2009–10 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers 2009–10 football season
Rangers
2009–10 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
(until 26 August)
Alastair Johnston
(from 26 August)
ManagerWalter Smith
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st
P38 W26 D9 L3 F82 A28
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupWinners
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Boyd (23)
All:
Kris Boyd (26)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2009–10 season was the 130th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 54 competitive matches during the 2009–10 season. A quiet summer in terms of transfer arrivals contrasted to the outgoings. The club removed eleven players who had made first team appearances from the wage bill on permanent and loan deals. The only addition to the playing staff was Jérôme Rothen on a season loan, Rothen was the first player to sign for the club in over a year. On 26 August, chairman David Murray stepped down and was replaced by non-executive director Alastair Johnston.[1] Johnston stated that one of his main priorities was to find a buyer for owner Murray's shares.[2] On 24 October, Rangers manager Walter Smith was reported to say that Lloyds Banking Group, who the club was in debt to, was "effectively running the club".[3][4] On 12 November, the extent of the club's financial problems was shown to be £31m in debt, a rise of £10m from the previous year.[5]

On the field, Rangers' Scottish Premier League title defence got off to a stuttering start, three wins in the league was followed by three draws, the first Old Firm victory of the season was followed by poor performances against St Johnstone and dropped points at home to Hibernian. The side lost their first league match of the season away to Aberdeen on 28 November but then embarked on a six-match winning run, scoring 26 goals in the process. At the start of 2010, Rangers sat at the top of the league. The second Old Firm fixture finished in a 1–1 draw. Rangers had a ten-point lead by mid February.[6] Rangers won the third Old Firm match 1-0 thanks to an injury time winner from Maurice Edu which all but secured the title.[7] The side had to wait nearly two months to be confirmed as champions due to dropping points to St Johnstone and Dundee United. On 25 April Rangers won their 53rd league title after defeating Hibernian 1–0 at Easter Road, with Kyle Lafferty scoring the only goal.[8]

In the domestic cup competitions, Rangers won the League Cup after a 1–0 victory over St Mirren in the final, despite being reduced to nine men with Danny Wilson and Kevin Thomson being sent-off. However, Rangers were unable to retain the Scottish Cup after losing 1–0 to eventual winners Dundee United in a quarter-final replay.

Rangers were seeded in pot two of the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time. The club was drawn against Spanish team Sevilla, German outfit VfB Stuttgart and Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni. A 1–1 away draw in Germany was followed by two consecutive 4–1 defeats at home to Sevilla and Unirea, the latter being regarded as one of the club's worst ever European results.[9][10] Rangers were left with a small chance of qualifying from the group after a 1–1 draw in the return leg with Unirea, a match that saw trouble in the Rangers fans section of the stadium; the club was later charged by UEFA for inappropriate conduct[11] and following an investigation fined €20,000 plus ordered to pay the cost of repairing the damage to the stadium infrastructure caused by its supporters.[12] The side finished bottom of their group and was knocked out of European football altogether after two defeats from in the final two matches.

Players

Squad information

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 28 1998 187 0 2013 Youth system
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 24 2008 36 4 2013 £2.6m
3 DF Scotland David Weir (captain) 39 2007 (Winter) 177 5 2010 Free
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 31 2008 50 4 2011 £3m left on 30 January
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 30 2006 155 4 2011 £0.45m
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 31 2007 113 14 2011 £2.25m
7 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 25 2008 119 12 2012 £3m
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 25 2007 (Winter) 109 3 2011 £2m
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 26 2005 (Winter) 192 128 2010 £0.4m
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 31 2004 255 71 2010 £0.45m
11 MF France Jérôme Rothen 32 2009 8 0 2010 Loan left on 29 January
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 23 2008 81 9 2012 £1.9m
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 25 2007 129 19 2012 £2m
17 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 31 2008 11 5 2011 £1m out on season loan
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 30 2008 121 45 2011 £2m
19 MF Spain Aarón 20 2008 5 2 2010 Loan left on 30 August
20 MF United States DaMarcus Beasley 27 2007 47 7 2010 £0.7m
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 25 2007 84 1 2010 Free
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 28 2008 1 1 2011 £0.4m out on season loan
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra[13] 27 2008 62 3 2012 £2.5m
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 32 2008 (Winter) 38 0 2011 Free
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 24 2002 75 1 2010 Youth system
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 22 2008 71 16 2013 £3.25m
29 MF Scotland John Fleck 18 2007 36 3 2013 Youth system
41 GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 20 2006 0 0 2010 Youth system
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 22 2006 1 0 2011 £0.025m
47 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 21 2005 1 0 2010 Youth system
48 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 20 2006 11 1 2011 Youth system
66 DF Scotland Danny Wilson 18 2007 24 1 2011 Youth system
69 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 19 2007 2 0 2012 Youth system

