2011–12 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2011–12 season
Chairman Craig Whyte
Manager Ally McCoist
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League 2nd
P38 W26 D5 L7 F77 A28
Scottish Cup Fifth Round
League Cup Third Round
Champions League Third qualifying round
Europa League Play-off round
Top goalscorer League:
Nikica Jelavić (14)
All:
Nikica Jelavić (17)
Highest home attendance 50,268 vs Kilmarnock
(18 February 2012)
Lowest home attendance 17,822 vs Dundee United
(5 February 2012)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the 131st season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2011-12 season. Smith's deputy and Rangers record goalscorer Ally McCoist was appointed manager of the club.[1] Hampered by a bizarre transfer policy under Whyte, Rangers found themselves knocked out of first the UEFA Champions League and then the UEFA Europa League by the end of August, depriving the club of income that may have been anticipated. With the new ownership there initially appeared to be some financial stability of the club. A number of first-team regulars were secured on long-term contract extensions including Steven Davis,[2] Allan McGregor,[3] Steven Whittaker[3] and Gregg Wylde.[4] When McCoist entered the transfer market, his first signing being Almería midfielder Juan Manuel Ortiz,[5] he soon encountered difficulties. A number of highly publicised failed transfers, including deals for Wesley Verhoek and Roland Juhász, led to many doubting Whyte’s financial prowess.[6][7]

Rangers's first Scottish Premier League match of the season was a home match against Jim Jefferies' Hearts, where the league flag was unfurled by then chairman Craig Whyte, as Rangers were under considerable pressure for most of the first half but managed to salvage a draw. The following week, McCoist claimed his first competitive victory as manager with a win over St Johnstone.[8] The season proved to be a baptism of fire for McCoist, by early October the club held a ten-point lead over Celtic,[9] and on 5 November the lead stood at fifteen points over Celtic and twelve over second placed Motherwell.[10] However, a draw with St Johnstone and subsequent defeats to Kilmarnock,[11] St Mirren[12] and Old Firm rivals Celtic,[13] who then went on a run of twenty-one matches undefeated saw Rangers slip to second place[14] where the club remained for the rest of the season.

Ranger's European adventure began in the middle of the final week of July, where Rangers were defeated by underdogs Malmö 1-0[15] at home and Rangers crashed out of the Champions League with a bad tempered 1-1 draw in Sweden in which both Steven Whittaker and Madjid Bougherra were both given their marching orders,[16] and ultimately relegating the Gers to the Europa League play-off round, where they faced Slovenian team NK Maribor.[17] In cup competitions the club fair no better, a third round defeat to First Division side Falkirk in the League Cup[18] and a fifth round exit at home at the hands of Dundee United.[19]

On 13 February 2012, Rangers filed legal papers at the Court of Session giving notice of their intention to appoint administrators.[20] Rangers officially entered administration on the following day, appointing London-based financial advisers Duff & Phelps as administrators.[20] Rangers entered administration over an alleged non-payment of £9m in PAYE and VAT taxes to HM Revenue and Customs.[20][21] On entering administration, the team was docked ten points by the SPL, a move regarded as 'effectively ending' its 2012 championship challenge.[20] A failure then to submit accounts for 2011 meant the club was not granted a licence to play in European football in season 2012–13.[22][23] In April it was revealed that the club's total debts could be as high as £134m.[24]

On 13 May it was revealed that Whyte sold his controlling interest in The Rangers Football Club Plc for £2 to a consortium led by Charles Green.[25] Green offered the creditors a settlement, in the form of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), in an attempt to exit administration.[25] On 12 June 2012, it emerged that HMRC would reject the CVA put forward by Green. Green's takeover of the club depended on the CVA being accepted by HMRC, which would have seen only £8.5m of the total debt repaid. The formal rejection of the CVA, two days later, meant that the Rangers Football Club Plc entered the liquidation process and the clubs corporate owner would have to be transfer to a new company.[26] The oldco's assets, including Rangers F.C., Ibrox Stadium and Murray Park, were sold to Sevco 5088 Ltd, a consortium led by Green, in a deal worth £5.5m.[27] In turn, these assets were then transferred to Sevco Scotland Ltd which was renamed The Rangers Football Club Ltd at the end of July 2012.[28]

