2008–09 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers 2008–09 football season
Rangers
2008–09 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerWalter Smith
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupWinners
League CupRunners-up
Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Boyd (27)
All:
Kris Boyd (31)
Highest home attendance50,403 vs Celtic
(27 December)
Lowest home attendance27,588 vs Hamilton Academical
(8 March)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2008–09 season was the 129th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 2008–09 season. The season began disastrously as the club exited the UEFA Champions League and European football altogether, losing 2–1 on aggregate to Lithuanian side FBK Kaunas in the second qualifying round. The first leg at Ibrox finished goalless, but the return leg ended in defeat for Rangers after an 87th-minute header from Linas Pilibaitis. The financial consequences of the failures to qualify for the Champions League were revealed when the club posted a loss of £3.9m for the six months to December 2008, and in March decided to offer staff the option of voluntary redundancy as a way of cutting costs.[1] There was also mounting pressure on the manager to reduce the first team squad from 28 players to a more manageable figure. The player excess was eased slightly with the departures of Chris Burke, Jean-Claude Darcheville and a couple out on loan deals but the increased debt meant that the club needed to find a cash injection. This resulted in the attempted sale of Kris Boyd to Birmingham City which fell through due to the players wage demands.[2]

In the first Old Firm game of the season, Rangers won 4–2, with Pedro Mendes scoring his first goal for the club, and Kenny Miller scoring a double against his former employers. But the team's league form stuttered thereafter. Despite a run of five wins from six matches following the Old Firm victory, the side trailed Celtic by seven points in the league at the turn of the year. For the first few months of 2009 both sides dropped and gained points on the other and Rangers briefly took over top spot of the Scottish Premier League on 21 February after a win against Kilmarnock. The spell as league leaders lasted less than a fortnight. A defeat and a draw, both at home, to Inverness and Hearts respectively, saw Smith's side sit second in the table, one point behind Celtic, at the split. The fourth Old Firm league meeting of the season finished with a 1–0 win to Rangers, thanks to a Steven Davis strike. This meant that, with three league games remaining, Rangers were two points ahead of Celtic. Further twists and turns followed, both Old Firm sides drew their matches against Hibernian at Easter Road, and so Rangers were ahead by two points with one round of matches remaining. Smith's side just needed a win against Dundee United to guarantee the club's 52nd league title. That is exactly what they got, goals from Kyle Lafferty, Pedro Mendes and Kris Boyd sealed a 3–0 win and the club's first league championship in four seasons.[3]

The club played in the finals of both of the domestic cup competitions for the second season running. The 2009 Scottish League Cup Final was reached by defeating Partick Thistle, Hamilton and Falkirk en route but the final ended in a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Old Firm rivals Celtic. The match was Walter Smith's first ever Old Firm final and was marred by a Kirk Broadfoot sending off deep into extra time for a foul on Aidan McGeady inside the penalty box. Celtic were subsequently awarded a penalty which McGeady himself converted.[4]

Rangers qualified for the 2009 Scottish Cup Final after beating St Mirren 3–0 in the semi-final. The second goal of the game was scored by Kris Boyd and was his 100th goal for Rangers. The team faced Falkirk at Hampden Park on 30 May 2009 in what was the club's 51st Scottish Cup Final appearance. A Nacho Novo strike in the first minute of the second half gave Rangers a 1–0 win and completed the domestic double.[5]

