1998–99 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1998–99 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Dick Advocaat
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 1st
P36 W23 D8 L5 F78 A31
Scottish Cup Winners
League Cup Winners
UEFA Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League:
Rod Wallace (19)
All:
Rod Wallace (27)

The 1998–99 season is the 118th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1998–99 season. They started the season under new management with Dick Advocaat replacing Walter Smith. The squad Smith had left behind was past its best so Advocaat - with the financial backing of Murray - set about rebuilding almost the entire squad.

Success quickly followed and Advocaat built a team that gave the club their first domestic treble since the 1992–93 season. The Scottish Cup was secured by a 1–0 win against Celtic and the League Cup by a 2–1 defeat of St Johnstone.

The club enjoyed its best season in Europe since 1992–93 as well, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup before being knocked out by Italian side Parma.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
18 May 1998 Netherlands Arthur Numan Netherlands PSV Eindhoven £4.5m
6 July 1998 Argentina Gabriel Amato Spain Real Mallorca £4.2m
6 July 1998 Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst Netherlands Feyenoord £5m
15 July 1998 Russia Andrei Kanchelskis Italy Fiorentina £5.5m
16 July 1998 France Lionel Charbonnier France AJ Auxerre £1.2m
16 July 1998 England Rod Wallace England Leeds United Free
31 July 1998 Romania Daniel Prodan Spain Atlético Madrid £2.2m
4 August 1998 Scotland Colin Hendry England Blackburn Rovers £4m
6 November 1998 France Stephane Guivarc'h England Newcastle United £3.5m [1]
14 December 1998 Scotland Neil McCann Scotland Hearts £2m
24 December 1998 Germany Stefan Klos Germany Borussia Dortmund £0.75m
1 January 1999 Northern Ireland Lee Feeney Northern Ireland Linfield £0.1m
1 April 1999 Australia Craig Moore England Crystal Palace £1m [2]
13 April 1999 United States Claudio Reyna Germany VfL Wolfsburg £2m

Out

Date Player To Fee
31 May 1998 Scotland Ally McCoist Scotland Kilmarnock Released
31 May 1998 Scotland Andy Goram Scotland Motherwell Released
31 May 1998 Scotland Stuart McCall England Bradford City Released
31 May 1998 Scotland Stephen Wright England Bradford City Released
31 May 1998 Scotland Richard Gough United States San Jose Earthquakes Free
31 May 1998 Scotland Alan McLaren Retired
7 June 1998 Denmark Brian Laudrup England Chelsea Free
15 June 1998 Scotland Ian Durrant Scotland Kilmarnock Free
20 June 1998 Sweden Joachim Björklund Spain Valencia £2.5m
30 June 1998 Scotland Alec Cleland England Everton Free
7 July 1998 Netherlands Peter van Vossen Netherlands Feyenoord Free
24 October 1998 Italy Gennaro Gattuso Italy Salernitana £4m
10 October 1998 Australia Craig Moore England Crystal Palace £0.8m
6 November 1998 Serbia Gordan Petric England Crystal Palace £0.3m
13 November 1998 Scotland Darren Murray Scotland Clyde Free
22 February 1999 Scotland Steven Boyack Scotland Dundee £0.025m

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
1 August 1998 Heart of MidlothianA1–215,892Wallace
15 August 1998 MotherwellH2–149,275Wallace, Albertz (pen.)
22 August 1998 KilmarnockA3–117,608Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Miller
29 August 1998 St JohnstoneH4–048,732Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
12 September 1998 Dundee UnitedA0–012,788
20 September 1998 CelticH0–050,026
23 September 1998 AberdeenA1–117,862Wallace
26 September 1998 Dunfermline AthleticA2–011,507B.Ferguson, Johansson
4 October 1998 DundeeH1–048,348Albertz(pen.)
17 October 1998 Heart of MidlothianH3–049,749Wallace (2), Johansson
28 October 1998 MotherwellA0–111,777
31 October 1998 Dundee UnitedH2–149,503Wallace, Amoruso
8 November 1998 St JohnstoneA7–09,636Wallace, Johansson, Kanchelskis,
Albertz (2, 2 (pens.)), Guivarc'h (2)
14 November 1998 AberdeenH2–149,479Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
21 November 1998 CelticA1–559,703van Bronckhorst
5 December 1998 Dunfermline AthleticH1–147,465van Bronckhorst
12 December 1998 KilmarnockH1–049,781Wallace
19 December 1998 Heart of MidlothianA3–217,134Wallace, Guivarc'h (2)
26 December 1998 St JohnstoneH1–049,479Porrini
30 December 1998 Dundee UnitedA2–111,707Wallace, Wilson
3 January 1999 CelticH2–250,059Wallace, Amato
27 January 1999 DundeeA4–09,453Guivarc'h, Miller (2), Johansson
30 January 1999 AberdeenA4–219,537Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, Porrini
7 February 1999 Dunfermline AthleticA3–011,500Kanchelskis, Johansson (2)
20 February 1999 DundeeH6–149,462Albertz(3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, McCann (2)
28 February 1999 KilmarnockA5–016,242Wallace (3), Johansson, McCann
13 March 1999 MotherwellH2–149,483Wallace, Johansson
20 March 1999 Dundee UnitedH0–149,164
4 April 1999 St JohnstoneA1–39,740Moore
14 April 1999 Dunfermline AthleticH1–046,220van Bronckhorst
18 April 1999 DundeeA1–111,051Vidmar
25 April 1999 AberdeenH3–149,145Wallace, Kanchelskis, Amato (pen.)
2 May 1999 CelticA3–059,918McCann (2), Albertz (pen.)
9 May 1999 Heart of MidlothianH0–049,495
15 May 1999 MotherwellA5–111,078Amato (3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis
23 May 1999 KilmarnockH1–148,835Amato

