2004–05 Rangers F.C. season

The 2004–05 season was the 125th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers
2004–05 season
ChairmanJohn McClelland
(until 1 September)
David Murray
(from 1 September)
ManagerAlex McLeish
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st (Champions)
Scottish CupThird round
League CupWinners
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nacho Novo (19)

All:
Nacho Novo (25)
Highest home attendance50,143 vs Hibernian
(12 February)
Lowest home attendance46,278 vs Kilmarnock
(3 October)

Overview

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Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2004–05 season. They went into the season looking to recapture their Scottish Premier League crown, which Celtic had won the season before. Manager Alex McLeish made several summer signings, with the signature of Frenchman Jean-Alain Boumsong being his biggest coup. Others included strikers Dado Prso and Nacho Novo, as well as the experienced midfielder Alex Rae and future Ibrox favourite Marvin Andrews.

Rangers League form began poorly picking up only 8 points from their first 5 matches. Rangers lost the first Old Firm derby of the season 1–0 at Celtic Park and fell behind Celtic in the league. Rangers form improved following the loss to Celtic and they weren't to lose again in the league until April. This run of form included two wins over Celtic in November, once in the League Cup and the other in the League. They also ended a poor run of results at Celtic Park, with a 2–0 victory in February. A 2–1 loss to Celtic at home in April left Rangers five points behind with just four games left of the season. Celtic led by two points on the final day of the season and were winning 1–0 against Motherwell, but two late goals for Motherwell coupled with Rangers 1–0 win over Hibernian saw Rangers win the title, Helicopter Sunday.

Rangers also won the League Cup this season, with a 5–1 victory over Motherwell in the final. Rangers were beaten in the Scottish Cup however, losing 2–1 to Celtic in the third round.

After losing to CSKA Moscow in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, Rangers entered the UEFA Cup. Rangers managed to qualify for the newly formed group stages with a penalty shoot-out win over Maritimo. Rangers failed to progress beyond the group stages however, a 2–0 loss at home to Auxerre seeing them fail to stay in Europe beyond Christmas.

Players

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Squad information

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK   Stefan Klos (captain) 33 1998 296 0 2007 £0.7m
2 DF   Fernando Ricksen 28 2000 254 20 2009 £3.75m
3 DF   Craig Moore 29 1999 (Winter) 252 14 2006 Free left on 3 January
4 DF   Jean-Alain Boumsong 25 2004 28 2 2009 Free left on 2 January
4 MF   Thomas Buffel 24 2005 (Winter) 18 5 2009 £2.3m
5 DF   Marvin Andrews 29 2004 38 4 2007 Free
6 MF   Barry Ferguson 27 2005 (Winter) 255 38 2010 £4.5m
7 FW   Shota Arveladze 32 2001 132 57 2005 £2m
8 MF   Alex Rae 37 2004 32 1 2006 Free
9 FW   Dado Pršo 30 2004 46 21 2007 Free
10 FW   Nacho Novo 26 2004 48 26 2008 £0.45m
11 MF   Gavin Rae 27 2004 (Winter) 11 2 2007 £0.25m
12 DF   Bob Malcolm 24 1997 115 3 2007 Youth system
14 MF   Dragan Mladenović 29 2004 9 0 2008 £1.1m
15 DF   Zurab Khizanishvili 23 2003 (Winter) 63 0 2008 Free
16 DF   Paolo Vanoli 32 2003 42 1 2005 Free
16 DF   Sotirios Kyrgiakos 25 2005 (Winter) 17 2 2005 Loan
17 MF   Chris Burke 21 2000 44 5 2007 Youth system
18 DF   Michael Ball 25 2001 72 2 2006 £4m
19 FW   Steven Thompson 21 2003 (Winter) 64 20 2006 £0.2m
20 DF   Alan Hutton 20 2002 24 1 2007 Youth system
21 DF   Maurice Ross 24 2000 107 3 2007 Youth system
22 GK   Allan McGregor 23 2001 11 0 Youth system
23 MF   Bojan Djordjic 23 2005 (Winter) 5 0 2005 Free
24 DF   Grégory Vignal 23 2004 42 3 2005 Loan
25 GK   Ronald Waterreus 34 2005 (Winter) 15 0 2006 £0.05m
26 FW   Peter Løvenkrands 25 2000 135 36 2006 £1.3m
27 MF   Stephen Hughes 22 1999 90 7 Youth system left 31 January
31 MF   Hamed Namouchi 21 2003 35 6 Free
37 DF   Steven Smith 19 2002 4 0 2008 Youth system
40 MF   Charlie Adam 19 2003 3 0 Youth system out on season loan
42 FW   Robert Davidson 19 2004 2 0 2007 Youth system
45 FW   Ross McCormack 18 2003 3 1 2007 Youth system
  • Last updated: 22 May 2005
  • Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles
  • Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
9 FW   Dado Pršo 29   Monaco Transfer Summer 2007 Free [1]
8 MF   Alex Rae 34   Wolverhampton Wanderers Transfer Summer 2006 Free [2]
5 DF   Marvin Andrews 28 Livingston Transfer Summer 2007 Free [3]
14 MF   Dragan Mladenović 28   Red Star Belgrade Transfer Summer 2008 £1.1m [4]
4 DF   Jean-Alain Boumsong 24   Auxerre Transfer Summer 2009 Free [5]
10 FW   Nacho Novo 25 Dundee Transfer Summer 2008 £0.45m [6]
24 DF   Grégory Vignal 23   Liverpool Loan Summer 2005 n/a [7]
FW   Derek Carcary 18 Queen's Park Transfer Summer Free [8]
23 MF   Bojan Djordjic 22   Manchester United Transfer Winter 2005 Free [9]
4 MF   Thomas Buffel 23   Feyenoord Transfer Winter 2009 £2.3m [10]
FW   Jukka Santala 23   HJK Transfer Winter Free [11]
16 DF   Sotirios Kyrgiakos 25   Panathinaikos Loan Winter 2005 n/a [12]
23 GK   Ronald Waterreus 34   Manchester City Transfer Winter 2005 £0.1m [13]
6 MF   Barry Ferguson 26   Blackburn Rovers Transfer Winter 2010 £4.5m [14]