Players

Squad information

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 27 1998 141 0 2013 Youth system
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 23 2008 16 2 2013 £2.6m
3 DF Scotland David Weir (captain) 39 2007 (Winter) 126 5 2010 Free
4 DF Spain Carlos Cuéllar 27 2007 65 5 2011 £2.37m left on 12 August
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 30 2008 42 4 2011 £3m
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 29 2006 108 2 2011 £0.45m
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 31 2005 (Winter) 431 61 2010 £4.5m
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 31 2005 108 2 2009 Free
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 24 2007 (Winter) 70 3 2011 £2m
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 25 2005 (Winter) 152 102 2010 £0.4m
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 30 2004 206 64 2010 £0.45m
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 23 2003 87 18 2012 Youth system
12 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 31 2007 66 7 2011 £2.25m
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 22 2008 42 5 2012 £1.9m
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 26 2007 2 0 2010 Free
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 26 2007 1 0 2010 Free
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 25 2000 131 14 2009 Youth system left on 12 January
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 29 2008 76 24 2011 £2m
19 FW France Jean-Claude Darcheville 33 2007 59 16 2009 Free left on 1 January
20 MF United States DaMarcus Beasley 27 2007 33 5 2010 £0.7m
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 24 2007 68 1 2010 Free
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 27 2008 1 1 2011 £0.4m
23 DF Scotland Christian Dailly 35 2008 (Winter) 36 2 2009 Free
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 26 2008 39 1 2012 £2.5m
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 31 2008 (Winter) 29 0 2011 Free
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 23 2002 57 1 2010 Youth system
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 21 2008 32 9 2013 £3.25m
28 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 24 2007 79 8 2012 £2m
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 31 2007 44 13 2010 £1.1m left on 1 September
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 20 2008 5 2 2010 Loan
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 24 2008 69 8 2012 £3m
37 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 30 2008 11 5 2011 £1m
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 21 2006 1 0 2011 £0.025m
53 MF Scotland John Fleck 17 2007 13 1 2011 Youth system
56 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 20 2006 1 0 2011 Youth system
  • Last updated: 24 May 2009
  • Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

Football Squads (for appearances, goals and player's number)

  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 26 Wigan Athletic England Transfer Summer 2011 £0.45m [6]
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 28 Derby County England Transfer Summer 2011 £2m [7]
37 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 29 Viking Norway Transfer Summer 2011 £1m [8]
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 20 Burnley England Transfer Summer 2013 £3.25m [9]
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 25 Charlton Athletic England Transfer Summer 2012 £2.5m [10]
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 19 Valencia Spain Loan Summer 2010 n/a [11]
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 29 Portsmouth England Transfer Summer 2011 £3m [12]
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 23 Fulham England Transfer Summer 2012 £3m [13]
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 22 Toronto FC Canada Transfer Summer 2013 £2.6m [14][15]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
 Total spending: £17.8m

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
54 DF Scotland Nicholas Gallacher 18 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [16]
57 FW Ivory Coast Lacine Cherif 17 Kilmarnock End of contract Summer n/a [16]
55 MF Scotland Alistair Park 17 Hibernian End of contract Summer n/a [16]
50 DF England Michael Donald 19 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a [16]
31 GK Scotland Calum Reidford 21 Dunfermline Athletic End of contract Summer n/a [17]
41 DF Scotland Chris Smith 19 Greenock Morton End of contract Summer n/a [18]
52 MF Belgium Jeroen Van Den Broeck 19 AGOVV Netherlands End of contract Summer n/a [18]
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 24 Valenciennes France Transfer Summer £1m [19]
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 27 Cercle Brugge Belgium Transfer Summer Free [20]
4 DF Spain Carlos Cuéllar 26 Aston Villa England Transfer Summer £7.8m [21]
43 FW Scotland Steven Lennon 20 Partick Thistle Loan Summer n/a [22]
80 GK Scotland Mark Weir 16 Kilmarnock Loan Summer n/a [22]
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 26 Bristol City England Loan Summer n/a [23]
36 MF South Africa Dean Furman 20 Bradford City England Loan Summer n/a [24]
42 DF Scotland Alan Lowing 20 Clyde Loan Summer n/a [25]
44 MF Scotland Paul Emslie 20 Clyde Loan Summer n/a [25]
41 GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 19 Cowdenbeath Loan Summer n/a [26]
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 31 Hull City England Transfer Summer £3.5m [27]
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 25 Blackpool England Loan Summer n/a [28]
40 GK England Lee Robinson 22 St Johnstone Loan n/a n/a [29]
52 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 19 Dundee Loan n/a n/a [30]
55 DF Scotland Steven Kinniburgh 19 Queen of the South Loan n/a n/a [31]
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 20 Dunfermline Athletic Loan n/a n/a [32]
48 DF Scotland William McLachlan 19 Airdrie United Loan n/a n/a
40 GK Scotland Lee Robinson 22 Queen of the South Loan n/a n/a [33]
19 FW France Jean-Claude Darcheville 33 Valenciennes France Transfer Winter Free [34]
47 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 20 Hamilton Academical Loan Winter n/a [35]
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 25 Cardiff City Wales Transfer Winter Free [36]
54 MF Cyprus Georgios Efrem 19 Dundee Loan Winter n/a [37]
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 26 Norwich City England Loan Winter n/a [38]
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 23 Blackpool England Loan Winter n/a [39]
49 DF Scotland Ross Harvey 19 Brechin City Loan n/a n/a [40]
55 DF Scotland Steven Kinniburgh 19 St Johnstone Loan n/a n/a [41]

