2007–08 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2007–08 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League 2nd
P38 W27 D5 L6 F84 A33
Scottish Cup Winners
League Cup Winners
Champions League Group Stage
UEFA Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Boyd (14)
All:
Kris Boyd (25)
Highest home attendance 50,440 vs Hibernian
(6 October)
Lowest home attendance 33,837 vs Hibernian
(9 March)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2006–07 2008–09 →
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The 2007-08 season was the 127th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 68 competitive matches during the 2007-08 season. It was Walter Smith's first full season at the club since 1997-98. The early season priority was qualification for the group stages of the Champions League and this was secured with hard-fought victories over FK Zeta and Red Star Belgrade.

Rangers were drawn in Group E with Barcelona, Lyon and Stuttgart. The group stage started well, with the first two matches resulting in victories, over Stuttgart and Lyon. A home draw with Barcelona left Rangers with seven points after three games, but the last three matches all resulted in defeat, meaning Rangers finished third in the group and entered the UEFA Cup. However, the European adventure continued for Rangers as they progressed to the semi-finals of the competition by beating Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and Sporting Lisbon. They then reached the final with a penalty shootout victory against Fiorentina. They played Zenit Saint Petersburg, managed by formed Gers boss Dick Advocaat, in Manchester on 14 May. Rangers lost the match 2-0, with over 200,000 fans in the city to see the game.

On the domestic front, the race for the Scottish Premier League continued until the final matchday of the season. Both Celtic and Rangers were tied on 86 points going into their games (against Dundee United and Aberdeen respectively) on 22 May 2008, but Celtic were top of the table due to having a better goal difference of 57, six ahead of Rangers. This did not prove to be decisive, as Rangers surrendered their hopes of landing the championship with a 2-0 defeat away to the Dons, while Celtic beat Dundee United 1-0. The club had had a ten-point lead in late March, although their nearest rivals, Celtic, had games in hand at the time. However, being forced by the Scottish football authorities to play 4 competitive matches (including a UEFA Cup Final) in the last 8 days of the season proved just too great a hurdle for Rangers to overcome.

The club appeared in its first final since 2005. They played Dundee United on 16 March 2008 and won the League Cup on penalties. The match was tied 2-2 after extra time, with both goals coming from Kris Boyd who also scored the winning spot kick.

They also reached the final of the Scottish Cup for the 49th time. They beat St Johnstone 4-3 on penalties in the semi-final after the score was tied at 1-1 after extra time. The club played Queen of the South in the final on 24 May 2008 and won the match 3-2 thanks to goals from DaMarcus Beasley and a double from Kris Boyd.

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 26 1998 106 0 2010 Youth system
2 RB Scotland Alan Hutton 23 2000 122 4 2012 Youth system left on 30 January
3 CB Scotland David Weir 38 2007 (Winter) 79 3 2008 Free
4 AM Belgium Thomas Buffel 27 2005 (Winter) 86 16 2009 £2.3m
5 LB Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 28 2006 69 0 2009 £0.45m
6 CM Scotland Barry Ferguson (captain)30 2005 (Winter) 404 59 2010 £4.5m
7 CM Algeria Brahim Hemdani 30 2005 108 2 2009 Free
8 CM Scotland Kevin Thomson 23 2007 (Winter) 56 1 2011 £2m
9 CF Scotland Kris Boyd 24 2005 (Winter) 106 71 2010 £0.4m
10 CF Spain Nacho Novo 29 2004 168 54 2010 £0.45m
11 LM Scotland Charlie Adam 22 2003 78 18 2012 Youth system
12 CB England Ugo Ehiogu 35 2007 (Winter) 12 1 2008 Free left on 18 January
12 RM Northern Ireland Steven Davis 23 2008 (Winter) 26 1 2008 Loan
14 CM Senegal Amdy Faye 31 2007 6 0 2008 Loan
15 AM Scotland Alan Gow 25 2007 2 0 2010 Free
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 25 2007 1 0 2010 Free
17 RW Scotland Chris Burke 24 2000 129 14 2009 Youth system
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 26 2005 60 0 2008 Free left on 24 August
18 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 21 2008 31 5 2012 £1.9m
19 CF France Jean-Claude Darcheville 32 2007 48 15 2009 Free
20 LW United States DaMarcus Beasley 26 2007 21 5 2010 £0.7m
21 RB Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 23 2007 34 1 2010 Free
22 CB Scotland Andy Webster 26 2008 1 1 2011 £0.4m
23 CF Slovakia Filip Šebo 24 2006 34 2 2010 £1.8m out on loan
23 CB Scotland Christian Dailly 34 2008 (Winter) 22 2 2008 Free
24 CB Spain Carlos Cuéllar 26 2007 65 5 2011 £2.37m
25 GK Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 30 2007 1 0 2008 Free left on 31 January
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 30 2008 (Winter) 15 0 2011 Free
26 LB Scotland Steven Smith 22 2002 51 1 2010 Youth system
27 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 30 2007 46 7 2011 £2.25m
28 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 23 2007 48 5 2012 £2m
29 CF Gabon Daniel Cousin 31 2007 42 12 2010 £1.1m
34 CM Scotland Paul Emslie 20 2005 1 0 2010 Youth system
36 CM South Africa Dean Furman 19 2006 1 0 2008 Free
43 AM Scotland John Fleck 16 2007 3 0 2011 Youth system
  • Last updated: 24 May 2008
  • Source: Football Squads (for appearances, goals and player's number)
  • Ordered by squad numbers.