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 30 1998 278 0 2017 Youth system
2 DF Romania Dorin Goian 31 2011 38 1 2014 £0.8m
3 DF Scotland David Weir (captain)41 2007 (Winter) 231 5 2012 Free left on 17 January
4 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 27 2007 116 1 2013 Free
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 32 2006 227 7 2012 £0.45m
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 33 2007 173 20 2013 £2.25m
7 MF United States Maurice Edu 26 2008 125 12 2013 £2.6m
8 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis (captain)27 2008 211 22 2016 £3m
9 FW Croatia Nikica Jelavić 26 2010 55 36 2014 £4m left on 31 January
10 MF Scotland John Fleck 20 2007 58 3 2013 Youth system
11 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 24 2008 137 37 2013 £3.25m
12 DF Scotland Lee Wallace 24 2011 34 2 2016 £1.5m
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 25 2008 140 33 2015 £1.9m
15 FW Northern Ireland David Healy 32 2011 (Winter) 25 5 2012 Free
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 27 2007 209 28 2016 £2m
17 MF Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 30 2011 14 1 2014 £0.5m
18 DF United States Carlos Bocanegra (vc)32 2011 34 3 2014 £0.4m
19 FW England James Beattie 33 2010 10 0 2012 £1.25m left on 31 August
19 MF Nigeria Sone Aluko 23 2011 23 12 2012 £0.15m
20 MF Australia Matt McKay 29 2011 3 0 2014 £0.32m left on 27 February
21 MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 25 2011 13 1 2014 £0.4m
22 DF England Kyle Bartley 20 2011 30 1 2012 Loan
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 23 2005 5 0 2012 Youth system left on 31 January
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 28 2008 113 5 2012 £2.5m left on 10 August
24 MF Sweden Mervan Çelik 21 2012 (Winter) 6 0 2015 £0.25m left on 6 March
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 34 2008 (Winter) 47 0 2013 Free
26 MF Scotland Jamie Ness 21 2007 18 2 2015 Youth system
27 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 20 2007 48 2 2016 Youth system left on 6 March
28 MF Algeria Salim Kerkar 24 2010 18 2 2012 Free
32 DF Scotland Ross Perry 22 2006 13 0 2015 Youth system
33 MF Norway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 22 2007 3 0 2012 £0.09m left on 1 January
34 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 23 2007 24 7 2012 Youth system
35 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 21 2008 14 0 2014 Youth system out on season loan
38 FW England Kane Hemmings 21 2008 5 0 2013 Youth system
40 MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 20 2010 2 0 2012 Free
41 MF Scotland Rhys McCabe 19 2009 9 0 2015 Youth system
69 FW Scotland Barrie McKay 17 2011 1 0 2013 Free
  • Last updated: 13 May 2012
  • Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles
  • Ordered by squad numbers.

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Ref.
17 MF Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 29 AlmeríaSpain Transfer Summer 2014 £0.5m [5]
12 DF Scotland Lee Wallace 23 Heart of Midlothian Transfer Summer 2016 £1.5m [29]
2 DF Romania Dorin Goian 30 PalermoItaly Transfer Summer 2014 £0.8m [30]
22 DF England Kyle Bartley 20 ArsenalEngland Loan extension Summer 2012 n/a [31]
21 MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 24 Örebro SKSweden Transfer Summer 2014 £0.4m [29][32]
18 DF United States Carlos Bocanegra 32 Saint-ÉtienneFrance Transfer Summer 2014 £0.4m [33]
20 MF Australia Matt McKay 28 Brisbane RoarAustralia Transfer Summer 2014 £0.32m [34][35]
19 MF Nigeria Sone Aluko 22 Aberdeen Transfer n/a 2012 £0.15m [36]
24 MF Sweden Mervan Çelik 21 GAISSweden Transfer Winter 2015 £0.24m [37]

