2003–04 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
2003–04 season
Chairman John McClelland
Manager Alex McLeish
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League 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)
Highest home attendance 49,962 vs Aberdeen
(22 November)
Lowest home attendance 29,395 vs St. Johnstone
(3 December)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season is the 123rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

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.

Despite starting the season well with seven consecutive wins and topping the table, a 1–0 loss at home to Celtic F.C. in October saw Rangers season unravel. Inconsistent form and three old firm derby defeats saw Rangers fall behind Celtic in the title race and ended up finishing 17 points off top spot.

The Scottish Cup campaign ended in the third round after a 1–0 defeat to Celtic. The League Cup campaign also ended in defeat at the semi-final stage to Hibernian at Hampden Park, 4–3 on penalties.

In Europe Rangers managed to qualify for the group stages of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League with a win over F.C. Copenhagen in the third qualifying round. They were drawn in the group stages alongside English Champions Manchester United, Stuttgart and Panathinaikos. Despite earning 4 points from the first two matches Rangers were to finish bottom of the group.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Ref.
20 MF Portugal Nuno Capucho 31 PortoPortugal Transfer Summer 2005 £0.67m [1]
15 DF Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili 21 Dundee Transfer Summer 2006 Free [2]
16 DF Italy Paolo Vanoli 30 BolognaItaly Transfer Summer 2005 Free [3]
25 DF Norway Henning Berg 33 Blackburn RoversEngland Transfer Summer 2004 Free [3]
4 MF Brazil Emerson 31 Atlético MadridSpain Transfer Summer 2005 Free [4]
9 FW Norway Egil Østenstad 31 Blackburn RoversEngland Transfer Summer 2004 Free [5]
37 MF Tunisia Hamed Namouchi 19 CannesFrance Transfer n/a 2005 Free [6]
MF France Marc Kalenga 18 AuxerreFrance Transfer n/a 2004 Free [6]
11 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 26 Dundee Transfer Winter 2007 £0.25m [7]
5 DF Netherlands Frank de Boer 33 GalatasarayTurkey Transfer Winter 2004 Free [8]
52 FW Republic of Macedonia Bajram Fetai 18 B.93Denmark Transfer Winter 2006 £0.2m [9]

Last updated: 8 December 2014
 Total spending: £1.12m

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
25 CB Norway Dan Eggen 33 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a [10]
5 LB Netherlands Arthur Numan 33 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [10][11]
7 CF Argentina Claudio Caniggia 35 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a [10][12]
CF Scotland Stephen Dobbie 20 Hibernian End of contract Summer n/a [10]
DF Scotland Marc Twaddle 16 Falkirk End of contract Summer n/a [10]
MF Scotland Jimmy Gibson 20 Clyde End of contract Summer n/a [10]
15 CB Netherlands Bert Konterman 32 VitesseNetherlands End of contract Summer n/a [10]
16 LB France Jerome Bonnissel 30 FulhamEngland End of contract Summer n/a [10][13]
44 DF England Paul Reid 21 Northampton TownEngland Transfer Summer £0.1m [14]
3 CB Italy Lorenzo Amoruso 32 Blackburn RoversEngland Transfer Summer £1.4m [15]
11 LW Scotland Neil McCann 28 SouthamptonEngland Transfer Summer £1.5m [16]
6 CM Scotland Barry Ferguson 25 Blackburn RoversEngland Transfer Summer £7.5m [17]
17 RB Australia Kevin Muscat 30 MillwallEngland Transfer Summer Free [18]
30 GK Denmark Jesper Christiansen 25 Viborg FFDenmark Transfer Winter Free [19]
9 CF Norway Egil Østenstad 32 Free Agent Transfer n/a n/a [20]

