2002–03 Rangers F.C. season

Overview

Rangers played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 2002–03 season. They won their seventh domestic treble in manager Alex McLeish's first full season in charge, having taken over from Dick Advocaat the previous season. The league championship was won on goal difference in the last match of the season with a 6–1 win against Dunfermline Athletic. The club finished on +73 GD, just one ahead of Celtic.

The League Cup was won with a 2–1 final win against Celtic and the Scottish Cup with a 1–0 win against Dundee. Despite domestic success, Rangers crashed out of Europe at the first round stage to little known Czech team Victoria Zizkov losing on the away goals rule.

Players

Transfers

In

Out

• Expenditure: £6,000,000
• Income: £6,750,000
• Total loss/gain: £750,000

Player statistics

Matches

Friendlies

Mols Konterman Amoruso Numan Zapata López Ferguson Arveladze Flo Borriello Caniggia Flo

Scottish Premier League

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2168240.stm Arveladze Løvenkrands Ferguson Løvenkrands Løvenkrands Luna O'Connor Ferguson Arteta Ricksen Ferguson Caniggia Caniggia Arveladze Ferguson de Boer de Boer Ferguson Arveladze Larsson Sutton de Boer Arveladze Løvenkrands de Boer Mols de Boer Ferguson Moore Ferguson Løvenkrands Moore Arveladze Ferguson Mackie

Mols Arveladze Ferguson Ricksen Hughes Wilson Bollan Zárate Arveladze Arveladze Arveladze Hartson de Boer Mols

Ferguson Ricksen Ferguson Britton de Boer de Boer Thompson Caniggia Mols Amoruso Caniggia Arveladze Løvenkrands Mols Arveladze de Boer Arveladze Hartson Caballero Arteta Mols Arveladze Caniggia Løvenkrands Caniggia Arveladze de Boer Thompson Arteta

Scottish League Cup

Caniggia Løvenkrands O'Connor Smith Løvenkrands Lennon

Scottish Cup

Moore Arveladze Ferguson Ferguson Arteta Mols Amoruso Partridge McFadden Adams

UEFA Cup

Stracený de Boer McCann Buryan

Competitions

Overall

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2002–03 Scottish Premier League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

References

References

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2. (26 May 2003). "Rangers crowned SPL champions". BBC Sport.
3. (16 March 2003). "Rangers retain CIS Cup". BBC Sport.
4. (31 May 2003). "Rangers complete Treble". BBC Sport.
5. (3 October 2002). "Rangers crash out". BBC.
6. (28 June 2002). "Arteta reveals de Boer did sales pitch on move to Ibrox: McLeish content with two new faces". The Herald.
7. (28 May 2002). "Muscat eyes fresh start". BBC.
8. (26 December 2002). "Rangers get Thompson". BBC.
9. (27 January 2003). "Bonnissel signs for Rangers". BBC.
10. (31 January 2003). "Gers seal Eggen signing". BBC.
11. (21 May 2002). "This man cost Celts £222,000 per game: O'Neill gives Kharine boot". Daily Record.
12. (5 August 2002). "Pars sign Wilson". BBC.
13. (30 August 2002). "Saints sign Kanchelskis". BBC.
14. (9 September 2002). "Boro sign Vidmar". BBC.
15. (17 June 2002). "Feeney back at Windsor". BBC.
16. (21 June 2002). "It's great to have been at World Cup finals.. but I wish I'd got a crack at England SAYS PETER LOVENKRANDS". Daily Mirror.
17. (21 June 2002). "It's great to have been at World Cup finals.. but I wish I'd got a crack at England SAYS PETER LOVENKRANDS". Daily Mirror.
18. (23 July 2002). "Dane leaves Ibrox on loan". BBC Sport.
19. (30 August 2002). "Flo joins Sunderland". BBC Sport.
20. (17 November 2002). "Adamczuk leaves Rangers". BBC Sport.
21. (30 December 2002). "Dodds completes Tannadice move". BBC Sport.
22. (1 January 2003). "In Brief". The Herald.
23. (14 January 2003). "Gers to pay off Latapy". BBC Sport.
24. (21 February 2003). "Latapy joins United".