2006–07 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2006–07 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Paul Le Guen
(until 4 January)
Ian Durrant
Walter Smith
(from 10 January)
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League 2nd
P38 W21 D9 L8 F61 A32
Scottish Cup Third Round
League Cup Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Boyd (20)
All:
Kris Boyd (26)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2006–07 season was the 126th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2006–07 season. After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on 9 February 2006, two days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that Alex McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the 2005-06 season, and on 11 March, it was confirmed that former Lyon manager Paul Le Guen would indeed succeed him at the end of the season. Murray predicted a fruitful reign under Le Guen, describing his capture as "a massive moonbeam of success" for the club and promising, "we’ve got big plans." He announced that the Frenchman would be given significant funds with which to strengthen the squad, with Rangers having announced an arrangement with sports retailer JJB Sports.

Known for unearthing and nurturing young talent, Le Guen made an immediate splash in the transfer market signing South African Under 19 player Dean Furman from Chelsea, and youngsters William Stanger and Antoine Ponroy from Rennes. While allowing Ibrox favourite Alex Rae to move to a new career as player-manager of Dundee, he has also signed Libor Sionko and Karl Svensson. Rangers had been strongly linked with a host of other players and signed midfielder Jeremy Clement from Lyon and goalkeeper Lionel Letizi from Paris St Germain as a replacement for the departing Ronald Waterreus. Senegal's World Cup 2002 midfield player Makhtar N'Diaye signed a one-year contract after a short trial period with the club.

Rangers' first match under Le Guen was a friendly against Irish Premier League champions Linfield on 6 July 2006 at Windsor Park, Belfast. Rangers won 2-0 with first half goals from Kris Boyd and Thomas Buffel. The squad flew out to South Africa on July 9 for a training camp where they played three matches, the first of which was a comfortable 4-0 win over local opposition with Charlie Adam netting a hat-trick. Rangers also defeated Jomo Cosmos 2-0 but, with a largely depleted starting line-up, they lost their final match 2-0 against Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Defender Fernando Ricksen did not take any part in the pre-season tour of South Africa due to what was described by the club as "unacceptable behaviour" on the flight to Johannesburg. Rangers returned to face English Premier League sides Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers where they won 1-0 and drew 1-1 respectively. The SPL opening day on July 30 proved fruitful for Paul Le Guen and Rangers as they defeated Motherwell 2-1 at Fir Park, thanks to an early strike from Libor Sionko and the winning header from Dado Prso. In Le Guen's first competitive game at Ibrox, Rangers were held to a 2-2 draw by Dundee United, and were forced to come back from 2 goals down.

On August 9, Fernando Ricksen went to Russian Premier League club Zenit St Petersburg, the new club of ex-Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, on a season-long loan. In return, a friendly has been scheduled between the teams at Ibrox on August 23. On August 11 Rangers signed Manchester United's 19 year old winger Lee R. Martin on loan for a season. Rangers also recruited the services of Austrian Vienna defender Saša Papac while Marvin Andrews, Olivier Bernard, Robert Malcolm and Hamed Namouchi all departed.

By mid November, Rangers found themselves in third place, a full 15 points behind leaders Celtic. Sporadic wins were mixed with regular dropped points as the team struggled to find consistency in the early part of the season. Rangers did, however, start promisingly in the UEFA Cup, going on to become the first Scottish club to qualify from the UEFA Cup group stage in its three year history. Domestic results and performances, however, continued to be inconsistent and in January 2006, Le Guen controversially stripped midfielder Barry Ferguson of the captaincy.

On January 4, 2007 Paul Le Guen left Rangers by mutual consent. This made him the club's shortest-serving manager, and the only one to leave the club without completing a full season in charge

They entered the season under new management with Paul Le Guen having replaced Alex McLeish. The wave of expectation that was created by Le Guen’s appointment was immense and he quickly went about building his own team. In the summer of 2006 he made eleven signings (of them only Saša Papac would be playing for the club the following season). Le Guen's signings including Filip Šebo, Karl Svensson, Libor Sionko and Lionel Letizi but they simply did not perform, while Jérémy Clément was to be in Glasgow for only six months.

At the start of the season it had appeared that Murray had brought one of Europe's most talented young coaches to Ibrox, but unfortunately the Frenchman could not repeat his previous successes. Inconsistent form from the start in the league saw Rangers fall behind Celtic in the title race as early as October and they suffered the disappointment of going out of the League Cup at home to First Division side St Johnstone, losing 2-0. Le Guen left the club by mutual consent on 4 January 2007 and was replaced by Walter Smith, who began his second spell as manager of the club.