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
22 July 1998 QR1ShelbourneA5–36,047Albertz (2 pens), van Bronckhorst, Amato (2)
29 July 1998 QR1ShelbourneH2–046,906Johansson (2)
11 August 1998 QR2PAOKH2–035,392Wallace, Kanchelskis
25 August 1998 QR2PAOKA0–030,388
11 September 1998 R1Beitar JerusalemA1–114,000Albertz
1 October 1998 R1Beitar JerusalemH4–245,610Johansson, Wallace, Porrini, Gattuso
22 October 1998 R2Bayer LeverkusenA2–122,000Johansson, van Bronckhorst
5 November 1998 R2Bayer LeverkusenH1–150,012Johansson
24 November 1998 R3ParmaH1–149,514Wallace
8 December 1998 R3ParmaA1–317,000Albertz

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
23 January 1999 R3StenhousemuirH2–037,759Wallace, Guivarc'h
14 February 1999 R4Hamilton AcademicalA6–07,339Vidmar, Kanchelskis, McCann, Albertz(pen.),
Johansson (2)
6 March 1999 QFFalkirkH2–139,250McCann, Amoruso
11 April 1999 SFSt JohnstoneN4–020,664McCann, Johansson, van Bronckhorst, Wallace
29 May 1999 FCelticN1–052,670Wallace

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18 August 1998 R3Alloa AthleticH4–037,201Albertz(2), B.Ferguson, Amoruso
8 September 1998 QFAyr UnitedA2–011,198Miller, Amato
25 October 1998 SFAirdrieoniansN5–021,171Johansson, Wallace (2), I.Ferguson, Durie
29 November 1998 FSt JohnstoneN2–145,533Guivarc'h, Albertz

Appearances

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK France Lionel Charbonnier 19 0 11 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
2 DF Italy Sergio Porrini 54 3 35 2 5 0 4 0 10 1
3 DF Italy Lorenzo Amoruso 49 3 33 1 4 1 3 1 9 0
4 DF Romania Daniel Prodan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Netherlands Arthur Numan 19 0 8+2 0 0 0 2+1 0 6 0
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 39 2 22 1 2+1 0 4 1 10 0
7 MF Russia Andrei Kanchelskis 45 9 30+1 7 4+1 1 2 0 7 1
8 MF Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst 53 10 35 7 4+1 1 4 0 9 2
9 FW Scotland Gordon Durie 13 1 1+4 0 0 0 0+2 1 4+2 0
10 FW Argentina Gabriel Amato 31 9 13+7 6 1+2 0 2 1 0+6 2
11 MF Germany Jörg Albertz 53 19 33+1 11 5 1 4 3 8+2 4
12 DF Sweden Jonas Thern 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 GK Finland Antti Niemi 14 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5+1 0
14 MF Scotland Ian Ferguson 26 1 4+9 0 0+1 0 0+3 1 5+4 0
15 DF Serbia Gordan Petrić 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
15 FW France Stéphane Guivarc'h (from 6 November) 18 7 10+3 5 3+1 1 1 1 0 0
16 FW England Rod Wallace 51 27 34 19 5 3 4 2 8 3
17 MF Scotland Derek McInnes 9 0 0+7 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Italy Gennaro Gattuso 11 1 3+2 0 0 0 1 0 2+3 1
18 MF Scotland Neil McCann (from 14 December) 24 8 15+4 5 5 3 0 0 0 0
19 DF Australia Craig Moore 14 0 7 0 0 0 1+1 0 5 0
19 GK Germany Stefan Klos (from 24 December) 23 0 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Finland Jonatan Johansson 37 17 13+12 8 1+2 3 2 1 6+1 5
21 DF Norway Ståle Stensaas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 DF Scotland Scott Wilson 20 1 7+5 1 1+4 0 1 0 1+1 0
23 FW Scotland David Graham 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
24 MF Scotland Barry Nicholson 6 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Australia Tony Vidmar 39 2 26+2 1 5 1 2 0 3+1 0
27 MF Scotland Charlie Miller 21 4 2+13 3 1+1 0 0+2 1 0+2 0
28 DF Italy Luigi Riccio 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Chile Sebastian Rozental 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Northern Ireland Lee Feeney 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Scotland Colin Hendry 32 0 17+3 0 3 0 3+1 0 4+1 0
38[3] DF Australia Craig Moore 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF United States Claudio Reyna 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. "Ae fond kiss as Rangers acquire some more French flair"
  2. Upon his return from Crystal Palace as his previous number was taken
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