2007–08 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
2007–08 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League 2nd
P38 W27 D5 L6 F84 A33
Scottish Cup Winners
League Cup Winners
Champions League Group Stage
UEFA Cup Runners-up
Top goalscorer League:
Kris Boyd (14)
All:
Kris Boyd (25)
Highest home attendance 50,440 vs Hibernian
(6 October)
Lowest home attendance 33,837 vs Hibernian
(9 March)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2007-08 season was the 127th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 68 competitive matches during the 2007-08 season. It was Walter Smith's first full season at the club since 1997-98. The early season priority was qualification for the group stages of the Champions League and this was secured with hard-fought victories over FK Zeta and Red Star Belgrade.

Rangers were drawn in Group E with Barcelona, Lyon and Stuttgart. The group stage started well, with the first two matches resulting in victories, over Stuttgart and Lyon. A home draw with Barcelona left Rangers with seven points after three games, but the last three matches all resulted in defeat, meaning Rangers finished third in the group and entered the UEFA Cup. However, the European adventure continued for Rangers as they progressed to the semi-finals of the competition by beating Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and Sporting Lisbon. They then reached the final with a penalty shootout victory against Fiorentina. They played Zenit Saint Petersburg, managed by formed Gers boss Dick Advocaat, in Manchester on 14 May. Rangers lost the match 2-0, with over 200,000 fans in the city to see the game.

On the domestic front, the race for the Scottish Premier League continued until the final matchday of the season. Both Celtic and Rangers were tied on 86 points going into their games (against Dundee United and Aberdeen respectively) on 22 May 2008, but Celtic were top of the table due to having a better goal difference of 57, six ahead of Rangers. This did not prove to be decisive, as Rangers surrendered their hopes of landing the championship with a 2-0 defeat away to the Dons, while Celtic beat Dundee United 1-0. The club had had a ten-point lead in late March, although their nearest rivals, Celtic, had games in hand at the time. However, being forced by the Scottish football authorities to play 4 competitive matches (including a UEFA Cup Final) in the last 8 days of the season proved just too great a hurdle for Rangers to overcome.

The club appeared in its first final since 2005. They played Dundee United on 16 March 2008 and won the League Cup on penalties. The match was tied 2-2 after extra time, with both goals coming from Kris Boyd who also scored the winning spot kick.

They also reached the final of the Scottish Cup for the 49th time. They beat St. Johnstone 4-3 on penalties in the semi-final after the score was tied at 1-1 after extra time. The club played Queen of the South in the final on 24 May 2008 and won the match 3-2 thanks to goals from DaMarcus Beasley and a double from Kris Boyd.

Players

Squad information

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 26 1998 106 0 2010 Youth system
2 RB Scotland Alan Hutton 23 2000 122 4 2012 Youth system left on 30 January
3 CB Scotland David Weir 38 2007 (Winter) 79 3 2008 Free
4 AM Belgium Thomas Buffel 27 2005 (Winter) 86 16 2009 £2.3m
5 LB Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 28 2006 69 0 2009 £0.45m
6 CM Scotland Barry Ferguson (captain) 30 2005 (Winter) 404 59 2010 £4.5m
7 CM Algeria Brahim Hemdani 30 2005 108 2 2009 Free
8 CM Scotland Kevin Thomson 23 2007 (Winter) 56 1 2011 £2m
9 CF Scotland Kris Boyd 24 2005 (Winter) 106 71 2010 £0.4m
10 CF Spain Nacho Novo 29 2004 168 54 2010 £0.45m
11 LM Scotland Charlie Adam 22 2003 78 18 2012 Youth system
12 CB England Ugo Ehiogu 35 2007 (Winter) 12 1 2008 Free left on 18 January
12 RM Northern Ireland Steven Davis 23 2008 (Winter) 26 1 2008 Loan
14 CM Senegal Amdy Faye 31 2007 6 0 2008 Loan
15 AM Scotland Alan Gow 25 2007 2 0 2010 Free
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 25 2007 1 0 2010 Free
17 RW Scotland Chris Burke 24 2000 129 14 2009 Youth system
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 26 2005 60 0 2008 Free left on 24 August
18 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 21 2008 31 5 2012 £1.9m
19 CF France Jean-Claude Darcheville 32 2007 48 15 2009 Free
20 LW United States DaMarcus Beasley 26 2007 21 5 2010 £0.7m
21 RB Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 23 2007 34 1 2010 Free
22 CB Scotland Andy Webster 26 2008 1 1 2011 £0.4m
23 CF Slovakia Filip Šebo 24 2006 34 2 2010 £1.8m out on loan
23 CB Scotland Christian Dailly 34 2008 (Winter) 22 2 2008 Free
24 CB Spain Carlos Cuéllar 26 2007 65 5 2011 £2.37m
25 GK Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 30 2007 1 0 2008 Free left on 31 January
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 30 2008 (Winter) 15 0 2011 Free
26 LB Scotland Steven Smith 22 2002 51 1 2010 Youth system
27 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 30 2007 46 7 2011 £2.25m
28 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 23 2007 48 5 2012 £2m
29 CF Gabon Daniel Cousin 31 2007 42 12 2010 £1.1m
34 CM Scotland Paul Emslie 20 2005 1 0 2010 Youth system
36 CM South Africa Dean Furman 19 2006 1 0 2008 Free
43 AM Scotland John Fleck 16 2007 3 0 2011 Youth system
  • Last updated: 24 May 2008
  • Source: Football Squads (for appearances, goals and player's number)
  • Ordered by squad numbers.

