Rangers F.C. season 2003-04

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Rangers
Season 2003-04
Manager Alex McLeish
Chairman John McClelland
League Scottish Premier League
Final league position 2nd
P38 W25 D6 L7 F76 A33
Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup Semi-finals
Champions League Group Stage
Top goalscorer League: Shota Arveladze (12)
All: Shota Arveladze (15)
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2004-05

The 2003-04 season is the 107th season of competitive football by Rangers.

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[edit] Overview

Rangers played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 2003-04 season. The season ended trophyless. Due to the club's financial situation they had to resort to selling many top players. These included Barry Ferguson, Lorenzo Amoruso and Neil McCann, they also released high earners Arthur Numan and Bert Konterman.

As a result the club finished second to Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. Although they did qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stages, playing the likes of Manchester United, they finished bottom of the group and exited the competition.

The Scottish Cup campaign ended in the third round after a 1-0 defeat to Celtic and the League Cup campaign also ended in failure. The club lost out at the semi final stage to Hibernian 4-3 on penalties.

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In:

Player From Fee
Flag of Portugal Nuno Capucho FC Porto £670,000
Flag of Scotland Gavin Rae Dundee £250,000
Flag of Denmark Bajram Fetai B 93 £200,000
Flag of Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili Dundee Undisc
Flag of Italy Paolo Vanoli Bologna Free
Flag of Norway Henning Berg Blackburn Rovers Free
Flag of Brazil Emerson Atlético Madrid Free
Flag of Norway Egil Østenstad Blackburn Rovers Free
Flag of Tunisia Hamed Namouchi Auxerre Free
Flag of France Mark Kalenga Auxerre Free
Flag of the Netherlands Frank de Boer Galatasaray Free

[edit] Out:

Player To Fee
Flag of Scotland Barry Ferguson Blackburn Rovers £6.5m
Flag of Scotland Neil McCann Southampton £1.5m
Flag of Italy Lorenzo Amoruso Blackburn Rovers £1.4m
Flag of England Paul Reid Northampton Town £100,000
Flag of Scotland Stephen Dobbie Hibernian Free
Flag of Argentina Claudio Caniggia Qatar Sports Club Free
Flag of Norway Dan Eggen Le Mans Free
Flag of France Jerome Bonnissel Fulham Free
Flag of the Netherlands Bert Konterman Vitesse Arnhem Free
Flag of Australia Kevin Muscat Millwall Free
Flag of Germany Christian Nerlinger Kaiserslautern Free
Flag of the Netherlands Arthur Numan Retired

[edit] Results

Results for Rangers F.C. for season 2003-2004.