Immediately Smith began an overhaul at the club. He deemed the defence to be the main reason for Rangers poor season. The signings of defenders David Weir and Ugo Ehiogu soon followed, along with young midfielder Kevin Thomson from Hibernian. The side’s form picked up and they ended the season in second place in the Scottish Premier League and recorded a brace of Old Firm wins over Celtic.

In the Scottish Cup Rangers were beaten 3-2 to Dunfermline Athletic, in caretaker manager Ian Durrant's first and only game in charge.

Players

Squad information

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Germany Stefan Klos 35 1998 298 0 2007 £0.7m
2 RB Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 30 2000 254 20 2009 £3.75m left on 28 November
2 CB Scotland Andy Webster 25 2008 0 0 2007 Loan
3 LB France Olivier Bernard 26 2005 15 0 2007 Free left on 31 August
3 CB Scotland David Weir 37 2007 18 1 2007 Free
4 AM Belgium Thomas Buffel 26 2005 81 16 2009 £2.3m
5 CB Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews 30 2004 68 8 2007 Free left on 31 August
5 LB Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 27 2006 23 0 2009 £0.45m
6 CM Scotland Barry Ferguson (captain)29 2005 342 50 2010 £4.5m
7 CM Algeria Brahim Hemdani 29 2005 73 2 2009 Free
8 CM France Jérémy Clément 22 2006 23 0 2009 £1.1m left on 25 January
8 CM Scotland Kevin Thomson 22 2007 12 0 2011 £2m
9 CF Croatia Dado Pršo 32 2004 124 37 2007 Free
10 CF Spain Nacho Novo 28 2004 139 38 2008 £0.45m
11 CM Scotland Gavin Rae 29 2004 39 3 2007 £0.25m
12 DF Scotland Robert Malcolm 25 1997 115 3 2009 Youth system left on 31 August
12 CB England Ugo Ehiogu 34 2007 11 1 2008 Free
14 RW Czech Republic Libor Sionko 30 2006 24 3 2009 Free
15 CF Scotland Kris Boyd 23 2005 65 46 2010 £0.4m
16 RB England Phil Bardsley 21 2006 7 1 2006 Loan left on 29 December
17 RW Scotland Chris Burke 23 2000 108 10 2009 Youth system
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 26 2005 60 0 2008 Free
19 CB Sweden Karl Svensson 23 2006 28 0 2009 £0.6m
20 RB Scotland Alan Hutton 22 2000 91 3 2007 Youth system
21 GK France Lionel Letizi 34 2006 8 0 2008 Free left on 30 January
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 25 1998 53 0 2009 Youth system
23 CF Slovakia Filip Šebo 23 2006 33 2 2010 £1.8m
24 CB France José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 31 2005 10 1 2008 Free left on 31 August
25 LM Scotland Charlie Adam 21 2003 46 14 2009 Youth system
26 LB Scotland Steven Smith 21 2002 49 1 2010 Youth system
27 CB France Julien Rodriguez 28 2005 49 1 2009 £1m left on 11 January
29 CF France William Stanger 21 2006 1 0 2008 Free left on 8 February
30 CM Senegal Makhtar N'Diaye 25 2006 3 0 2007 Free
31 LM Tunisia Hamed Namouchi 22 2003 51 6 2008 Free left on 31 August
32 LW England Lee Martin 19 2006 10 0 2006 Loan left on 29 December
41 RB Scotland Alan Lowing 19 2005 5 0 2008 Youth system
42 CF Scotland Steven Lennon 19 2005 3 0 Youth system
59 CM Scotland Andrew Shinnie 17 2006 2 0 Youth system
  • Last updated: 20 May 2007
  • Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

Football Squads (for appearances, goals and player's number)