Last updated: 11 January 2006
Total spending: £8.45m

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
8 MF   Christian Nerlinger 31   Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer Free [15]
4 MF   Emerson 32   Vasco da Gama Transfer Summer Free [2]
20 MF   Nuno Capucho 32   Celta Transfer Summer Free [16]
25 DF   Henning Berg 34 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [17]
10 FW   Michael Mols 33   Utrecht Transfer Summer Free [17]
5 DF   Frank de Boer 34   Al Rayyan Transfer Summer Free [18]
14 MF   Ronald de Boer 34   Al Rayyan Transfer Summer Free [18]
38 FW   Darryl Duffy 20 Falkirk Transfer Summer Free [19]
33 MF   Billy Gibson 22 Partick Thistle Transfer Summer Free [20]
34 DF   Andy Dowie 21 Partick Thistle Transfer Summer Free [21]
MF   Peter Leven 20 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer Free [22]
MF   Paul McHale 22 Cowdenbeath Transfer Summer Free [23]
24 FW   Steven MacLean 21   Sheffield Wednesday Transfer Summer £0.125 [24]
23 MF   Mikel Arteta 22   Real Sociedad Transfer Summer £2.6m [25]
33 MF   Alex Walker 20 Clyde Loan Summer n/a [26]
32 FW   Tom Brighton 20   Scunthorpe United Loan Summer n/a [27]
4 DF   Jean-Alain Boumsong 25   Newcastle United Transfer Winter £8m [28]
3 DF   Craig Moore 29   Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Winter Free [29]
16 DF   Paolo Vanoli 32   Vicenza Transfer Winter Free [30]
38 FW   Bajram Fetai 19 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Loan Winter Loan [11]
27 MF   Stephen Hughes 22   Leicester City Transfer Winter £0.1m [11]
14 MF   Dragan Mladenović 28   Real Sociedad Loan n/a n/a [31]

