2004–05 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2004–05 season
Chairman John McClelland
(until 1 September)
David Murray
(from 1 September)
Manager Alex McLeish
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 1st
P38 W29 D6 L3 F78 A22
Scottish Cup Third round
League Cup Winners
Champions League Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup Group Stage
Top goalscorer League:
Nacho Novo (19)
All:
Nacho Novo (25)
Highest home attendance 50,143 vs Hibernian
(12 February)
Lowest home attendance 46,278 vs Kilmarnock
(3 October)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season is the 124th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2004–05 season. They went into the season looking to recapture their Scottish Premier League crown, which Celtic had won the season before. Manager Alex McLeish made several summer signings, with the signature of Frenchman Jean-Alain Boumsong being his biggest coup. Others included strikers Dado Prso and Nacho Novo, as well as the experienced midfielder Alex Rae and future Ibrox favourite Marvin Andrews.

Rangers League form began poorly picking up only 8 points from their first 5 matches. Rangers lost the first Old Firm derby of the season 1–0 at Celtic Park and fell behind Celtic in the league. Rangers form improved following the loss to Celtic and they weren't to lose again in the league until April. This run of form included two wins over Celtic in November, once in the League Cup and the other in the League. They also ended a poor run of results at Celtic Park, with a 2–0 victory in February. A 2–1 loss to Celtic at home in April left Rangers five points behind with just four games left of the season. Celtic led by two points on the final day of the season and were winning 1–0 against Motherwell, but two late goals for Motherwell coupled with Rangers 1–0 win over Hibernian saw Rangers win the title, Helicopter Sunday.

Rangers also won the League Cup this season, with a 5–1 victory over Motherwell in the final. Rangers were beaten in the Scottish Cup however, losing 2–1 to Celtic in the third round.

After losing to CSKA Moscow in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Rangers entered the UEFA Cup. Rangers managed to qualify for the newly formed group stages with a penalty shoot-out win over Maritimo. Rangers failed to progress beyond the group stages however, a 2–0 loss at home to Auxerre seeing them fail to stay in Europe beyond Christmas.

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Germany Stefan Klos (captain)33 1998 296 0 2007 £0.7m
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 28 2000 254 20 2009 £3.75m
3 DF Australia Craig Moore 29 1999 (Winter) 252 14 2006 Free left on 3 January
4 DF France Jean-Alain Boumsong 25 2004 28 2 2009 Free left on 2 January
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 24 2005 (Winter) 18 5 2009 £2.3m
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews 29 2004 38 4 2007 Free
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 27 2005 (Winter) 255 38 2010 £4.5m
7 FW Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 27 2001 132 57 2005 £2m
8 MF Scotland Alex Rae 37 2004 32 1 2006 Free
9 FW Croatia Dado Pršo 30 2004 46 21 2007 Free
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 26 2004 48 26 2008 £0.45m
11 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 27 2004 (Winter) 11 2 2007 £0.25m
12 DF Scotland Bob Malcolm 24 1997 115 3 2007 Youth system
14 MF Serbia Dragan Mladenović 29 2004 9 0 2008 £1.1m
15 DF Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili 23 2003 (Winter) 63 0 2008 Free
16 DF Italy Paolo Vanoli 32 2003 42 1 2005 Free
16 DF Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos 25 2005 (Winter) 17 2 2005 Loan
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 21 2000 44 5 2007 Youth system
18 DF England Michael Ball 25 2001 72 2 2006 £4m
19 FW Scotland Steven Thompson 21 2003 (Winter) 64 20 2006 £0.2m
20 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 20 2002 24 1 Youth system
21 DF Scotland Maurice Ross 24 2000 107 3 2007 Youth system
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 23 2001 11 0 Youth system
23 MF Sweden Bojan Djordjic 23 2005 (Winter) 5 0 2005 Free
24 DF France Grégory Vignal 23 2004 42 3 2005 Loan
25 GK Netherlands Ronald Waterreus 34 2005 (Winter) 15 0 2006 £0.05m
26 FW Denmark Peter Løvenkrands 25 2000 135 36 2006 £1.3m
27 MF Scotland Stephen Hughes 22 1999 90 7 Youth system left 31 January
31 MF Tunisia Hamed Namouchi 21 2003 35 6 Free
37 DF Scotland Steven Smith 19 2002 4 0 2008 Youth system
40 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 19 2003 3 0 Youth system out on season loan
42 FW Scotland Robert Davidson 19 2004 2 0 2007 Youth system
45 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 18 2003 3 1 2007 Youth system
  • Last updated: 22 May 2005
  • Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles
  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Ref.
9 CF Croatia Dado Pršo 29 MonacoFrance Transfer Summer 2007 Free [1]
8 CM Scotland Alex Rae 34 Wolverhampton WanderersEngland Transfer Summer 2006 Free [2]
5 CB Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews 28 Livingston Transfer Summer 2007 Free [3]
14 CM Serbia Dragan Mladenović 28 Red StarSerbia Transfer Summer 2008 £1.1m [4]
4 CB France Jean-Alain Boumsong 24 AuxerreFrance Transfer Summer 2009 Free [5]
10 CF Spain Nacho Novo 25 Dundee Transfer Summer 2008 £0.45m [6]
24 LB France Grégory Vignal 23 LiverpoolEngland Loan Summer 2005 n/a [7]
CF Scotland Derek Carcary 18 Queen's Park Transfer Summer Free [8]
23 LW Sweden Bojan Djordjic 22 Manchester UnitedEngland Transfer Winter 2005 Free [9]
4 AM Belgium Thomas Buffel 23 FeyenoordNetherlands Transfer Winter 2009 £2.3m [10]
FW Finland Jukka Santala 23 HJKFinland Transfer Winter Free [11]
16 CB Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos 25 PanathinaikosGreece Loan Winter 2005 n/a [12]
23 GK Netherlands Ronald Waterreus 34 Manchester CityEngland Transfer Winter 2005 £0.1m [13]
6 CM Scotland Barry Ferguson 26 Blackburn RoversEngland Transfer Winter 2010 £4.5m [14]

