The 2001–02 season was the 122nd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview Rangers played a total of 59 competitive matches during the 2001–02 season. The side won both the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in 2001–02, while finishing second in the Scottish Premier League.

The season started under the Management of Dutchman Dick Advocaat. Inconsistent form including two losses to Celtic meant that by December, Rangers were behind Celtic in the league. Advocaat announced his resignation in December, moving to the position of Director of Football and Hibernian manager Alex McLeish took over. Rangers league form improved under McLeish with only one defeat taking place under him before the end of the season, but the gap opened up by Celtic meant no challenge to win the league was possible.

McLeish lead Rangers to success in the two domestic cup competitions. In the League Cup semi-final Rangers beat Celtic 2-1 after extra time with a long range Bert Konterman goal proving to be the winner. They would then go on to win the competition with a 4–0 win over Ayr United in the final. In the Scottish Cup Rangers against faced Celtic, this time in the final. A dramatic last minute goal from Peter Løvenkrands saw Rangers win the game 3–2.

In Europe Rangers went out of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round to Fenerbache and therefore dropped into the UEFA Cup. Rangers progressed in this competition and a penalty shoot-out win over PSG saw them stay in Europe beyond Christmas for the first time in nine years. Rangers then narrowly lost the next round to eventual UEFA Cup winners Feyenoord.

Players Appearances

Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee25 June 2001 Claudio Caniggia Dundee £900,00026 June 2001 Christian Nerlinger Borussia Dortmund £1,800,0003 July 2001 Russell Latapy Hibernian Free17 August 2001 Michael Ball Everton£6,500,00029 August 2001 Shota Arveladze Ajax £3,000,000

Out DatePlayerToFee22 May 2001 Tero Penttilä FC Haka Loan24 May 2001 Jörg Albertz Hamburger SV £3,000,00030 May 2001 Mark Brown Motherwell Free1 June 2001 Sergio Porrini Alessandria Free Rod Wallace Bolton Wanderers Free20 June 2001 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Arsenal £8,500,00019 July 2001 Tugay Kerimoğlu Blackburn Rovers £1,300,0003 August 2001 Peter MacDonald St Johnstone £125,0006 August 2001 Stephen Carson Dundee United £150,0007 August 2001 Marcus Gayle Watford £900,0009 August 2001 Dariusz Adamczuk Wigan Athletic Loan31 August 2001 Allan Johnston Middlesbrough £600,0007 December 2001 Claudio Reyna Sunderland £4,000,00014 December 2001 Kenny Miller Wolverhampton Wanderers £3,000,00028 January 2002 Jesper Christiansen Vejle Boldklub Loan Paul Reid Preston North End Loan28 March 2002 Scott Wilson PortsmouthLoan

Expenditure: £12,200,000 Income: £21,575,000 Total loss/gain: £9,375,000

Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Friendlies DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 5 July 2001 VV DOVOA7–04,000Miller (3), de Boer, Numan, Dodds, Kanchelskis 7 July 2001 VV CapelleA5–13,500Johnston (2), Caniggia, de Boer, Gayle 9 July 2001 WHC Wezep/VSCOWHC provided first-half opposition and VSCO second-halfA8–02,200Miller (3), Flo (2), Dodds, Nerlinger, Caniggia 15 July 2001 FC CopenhagenA1–110,484Nerlinger 17 July 2001 MalmöA3–16,000McCann, Caniggia, Flo 21 July 2001 AnderlechtH1–225,200Caniggia

