The 2005–06 season was the 126th season of competitive football by Rangers.
2005–06 season | ||||
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Chairman | David Murray | |||
Manager | Alex McLeish | |||
Ground | Ibrox Stadium | |||
Scottish Premier League | 3rd P38 W21 D10 L7 F67 A37 | |||
Scottish Cup | Fourth round | |||
League Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
Champions League | Round of 16 | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Kris Boyd (17) All: Kris Boyd (20) | |||
Overview
Rangers played a total of 52 competitive matches during the 2005–06 season. Their start to the season was poor, winning only six league games out of the first 17. The period from October through to early December saw the team embark on one of the worst runs in their history, going ten games without a win. The league form scarcely improved as they failed to catch Hearts and so finished third in the league.
The domestic cup competitions were not productive as the club went out of the League Cup at the quarter final stage to Celtic, losing 2–0 at Celtic Park. They lost 3–0 also at Ibrox to Hibernian on 4 February 2006 to go out of the Scottish Cup in the fourth round and end their last hope of silverware for the season.
Rangers did however qualify for the Champions League group stages, and a 1–1 draw with Internazionale saw Rangers progress to the last 16 for the first time in the club's history, and the first Scottish team to do so. They were then eliminated by Spanish side Villarreal on the away goals rule.
This season turned out to be the last for manager Alex McLeish, with his imminent departure at the end of the season being announced in February following the Scottish Cup exit and a 2–0 defeat away to Aberdeen in the league.
Players
Squad information
N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
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1 | GK | Stefan Klos | 34 | 1998 | 296 | 0 | 2007 | £0.7m | ||
2 | DF | Fernando Ricksen | 29 | 2000 | 254 | 20 | 2009 | £3.75m | ||
3 | DF | Olivier Bernard | 26 | 2005 | 15 | 0 | 2007 | Free | ||
3 | DF | Michael Ball | 26 | 2001 | 76 | 2 | 2006 | £4m | left on 31 August | |
4 | MF | Thomas Buffel | 25 | 2005 (Winter) | 56 | 12 | 2009 | £2.3m | ||
5 | DF | Marvin Andrews | 30 | 2004 | 68 | 8 | 2007 | Free | ||
6 | MF | Barry Ferguson (captain) | 28 | 2005 (Winter) | 301 | 43 | 2010 | £4.5m | ||
7 | MF | Brahim Hemdani | 28 | 2005 | 49 | 2 | 2009 | Free | ||
8 | MF | Alex Rae | 38 | 2004 | 44 | 1 | 2006 | Free | ||
9 | FW | Dado Pršo | 31 | 2004 | 87 | 33 | 2007 | Free | ||
10 | FW | Nacho Novo | 27 | 2004 | 100 | 29 | 2008 | £0.45m | ||
11 | MF | Gavin Rae | 28 | 2004 (Winter) | 19 | 2 | 2007 | £0.25m | ||
12 | DF | Robert Malcolm | 25 | 1997 | 115 | 3 | 2007 | Youth system | ||
14 | MF | Dragan Mladenović | 30 | 2004 | 9 | 0 | 2006 | £1.1m | left on 31 August | |
14 | DF | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 26 | 2005 | 57 | 5 | 2006 | Free | ||
15 | DF | Zurab Khizanishvili | 24 | 2003 (Winter) | 63 | 0 | 2008 | Free | left on 10 April | |
15 | FW | Filippo Maniero | 33 | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 2006 | Free | left on 12 October | |
15 | FW | Kris Boyd | 22 | 2006 (Winter) | 21 | 20 | 2009 | £0.4m | ||
16 | DF | Julien Rodriguez | 27 | 2005 | 30 | 1 | 2009 | £1m | ||
17 | MF | Chris Burke | 22 | 2000 | 79 | 8 | 2007 | Youth system | ||
18 | DF | José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan | 30 | 2005 | 10 | 1 | 2008 | Free | ||
19 | FW | Steven Thompson | 22 | 2003 (Winter) | 86 | 23 | 2006 | £0.2m | left on 10 January | |
20 | DF | Maurice Ross | 25 | 2000 | 108 | 3 | 2007 | Youth system | left on 31 August | |
20 | DF | Alan Hutton | 21 | 2002 | 68 | 3 | Youth system | |||
21 | FW | Francis Jeffers | 25 | 2005 | 14 | 0 | 2006 | Loan | ||
22 | GK | Allan McGregor | 24 | 2001 | 11 | 0 | Youth system | out on season loan | ||
23 | FW | Federico Nieto | 22 | 2005 | 6 | 3 | 2006 | Loan | left on 1 January | |
24 | DF | Ian Murray | 25 | 2005 | 42 | 0 | 2008 | Free | ||
25 | GK | Ronald Waterreus | 35 | 2005 (Winter) | 64 | 0 | 2006 | £0.05m | ||
26 | FW | Peter Løvenkrands | 26 | 2000 | 182 | 54 | 2006 | £1.3m | ||
31 | MF | Hamed Namouchi | 22 | 2003 | 51 | 6 | 2008 | Free | ||
34 | DF | Steven Smith | 20 | 2002 | 24 | 0 | 2008 | Youth system | ||