Last updated: 31 January 2004
 Total received: £10.5m

Player statistics

No. Player Position Appearances Goals
1 Germany Stefan Klos GK 46 0
2 Netherlands Fernando Ricksen DF 42 1
3 Australia Craig Moore DF 25 2
4 Brazil Emerson MF 18 1
5 Netherlands Frank de Boer DF 17 2
6 Scotland Barry Ferguson MF 5 0
7 Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze FW 29 15
8 Germany Christian Nerlinger MF 21 5
9 Norway Egil Østenstad FW 17 2
10 Netherlands Michael Mols FW 45 12
11 Scotland Gavin Rae MF 11 2
12 Scotland Robert Malcolm DF 17 0
14 Netherlands Ronald de Boer MF 21 3
15 Georgia (country) Zurab Khizanishvili DF 38 0
16 Italy Paolo Vanoli DF 35 1
17 Australia Kevin Muscat DF 0 0
18 England Michael Ball DF 43 1
19 Scotland Steven Thompson FW 19 8
20 Portugal Nuno Capucho MF 32 6
21 Scotland Maurice Ross DF 30 1
22 Scotland Allan McGregor GK 6 0
23 Spain Mikel Arteta MF 33 9
24 Scotland Steven MacLean FW 0 0
25 Norway Henning Berg DF 30 0
26 Denmark Peter Løvenkrands MF 36 13
27 Scotland Stephen Hughes MF 28 3
29 Denmark Jesper Christiansen GK 0 0
30 Scotland Chris Burke MF 26 4
32 Scotland Alan Hutton DF 11 1
37 Tunisia Hamed Namouchi MF 9 3
38 Scotland Darryl Duffy FW 3 0
40 Scotland Alex Walker MF 2 0
45 Scotland Charlie Adam MF 2 0
48 Scotland Gary MacKenzie DF 2 0
49 Scotland Robert Davidson FW 1 0
50 Scotland Ross McCormack FW 1 0
52 Republic of Macedonia Bajram Fetai FW 1 0

Top scorer

Disciplinary record

Club

Matches

Scottish Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 August 2003 Kilmarnock H 4–0 49,108 Løvenkrands, Mols, Arteta (2)
16 August 2003 Aberdeen A 3–2 16,348 R. de Boer, Arteta, Mols
23 August 2003 Hibernian H 5–2 49,642 Mols (2), O'Connor (o.g.), Arteta, Burke
31 August 2003 Dundee United A 3–1 11,111 Capucho, Arveladze, Arteta (pen.)
13 September 2003 Dunfermline Athletic H 4–0 49,072 Thompson, Mols, Arveladze, Capucho
21 September 2003 Heart of Midlothian A 4–0 14,732 Arveladze (2), Løvenkrands (2)
27 September 2003 Dundee H 3–1 49,548 Arveladze (2), Vanoli
4 October 2003 Celtic H 0–1 49,825
19 October 2003 Motherwell A 1–1 10,824 Arveladze
25 October 2003 Livingston A 0–0 9,627
1 November 2003 Partick Thistle H 3–1 49,551 Arteta (2, 1 pen.), Mols
9 November 2003 Kilmarnock A 3–2 12,204 Arveladze (2), Capucho
22 November 2003 Aberdeen H 3–0 49,962 Løvenkrands (2), Hughes
30 November 2003 Hibernian A 1–0 11,160 Hughes
6 December 2003 Dundee United H 2–1 49,307 Capucho, Løvenkrands
14 December 2003 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–2 8,592
20 December 2003 Hearts H 2–1 49,592 Arveladze, Burke
28 December 2003 Dundee A 2–0 10,948 Capucho, Ball
3 January 2004 Celtic A 0–3 59,087
17 January 2004 Motherwell H 1–0 48,925 Arveladze
24 January 2004 Livingston H 1–0 48,638 Nerlinger
1 February 2004 Partick Thistle A 1–0 8,220 Løvenkrands
11 February 2004 Kilmarnock H 2–0 46,900 Moore, Namouchi
14 February 2004 Aberdeen A 1–1 15,815 F.de Boer
21 February 2004 Hibernian H 3–0 49,698 Arveladze, Mols, Thompson
29 February 2004 Dundee United A 0–2 10,497
13 March 2004 Hearts A 1–1 14,598 Moore
20 March 2004 Dundee H 4–0 49,364 Løvenkrands, F.de Boer, Rae, Thompson
23 March 2004 Dunfermline Athletic H 4–1 47,487 Hutton, Løvenkrands, R.de Boer, Mols
28 March 2004 Celtic H 1–2 49,909 Thompson
4 April 2004 Motherwell A 1–0 8,967 Hughes
14 April 2004 Livingston A 1–1 6,096 Mols
17 April 2004 Partick Thistle H 2–0 49,279 Thompson, Rae
24 April 2004 Dundee United A 3–3 8,339 Thompson (2), Namouchi
1 May 2004 Motherwell H 4–0 47,579 Arteta, Ross, Namouchi, Thompson
8 May 2004 Celtic A 0–1 59,180
12 May 2004 Hearts H 0–1 47,467
16 May 2004 Dunfermline Athletic A 3–2 6,798 Ricksen, Burke, McCormack (pen.)