NOTE: scores are written Rangers first

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Rangers scorers Match Reports
August 9, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Kilmarnock 4-0 SPL Løvenkrands, Mols, Arteta (2) BBC
August 13, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow FC Copenhagen 1-1 CLQ Løvenkrands BBC
August 16, 2003 Pittodrie, Aberdeen Aberdeen 3-2 SPL R. de Boer, Arteta, Mols BBC
August 23, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hibernian 5-2 SPL Mols (2), O'Connor (og), Arteta, Burke BBC
August 27, 2003 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen FC Copenhagen 2-1 CLQ Arteta (pen), Arveladze BBC
August 31, 2003 Tannadice Park, Dundee Dundee United 3-1 SPL Capucho, Arveladze, Arteta (pen) BBC
September 13, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dunfermline Athletic 4-0 SPL Thompson, Mols, Arveladze, Capucho BBC
September 16, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow VfB Stuttgart 2-1 CLE Nerlinger, Løvenkrands BBC
September 21, 2003 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Hearts 4-0 SPL Arveladze (2), Løvenkrands (2) BBC
September 27, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee 3-1 SPL Arveladze (2), Vanoli BBC
October 1, 2003 Olympic Stadium Panathinaikos 1-1 CLE Emerson BBC
October 4, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Celtic 0-1 SPL BBC
October 19, 2003 Fir Park, Motherwell Motherwell 1-1 SPL Arveladze BBC
October 22, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Manchester United 0-1 CLE BBC
October 25, 2003 Almondvale, Livingston Livingston 0-0 SPL BBC
October 28, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Forar Athletic 6-0 SCL Nerlinger, Løvenkrands, Capucho, Østenstad BBC
November 1, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Partick Thsitle 3-1 SPL Arteta (2, 1 pen), Mols BBC
November 4, 2003 Old Trafford, Manchester Manchester United 0-3 CLE BBC
November 9, 2003 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock 3-2 SPL Arveladze (2), Capucho BBC
November 22, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Aberdeen 3-0 SPL Løvenkrands (2), Hughes BBC
November 26, 2003 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart 0-1 CLE BBC
November 30, 2003 Easter Road, Edinburgh Hibernian 1-0 SPL Hughes BBC
December 3, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow St Johnstone 3-0 SLC Burke, Østenstad, Mols BBC
December 6, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee United 2-1 SPL Capucho, Løvenkrands BBC
December 9, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Panathinaikos 1-3 CLE Mols BBC
December 14, 2003 East End Park, Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 0-2 SPL BBC
December 20, 2003 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hearts 2-1 SPL Arveladze, Burke BBC
December 28, 2003 Dens Park, Dundee Dundee 2-0 SPL Capucho, Ball BBC
January 3, 2004 Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic 0-3 SPL BBC
January 10, 2004 Easter Road, Edinburgh Hibernian 2-0 SC Arveladze, Løvenkrands BBC
January 17, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Motherwell 1-0 SPL Arveladze BBC
January 24, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Livingston 1-0 SPL Nerlinger BBC
February 1, 2004 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow Partick Thistle 1-0 SPL Løvenkrands BBC
February 5, 2004 Hampden Park, Glasgow Hibernian 1-1 (Hibernian win 4-3 on pens) SCL Mols BBC
February 8, 2004 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock 2-0 SC R. de Boer, Arveladze (pen) BBC
February 11, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Kilmarnock 2-0 SPL Moore, Namouchi BBC
February 14, 2004 Pittodrie, Aberdeen Aberdeen 1-1 SPL F. de Boer BBC
February 21, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hibernian 3-0 SPL Arveladze, Mols, Thompson BBC
February 29, 2004 Tannadice Park, Dundee Dundee United 0-2 SPL BBC
March 7, 2004 Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic 0-1 SC BBC
March 13, 2004 Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Hearts 1-1 SPL Moore BBC
March 20, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dundee 4-0 SPL Løvenkrands, F. de Boer, Rae, Thompson BBC
March 23, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Dunfermline Athletic 4-1 SPL Hutton, Løvenkrands, R. de Boer, Mols BBC
March 28, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Celtic 1-2 SPL Thompson BBC
April 4, 2004 Fir Park, Motherwell Motherwell 1-0 SPL Hughes BBC
April 14, 2004 Almondvale, Livingston Livingston 1-1 SPL Mols BBC
April 17, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Partick Thistle 2-0 SPL Thompson, Rae BBC
April 24, 2004 Tannadice Park, Dundee Dundee United 3-3 SPL Thompson (2), Namouchi BBC
May 1, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Motherwell 4-0 SPL Arteta, Ross, Namouchi, Thompson BBC
May 8, 2004 Celtic Park, Glasgow Celtic 0-1 SPL BBC
May 12, 2004 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Hearts 0-1 SPL BBC
May 16, 2004 East End Park, Dunfermline Dunfermline Athletic 3-2 SPL Ricksen, Burke, McCormack (pen) BBC

[edit] Appearances

Note - These figures do not include friendly matches.

No. Player Apps Goals
1 Flag of Germany Klos, StefanStefan Klos 46 0
2 Flag of the Netherlands Ricksen, FernandoFernando Ricksen 42 1
3 Flag of Australia Moore, CraigCraig Moore 25 2
4 Flag of Brazil Moises Costa, EmersonEmerson Moises Costa 18 1
5 Flag of the Netherlands de Boer, FrankFrank de Boer 17 2
6 Flag of Scotland Ferguson, BarryBarry Ferguson 5 0
8 Flag of Germany Nerlinger, ChristianChristian Nerlinger 21 5
9 Flag of Norway Østenstad, EgilEgil Østenstad 17 2
10 Flag of the Netherlands Mols, MichaelMichael Mols 45 12
11 Flag of Scotland Rae, GavinGavin Rae 11 2
12 Flag of Scotland Malcolm, RobertRobert Malcolm 17 0
14 Flag of the Netherlands de Boer, RonaldRonald de Boer 21 3
15 Flag of Georgia (country) Khizanishvili, ZurabZurab Khizanishvili 38 0
16 Flag of Italy Vanoli, PaoloPaolo Vanoli 35 1
18 Flag of England Ball, MichaelMichael Ball 43 1
19 Flag of Scotland Thompson, StevenSteven Thompson 19 8
20 Flag of Portugal Capucho, NunoNuno Capucho 32 6
21 Flag of Scotland Ross, MauriceMaurice Ross 30 1
22 Flag of Scotland McGregor, AllanAllan McGregor 6 0
23 Flag of Spain Arteta, MikelMikel Arteta 33 9
24 Flag of Georgia (country) Arveladze, ShotaShota Arveladze 29 15
25 Flag of Norway Berg, HenningHenning Berg 30 0
26 Flag of Denmark Løvenkrands, PeterPeter Løvenkrands 36 13
27 Flag of Scotland Hughes, StephenStephen Hughes 28 3
30 Flag of Scotland Burke, ChrisChris Burke 26 4
32 Flag of Scotland Hutton, AlanAlan Hutton 11 1
37 Flag of Tunisia Namouchi, HamedHamed Namouchi 9 3
38 Flag of Scotland Duffy, DarrylDarryl Duffy 3 0
40 Flag of Scotland Walker, AlexAlex Walker 2 0
48 Flag of Scotland MacKenzie, GaryGary MacKenzie 2 0
49 Flag of Scotland Davidson, RobertRobert Davidson 1 0
52 Flag of Denmark Fetai, BajramBajram Fetai 1 0

[edit] See also


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