2008–09 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2008–09 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 1st
P38 W26 D8 L4 F77 A28
Scottish Cup Winners
League Cup Runners-up
Champions League Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Boyd (27)
All:
Kris Boyd (31)
Highest home attendance 50,403 vs Celtic
(27 December)
Lowest home attendance 27,588 vs Hamilton Academical
(8 March)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season is the 128th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 49 competitive matches during the 2008-09 season. The season began disastrously as the club exited the UEFA Champions League and European football altogether, losing 2–1 on aggregate to Lithuanian side FBK Kaunas in the second qualifying round. The first leg at Ibrox finished goalless, but the return leg ended in defeat for Rangers after an 87th-minute header from Linas Pilibaitis. The financial consequences of the failures to qualify for the Champions League were revealed when the club posted a loss of £3.9m for the six months to December 2008, and in March decided to offer staff the option of voluntary redundancy as a way of cutting costs.[1] There was also mounting pressure on the manager to reduce the first team squad from 28 players to a more manageable figure. The player excess was eased slightly with the departures of Chris Burke, Jean-Claude Darcheville and a couple out on loan deals but the increased debt meant that the club needed to find a cash injection. This resulted in the attempted sale of Kris Boyd to Birmingham City which fell through due to the players wage demands.[2]

In the first Old Firm game of the season, Rangers won 4–2, with Pedro Mendes scoring his first goal for the club, and Kenny Miller scoring a double against his former employers. But the team's league form stuttered thereafter. Despite a run of five wins from six matches following the Old Firm victory, the side trailed Celtic by seven points in the league at the turn of the year. For the first few months of 2009 both sides dropped and gained points on the other and Rangers briefly took over top spot of the Scottish Premier League on 21 February after a win against Kilmarnock. The spell as league leaders lasted less than a fortnight. A defeat and a draw, both at home, to Inverness and Hearts respectively, saw Smith's side sit second in the table, one point behind Celtic, at the split. The fourth Old Firm league meeting of the season finished with a 1-0 win to Rangers, thanks to a Steven Davis strike. This meant that, with three league games remaining, Rangers were two points ahead of Celtic. Further twists and turns followed, both Old Firm sides drew their matches against Hibernian at Easter Road, and so Rangers were ahead by two points with one round of matches remaining. Smith's side just needed a win against Dundee United to guarantee the club's 52nd league title. That is exactly what they got, goals from Kyle Lafferty, Pedro Mendes and Kris Boyd sealed a 3-0 win and the club's first league championship in four seasons.[3]

The club played in the finals of both of the domestic cup competitions for the second season running. The 2009 Scottish League Cup Final was reached by defeating Partick Thistle, Hamilton and Falkirk en route but the final ended in a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Old Firm rivals Celtic. The match was Walter Smith's first ever Old Firm final and was marred by a Kirk Broadfoot sending off deep into extra time for a foul on Aidan McGeady inside the penalty box. Celtic were subsequently awarded a penalty which McGeady himself converted.[4]

Rangers qualified for the 2009 Scottish Cup Final after beating St Mirren 3-0 in the semi-final. The second goal of the game was scored by Kris Boyd and was his 100th goal for Rangers. The team faced Falkirk at Hampden Park on 30 May 2009 in what was the club's 51st Scottish Cup Final appearance. A Nacho Novo strike in the first minute of the second half gave Rangers a 1-0 win and completed the domestic double.[5]

