1996–97 Rangers F.C. season

Date	Name	From	Fee
15 July 1996	Jörg Albertz	Hamburg	£4m
15 July 1996	Joachim Björklund	Vicenza	£1.7m
13 December 1996	Sebastian Rozental	Universidad Catolica	£3.5m
11 March 1997	Andy Dibble	Manchester City	Free
14 March 1997	Mark Hateley	Queens Park Rangers	£0.3m

Out

Date	Name	From	Fee
31 May 1996	Alexei Mikhailichenko		Retired
31 May 1996	Colin Scott	Hamilton Academical	Released
8 August 1996	Billy Thomson	Dundee	Free
13 August 1996	John Morrow	Oldham Athletic	Free

Expendure: £9,500,000
Income: £0
Total loss/gain: £9,500,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 1996	Raith Rovers	H	1–0	46,221	Steven
17 August 1996	Dunfermline Athletic	A	5–2	16,782	McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), Van Vossen
24 August 1996	Dundee United	H	1–0	48,285	Gascoigne
7 September 1996	Motherwell	A	1–0	12,288	Gough
14 September 1996	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	47,240	Durie, Gascoigne, McCoist
21 September 1996	Kilmarnock	A	4–1	14,812	Gascoigne (2, 1 (pen.)), Laudrup, Van Vossen
28 September 1996	Celtic	H	2–0	50,124	Gough, Gascoigne
12 October 1996	Hibernian	A	1–2	12,436	Albertz
19 October 1996	Aberdeen	H	2–2	50,076	Gascoigne, Laudrup (pen.)
26 October 1996	Motherwell	H	5–0	48,160	Gascoigne (3), Laudrup (2)
2 November 1996	Raith Rovers	A	2–2	9,722	Van Vossen, McCoist
14 November 1996	Celtic	A	1–0	50,009	Laudrup
1 December 1996	Aberdeen	A	3–0	19,168	Robertson, Laudrup, Miller
7 December 1996	Hibernian	H	4–3	48,053	McCoist (2), Ian Ferguson, Laudrup
10 December 1996	Dundee United	A	0–1	12,417
14 December 1996	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	45,878	McCoist, Gough, Andersen
17 December 1996	Kilmarnock	H	4–2	39,469	Andersen (3), Robertson
21 December 1996	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–1	15,139	Robertson, Laudrup, Albertz (pen.), Gascoigne
28 December 1996	Raith Rovers	H	4–0	48,322	Gough, Gascoigne, Albertz, McCoist
2 January 1997	Celtic	H	3–1	50,019	Andersen (2), Albertz
4 January 1997	Hibernian	A	2–1	12,650	Andersen, Albertz (pen.)
12 January 1997	Aberdeen	H	4–0	47,509	Andersen (2), Albertz (pen.), Laudrup
15 January 1997	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	15,662	Gascoigne
18 January 1997	Motherwell	A	3–1	13,166	Albertz, Laudrup, Gascoigne
1 February 1997	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0	50,024
8 February 1997	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–0	16,153	Durie, Albertz, Laudrup
23 February 1997	Hibernian	H	3–1	47,618	Gough, Albertz, Laudrup
1 March 1997	Aberdeen	A	2–2	16,331	Laudrup, Moore
12 March 1997	Dundee United	H	0–2	49,192
16 March 1997	Celtic	A	1–0	49,733	Laudrup
22 March 1997	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	50,036	Durie
5 April 1997	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–0	49,832	Albertz, Petric, Laudrup, Hateley
15 April 1997	Raith Rovers	A	6–0	9,745	Durie (2), Petric, Robertson, Laudrup, McCoist
5 May 1997	Motherwell	H	0–2	50,059
7 May 1997	Dundee United	A	1–0	12,180	Laudrup
10 May 1997	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3	13,097	McInnes

UEFA Champions League

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1996	QR	Alania Vladikavkaz	H	3–1	44,799	McInnes, McCoist, Petric
21 August 1996	QR	Alania Vladikavkaz	A	7–2	32,000	McCoist (3), Laudrup (2), Van Vossen, Miller
11 September 1996	GS	Grasshopper Zurich	A	0–3	20,030
25 September 1996	GS	Auxerre	H	1–2	37,344	Gascoigne
16 October 1996	GS	Ajax	A	1–4	47,000	Durrant
30 October 1996	GS	Ajax	H	0–1	42,265
20 November 1996	GS	Grasshopper Zurich	H	2–1	34,192	McCoist (2, 1 (pen.))
4 December 1996	GS	Auxerre	A	1–2	21,300	Gough

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 January 1997	R3	St Johnstone	H	2–0	45,037	Andersen, Rozental
15 February 1997	R4	East Fife	H	3–0	41,064	Robertson, Steven, McCoist
6 March 1997	QF	Celtic	A	0–2	49,284

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1996	R2	Clydebank	A	3–0	7,450	Van Vossen (2), McCoist
4 September 1996	R3	Ayr United	H	3–1	44,732	Albertz, Gascoigne, McInnes
17 September 1996	QF	Hibernian	H	4–0	45,104	Van Vossen (2), Durie, Albertz
22 October 1996	SF	Dunfermline Athletic	N	6–1	16,791	Laudrup (2), Andersen (2), McInnes, Albertz
24 November 1996	F	Heart of Midlothian	N	4–3	48,559	McCoist (2), Gascoigne (2)

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Goram, AndyAndy Goram	GK	38	0
Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven	MF	10	2
Albertz, JorgJorg Albertz	MF	47	13
Gough, RichardRichard Gough	DF	41	6
Petric, GordanGordan Petric	DF	40	3
Björklund, JoachimJoachim Björklund	DF	40	0
Durie, GordonGordon Durie	FW	24	6
McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes	MF	33	4
McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist	FW	37	20
McCall, StuartStuart McCall	MF	13	0
Laudrup, BrianBrian Laudrup	MF	43	21
Durrant, IanIan Durrant	MF	16	1
Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller	MF	21	2
van Vossen, PeterPeter van Vossen	FW	26	9
Cleland, AlecAlec Cleland	DF	45	0
Gascoigne, PaulPaul Gascoigne	MF	34	17
Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson	MF	31	1
Moore, CraigCraig Moore	DF	31	1
Bo Andersen, ErikErik Bo Andersen	FW	25	12
Boyack, StevenSteven Boyack	MF	1	0
Snelders, TheoTheo Snelders	GK	7	0
Shields, GregGreg Shields	DF	10	0
Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson	DF	30	5
Wilson, ScottScott Wilson	DF	4	0
McLaren, AlanAlan McLaren	DF	20	0
Rozental, SebastiánSebastián Rozental	FW	2	1
Dibble, AndyAndy Dibble	GK	7	0
Hateley, MarkMark Hateley	FW	4	1
Fitzgerald, DarrenDarren Fitzgerald	FW	1	0
Wright, StephenStephen Wright	DF	2	0
Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson	MF	1	0
McGinty, BrianBrian McGinty	MF	1	0
McKnight, PaulPaul McKnight	FW	1	0
Brown, JohnJohn Brown	DF	1	0

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1996–97 in Scottish football

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

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

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4)

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Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Raith Rovers Rangers

First Division	Airdrieonians Clydebank Dundee East Fife Falkirk Greenock Morton Partick Thistle St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

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