2009–10 Rangers F.c. Season

Rangers
2009–10 season
Chairman	David Murray; (until 26 August); Alastair Johnston; (from 26 August)
Manager	Walter Smith
Ground	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League	1st; P38 W26 D9 L3 F82 A28
Scottish Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kris Boyd (23); All: ; Kris Boyd (26)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Overview

Rangers played a total of 54 competitive matches during the 2009–10 season. A quiet summer in terms of transfer arrivals contrasted to the outgoings. The club removed eleven players who had made first team appearances from the wage bill on permanent and loan deals. The only addition to the playing staff was Jérôme Rothen on a season loan, Rothen was the first player to sign for the club in over a year. On 26 August, chairman David Murray stepped down and was replaced by non-executive director Alastair Johnston. Johnston stated that one of his main priorities was to find a buyer for owner Murray's shares. On 24 October, Rangers manager Walter Smith was reported to say that Lloyds Banking Group, who the club was in debt to, was "effectively running the club". On 12 November, the extent of the club's financial problems was shown to be £31m in debt, a rise of £10m from the previous year.

On the field, Rangers' Scottish Premier League title defence got off to a stuttering start, three wins in the league was followed by three draws, the first Old Firm victory of the season was followed by poor performances against St Johnstone and dropped points at home to Hibernian. The side lost their first league match of the season away to Aberdeen on 28 November but then embarked on a six-match winning run, scoring 26 goals in the process. At the start of 2010, Rangers sat at the top of the league. The second Old Firm fixture finished in a 1–1 draw. Rangers had a ten-point lead by mid February. Rangers won the third Old Firm match 1-0 thanks to an injury time winner from Maurice Edu which all but secured the title. The side had to wait nearly two months to be confirmed as champions due to dropping points to St Johnstone and Dundee United. On 25 April Rangers won their 53rd league title after defeating Hibernian 1–0 at Easter Road, with Kyle Lafferty scoring the only goal.

In the domestic cup competitions, Rangers won the League Cup after a 1–0 victory over St Mirren in the final, despite being reduced to nine men with Danny Wilson and Kevin Thomson being sent-off. However, Rangers were unable to retain the Scottish Cup after losing 1–0 to eventual winners Dundee United in a quarter-final replay.

Rangers were seeded in pot two of the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time. The club was drawn against Spanish team Sevilla, German outfit VfB Stuttgart and Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni. A 1–1 away draw in Germany was followed by two consecutive 4–1 defeats at home to Sevilla and Unirea, the latter being regarded as one of the club's worst ever European results. Rangers were left with a small chance of qualifying from the group after a 1–1 draw in the return leg with Unirea, a match that saw trouble in the Rangers fans section of the stadium; the club was later charged by UEFA for inappropriate conduct and following an investigation fined €20,000 plus ordered to pay the cost of repairing the damage to the stadium infrastructure caused by its supporters. The side finished bottom of their group and was knocked out of European football altogether after two defeats from in the final two matches.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Allan McGregor	28	1998	187	0	2013	Youth system
2	MF	Maurice Edu	24	2008	36	4	2013	£2.6m
3	DF	David Weir (captain)	39	2007 (Winter)	177	5	2010	Free
4	MF	Pedro Mendes	31	2008	50	4	2011	£3m	left on 30 January
5	DF	Saša Papac	30	2006	155	4	2011	£0.45m
6	MF	Lee McCulloch	31	2007	113	14	2011	£2.25m
7	MF	Steven Davis	25	2008	119	12	2012	£3m
8	MF	Kevin Thomson	25	2007 (Winter)	109	3	2011	£2m
9	FW	Kris Boyd	26	2005 (Winter)	192	128	2010	£0.4m
10	FW	Nacho Novo	31	2004	255	71	2010	£0.45m
11	MF	Jérôme Rothen	32	2009	8	0	2010	Loan	left on 29 January
14	FW	Steven Naismith	23	2008	81	9	2012	£1.9m
16	DF	Steven Whittaker	25	2007	129	19	2012	£2m
17	FW	Andrius Velička	31	2008	11	5	2011	£1m	out on season loan
18	FW	Kenny Miller	30	2008	121	45	2011	£2m
19	MF	Aarón	20	2008	5	2	2010	Loan	left on 30 August
20	MF	DaMarcus Beasley	27	2007	47	7	2010	£0.7m
21	DF	Kirk Broadfoot	25	2007	84	1	2010	Free
22	DF	Andy Webster	28	2008	1	1	2011	£0.4m	out on season loan
24	DF	Madjid Bougherra	27	2008	62	3	2012	£2.5m
25	GK	Neil Alexander	32	2008 (Winter)	38	0	2011	Free
26	DF	Steven Smith	24	2002	75	1	2010	Youth system
27	FW	Kyle Lafferty	22	2008	71	16	2013	£3.25m
29	MF	John Fleck	18	2007	36	3	2013	Youth system
41	GK	Scott Gallacher	20	2006	0	0	2010	Youth system
45	FW	Rory Loy	22	2006	1	0	2011	£0.025m
47	DF	Jordan McMillan	21	2005	1	0	2010	Youth system
48	FW	Andrew Little	20	2006	11	1	2011	Youth system
66	DF	Danny Wilson	18	2007	24	1	2011	Youth system
69	MF	Gregg Wylde	19	2007	2	0	2012	Youth system