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
44 LW Cyprus Georgios Efrem 17 ArsenalEngland Transfer Summer 2009 Free [1]
16 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 24 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2010 Free [2]
20 LW United States DaMarcus Beasley 25 PSVNetherlands Transfer Summer 2010 £0.7m [3]
22 CB Scotland Andy Webster 25 Wigan AthleticEngland Loan extension Summer 2008 n/a [4]
21 RB Scotland Kirk Broadfoot 22 St Mirren Transfer Summer 2010 Free [5]
19 CF France Jean-Claude Darcheville 31 BordeauxFrance Transfer Summer 2009 Free [6]
15 AM Scotland Alan Gow 24 Falkirk Transfer Summer 2010 Free [7]
24 CB Spain Carlos Cuéllar 25 OsasunaSpain Transfer Summer 2011 £2.37m [8]
25 GK Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 29 West Ham UnitedEngland Transfer Summer 2008 Free [9]
71 LM Austria Marco Michetschlager 17 Admira Wacker MödlingAustria Loan Summer 2008 n/a [10]
27 MF Scotland Lee McCulloch 29 Wigan AthleticEngland Transfer Summer 2011 £2.25m [11]
28 RB Scotland Steven Whittaker 23 Hibernian Transfer Summer 2012 £2m [12]
29 CF Gabon Daniel Cousin 30 LensFrance Transfer Summer 2010 £1.1m [13]
18 CF Scotland Steven Naismith 20 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2012 £1.9m [14]
14 CM Senegal Amdy Faye 30 Charlton AthleticEngland Loan Summer 2008 n/a [15]
GK Latvia Artūrs Vaičulis 19 St Mirren Transfer Summer 2009 Free [16]
78 AM Norway Thomas Kind Bendiksen 18 Harstad ILNorway Transfer Summer 2010 £0.09m [16]
CF Turkey Isa Bagci 17 BK HäckenSweden Transfer Summer 2010 Undisclosed [16]
25 GK Scotland Neil Alexander 29 Ipswich TownEngland Transfer Winter 2011 Free [17]
23 CB Scotland Christian Dailly 34 West Ham UnitedEngland Transfer Winter 2008 Free [18]
12 RM Northern Ireland Steven Davis 23 FulhamEngland Loan Winter 2008 n/a [19]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
Total spending: £10.32m

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
46 DF Scotland Martin Ure 18 Queen's Park End of contract Summer n/a [1]
54 CF Scotland Scott Hadden 18 Ross County End of contract Summer n/a
36 DF Scotland Steven Campbell 20 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a
51 GK England Joe Sagar 18 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a
30 MF Senegal Makhtar N'Diaye 25 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a
28 CB France Antoine Ponroy 21 Free Agent End of contract Summer n/a
1 GK Germany Stefan Klos 35 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [20]
9 CF Croatia Dado Pršo 32 Retired End of contract Summer n/a [21]
11 CM Scotland Gavin Rae 29 Cardiff CityWales End of contract Summer n/a [22]
37 MF Scotland Brian Gilmour 20 Queen of the South End of contract Summer n/a [23]
19 CB Sweden Karl Svensson 23 CaenFrance Transfer Summer £0.7m [24]
30 GK England Lee Robinson 21 Greenock Morton Loan Summer n/a [10]
14 MF Czech Republic Libor Sionko 30 CopenhagenDenmark Transfer Summer £0.09m [25]
23 CF Slovakia Filip Šebo 23 ValenciennesFrance Loan Summer n/a [26]
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 26 Norwich CityEngland Transfer Summer Free [27]
12 CB England Ugo Ehiogu 35 Sheffield UnitedEngland Transfer Winter Free [28]
2 RB Scotland Alan Hutton 23 Tottenham HotspurEngland Transfer Winter £9m [29]
25 GK Northern Ireland Roy Carroll 30 Derby CountyEngland Transfer Winter Free [30]