Last updated: 11 February 2012
 Total spending: £4.31m

Out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
20 MF Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 21 Manchester CityEngland Loan return Summer n/a [38][39]
12 DF Scotland Richard Foster 25 Aberdeen Loan return Summer n/a [38][40]
17 FW Senegal El Hadji Diouf 30 Blackburn RoversEngland Loan return Summer n/a [38][41]
37 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 22 Inverness Caledonian Thistle End of contract Summer n/a [42]
38 MF Scotland Stephen Stirling 22 Stranraer End of contract Summer n/a [42]
41 FW Scotland Archie Campbell 21 Greenock Morton End of contract Summer n/a [42]
42 GK Northern Ireland Wayne Drummond 19 Ballymena UnitedNorthern Ireland End of contract Summer n/a [42]
49 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Cristiano Kisuka 19 Beith Juniors End of contract Summer n/a [42]
57 MF Scotland Dylan McGeouch 18 Celtic End of contract Summer £0.1m[43] [44]
65 MF England Steven Hetherington 17 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [42]
31 GK Scotland Grant Adam 20 Forfar Athletic Loan Summer n/a [45][46]
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 28 LekhwiyaQatar Transfer Summer £1.7m [47]
34 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 22 Port ValeEngland Loan Summer n/a [48]
19 FW England James Beattie 33 Free agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [49][50]
42 FW Scotland Kal Naismith 19 Cowdenbeath Loan Summer n/a [51]
35 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 20 Partick Thistle Loan Summer n/a [52]
51 GK Scotland Blair Currie 18 Hamilton Academical Loan Winter n/a [53]
33 MF Norway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 22 TromsøNorway End of contract Winter £0.25m[54] [55]
36 DF Scotland Darren Cole 19 Partick Thistle Loan Winter n/a [56]
59 FW England Sam McMahon 17 Doncaster RoversEngland Transfer Winter Free [57]
42 FW Scotland Kal Naismith 19 Partick Thistle Loan Winter n/a [58]
3 DF Scotland David Weir 41 Free agent Contract terminated Winter n/a [59]
10 MF Scotland John Fleck 20 BlackpoolEngland Loan Winter n/a [60]
31 GK Scotland Grant Adam 20 Airdrie United Loan Winter n/a [61]
63 FW Sweden Freddie Espling 18 Djurgårdens IFSweden Transfer Winter Free [62]
45 MF Denmark Nicolaj Køhlert 19 Silkeborg IFDenmark Transfer Winter Free [62]
17 MF Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 29 AlmeríaSpain Loan Winter n/a [63]
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 23 Dunfermline Athletic Transfer Winter Undisclosed [64]
9 FW Croatia Nikica Jelavić 26 EvertonEngland Transfer Winter £5.5m [65]
35 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 20 Dunfermline Athletic Loan Winter n/a [64]
64 MF Scotland Marc Dyer 17 Ayr United Transfer Winter Free [62]
61 FW England Jack Werndly 18 Albion Rovers Loan Winter n/a [62]
20 MF Australia Matt McKay 29 Busan I'ParkSouth Korea Transfer n/a £0.063m [66]
24 MF Sweden Mervan Çelik 21 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [67]
27 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 20 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [67]
52 DF Scotland Ewan McNeil 18 Airdrie United Loan n/a n/a [68]

Last updated: 25 March 2012
 Total income: £7.513m

New Contracts

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Status
Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 31 Signed 1 year June 2012 [69]
32 MF Norway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 21 Signed 6 months January 2012 [70]
28 MF Algeria Salim Kerkar 23 Signed 1 year June 2012 [71]
15 FW Northern Ireland David Healy 31 Signed 1 year June 2012 [72]
29 FW Northern Ireland Andrew Little 22 Signed 1 year June 2012 [73]
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 29 Signed 6 years June 2017 [3]
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 27 Signed 5 years June 2016 [3]
3 DF Scotland David Weir 41 Signed 1 year June 2012 [74]
8 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 26 Signed 5 years June 2016 [75]
27 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 20 Signed 5 years June 2016 [76]
32 DF Scotland Ross Perry 21 Signed 4 years June 2015 [77]
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 23 Rejected 3 years June 2015 [78][79]
33 MF Norway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 22 Rejected 2 years & 6 months June 2014 [80]
41 MF Scotland Rhys McCabe 19 Signed 3 years June 2015 [81]

