2010–11 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers 2010–11 football season
Rangers
2010–11 season
ChairmanAlastair Johnston
(until 23 May)
Craig Whyte
(from 24 May)
ManagerWalter Smith
GroundIbrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League1st
Scottish CupFifth round
League CupWinners
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Europa LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kenny Miller (21)
All:
Kenny Miller (22)
Highest home attendance50,248 vs Celtic
(24 April 2011)
Lowest home attendance13,215 vs Kilmarnock
(10 January 2011)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2010–11 season was the 131st season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 2010–11 season. With financial problems at the club ongoing, the summer began for Rangers with several players leaving the club. With a limited transfer budget and a small squad. Walter Smith had to decide whether to increase the number of playing staff or improve the starting eleven, he opted for quality.[1]

Both sides of the Old Firm began the season with eight league wins in a row, however, with the sides meeting on matchday nine something had to give. Rangers claimed a 3–1 victory over Celtic and took early control of the league. A 1–1 draw at home to Inverness CT the following weekend ended Rangers 100% start to the season and a home defeat to Hibernian inflicted the team's first league defeat of the season, the first of five. The cold spell in the winter of 2010–11 saw many postponements and for long spells Rangers were behind Celtic but with games in hand. In the third league meeting between the Old Firm, Celtic came out on top and mathematical lead the table, for the first time that season. However Celtic's advantage was short lived after a loss to Motherwell the following week.[2] This allowed Rangers to regain top spot, but 3–2 loss to Dundee United at Ibrox followed by a 0–0 draw in the final Old Firm fixture left the title in Celtic's hands, with just four matches remaining. There was to be a final twist in the league season, on 3 May Celtic lost a rearranged match away to Inverness and so with three matches remaining Rangers had a one-point lead. Smith's side went on to win all three fixtures, scoring 11 goals, and claimed the club's 54th league championship.[3]

In the domestic cup competitions Rangers won the League Cup after beating Celtic 2-1 AET.[4] However, Rangers lost 1–0 to Celtic in the fifth round replay in Scottish Cup. The match was marked by several incidents, three Rangers players were sent-off and Celtic manager Neil Lennon and McCoist were involved in a pitch side bust up.[5]

In Europe, Rangers automatically qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stages for the second season in a row. They drew Manchester United, Valencia and Bursaspor. Rangers were unbeaten in their first three group stage games, with a 0–0 draw at Old Trafford, a 1–0 victory over Bursaspor at Ibrox and a 1–1 draw at home to Valencia. A 3–0 defeat in Spain to Valencia followed by a 1–0 loss at home to Manchester United ended Rangers chances of qualifying for the last 16, but third place and a spot in the UEFA Europa League was already secured with Bursaspor having failed to pick up a point in five games. In the last group match Rangers drew 1–1 in Turkey, giving Bursaspor their first Champions League point. However, Rangers did make it to the last 16 of the Europa League, beating Sporting Lisbon on away goals in the last 32 but lost to PSV Eindhoven on aggregate.

On 6 May 2011, it was confirmed that David Murray had sold his controlling interest in the club (85.3%) to Wavetower limited for £1, a company owned by businessman Craig Whyte.[6]