Last updated: 31 March 2008
 Total income: £12.3m

Squad statistics

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Allan McGregor 35 0 27 0 3 0 3 0 2 0
2 MF United States USA Maurice Edu 16 2 11+1 2 2+1 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO David Weir 47 2 36 2 5 0 4 0 2 0
4 MF Portugal POR Pedro Mendes 42 4 35 3 3 0 4 1 0 0
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Saša Papac 39 2 29 1 4 1 4 0 2 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson 27 2 17+5 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF Algeria ALG Brahim Hemdani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Thomson 14 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
9 FW Scotland SCO Kris Boyd 46 31 33+2 27 4+1 1 3+1 3 0+2 0
10 FW Spain ESP Nacho Novo 38 9 7+22 5 0+3 2 2+2 2 1+1 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Adam 11 0 7+2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Lee McCulloch 20 0 10+2 0 2+2 0 1+1 0 2 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Steven Naismith 11 0 1+6 0 2+1 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Alan Gow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Chris Burke 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Kenny Miller 38 13 25+5 10 4+1 3 1 0 2 0
19 FW France FRA Jean-Claude Darcheville 11 1 4+4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 MF United States USA DaMarcus Beasley 12 0 6+4 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 DF Scotland SCO Kirk Broadfoot 34 0 27 0 1 0 4 0 2 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Andy Webster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Scotland SCO Christian Dailly 14 0 7+2 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 2 0
24 DF Algeria ALG Madjid Bougherra 39 1 31 1 5 0 3 0 0 0
25 GK Scotland SCO Neil Alexander 14 0 11 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF Scotland SCO Steven Smith 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Northern Ireland NIR Kyle Lafferty 32 9 11+14 6 2+1 2 2+1 1 0+1 0
28 DF Scotland SCO Steven Whittaker 31 3 19+5 2 4 1 1 0 2 0
29 FW Gabon GAB Daniel Cousin 2 1 1+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Spain ESP Aarón Ñíguez 5 2 0+3 0 1+1 2 0 0 0 0
35 MF Northern Ireland NIR Steven Davis 43 7 34 6 4+1 1 4 0 0 0
37 FW Lithuania LTU Andrius Velička 11 5 6+2 4 1 1 0 0 0+2 0
45 FW Scotland SCO Rory Loy 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 MF Scotland SCO John Fleck 10 1 7+1 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
56 FW Northern Ireland NIR Andrew Little 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Top Scorer

N
P
 Nat.
Name
SPL
 SC
 SLC
 E
 Total
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 27 1 3 31
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 10 3 13
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 5 2 2 9
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 6 2 1 9
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 5 1 1 7
37 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 4 1 5
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 3 1 4
28 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 2 1 3
3 DF Scotland David Weir 2 2
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 2 2
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 2 2
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 1 1 2
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 1 1 2
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 2 2
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 1 1
53 MF Scotland John Fleck 1 1
19 FW France Jean-Claude Darcheville 1 1
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 1 1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N
P
 Nat.
Name
YC