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Ref.
44 LW Cyprus Georgios Efrem 17 ArsenalEngland Transfer Summer 2009 Free [1]
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 24 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2010 Free [2]
20 LW United States DaMarcus Beasley 25 PSVNetherlands Transfer Summer 2010 £0.7m [3]
22 CB Scotland Andy Webster 25 Wigan AthleticEngland Loan extension Summer 2008 n/a [4]
21 RB Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 22 St Mirren Transfer Summer 2010 Free [5]
19 CF France Jean-Claude Darcheville 31 BordeauxFrance Transfer Summer 2009 Free [6]
15 AM Scotland Alan Gow 24 Falkirk Transfer Summer 2010 Free [7]
24 CB Spain Carlos Cuéllar 25 OsasunaSpain Transfer Summer 2011 £2.37m [8]
25 GK Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 29 West Ham UnitedEngland Transfer Summer 2008 Free [9]
71 LM Austria Marco Michetschlager 17 Admira Wacker MödlingAustria Loan Summer 2008 n/a [10]
27 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 29 Wigan AthleticEngland Transfer Summer 2011 £2.25m [11]
28 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 23 Hibernian Transfer Summer 2012 £2m [12]
29 CF Gabon Daniel Cousin 30 LensFrance Transfer Summer 2010 £1.1m [13]
18 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 20 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2012 £1.9m [14]
14 CM Senegal Amdy Faye 30 Charlton AthleticEngland Loan Summer 2008 n/a [15]
GK Latvia Artūrs Vaičulis 19 St Mirren Transfer Summer 2009 Free [16]
78 AM Norway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 18 Harstad ILNorway Transfer Summer 2010 £0.09m [16]
CF Turkey Isa Bagci 17 BK HäckenSweden Transfer Summer 2010 Undisclosed [16]
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 29 Ipswich TownEngland Transfer Winter 2011 Free [17]
23 CB Scotland Christian Dailly 34 West Ham UnitedEngland Transfer Winter 2008 Free [18]
12 RM Northern Ireland Steven Davis 23 FulhamEngland Loan Winter 2008 n/a [19]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
 Total spending: £10.32m