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,

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

Ordered by position on pitch.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
11	MF		Jérôme Rothen	31	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan	Summer	2010	n/a

Last updated: 24 May 2010
Total spending: £0

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
7	MF	Brahim Hemdani	31	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
23	DF	Christian Dailly	35	Charlton Athletic	End of contract	Summer	Free
46	MF	Dean Furman	20	Oldham Athletic	End of contract	Summer	£0.05m
48	DF	William McLachlan	20	Clyde	End of contract	Summer	Free
50	FW	Chris Craig	20	Dumbarton	End of contract	Summer	Free
40	GK	Lee Robinson	22	Kilmarnock	End of contract	Summer	Free
49	DF	Ross Harvey	20	Dumbarton	End of contract	Summer	Free
60	GK	Artūrs Vaičulis	21	AEP Paphos	End of contract	Summer	Free
54	MF	Georgios Efrem	19	Omonia Nicosia	End of contract	Summer	Free
16	GK	Graeme Smith	26	St Johnstone	Transfer	Summer	Free
22	DF	Andy Webster	27	Dundee United	Loan	Summer	n/a
6	MF	Barry Ferguson	31	Birmingham City	Transfer	Summer	£1.25m
11	MF	Charlie Adam	23	Blackpool	Transfer	Summer	£1.35m
15	MF	Alan Gow	26	Plymouth Argyle	Transfer	Summer	£0.2m
17	FW	Andrius Velička	30	Bristol City	Loan	Summer	n/a
46	DF	Steven Kinniburgh	20	Oxford United	Loan	Summer	n/a
54	DF	Ross Perry	19	Oxford United	Loan	Summer	n/a
19	MF	Aarón	20	Valencia	Loan Return	Summer	n/a
50	FW	Isa Bagci	19	Bursaspor	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
62	GK	Gary Inglis	17	Hamilton Academical	Loan	Summer	n/a
47	DF	Jordan McMillan	21	Queen of the South	Loan	n/a	n/a
42	DF	Alan Lowing	21	East Fife	End of contract	Winter	Free
52	MF	Andrew Shinnie	20	Dundee	Loan	Winter	n/a
11	MF	Jérôme Rothen	31	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan return	Winter	n/a
45	FW	Rory Loy	21	St Mirren	Loan	Winter	n/a
4	MF	Pedro Mendes	30	Sporting CP	Transfer	Winter	£1.5m
43	FW	Steven Lennon	22	Lincoln City	Loan	Winter	n/a
44	MF	Paul Emslie	21	Peterhead	Loan	Winter	n/a
53	MF	Tom Miller	19	Dundalk	Transfer	n/a	Free

Last updated: 19 February 2010
Total income: £4,350,000

Squad statistics

				Total			Scottish Premier League		UEFA Champions League		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Allan McGregor	46	46		34		6		6
2	MF		Maurice Edu	10	20	2	15	2			4		1
3	DF		David Weir	51	51		38		5		5		3
4	MF		Pedro Mendes	8	8		4		3				1
5	DF		Saša Papac	47	47	2	34	2	6		4		3
6	MF		Lee McCulloch	44	47	7	34	5	6	1	4		3	1
7	MF		Steven Davis	50	50	4	36	3	6		5		3	1
8	MF		Kevin Thomson	35	39		25		6		4		4
9	CF		Kris Boyd	33	40	26	31	23	2		5	3	2
10	CF		Nacho Novo	20	49	9	35	6	6	1	4	1	4	1
11	LW		Jérôme Rothen	7	8		4		3				1
14	FW		Steven Naismith	28	39	4	28	3	4		3		4	1
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	47	50	11	35	7	6		5	3	4	1
18	FW		Kenny Miller	39	45	21	33	18	5		6	2	1	1
20	LW		DaMarcus Beasley	9	14	2	9	2	2		2		1
21	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	15	16		12				4
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	22	23	2	17	1	3	1	2		1
25	GK		Neil Alexander	8	9		5						4
26	DF		Steven Smith	12	18		12		1		2		3
27	FW		Kyle Lafferty	25	39	7	28	7	4		5		2
29	MF		John Fleck	12	23	2	15	1	3		3		2	1
47	DF		Jordan McMillan	1	1								1
48	FW		Andrew Little	3	10	1	6	1			3		1
66	DF		Danny Wilson	24	24	1	14	1	2		5		3
69	MF		Gregg Wylde		2		2