RC
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 1
3 DF Scotland David Weir 5 1
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 7
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 6 1 1
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 3
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 4
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 6
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 2
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 2
12 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 6
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 1
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 3
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 4 1
23 DF Scotland Christian Dailly 4
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 8 1
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 2
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 6
28 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 5
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 1 1
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 1
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 1
53 MF Scotland John Fleck 1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland David Murray
Chief executive Scotland Martin Bain
Finance director Scotland Donald McIntyre
Non-executive director Scotland John Greig
Non-executive director Scotland Alastair Johnston
Non-executive director Scotland John McClelland
Non-executive director Scotland Dave King
Non-executive director Scotland Paul Murray
Non-executive director Scotland Donald Wilson

Source: Wikipedia article[circular reference]s

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Walter Smith
Assistant manager Scotland Ally McCoist
First-team coach Scotland Kenny McDowall
First-team coach Scotland Ian Durrant
(from 30 June)
Fitness coach Wales Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Jim Stewart

Source: Wikipedia article[circular reference]s


Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football
administration 		Scotland Andrew Dickson
Physiotherapist Scotland Phillip Yeates
Doctor Scotland Dr Paul Jackson
Chief scout Scotland Ewan Chester
Massuer Scotland David Lavery
Kit controller Scotland Jimmy Bell
Video analyst Scotland Steve Harvey