Players

Squad information

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 29 1998 235 0 2013 Youth system
3 DF Scotland David Weir (captain) 41 2007 (Winter) 230 5 2011 Free
4 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 26 2007 98 1 2013 Free
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 31 2006 201 7 2011 £0.45m
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 33 2007 143 15 2013 £2.25m
7 MF United States Maurice Edu 25 2008 83 9 2013 £2.6m
8 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 26 2008 172 17 2012 £3m
9 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 31 2008 144 67 2011 £2m left on 21 January
10 MF Scotland John Fleck 19 2007 53 3 2013 Youth system
11 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 23 2008 115 31 2013 £3.25m
12 DF Scotland Richard Foster 25 2010 24 0 2011 Loan
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 24 2008 125 24 2015 £1.9m
15 FW Northern Ireland David Healy 31 2011 (Winter) 10 1 2011 Free
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 26 2007 181 26 2012 £2m
17 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 31 2008 11 5 2011 £1m left on 31 January
17 FW Senegal El Hadji Diouf 30 2011 (Winter) 22 2 2011 Loan
18 FW Croatia Nikica Jelavić 25 2010 27 19 2014 £4m
19 FW England James Beattie 33 2010 10 0 2012 £1.25m
20 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 21 2010 35 5 2011 Loan
21 DF England Kyle Bartley 19 2011 (Winter) 9 1 2011 Loan
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 29 2008 3 1 2011 £0.4m left on 31 January
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 22 2005 2 0 2012 Youth system
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 28 2008 109 5 2012 £2.5m
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 33 2008 (Winter) 45 0 2013 Free
28 LW France Salim Kerkar 23 2010 1 0 2011 Free
29 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 22 2006 13 2 2011 Youth system
34 FW Scotland Rory Loy 22 2006 2 0 2011 £0.025m left on 28 January
39 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 20 2007 23 0 2012 Youth system
40 MF Scotland Jamie Ness 20 2007 13 1 2015 Youth system
41 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 20 2008 14 0 2014 Youth system
45 DF Scotland Darren Cole 19 2008 1 0 2013 Youth system
  • Last updated: 15 May 2011
  • Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

Football Squads (for player's number)

  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
50 MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 18 Manchester City England Transfer Summer 2012 Free [7]
19 FW England James Beattie 32 Stoke City England Transfer Summer 2012 £1.25m [8]
20 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 20 Manchester City England Loan Summer 2011 £0.7m [9][10]
18 FW Croatia Nikica Jelavić 24 Rapid Wien Austria Transfer Summer 2014 £4m [11]
12 DF Scotland Richard Foster 25 Aberdeen Loan Summer 2011 n/a [12]
28 MF Algeria Salim Kerkar 23 Gueugnon France Transfer n/a 2011 Free [13]
15 FW Northern Ireland David Healy 31 Sunderland England Transfer Winter 2011 Free [14]
21 DF England Kyle Bartley 19 Arsenal England Loan Winter 2011 n/a [15]
17 FW Senegal El Hadji Diouf 30 Blackburn Rovers England Loan Winter 2011 n/a [16]

Last updated: 31 January 2011
 Total spending: £5.95m

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
68 DF Scotland Scott Durie 18 East Fife End of contract Summer n/a [17][18]
61 GK Scotland Mark Weir 18 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a [17]
65 DF Scotland Stephen Forbes 19 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a [17]
43 FW Scotland Steven Lennon 22 Dundalk Republic of Ireland End of contract Summer n/a [17]
44 MF Scotland Paul Emslie 22 Peterhead End of contract Summer n/a [17][19]
46 DF Scotland Steven Kinniburgh 20 Oxford United England End of contract Summer n/a [17][20]
77 MF New Zealand Andrew Milne 17 Auckland City New Zealand End of contract Summer n/a [17]
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 31 Sporting Gijón Spain End of contract Summer n/a [21][22]
20 MF United States Damarcus Beasley 28 Hannover 96 Germany End of contract Summer n/a [21]
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 24 Norwich City England End of contract Summer n/a [21][23]
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 26 Middlesbrough England End of contract Summer n/a [24][25]
41 GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 20 Forfar Athletic Loan Summer n/a [26]
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 25 Middlesbrough England Transfer Summer £2m [27]
66 DF Scotland Danny Wilson 18 Liverpool England Transfer Summer £2m [28]
17 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 31 Aberdeen Loan Summer n/a [12]
38 MF Scotland Stephen Stirling 21 Stirling Albion Loan Winter n/a [29]
9 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 31 Bursaspor Turkey Transfer Winter £0.4m [30]
42 FW Scotland Archie Campbell 20 Cowdenbeath Loan Winter n/a [31]
34 FW Scotland Rory Loy 22 Carlisle United England Transfer Winter Undisclosed [32]
19 FW England James Beattie 32 Blackpool England Loan Winter n/a [33]
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 28 Free agent Contract terminated Winter n/a [16]
17 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 31 Free agent Contract terminated Winter n/a [16]
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 22 Wrexham Wales Loan Winter n/a [34]
36 DF Scotland Ross Perry 21 Falkirk Loan n/a n/a [35]

