1998–99 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
1998–99 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerDick Advocaat
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League1st (Champions)
Scottish CupWinners
League CupWinners
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Rod Wallace (19)
All:
Rod Wallace (27)

The 1998–99 season was the 119th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview[edit]

Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1998–99 season. They started the season under new management with Dick Advocaat replacing Walter Smith. The squad Smith had left behind was past its best so Advocaat, with the financial backing of Murray, set about rebuilding almost the entire squad.

Success quickly followed and Advocaat built a team that gave the club their first domestic treble since the 1992–93 season. The Scottish Cup was secured by a 1–0 win against Celtic and the League Cup by a 2–1 defeat of St Johnstone.

The club enjoyed its best season in Europe since 1992–93 as well, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup before being knocked out by Italian side Parma.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Player From Fee
19 May 1998 Netherlands Arthur Numan Netherlands PSV Eindhoven £5,000,000[1]
6 July 1998 Argentina Gabriel Amato Spain Real Mallorca £4,200,000[2]
Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst Netherlands Feyenoord £5,000,000 plus Peter van Vossen[3]
15 July 1998 Russia Andrei Kanchelskis Italy Fiorentina £5,500,000[4]
16 July 1998 France Lionel Charbonnier France Auxerre £1,200,000[5]
England Rod Wallace England Leeds United Free[6]
26 July 1998 Romania Daniel Prodan Spain Atlético Madrid £2,200,000[7]
4 August 1998 Scotland Colin Hendry England Blackburn Rovers £4,000,000[8]
6 November 1998 France Stéphane Guivarc'h England Newcastle United £3,500,000[9]
14 December 1998 Scotland Neil McCann Scotland Heart of Midlothian £1,800,000[10]
24 December 1998 Germany Stefan Klos Germany Borussia Dortmund £700,000[11]
1 January 1999 Northern Ireland Lee Feeney Northern Ireland Linfield £100,000
1 April 1999 Australia Craig Moore England Crystal Palace £1,000,000[12]
United States Claudio Reyna Germany VfL Wolfsburg £1,200,000[13]

Out[edit]

Date Player To Fee
13 May 1998 Scotland Alan McLaren Retired[14]
18 May 1998 Scotland Richard Gough United States San Jose Clash Free[15]
26 May 1998 Scotland Andy Goram Free[16]
31 May 1998 Scotland Michael Rae Scotland Huntly Free
1 June 1998 Scotland Stuart McCall England Bradford City Free[17]
3 June 1998 Scotland Ally McCoist Free[18]
13 June 1998 Scotland Ian Durrant Scotland Kilmarnock Free[19]
19 June 1998 Sweden Joachim Björklund Spain Valencia £2,500,000[20]
29 June 1998 Scotland Stephen Wright England Bradford City Free[21]
1 July 1998 Denmark Brian Laudrup England Chelsea Bosman[22]
1 July 1998 Scotland Alec Cleland England Everton Bosman[23]
7 July 1998 Netherlands Peter van Vossen Netherlands Feyenoord Part-exchange for Giovanni van Bronckhorst
6 October 1998 Australia Craig Moore England Crystal Palace £800,000 [24]
22 October 1998 Italy Gennaro Gattuso Italy Salernitana £2,800,000[25]
6 November 1998 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gordan Petric England Crystal Palace £400,000[26]
13 November 1998 Scotland David Graham Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[27]
22 February 1999 Scotland Steven Boyack Scotland Dundee £25,000[28]
  • Expendure: Decrease £34,900,000
  • Income: Increase £6,425,000
  • Total loss/gain: Decrease £28,475,000

Appearances[edit]

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK France FRA Lionel Charbonnier 19 0 11 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
2 DF Italy ITA Sergio Porrini 54 3 35 2 5 0 4 0 10 1
3 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Amoruso 49 3 33 1 4 1 3 1 9 0
4 DF Romania ROU Daniel Prodan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Netherlands NED Arthur Numan 19 0 8+2 0 0 0 2+1 0 6 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson 39 2 22 1 2+1 0 4 1 10 0
7 MF Russia RUS Andrei Kanchelskis 45 9 30+1 7 4+1 1 2 0 7 1
8 MF Netherlands NED Giovanni van Bronckhorst 53 10 35 7 4+1 1 4 0 9 2
9 FW Scotland SCO Gordon Durie 13 1 1+4 0 0 0 0+2 1 4+2 0
10 FW Argentina ARG Gabriel Amato 31 9 13+7 6 1+2 0 2 1 0+6 2
11 MF Germany GER Jörg Albertz 53 19 33+1 11 5 1 4 3 8+2 4
12 DF Sweden SWE Jonas Thern 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 GK Finland FIN Antti Niemi 14 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5+1 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Ian Ferguson 26 1 4+9 0 0+1 0 0+3 1 5+4 0
15 DF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Gordan Petrić 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
15 FW France FRA Stéphane Guivarc'h (from 6 November) 18 7 10+3 5 3+1 1 1 1 0 0
16 FW England ENG Rod Wallace 51 27 34 19 5 3 4 2 8 3
17 MF Scotland SCO Derek McInnes 9 0 0+7 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Italy ITA Gennaro Gattuso 11 1 3+2 0 0 0 1 0 2+3 1
18 MF Scotland SCO Neil McCann (from 14 December) 24 8 15+4 5 5 3 0 0 0 0
19 DF Australia AUS Craig Moore 14 0 7 0 0 0 1+1 0 5 0
19 GK Germany GER Stefan Klos (from 24 December) 23 0 18 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Finland FIN Jonatan Johansson 37 17 13+12 8 1+2 3 2 1 6+1 5
21 DF Norway NOR Ståle Stensaas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Scott Wilson 20 1 7+5 1 1+4 0 1 0 1+1 0
23 FW Scotland SCO David Graham 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Barry Nicholson 6 0 3+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Australia AUS Tony Vidmar 39 2 26+2 1 5 1 2 0 3+1 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Miller 21 4 2+13 3 1+1 0 0+2 1 0+2 0
28 DF Italy ITA Luigi Riccio 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Chile CHI Sebastian Rozental 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Northern Ireland NIR Lee Feeney 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Scotland SCO Colin Hendry 32 0 17+3 0 3 0 3+1 0 4+1 0
38[29] DF Australia AUS Craig Moore 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF United States USA Claudio Reyna 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Results[edit]