Source: Wikipedia article[circular reference]s

Matches

Scottish Premier League

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
3 9 August 2008 Scottish Premier League 1 A Falkirk 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
6,669
Referee
Falkirk Rangers
4 16 August 2008 Scottish Premier League 2 H Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
48,191
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
37' Lafferty
90' (pen.) Boyd
Yellow card 74' Red card Mikoliunas
5 23 August 2009 Scottish Premier League 3 A Aberdeen 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
16,489
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Aberdeen Rangers
45' Young
24' Weir
6 31 August 2008 Scottish Premier League 4 A Celtic 4–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
58,595
Referee
Celtic Rangers
37' Cousin
52' Miller
62' Mendes
Yellow card 75' Red card Cousin
79' Miller
7 13 September 2008 Scottish Premier League 5 H Kilmarnock 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,019
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
58' Boyd
62' Boyd
Yellow card 90' Red card Papac
9' Wright
8 21 September 2008 Scottish Premier League 6 H Motherwell 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,448
Referee
Eddie Smith Scotland
Rangers Motherwell
57' Davis
76' Novo
87' Clarkson
10 28 September 2008 Scottish Premier League 7 A Hibernian 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
15,292
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
31' Miller
40' Miller
73' Bougherra
11 5 October 2008 Scottish Premier League 8 A St Mirren 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
7,520
Referee
William Collum Scotland
St Mirren Rangers
77' McGinn
12 25 October 2008 Scottish Premier League 10 A Hamilton Academical 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
4,613
Referee
Hamilton Academical Rangers
26' Easton
42' (pen.) Boyd
50' Boyd
80' Novo
14 1 November 2008 Scottish Premier League 11 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,255
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
7' Novo
14' Boyd
19' Boyd
28' (pen.) Boyd
45' Miller
15 4 November 2008[42] Scottish Premier League 9 H Dundee United 3–3
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
48,686
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Dundee United
11' Davis
37' Papac
90' Thomson
17' Sandaza
58' Sandaza
59' Robertson
16 9 November 2008 Scottish Premier League 12 A Kilmarnock 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
10,153
Referee
Eddie Smith Scotland
Kilmarnock Rangers
50' Weir
54' Boyd
87' Miller
90' Whittaker
17 12 November 2008 Scottish Premier League 13 A Motherwell 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
9,600
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
18 15 November 2008 Scottish Premier League 14 H St Mirren 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,321
Referee
David Somers Scotland
Rangers St Mirren
5' Boyd
10' Davis
81' Miranda
19 22 November 2008 Scottish Premier League 15 H Aberdeen 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,166
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Aberdeen
52' Darcheville
68' Boyd
20 29 November 2008 Scottish Premier League 16 A Heart of Midlothian 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
15,710
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
20' Zaliukas
23' Kingston
Yellow card 76' Red card Wallace
21 6 December 2008 Scottish Premier League 17 H Hamilton Academical 7–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,282
Referee
Rangers Hamilton Academical
11' Miller
28' (pen.) Boyd
52' Boyd
62' Boyd
80' Lafferty
88' Novo
90' Davis
2' McArthur
Red card 51' Canning
22 13 December 2008 Scottish Premier League 18 A Dundee United 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
11,362
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
50' Wilkie
54' Feeney
11' Boyd
76' Lafferty
23 20 December 2008 Scottish Premier League 19 H Hibernian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,538
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
Rangers Hibernian
11' Boyd
24 27 December 2008 Scottish Premier League 20 H Celtic 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
50,403
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Celtic
25 4 January 2009 Scottish Premier League 21 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
7,056
Referee
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers
46' Mendes
81' Boyd
87' Boyd
27 17 January 2009 Scottish Premier League 22 H Falkirk 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,811
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Rangers Falkirk
45' (pen.) Boyd
Red card 77' Papac
80' Boyd
90' Davis
12' Lovell
Red card 51' Cregg
28 24 January 2009 Scottish Premier League 23 A Aberdeen 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
20,441
Referee
30 31 January 2009 Scottish Premier League 24 H Dundee United 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,911
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
78' (pen.) Fleck
90' Lafferty
31 15 February 2009 Scottish Premier League 25 A Celtic 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
58,766
Referee
33 21 February 2009 Scottish Premier League 26 H Kilmarnock 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,301
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
29' Miller
33' Boyd
35' Boyd
17' Hamill
34 28 February 2009 Scottish Premier League 27 A Hamilton Academical 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
5,895
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Hamilton Academical Rangers
35 4 March 2009 Scottish Premier League 28 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
48,129
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Red card 90' Weir
90' Black
38 21 March 2009 Scottish Premier League 29 H Heart of Midlothian 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,310
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
39 5 April 2009 Scottish Premier League 30 A Falkirk 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
6,853
Referee
Falkirk Rangers
9' Boyd
40 8 April 2009[45] Scottish Premier League 31 A St Mirren 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
6,231
Referee
Eddie Smith Scotland
St Mirren Rangers
56' Dorman
12' Boyd
19' Edu
41 11 April 2009 Scottish Premier League 32 H Motherwell 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,080
Referee
David Somers Scotland
Rangers Motherwell
2' Velička
10' Boyd
65' (pen.) Boyd
37' Sutton
42 19 April 2009 Scottish Premier League 33 A Hibernian 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
14,014
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
Hibernian Rangers
34' Sutton
84' Rankin
2' Whittaker
52' Velička
73' Edu
44 3 May 2009 Scottish Premier League 34 H Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:30 BST
Attendance
49,663
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
45' Velička
89' Boyd
45 9 May 2009 Scottish Premier League 35 H Celtic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
50,321
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Celtic
37' Davis
46 13 May 2009 Scottish Premier League 36 A Hibernian 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
13,765
Referee
Eddie Smith Scotland
Hibernian Rangers
41' Riordan
80' Novo
47 16 May 2009 Scottish Premier League 37 H Aberdeen 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
50,295
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
Red card 40' Bougherra
41' (o.g.) Foster
68' Miller
Red card 18' Mulgrew
77' Paton
48 24 May 2009 Scottish Premier League 38 A Dundee United 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
13:00 BST
Attendance
14,077
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
6' Lafferty
45' Mendes
52' Boyd

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Champions League

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 30 July 2008 Champions League QR2 H FBK KaunasLithuania 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
34,847
Referee
Kevin Blom Netherlands
2 5 August 2008 Champions League QR2 A Lithuania FBK KaunasLithuania 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
18:05 BST
Attendance
5,500
Referee
Stefan Johannesson Sweden
FBK Kaunas Rangers
33' Thomson