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 27 1998 141 0 2013 Youth system
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 23 2008 16 2 2013 £2.6m
3 DF Scotland David Weir (captain)39 2007 (Winter) 126 5 2010 Free
4 DF Spain Carlos Cuéllar 27 2007 65 5 2011 £2.37m left on 12 August
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 30 2008 42 4 2011 £3m
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 29 2006 108 2 2011 £0.45m
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 31 2005 (Winter) 431 61 2010 £4.5m
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 31 2005 108 2 2009 Free
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 24 2007 (Winter) 70 3 2011 £2m
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 25 2005 (Winter) 152 102 2010 £0.4m
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 30 2004 206 64 2010 £0.45m
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 23 2003 87 18 2012 Youth system
12 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 31 2007 66 7 2011 £2.25m
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 22 2008 42 5 2012 £1.9m
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 26 2007 2 0 2010 Free
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 26 2007 1 0 2010 Free
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 25 2000 131 14 2009 Youth system left on 12 January
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 29 2008 76 24 2011 £2m
19 FW France Jean-Claude Darcheville 33 2007 59 16 2009 Free left on 1 January
20 MF United States DaMarcus Beasley 27 2007 33 5 2010 £0.7m
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 24 2007 68 1 2010 Free
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 27 2008 1 1 2011 £0.4m
23 DF Scotland Christian Dailly 35 2008 (Winter) 36 2 2009 Free
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 26 2008 39 1 2012 £2.5m
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 31 2008 (Winter) 29 0 2011 Free
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 23 2002 57 1 2010 Youth system
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 21 2008 32 9 2013 £3.25m
28 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 24 2007 79 8 2012 £2m
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 31 2007 44 13 2010 £1.1m left on 1 September
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 20 2008 5 2 2010 Loan
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 24 2008 69 8 2012 £3m
37 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 30 2008 11 5 2011 £1m
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 21 2006 1 0 2011 £0.025m
53 MF Scotland John Fleck 17 2007 13 1 2011 Youth system
56 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 20 2006 1 0 2011 Youth system
  • Last updated: 24 May 2009
  • 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.
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 26 Wigan AthleticEngland Transfer Summer 2011 £0.45m [6]
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 28 Derby CountyEngland Transfer Summer 2011 £2m [7]
37 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 29 VikingNorway Transfer Summer 2011 £1m [8]
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 20 BurnleyEngland Transfer Summer 2013 £3.25m [9]
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 25 Charlton AthleticEngland Transfer Summer 2012 £2.5m [10]
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 19 ValenciaSpain Loan Summer 2010 n/a [11]
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 29 PortsmouthEngland Transfer Summer 2011 £3m [12]
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 23 FulhamEngland Transfer Summer 2012 £3m [13]
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 22 Toronto FCCanada Transfer Summer 2013 £2.6m [14][15]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
 Total spending: £17.8m

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
54 DF Scotland Nicholas Gallacher 18 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [16]
57 FW Ivory Coast Lacine Cherif 17 Kilmarnock End of contract Summer n/a [16]
55 MF Scotland Alistair Park 17 Hibernian End of contract Summer n/a [16]
50 DF England Michael Donald 19 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a [16]
31 GK Scotland Calum Reidford 21 Dunfermline Athletic End of contract Summer n/a [17]
41 DF Scotland Chris Smith 19 Greenock Morton End of contract Summer n/a [18]
52 MF Belgium Jeroen Van Den Broeck 19 AGOVVNetherlands End of contract Summer n/a [18]
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 24 ValenciennesFrance Transfer Summer £1m [19]
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 27 Cercle BruggeBelgium Transfer Summer Free [20]
4 DF Spain Carlos Cuéllar 26 Aston VillaEngland Transfer Summer £7.8m [21]
43 FW Scotland Steven Lennon 20 Partick Thistle Loan Summer n/a [22]
80 GK Scotland Mark Weir 16 Kilmarnock Loan Summer n/a [22]
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 26 Bristol CityEngland Loan Summer n/a [23]
36 MF South Africa Dean Furman 20 Bradford CityEngland Loan Summer n/a [24]
42 DF Scotland Alan Lowing 20 Clyde Loan Summer n/a [25]
44 MF Scotland Paul Emslie 20 Clyde Loan Summer n/a [25]
41 GK Scotland Scott Gallacher 19 Cowdenbeath Loan Summer n/a [26]
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 31 Hull CityEngland Transfer Summer £3.5m [27]
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 25 BlackpoolEngland Loan Summer n/a [28]
40 GK England Lee Robinson 22 St Johnstone Loan n/a n/a [29]
52 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 19 Dundee Loan n/a n/a [30]
55 DF Scotland Steven Kinniburgh 19 Queen of the South Loan n/a n/a [31]
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 20 Dunfermline Athletic Loan n/a n/a [32]
48 DF Scotland William McLachlan 19 Airdrie United Loan n/a n/a
40 GK Scotland Lee Robinson 22 Queen of the South Loan n/a n/a [33]
19 FW France Jean-Claude Darcheville 33 ValenciennesFrance Transfer Winter Free [34]
47 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 20 Hamilton Academical Loan Winter n/a [35]
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 25 Cardiff CityWales Transfer Winter Free [36]
54 MF Cyprus Georgios Efrem 19 Dundee Loan Winter n/a [37]
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 26 Norwich CityEngland Loan Winter n/a [38]
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 23 BlackpoolEngland Loan Winter n/a [39]
49 DF Scotland Ross Harvey 19 Brechin City Loan n/a n/a [40]
55 DF Scotland Steven Kinniburgh 19 St Johnstone Loan n/a n/a [41]