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League[edit]

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Premier League
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 August 1998 Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 15,892 Wallace
15 August 1998 Motherwell H 2–1 49,275 Wallace, Albertz (pen.)
22 August 1998 Kilmarnock A 3–1 17,608 Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Miller
29 August 1998 St Johnstone H 4–0 48,732 Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
12 September 1998 Dundee United A 0–0 12,788
20 September 1998 Celtic H 0–0 50,026
23 September 1998 Aberdeen A 1–1 17,862 Wallace
26 September 1998 Dunfermline Athletic A 2–0 11,507 Johansson, B.Ferguson
4 October 1998 Dundee H 1–0 48,348 Albertz
17 October 1998 Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 49,749 Wallace (2), Johansson
28 October 1998 Motherwell A 0–1 11,777
31 October 1998 Dundee United H 2–1 49,503 Wallace, Amoruso
8 November 1998 St Johnstone A 7–0 9,636 Wallace, Johansson,
Albertz (2, 2 (pens.)), Kanchelskis, Guivarc'h (2)
14 November 1998 Aberdeen H 2–1 49,479 van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis
21 November 1998 Celtic A 1–5 59,703 van Bronckhorst
5 December 1998 Dunfermline Athletic H 1–1 47,465 van Bronckhorst
12 December 1998 Kilmarnock H 1–0 49,781 Wallace
19 December 1998 Heart of Midlothian A 3–2 17,134 Guivarc'h (2), Wallace
26 December 1998 St Johnstone H 1–0 49,479 Porrini
30 December 1998 Dundee United A 2–1 11,707 Wilson, Wallace
3 January 1999 Celtic H 2–2 50,059 Amato, Wallace
27 January 1999 Dundee A 4–0 9,453 Miller (2), Guivarc'h, Johansson
30 January 1999 Aberdeen A 4–2 19,537 Porrini, Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis
7 February 1999 Dunfermline Athletic A 3–0 11,500 Kanchelskis, Johansson (2)
20 February 1999 Dundee H 6–1 49,462 Albertz(3, 1 pen), McCann (2), van Bronckhorst
28 February 1999 Kilmarnock A 5–0 16,242 McCann, Wallace (3), Johansson
13 March 1999 Motherwell H 2–1 49,483 Wallace, Johansson
20 March 1999 Dundee United H 0–1 49,164
4 April 1999 St Johnstone A 1–3 9,740 Moore
14 April 1999 Dunfermline Athletic H 1–0 46,220 van Bronckhorst
18 April 1999 Dundee A 1–1 11,051 Vidmar
25 April 1999 Aberdeen H 3–1 49,145 Amato (pen.), Kanchelskis, Wallace
2 May 1999 Celtic A 3–0 59,918 McCann (2), Albertz (pen.)
9 May 1999 Heart of Midlothian H 0–0 49,495
15 May 1999 Motherwell A 5–1 11,078 Amato (3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis
23 May 1999 Kilmarnock H 1–1 48,835 Amato

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
18 August 1998 R3 Alloa Athletic H 4–0 37,201 Albertz(2), B.Ferguson, Amoruso
8 September 1998 QF Ayr United A 2–0 11,198 Miller, Amato
25 October 1998 SF Airdrieonians N 5–0 21,171 Johansson, Wallace (2), I.Ferguson, Durie
29 November 1998 F St Johnstone N 2–1 45,533 Guivarc'h, Albertz

Scottish Cup[edit]