UEFA Champions League

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 2003 QR3 FC Copenhagen H 1–1 47,401 Løvenkrands
27 August 2003 QR3 FC Copenhagen A 2–1 35,519 Arteta (pen.), Arveladze
16 September 2003 GS VfB Stuttgart H 2–1 47,957 Nerlinger, Løvenkrands
1 October 2003 GS Panathinaikos A 1–1 13,718 Emerson
22 October 2003 GS Manchester United H 0–1 48,730
4 November 2003 GS Manchester United A 0–3 66,707
26 November 2003 GS VfB Stuttgart A 0–1 50,348
9 December 2003 GS Panathinaikos H 1–3 48,588 Mols

Scottish Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 January 2004 R3 Hibernian A 2–0 11,392 Arveladze, Løvenkrands
8 February 2004 R4 Kilmarnock A 2–0 11,072 R.de Boer, Arveladze (pen.)
7 March 2004 QF Celtic A 0–1 58,735

League Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
28 October 2003 League Cup R3 H Forfar Athletic 6 – 0
3 December 2003 League Cup QF H St Johnstone 3 – 0
5 February 2004 League Cup SF N Hibernian 1 – 1
(3-4 pen.)

Last updated: 8 December 2014
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

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
16 July 2003 Greuther Fürth N 2–0 3,500 Thompson (2)
19 July 2003 VfB Auerbach A 5–1 2,500 Mols (3), Capucho, Løvenkrands
19 July 2003 Erzgebirge Aue A 1–0 2,500 R.de Boer
22 July 2003 Jahn Regensburg A 1–2 5,000 Nerlinger
26 July 2003 Everton H 2–3 28,000 Thompson, Mols
30 July 2003 Linfield A 3–0 13,284 R.de Boer, Dowie, MacLean
5 August 2003 Arsenal H 0–3 37,000

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Template:Fb competition 2003-04 SPL — — 2nd 11 August 4 May
Template:Fb competition 2003-04 SCC Template:Fb round2 2003-04 SCC R3 — Template:Fb round2 2003-04 SCC QF 29 July 18 September
League Cup Template:Fb round2 2003-04 SL Cup R3 — Template:Fb round2 2003-04 SL Cup SF 7 August 31 October
Template:Fb competition 2003-04 SC Template:Fb round2 2003-04 SC QR3 — Template:Fb round2 2003-04 SC GS 29 September 2 February

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 38 31 5 2 105 25 +80 98 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Rangers 38 25 6 7 76 33 +43 81 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 19 11 8 56 40 +16 68 2004–05 UEFA Cup First round
4 Dunfermline Athletic 38 14 11 13 45 52 −7 53 2004–05 UEFA Cup Qualifying round

Updated to games played on 2 May 2004.
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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 14 3 1 51 14  +37 45 8 0 0 26 3  +23 6 3 1 25 11  +14

Last updated: 2 January 2013.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Ground A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A H A A                                    
Result D W D W D W L W W W W W W W W W W W                                    

Last updated: 2 January 2013.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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