The 2000–01 season was the 121st season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview Rangers played a total of 56 competitive matches during the 2000–01 season.

Rangers went into the season looking to clinch a third consecutive Scottish Premier League title, as well as trying to successfully defend the Scottish Cup, win the League Cup and make an impact in the UEFA Champions League. Despite further heavy investment in the team, which included paying a £12 million fee for striker Tore André Flo in November, Rangers were unable to win the title and finished the season without winning any trophies.

Despite a good start to the season, a 6–2 loss against Celtic in the first Old Firm derby saw the beginning of inconsistent league form for Rangers throughout the rest of the season, including a 3–0 loss at home to Kilmarnock. The loss to Kilmarnock brought a conflict between club captain Lorenzo Amoruso and manager Dick Advocaat to a head, resulting in Amoruso being stripped of the captaincy and 22-year-old Barry Ferguson being given the arm band. A 5–1 victory over Celtic in November gave hope for revival but Rangers were unable to put up any serious challenge and finished the season 15 points off top spot.

In the domestic cup competitions Rangers lost 3–1 to Celtic in the semi-finals of the League Cup and also surrendered their Scottish Cup crown with a 1–0 loss away to Dundee Utd.

In Europe, Rangers qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive time after two qualifying rounds and were drawn alongside Sturm Graz, Galatasaray and Monaco. Rangers made a good start to the group with six points from two matches, including a 5–0 win at home to Sturm Graz and 1–0 win away to Monaco. However, they only picked up two points from the remaining four games and failed to qualify for the next phase of the competition, finishing third and therefore dropping into the UEFA Cup. The last match at home to Monaco saw Rangers leading 2-1 which would have seen them go through but a late Monaco goal denied Rangers a place in the next round. In the UEFA Cup, Rangers drew Kaiserslautern and, despite winning the first leg 1–0 at home, they exited European competition before Christmas after a 3–0 loss in Germany.

Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee5 June 2000 Bert Konterman Feyenoord £4,500,0006 June 2000 Paul Ritchie Heart of Midlothian Free8 June 2000 Peter Løvenkrands AB £1,400,00026 June 2000 Kenny Miller Hibernian £2,000,00030 June 2000 Paul Reid Carlisle United £600,0001 July 2000 Allan Johnston Sunderland Free Fernando Ricksen AZ £3,750,00031 August 2000 Ronald de Boer Barcelona £4,500,0006 September 2000 Alexander Hauser Tirol Innsbruck Free21 October 2000 Jesper Christiansen OB £1,700,00023 November 2000 Tore André Flo Chelsea £12,000,000"Flo goes to Rangers" BBC Sport (23 November 2000)1 January 2001 Jani Kauppila Tervarit Free8 March 2001 Marcus Gayle Wimbledon £900,000"Gayle blows into Ibrox" BBC Sport (8 March 2001)14 March 2001 Fabrice Fernandes Rennes Loan"Gers are fab, Collins tells Fabrice" BBC Sport. 14 March 2001.

Out DatePlayerToFee31 May 2000 Ståle Stensaas Rosenborg £300,000 Gordon Durie Heart of Midlothian Free14 June 2000 Darren Fitzgerald Glentoran Free27 July 2000 Scott Chaplain Ayr United Free31 July 2000 Jonatan Johansson Charlton Athletic £3,500,0001 August 2000 Barry Nicholson Dunfermline Athletic £200,00010 August 2000 Sebastian Rozental Independiente Loan21 August 2000 Paul Ritchie Manchester City £500,0007 September 2000 Michael Stone Doncaster Rovers Free19 November 2000 Lionel Charbonnier Lausanne-Sport Free29 January 2001 Andrei Kanchelskis Manchester City Loan1 February 2001 Daniel Prodan Rocar București Free9 February 2001 Marco Negri Bologna Free

Expendure: £31,350,000 Income: £4,500,000 Total loss/gain: £26,850,000

Matches All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Friendlies DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers7 July 2000 GentA3–22,500Kanchelskis (2), McCann12 July 2000 BocholtA3–13,000Mols, Wallace, Albertz13 July 2000 Quick '20A6–02,000Ferguson (2), Johansson (2), Mols, Miller15 July 2000 HZVVA5–13,000Dodds (2), Albertz (2) Kanchelskis20 January 2001Miami FusionA4–13,000Miller (4)