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
11 MF France Jérôme Rothen 31 Paris Saint-Germain France Loan Summer 2010 n/a [14]

Last updated: 24 May 2010
 Total spending: £0

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 31 Free agent End of contract Summer Free [15]
23 DF Scotland Christian Dailly 35 Charlton Athletic England End of contract Summer Free [15][16]
46 MF South Africa Dean Furman 20 Oldham Athletic England End of contract Summer £0.05m [17][18]
48 DF Scotland William McLachlan 20 Clyde End of contract Summer Free [19][20]
50 FW Scotland Chris Craig 20 Dumbarton End of contract Summer Free [19][21]
40 GK Scotland Lee Robinson 22 Kilmarnock End of contract Summer Free [22]
49 DF Scotland Ross Harvey 20 Dumbarton End of contract Summer Free [19][23]
60 GK Latvia Artūrs Vaičulis 21 AEP Paphos Cyprus End of contract Summer Free [19]
54 MF Cyprus Georgios Efrem 19 Omonia Nicosia Cyprus End of contract Summer Free [24]
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 26 St Johnstone Transfer Summer Free [25]
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 27 Dundee United Loan Summer n/a [26]
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 31 Birmingham City England Transfer Summer £1.25m [27]
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 23 Blackpool England Transfer Summer £1.35m[28] [29][30]
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 26 Plymouth Argyle England Transfer Summer £0.2m [31]
17 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 30 Bristol City England Loan Summer n/a [32]
46 DF Scotland Steven Kinniburgh 20 Oxford United England Loan Summer n/a [33]
54 DF Scotland Ross Perry 19 Oxford United England Loan Summer n/a [33]
19 MF Spain Aarón 20 Valencia Spain Loan Return Summer n/a [34]
50 FW Turkey Isa Bagci 19 Bursaspor Turkey Transfer Summer Undisclosed [35]
62 GK Scotland Gary Inglis 17 Hamilton Academical Loan Summer n/a [36]
47 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 21 Queen of the South Loan n/a n/a [37]
42 DF Scotland Alan Lowing 21 East Fife End of contract Winter Free [38]
52 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 20 Dundee Loan Winter n/a [39]
11 MF France Jérôme Rothen 31 Paris Saint-Germain France Loan return Winter n/a [40][41]
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 21 St Mirren Loan Winter n/a [42]
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 30 Sporting CP Portugal Transfer Winter £1.5m [40]
43 FW Scotland Steven Lennon 22 Lincoln City England Loan Winter n/a [43]
44 MF Scotland Paul Emslie 21 Peterhead Loan Winter n/a [44]
53 MF England Tom Miller 19 Dundalk Republic of Ireland Transfer n/a Free [45]

Last updated: 19 February 2010
 Total income: £4,350,000

Squad statistics

Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Champions League Scottish Cup League Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 46 46 34 6 6
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 10 20 2 15 2 4 1
3 DF Scotland David Weir 51 51 38 5 5 3
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 8 8 4 3 1
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 47 47 2 34 2 6 4 3
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 44 47 7 34 5 6 1 4 3 1
7 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 50 50 4 36 3 6 5 3 1
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 35 39 25 6 4 4
9 CF Scotland Kris Boyd 33 40 26 31 23 2 5 3 2
10 CF Spain Nacho Novo 20 49 9 35 6 6 1 4 1 4 1
11 LW France Jérôme Rothen 7 8 4 3 1
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 28 39 4 28 3 4 3 4 1
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 47 50 11 35 7 6 5 3 4 1
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 39 45 21 33 18 5 6 2 1 1
20 LW United States DaMarcus Beasley 9 14 2 9 2 2 2 1
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 15 16 12 4
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 22 23 2 17 1 3 1 2 1
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 8 9 5 4
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 12 18 12 1 2 3
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 25 39 7 28 7 4 5 2
29 MF Scotland John Fleck 12 23 2 15 1 3 3 2 1
47 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 1 1 1
48 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 3 10 1 6 1 3 1
66 DF Scotland Danny Wilson 24 24 1 14 1 2 5 3
69 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 2 2
Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2009/2010 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Goal scorers