Last updated: 10 February 2011
 Total income: £4.4m

New contracts

N
Pos.
 Nat.
Name
 Age
 Status
 Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 26 Rejected 3 years June 2013 [36]
4 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 25 Signed 3 years June 2013 [37]
3 DF Scotland David Weir 40 Signed 1 year June 2011 [38]
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 21 Signed 2 years June 2012 [39]
30 GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 20 Signed 2 years June 2012 [40]
37 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 20 Signed 1 year June 2011 [41]
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 32 Signed 2 years June 2013 [42]
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 32 Signed 2 years June 2013 [43]
45 DF Scotland Darren Cole 18 Signed 2 years June 2013 [44]
48 FW England Kane Hemmings 18 Signed 2 years June 2013 [44]
9 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 31 Rejected 2 years June 2013 [45][46]
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 24 Signed 3 years May 2015 [47]
40 MF Scotland Jamie Ness 19 Signed 2 years June 2013 [48]
40 MF Scotland Jamie Ness 20 Signed 4 years June 2015 [49]
41 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 20 Signed 2 years June 2014 [50]
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 28 Rejected 2 years June 2014 [51]

Last updated: 11 April 2011

Squad statistics

Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Champions League Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Europa League
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 48 48 37 6 3 2
3 DF Scotland David Weir 53 53 37 6 3 3 4
4 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 12 14 8 4 2
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 46 46 3 34 3 4 3 2 3
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 26 30 1 21 5 1 1 3
7 MF United States Maurice Edu 41 47 5 33 2 4 1 3 3 1 4 1
8 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 53 53 5 37 4 6 3 3 1 4
9 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 23 25 22 18 21 6 1 1
10 MF Scotland John Fleck 5 17 13 1 1 1 1
11 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 31 44 15 31 11 4 2 1 3 3 4
12 DF Scotland Richard Foster 19 24 15 3 2 4
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 40 44 15 31 11 6 1 2 4 3 1
15 FW Northern Ireland David Healy 2 10 1 8 1 2
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 52 52 7 36 4 6 3 2 3 4 1
17 FW Senegal El Hadji Diouf 11 22 2 15 1 2 1 4 1
18 FW Croatia Nikica Jelavić 24 27 19 23 16 1 3 3
19 FW England James Beattie 6 10 7 2 1
20 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 22 35 4 23 4 3 2 4 3
21 DF England Kyle Bartley 9 9 1 5 1 1 3
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 2 2 1 1
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 1 1
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 47 47 2 31 1 5 3 4 1 4
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 7 7 1 4 2
28 MF France Salim Kerkar 1 1
29 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 2 2 1 2 1
34 FW Scotland Rory Loy 1 1
39 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 12 21 15 1 3 2
40 MF Scotland Jamie Ness 10 13 1 11 2 1
41 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 5 14 7 2 1 3 1
45 DF Scotland Darren Cole 1 1 1
Last updated: 15 May 2011
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2010/2011 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

N
P
 Nat.
Name
League
 Scottish
Cup
 League
Cup
 Champions
League
 Europa
League
 Total
9 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 21 1 22
18 FW Croatia Nikica Jelavić 16 3 19
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 11 3 1 15
11 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 11 1 3 15
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 4 2 1 7
20 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 5 5
7 MF United States Maurice Edu 2 1 1 1 5
8 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 4 1 5
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 3 3
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 1 1 2
17 FW Senegal El Hadji Diouf 1 1 2
29 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 1 1
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 1 1
40 MF Scotland Jamie Ness 1 1
15 FW Northern Ireland David Healy 1 1
21 DF England Kyle Bartley 1 1
Own goal 7 7

Last updated: 15 May 2011
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N
P
 Nat.
Name
YC

RC
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 2
3 DF Scotland David Weir 9
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 7
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 7
7 MF United States Maurice Edu 6
8 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 2
9 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 1
10 MF Scotland John Fleck 1
11 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 8 1
12 DF Scotland Richard Foster 3
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 12 1
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 4 1
17 FW Senegal El Hadji Diouf 4
18 FW Croatia Nikica Jelavić 6
19 FW England James Beattie 1
20 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 5
21 DF England Kyle Bartley 1
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 14 1
40 MF Scotland Jamie Ness 1
41 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 2