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
46 DF Scotland Martin Ure 18 Queen's Park End of contract Summer n/a
54 FW Scotland Scott Hadden 18 Ross County End of contract Summer n/a
36 DF Scotland Steven Campbell 20 Airdrie United End of contract Summer n/a [20]
51 GK England Joe Sagar 18 PorthmadogWales End of contract Summer n/a [21]
30 MF Senegal Makhtar N'Diaye 25 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a
28 DF France Antoine Ponroy 21 CannesFrance End of contract Summer n/a
1 GK Germany Stefan Klos 35 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [22]
9 FW Croatia Dado Pršo 32 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [23]
11 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 29 Cardiff CityWales End of contract Summer n/a [24]
37 MF Scotland Brian Gilmour 20 Queen of the South End of contract Summer n/a [25]
19 DF Sweden Karl Svensson 23 CaenFrance Transfer Summer £0.7m [26]
30 GK England Lee Robinson 21 Greenock Morton Loan Summer n/a [10]
14 MF Czech Republic Libor Sionko 30 CopenhagenDenmark Transfer Summer £0.09m [27]
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 23 ValenciennesFrance Loan Summer n/a [28]
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 26 Norwich CityEngland Transfer Summer Free [29]
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 35 Sheffield UnitedEngland Transfer Winter Free [30]
2 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 23 Tottenham HotspurEngland Transfer Winter £9m [31]
25 GK Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 30 Derby CountyEngland Transfer Winter Free [32]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
 Total spending: £9.79m

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 Scotland Allan McGregor 53 0 31 0 3 0 3 0 16 0
2 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 31 1 20 0 1 1 1 0 9 0
3 DF Scotland David Weir 61 2 37 2 3 0 3 0 18 0
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 5 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 46 0 22 0 3 0 3 0 18 0
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 62 9 37+1 7 3 0 3 1 18 1
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 35 0 12 0 3 0 2 0 18 0
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 44 1 25+1 1 5 0 1 0 12 0
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 41 25 17+11 14 4+2 6 2+1 5 2+2 0
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 49 16 10+18 10 3+1 2 2+1 2 5+9 2
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 32 4 12+4 2 3 0 2 0 8+3 2
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
12 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis (from January) 26 1 11+1 0 2+2 0 1 0 9 1
14 MF Senegal Amdy Faye 6 0 2+2 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 21 4 10+1 2 4+1 2 3 0 0+2 0
18 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 31 5 12+9 5 5+1 0 0 0 0+4 0
19 FW France Jean-Claude Darcheville 48 15 14+16 12 2+1 0 1+1 1 11+2 2
20 MF United States DaMarcus Beasley 21 5 8+3 2 1 1 1 0 5+3 2
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 34 1 14+1 1 4+1 0 2 0 11+1 0
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
23 DF Scotland Christian Dailly (from January) 22 2 12 2 4 0 1 0 4+1 0
24 DF Spain Carlos Cuéllar 65 5 36 4 6 0 4 1 19 0
25 GK Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander (from January) 15 0 7+1 0 3+1 0 0 0 3 0
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 46 6 19+3 3 4+2 2 3 0 12+3 1
28 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 47 5 29+1 4 6 0 2+1 0 6+2 1
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 42 12 20+6 10 1+1 0 0+2 0 5+7 2
34 MF Scotland Paul Emslie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
36 MF South Africa Dean Furman 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF Scotland John Fleck 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0

Top Scorer

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 SPL
 SC
 SLC
 E
 Total
9 CF Scotland Kris Boyd 14 6 5 25
10 CF Spain Nacho Novo 10 2 2 2 16
19 CF France Jean-Claude Darcheville 12 1 2 15
29 CF Gabon Daniel Cousin 10 2 12
6 CM Scotland Barry Ferguson 7 1 1 9
27 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 3 2 2 7
18 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 5 5
20 LW United States Damarcus Beasley 2 1 2 5
24 CB Spain Carlos Cuéllar 4 1 5
28 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 4 1 5
11 LM Scotland Charlie Adam 2 2 4
17 RW Scotland Chris Burke 2 2 4
3 CB Scotland David Weir 2 1 3
23 CB Scotland Christian Dailly 2 2
22 CB Scotland Andy Webster 1 1
21 RB Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 1 1
8 CM Scotland Kevin Thomson 1 1
12 RM Northern Ireland Steven Davis 1 1
2 RB Scotland Alan Hutton 1 1
Own goal 2 2

Last updated: 24 May 2008
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 YC

RC
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 2 1
2 RB Scotland Alan Hutton 13 1
3 CB Scotland David Weir 3
5 LB Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 2
6 CM Scotland Barry Ferguson 2
7 CM Algeria Brahim Hemdani 2
8 CM Scotland Kevin Thomson 10
9 CF Scotland Kris Boyd 2
10 CF Spain Nacho Novo 2 2
11 LM Scotland Charlie Adam 4
14 CM Senegal Amdy Faye 1
17 RW Scotland Chris Burke 3
18 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 2
19 CF France Jean-Claude Darcheville 1 1
20 LW United States Damarcus Beasley 2
21 RB Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 5
23 CB Scotland Christian Dailly 3
24 CB Spain Carlos Cuéllar 6 1
27 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 7 1
28 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 4 1
29 CF Gabon Daniel Cousin 1 1