Last updated: 11 January 2006
 Total spending: £8.45m

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
8 MF Germany Christian Nerlinger 31 Free Agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [15]
4 MF Brazil Emerson 32 Free Agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [2]
20 MF Portugal Nuno Capucho 32 Free Agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [16]
25 DF Norway Henning Berg 34 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [17]
10 FW Netherlands Michael Mols 33 UtrechtNetherlands End of contract Summer n/a [17]
5 DF Netherlands Frank de Boer 34 Al RayyanQatar End of contract Summer n/a [18]
14 MF Netherlands Ronald de Boer 34 Al RayyanQatar End of contract Summer n/a [18]
38 FW Scotland Darryl Duffy 20 Falkirk End of contract Summer n/a [19]
33 MF Scotland Billy Gibson 22 Partick Thistle End of contract Summer n/a [20]
34 DF Scotland Andy Dowie 21 Partick Thistle End of contract Summer n/a [21]
MF Scotland Peter Leven 20 Kilmarnock End of contract Summer n/a [22]
MF Scotland Paul McHale 22 Cowdenbeath End of contract Summer n/a [23]
24 FW Scotland Steve MacLean 21 Sheffield WednesdayEngland Transfer Summer £0.125 [24]
23 MF Spain Mikel Arteta 22 Real SociedadSpain Transfer Summer £2.6m [25]
33 MF Scotland Alex Walker 20 Clyde Loan Summer n/a [26]
32 FW Scotland Tom Brighton 20 Scunthorpe UnitedEngland Loan Summer n/a [27]
4 DF France Jean-Alain Boumsong 25 Newcastle UnitedEngland Transfer Winter £8m [28]
3 DF Australia Craig Moore 29 Borussia MönchengladbachGermany Transfer Winter Free [29]
16 DF Italy Paolo Vanoli 32 VicenzaItaly Transfer Winter Free [30]
38 FW Republic of Macedonia Bajram Fetai 19 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Loan Winter Loan [11]
27 MF Scotland Stephen Hughes 22 Leicester CityEngland Transfer Winter £0.1m [11]

Last updated: 1 February 2005
 Total received: £10.825m

Squad statistics

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 Germany Stefan Klos 34 0 23 0 1 0 2 0 8 0
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 51 9 38 4 1 1 4 3 8 1
3 DF Australia Craig Moore 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 DF France Jean-Alain Boumsong 28 2 18 2 0 0 2 0 8 0
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel (from January) 18 5 13+2 4 0+1 0 2 1 0 0
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews 38 4 30 4 1 0 2 0 4+1 0
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 15 2 13 2 0 0 1+1 0 0 0
7 FW Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 33 9 11+13 6 0 0 1+1 1 5+2 2
8 MF Scotland Alex Rae 32 1 17+8 1 1 0 2+1 0 2+1 0
9 FW Croatia Dado Pršo 46 21 33+1 18 1 0 2+1 2 8 1
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 48 25 34+1 19 1 0 3+1 3 7+1 3
12 DF Scotland Bob Malcolm 28 1 18+3 1 0 0 2 0 5 0
14 MF Serbia Dragan Mladenovic 9 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 DF Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili 25 0 14+2 0 1 0 2 0 6 0
16 DF Italy Paolo Vanoli 7 0 3+2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
16 DF Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos (from January) 17 2 15 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 16 0 7+5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
18 DF England Michael Ball 18 0 12+2 0 0 0 2 0 1+1 0
19 FW Scotland Steven Thompson 33 10 7+17 5 0+1 0 2+2 3 1+3 2
20 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 12 0 8+2 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
21 DF Scotland Maurice Ross 19 1 14 0 0 0 2 1 3 0
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Sweden Bojan Djordjic 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF France Grégory Vignal 42 3 29+1 3 1 0 4 0 6+1 0
25 GK Netherlands Ronald Waterreus 15 0 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
26 FW Denmark Peter Løvenkrands 24 4 12+5 3 0 0 1 0 5+1 1
27 MF Scotland Stephen Hughes 15 2 6+5 2 0 0 0+1 0 1+2 0
31 MF Tunisia Hamed Namouchi 26 3 13+7 2 1 0 1 0 2+2 1
37 DF Scotland Steven Smith 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 FW Scotland Bob Davidson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Club