Last updated: 31 March 2008
 Total income: £12.3m

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 Scotland Allan McGregor 35 0 27 0 3 0 3 0 2 0
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 16 2 11+1 2 2+1 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland David Weir 47 2 36 2 5 0 4 0 2 0
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 42 4 35 3 3 0 4 1 0 0
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 39 2 29 1 4 1 4 0 2 0
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 27 2 17+5 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 14 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 46 31 33+2 27 4+1 1 3+1 3 0+2 0
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 38 9 7+22 5 0+3 2 2+2 2 1+1 0
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 11 0 7+2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 20 0 10+2 0 2+2 0 1+1 0 2 0
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 11 0 1+6 0 2+1 0 1 0 0 0
15 MF Scotland Alan Gow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 38 13 25+5 10 4+1 3 1 0 2 0
19 FW France Jean-Claude Darcheville 11 1 4+4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
20 MF United States DaMarcus Beasley 12 0 6+4 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 34 0 27 0 1 0 4 0 2 0
22 DF Scotland Andy Webster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Scotland Christian Dailly 14 0 7+2 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 2 0
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 39 1 31 1 5 0 3 0 0 0
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 14 0 11 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 32 9 11+14 6 2+1 2 2+1 1 0+1 0
28 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 31 3 19+5 2 4 1 1 0 2 0
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 2 1 1+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 5 2 0+3 0 1+1 2 0 0 0 0
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 43 7 34 6 4+1 1 4 0 0 0
37 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 11 5 6+2 4 1 1 0 0 0+2 0
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 MF Scotland John Fleck 10 1 7+1 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
56 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Top Scorer

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 SPL
 SC
 SLC
 E
 Total
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 27 1 3 31
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 10 3 13
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 5 2 2 9
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 6 2 1 9
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 5 1 1 7
37 FW Lithuania Andrius Velička 4 1 5
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 3 1 4
28 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 2 1 3
3 DF Scotland David Weir 2 2
2 MF United States Maurice Edu 2 2
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 2 2
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 1 1 2
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 1 1 2
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 2 2
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 1 1
53 MF Scotland John Fleck 1 1
19 FW France Jean-Claude Darcheville 1 1
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 1 1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 YC

RC
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 1
3 DF Scotland David Weir 5 1
4 MF Portugal Pedro Mendes 7
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 6 1 1
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 3
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 4
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 6
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 2
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 2
12 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 6
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 1
18 FW Scotland Kenny Miller 3
21 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 4 1
23 DF Scotland Christian Dailly 4
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 8 1
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 2
27 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 6
28 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 5
29 FW Gabon Daniel Cousin 1 1
31 MF Spain Aarón Ñíguez 1
35 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 1
53 MF Scotland John Fleck 1

Last updated: 24 May 2009
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 Paul Murray
Non-executive director Scotland Donald Wilson

Source: Wikipedia articles

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Walter Smith
Assistant manager Scotland Ally McCoist
First-team coach Scotland Kenny McDowall
First-team coach Scotland Ian Durrant
(from 30 June)
Fitness coach Wales Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Jim Stewart

Source: Wikipedia articles

Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football administration Scotland Andrew Dickson
Physiotherapist Scotland Phillip Yeates
Doctor Scotland Dr Paul Jackson
Chief scout Scotland Ewan Chester
Massuer Scotland David Lavery
Kit controller Scotland Jimmy Bell
Video analyst Scotland Steve Harvey

