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2006–07 Rangers F.C. season

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The 2006–07 season was the 127th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
2006–07 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerPaul Le Guen
(until 4 January)
Ian Durrant
Walter Smith
(from 10 January)
GroundIbrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League2nd
P38 W21 D9 L8 F61 A32
Scottish CupThird round
League CupQuarter-finals
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Boyd (20)
All:
Kris Boyd (26)

Overview edit

Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2006–07 season. After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on 9 February 2006, two days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that Alex McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the 2005–06 season, and on 11 March, it was confirmed that former Lyon manager Paul Le Guen would indeed succeed him at the end of the season. Murray predicted a fruitful reign under Le Guen, describing his capture as "a massive moonbeam of success" for the club and promising, "we’ve got big plans." He announced that the Frenchman would be given significant funds with which to strengthen the squad, with Rangers having announced an arrangement with sports retailer JJB Sports.

Known for unearthing and nurturing young talent, Le Guen made an immediate splash in the transfer market signing South African Under 19 player Dean Furman from Chelsea, and youngsters William Stanger and Antoine Ponroy from Rennes. While allowing Ibrox favourite Alex Rae to move to a new career as player-manager of Dundee, he has also signed Libor Sionko and Karl Svensson. Rangers had been strongly linked with a host of other players and signed midfielder Jeremy Clement from Lyon and goalkeeper Lionel Letizi from Paris St Germain as a replacement for the departing Ronald Waterreus. Senegal's World Cup 2002 midfield player Makhtar N'Diaye signed a one-year contract after a short trial period with the club. In all, he made eleven signings (of them only Saša Papac would be playing for the club the following season). Le Guen's signings including Filip Šebo, Karl Svensson, Libor Sionko and Lionel Letizi but they simply did not perform, while Jérémy Clément was to be in Glasgow for only six months.[1]

Rangers' first match under Le Guen was a friendly against Irish Premier League champions Linfield on 6 July 2006 at Windsor Park, Belfast. Rangers won 2–0 with first half goals from Kris Boyd and Thomas Buffel. The squad flew out to South Africa on 9 July for a training camp where they played three matches, the first of which was a comfortable 4–0 win over local opposition with Charlie Adam netting a hat-trick. Rangers also defeated Jomo Cosmos 2–0 but, with a largely depleted starting line-up, they lost their final match 2–0 against Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Defender Fernando Ricksen did not take any part in the pre-season tour of South Africa due to what was described by the club as "unacceptable behaviour" on the flight to Johannesburg. Rangers returned to face English Premier League sides Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers where they won 1–0 and drew 1–1 respectively. The SPL opening day on 30 July proved fruitful for Paul Le Guen's Rangers as they defeated Motherwell 2–1 at Fir Park, thanks to an early strike from Libor Sionko and the winning header from Dado Pršo In Le Guen's first competitive game at Ibrox, Rangers were held to a 2–2 draw by Dundee United, having been forced to come back from two-goals down.

On 9 August, Fernando Ricksen went to Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg, the new club of ex-Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, on a season-long loan. In return, a friendly has been scheduled between the teams at Ibrox on 23 August. On 11 August Rangers signed Manchester United's 19-year-old winger Lee Martin on loan for a season. Rangers also recruited the services of Austrian Vienna defender Saša Papac while Marvin Andrews, Olivier Bernard, Robert Malcolm and Hamed Namouchi all departed.

By mid November, Rangers found themselves in third place, a full 15 points behind leaders Celtic. Sporadic wins were mixed with regular dropped points as the team struggled to find consistency in the early part of the season. Rangers did, however, start promisingly in the UEFA Cup, going on to become the first Scottish club to qualify from the UEFA Cup group stage in its three-year history. Domestic results and performances, however, continued to be inconsistent and in January 2007, Le Guen controversially stripped midfielder Barry Ferguson of the captaincy.