Board of directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland John McClelland
(until 1 September)[31]
Scotland David Murray
(from 1 September)[31]
Honorary chairman Scotland David Murray
(until 1 September)
Vice-chairman Scotland John McClelland
(from 1 September)
Chief executive Scotland Martin Bain
(from 11 February)[32]
Director of Football Business Scotland Martin Bain
(until 11 February)[32]
Director of Retail Scotland Nick Peel
(until 21 March)[33]
Director of Finance Scotland David Jolliffe
Company Secretary Scotland Campbell Ogilvie
Non-executive director Scotland John Greig
Non-executive director Scotland Alastair Johnston
Non-executive director England Daniel Levy
(until 27 August)
Non-executive director Scotland Dave King
Non-executive director Scotland Donald Wilson

Source: Wikipedia article

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Alex McLeish
Assistant Manager Scotland Andy Watson
First-team coach Netherlands Jan Wouters
Fitness coach Scotland Frank Nutall
(from July)
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Billy Thomson

Source: Wikipedia article

Other staff

Position Staff
Physiotherapist Scotland Davie Henderson
Doctor Scotland Dr Iain McGuiness
Chief scout Scotland Ewan Chester
(until 29 June)
Kit controller Scotland Jimmy Bell

Source: Wikipedia article

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
17 August 2004Scottish Premier League1AAberdeen0 – 0
314 August 2004Scottish Premier League2HLivingston4 – 0
421 August 2004Scottish Premier League3HHibernian4 – 1
629 August 2004Scottish Premier League4ACeltic0 – 1
712 September 2004Scottish Premier League5AHeart of Midlothian0 – 0
19 September 2004Scottish Premier League6HInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 0
26 September 2004Scottish Premier League7ADundee2 – 0
3 October 2004Scottish Premier League8HKilmarnock2 – 0
17 October 2004Scottish Premier League9AMotherwell2 – 0
24 October 2004Scottish Premier League10HDundee United1 – 1
27 October 2004Scottish Premier League11ADunfermline Athletic2 – 1
31 October 2004Scottish Premier League12HAberdeen5 – 0
7 November 2004Scottish Premier League13ALivingston4 – 1
14 November 2004Scottish Premier League14AHibernian1 – 0
20 November 2004Scottish Premier League15HCeltic2 – 0
28 November 2004Scottish Premier League16HHeart of Midlothian3 – 2
5 December 2004Scottish Premier League17AInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1
11 December 2004Scottish Premier League18HDundee3 – 0
19 December 2004Scottish Premier League19AKilmarnock1 – 0
27 December 2004Scottish Premier League20HMotherwell4 – 1
1 January 2005Scottish Premier League21ADundee United1 – 1
15 January 2005Scottish Premier League22HDunfermline Athletic3 – 0
23 January 2005Scottish Premier League23AAberdeen2 – 1
29 January 2005Scottish Premier League24HLivingston3 – 0
12 February 2005Scottish Premier League25HHibernian3 – 0
20 February 2005Scottish Premier League26ACeltic2 – 0
26 February 2005Scottish Premier League27HKilmarnock2 – 1
2 March 2005Scottish Premier League28AHeart of Midlothian2 – 1
5 March 2005Scottish Premier League29HInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 1
13 March 2005Scottish Premier League30ADundee2 – 0
3 April 2005Scottish Premier League31AMotherwell3 – 2
12 April 2005Scottish Premier League32HDundee United0 – 1
17 April 2005Scottish Premier League33ADunfermline Athletic1 – 0
24 April 2005Scottish Premier League34HCeltic1 – 2
1 May 2005Scottish Premier League35AAberdeen3 – 1
7 May 2005Scottish Premier League36HHeart of Midlothian2 – 1
14 May 2005Scottish Premier League37HMotherwell4 – 1
22 May 2005Scottish Premier League38AHibernian1 – 0