  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
47 MF South Africa Dean Furman 17 ChelseaEngland Transfer Summer 2008 Free [1]
14 MF Czech Republic Libor Sionko 29 Austria WienAustria Transfer Summer 2009 Free [2]
29 FW France William Stanger 20 RennesFrance Transfer Summer 2008 Free [3]
28 DF France Antoine Ponroy 20 RennesFrance Transfer Summer 2008 Free [3]
19 DF Sweden Karl Svensson 22 IFK GöteborgSweden Transfer Summer 2009 £0.6m [4]
21 GK France Lionel Letizi 33 Paris Saint-GermainFrance Transfer Summer 2008 Free [5]
8 MF France Jérémy Clément 21 LyonFrance Transfer Summer 2009 £1.1m [6]
30 MF Senegal Makhtar N'Diaye 24 Yverdon-SportSwitzerland Transfer Summer 2008 Free [7]
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 18 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2008 £0.025m [8]
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 22 Austria WienAustria Transfer Summer 2010 £1.85m [9]
32 MF England Lee Martin 19 Manchester UnitedEngland Loan Summer 2007 n/a [10]
16 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 21 Manchester UnitedEngland Loan Summer 2007 n/a [11]
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 22 Austria WienAustria Transfer Summer 2009 £0.45m [12]
2 DF Scotland Andy Webster 24 Wigan AthleticEngland Loan Winter 2007 n/a [13]
3 DF Scotland David Weir 36 EvertonEngland Transfer Winter 2007 Free [14]
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 34 MiddlesbroughEngland Transfer Winter 2008 Free [15]
FW Algeria Adda Djeziri 18 BK FremDenmark Loan Winter 2007 n/a [16]
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 22 Hibernian Transfer Winter 2011 £2m [17]

Last updated: 30 January 2007
Total spending: £6.025m

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
14 DF Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos 26 Eintracht FrankfurtGermany End of contract Summer n/a [18]
26 MF Denmark Peter Løvenkrands 26 Schalke 04Germany End of contract Summer n/a [19]
8 MF Scotland Alex Rae 36 Dundee End of contract Summer n/a [20]
37 DF Scotland Gary MacKenzie 20 Dundee End of contract Summer n/a [21]
25 GK Netherlands Ronald Waterreus 35 AZNetherlands End of contract Summer n/a [22]
32 DF Scotland Brian McLean 21 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [23]
33 MF France Marc Kalenga 21 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a [23]
40 MF Scotland Graeme Watson 20 Airdrie United End of contract Summer n/a [23]
46 FW Scotland John Johnston 19 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a [23]
53 FW Scotland Jason Crooks 18 Ross County End of contract Summer n/a [23]
57 FW Scotland Craig Frizzel 18 Ross County End of contract Summer n/a [23]
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 19 Motherwell Transfer Summer Free [24]
40 MF France Dany N'Guessan 18 Boston UnitedEngland Loan Summer n/a [23]
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 30 Zenit St. PetersburgRussia Loan Summer n/a [25]
33 FW Scotland Bob Davidson 20 Boston UnitedEngland Loan Summer n/a [23]
31 MF Tunisia Hamed Namouchi 22 LorientFrance Transfer Summer £0.5m [26]
12 DF Scotland Robert Malcolm 25 Free Agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [27]
3 DF France Olivier Bernard 26 Free Agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [27]
24 DF France José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 31 Free Agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [27]
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews 30 Free Agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [27]
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 30 Zenit St. PetersburgRussia Transfer n/a £1m [28]
32 MF England Lee Martin 19 Manchester UnitedEngland Loan return n/a n/a [29]
16 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 21 Manchester UnitedEngland Loan return n/a n/a [29]
39 FW Antigua and Barbuda Moses Ashikodi 20 WatfordEngland Transfer Winter Nominal [30]
27 DF France Julien Rodriguez 28 MarseilleFrance Transfer Winter Free [31]
33 FW Scotland Bob Davidson 20 Dundee Transfer Winter Free [32]
35 FW Scotland Derek Carcary 20 Raith Rovers Transfer Winter Free [33]
40 MF France Dany N'Guessan 19 Lincoln CityEngland Transfer Winter Free [34]
8 MF France Jérémy Clément 22 Paris Saint-GermainFrance Transfer Winter £1.8m [35]
21 GK France Lionel Letizi 33 Free Agent Contract terminated Winter n/a [36]
29 FW France William Stanger 21 Free Agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [37]
37 MF Scotland Brian Gilmour 19 Clyde Loan n/a n/a [38]

Last updated: 9 February 2007
Total spending: £3.3m

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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
2 DF Scotland Andy Webster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland David Weir 18 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 25 4 9+8 3 0+1 0 1+1 0 4+1 1
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 23 0 19+2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 40 7 31+1 4 1 0 0 0 7 3
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 48 2 36 1 1 0 2 0 9 1
8 MF France Jérémy Clément 22 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson (from January) 12 0 8+1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 FW Croatia Dado Pršo 36 4 23+5 4 0 0 0+1 0 2+5 0
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 38 8 22+6 5 1 0 2 0 6+1 3
11 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 20 1 3+7 1 1 0 2 0 4+3 0
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 11 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 MF Czech Republic Libor Sionko 23 3 14+4 3 0 0 1 0 2+2 0
15 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 43 25 25+7 20 1 2 2 1 7+1 2
16 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 7 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 29 2 10+12 2 0+1 0 1 0 3+2 0
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 18 0 12+1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
19 DF Sweden Karl Svensson 27 0 20+1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
20 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 43 2 32+1 1 1 0 2 0 7 1
21 GK France Lionel Letizi 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 41 0 31 0 1 0 2 0 7 0
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 32 2 4+20 2 0 0 1+1 0 2+4 0
25 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 42 14 32 11 1 0 1+1 0 5+2 3
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 24 1 17 1 0 0 2 0 5 0
27 DF France Julien Rodriguez 18 0 12+1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
29 FW France William Stanger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
30 MF Senegal Makhtar N'Diaye 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
32 MF England Lee Martin 10 0 4+3 0 0 0 0+2 0 1 0
41 DF Scotland Alan Lowing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
42 FW Scotland Steven Lennon 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top scorer