Last updated: 15 May 2011
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland Alastair Johnston
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 Paul Murray
Non-executive director Scotland Mike McGill
(until 6 May)[6]
Non-executive director Scotland Donald Muir
(until 6 May)[6]
Non-executive director England Paul Betts
(from 6 May)[6]

Source: Wikipedia article[circular reference]

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Walter Smith
(until 16 May)[52]
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
Scotland Alan Main
(from 7 January)
(until 3 March)[53]

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
(until 28 May)[54]
Scotland Neil Murray
(from 8 March)[55]
First-team scout Scotland John Brown
(from 8 March)[55]
Massuer Scotland Davie Lavey
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 14 August 2010 Scottish Premier League 1 H Kilmarnock 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
45,739
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Rangers Kilmarnock
16' Miller
57' Naismith
60' (pen.) Hamill
2 22 August 2010 Scottish Premier League 2 A Hibernian 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 BST
Attendance
17,145
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
Red card 44' McBride
Red card 44' Lafferty
64' Miller
70' Miller
90+3' Miller
3 28 August 2010 Scottish Premier League 3 H St Johnstone 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
46,109
Referee
Rangers St Johnstone
33' Papac
79' Miller
4 11 September 2010 Scottish Premier League 4 A Hamilton Academical 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 BST
Attendance
5,356
Referee
Alan Muir Scotland
Hamilton Academical Rangers
56' (o.g.) Bougherra
6 18 September 2010 Scottish Premier League 5 H Dundee United 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
44,786
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
9' (o.g.) Dillon
69' Miller
77' Naismith
82' Miller
8 26 September 2010 Scottish Premier League 6 A Aberdeen 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
15,307
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Aberdeen Rangers
10' Vernon
30' Maguire
Yellow card 87' Red card Maguire
34' (pen.) Miller
52' Miller
67' Jelavić
10 2 October 2010 Scottish Premier League 7 A Heart of Midlothian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 BST
Attendance
15,637
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
12' Skácel
80' Lafferty
90+4' Naismith
11 16 October 2010 Scottish Premier League 8 H Motherwell 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
44,609
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
47' Naismith
62' Davis
65' Miller
67' Weiss
13 24 October 2010 Scottish Premier League 9 A Celtic 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
58,874
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Celtic Rangers
45+1' Hooper
49' (o.g.) Loovens
55' Miller
67' (pen.) Miller
15 30 October 2010 Scottish Premier League 10 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
43,697
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Edu 11'
17 7 November 2010 Scottish Premier League 11 A St Mirren 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
5,674
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
St Mirren Rangers
76' (pen.) Higdon
48' (o.g.) McAusland
58' Naismith
68' Miller
18 10 November 2010 Scottish Premier League 12 H Hibernian 0–3
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
41,514
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
6' Miller
19' Rankin
76' Dickoh
19 13 November 2010 Scottish Premier League 13 H Aberdeen 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
44,919
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
21' Miller
32' Weiss
20 20 November 2010 Scottish Premier League 14 A Kilmarnock 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 GMT
Attendance
10,177
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
21' Sammon
59' Sammon
42' (pen.) Miller
55' (pen.) Miller
64' Miller
23 11 December 2010 Scottish Premier League 17 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
6,799
Referee
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers
31' Hayes
57' Miller
24 26 December 2010 Scottish Premier League 19 A Motherwell 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
9,371
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
46' Sutton
26' Miller
34' (o.g.) Saunders
51' Weiss
61' Miller