Scottish Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 28 July 2001 AberdeenA3–018,800Nerlinger, Latapy (pen.), Caniggia 4 August 2001 LivingstonH0–047,805 11 August 2001 Dunfermline AthleticA4–110,902 Latapy, Flo, Konterman (2) 18 August 2001 HibernianH2–245,940Hughes, Flo 26 August 2001 DundeeH2–048,038Mols, Ricksen 8 September 2001 Heart of MidlothianA2–214,014Latapy, Flo 16 September 2001 MotherwellH3–041,137Flo, de Boer, Caniggia 22 September 2001 Dundee UnitedA6–111,117Buchan (o.g.), Flo (3), de Boer, McCann 30 September 2001 CelticH0–250,097 13 October 2001 KilmarnockH3–149,379Arveladze, Caniggia, Flo 21 October 2001 St JohnstoneA2–08,331Arveladze, Flo 27 October 2001 LivingstonA2–010,012Reyna (2) 4 November 2001 AberdeenH2–049,739Flo (2) 17 November 2001 Dunfermline AthleticH4–048,554Arveladze (2), Flo (2) 25 November 2001 CelticA1–259,609Løvenkrands 1 December 2001 DundeeA0–011,085 9 December 2001 Heart of MidlothianH3–147,891de Boer, Latapy, Arveladze 12 December 2001 HibernianH1–146,179Ricksen 15 December 2001 MotherwellA2–29,864Arveladze, McCann 22 December 2001 Dundee UnitedH3–247,315Arveladze (2), Amoruso 26 December 2001 HibernianA3–014,021Moore, Flo, Arveladze 29 December 2001 St JohnstoneH1–048,827Mols 12 January 2002 LivingstonH3–048,044Flo, Caniggia (2) 19 January 2002 AberdeenA1–017,846Amoruso 23 January 2002 Dunfermline AthleticA4–28,795Vidmar, de Boer (2), Arveladze (pen) 30 January 2002 KilmarnockA2–211,589de Boer, Flo 2 February 2002 DundeeH2–148,861Arveladze, Moore 9 February 2002 Heart of MidlothianA2–014,128de Boer, McCann 16 February 2002 MotherwellH3–049,284Latapy, Flo, Ricksen 3 March 2002 Dundee UnitedA1–09,386Amoruso (pen.) 6 March 2002 St JohnstoneA2–06,382Flo, Ricksen 10 March 2002 CelticH1–150,111Numan 20 March 2002 KilmarnockH5–040,768McCann (3), Kanchelskis, Burke 7 April 2002 Heart of MidlothianH2–047,492Dodds (2) 13 April 2002 LivingstonA1–210,019Amoruso 21 April 2002 CelticA1–159,384Løvenkrands 27 April 2002 AberdeenH2–048,878McCann, Ferguson 12 May 2002 Dunfermline AthleticA1–18,716Moore

Scottish League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 9 October 2001 R3AirdrieoniansH3–034,075Arveladze (2), Numan 28 November 2001 QFRoss CountyA2–15,972Arveladze, Reyna 5 February 2002 SFCelticN2–143,457Løvenkrands, Konterman 17 March 2002 FAyr UnitedN4–050,076 Flo, Ferguson (pen.), Caniggia (2)

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 January 2002 R3Berwick RangersA0–04,280 21 January 2002 R3 RBerwick RangersH3–017,662Amoruso, Konterman, Arveladze 26 January 2002 R4HibernianH4–125,636Flo (2), Løvenkrands, Dodds 24 February 2002 QFForfar AthleticA6–04,504Dodds (3), Arveladze (2), Kanchelskis 24 March 2002 SFPartick ThistleN3–031,969Nerlinger (2), Ferguson 4 May 2002 FCelticN3–251,138Løvenkrands (2), Ferguson

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 25 July 2001 QR2 NK MariborA3–06,100Flo (2, 1 pen.), Nerlinger 1 August 2001 QR2 NK MariborH3–150,045Flo, Caniggia (2) 8 August 2001 QR3 FenerbahçeH0–049,472 22 August 2001 QR3 FenerbahçeA1–218,272Ricksen

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 27 September 2001 R1 Anzhi MakhachkalaN1–04,200Konterman 18 October 2001 R2 Dynamo MoscowH3–145,008Amoruso, Ball, de Boer 1 November 2001 R2 Dynamo Moscow A4–16,000de Boer, Ferguson, Flo, Løvenkrands 22 November 2001 R3 Paris Saint-GermainH0–049,223 6 December 2001 R3 Paris Saint-GermainA0–0*35,000 21 February 2002 R4 Feyenoord H1–149,041Ferguson (pen.) 28 February 2002 R4 FeyenoordA2–345,000McCann, Ferguson (pen.) *Rangers won the match 4–3 on penalties

League table

References