N
P
 Nat.
Name
League
 Scottish
Cup
 League
Cup
 Europe
 Total
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 23 3 26
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 18 2 1 21
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 7 1 3 11
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 6 1 1 1 9
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 5 1 1 7
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 7 7
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 3 1 4
7 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 3 1 4
20 MF United States DaMarcus Beasley 2 2
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 1 1 2
29 MF Scotland John Fleck 1 1 2
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 2 2
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 2 2
48 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 1 1
66 DF Scotland Danny Wilson 1 1

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N
P
 Nat.
Name
YC

RC
3 DF Scotland David Weir 5
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 2 1
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 10
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 15 1
7 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 1
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 5 2
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 8
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 1
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 8
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 7
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 5 1
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 2
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 4 1
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 1
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 5
29 MF Scotland John Fleck 2
48 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 1
66 DF Scotland Danny Wilson 1 1

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland David Murray
(until 26 August)[1]
Scotland Alastair Johnston
(from 26 August)[1]
Chief executive Scotland Martin Bain
Finance director Scotland Donald McIntyre
Non-executive director Scotland John Greig
Non-executive director Scotland John McClelland
Non-executive director Scotland Dave King
Non-executive director Scotland Mike McGill
(from 16 October)[46]
Non-executive director Scotland Donald Muir
(from 16 October)[46]
Non-executive director Scotland Paul Murray
Non-executive director Scotland Donald Wilson
(until 16 October)[46]

Source: Wikipedia article[circular reference]

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
Head of Sports Science Wales Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Jim Stewart

Source: Wikipedia article[circular reference]


Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football
Administration 		Scotland Andrew Dickson
Physiotherapist Scotland Philip 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]

