Rangers F.C. season 2002-03

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Rangers won the Domestic treble in season 2002-2003. The League Championship was won on goal difference in the last match of the season with a 6-1 win against Dunfermline Athletic F.C.. They won the League Cup with a 2-1 final win against Celtic F.C. and the Scottish Cup was also won with a 1-0 win against Dundee F.C.. All this came in manager Alex McLeish' first full season in charge having taken over from Dick Advocaat the previous season. Despite domestic success, Rangers crashed out of Europe at the first round stage to little known Czech team Victoria Zizkov. Star players for this season include Barry Ferguson, Ronald De Boer, Arthur Numan, Stefan Klos and Shota Arveladze. they also won a world record 50 league titles this year

1 Transfers
2 Results
3 Appearances
4 Season Summary

[edit] Transfers

In:

Out:

Tero Pentilla - Tervarit Free
Scott Wilson - Dunfermline Athletic Free
Tore André Flo - Sunderland £6.75m
Andrei Kanchelskis - Southampton Free
Tony Vidmar - Middlesbrough Free
Billy Dodds - Dundee United Swap
Russell Latapy - Dundee United Free
Paul Reid - Northampton Town Free

[edit] Results

Results for Rangers F.C. for season 2002-2003.

NOTE: scores are written Rangers first

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Rangers scorers	Match Reports
July 11, 2002	Unknown	NJC All Stars	3-0	F	Amoruso, Mols, Konterman	NA
July 13, 2002	Unknown	River Plate	2-3	F	Arveladze, Amoruso	NA
July 17, 2002	Unknown	Reading Rage	4-1	F	Ferguson (2, 1 pen), Flo, Shota Arveladze	NA
July 20, 2002	Unknown	Santos	0-1	F	-	NA
July 28, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	AC Milan	2-2	F	de Boer, Caniggia	BBC
July 30, 2002	Windsor Park, Belfast	Linfield	2-0	F	Dodds, Flo	BBC
August 3, 2002	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	1-1	SPL	Arveladze	BBC
August 7, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Leeds United	1-1	F	Arveladze (pen)	NA
August 10, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Dundee	3-0	SPL	de Boer, Arveladze, Løvenkrands
August 18, 2002	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Hibernian	4-2	SPL	Løvenkrands (2), de Boer, Ferguson (pen)
August 25, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Aberdeen	2-0	SPL	de Boer, Ferguson (pen)
September 1, 2002	East End Park, Dunfermline	Dunfermline Athletic	6-0	SPL	Caniggia (3), Arteta, Ricksen, Ferguson (pen)
September 11, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Hearts	2-0	SPL	Caniggia, Arveladze
September 14, 2002	Almondvale, Livingston	Livingston	2-0	SPL	Ross, Ferguson (pen)
September 17, 2002	Unknown	Viktoria Zizkov	0-2	UC
September 21, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Partick Thistle	3-0	SPL	de Boer (2), Lovenkrands
September 28, 2002	Tannadice Park, Dundee	Dundee United	3-0	SPL	Amoruso, Ferguson, Arveladze
October 3, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Viktoria Zizkov	3-1	UC	de Boer (2), McCann
October 6, 2002	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Celtic	3-3	SPL	Arteta, de Boer, Arveladze
October 19, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Motherwell	3-0	SPL	Amoruso, Løvenkrands, de Boer
October 24, 2002	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Hibernian	3-2	SLC	Townsley (og), Caniggia, Løvenkrands
October 27, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Kilmarnock	6-1	SPL	Mols (2), de Boer, Ferguson (2, 1 pen), Moore
November 2, 2002	Dens Park, Dundee	Dundee	3-0	SPL	Malcolm, Løvenkrands, Moore
November 7, 2002	East End Park, Dunfermline	Dunfermline Athletic	1-0	SLC	Caniggia
November 10, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Hibernian	2-1	SPL	Mols, Arveladze
November 16, 2002	Pittodrie, Aberdeen	Aberdeen	2-2	SPL	Numan, Ferguson (pen)