38 | MF | Charlie Adam | 20 | 2003 | 3 | 0 | Youth system | out on season loan | ||
41 | GK | Lee Robinson | 19 | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 2009 | Youth system | ||
44 | FW | Ross McCormack | 19 | 2003 | 13 | 4 | Youth system | |||
51 | DF | Alan Lowing | 18 | 2004 | 4 | 0 | 2008 | Youth system | ||
66 | FW | Moses Ashikodi | 18 | 2006 (Winter) | 1 | 0 | 2006 | Free |
- Last updated: 7 May 2006
- Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles
- Ordered by position on pitch.
Transfers
In
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
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24 | DF | Ian Murray | 24 | Hibernian | Transfer | Summer | 2008 | Free | [1] | |
7 | MF | Brahim Hemdani | 27 | Marseille | Transfer | Summer | 2009 | Free | [2] | |
24 | DF | José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan | 29 | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | Summer | 2008 | Free | [3] | |
23 | FW | Federico Nieto | 21 | Almagro | Loan | Summer | 2006 | n/a | [4] | |
50 | MF | Dany N'Guessan | 17 | Auxerre | Transfer | Summer | 2007 | Free | [5] | |
16 | DF | Julien Rodriguez | 27 | Monaco | Transfer | Summer | 2009 | £1m | [6] | |
14 | DF | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 26 | Panathinaikos | Transfer | Summer | 2006 | Free | [7] | |
15 | FW | Filippo Maniero | 32 | Torino | Transfer | Summer | 2006 | Free | [8] | |
3 | DF | Olivier Bernard | 25 | Southampton | Transfer | Summer | 2007 | Free | [9] | |
21 | FW | Francis Jeffers | 24 | Charlton Athletic | Loan | Summer | 2006 | n/a | [10] | |
15 | FW | Kris Boyd | 22 | Kilmarnock | Transfer | Winter | 2009 | £0.4m | [11] | |
66 | FW | Moses Ashikodi | 18 | West Ham United | Transfer | Winter | 2006 | Free | [12] |
Last updated: 11 January 2006
Total spending: £1.4m
Out
Last updated: 10 April 2006
Total received: £0.75m
Squad statistics
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2005/2006 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank
Goal scorers
N | P | Nat. | Name | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Total |
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15 | FW | Kris Boyd | 17 | 3 | 20 | |||
26 | MF | Peter Løvenkrands | 14 | 4 | 18 | |||
9 | FW | Dado Pršo | 9 | 3 | 12 | |||
4 | MF | Thomas Buffel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
6 | MF | Barry Ferguson | 5 | 5 | ||||
5 | DF | Marvin Andrews | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
10 | FW | Nacho Novo | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
14 | DF | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
17 | MF | Chris Burke | 3 | 3 | ||||
19 | FW | Steven Thompson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
23 | FW | Federico Nieto | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
44 | FW | Ross McCormack | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
2 | DF | Fernando Ricksen | 1 | 1 | ||||
16 | DF | Julien Rodriguez | 1 | 1 | ||||
18 | DF | José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 7 May 2006
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches
Club
Source: n
Coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Manager | Alex McLeish (until 8 May)[30] |
Assistant manager | Andy Watson (until 8 May)[30] |
First-team coach | Jan Wouters (until 8 May)[30] |
Fitness coach | Frank Nuttall (until 8 May) |
Goalkeepers coach | Billy Thomson |
Source: Wikipedia article
Other staff
Position | Staff |
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Head of Football Administration | Campbell Ogilvie (until 19 September)[29] Andrew Dickson (from 19 September)[29] |
Head of Youth Development | George Adams (until 19 September)[29] Craig Mulholland (from 19 September)[29] |
Club Doctor | Dr Ian McGuinness |
Physiotherapists | Davie Henderson |
Massuer | David Lavery |
Kit controller | Jimmy Bell |
Video analyst | Steve Harvey |
Source: Wikipedia article
Matches
Scottish Premier League
Last updated: 7 May 2006
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
UEFA Champions League
Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score1 | Report | ||||||||||||
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3 | 9 August 2005 | UEFA Champions League | QR3 | AR | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2–1 |
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6 | 24 August 2005 | UEFA Champions League | QR3 | H | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2–0 |