Scottish Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 29 July 2000St JohnstoneH2–148,062Dodds (2) 5 August 2000 KilmarnockA4–214,680Dodds (2, 1 pen.), Miller, Tugay 13 August 2000 St MirrenA3–19,251Albertz (2, 1 pen.), Dodds 19 August 2000 Dunfermline AthleticH4–147,452Albertz (pen.), van Bronckhorst, Dodds, Wallace 27 August 2000 CelticA2–659,476Reyna, Dodds (pen.) 9 September 2000 DundeeA1–110,439McCann 17 September 2000 HeartsH1–047,496de Boer 23 September 2000 MotherwellA1–011,275Mols 1 October 2000Dundee UnitedH3–044,324Kanchelskis, Albertz, van Bronckhorst 14 October 2000 HibernianA0–114,524 22 October 2000St JohnstoneA1–27,763Miller 28 October 2000 KilmarnockH0–349,659 4 November 2000 St MirrenH7–148,795Miller (5), Dodds, McCann 12 November 2000 AberdeenA2–116,798Miller, Mols 18 November 2000 Dunfermline AthleticA0–010,706 26 November 2000 CelticH5–150,083Ferguson, Flo, de Boer, Amoruso, Mols 3 December 2000 HeartsA1–016,710Albertz (pen.) 10 December 2000 MotherwellH2–046,058Konterman, Ferguson 13 December 2000 AberdeenH3–145,285Mols, Dodds, Albertz 17 December 2000 Dundee UnitedA1–110,750Reyna 23 December 2000 HibernianH1–049,993de Boer 26 December 2000 St JohnstoneH3–046,180McCann, Ricksen, Flo 2 January 2001 St MirrenA3–18,142Flo (2), Konterman 31 January 2001AberdeenH1–045,621Tugay 2 February 2001 Dunfermline AthleticH2–046,302Tugay, Mols 11 February 2001 CelticA0–159,496 24 February 2001 DundeeA1–09,778Konterman 3 March 2001 HeartsH2–049,003Flo (2) 14 March 2001 DundeeH0–245,035 17 March 2001 MotherwellA2–111,208Fernandes, Malcolm 31 March 2001 Dundee UnitedH0–248,382 8 April 2001 HibernianA0–09,704 11 April 2001 KilmarnockA2–114,585Flo (2) 21 April 2001 DundeeA3–010,687Wallace, Flo, Albertz 29 April 2001 CelticH0–350,057 8 May 2001 HeartsA4–115,315Albertz (2), Wallace, Flo 11 May 2001KilmarnockH5–146,577Wallace (2), de Boer, Amoruso, Flo 20 May 2001HibernianH4–047,023de Boer (2), Albertz (pen.), Vidmar

Scottish League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 6 September 2000R3AberdeenH4–237,029van Bronckhorst, Wallace, Dodds, Amoruso 31 October 2000QFDundee UnitedH2–030,966Miller, Ferguson 7 February 2001SFCelticN1–350,019Albertz (pen.)

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 27 January 2001R3Brechin CityH2–022,606Johnston, Miller 18 February 2001R4Ross CountyA3–25,972Flo (2), Ferguson 11 March 2001QFDundee UnitedA0–111,793

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 26 July 2000 QR2 Žalgiris KaunasH4–145,974 Johnston, Albertz (pen), Dodds (2) 2 August 2000 QR2 Žalgiris KaunasA0–04,000 9 August 2000 QR3 HerfølgeA3–03,523Albertz, Wallace, Amoruso 23 August 2000 QR3 HerfølgeH3–034,141Wallace, Johnston, Kanchelskis 12 September 2000 GS Sturm GrazH5–049,317Mols, de Boer, Albertz, van Bronckhorst, Dodds 20 September 2000 GS MonacoA1–011,161van Bronckhorst 27 September 2000 GS GalatasarayA2–320,954Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst 17 October 2000 GS GalatasarayH0–049,603 25 October 2000 GS Sturm GrazA0–215,400 7 November 2000 GS MonacoH2–250,228Miller, Mols

UEFA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 30 November 2000 R3 KaiserslauternH1–047,279Albertz 7 December 2000 R3 KaiserslauternA0–328,757

Appearances

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

Competitions Overall

League table

Champions League table

References