2000–01 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

2000–01 season

Chairman

David Murray

Manager

Dick Advocaat

Ground

Ibrox Stadium

Scottish Premier League

2nd
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Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Group Stage

Third Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Tore André Flo (11)
All:
Jorg Albertz (15)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2000–01 season is the 120th 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.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee	Source
1 June 2000	Allan Johnston	Sunderland	Free
6 June 2000	Paul Ritchie	Heart of Midlothian	Free	^[1]
8 June 2000	Peter Løvenkrands	Akademisk Boldklub	£1.3m	^[2]
26 June 2000	Kenny Miller	Hibernian	£2m	^[3]
30 June 2000	Paul Reid	Carlisle United	£0.6m	^[4]
1 July 2000	Bert Konterman	Feyenoord	£4.3m	^[4]
1 July 2000	Fernando Ricksen	AZ Alkmaar	£3.6m	^[4]
30 August 2000	Ronald de Boer	Barcelona	£4.5m	^[5]
6 September 2000	Alex Hauser	Tirol Innsbruck	Free
21 October 2000	Jesper Christiansen	Odense BK	£1.7m	^[6]
23 November 2000	Tore André Flo	Chelsea	£12m	^[7]
1 January 2001	Jani Kauppila	Tervarit	Free	^[8]
8 March 2001	Marcus Gayle	Wimbledon	£900,000	^[9]
14 March 2001	Fabrice Fernandes	Rennes	Loan	^[10]

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
31 May 2000	Darren Fitzgerald	Glentoran	Released ^[11]
5 June 2000	Ståle Stensaas	Rosenborg BK		^[4]
27 July 2000	Scott Chaplain	Ayr United	Free
31 July 2000	Jonatan Johansson	Charlton Athletic	£3.5m	^[12]
2 August 2000	Barry Nicholson	Dunfermline Athletic	£0.2m	^[4]
22 August 2000	Paul Ritchie	Manchester City	£500,000	^[13]
7 September 2000	Michael Stone	Doncaster Rovers	Free
25 September 2000	Gordon Durie	Heart of Midlothian	Free
1 February 2001	Daniel Prodan	Rocar Bucharest	Released	^[14]
9 February 2001	Marco Negri	Bologna	Released

Expendure: £30,900,000
Income: £4,200,000
Total loss/gain: £26,700,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

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
21 May 2001	Hibernian	H	4–0	47,023	de Boer (2), Albertz (pen.), Vidmar

UEFA Champions League

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

UEFA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 November 2000	R3	Kaiserslautern	H	1–0	47,279	Albertz
7 December 2000	R3	Kaiserslautern	A	0–3	28,757

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

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.)

Friendlies

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

Appearances

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		Cup		League Cup		Europe
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Stefan Klos	47	0	32	0	3	0	2	0	10	0
2	DF		Fernando Ricksen	37	1	26+1	1	3	0	2	0	5	0
3	DF		Craig Moore	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Lorenzo Amoruso	42	4	29	2	1	0	2	1	10	1
5	DF		Arthur Numan	33	0	22	0	1	0	3	0	7	0
6	MF		Barry Ferguson	47	4	30	2	3	1	3	1	11	0
7	MF		Andrei Kanchelskis	14	3	3+4	1	0	0	0	0	2+5	2
8	MF		Giovanni van Bronckhorst	19	6	10+1	2	0	0	1	1	7	3
9	FW		Michael Mols	21	7	10+3	5	0+1	0	0+1	0	5+1	2
10	FW		Rod Wallace	25	8	14+1	5	0+1	0	1	1	6+2	2
11	MF		Jörg Albertz	34	15	20+4	10	1	0	1	1	8	4
12	MF		Claudio Reyna	31	2	16+2	2	2	0	1	0	10	0
14	MF		Ronald de Boer	26	7	17	6	1	0	1	0	7	1
15	DF		Bert Konterman	51	3	36+1	3	3	0	1	0	10	0
16	FW		Billy Dodds	41	13	16+14	9	1	0	2	1	3+5	3
17	MF		Tugay Kerimoğlu	38	3	17+9	3	1+1	0	2+1	0	6+1	0
18	MF		Neil McCann	35	3	16+5	3	1	0	3	0	2+8	0
19	DF		Scott Wilson	30	0	19+1	0	2	0	3	0	4+1	0
20	FW		Jonatan Johansson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	GK		Jesper Christiansen (from 21 October)	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
21	DF		Sergio Porrini	18	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	3+1	0
22	FW		Tore André Flo	22	13	18+1	11	2	2	1	0	0	0
23	FW		Kenny Miller	35	11	12+15	8	2+1	1	1	1	3+1	1
24	MF		Allan Johnston	25	3	9+4	0	2+1	1	0+2	0	4+3	2
25	DF		Tony Vidmar	22	1	11+4	1	1	0	0	0	4+2	0
26	FW		Peter Løvenkrands	10	0	1+7	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
27	DF		Paul Ritchie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Dariusz Adamczuk	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Tero Penttilä	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Lionel Charbonnier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Marcus Gayle	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Mark Brown	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Bob Malcolm	9	1	3+3	1	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
35	FW		Marco Negri	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
35	MF		Jani Kauppila (from 1 January)	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF		Fabrice Fernandes	4	1	0+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF		Jimmy Gibson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Maurice Ross	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF		Stephen Carson	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
48	MF		Stephen Hughes	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

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

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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2002 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 6)

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First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Clyde Falkirk Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Raith Rovers Ross County

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Third Division	Albion Rovers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Hamilton Academical Montrose Peterhead

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