Matches

Scottish Premier League

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 15 August 2009 Scottish Premier League 1 H Falkirk 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,239
Referee
Rangers Falkirk
14' McCulloch
34' Miller
72' Miller
83' Naismith
2 23 August 2009 Scottish Premier League 2 A Heart of Midlothian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
16,284
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
Red card 13' Thomson
63' McCulloch
90' (pen.) Boyd
3 29 August 2009 Scottish Premier League 3 H Hamilton Academical 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
47,633
Referee
Rangers Hamilton Academical
19' Whittaker
27' Boyd
65' Boyd
67' Whittaker
4 12 September 2009 Scottish Premier League 4 A Motherwell 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 BST
Attendance
9,355
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
Yellow card 86' Red card Bougherra
6 19 September 2009 Scottish Premier League 5 A Kilmarnock 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
10,310
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
Kilmarnock Rangers
Red card 43' Mendes
8 26 September 2009 Scottish Premier League 6 H Aberdeen 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
47,968
Referee
10 4 October 2009 Scottish Premier League 7 H Celtic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
50,276
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Celtic
8' Miller
16' Miller
25' (pen.) McGeady
11 17 October 2009 Scottish Premier League 8 A St Johnstone 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
7,807
Referee
William Collum Scotland
St Johnstone Rangers
17' Samuel
40' Boyd
83' Papac
13 24 October 2009 Scottish Premier League 9 H Hibernian 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
46,892
Referee
Charlie Richmond Scotland
Rangers Hibernian
8' Boyd
63' Stokes
16 7 November 2009 Scottish Premier League 11 H St Mirren 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
45,750
Referee
Rangers St Mirren
1' Boyd
57' Boyd
88' O'Donnell
17 21 November 2009 Scottish Premier League 12 H Kilmarnock 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
45,358
Referee
Alan Muir Scotland
Rangers Kilmarnock
7' Boyd
25' Miller
35' Whittaker
19 28 November 2009 Scottish Premier League 13 A Aberdeen 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
16,153
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Aberdeen Rangers
17' Miller
20 5 December 2009 Scottish Premier League 14 A Falkirk 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
6,903
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Falkirk Rangers
17' Boyd
36' Boyd
74' (pen.) Miller
22 12 December 2009 Scottish Premier League 15 H St Johnstone 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
44,662
Referee
Rangers St Johnstone
1' Boyd
27' (pen.) Boyd
51' Novo
23 15 December 2009[47] Scottish Premier League 10 A Dundee United 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
10,037
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
26' Beasley
58' Miller
75' Miller
24 19 December 2009 Scottish Premier League 16 H Motherwell 6–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
44,291
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Motherwell
5' Miller
53' Boyd
58' Miller
75' Lafferty
84' Beasley
88' Lafferty
25 27 December 2009 Scottish Premier League 17 A Hibernian 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
16,894
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
1' Stokes
21' Miller
37' Boyd
53' Novo
66' Miller
26 30 December 2009 Scottish Premier League 18 H Dundee United 7–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
48,721
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Rangers Dundee United
20' (pen.) Boyd
25' Boyd
29' Boyd
Red card 51' Miller
68' Whittaker
75' Boyd
80' Boyd
85' Bougherra
27 3 January 2010 Scottish Premier League 19 A Celtic 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
58,300
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
Celtic Rangers
29 16 January 2010 Scottish Premier League 20 A Hamilton Academical 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
5,343
Referee
Hamilton Academical Rangers
78' Novo
31 23 January 2010 Scottish Premier League 21 H Heart of Midlothian 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
47,031
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
90+1' Little
75' Robinson
32 27 January 2010 Scottish Premier League 22 A St Mirren 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
5,260
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
St Mirren Rangers
2' Davis
86' Novo
33 30 January 2010 Scottish Premier League 23 H Falkirk 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
45,907
Referee
Rangers Falkirk
18' Davis
57' Fleck
62' Whittaker
36 10 February 2010 Scottish Premier League 24 A Motherwell 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
9,352
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
28' Hateley
80' Boyd
37 14 February 2010 Scottish Premier League 25 H Hibernian 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
13:30 GMT
Attendance
48,161
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
Rangers Hibernian
50' Whittaker
72' (pen.) Boyd
90+1' Miller
39 28 February 2010 Scottish Premier League 27 H Celtic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
50,320
Referee
Rangers Celtic
90+3' Edu
40 6 March 2010 Scottish Premier League 28 H St Mirren 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
47,474
Referee
Charlie Richmond Scotland
Rangers St Mirren
32' McCulloch
46' McCulloch
78' Novo
30' Carey
41 9 March 2010 Scottish Premier League 29 A Kilmarnock 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
8,906
Referee
Alan Muir Scotland
Kilmarnock Rangers
55' Whittaker
61' Miller
45 27 March 2010 Scottish Premier League 31 A Heart of Midlothian 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
16,832
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
16' Suso
5' Wilson
31' Miller
49' Naismith
77' Naismith
46 30 March 2010[48] Scottish Premier League 26 A St Johnstone 1–4
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
6,189
Referee
St Johnstone Rangers
7' Sheridan
12' Millar
36' Craig
79' Davidson
16' Papac
47 3 April 2010 Scottish Premier League 32 H Hamilton Academical 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
48,068
Referee
Rangers Hamilton Academical
11' Edu
48 7 April 2010[49] Scottish Premier League 30 H Aberdeen 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
47,061
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Rangers Aberdeen
24' Davis
65' Lafferty
76' Miller
68' Mackie
49 14 April 2010 Scottish Premier League 33 A Dundee United 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
11,100
Referee
50 18 April 2010 Scottish Premier League 34 H Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
47,590
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
54' Lafferty
84' (pen.) Miller
51 25 April 2010 Scottish Premier League 35 A Hibernian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:30 BST
Attendance
10,573
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Hibernian Rangers
52 1 May 2010 Scottish Premier League 36 A Dundee United 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
10,003
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
2' Boyd
41' Novo
53 4 May 2010 Scottish Premier League 37 A Celtic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
58,000
Referee
Celtic Rangers
8' Naylor
45' Fortuné
43' Miller
Yellow card 90+1' Red card McCulloch
54 9 May 2010 Scottish Premier League 38 H Motherwell 3–3
Report Report link
Kick off
13:30 BST
Attendance
50,321
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
17' Boyd
40' Lafferty
70' Lafferty
51' Murphy
90' Jennings
90+3' (pen.) Jutkiewicz

Last updated: 9 May 2010
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
5 16 September 2009 UEFA Champions League GS A Germany VfB StuttgartGermany 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
51,000
Referee
VfB Stuttgart Rangers
9 29 September 2009 UEFA Champions League GS H SevillaSpain 1–4
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
40,572
Referee
Jonas Eriksson Sweden
Rangers Sevilla
88' Novo
50' Konko
64' Adriano
72' Luís Fabiano
74' Kanouté
12 20 October 2009 UEFA Champions League GS H Unirea UrziceniRomania 1–4
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
37,500
Referee
Rangers Unirea Urziceni
2' (o.g.) Vilana
33' Bilaşco
50' (o.g.) Lafferty
59' (o.g.) McCulloch
65' Brandán
15 4 November 2009 UEFA Champions League GS AR Romania Unirea UrziceniRomania 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
9,923
Referee
Unirea Urziceni Rangers
18 24 November 2009 UEFA Champions League GS H VfB StuttgartGermany 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
41,468
Referee
Rangers VfB Stuttgart
16' Rudy
59' Kuzmanović
21 9 December 2009 UEFA Champions League GS A Spain SevillaSpain 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
38,000
Referee
Sevilla Rangers
8' (pen.) Kanouté

Last updated: 9 December 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.