N P Nat. Name SPL SC SLC E Total
15 CF Scotland Kris Boyd 20 2 1 3 26
11 LM Scotland Charlie Adam 11 3 14
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 5 4 9
4 AM Belgium Thomas Buffel 3 1 4
9 CF Croatia Dado Pršo 4 4
14 RW Czech Republic Libor Sionko 3 3
7 CM Algeria Brahim Hemdani 1 1 2
17 RW Scotland Chris Burke 2 2
20 RB Scotland Alan Hutton 1 1 2
23 CF Slovakia Filip Šebo 2 2
12 CB England Ugo Ehiogu 1 1
11 CM Scotland Gavin Rae 1 1
16 RB Scotland Phil Bardsley 1 1
26 LB Scotland Steven Smith 1 1

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name YC RC
3 CB Scotland David Weir 2
4 AM Belgium Thomas Buffel 1
5 LB Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 2
6 CM Scotland Barry Ferguson 8
7 CM Algeria Brahim Hemdani 1
8 CM France Jérémy Clément 5
8 CM Scotland Kevin Thomson 1
9 CF Croatia Dado Pršo 6 1
10 CF Spain Nacho Novo 11
11 CM Scotland Gavin Rae 1
12 CB England Ugo Ehiogu 1
15 CF Scotland Kris Boyd 6
16 RB Scotland Phil Bardsley 2 1
17 RW Scotland Chris Burke 3
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 3
19 CB Sweden Karl Svensson 1
20 RB Scotland Alan Hutton 11
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 1 1
23 CF Slovakia Filip Šebo 2
25 LM Scotland Charlie Adam 7
26 LB Scotland Steven Smith 6
27 CB France Julien Rodriguez 2
32 LW Scotland Lee Martin 1

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland David Murray
Chief executive Scotland Martin Bain
Finance director Scotland David Jolliffe
(until 23 May)[39]
Scotland Donald McIntyre
(from 12 June)[39]
Non-executive director Scotland John Greig
Non-executive director Scotland Alastair Johnston
Non-executive director Scotland John McClelland
Non-executive director Scotland Dave King
Non-executive director Scotland Donald Wilson

Source: Wikipedia article

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager France Paul Le Guen
(until 4 January)
Scotland Ian Durrant
(from 4 January)
(until 10 January)
Scotland Walter Smith
(from 10 January)
Assistant manager France Yves Colleu
(until 4 January)
Scotland Ally McCoist
(from 10 January)
First-team coach Scotland Kenny McDowall
(from 10 January)
Fitness coach France Stephane Wiertelak
(until 4 January)
Wales Adam Owen
(from March)
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Billy Thomson

Source: Wikipedia article

Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football administration Scotland Andrew Dickson
Physiotherapist France Joel Le Hir
(until 4 January)
Scotland Davie Henderson
Doctor Scotland Dr Ian McGuiness
(until 9 January)
Scotland Dr Paul Jackson
Chief scout Scotland Ewan Chester
(from 4 May)
Massuer Scotland David Lavery
Kit controller Scotland Jimmy Bell
Video analyst Scotland Steve Harvey