Last updated: 1 February 2005
Total received: £10.825m

Squad statistics

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Total SPL SC SL Cup UCL UC
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
1 GK   Stefan Klos 34 34 23 1 2 2 6
2 DF   Fernando Ricksen 51 51 9 38 4 1 1 4 3 2 6 1
3 DF   Craig Moore 6 6 3 1 1 1
4 MF   Thomas Buffel 15 18 5 15 4 1 2 1
4 DF   Jean-Alain Boumsong 28 28 2 18 2 2 2 6
5 DF   Marvin Andrews 37 38 4 30 4 1 2 1 4
6 MF   Barry Ferguson 14 15 2 13 2 2
7 FW   Shota Arveladze 17 33 9 24 6 2 1 2 5 2
8 MF   Alex Rae 22 32 1 25 1 1 3 1 2
9 FW   Dado Pršo 44 46 21 34 18 1 3 2 2 6 1
10 FW   Nacho Novo 45 48 25 35 19 1 4 3 2 1 6 2
12 DF   Robert Malcolm 25 28 1 21 1 2 5
14 MF   Dragan Mladenović 8 9 7 1 1
15 MF   Zurab Khizanishvili 23 25 16 1 2 1 5
16 DF   Sotirios Kyrgiakos 17 17 2 15 2 2
16 DF   Paolo Vanoli 5 7 5 1 1
17 MF   Chris Burke 11 16 12 1 3
18 DF   Michael Ball 15 18 14 2 2
19 FW   Steven Thompson 10 33 10 24 5 1 4 3 2 1 2 1
20 DF   Alan Hutton 9 12 10 1 1
21 DF   Maurice Ross 19 19 1 14 2 1 1 2
22 GK   Allan McGregor 2 2 2
23 MF   Bojan Djordjic 5 5 4 1
24 DF   Grégory Vignal 40 42 3 30 3 1 4 2 5
25 GK   Ronald Waterreus 15 15 13 2
27 MF   Peter Løvenkrands 18 24 4 17 3 1 2 4 1
27 MF   Stephen Hughes 7 15 2 11 2 1 1 2
31 MF   Hamed Namouchi 17 26 3 20 2 1 1 4 1
37 DF   Steven Smith 2 4 4
40 MF   Charlie Adam 1 1
42 FW   Robert Davidson 1 1
45 FW   Ross McCormack 1 1
Last updated: 26 August 2015
Source: Wikipedia article
Ordered by position
0 shown as blank

Goal scorers

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Disciplinary record

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Club

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Matches

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Friendlies

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 18 July 2004 Friendly A   SC Fürstenfeld 4–0
2 20 July 2004 Friendly N   Roma 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
200
Roma Rangers
3 24 July 2004 Friendly A   Fulham 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
14,173
Fulham Rangers
  69' Pršo
4 28 July 2004 Walter Tull Memorial Cup H   Tottenham Hotspur 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
35,750
Rangers Tottenham Hotspur
  Novo
  Pršo
5 31 July 2004 Gateshead Cup A   Newcastle United 2–4
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
31,554
Referee
Newcastle United Rangers
  11' (pen.) Shearer
  29' Bellamy
  37' Bernard
  90' Dyer
  43' Pršo
  85' Ricksen
6 1 August 2004 Gateshead Cup N   Feyenoord 0–0
(8-7 pen.)
Report Report link
Kick off
Attendance
24,000
Referee

Last updated: 9 January 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.