Source: Wikipedia articles

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
39 August 2008Scottish Premier League1AFalkirk1 – 0
416 August 2008Scottish Premier League2HHeart of Midlothian2 – 0
523 August 2009Scottish Premier League3AAberdeen1 – 1
631 August 2008Scottish Premier League4ACeltic4 – 2
713 September 2008Scottish Premier League5HKilmarnock2 – 1
821 September 2008Scottish Premier League6HMotherwell2 – 1
1028 September 2008Scottish Premier League7AHibernian3 – 0
115 October 2008Scottish Premier League8ASt Mirren0 – 1
1225 October 2008Scottish Premier League10AHamilton Academical3 – 1
141 November 2008Scottish Premier League11HInverness Caledonian Thistle5 – 0
154 November 2008[42]Scottish Premier League9HDundee United3 – 3
169 November 2008Scottish Premier League12AKilmarnock4 – 0
1712 November 2008Scottish Premier League13AMotherwell0 – 0
1815 November 2008Scottish Premier League14HSt Mirren2 – 1
1922 November 2008Scottish Premier League15HAberdeen2 – 0
2029 November 2008Scottish Premier League16AHeart of Midlothian1 – 2
216 December 2008Scottish Premier League17HHamilton Academical7 – 1
2213 December 2008Scottish Premier League18ADundee United2 – 2
2320 December 2008Scottish Premier League19HHibernian1 – 0
2427 December 2008Scottish Premier League20HCeltic0 – 1
254 January 2009Scottish Premier League21AInverness Caledonian Thistle3 – 0
2717 January 2009Scottish Premier League22HFalkirk3 – 1
2824 January 2009Scottish Premier League23AAberdeen0 – 0
3031 January 2009Scottish Premier League24HDundee United2 – 0
3115 February 2009Scottish Premier League25ACeltic0 – 0
3321 February 2009Scottish Premier League26HKilmarnock3 – 1
3428 February 2009Scottish Premier League27AHamilton Academical1 – 0
354 March 2009Scottish Premier League28HInverness Caledonian Thistle0 – 1
3821 March 2009Scottish Premier League29HHeart of Midlothian2 – 2
395 April 2009Scottish Premier League30AFalkirk1 – 0
408 April 2009[45]Scottish Premier League31ASt Mirren2 – 1
4111 April 2009Scottish Premier League32HMotherwell3 – 1
4219 April 2009Scottish Premier League33AHibernian3 – 2
443 May 2009Scottish Premier League34HHeart of Midlothian2 – 0
459 May 2009Scottish Premier League35HCeltic1 – 0
4613 May 2009Scottish Premier League36AHibernian1 – 1
4716 May 2009Scottish Premier League37HAberdeen2 – 1
4824 May 2009Scottish Premier League38ADundee United3 – 0

Last updated: 24 May 2009
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
130 July 2008Champions LeagueQR2HFBK KaunasLithuania0 – 0
25 August 2008Champions LeagueQR2A LithuaniaFBK KaunasLithuania1 – 2

Last updated: 5 August 2008
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
2613 January 2009Scottish Cup4ASt Johnstone2 – 0
3218 February 2009[46]Scottish Cup5AForfar Athletic4 – 0
368 March 2009Scottish CupQFHHamilton Academical5 – 1
4325 April 2009Scottish CupSFNSt Mirren3 – 0
4930 May 2009Scottish CupFNFalkirk1 – 0

Last updated: 30 May 2009
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
924 September 2008League Cup3APartick Thistle2 – 1
1328 October 2008League CupQFHHamilton Academical2 – 0
2927 January 2009League CupSFNFalkirk3 – 0
3715 March 2009League CupFNCeltic0 – 2

Last updated: 15 March 2009
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
113 July 2008FriendlyA GermanyPreußen MünsterGermany1 – 0
216 July 2008FriendlyA GermanySportfreunde Lotte3 – 1
319 July 2009FriendlyA GermanySchalke 04Germany0 – 1
422 July 2009FriendlyAClyde1 – 0
526 July 2009FriendlyARaith Rovers2 – 1
62 August 2009FriendlyHLiverpoolEngland0 – 4
74 February 2009FriendlyHMilanItaly2 – 2

Last updated: 24 May 2009
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 ——1st 9 August 24 May
Champions League Second Qualifying Round—Second Qualifying Round 30 July 6 August
League Cup 3rd Round— Runners-up 24 September 15 March
Scottish Cup 4th Round— Winners 13 January 30 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 38 26 8 4 77 28+49 86 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Celtic 38 24 10 4 80 33+47 82 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 16 11 11 40 37+3 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 Aberdeen 38 14 11 13 41 40+1 53 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

Updated to games played on 24 May 2009.
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 26 8 4 77 28  +49 86 15 2 2 44 15  +29 11 6 2 33 13  +20

Last updated: 24 May 2009.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHHAAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Result W W D W W W W L D W W W D W W L W D W L W W D W D W W L W D W W W W W D W W