Source: Wikipedia article

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
130 July 2006Scottish Premier League1AMotherwell2 1
25 August 2006Scottish Premier League2HDundee United2 2
313 August 2006Scottish Premier League3ADunfermline Athletic1 1
419 August 2006Scottish Premier League4HHeart of Midlothian2 0
527 August 2006Scottish Premier League5AKilmarnock2 2
69 September 2006Scottish Premier League6HFalkirk4 0
817 September 2006Scottish Premier League7AHibernian1 2
1023 September 2006Scottish Premier League8ACeltic0 2
121 October 2006Scottish Premier League9HAberdeen1 0
1314 October 2006Scottish Premier League10HInverness Caledonian Thistle0 1
1522 October 2006Scottish Premier League11ASt Mirren3 2
1628 October 2006Scottish Premier League12HMotherwell1 1
185 November 2006Scottish Premier League13ADundee United1 2
2011 November 2006Scottish Premier League14HDunfermline Athletic2 0
2119 November 2006Scottish Premier League15AHeart of Midlothian1 0
2326 November 2006Scottish Premier League16HKilmarnock3 0
243 December 2006Scottish Premier League17AFalkirk0 1
259 December 2006Scottish Premier League18HHibernian3 0
2717 December 2006Scottish Premier League19HCeltic1 1
2823 December 2006Scottish Premier League20AAberdeen2 1
2927 December 2006Scottish Premier League21AInverness Caledonian Thistle1 2
3030 December 2006Scottish Premier League22HSt Mirren1 1
312 January 2007Scottish Premier League23AMotherwell1 0
3313 January 2007Scottish Premier League24HDundee United5 0
3421 January 2007Scottish Premier League25ADunfermline Athletic1 0
3527 January 2007Scottish Premier League26AHeart of Midlothian0 0
3611 February 2007Scottish Premier League27AKilmarnock3 1
3818 February 2007Scottish Premier League28HFalkirk2 1
404 March 2007Scottish Premier League29AHibernian2 0
4211 March 2007Scottish Premier League30ACeltic1 0
4417 March 2007Scottish Premier League31HAberdeen3 0
4531 March 2007Scottish Premier League32HInverness Caledonian Thistle1 1
468 April 2007Scottish Premier League33ASt Mirren1 0
4721 April 2007Scottish Premier League34HHeart of Midlothian2 1
4828 April 2007Scottish Premier League35AHibernian3 3
495 May 2007Scottish Premier League36HCeltic2 0
5013 May 2007Scottish Premier League37HKilmarnock0 1
5120 May 2007Scottish Premier League38AAberdeen0 2

Last updated: 20 May 2007
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
714 September 2006UEFA Cup1A NorwayMoldeNorway0 0
1128 September 2006UEFA Cup1HMoldeNorway2 0
1419 October 2006UEFA CupGSA ItalyLivornoItaly3 2
172 November 2006UEFA CupGSHMaccabi HaifaIsrael2 0
2223 November 2006UEFA CupGSA FranceAuxerreFrance2 2
2614 December 2006UEFA CupGSHPartizanSerbia1 0
3714 February 2007UEFA Cup3A IsraelHapoel Tel AvivIsrael1 2
3922 February 2007UEFA Cup3HHapoel Tel AvivIsrael4 0
418 March 2007UEFA Cup4HOsasunaSpain1 1
4314 March 2007UEFA Cup4A SpainOsasunaSpain0 1

Last updated: 14 March 2007
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
327 January 2007Scottish Cup3ADunfermline Athletic2 3

Last updated: 7 January 2007
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
920 September 2006League Cup3ADunfermline Athletic2 0
198 November 2006League CupQFHSt Johnstone0 2

Last updated: 8 November 2006
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
16 July 2006FriendlyA LinfieldNorthern Ireland2 0
211 July 2006FriendlyA South AfricaJomo SelectSouth Africa4 0
314 July 2006FriendlyAR South AfricaJomo CosmosSouth Africa2 0
416 July 2006FriendlyAR South AfricaMamelodi SundownsSouth Africa0 2
522 July 2006FriendlyHMiddlesbroughEngland1 0
61 August 2006FriendlyADundee1 0
723 August 2006FriendlyHZenit St. PetersburgRussia1 4
823 May 2007FriendlyA United StatesLA GalaxyUnited States1 0

Last updated: 23 May 2007
Source:
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.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 2nd 30 July 20 May
UEFA Cup 1st RoundRound of 16 14 September 14 March
League Cup 3rd RoundQuarter-finals 20 September 8 November
Scottish Cup 3rd Round3rd Round 7 January

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 26 6 6 65 34+31 84 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 21 9 8 61 32+29 72 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 19 8 11 56 37+19 65 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 10 11 47 35+12 61

Updated to games played on 20 May 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 21 9 8 61 32  +29 72 11 6 2 35 10  +25 10 3 6 26 22  +4

Last updated: 20 May 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHA
Result W D D W D W L L W L W D L W W W L W D W L D W W W D W W W W W D W W D W L L

Last updated: 20 May 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Scotland Rangers 431084+410
Israel Maccabi Haifa 421154+17
Italy Livorno 412155+05
France Auxerre 411277+04
Serbia Partizan 40132751

Updated to games played on 14 March 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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