Last updated: 22 May 2005
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Champions League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
210 August 2004UEFA Champions LeagueQR3A RussiaCSKA MoscowRussia1 – 2
525 August 2004UEFA Champions LeagueQR3HCSKA MoscowRussia1 – 1

Last updated: 25 August 2004
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
16 September 2004UEFA CupR1A PortugalMarítimoPortugal0 – 1
30 September 2004UEFA CupR1HMarítimoPortugal1 – 0
(4-2 pen.)
21 October 2004UEFA CupGSA PolandAmica WronkiPoland5 – 0
25 November 2004UEFA CupGSHGrazer AKAustria3 – 0
2 December 2004UEFA CupGSA NetherlandsAZNetherlands0 – 1
15 December 2004UEFA CupGSHAuxerreFrance0 – 2

Last updated: 15 December 2004
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Scottish Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
9 January 2005Scottish Cup3ACeltic1 – 2

Last updated: 9 January 2005
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

League Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
22 September 2004League CupR3AAberdeen2 – 0
10 November 2004League CupQFHCeltic2 – 1
2 February 2005League CupSFNDundee United7 – 1
20 March 2005League CupFNMotherwell5 – 1

Last updated: 20 March 2005
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendlies

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
118 July 2004FriendlyA GermanySC FürstenfeldGermany4 – 0
220 July 2004FriendlyN AustriaRomaItaly4 – 1
324 July 2004FriendlyA EnglandFulhamEngland1 – 0
428 July 2004Walter Daniel Tull CupHTottenham HotspurEngland2 – 0
531 July 2004Gateshead CupA EnglandNewcastle UnitedEngland2 – 4
61 August 2004Gateshead CupN EnglandFeyenoordNetherlands2 – 4
(8-7 pen.)

Last updated: 9 January 2005
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

References

  1. ↑ "Rangers get Prso". BBC Sport. 9 May 2004.
  2. 1 2 "Rangers seal Rae deal". BBC Sport. 18 May 2004.
  3. ↑ "New Ranger thanks God". BBC Sport. 26 May 2004.
  4. ↑ "Gers sign Serb midfielder". BBC Sport. 25 June 2004.
  5. ↑ "Rangers seal Boumsong deal". BBC Sport. 14 December 2003.
  6. ↑ "Rangers sign Novo". BBC Sport. 6 July 2004.
  7. ↑ "Vignal makes Rangers switch". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004.
  8. ↑ "Carcary moves to Ibrox". BBC Sport. 18 August 2004.
  9. ↑ "Rangers wrap up move for Djordjic". BBC Sport. 1 January 2005.
  10. ↑ "Rangers secure Buffel signature". BBC Sport. 5 January 2005.
  11. 1 2 3 "SPL transfer window signings". BBC Sport. 1 February 2005.
  12. ↑ "Kyrgiakos completes Rangers move". BBC Sport. 20 January 2005.
  13. ↑ "'Keeper Waterreus joins Rangers". BBC Sport. 31 January 2005.
  14. ↑ "Ferguson clinches Rangers return". BBC Sport. 31 January 2005.
  15. ↑ "Rangers pay off Nerlinger". BBC Sport. 3 May 2004.
  16. ↑ "Capucho leaves Rangers". BBC Sport. 18 May 2004.
  17. 1 2 "Rangers start clear-out". BBC Sport. 10 March 2004.
  18. 1 2 "de Boers reunited in Qatar". BBC Sport. 23 June 2004.
  19. ↑ "Falkirk win Duffy chase". BBC Sport. 25 June 2004.
  20. ↑ "Thistle bosses sign on". BBC Sport. 7 May 2004.
  21. ↑ "Jags sign defender Dowie". BBC Sport. 26 July 2004.
  22. ↑ "Double signing for Killie". BBC Sport. 8 July 2004.
  23. ↑ "Three new faces for Cowden". BBC Sport. 13 July 2004.
  24. ↑ "Owls complete MacLean deal". BBC Sport. 7 July 2004.
  25. ↑ "Arteta completes Real move". BBC Sport. 10 July 2004.
  26. ↑ "Walker gets September award". BBC Sport. 5 October 2004.
  27. ↑ "Scunthorpe sign striker". BBC Sport. 31 August 2004.
  28. ↑ "Magpies complete Boumsong signing". BBC Sport. 2 January 2005.
  29. ↑ "Moore completes Borussia switch". BBC Sport. 3 January 2005.
  30. ↑ "Vanoli leaves Rangers for Vicenza". BBC Sport. 18 January 2005.
  31. 1 2 "Murray returns as chairman". BBC Sport. 27 August 2004.
  32. 1 2 "Rangers board promotion for Bain". BBC Sport. 11 February 2005.
  33. ↑
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