On 4 January 2007 Paul Le Guen left Rangers by mutual consent.[2] This made him the club's shortest-serving manager, and the only one to leave the club without completing a full season in charge.[3]

At the start of the season it had appeared that Murray had brought one of Europe's most talented young coaches to Ibrox, but unfortunately the Frenchman could not repeat his previous successes. Inconsistent form from the start in the league saw Rangers fall behind Celtic in the title race as early as October and they suffered the disappointment of going out of the League Cup at home to First Division side St Johnstone, losing 2–0. Le Guen left the club by mutual consent on 4 January 2007 and was replaced by Walter Smith, who began his second spell as manager of the club.

Immediately Smith began an overhaul at the club. He deemed the defence to be the main reason for Rangers poor season. The signings of defenders David Weir and Ugo Ehiogu soon followed, along with young midfielder Kevin Thomson from Hibernian. The side's form picked up and they ended the season in second place in the Scottish Premier League and recorded a brace of Old Firm wins over Celtic.

In the Scottish Cup, Rangers were beaten 3–2 to Dunfermline Athletic, in caretaker manager Ian Durrant's first and only game in charge.[4]

Players edit

Squad information edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK   Stefan Klos 35 1998 298 0 2007 £0.7m
2 DF   Fernando Ricksen 30 2000 254 20 2009 £3.75m left on 28 November
2 DF   Andy Webster 25 2008 0 0 2007 Loan
3 DF   Olivier Bernard 26 2005 15 0 2007 Free left on 31 August
3 DF   David Weir 37 2007 18 1 2007 Free
4 MF   Thomas Buffel 26 2005 81 16 2009 £2.3m
5 DF   Marvin Andrews 30 2004 68 8 2007 Free left on 31 August
5 DF   Saša Papac 27 2006 23 0 2009 £0.45m
6 MF   Barry Ferguson (captain) 29 2005 342 50 2010 £4.5m
7 MF   Brahim Hemdani 29 2005 73 2 2009 Free
8 MF   Jérémy Clément 22 2006 23 0 2009 £1.1m left on 25 January
8 MF   Kevin Thomson 22 2007 12 0 2011 £2m
9 FW   Dado Pršo 32 2004 124 37 2007 Free
10 FW   Nacho Novo 28 2004 139 38 2008 £0.45m
11 MF   Gavin Rae 29 2004 39 3 2007 £0.25m
12 DF   Robert Malcolm 25 1997 115 3 2009 Youth system left on 31 August
12 DF   Ugo Ehiogu 34 2007 11 1 2008 Free
14 MF   Libor Sionko 30 2006 24 3 2009 Free
15 FW   Kris Boyd 23 2005 65 46 2010 £0.4m
16 DF   Phil Bardsley 21 2006 7 1 2006 Loan left on 29 December
17 MF   Chris Burke 23 2000 108 10 2009 Youth system
18 DF   Ian Murray 26 2005 60 0 2008 Free
19 DF   Karl Svensson 23 2006 28 0 2009 £0.6m
20 DF   Alan Hutton 22 2000 91 3 2007 Youth system
21 GK   Lionel Letizi 34 2006 8 0 2008 Free left on 30 January
22 GK   Allan McGregor 25 1998 53 0 2009 Youth system
23 FW   Filip Šebo 23 2006 33 2 2010 £1.8m
24 DF   José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 31 2005 10 1 2008 Free left on 31 August
25 MF   Charlie Adam 21 2003 46 14 2009 Youth system
26 DF   Steven Smith 21 2002 49 1 2010 Youth system
27 DF   Julien Rodriguez 28 2005 49 1 2009 £1m left on 11 January
29 FW   William Stanger 21 2006 1 0 2008 Free left on 8 February
30 MF   Makhtar N'Diaye 25 2006 3 0 2007 Free
31 MF   Hamed Namouchi 22 2003 51 6 2008 Free left on 31 August
32 MF   Lee Martin 19 2006 10 0 2006 Loan left on 29 December
41 DF   Alan Lowing 19 2005 5 0 2008 Youth system
42 FW   Steven Lennon 19 2005 3 0 Youth system
59 MF   Andrew Shinnie 17 2006 2 0 Youth system
  • Last updated: 20 May 2007
  • Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