Scottish Premier League

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
1 7 August 2004 Scottish Premier League 1 A Aberdeen 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
19,028
Referee
3 14 August 2004 Scottish Premier League 2 H Livingston 4–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
48,102
Referee
Rangers Livingston
  6' Pršo
  32' Hughes
  78' Hughes
  88' Arveladze
4 21 August 2004 Scottish Premier League 3 H Hibernian 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
48,702
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
  11' Arveladze
  15' Pršo
  58' Boumsong
  84' Løvenkrands
  35' Caldwell
6 29 August 2004 Scottish Premier League 4 A Celtic 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
58,935
Referee
Celtic Rangers
  85' Thompson
7 12 September 2004 Scottish Premier League 5 A Heart of Midlothian 0–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
14,601
Referee
9 19 September 2004 Scottish Premier League 6 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
47,063
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
  17' Pršo
11 26 September 2004 Scottish Premier League 7 A Dundee 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
9,404
Referee
Dundee Rangers
  78' Novo
  80' Novo
13 3 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 8 H Kilmarnock 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
46,278
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
  10' Andrews
  82' Novo
14 17 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 9 A Motherwell 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
10,946
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
  7' Pršo
  83' Pršo
16 24 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 10 H Dundee United 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
46,796
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
  69' Novo
  90' Robson
17 27 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 11 A Dunfermline Athletic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC BST
Attendance
8,678
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
  22' Brewster
  47' Boumsong
  58' (pen.) Novo
18 31 October 2004 Scottish Premier League 12 H Aberdeen 5–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
48,918
Referee
Rangers Aberdeen
  39' Thompson
  68' Løvenkrands
  75' Novo
  88' Ricksen
  90' (pen.) Novo
19 7 November 2004 Scottish Premier League 13 A Livingston 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
8,780
Referee
Livingston Rangers
  61' Easton
  37' Løvenkrands
  55' Novo
  67' Thompson
  84' Namouchi
21 14 November 2004 Scottish Premier League 14 A Hibernian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
13,829
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
  63' Caldwell
  28' Novo
  65' (pen.) Pršo
22 20 November 2004 Scottish Premier League 15 H Celtic 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
50,043
Referee
Rangers Celtic
  15' (pen.) Novo
  36' Pršo
  38' Thompson
  56'   Sutton
24 28 November 2004 Scottish Premier League 16 H Heart of Midlothian 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
48,494
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
  45' (o.g.) McAllister
  56' Novo
  81' Novo
  16' Hartley
  66' de Vries
26 5 December 2004 Scottish Premier League 17 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
6,543
Referee
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers
  3' Bayne
  51' Pršo
27 11 December 2004 Scottish Premier League 18 H Dundee 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
48,114
Referee
Rangers Dundee
  3' (pen.) Novo
  4' Pršo
  50' Malcolm
29 19 December 2004 Scottish Premier League 19 A Kilmarnock 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
11,156
Referee
Kilmarnock Rangers
  16' Arveladze
30 27 December 2004 Scottish Premier League 20 H Motherwell 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
TBC GMT
Attendance
49,909
Referee
Alan Freeland  
Rangers Motherwell
  3' Novo
  15' Novo
  53' Arveladze
  86' Thompson
  49' McDonald
31 1 January 2005 Scottish Premier League 21 A Dundee United 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
10,461
Referee
Dundee United Rangers
  11' McCracken
  90' Namouchi
33 15 January 2005 Scottish Premier League 22 H Dunfermline Athletic 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,055
Referee
Rangers Dunfermline Athletic
  6' Thompson
  38' Andrews
  64' Rae
34 23 January 2005 Scottish Premier League 23 A Aberdeen 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
xx:00 GMT
Attendance
17,495
Referee
Aberdeen Rangers
  19' Mackie
  9' Pršo
  16' (o.g.) McNaughton
35 29 January 2005 Scottish Premier League 24 H Livingston 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,579
Referee
Rangers Livingston
  14' Pršo
  63' Novo
  68' Ricksen
37 12 February 2005 Scottish Premier League 25 H Hibernian 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,143
Referee
Rangers Hibernian
  35' Pršo
  50' Pršo
  61' Buffel
38 20 February 2005 Scottish Premier League 26 A Celtic 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 GMT
Attendance
59,041
Referee
Celtic Rangers
  71' Vignal
  82' Novo
39 26 February 2005 Scottish Premier League 27 H Kilmarnock 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
48,575
Referee
Rangers Kilmarnock
  29' Pršo
  41' Novo
  76' Boyd
40 2 March 2005 Scottish Premier League 28 A Heart of Midlothian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
13,842
Referee
Heart of Midlothian Rangers
  87' Burchill
  90' Mikoliūnas
  49' Novo
  90'   Pršo
  90' (pen.) Ricksen
41 5 March 2005 Scottish Premier League 29 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
49,345
Referee
Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle
  57' Ferguson
  90+2' Prunty
42 13 March 2005 Scottish Premier League 30 A Dundee 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 GMT
Attendance
9,876
Referee
Dundee Rangers
  82' Andrews
  84' Ricksen
44 3 April 2005 Scottish Premier League 31 A Motherwell 3–2
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
10,210
Referee
Motherwell Rangers
  71' (pen.) McBride
  84' Corrigan
  4' Vignal
  32' Vignal
  51' Pršo
  79'   Ferguson
45 12 April 2005 Scottish Premier League 32 H Dundee United 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
49,302
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
  8' Duff
46 17 April 2005 Scottish Premier League 33 A Dunfermline Athletic 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
8,266
Referee
Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
  7' Pršo
47 24 April 2005 Scottish Premier League 34 H Celtic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:30 BST
Attendance
49,593
Referee
Rangers Celtic
  88' Thompson
  21' Petrov
  34' Bellamy
48 1 May 2005 Scottish Premier League 35 A Aberdeen 3–1
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
17,198
Referee
Aberdeen Rangers
  33' Clark
  10' Ferguson
  43' Pršo
  59' Pršo
49 7 May 2005 Scottish Premier League 36 H Heart of Midlothian 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,342
Referee
Rangers Heart of Midlothian
  9' Buffel
  42' Andrews
  84' (o.g.) Andrews
50 14 May 2005 Scottish Premier League 37 H Motherwell 4–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 BST
Attendance
49,495
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
  12' Buffel
  17' Arveladze
  54' Arveladze
  57' Buffel
  89' (o.g.) Andrews
51 22 May 2005 Scottish Premier League 38 A Hibernian 1–0
Report Report link
Kick off
14:00 BST
Attendance
17,450
Referee
Hibernian Rangers
  59' Novo

Last updated: 22 May 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.

