock | A | 3–1 | 17,608 | Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Miller |
29 August 1998 | St Johnstone | H | 4–0 | 48,732 | Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst |
12 September 1998 | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | 12,788 | |
20 September 1998 | Celtic | H | 0–0 | 50,026 | |
23 September 1998 | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | 17,862 | Wallace |
26 September 1998 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–0 | 11,507 | B.Ferguson, Johansson |
4 October 1998 | Dundee | H | 1–0 | 48,348 | Albertz(pen.) |
17 October 1998 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–0 | 49,749 | Wallace (2), Johansson |
28 October 1998 | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | 11,777 | |
31 October 1998 | Dundee United | H | 2–1 | 49,503 | Wallace, Amoruso |
8 November 1998 | St Johnstone | A | 7–0 | 9,636 | Wallace, Johansson, Kanchelskis, Albertz (2, 2 (pens.)), Guivarc'h (2) |
14 November 1998 | Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | 49,479 | Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst |
21 November 1998 | Celtic | A | 1–5 | 59,703 | van Bronckhorst |
5 December 1998 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | 47,465 | van Bronckhorst |
12 December 1998 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–0 | 49,781 | Wallace |
19 December 1998 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–2 | 17,134 | Wallace, Guivarc'h (2) |
26 December 1998 | St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | 49,479 | Porrini |
30 December 1998 | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | 11,707 | Wallace, Wilson |
3 January 1999 | Celtic | H | 2–2 | 50,059 | Wallace, Amato |
27 January 1999 | Dundee | A | 4–0 | 9,453 | Guivarc'h, Miller (2), Johansson |
30 January 1999 | Aberdeen | A | 4–2 | 19,537 | Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, Porrini |
7 February 1999 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–0 | 11,500 | Kanchelskis, Johansson (2) |
20 February 1999 | Dundee | H | 6–1 | 49,462 | Albertz(3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, McCann (2) |
28 February 1999 | Kilmarnock | A | 5–0 | 16,242 | Wallace (3), Johansson, McCann |
13 March 1999 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 49,483 | Wallace, Johansson |
20 March 1999 | Dundee United | H | 0–1 | 49,164 | |
4 April 1999 | St Johnstone | A | 1–3 | 9,740 | Moore |
14 April 1999 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | 46,220 | van Bronckhorst |
18 April 1999 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 11,051 | Vidmar |
25 April 1999 | Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | 49,145 | Wallace, Kanchelskis, Amato (pen.) |
2 May 1999 | Celtic | A | 3–0 | 59,918 | McCann (2), Albertz (pen.) |
9 May 1999 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–0 | 49,495 | |
15 May 1999 | Motherwell | A | 5–1 | 11,078 | Amato (3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis |
23 May 1999 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | 48,835 | Amato |
UEFA Cup
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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22 July 1998 | QR1 | Shelbourne | A | 5–3 | 6,047 | Albertz (2 pens), van Bronckhorst, Amato (2) |
29 July 1998 | QR1 | Shelbourne | H | 2–0 | 46,906 | Johansson (2) |
11 August 1998 | QR2 | PAOK | H | 2–0 | 35,392 | Wallace, Kanchelskis |
25 August 1998 | QR2 | PAOK | A | 0–0 | 30,388 | |
11 September 1998 | R1 | Beitar Jerusalem | A | 1–1 | 14,000 | Albertz |
1 October 1998 | R1 | Beitar Jerusalem | H | 4–2 | 45,610 | Johansson, Wallace, Porrini, Gattuso |
22 October 1998 | R2 | Bayer Leverkusen | A | 2–1 | 22,000 | Johansson, van Bronckhorst |
5 November 1998 | R2 | Bayer Leverkusen | H | 1–1 | 50,012 | Johansson |
24 November 1998 | R3 | Parma | H | 1–1 | 49,514 | Wallace |
8 December 1998 | R3 | Parma | A | 1–3 | 17,000 | Albertz |
Scottish Cup
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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23 January 1999 | R3 | Stenhousemuir | H | 2–0 | 37,759 | Wallace, Guivarc'h |
14 February 1999 | R4 | Hamilton Academical | A | 6–0 | 7,339 | Vidmar, Kanchelskis, McCann, Albertz(pen.), Johansson (2) |
6 March 1999 | QF | Falkirk | H | 2–1 | 39,250 | McCann, Amoruso |
11 April 1999 | SF | St Johnstone | N | 4–0 | 20,664 | McCann, Johansson, van Bronckhorst, Wallace |
29 May 1999 | F | Celtic | N | 1–0 | 52,670 | Wallace |
League Cup
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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18 August 1998 | R3 | Alloa Athletic | H | 4–0 | 37,201 | Albertz(2), B.Ferguson, Amoruso |
8 September 1998 | QF | Ayr United | A | 2–0 | 11,198 | Miller, Amato |
25 October 1998 | SF | Airdrieonians | N | 5–0 | 21,171 | Johansson, Wallace (2), I.Ferguson, Durie |
29 November 1998 | F | St Johnstone | N | 2–1 | 45,533 | Guivarc'h, Albertz |
Appearances
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Lionel Charbonnier | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Sergio Porrini | 54 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
3 | DF | Lorenzo Amoruso | 49 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Daniel Prodan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Arthur Numan | 19 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Barry Ferguson | 39 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Andrei Kanchelskis | 45 | 9 | 30+1 | 7 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
8 | MF | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 53 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 4+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
9 | FW | Gordon Durie | 13 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | |
10 | FW | Gabriel Amato | 31 | 9 | 13+7 | 6 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+6 | 2 | |
11 | MF | Jörg Albertz | 53 | 19 | 33+1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8+2 | 4 | |
12 | DF | Jonas Thern | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
13 | GK | Antti Niemi | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Ian Ferguson | 26 | 1 | 4+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Gordan Petrić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
15 | FW | Stéphane Guivarc'h (from 6 November) | 18 | 7 | 10+3 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | FW | Rod Wallace | 51 | 27 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |
17 | MF | Derek McInnes | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | MF | Gennaro Gattuso | 11 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | |
18 | MF | Neil McCann (from 14 December) | 24 | 8 | 15+4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | DF | Craig Moore | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
19 | GK | Stefan Klos (from 24 December) | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | FW | Jonatan Johansson | 37 | 17 | 13+12 | 8 | 1+2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6+1 | 5 | |
21 | DF | Ståle Stensaas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
22 | DF | Scott Wilson | 20 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
23 | FW | David Graham | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
24 | MF | Barry Nicholson | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | DF | Tony Vidmar | 39 | 2 | 26+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Charlie Miller | 21 | 4 | 2+13 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | |
28 | DF | Luigi Riccio | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | FW | Sebastian Rozental | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
31 | FW | Lee Feeney | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | DF | Colin Hendry | 32 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |
38[3] | DF | Craig Moore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
40 | MF | Claudio Reyna | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "Ae fond kiss as Rangers acquire some more French flair"
- ↑
- ↑ Upon his return from Crystal Palace as his previous number was taken