Football Squads (for appearances, goals and player's number)

  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
47 MF   Dean Furman 17 Chelsea   Transfer Summer 2008 Free [5]
14 MF   Libor Sionko 29 Austria Wien   Transfer Summer 2009 Free [6]
29 FW   William Stanger 20 Rennes   Transfer Summer 2008 Free [7]
28 DF   Antoine Ponroy 20 Rennes   Transfer Summer 2008 Free [7]
19 DF   Karl Svensson 22 IFK Göteborg   Transfer Summer 2009 £0.6m [8]
21 GK   Lionel Letizi 33 Paris Saint-Germain   Transfer Summer 2008 Free [9]
8 MF   Jérémy Clément 21 Lyon   Transfer Summer 2009 £1.1m [10]
30 MF   Makhtar N'Diaye 24 Yverdon-Sport   Transfer Summer 2008 Free [11]
45 FW   Rory Loy 18 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2008 £0.02m [12]
23 FW   Filip Šebo 22 Austria Wien   Transfer Summer 2010 £1.85m [13]
32 MF   Lee Martin 19 Manchester United   Loan Summer 2007 n/a [14]
16 DF   Phil Bardsley 21 Manchester United   Loan Summer 2007 n/a [15]
5 DF   Saša Papac 22 Austria Wien   Transfer Summer 2009 £0.45m [16]
2 DF   Andy Webster 24 Wigan Athletic   Loan Winter 2007 n/a [17]
3 DF   David Weir 36 Everton   Transfer Winter 2007 Free [18]
12 DF   Ugo Ehiogu 34 Middlesbrough   Transfer Winter 2008 Free [19]
FW   Adda Djeziri 18 Frem   Loan Winter 2007 n/a [20]
8 MF   Kevin Thomson 22 Hibernian Transfer Winter 2011 £2m [21]

Last updated: 30 January 2007
 Total spending: £6.025m

Out edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
14 DF   Sotirios Kyrgiakos 26 Eintracht Frankfurt   End of contract Summer Free [22]
26 MF   Peter Løvenkrands 26 Schalke 04   End of contract Summer Free [23]
8 MF   Alex Rae 36 Dundee End of contract Summer Free [24]
37 DF   Gary MacKenzie 20 Dundee End of contract Summer Free [25]
25 GK   Ronald Waterreus 35 AZ   End of contract Summer Free [26]
32 DF   Brian McLean 21 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [27]
33 MF   Marc Kalenga 21 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a [27]
40 MF   Graeme Watson 20 Airdrie United End of contract Summer n/a [27]
46 FW   John Johnston 19 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a [27]
53 FW   Jason Crooks 18 Ross County End of contract Summer Free [27]
57 FW   Craig Frizzel 18 Ross County End of contract Summer Free [27]
44 FW   Ross McCormack 19 Motherwell Transfer Summer Free [28]
40 MF   Dany N'Guessan 18 Boston United   Loan Summer n/a [27]
2 DF   Fernando Ricksen 30 Zenit St. Petersburg   Loan Summer n/a [29]
33 FW   Bob Davidson 20 Boston United   Loan Summer n/a [27]
31 MF   Hamed Namouchi 22 Lorient   Transfer Summer £0.5m [30]
12 DF   Bob Malcolm 25 Derby County   Contract terminated Summer n/a [31][32]
3 DF   Olivier Bernard 26 Newcastle United   Contract terminated Summer n/a [31][33]
24 DF   José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 31 Free agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [31]
5 DF   Marvin Andrews 30 Free agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [31]
2 DF   Fernando Ricksen 30 Zenit St. Petersburg   Transfer n/a £1m [34]
32 MF   Lee Martin 19 Manchester United   Loan return n/a n/a [35]
16 DF   Phil Bardsley 21 Manchester United   Loan return n/a n/a [35]
39 FW   Moses Ashikodi 20 Watford   Transfer Winter Nominal [36]
27 DF   Julien Rodriguez 28 Marseille   Transfer Winter Free [37]
33 FW   Bob Davidson 20 Dundee Transfer Winter Free [38]
35 FW   Derek Carcary 20 Raith Rovers Transfer Winter Free [39]
40 MF   Dany N'Guessan 19 Lincoln City   Transfer Winter Free [40]
8 MF   Jérémy Clément 22 Paris Saint-Germain   Transfer Winter £1.8m [41]
21 GK   Lionel Letizi 33 Free agent Contract terminated Winter n/a [42]
29 FW   William Stanger 21 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [43]
37 MF   Brian Gilmour 19 Clyde Loan n/a n/a [44]