Last updated: 22 August 2008
Total spending: £9.79m

Squad statistics

Template:Fb ss header |- |1 |GK||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Allan McGregor |53 |53 || |31 || |10 || |||6 || |||3 || |||3 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |2 |RB||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Alan Hutton |31 |31 ||1 |20 || |9 || ||| || |||1 ||1 |||1 ||

|- |3 |CB||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |David Weir |61 |61 ||3 |37 ||2 |10 ||1 |||8 || |||3 || |||3 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |4 |AM||Belgium | style="text-align:left;" |Thomas Buffel | |5 || |1 || | || |||1 || |||2 || |||1 ||

|- |5 |LB||Bosnia and Herzegovina | style="text-align:left;" |Saša Papac |46 |46 || |22 || |9 || |||9 || |||3 || |||3 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |6 |CM||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Barry Ferguson |61 |62 ||9 |38 ||7 |10 ||1 |||8 || |||3 || |||3 ||1

|- |7 |CM||Algeria | style="text-align:left;" |Brahim Hemdani |35 |35 || |12 || |9 || |||9 || |||3 || |||2 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |8 |CM||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Kevin Thomson |43 |44 ||1 |26 ||1 |8 || |||4 || |||5 || |||1 ||

|- |9 |CF||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Kris Boyd |25 |41 ||25 |28 ||14 |2 || |||2 || |||6 ||6 |||3 ||5

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |10 |CF||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Nacho Novo |18 |49 ||16 |28 ||10 |7 ||1 |||7 ||1 |||4 ||2 |||3 ||2

|- |11 |LM||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Charlie Adam |25 |32 ||4 |16 ||2 |7 ||2 |||4 || |||3 || |||2 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |12 |CM||Northern Ireland | style="text-align:left;" |Steven Davis |23 |26 ||1 |12 || | || |||9 ||1 |||4 || |||1 ||

|- |12 |CB||England | style="text-align:left;" |Ugo Ehiogu |1 |1 || | || | || ||| || ||| || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |14 |CM||Senegal | style="text-align:left;" |Amdy Faye |3 |6 || |4 || |1 || ||| || ||| || |||1 ||

|- |15 |AM||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Alan Gow |2 |2 || | || | || ||| || |||1 || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |16 |GK||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Graeme Smith |1 |1 || | || | || ||| || |||1 || ||| ||

|- |17 |RW||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Chris Burke |17 |21 ||4 |11 ||2 | || |||2 || |||5 ||2 |||3 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |18 |CF||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Steven Naismith |17 |31 ||5 |21 ||5 |3 || |||1 || |||6 || ||| ||

|- |19 |CF||France | style="text-align:left;" |Jean-Claude Darcheville |28 |48 ||15 |30 ||12 |8 ||1 |||5 ||1 |||3 || |||2 ||1

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |20 |LW||United States | style="text-align:left;" |DaMarcus Beasley |15 |21 ||5 |11 ||2 |8 ||2 ||| || |||1 ||1 |||1 ||

|- |21 |RB||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Kirk Broadfoot |31 |34 ||1 |15 ||1 |9 || |||3 || |||5 || |||2 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |22 |CB||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Andy Webster |1 |1 ||1 |1 ||1 | || ||| || ||| || ||| ||

|- |23 |CB||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Christian Dailly |21 |22 ||2 |12 ||2 | || |||5 || |||4 || |||1 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |23 |CF||Slovakia | style="text-align:left;" |Filip Šebo | |1 || | || |1 || ||| || ||| || ||| ||

|- |24 |CB||Spain | style="text-align:left;" |Carlos Cuéllar |65 |65 ||5 |36 ||4 |10 || |||9 || |||6 || |||4 ||1