Last updated: 24 May 2009.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

References

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  2. ↑ "Blues end bid to sign Gers' Boyd". BBC Sport. 8 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Dundee United 0–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. 24 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Celtic 2-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 15 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "Rangers 1–0 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 30 May 2009.
  6. ↑ "Webster completes Rangers switch". BBC Sport. 9 June 2008.
  7. ↑ "Miller makes his way back to Gers". BBC Sport. 13 June 2008.
  8. ↑ "Velicka completes Rangers switch". BBC Sport. 16 June 2008.
  9. ↑ "Lafferty completes Rangers move". BBC Sport. 19 June 2008.
  10. ↑ "Rangers sign defender Bougherra". BBC Sport. 31 July 2008.
  11. ↑ "Rangers complete Niguez transfer". BBC Sport. 13 August 2008.
  12. ↑ "Rangers confirm capture of Mendes". BBC Sport. 15 August 2008.
  13. ↑ "Fulham's Davis moves to Rangers". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008.
  14. ↑ "Rangers sign US international Edu". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008.
  15. ↑ "Rangers' Edu is given work permit". BBC Sport. 22 August 2008.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Don Deal For Thrilled Leven" Sunday Mail. 8 June 2008.
  17. ↑ "Rangers keeper Reidford set to move on" TribalFootball.com. 6 May 2008.
  18. 1 2 "SPL ins/outs". BBC Sport. 1 September 2008.
  19. ↑ "Striker Sebo completes Ibrox exit". BBC Sport. 29 May 2008.
  20. ↑ "Buffel exits Rangers for Cercle" BBC Sport. 1 July 2008.
  21. ↑ "Cuellar seals £7.8m move to Villa". BBC Sport. 12 August 2008.
  22. 1 2 "Gers send youngsters out on loan" BBC Sport. 16 August 2008.
  23. ↑ "Bristol City land Webster on loan" BBC Sport. 18 August 2008.
  24. ↑ "Bradford City take Furman on loan" BBC Sport. 28 August 2008.
  25. 1 2 "Clyde do loan deals for Gers duo" BBC Sport. 31 August 2008.
  26. ↑ "Cowdenbeath take SPL duo on loan" BBC Sport. 1 September 2008
  27. ↑ "Striker Cousin makes Hull switch". BBC Sport. 1 September 2008.
  28. ↑ "Blackpool take Gers' Gow on loan" BBC Sport. 1 September 2008.
  29. ↑ "Ibrox keeper goes on Saints loan" BBC Sport. 2 October 2008.
  30. ↑ "Ibrox keeper goes on Saints loan" BBC Sport. 19 November 2008.
  31. ↑ "Kinniburgh joins Queens on loan" BBC Sport. 7 December 2008.
  32. ↑ "Rangers' Loy loaned out to Pars". BBC Sport. 12 December 2008.
  33. ↑ "Wilson and Robinson join Queens" BBC Sport. 30 December 2008.
  34. ↑ "Darcheville Ibrox exit confirmed" BBC Sport. 19 December 2008.
  35. ↑ "Accies sign Old Firm pair on loan" BBC Sport. 7 January 2009.
  36. ↑ "Cardiff sign Burke from Rangers" BBC Sport. 9 January 2009.
  37. ↑ "Rangers' Efrem on loan to Dundee" BBC Sport. 1 February 2009.
  38. ↑ "Norwich bring in Gow from Rangers" BBC Sport. 2 February 2009.
  39. ↑ "Adam moves to Blackpool on loan" BBC Sport. 2 February 2009.
  40. ↑ "Rangers defender joins Brechin" BBC Sport. 21 March 2009.
  41. ↑ "Saints secure Rangers left back on loan". St Johnstone F.C. 31 March 2009.
  42. ↑ Original date was 18 October 2009 - postponed due to death of Dundee United Chairman Eddie Thompson
  43. ↑ Boyd was officially credited with the goal but it was recorded as a Karipidis (Own goal) by media sources, see Boyd's page
  44. ↑ Boyd gets gift of a goal for his tally, match referee awards Boyd the goal
  45. ↑ Original date was 15 March 2009 - postponed due to Rangers involvement in the League Cup Final
  46. ↑ Original date was 8 February 2009 - postponed due to a frozen and unplayable pitch
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