Last updated: 2 January 2012

Squad statistics

Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Champions League Scottish CupLeague CupUEFA Europa League
No.
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GKScotland Allan McGregor 43 43 37 2 2 2
2 DFRomania Dorin Goian 38 38 1 33 2 1 1 2
3 DFScotland David Weir 1 1 1
4 DFScotland Kirk Broadfoot 13 18 16 2
5 DFBosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 26 26 21 2 2 1
6 MFScotland Lee McCulloch 24 30 5 26 5 2 1 1
7 MFUnited States Maurice Edu 40 42 3 36 3 2 2 2
8 MFNorthern Ireland Steven Davis 39 39 5 33 5 2 1 1 2
9 FWCroatia Nikica Jelavić 26 28 17 22 14 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
10 MFScotland John Fleck 1 5 4 1
11 FWNorthern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 16 23 7 20 7 1 2
12 DFScotland Lee Wallace 32 34 2 28 2 2 2 2
14 FWScotland Steven Naismith 14 15 9 11 9 2 1 1
15 FWNorthern Ireland David Healy 9 15 4 11 3 2 1 1 1
16 DFScotland Steven Whittaker 27 28 2 25 2 2 1
17 MFSpain Juan Manuel Ortiz 8 14 1 10 2 2 1
18 DFUnited States Carlos Bocanegra 34 34 3 29 2 2 1 2 1
19 MFNigeria Sone Aluko 21 23 12 21 12 2
20 MFAustralia Matt McKay 2 3 3
21 MFUnited States Alejandro Bedoya 6 13 1 12 1 1
22 DFEngland Kyle Bartley 20 21 19 2
23 DFScotland Jordan McMillan 1 3 2 1
24 DFAlgeria Madjid Bougherra 4 4 2 2
24 MFSweden Mervan Çelik 1 6 5 1
25 GKScotland Neil Alexander 2 2 1 1
26 MFScotland Jamie Ness 3 5 1 5 1
27 MFScotland Gregg Wylde 15 25 2 21 2 2 1 1
28 MFAlgeria Salim Kerkar 5 17 2 15 1 2 1
32 DFScotland Ross Perry 8 13 12 1
33 MFNorway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 1 3 3
34 FWNorthern Ireland Andrew Little 6 11 5 10 5 1
38 FWEngland Kane Hemmings 5 4 1
40 MFNorthern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 1 2 2
41 MFScotland Rhys McCabe 8 9 9
69 FWScotland Barrie McKay 1 1

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2011/2012 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Top scorers

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 SPL
 SC
 SLC
 E
 Total
9 CF Croatia Nikica Jelavić 14 1 1 1 17
19 RW Nigeria Sone Aluko 12 12
14 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 9 9
11 CF Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 7 7
8 CM Northern Ireland Steven Davis 5 5
6 CM Scotland Lee McCulloch 5 5
34 CF Northern Ireland Andrew Little 5 5
15 CF Northern Ireland David Healy 3 1 4
18 CB United States Carlos Bocanegra 2 1 3
7 CM United States Maurice Edu 3 3
27 LW Scotland Gregg Wylde 2 2
28 LW France Salim Kerkar 1 1 2
12 LB Scotland Lee Wallace 2 2
16 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 2 2
17 RM Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 1 1
2 CB Romania Dorin Goian 1 1
26 CM Scotland Jamie Ness 1 1
21 MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 1 1
Own goal 3 1 4