November 23, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Dunfermline Athletic	3-0	SPL	McCann, Mols, Arveladze
December 1, 2002	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh	Hearts	4-0	SPL	Ricksen (2), Ferguson (pen), Hughes
December 4, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Livingston	4-3	SPL	Arveladze (3), Ferguson
December 7, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Celtic	3-2	SPL	Moore, de Boer, Mols
December 14, 2002	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Dundee United	3-0	SPL	Ferguson (3, 1 pen)
December 22, 2002	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow	Partick Thistle	2-1	SPL	Mols, de Boer
December 26, 2002	Fair Park, Motherwell	Motherwell	0-1	SPL
December 29, 2002	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock	1-0	SPL	Løvenkrands
January 2, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Dundee	3-1	SPL	Ferguson, de Boer, Thompson
January 18, 2003	Unknown	Energie Cottbus	1-1	F	Muscat (pen)
January 25, 2003	Gayfield, Arbroath	Arbroath	3-0	SC	Ferguson, Moore, Arveladze
January 29, 2003	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Hibernian	2-0	SPL	Ferguson, Caniggia
February 1, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Aberdeen	2-1	SPL	Mols (2)
February 4, 2003	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Hearts	1-0	SLC	de Boer
February 8, 2003	East End Park, Dunfermline	Dunfermline Athletic	3-1	SPL	McCann, Amoruso, Caniggia
February 15, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Hearts	1-0	SPL	Severin (og)
February 22, 2003	Somerset Park, Ayr	Ayr United	1-0	SC	de boer
March 2, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Livingston	2-1	SPL	Amoruso, Arveladze
March 8, 2003	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Celtic	0-1	SPL
March 16, 2003	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Celtic	2-1	SLC	Caniggia, Løvenkrands
March 19, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Motherwell	2-0	SPL	Ferguson, Løvenkrands
March 23, 2003	East End Park, Dunfermline	Dunfermline Athletic	1-1	SC	Caniggia
April 5, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Partick Thistle	2-0	SPL	Mols (2)
April 9, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Dunfermline Athletic	3-0	SCR	Løvenkrands, Ferguson, Arteta
April 13, 2003	Tannadice Park, Dundee	Dundee United	4-1	SPL	de Boer (2), Arveladze (2)
April 19, 2003	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Motherwell	4-3	SPL	Konterman, Mols, Amoruso, Partridge (og)
April 27, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Celtic	1-2	SPL	de Boer
May 4, 2003	Dens Park, Dundee	Dundee	2-2	SPL	Wilkie (og), Arteta (pen)
May 11, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Kilmarnock	4-0	SPL	Mols (2), Arveladze, Caniggia
May 18, 2003	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh	Hearts	2-0	SPL	de Boer, Løvenkrands
May 25, 2003	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Dunfermline Athletic	6-1	SPL	Mols, Caniggia, de Boer, Thompson, Arteta (pen)
May 31, 2003	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Dundee	1-0	SC	Amoruso

[edit] Appearances

Note - These figures do not include friendly matches.

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Stefan Klos	GK	50	0
Barry Ferguson	MF	48	18
Fernando Ricksen	DF	46	3
Craig Moore	DF	44	4
Ronald de Boer	MF	43	20
Shota Arveladze	FW	40	16
Claudio Caniggia	FW	36	12
Arthur Numan	DF	35	1
Mikel Arteta	MF	35	5
Michael Mols	FW	35	14
Robert Malcolm	DF	33	1
Lorenzo Amoruso	DF	32	6
Peter Løvenkrands	FW	32	12
Kevin Muscat	DF	29	0
Maurice Ross	DF	27	1
Neil McCann	FW	26	3
Bert Konterman	DF	24	1
Stephen Hughes	MF	16	1
Steven Thompson	FW	11	2
Russell Latapy	MF	8	0
Billy Dodds	FW	6	0
Jerome Bonnissel	DF	4	0
Tore André Flo	FW	4	0
Steve MacLean	FW	4	0
Christian Nerlinger	MF	3	0
Alan Hutton	DF	1	0