Last updated: 9 February 2007
 Total spending: £3.3m

Squad statistics edit

Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup League Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK   Stefan Klos 1 2 2
2 DF   Andy Webster
3 DF   David Weir 18 18 14 4
4 MF   Thomas Buffel 14 25 4 17 3 5 1 1 2
5 DF   Saša Papac 21 23 21 2
6 MF   Barry Ferguson 41 41 7 32 4 8 3 1
7 MF   Brahim Hemdani 49 49 2 36 1 10 1 1 2
8 MF   Jérémy Clément 22 23 19 3 1
8 MF   Kevin Thomson 11 11 8 3
9 FW   Dado Pršo 27 37 4 28 4 8 1
10 FW   Nacho Novo 32 39 9 28 5 8 4 1 2
11 MF   Gavin Rae 10 20 1 10 1 7 1 2
12 DF   Ugo Ehiogu 11 11 1 9 1 2
14 MF   Libor Sionko 17 24 3 18 3 5 1
15 FW   Kris Boyd 36 44 26 32 20 9 3 1 2 2 1
16 DF   Phil Bardsley 7 7 1 5 1 2
17 MF   Chris Burke 14 29 2 22 2 5 1 1
18 DF   Ian Murray 18 18 13 4 1
19 DF   Karl Svensson 27 28 21 6 1
20 DF   Alan Hutton 43 44 2 33 1 8 1 1 2
21 GK   Lionel Letizi 8 8 7 1
22 GK   Allan McGregor 42 42 31 8 1 2
23 FW   Filip Šebo 7 33 2 24 2 7 2
25 MF   Charlie Adam 40 43 14 32 11 8 3 1 2
26 DF   Steven Smith 25 25 1 17 1 6 2
27 DF   Julien Rodriguez 17 19 13 5 1
29 FW   William Stanger 1 1
30 MF   Makhtar N'Diaye 1 3 1 2
32 MF   Lee Martin 5 10 7 1 2
41 DF   Alan Lowing 1 1
42 FW   Steven Lennon 3 3
59 MF   Andrew Shinnie 2 2
Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2006/2007 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Goal scorers edit

N
P
 Nat.
Name
League
 Scottish
Cup
 League
Cup
 UEFA
Cup
 Total
15 FW   Kris Boyd 20 2 1 3 26
11 MF   Charlie Adam 11 3 14
10 FW   Nacho Novo 5 4 9
4 MF   Thomas Buffel 3 1 4
9 FW   Dado Pršo 4 4
14 MF   Libor Sionko 3 3
7 MF   Brahim Hemdani 1 1 2
17 MF   Chris Burke 2 2
20 DF   Alan Hutton 1 1 2
23 FW   Filip Šebo 2 2
12 DF   Ugo Ehiogu 1 1
11 MF   Gavin Rae 1 1
16 DF   Phil Bardsley 1 1
26 DF   Steven Smith 1 1