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9 | 13 September 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Porto | 3–2 |
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13 | 28 September 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | A | Internazionale | 0–1 |
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16 | 19 October 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Artmedia Petržalka | 0–0 |
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20 | 1 November 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | AR | Artmedia Petržalka | 2–2 |
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24 | 23 November 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | A | Porto | 1–1 |
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27 | 6 December 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Internazionale | 1–1 |
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40 | 22 February 2006 | UEFA Champions League | L16 | H | Villarreal | 2–2 |
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42 | 7 March 2006 | UEFA Champions League | L16 | A | Villarreal | 1–1 |
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Last updated: 7 March 2006
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Scottish Cup
Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score1 | Report | ||||||||||||
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32 | 7 January 2006 | Scottish Cup | 3 | H | Peterhead | 5–0 | |||||||||||||
36 | 4 February 2006 | Scottish Cup | 4 | H | Hibernian | 0–3 |
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Last updated: 4 February 2006
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
League Cup
Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score1 | Report | ||||||||||||
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11 | 20 September 2005 | League Cup | 3 | H | Clyde | 5–2 | |||||||||||||
22 | 9 November 2005 | League Cup | QF | A | Celtic | 0–2 |
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Last updated: 9 November 2005
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Friendlies
Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score1 | Report | ||||||||||||
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1 | 9 July 2005 | Friendly | A | CPSL XI | 4–1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | 12 July 2005 | Friendly | N | Dinamo Zagreb | 0–1 |
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3 | 16 July 2005 | Friendly | A | Linfield | 2–0 |
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4 | 19 July 2005 | Friendly | A | Ipswich Town | 2–0 |
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5 | 23 July 2005 | Friendly | H | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 |
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6 | 26 July 2005 | Friendly | AR | St Mirren | 1–0 |
Last updated: 26 July 2005
Source: [citation needed]
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Competitions
Overall
Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
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Scottish Premier League | — | — | 3rd | 31 July | 7 May |
UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | — | Round of 16 | 9 August | 7 March |
League Cup | 3rd Round | — | Semi-finals | 20 September | 9 November |
Scottish Cup | 3rd Round | — | 4th Round | 7 January | 4 February |
Source: Competitions
Scottish Premier League
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
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1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
3 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Hibernian | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round[b] |
5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 55 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | +3 |
Last updated: 7 May 2005.
Source: Wikipedia article
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
UEFA Champions League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Internazionale | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Rangers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
3 | Artmedia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
4 | Porto | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 5 |