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
23 January 1999 R3 Stenhousemuir H 2–0 37,759 Guivarc'h, Wallace
14 February 1999 R4 Hamilton Academical A 6–0 7,339 Johannson (2), Albertz(pen.),
Vidmar, Kanchelskis, McCann
6 March 1999 QF Falkirk H 2–1 39,250 McCann, Amoruso
11 April 1999 SF St Johnstone N 4–0 20,664 Wallace, van Bronckhorst, Johansson, McCann
29 May 1999 F Celtic N 1–0 52,670 Wallace

UEFA Cup[edit]

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
22 July 1998 QR1 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne N 5–3 6,047 Albertz (2 pens), Amato (2), van Bronckhorst
29 July 1998 QR1 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne H 2–0 46,906 Johansson (2)
11 August 1998 QR2 Greece PAOK H 2–0 35,392 Wallace, Kanchelskis
25 August 1998 QR2 Greece PAOK A 0–0 30,388
15 September 1998 R1 Israel Beitar Jerusalem A 1–1 14,000 Albertz
1 October 1998 R1 Israel Beitar Jerusalem H 4–2 45,610 Johansson, Wallace, Porrini, Gattuso
22 October 1998 R2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen A 2–1 22,000 Johansson, van Bronckhorst
5 November 1998 R2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen H 1–1 50,012 Johansson
24 November 1998 R3 Italy Parma H 1–1 49,514 Wallace
8 December 1998 R3 Italy Parma A 1–3 17,000 Albertz

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 36 23 8 5 78 31 +47 77 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Celtic 36 21 8 7 84 35 +49 71 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
3 St Johnstone 36 15 12 9 39 38 +1 57
4 Kilmarnock 36 14 14 8 47 29 +18 56
5 Dundee 36 13 7 16 36 56 −20 46
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.


References[edit]

  1. ^ "As first of Advocaat's men arrives at Rangers, defender could be the next out of Parkhead: Numan in at start of the Ibrox revolution". The Herald. 20 May 1998.
  2. ^ "Murray reveals van Vossen will leave as part of van Bronckhorst package: Amato on parade and others set to follow". The Herald. 7 July 1998.
  3. ^ "Murray reveals van Vossen will leave as part of van Bronckhorst package: Amato on parade and others set to follow". The Herald. 7 July 1998.
  4. ^ "Kanchelskis becomes third £5m man as coach chases striker and defender: Rangers' spending poised to hit £30m". The Herald. 16 July 1998.
  5. ^ "Wallace prefers Ibrox to Souness". The Herald. 17 July 1998.
  6. ^ "Wallace prefers Ibrox to Souness". The Herald. 17 July 1998.
  7. ^ "Hendry switch to Ibrox back on: £3m Col wants to head north". Daily Record. 27 July 1998.
  8. ^ "Hendry at last a Ranger: As one well-known face lands his dream move to Ibrox another finally makes an exit". The Herald. 5 August 1998.
  9. ^ "Ae fond kiss as Rangers acquire some more French flair". The Herald. 7 November 1998.
  10. ^ "Baptism of fire for new boy McCann: Rangers' £2m acquisition could make quick return to old stomping ground". The Herald. 15 December 1998.
  11. ^ "German goalkeeper digs deep into his own pocket to make sure that deal goes through". The Herald. 26 December 1998.
  12. ^ "Caat gets cream with man of the Times". 3 April 1999.
  13. ^ "Caat gets cream with man of the Times". 3 April 1999.
  14. ^ "Knee injury forces young Rangers defender into an early retirement: The game is finally over for McLaren". The Herald. 14 May 1998.
  15. ^ "Curtain falls on a great Scottish footballing era: Swan-song decidedly off-key for departing Ibrox maestros". The Herald. 18 May 1998.
  16. ^ "Tabloids hounded me out of the World Cup". The Herald. 27 May 1998.
  17. ^ "Veteran strikers interest McLeish". The Herald. 2 June 1998.
  18. ^ "McCoist is not ready to hang up his boots". The Herald. 4 June 1998.
  19. ^ "Killie snatch Durrant on 3 year deal". Sunday Mail. 14 June 1998.
  20. ^ "Swede leaves, then tips Rangers". The Herald. 20 June 1998.
  21. ^ "Blackburn swoop for £3m Perez". The Independent. 30 June 1998.
  22. ^ "Laudrup explains why the high-profile challenge of Chelsea lured him away from Ibrox: English Premier too big to resist". The Herald. 20 February 1998.
  23. ^ "As first of Advocaat's men arrives at Rangers, defender could be the next out of Parkhead: Numan in at start of the Ibrox revolution". The Herald. 20 May 1998.
  24. ^ "Rangers seek SFA help to obtain £1.2m from Palace". The Herald. 11 March 1999.
  25. ^ "Gattuso goes as Rangers cut price". Daily Record. 23 October 1998.
  26. ^ "Rangers seek SFA help to obtain £1.2m from Palace". The Herald. 11 March 1999.
  27. ^ "Pars take vital points as Sturrock blames bad attitude". The Herald. 16 November 1998.
  28. ^ "Scott signs Boyack". The Herald. 23 February 1999.
  29. ^ Upon his return from Crystal Palace as his previous number was taken
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