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record edit

N P Nat. Name YC       RC  
3 DF   David Weir 2
4 MF   Thomas Buffel 1
5 DF   Saša Papac 2
6 MF   Barry Ferguson 8
7 MF   Brahim Hemdani 1
8 MF   Jérémy Clément 5
8 MF   Kevin Thomson 1
9 FW   Dado Pršo 6 1
10 FW   Nacho Novo 11
11 MF   Gavin Rae 1
12 DF   Ugo Ehiogu 1
15 FW   Kris Boyd 6
16 DF   Phil Bardsley 2 1
17 MF   Chris Burke 3
18 DF   Ian Murray 3
19 DF   Karl Svensson 1
20 DF   Alan Hutton 11
22 GK   Allan McGregor 1 1
23 FW   Filip Šebo 2
25 MF   Charlie Adam 7
26 DF   Steven Smith 6
27 DF   Julien Rodriguez 2
32 MF   Lee Martin 1

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club edit

Matches edit

Scottish Premier League edit

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 30 July 2006 Scottish Premier League 1 A Motherwell 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
11,745
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
  52' O'Donnell
  8' Sionko
  65' Pršo
2 5 August 2006 Scottish Premier League 2 H Dundee United 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,394
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
  57' Burke
  79' (o.g.) Robb
  15' Hunt
  56' Kalvenes
3 13 August 2006 Scottish Premier League 3 A Dunfermline Athletic 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
8,561
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
  69' Morrison
  63' Buffel
4 19 August 2006 Scottish Premier League 4 H Heart of Midlothian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,239
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
  47' (pen.) Boyd
  49' Boyd
  90'   Neilson
5 27 August 2006 Scottish Premier League 5 A Kilmarnock 2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
13,506
Referee
Alan Freeland  
Kilmarnock Rangers
  63' Wright
  90' (pen.) Naismith
  43' Boyd
  85' Boyd
6 9 September 2006 Scottish Premier League 6 H Falkirk 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,196
Referee
Rangers Falkirk
  17' Bardsley
  28' Pršo
  68' (pen.) Boyd
  78' Buffel
8 17 September 2006 Scottish Premier League 7 A Hibernian 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
16,450
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
  8' Killen
  81' Killen
  88'   Killen
  65' Šebo
  90'   Bardsley
10 23 September 2006 Scottish Premier League 8 A Celtic 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
59,341
Referee
Celtic Rangers
  35' Gravesen
  74' Miller
12 1 October 2006 Scottish Premier League 9 H Aberdeen 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
50,488
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
  88' Šebo
13 14 October 2006 Scottish Premier League 10 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,494
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
  57' Bayne
15 22 October 2006 Scottish Premier League 11 A St Mirren 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
8,384
Referee
St Mirren Rangers
  5' Sutton
  78' (pen.) Sutton
  18' Adam
  26' Buffel
  85' Novo
16 28 October 2006 Scottish Premier League 12 H Motherwell 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,785
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
  36' Boyd
  50' Kerr
18 5 November 2006 Scottish Premier League 13 A Dundee United 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
10,392
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
  77' Kenneth
  82' Mair
  50' Adam
20 11 November 2006 Scottish Premier League 14 H Dunfermline Athletic 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,218
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
  61' Boyd
  77' Smith
21 19 November 2006 Scottish Premier League 15 A Heart of Midlothian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
17,040
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
  78' Novo
23 26 November 2006 Scottish Premier League 16 H Kilmarnock 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,289
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
  23' Adam
  28' Boyd
  58' Pršo
24 3 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 17 A Falkirk 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
7,245
Referee
Falkirk Rangers
  26' Twaddle
25 9 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 18 H Hibernian 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,702
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
  16' Pršo
  32' Sionko
  36' Ferguson
  67'   Sproule
27 17 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 19 H Celtic 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
50,418
Referee
Rangers Celtic
  88' Hemdani
  38' Gravesen
28 23 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 20 A Aberdeen 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
20,045
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
  22' Novo
  24' Sionko
  84' Lovell
29 27 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 21 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 GMT
Attendance
7,522
Referee
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers
  41' Dods
  90' Rankin
  22' (pen.) Novo
30 30 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 22 H St Mirren 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,273
Referee
Rangers St Mirren
  19' Boyd
  14' Brittain
31 2 January 2007 Scottish Premier League 23 A Motherwell 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
10,338
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
  73' Fitzpatrick
  70' (pen.) Boyd
  73' Pršo
33 13 January 2007 Scottish Premier League 24 H Dundee United 5–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,276
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
  23' Adam
  35' Burke
  59' Boyd
  68' Boyd
  88' Ferguson
34 21 January 2007 Scottish Premier League 25 A Dunfermline Athletic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
7,868
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
  9' Adam
35 27 January 2007 Scottish Premier League 26 A Heart of Midlothian 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,321
Referee
36 11 February 2007 Scottish Premier League 27 A Kilmarnock 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
11,894
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
  73' Naismith
  9' (pen.) Boyd
  30' Boyd
  60' (pen.) Boyd
38 18 February 2007 Scottish Premier League 28 H Falkirk 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,850
Referee
Rangers Falkirk
  34' Boyd
  73' Ferguson
  64' Finnigan
  82' Scobbie
40 4 March 2007 Scottish Premier League 29 A Hibernian 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
16,265
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
  4' Adam
  60' Adam
42 11 March 2007 Scottish Premier League 30 A Celtic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
59,425
Referee
Celtic Rangers
  50' Ehiogu
44 17 March 2007 Scottish Premier League 31 H Aberdeen 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,354
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
  8' Boyd
  25' Boyd
  31' Boyd
45 31 March 2007 Scottish Premier League 32 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,278
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
  15' Adam
  14' Dods
  82' Dargo
46 8 April 2007 Scottish Premier League 33 A St Mirren 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
7,308
Referee
St Mirren Rangers
  4' Novo
47 21 April 2007 Scottish Premier League 34 H Heart of Midlothian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,099
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
  52' Rae
  79' Ferguson
  16' Velička
48 28 April 2007 Scottish Premier League 35 A Hibernian 3–3
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
16,747
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
  20' Fletcher
  45' McCann
  62' Whittaker
  90'   Beuzelin
  24' Adam
  54' Hutton
  78' Adam
49 5 May 2007 Scottish Premier League 36 H Celtic 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
50,384
Referee
Rangers Celtic
  34' Boyd
  55' Adam
50 13 May 2007 Scottish Premier League 37 H Kilmarnock 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
50,085
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
  53' Naismith
51 20 May 2007 Scottish Premier League 38 A Aberdeen 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
20,010
Referee
Aberdeen Rangers
  21' Severin
  32' Lovell