Scottish Cup

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
28 10 January 2010 Scottish Cup 4 A Hamilton Academical 3–3
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 GMT
Attendance
3,940
Referee
Charlie Richmond Scotland
Hamilton Academical Rangers
39' (pen.) Mensing
45+1' Paixão
45+3' Antoine-Curier
4' Whittaker
30' Miller
63' (pen.) Miller
30 19 January 2010 Scottish Cup 4 R H Hamilton Academical 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
21,856
Referee
Charlie Richmond Scotland
Rangers Hamilton Academical
35 6 February 2010 Scottish Cup 5 A St Mirren 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
4,909
Referee
38 17 February 2010 Scottish Cup 5 R H St Mirren 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
31,086
Referee
Rangers St Mirren
86' Boyd
42 14 March 2010 Scottish Cup QF H Dundee United 3–3
Report Report link
Kick off
12:05 GMT
Attendance
24,096
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
34' (pen.) Boyd
43' (pen.) Boyd
48' Novo
44 24 March 2010 Scottish Cup QF R A Dundee United 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
11,898
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
90' D.Robertson

Last updated: 24 March 2010
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
7 23 September 2009 League Cup 3 A Queen of the South 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:35 BST
Attendance
6,120
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Queen of the South Rangers
90+1' Harris
16' Naismith
79' Novo
14 27 October 2009 League Cup QF A Dundee 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
10,654
Referee
Dundee Rangers
15' Whittaker
57' MacKenzie (o.g.)
85' Fleck
34 3 February 2010 League Cup SF N St Johnstone 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:35 GMT
Attendance
17,371
Referee
Rangers St Johnstone
26' Davis
37' McCulloch
43 21 March 2010 League Cup F N St Mirren 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
44,538
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
St Mirren Rangers
Red card 53' Thomson
Red card 71' Wilson
84' Miller

Last updated: 21 March 2010
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 26 July 2009 Friendly A Germany 1. FC NürnbergGermany 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
16:00 GMT
Attendance
27,211
Referee
Robert Hartmann Germany
1. FC Nürnberg Rangers
48' Naismith
71' Novo
2 28 July 2009 Friendly A Germany SC WiedenbrückGermany 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
2,500
SC Wiedenbrück Rangers
70' Velička
75' Aarón
89' (pen.) Aarón
3 1 August 2009 Emirates Cup Day 1 N England Paris Saint-GermainFrance 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
54,121
Referee
Alan Kelly Republic of Ireland
Rangers Paris Saint-Germain
4 2 August 2009 Emirates Cup Day 2 A England ArsenalEngland 0–3
Report Report link
Kick off
16:15 BST
Attendance
56,758
Referee
Mike Dean England
Arsenal Rangers
5 5 August 2009 Friendly H Manchester CityEngland 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
35,120
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Manchester City
20' Novo
55' Miller
90' Weir
27' Ireland
53' Petrov
6 8 August 2009 Friendly A England PortsmouthEngland 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
9,018
Referee
Portsmouth Rangers

Last updated: 8 August 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.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — — 1st 15 August 9 May
UEFA Champions League Group stage — Group stage 16 September 9 December
League Cup 3rd round — Winners 23 September 21 March
Scottish Cup 4th Round — Quarter-finals 10 January 24 March

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 26 9 3 82 28 +54 87 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Celtic 38 25 6 7 75 39 +36 81 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Dundee United 38 17 12 9 55 47 +8 63 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
4 Hibernian 38 15 9 14 58 55 +3 54 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Motherwell 38 13 14 11 52 54 −2 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ by winning the Scottish Cup.

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 9 3 82 28  +54 87 15 4 0 52 13  +39 11 5 3 30 15  +15

Last updated: 9 May 2010.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAH
ResultWWWDDDWWDWWWLWWWWWDWDWWDWLWWWWWWDWWWLD
Position12112221212122211111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2010. Source: Wikipedia article
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

Group G

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Sevilla 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Advance to knockout phase
2 Germany VfB Stuttgart 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9
3 Romania Unirea Urziceni 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 Transfer to Europa League
4 Scotland Rangers 6 0 2 4 4 13 −9 2
Source: RSSSF

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