Last updated: 5 August 2008
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
26 13 January 2009 Scottish Cup 4 A St Johnstone 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:05 BST
Attendance
7,746
Referee
St Johnstone Rangers
43' (o.g.) McCaffrey
79' Novo
32 18 February 2009[46] Scottish Cup 5 A Forfar Athletic 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
4,718
Referee
Eddie Smith Scotland
Forfar Athletic Rangers
Red card 70' Elliot Smith
8' Papac
54' Miller
84' Aarón
90' Miller
36 8 March 2009 Scottish Cup QF H Hamilton Academical 5–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
27,588
Referee
Rangers Hamilton Academical
15' Whittaker
35' Lafferty
45' (pen.) Aarón
53' Davis
81' Lafferty
26' Quinn
43 25 April 2009 Scottish Cup SF N St Mirren 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 BST
Attendance
32,431
Referee
Rangers St Mirren
2' Velička
66' Boyd
70' Miller
49 30 May 2009 Scottish Cup F N Falkirk 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
51,193
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Falkirk
46' Novo

Last updated: 30 May 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
9 24 September 2008 League Cup 3 A Partick Thistle 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
6,497
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
Partick Thistle Rangers
33' McKeown
25' Boyd
116' Mendes
13 28 October 2008 League Cup QF H Hamilton Academical 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
32,083
Referee
Eddie Smith Scotland
Rangers Hamilton Academical
25' Boyd
50' Lafferty
29 27 January 2009 League Cup SF N Falkirk 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
24,507
Referee
Charlie Richmond Scotland
Rangers Falkirk
8' Novo
40' Novo
88' Boyd
37 15 March 2009 League Cup F N Celtic 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
51,193
Referee
Celtic Rangers
91' O'Dea
120' (pen.) McGeady
Yellow card 120' Red card Broadfoot

Last updated: 15 March 2009
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 13 July 2008 Friendly A Germany Preußen MünsterGermany 1–0
Report Report link
Attendance
5,211
Referee
Cetin Sevinc Germany
Preußen Münster Rangers
35' (pen.) Adam
2 16 July 2008 Friendly A Germany Sportfreunde LotteGermany 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
18:00 BST
Attendance
3,000
Referee
Rene Kunsleben Germany
Sportfreunde Lotte Rangers
5' Dennis Rommel
70' Boyd
71' Boyd
86' Fleck
3 19 July 2008 Friendly A Germany Schalke 04Germany 0–1
Report Report link
Attendance
28,350
Referee
Detlef Scheppe Germany
Schalke 04 Rangers
4 22 July 2008 Friendly A Clyde 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
7,653
Referee
Steven Nicholls Scotland
Clyde Rangers
79' Novo
5 26 July 2008 Friendly A Raith Rovers 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
4,865
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
Raith Rovers Rangers
31' Smith
70' Novo
79' Cousin
6 2 August 2008 Friendly H LiverpoolEngland 0–4
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,223
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Liverpool
23' Torres
56' N'Gog
60' Benayoun
70' (pen.) Alonso
7 4 February 2009 Friendly H MilanItaly 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
45,197
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Rangers Milan
64' Beasley
82' Papac
69' Pato
77' Kaká

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: [citation needed]
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — 1st 9 August 24 May
Champions League Second Qualifying Round Second Qualifying Round 30 July 6 August
League Cup 3rd round Runners-up 24 September 15 March
Scottish Cup 4th Round Winners 13 January 30 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Rangers (C) 38 26 8 4 77 28 +49 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Celtic 38 24 10 4 80 33 +47 82 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 16 11 11 40 37 +3 59 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 Aberdeen 38 14 11 13 41 40 +1 53 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Dundee United 38 13 14 11 47 50 −3 53
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.

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 8 4 77 28  +49 86 15 2 2 44 15  +29 11 6 2 33 13  +20

Last updated: 24 May 2009.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHHAAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWWDWWWWLDWWWDWWLWDWLWWDWDWWLWDWWWWWDWW
Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2009. Source: 2008–09 Scottish Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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  42. ^ Original date was 18 October 2009 - postponed due to death of Dundee United Chairman Eddie Thompson
  43. ^ Boyd was officially credited with the goal but it was recorded as a Karipidis (Own goal) by media sources, see Boyd's page
  44. ^ Boyd gets gift of a goal for his tally, match referee awards Boyd the goal
  45. ^ Original date was 15 March 2009 - postponed due to Rangers involvement in the League Cup Final
  46. ^ Original date was 8 February 2009 - postponed due to a frozen and unplayable pitch
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