2005–06 Rangers F.C. season
2005–06 season | ||||
Chairman | David Murray | |||
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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) | |||
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The 2005–06 season is the 125th season of competitive football by Rangers.
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 scarely 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 Inter Milan 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 knocked out 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 |
P |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Since |
App |
Goals |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
N |
P |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Total | Scottish Premier League | UEFA Champions League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. |
P |
Nat. |
Name |
Sts |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
1 | GK | Stefan Klos | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
2 | DF | Fernando Ricksen | 30 | 31 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
3 | DF | Michael Ball | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
3 | DF | Olivier Bernard | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
4 | MF | Thomas Buffel | 32 | 38 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
5 | DF | Marvin Andrews | 27 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
6 | MF | Barry Ferguson | 45 | 46 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | ||||
7 | MF | Brahim Hemdani | 23 | 24 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||
8 | MF | Alex Rae | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
9 | FW | Dado Pršo | 37 | 41 | 12 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
10 | FW | Nacho Novo | 14 | 32 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
11 | MF | Gavin Rae | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
12 | DF | Robert Malcolm | 15 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
14 | DF | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | 40 | 40 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
15 | FW | Kris Boyd | 17 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
16 | DF | Julien Rodriguez | 29 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |||||
17 | MF | Chris Burke | 30 | 35 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||
18 | DF | José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan | 9 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
19 | FW | Steven Thompson | 6 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||
20 | DF | Alan Hutton | 21 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
20 | DF | Maurice Ross | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
21 | FW | Francis Jeffers | 7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
23 | FW | Federico Nieto | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
24 | DF | Ian Murray | 37 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
25 | GK | Ronald Waterreus | 49 | 49 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
26 | MF | Peter Løvenkrands | 35 | 47 | 18 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
31 | MF | Hamed Namouchi | 14 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
34 | DF | Steven Smith | 18 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
38 | MF | Charlie Adam | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
41 | GK | Lee Robinson | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
44 | FW | Ross McCormack | 2 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
51 | DF | Alan Lowing | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
66 | FW | Moses Ashikodi | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2006
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2005/2006 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank
Top scorers
Last updated: 7 May 2006 |
Disciplinary record |
Club
Board of directors
Source: n |
Coaching staff
Source: Wikipedia article |
Other staff |
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 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 9 August 2005 | UEFA Champions League | QR3 | AR | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2 – 1 | |
6 | 24 August 2005 | UEFA Champions League | QR3 | H | Anorthosis Famagusta | 2 – 0 | |
9 | 13 September 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Porto | 3 – 2 | |
13 | 28 September 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | A | Internazionale | 0 – 1 | |
16 | 19 October 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Artmedia Petržalka | 0 – 0 | |
20 | 1 November 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | AR | Artmedia Petržalka | 2 – 2 | |
24 | 23 November 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | A | Porto | 1 – 1 | |
27 | 6 December 2005 | UEFA Champions League | GS | H | Internazionale | 1 – 1 | |
40 | 22 February 2006 | UEFA Champions League | L16 | H | Villarreal | 2 – 2 | |
42 | 7 March 2006 | UEFA Champions League | L16 | A | Villarreal | 1 – 1 |
Last updated: 7 March 2006
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
32 | 7 January 2006 | Scottish Cup | 3 | H | Peterhead | 5 – 0 | |
36 | 4 February 2006 | Scottish Cup | 4 | H | Hibernian | 0 – 3 |
Last updated: 4 February 2006
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | 20 September 2005 | League Cup | 3 | H | Clyde | 5 – 2 | |
22 | 9 November 2005 | League Cup | QF | A | Celtic | 0 – 2 |
Last updated: 9 November 2005
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 July 2005 | Friendly | A | CPSL XI | 4 – 1 | ||
2 | 12 July 2005 | Friendly | N | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | ||
3 | 16 July 2005 | Friendly | A | Linfield | 2 – 0 | ||
4 | 19 July 2005 | Friendly | A | Ipswich Town | 2 – 0 | ||
5 | 23 July 2005 | Friendly | H | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 – 0 | ||
6 | 26 July 2005 | Friendly | AR | St Mirren | 1 – 0 |
Last updated: 26 July 2005
Source:
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 round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 91 | 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Group stage |
2 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 74 | 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
3 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 73 | UEFA Cup 2006-07 First round |
4 | Hibernian | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 56 |
Updated to games played on 20 November 2005.
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.
Results summary
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 | 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
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H |
Result | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W |
Last updated: 7 May 2005.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
UEFA Champions League
Group H
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inter Milan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
Rangers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Artmedia Bratislava | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
FC Porto | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 5 |
|}
Updated to games played on 7 December 2006.
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.
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