Scottish League Cup

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
10 22 September 2004 League Cup R3 A Aberdeen 2–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 BST
Attendance
14,876
Referee
Aberdeen Rangers
  45' Ricksen
  89' Thompson
  90'   Malcolm
20 10 November 2004 League Cup QF H Celtic 2–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
47,298
Referee
Rangers Celtic
  85' Pršo
  100' Arveladze
  66' Hartson
36 2 February 2005 League Cup SF N Dundee United 7–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
25,622
Referee
Rangers Dundee United
  7' Novo
  18' Pršo
  67' Buffel
  77' Ricksen
  80' Thompson
  85' Novo
  88' Thompson
  50' Scotland
43 20 March 2005 League Cup F N Motherwell 5–1
Report Report link
Kick off
15:00 GMT
Attendance
50,182
Referee
Rangers Motherwell
  5' Ross
  9' Kyrgiakos
  33' Ricksen
  48' Novo
  86' Kyrgiakos
  13' Partridge

Last updated: 20 March 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.

Scottish Cup

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
32 9 January 2005 Scottish Cup 3 A Celtic 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
12:15 GMT
Attendance
58,622
Referee
Celtic Rangers
  37' Sutton
  77' Hartson
  47' Ricksen

Last updated: 9 January 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.

UEFA Champions League

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
2 10 August 2004 UEFA Champions League QR3 A   CSKA Moscow 1–2
Report Report link
Kick off
17:00 BST
Attendance
11,000
Referee
CSKA Moscow Rangers
  4' Love
  46' Jarošík
  36' Novo
5 25 August 2004 UEFA Champions League QR3 H   CSKA Moscow 1–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 BST
Attendance
49,010
Referee
Rangers CSKA Moscow
  88' Thompson
  61' Love

Last updated: 25 August 2004
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

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Game
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
8 16 September 2004 UEFA Cup R1 A   Marítimo 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 BST
Attendance
5,000
Referee
Marítimo Rangers
  27' Manduca
12 30 September 2004 UEFA Cup R1 H   Marítimo 1–0
(4-2 pen.)
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 BST
Attendance
47,360
Referee
Rangers Marítimo
  71' Pršo
15 21 October 2004 UEFA Cup GS A   Amica Wronki 5–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:30 BST
Attendance
3,100
Referee
Amica Wronki Rangers
  17' Løvenkrands
  57' Novo
  69' Ricksen
  73' (pen.) Arveladze
  89' Thompson
23 25 November 2004 UEFA Cup GS H   Grazer AK 3–0
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
46,453
Referee
Rangers Grazer AK
  58' Novo
  86' Arveladze
  90' Namouchi
25 2 December 2004 UEFA Cup GS A   AZ Alkmaar 0–1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
8,343
Referee
AZ Alkmaar Rangers
  8' Landzaat
28 15 December 2004 UEFA Cup GS H   Auxerre 0–2
Report Report link
Kick off
19:45 GMT
Attendance
48,847
Referee
Rangers Auxerre
  10' Kalou
  47' Kalou

Last updated: 15 December 2004
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.

Competitions

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Overall

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Scottish Premier League

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Rangers (C) 38 29 6 3 78 22 +56 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 30 2 6 85 35 +50 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hibernian 38 18 7 13 64 57 +7 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aberdeen 38 18 7 13 44 39 +5 61
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 11 14 43 41 +2 50
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.

UEFA Cup table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AZ AUX GAK RAN AMC
1   AZ 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 1–0
2   Auxerre 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 0–0 5–1
3   GAK 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 2–0 3–1
4   Rangers 4 2 0 2 8 3 +5 6 0–2 3–0
5   Amica Wronki 4 0 0 4 3 16 −13 0 1–3 0–5
Source: RSSSF

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