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |25 |GK||Northern Ireland | style="text-align:left;" |Roy Carroll |1 |1 || | || | || ||| || ||| || |||1 ||

|- |25 |GK||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Neil Alexander |13 |15 || |8 || | || |||3 || |||4 || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |26 |LB||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Steven Smith |2 |2 || | || | || ||| || |||2 || ||| ||

|- |27 |MF||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Lee McCulloch |38 |46 ||7 |22 ||3 |9 ||2 |||6 || |||6 ||2 |||3 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |28 |RB||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Steven Whittaker |43 |48 ||5 |30 ||4 |4 || |||5 ||1 |||6 || |||3 ||

|- |29 |CF||Gabon | style="text-align:left;" |Daniel Cousin |26 |42 ||12 |26 ||10 |7 ||1 |||5 ||1 |||2 || |||2 ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |34 |CM||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |Paul Emslie | |1 || | || | || ||| || ||| || |||1 ||

|- |36 |CM||South Africa | style="text-align:left;" |Dean Furman | |1 || |1 || | || ||| || ||| || ||| ||

|-class="odd" style="background:#EEEEEE;" |43 |AM||Scotland | style="text-align:left;" |John Fleck | |3 || |1 || | || ||| || |||2 || ||| ||

|} Last updated: 24 May 2008
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2007/2008 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Club

Matches

Scottish Premier League

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
2 4 August 2007 Scottish Premier League 1 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 – 0
4 11 August 2007 Scottish Premier League 2 H St Mirren 2 – 0
6 18 August 2007 Scottish Premier League 3 H Falkirk 7 – 2
7 25 August 2007 Scottish Premier League 4 A Kilmarnock 2 – 1
9 1 September 2007 Scottish Premier League 5 H Gretna 4 – 0
10 15 September 2007 Scottish Premier League 6 A Heart of Midlothian 2 – 4
12 23 September 2007 Scottish Premier League 7 H Aberdeen 3 – 0
14 29 September 2007 Scottish Premier League 8 A Motherwell 1 – 1
16 6 October 2007 Scottish Premier League 9 H Hibernian 0 – 1
17 20 October 2007 Scottish Premier League 10 H Celtic 3 – 0
19 28 October 2007 Scottish Premier League 11 A Dundee United 1 – 2
21 3 November 2007 Scottish Premier League 12 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0
23 24 November 2007 Scottish Premier League 13 A Falkirk 3 – 1
25 1 December 2007 Scottish Premier League 14 H Kilmarnock 2 – 0
27 15 December 2007 Scottish Premier League 15 H Heart of Midlothian 2 – 1
28 23 December 2007 Scottish Premier League 16 A Aberdeen 1 – 1
29 26 December 2007 Scottish Premier League 17 H Motherwell 3 – 1
30 29 December 2007 Scottish Premier League 18 A Hibernian 2 – 1
31 5 January 2008 Scottish Premier League 19 H Dundee United 2 – 0
32 16 January 2008 Scottish Premier League 20 AR Gretna 2 – 1
33 19 January 2008 Scottish Premier League 21 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 0
35 26 January 2008 Scottish Premier League 22 H St Mirren 4 – 0
38 9 February 2008 Scottish Premier League 23 H Falkirk 2 – 0
40 17 February 2008 Scottish Premier League 24 A Kilmarnock 2 – 0
42 24 February 2008 Scottish Premier League 25 H Gretna 4 – 2
43 27 February 2008 Scottish Premier League 26 A Heart of Midlothian 4 – 0
44 1 March 2008 Scottish Premier League 27 H Aberdeen 3 – 1
50 22 March 2008 Scottish Premier League 28 H Hibernian 2 – 1
51 29 March 2008 Scottish Premier League 29 H Celtic 1 – 0
53 6 April 2008 Scottish Premier League 30 A Dundee United 3 – 3
56 16 April 2008 Scottish Premier League 31 A Celtic 1 – 2
59 27 April 2008 Scottish Premier League 32 A Celtic 2 – 3
61 4 May 2008 Scottish Premier League 33 A Hibernian 0 – 0
62 7 May 2008 Scottish Premier League 34 H Motherwell 1 – 0
63 10 May 2008 Scottish Premier League 35 H Dundee United 3 – 1
65 17 May 2008 Scottish Premier League 36 A Motherwell 1 – 1
66 19 May 2008 Scottish Premier League 37 A St Mirren 3 – 0
67 22 May 2008 Scottish Premier League 38 A Aberdeen 0 – 2