Last updated: 24 May 2008
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland David Murray
Chief Executive Scotland Martin Bain
Finance Director Scotland Donald McIntyre
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
Non-Executive Director Scotland Paul Murray
(from 20 September)[33]

Source: Wikipedia

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Walter Smith
Assistant Manager Scotland Ally McCoist
First-team coach Scotland Kenny McDowall
Fitness coach Wales Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Billy Thomson
(until 1 August)
Scotland Jim Stewart
(from 1 August)[34]

Source: Wikipedia

Other staff

Position Staff
Physiotherapist Scotland Davie Henderson
(until 1 August)[34]
Scotland Philip Yeates
(from September)
Doctor Scotland Dr Paul Jackson
Chief Scout Scotland Ewan Chester
Massuer Scotland David Lavery
Kit controller Scotland Jimmy Bell
Video Analyst Scotland Steve Harvey
Head of Football
Administration		 Scotland Andrew Dickson

Source: Wikipedia

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
24 August 2007Scottish Premier League1AInverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 0
411 August 2007Scottish Premier League2HSt Mirren2 – 0
618 August 2007Scottish Premier League3HFalkirk7 – 2
725 August 2007Scottish Premier League4AKilmarnock2 – 1
91 September 2007Scottish Premier League5HGretna4 – 0
1015 September 2007Scottish Premier League6AHeart of Midlothian2 – 4
1223 September 2007Scottish Premier League7HAberdeen3 – 0
1429 September 2007Scottish Premier League8AMotherwell1 – 1
166 October 2007Scottish Premier League9HHibernian0 – 1
1720 October 2007Scottish Premier League10HCeltic3 – 0
1928 October 2007Scottish Premier League11ADundee United1 – 2
213 November 2007Scottish Premier League12HInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0
2324 November 2007Scottish Premier League13AFalkirk3 – 1
251 December 2007Scottish Premier League14HKilmarnock2 – 0
2715 December 2007Scottish Premier League15HHeart of Midlothian2 – 1
2823 December 2007Scottish Premier League16AAberdeen1 – 1
2926 December 2007Scottish Premier League17HMotherwell3 – 1
3029 December 2007Scottish Premier League18AHibernian2 – 1
315 January 2008Scottish Premier League19HDundee United2 – 0
3216 January 2008Scottish Premier League20ARGretna2 – 1
3319 January 2008Scottish Premier League21AInverness Caledonian Thistle1 – 0
3526 January 2008Scottish Premier League22HSt Mirren4 – 0
389 February 2008Scottish Premier League23HFalkirk2 – 0
4017 February 2008Scottish Premier League24AKilmarnock2 – 0
4224 February 2008Scottish Premier League25HGretna4 – 2
4327 February 2008Scottish Premier League26AHeart of Midlothian4 – 0
441 March 2008Scottish Premier League27HAberdeen3 – 1
5022 March 2008Scottish Premier League28HHibernian2 – 1
5129 March 2008Scottish Premier League29HCeltic1 – 0
536 April 2008Scottish Premier League30ADundee United3 – 3
5616 April 2008Scottish Premier League31ACeltic1 – 2
5927 April 2008Scottish Premier League32ACeltic2 – 3
614 May 2008Scottish Premier League33AHibernian0 – 0
627 May 2008Scottish Premier League34HMotherwell1 – 0
6310 May 2008Scottish Premier League35HDundee United3 – 1
6517 May 2008Scottish Premier League36AMotherwell1 – 1
6619 May 2008Scottish Premier League37ASt Mirren3 – 0
6722 May 2008Scottish Premier League38AAberdeen0 – 2

Last updated: 22 May 2008
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.