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 YC

RC
2 DF Romania Dorin Goian 10 1
4 DF Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 3
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 4 1
6 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 6 1
7 MF United States Maurice Edu 9 1
8 MF Northern Ireland Steven Davis 5
9 FW Croatia Nikica Jelavić 2
11 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 7
12 DF Scotland Lee Wallace 2
14 FW Scotland Steven Naismith 3
15 FW Northern Ireland David Healy 2
16 DF Scotland Steven Whittaker 4 1
17 MF Spain Juan Manuel Ortiz 2
18 DF United States Carlos Bocanegra 8 1
19 MF Nigeria Sone Aluko 2
21 MF United States Alejandro Bedoya 1
22 DF England Kyle Bartley 6
23 DF Scotland Jordan McMillan 2
24 DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 1
26 MF Scotland Jamie Ness 1
27 MF Scotland Gregg Wylde 1
28 MF Algeria Salim Kerkar 2
32 DF Scotland Ross Perry 1
40 MF Northern Ireland Andrew Mitchell 2
41 MF Scotland Rhys McCabe 2

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors

Position Staff
Chairman Scotland Alastair Johnston
(until 23 May)[82]
Scotland Craig Whyte
(from 24 May)[83]
Chief executive Scotland Martin Bain
(until 20 June)[84]
Chief operations officer Scotland Ali Russell
(from 18 June)[85]
(until 29 February)[86]
Director of Football Scotland Gordon Smith
(from 18 June)[85]
(until 29 February)[86]
Director of Finance Scotland Donald McIntyre
(until 10 October)[87]
Non-executive director Scotland John Greig
(until 17 October)[88]
Non-executive director Scotland John McClelland
(until 17 October)[88]
Non-executive director Scotland Dave King
Non-executive director Scotland Paul Murray
(until 23 May)[82]
Non-executive director England Phil Betts
(until 20 January)[89]
Non-executive director England Andrew Ellis
(from 20 January)[89]

Source: Rangers.co.uk

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Ally McCoist
Assistant manager Scotland Kenny McDowall
First-team coach Scotland Ian Durrant
Fitness coach Wales Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach Scotland Jim Stewart

Source: Rangers.co.uk

Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football administration Scotland Andrew Dickson
Director of Global partnerships Ukraine Misha Sher
(from 17 January)[90]
(until 9 March)[91]
Company secretary England Gary Withey
(from 26 May)[92]
Physiotherapist Scotland Philip Yeates
Doctor Scotland Dr Paul Jackson
Chief scout Scotland Neil Murray
First-team scout Scotland John Brown
Masseur Scotland Davie Lavey
Kit controller Scotland Jimmy Bell
Video analyst Scotland Steve Harvey
Administrator England David Whitehouse
England Paul Clark
(from 14 February)
from Duff & Phelps[93]