Last updated: 20 May 2007
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 Cup edit

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
7 14 September 2006 UEFA Cup 1 A   Molde  0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:05 BST
Attendance
6,569
Referee
11 28 September 2006 UEFA Cup 1 H Molde  2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
48,024
Referee
Rangers Molde
  12' Buffel
  45' Ferguson
14 19 October 2006 UEFA Cup GS A   Livorno  3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
13,200
Referee
Livorno Rangers
  34' (pen.) Lucarelli
  90' Lucarelli
  27' Adam
  30' (pen.) Boyd
  35' Novo
17 2 November 2006 UEFA Cup GS H Maccabi Haifa  2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
43,062
Referee
Rangers Maccabi Haifa
  5' Novo
  89' (pen.) Adam
22 23 November 2006 UEFA Cup GS A   Auxerre  2–2
Report Report link
Kick off
18:30 GMT
Attendance
8,305
Referee
Auxerre Rangers
  31' Jeleń
  75' Niculae
  62' Novo
  84' Boyd
26 14 December 2006 UEFA Cup GS H Partizan  1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
45,129
Referee
Rangers Partizan
  55' Hutton
37 14 February 2007 UEFA Cup 3 A   Hapoel Tel Aviv  1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:05 GMT
Attendance
13,000
Referee
Hapoel Tel Aviv Rangers
  43' Toama
  76' Dago
  53' Novo
39 22 February 2007 UEFA Cup 3 H Hapoel Tel Aviv  4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:05 GMT
Attendance
46,213
Referee
Rangers Hapoel Tel Aviv
  24' Ferguson
  35' Boyd
  73' Ferguson
  74' McGregor
  90' Adam
41 8 March 2007 UEFA Cup 4 H Osasuna  1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
50,290
Referee
Rangers Osasuna
  90' Hemdani
43 14 March 2007 UEFA Cup 4 A   Osasuna  0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
19,126
Referee
Osasuna Rangers
  71' Webó