UEFA Champions League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
131 July 2007UEFA Champions LeagueQR2HZetaMontenegro2 – 0
37 August 2007UEFA Champions LeagueQR2AR MontenegroZetaMontenegro1 – 0
514 August 2007UEFA Champions LeagueQR3HRed StarSerbia1 – 0
828 August 2007UEFA Champions LeagueQR3A SerbiaRed StarSerbia0 – 0
1119 September 2007UEFA Champions LeagueGSHVfB StuttgartGermany2 – 1
152 October 2007UEFA Champions LeagueGSA FranceLyonFrance3 – 0
1823 October 2007UEFA Champions LeagueGSHBarcelonaSpain0 – 0
227 November 2007UEFA Champions LeagueGSA SpainBarcelonaSpain0 – 2
2427 November 2007UEFA Champions LeagueGSA GermanyVfB StuttgartGermany2 – 3
2612 December 2007UEFA Champions LeagueGSHLyonFrance0 – 3

Last updated: 12 December 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.

UEFA Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
3913 February 2008UEFA CupRound of 32HPanathinaikosGreece0 – 0
4121 February 2008UEFA CupRound of 32A GreecePanathinaikosGreece1 – 1
456 March 2008UEFA CupRound of 16HWerder BremenGermany2 – 0
4713 March 2008UEFA CupRound of 16A GermanyWerder BremenGermany0 – 1
523 April 2008UEFA CupQFHSporting CPPortugal0 – 0
5410 April 2008UEFA CupQFA PortugalSporting CPPortugal2 – 0
5824 April 2008UEFA CupSFHFiorentinaItaly0 – 0
601 May 2008UEFA CupSFA ItalyFiorentinaItaly0 – 0
(4-2 pen.)
6414 May 2008UEFA CupFN EnglandZenit St. PetersburgRussia0 – 2

Last updated: 14 May 2008
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.

Scottish Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
3423 January 2008Scottish Cup4HEast Stirlingshire6 – 0
373 February 2008Scottish Cup5AHibernian0 – 0
469 March 2008Scottish Cup5 RHHibernian1 – 0
4919 March 2008Scottish CupQFHPartick Thistle1 – 1
5513 April 2008Scottish CupQF RAPartick Thistle2 – 0
5720 April 2008Scottish CupSFNSt Johnstone1 – 1
(4-3 pen.)
6824 May 2008Scottish CupFNQueen of the South3 – 2

Last updated: 24 May 2008
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.

League Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1326 September 2007Scottish League Cup3AREast Fife4 – 0
2031 October 2007Scottish League CupQFAMotherwell2 – 1
3630 January 2008Scottish League CupSFNHeart of Midlothian2 – 0
4816 March 2008Scottish League CupFNDundee United2 – 2
(3-2 pen.)

Last updated: 16 March 2008
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.

Friendlies

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
113 July 2007FriendlyA GermanyFC GüterslohGermany3 – 0
215 July 2007FriendlyA GermanySV Lippstadt 08Germany4 – 2
317 July 2007FriendlyA GermanyHannover 96Germany0 – 1
421 July 2007FriendlyAFalkirk1 – 1
524 July 2007FriendlyHAjaxNetherlands1 – 1
628 July 2007FriendlyHChelseaEngland2 – 0

Last updated: 28 July 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 4 August 22 May
UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round—Group Stage 31 July 12 December
UEFA Cup Round of 32—Runners-up 13 February 14 May
Scottish League Cup Third Round— Winners 24 September 16 March
Scottish Cup Fourth round— Winners 13 January 24 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 28 5 5 84 26+58 89 2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
2 Rangers 38 27 5 6 84 33+51 86 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Motherwell 38 18 6 14 50 46+4 60 2008–09 UEFA CupFirst round
4 Aberdeen 38 15 8 15 50 58−8 53

Updated to games played on 24 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08
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 27 5 6 84 33  +51 86 18 0 1 50 10  +40 9 5 5 34 23  +11

Last updated: 24 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHHHAAAAHHAAA
Result W W W W W L W D L W L W W W W D W W W W W W W W W W W W W D L L D W W D W L

Last updated: 22 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Champions League

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6420123+914
Lyon 63121110+110
Rangers 621379−27
Stuttgart 6105715−83

Updated to games played on 15 December 2007.
Source: UEFA Champions League 2007-08
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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