Source: Rangers.co.uk

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
123 July 2011Scottish Premier League1HHeart of Midlothian1 – 1
330 July 2011Scottish Premier League2ASt Johnstone2 – 0
513 August 2011Scottish Premier League4AInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 0
721 August 2011Scottish Premier League5AMotherwell3 – 0
928 August 2011Scottish Premier League6HAberdeen2 – 0
1010 September 2011Scottish Premier League7ADundee United1 – 0
1117 September 2011Scottish Premier League8HCeltic4 – 2
1324 September 2011Scottish Premier League9ADunfermline Athletic4 – 0
1427 September 2011[94]Scottish Premier League3HKilmarnock2 – 0
151 October 2011Scottish Premier League10HHibernian1 – 0
1615 October 2011Scottish Premier League11HSt Mirren1 – 1
1723 October 2011Scottish Premier League12AHeart of Midlothian2 – 0
1829 October 2011Scottish Premier League13AAberdeen2 – 1
195 November 2011Scottish Premier League14HDundee United3 – 1
2019 November 2011Scottish Premier League15HSt Johnstone0 – 0
2127 November 2011Scottish Premier League16AKilmarnock0 – 1
223 December 2011Scottish Premier League17HDunfermline Athletic2 – 1
2310 December 2011Scottish Premier League18AHibernian2 – 0
2417 December 2011Scottish Premier League19HInverness Caledonian Thistle2 – 1
2524 December 2011Scottish Premier League20ASt Mirren1 – 2
2628 December 2011Scottish Premier League21ACeltic0 – 1
272 January 2012Scottish Premier League22HMotherwell3 – 0
2914 January 2012Scottish Premier League23ASt Johnstone2 – 1
3021 January 2012Scottish Premier League24HAberdeen1 – 1
3128 January 2012Scottish Premier League25HHibernian4 – 0
3311 February 2012Scottish Premier League26ADunfermline Athletic4 – 1
3418 February 2012Scottish Premier League27HKilmarnock0 – 1
3526 February 2012Scottish Premier League28AInverness Caledonian Thistle4 – 1
363 March 2012Scottish Premier League29HHeart of Midlothian1 – 2
3717 March 2012Scottish Premier League30ADundee United1 – 2
3824 March 2012Scottish Premier League31HCeltic3 – 2
3931 March 2012Scottish Premier League32AMotherwell2 – 1
407 April 2012Scottish Premier League33HSt Mirren3 – 1
4121 April 2012Scottish Premier League34AHeart of Midlothian3 – 0
4229 April 2012Scottish Premier League35ACeltic0 – 3
432 May 2012Scottish Premier League36HDundee United5 – 0
445 May 2012Scottish Premier League37HMotherwell0 – 0
4513 May 2012Scottish Premier League38ASt Johnstone4 – 0

Last updated: 13 May 2012
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.

UEFA Champions League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
226 July 2011UEFA Champions LeagueQR3HMalmö FF0 – 1
43 August 2011UEFA Champions LeagueQR3A Malmö FF1 – 1

Last updated: 3 August 2011
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.

UEFA Europa League

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
618 August 2011UEFA Europa LeaguePORA Maribor1 – 2
825 August 2011UEFA Europa LeaguePORHMaribor1 – 1

Last updated: 25 August 2011
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.

Scottish Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
288 January 2012Scottish CupR4AArbroath4 – 0
325 February 2012Scottish CupR5HDundee United0 – 2

Last updated: 5 February 2012
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.

League Cup

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1221 September 2011League CupR3AFalkirk2 – 3

Last updated: 21 September 2011
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

M
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
17 July 2011FriendlyA GermanySportfreunde Lotte0 – 1
29 July 2011FriendlyA GermanyVfL BochumGermany0 – 3
313 July 2011FriendlyN GermanyBayer LeverkusenGermany0 – 2
416 July 2011FriendlyA LinfieldNorthern Ireland4 – 1
519 July 2011FriendlyA BlackpoolEngland2 – 0
66 August 2011FriendlyHChelseaEngland1 – 3
718 October 2011FriendlyHLiverpoolEngland1 – 0
829 November 2011FriendlyA Hamburger SVGermany1 – 2
97 May 2012FriendlyA LinfieldNorthern Ireland2 – 0

Last updated: 29 November 2011
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.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Scottish Premier League —— 2nd 23 July13 May
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round— Third qualifying round 26 July3 August
UEFA Europa League Play-off round— Play-off round 18 August25 August
League Cup 3rd Round— 3rd Round 21 September
Scottish Cup 4th Round— 5th Round 8 January5 February

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 30 3 5 84 21+63 93 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 5 7 77 28+49 073†
3 Motherwell 38 18 8 12 49 44+5 62 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 7 16 45 43+2 52 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round

Updated to games played on 13 May 2012.
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.
 † Rangers were docked 10 points for entering administration.[95] Should they remain in administration by the end of March, they will be ineligible to play in a 2012–13 European competition.[96]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 26 5 7 77 28  +49 73† 12 5 2 38 14  +24 14 0 5 39 14  +25

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAHHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHA
Result D W W W W W W W W W D W W W D L W W W L L W W D W W L W L L W W W W L W D W

Last updated: 13 May 2012.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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