25 2 January 2011 Scottish Premier League 21 H Celtic 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
50,222
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Celtic
62' Samaras
70' (pen.) Samaras
27 15 January 2011 Scottish Premier League 22 H Hamilton Academical 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
44,639
Referee
Rangers Hamilton Academical
25' Weiss
28' (pen.) Whittaker
45+1' Weiss
82' Edu
28 18 January 2011[56][57] Scottish Premier League 25 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
41,623
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
45' Davis
29 22 January 2011 Scottish Premier League 23 A Heart of Midlothian 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
16,737
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
77' Stevenson
30 26 January 2011 Scottish Premier League 24 A Hibernian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
11,696
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
32 2 February 2011[58] Scottish Premier League 16 H Heart of Midlothian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
44,823
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
34 12 February 2011 Scottish Premier League 26 H Motherwell 6–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
43,789
Referee
Alan Muir Scotland
Rangers Motherwell
5' Naismith
34' Jelavić
37' Jelavić
76' (o.g.) Hutchinson
79' Jelavić
83' Healy
36 20 February 2011 Scottish Premier League 27 A Celtic 0–3
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
58,748
Referee
Celtic Rangers
17' Hooper
28' Hooper
70' Commons
38 27 February 2011 Scottish Premier League 28 H St Johnstone 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
43,125
Referee
Steven McLean Scotland
Rangers St Johnstone
5' Jelavić
41' Lafferty
81' Papac
90+2' Jelavić
40 6 March 2011 Scottish Premier League 29 A St Mirren 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 GMT
Attendance
5,405
Referee
William Collum Scotland
St Mirren Rangers
24' Bartley
42 13 March 2011[59] Scottish Premier League 33 H Kilmarnock 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
42,417
Referee
Alan Muir Scotland
Rangers Kilmarnock
38' Diouf
87' (o.g.) Clancy
61' (pen.) Hamill
45 2 April 2011 Scottish Premier League 31 H Dundee United 2–3
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
46,697
Referee
Steve Conroy Scotland
Rangers Dundee United
45' Robertson
77' Russell
89' Goodwillie
46 5 April 2011[60] Scottish Premier League 20 A St Johnstone 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
18:00 BST
Attendance
5,820
Referee
St Johnstone Rangers
47 10 April 2011 Scottish Premier League 32 A Hamilton Academical 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:45 BST
Attendance
4,526
Referee
Alan Muir Scotland
Hamilton Academical Rangers
48 13 April 2011[61] Scottish Premier League 30 A Aberdeen 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
11,925
Referee
Aberdeen Rangers
49 16 April 2011[62][63] Scottish Premier League 18 H St Mirren 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
46,392
Referee
Rangers St Mirren
33' Papac
52' (pen.) Whittaker
50 19 April 2011[64][65][66] Scottish Premier League 15 A Dundee United 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
11,626
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Dundee United Rangers
Red card 21' Kovačević
Red card 59' Dillon
Red card 78' Gomis
22' (pen.) Whittaker
60' (pen.) Whittaker
73' Jelavić
83' Lafferty
51 24 April 2011 Scottish Premier League 34 H Celtic 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
50,248
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
52 30 April 2011 Scottish Premier League 35 A Motherwell 5–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:00 BST
Attendance
8,968
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
18' Lafferty
51' Davis
64' Jelavić
76' Naismith
90+1' Naismith
53 7 May 2011 Scottish Premier League 36 H Heart of Midlothian 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 BST
Attendance
46,178
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
23' Jelavić
40' Lafferty
44' Davis
84' (o.g.) Stevenson
Red card 62' Jónsson
54 10 May 2011 Scottish Premier League 37 H Dundee United 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
49,267
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
55 15 May 2011 Scottish Premier League 38 A Kilmarnock 5–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
16,173
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Kilmarnock Rangers
65' Dayton