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2009/2010 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Goal scorers

N	P	Name	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Europe	Total
9	FW	Kris Boyd	23	3			26
18	FW	Kenny Miller	18	2	1		21
16	DF	Steven Whittaker	7	1	3		11
10	FW	Nacho Novo	6	1	1	1	9
6	MF	Lee McCulloch	5		1	1	7
27	FW	Kyle Lafferty	7				7
14	FW	Steven Naismith	3		1		4
7	MF	Steven Davis	3		1		4
20	MF	DaMarcus Beasley	2				2
24	DF	Madjid Bougherra	1			1	2
29	MF	John Fleck	1		1		2
5	DF	Saša Papac	2				2
2	MF	Maurice Edu	2				2
48	FW	Andrew Little	1				1
66	DF	Danny Wilson	1				1

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N	P	Name	YC		RC
3	DF	David Weir	5
4	MF	Pedro Mendes	2	1
5	DF	Saša Papac	10
6	MF	Lee McCulloch	15	1
7	MF	Steven Davis	1
8	MF	Kevin Thomson	5		2
9	FW	Kris Boyd	8
10	FW	Nacho Novo	1
14	FW	Steven Naismith	8
16	DF	Steven Whittaker	7
18	FW	Kenny Miller	5		1
21	DF	Kirk Broadfoot	2
24	DF	Madjid Bougherra	4	1
26	DF	Steven Smith	1
27	FW	Kyle Lafferty	5
29	MF	John Fleck	2
48	FW	Andrew Little	1
66	DF	Danny Wilson	1		1

Last updated: 9 May 2010
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club

Board of directors

Position	Staff
Chairman	David Murray (until 26 August) Alastair Johnston (from 26 August)
Chief executive	Martin Bain
Finance director	Donald McIntyre
Non-executive director	John Greig
Non-executive director	John McClelland
Non-executive director	Dave King
Non-executive director	Mike McGill (from 16 October)
Non-executive director	Donald Muir (from 16 October)
Non-executive director	Paul Murray
Non-executive director	Donald Wilson (until 16 October)

Source: Wikipedia article^{[circular reference]}

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Walter Smith
Assistant manager	Ally McCoist
First-team coach	Kenny McDowall
First-team coach	Ian Durrant
Head of Sports Science	Adam Owen
Goalkeepers coach	Jim Stewart

Source: Wikipedia article^{[circular reference]}

Other staff

Position	Staff
Head of Football Administration	Andrew Dickson
Physiotherapist	Philip Yeates
Doctor	Dr Paul Jackson
Chief scout	Ewan Chester
Massuer	David Lavery
Kit controller	Jimmy Bell
Video analyst	Steve Harvey

Source: Wikipedia article^{[circular reference]}

Matches

Scottish Premier League

Game

Date

Tournament

Round

Ground

Opponent

Score¹

Report

1

15 August 2009

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	—	1st	15 August	9 May
UEFA Champions League	Group stage	—	Group stage	16 September	9 December
League Cup	3rd round	—	Winners	23 September	21 March
Scottish Cup	4th Round	—	Quarter-finals	10 January	24 March

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	38	26	9	3	82	28	+54	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Celtic	38	25	6	7	75	39	+36	81	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Dundee United	38	17	12	9	55	47	+8	63	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Hibernian	38	15	9	14	58	55	+3	54	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5	Motherwell	38	13	14	11	52	54	−2	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	9	3	82	28	+54	87	15	4	0	52	13	+39	11	5	3	30	15	+15

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D
Position	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sevilla	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	VfB Stuttgart	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Unirea Urziceni	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Transfer to Europa League
4	Rangers	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	9	3	82	28	+54	87	15	4	0	52	13	+39	11	5	3	30	15	+15

2009–10 Rangers F.c. Season

Overview

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Out

Squad statistics

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

Club

Board of directors

Coaching staff

Other staff

Matches

Scottish Premier League

UEFA Champions League

Scottish Cup

League Cup

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

UEFA Champions League

References

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	26	9	3	82	28	+54	87	15	4	0	52	13	+39	11	5	3	30	15	+15