Last updated: 14 March 2007
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 edit

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
32 7 January 2007 Scottish Cup 3 A Dunfermline Athletic 2–3
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 GMT
Attendance
7,231
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
  17' Hamilton
  29' Simmons
  46' McGuire
  54' Boyd
  68' Boyd

Last updated: 7 January 2007
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 edit

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
9 20 September 2006 League Cup 3 A Dunfermline Athletic 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
5,702
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
  65' (o.g.) Bamba
  73' Boyd
19 8 November 2006 League Cup QF H St Johnstone 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
31,074
Referee
Rangers St Johnstone
  52' Milne
  68' Milne

Last updated: 8 November 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.

Friendlies edit

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 6 July 2006 Friendly A   Linfield  2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
10,988
Linfield Rangers
  13' Buffel
  24' Boyd
2 11 July 2006 Friendly A   Jomo Select  4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Jomo Select Rangers
  10' Adam
  12' Adam
  27' Adam
  68' Boyd
3 14 July 2006 Friendly AR   Jomo Cosmos  2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Jomo Cosmos Rangers
  3' Boyd
  68' Rae
4 16 July 2006 Friendly AR   Mamelodi Sundowns  0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Mamelodi Sundowns Rangers
  21' Moriri
  47' Correa
  68'   Johannes
5 22 July 2006 Friendly H Middlesbrough  1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
31,544
Referee
Rangers Middlesbrough
  45' Buffel
6 1 August 2006 Friendly A Dundee 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Dundee Rangers
  70' Boyd
7 23 August 2006 Friendly H Zenit St. Petersburg  1–4
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
30,019
Referee
Rangers Zenit St. Petersburg
  54' Rae
  19' Ho
  52' Denisov
  81' Kerzhakov
  90' Spivak
8 23 May 2007 Friendly A   LA Galaxy  1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:30 PDT
Attendance
15,259
LA Galaxy Rangers
  55' Boyd

Last updated: 23 May 2007
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 edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — 2nd 30 July 20 May
UEFA Cup 1st round Round of 16 14 September 14 March
League Cup 3rd round Quarter-finals 20 September 8 November
Scottish Cup 3rd round 3rd round 7 January

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League edit

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 26 6 6 65 34 +31 84 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 21 9 8 61 32 +29 72 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 19 8 11 55 38 +17 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 10 11 47 35 +12 61
5 Kilmarnock 38 16 7 15 47 54 −7 55
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 21 9 8 61 32  +29 72 11 6 2 35 10  +25 10 3 6 26 22  +4

Last updated: 20 May 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHA
ResultWDDWDWLLWLWDLWWWLWDWLDWWWDWWWWWDWWDWLL
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2007. Source: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Cup edit

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAN MHA LIV AUX PTZ
1   Rangers 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 — — 1–0
2   Maccabi Haifa 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 — — — 3–1 1–0
3   Livorno 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 2–3 1–1 — — —
4   Auxerre 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4 2–2 — 0–1 — —
5   Partizan 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1 — — 1–1 1–4 —
Source: [citation needed]

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