Last updated: 15 May 2011
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 14 September 2010 UEFA Champions League GS A England Manchester UnitedEngland 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
74,408
Referee
9 29 September 2010 UEFA Champions League GS H BursasporTurkey 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
41,905
Referee
Rangers Bursaspor
12 20 October 2010 UEFA Champions League GS H ValenciaSpain 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
45,153
Referee
Rangers Valencia
34' Edu
46' (o.g.) Edu
16 2 November 2010 UEFA Champions League GS A Spain ValenciaSpain 0–3
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
25,000
Referee
Valencia Rangers
34' Soldado
71' Soldado
90' Tino Costa
21 24 November 2010 UEFA Champions League GS H Manchester UnitedEngland 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
49,764
Referee
Rangers Manchester United
87' (pen.) Rooney
22 7 December 2010 UEFA Champions League GS A Turkey BursasporTurkey 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
22,000
Referee
Bursaspor Rangers
19' Miller

Last updated: 7 December 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 Europa League

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
35 17 February 2011 UEFA Europa League Round of 32 H Sporting CPPortugal 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:05 GMT
Attendance
34,095
Referee
Rangers Sporting CP
89' Fernández
37 24 February 2011 UEFA Europa League Round of 32 A Portugal Sporting CPPortugal 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
18:00 GMT
Attendance
15,375
Referee
Sporting CP Rangers
42' Mendes
83' Djaló
20' Diouf
90+2' Edu
41 10 March 2011 UEFA Europa League Round of 16 A Netherlands PSVNetherlands 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
18:00 GMT
Attendance
30,000
Referee
43 17 March 2011 UEFA Europa League Round of 16 H PSVNetherlands 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:05 GMT
Attendance
35,373
Referee
Rangers PSV
13' Lens

Last updated: 18 March 2011
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 10 January 2011 Scottish Cup 4 H Kilmarnock 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:30 GMT
Attendance
13,215
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
20' McCulloch
36' Lafferty
71' (pen.) Whittaker
33 6 February 2011 Scottish Cup 5 H Celtic 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 GMT
Attendance
50,230
Referee
Rangers Celtic
3' Ness
41' (pen.) Whittaker
Yellow card 76' Red card Naismith
16' Commons
Red card 38' Forster
65' Brown
39 2 March 2011 Scottish Cup 5 R A Celtic 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
57,847
Referee
Celtic Rangers
48' Wilson
Yellow card 36' Red card Whittaker
Yellow card 90+4' Red card Bougherra

Last updated: 2 March 2011
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 21 September 2010 League Cup 3 H Dunfermline Athletic 7–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
23,120
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
41' Woods
46' Cardle
14 27 October 2010 League Cup QF A Kilmarnock 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
7,561
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
25' Little
61' Naismith
31 30 January 2011 League Cup SF N Motherwell 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
23,432
Referee
William Collum Scotland
Rangers Motherwell
20' Edu
75' Naismith
66' Lasley
44 20 March 2011 League Cup F N Celtic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
51,181
Referee
Craig Thomson Scotland
Celtic Rangers
31' Ledley
Red card 120+1' Izaguirre
24' Davis
98' Jelavić

Last updated: 20 March 2011
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 18 July 2010 Friendly A Queen of the South 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
2,708
Referee
Queen of the South Rangers
56' Miller
2 25 July 2010 Sydney Festival of Football GS N Australia Blackburn RoversEngland 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
06:00 BST
Attendance
14,153
Referee
Peter Green Australia
Rangers Blackburn Rovers
11' Edu
44' Miller
64' (pen.) Dunn
3 28 July 2010 Sydney Festival of Football GS A Australia Sydney FCAustralia 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
11:15 BST
Attendance
9,483
Referee
4 31 July 2010 Sydney Festival of Football GS N Australia AEK AthensGreece 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
08:00 BST
Attendance
15,237
Referee
AEK Athens Rangers
78' Burns
5 4 August 2010 Friendly A Clyde 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
2,687
Referee
Eddie Smith Scotland
Clyde Rangers
49' Stewart
6 7 August 2010 Friendly H Newcastle UnitedEngland 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
13:00 BST
Attendance
30,220
Referee
Rangers Newcastle United
24' Miller
65' Naismith

Last updated: 7 August 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.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — — 1st 14 August 15 May
UEFA Champions League Group stage — Group stage 14 September 7 December
UEFA Europa League Round of 32 — Round of 16 17 February 17 March
League Cup 3rd round — Winners 21 September 20 March
Scottish Cup 4th Round — 5th Round 10 January 2 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 30 3 5 88 29 +59 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 29 5 4 85 22 +63 92 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 9 11 53 45 +8 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 17 10 11 55 50 +5 61 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5 Kilmarnock 38 13 10 15 53 55 −2 49
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Celtic entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian also moved up to the third qualifying round, whilst fourth-placed team Dundee United received the second qualifying round spot.

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 30 3 5 88 29  +59 93 14 2 3 43 14  +29 16 1 2 45 15  +30

Last updated: 15 May 2011.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHHA
ResultWWWWWWWWWDWLWWWWDWWWLWLWWWLWWWLWWDWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2011. Source: 2010–11 Scottish Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Champions League

Group C

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England Manchester United 6 4 2 0 7 1 +6 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 Spain Valencia 6 3 2 1 15 4 +11 11
3 Scotland Rangers 6 1 3 2 3 6 −3 6 Transfer to Europa League
4 Turkey Bursaspor 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1
Source: Soccerway

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