Last updated: 22 May 2008
Source:[citation needed]
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
1 31 July 2007 UEFA Champions League QR2 H ZetaMontenegro 2 – 0
3 7 August 2007 UEFA Champions League QR2 AR Montenegro ZetaMontenegro 1 – 0
5 14 August 2007 UEFA Champions League QR3 H Red StarSerbia 1 – 0
8 28 August 2007 UEFA Champions League QR3 A Serbia Red StarSerbia 0 – 0
11 19 September 2007 UEFA Champions League GS H VfB StuttgartGermany 2 – 1
15 2 October 2007 UEFA Champions League GS A France LyonFrance 3 – 0
18 23 October 2007 UEFA Champions League GS H BarcelonaSpain 0 – 0
22 7 November 2007 UEFA Champions League GS A Spain BarcelonaSpain 0 – 2
24 27 November 2007 UEFA Champions League GS A Germany VfB StuttgartGermany 2 – 3
26 12 December 2007 UEFA Champions League GS H LyonFrance 0 – 3

Last updated: 12 December 2007
Source:[citation needed]
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 Cup

M
Date
Tournament
Round
Ground
Opponent
Score1
Report
39 13 February 2008 UEFA Cup Round of 32 H PanathinaikosGreece 0 – 0
41 21 February 2008 UEFA Cup Round of 32 A Greece PanathinaikosGreece 1 – 1
45 6 March 2008 UEFA Cup Round of 16 H Werder BremenGermany 2 – 0
47 13 March 2008 UEFA Cup Round of 16 A Germany Werder BremenGermany 0 – 1
52 3 April 2008 UEFA Cup QF H Sporting CPPortugal 0 – 0
54 10 April 2008 UEFA Cup QF A Portugal Sporting CPPortugal 2 – 0
58 24 April 2008 UEFA Cup SF H FiorentinaItaly 0 – 0
60 1 May 2008 UEFA Cup SF A Italy FiorentinaItaly 0 – 0
(4-2 pen.)
64 14 May 2008 UEFA Cup F N England Zenit St. PetersburgRussia 0 – 2

Last updated: 14 May 2008
Source:[citation needed]
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
34 23 January 2008 Scottish Cup 4 H East Stirlingshire 6 – 0
37 3 February 2008 Scottish Cup 5 A Hibernian 0 – 0
46 9 March 2008 Scottish Cup 5 R H Hibernian 1 – 0
49 19 March 2008 Scottish Cup QF H Partick Thistle 1 – 1
55 13 April 2008 Scottish Cup QF R A Partick Thistle 2 – 0
57 20 April 2008 Scottish Cup SF N St Johnstone 1 – 1
(4-3 pen.)
68 24 May 2008 Scottish Cup F N Queen of the South 3 – 2

Last updated: 24 May 2008
Source:[citation needed]
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
13 26 September 2007 Scottish League Cup 3 AR East Fife 4 – 0
20 31 October 2007 Scottish League Cup QF A Motherwell 2 – 1
36 30 January 2008 Scottish League Cup SF N Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0
48 16 March 2008 Scottish League Cup F N Dundee United 2 – 2
(3-2 pen.)

Last updated: 16 March 2008
Source:[citation needed]
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 13 July 2007 Friendly A Germany FC GüterslohGermany 3 – 0
2 15 July 2007 Friendly A Germany SV Lippstadt 08Germany 4 – 2
3 17 July 2007 Friendly A Germany Hannover 96Germany 0 – 1
4 21 July 2007 Friendly A Falkirk 1 – 1
5 24 July 2007 Friendly H AjaxNetherlands 1 – 1
6 28 July 2007 Friendly H ChelseaEngland 2 – 0

Last updated: 28 July 2007
Source:[citation needed]
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 2nd 4 August 22 May
UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round Group Stage 31 July 12 December
UEFA Cup Round of 32 Runners-up 13 February 14 May
Scottish League Cup Third Round Winners 24 September 16 March
Scottish Cup Fourth round Winners 13 January 24 May

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 28 5 5 84 26 +58 89 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Rangers 38 27 5 6 84 33 +51 86 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Motherwell 38 18 6 14 50 46 +4 60 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
4 Aberdeen 38 15 8 15 50 58 −8 53

Updated to games played on 24 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08
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 27 5 6 84 33  +51 86 18 0 1 50 10  +40 9 5 5 34 23  +11

Last updated: 24 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08

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 A H H A H A H A H H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A H H H A A A A H H A A A
Result W W W W W L W D L W L W W W W D W W W W W W W W W W W W W D L L D W W D W L

Last updated: 22 May 2008.
Source: Scottish Premier League 2007–08
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

UEFA Champions League

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14
Lyon 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10
Rangers 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7
Stuttgart 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3

Updated to games played on 15 December 2007.
Source: UEFA Champions League 2007-08
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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