Rangers 2010–11 football season
Rangers2010–11 season |
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Chairman | Alastair Johnston (until 23 May) Craig Whyte (from 24 May) |
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Manager | Walter Smith |
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Ground | Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 51,082) |
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Scottish Premier League | 1st |
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Scottish Cup | Fifth round |
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League Cup | Winners |
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Champions League | Group stage |
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Europa League | Round of 16 |
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Top goalscorer | League: Kenny Miller (21) All: Kenny Miller (22) |
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Highest home attendance | 50,248 vs Celtic (24 April 2011) |
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Lowest home attendance | 13,215 vs Kilmarnock (10 January 2011) |
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The 2010–11 season was the 131st season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 2010–11 season. With financial problems at the club ongoing, the summer began for Rangers with several players leaving the club. With a limited transfer budget and a small squad. Walter Smith had to decide whether to increase the number of playing staff or improve the starting eleven, he opted for quality.[1]
Both sides of the Old Firm began the season with eight league wins in a row, however, with the sides meeting on matchday nine something had to give. Rangers claimed a 3–1 victory over Celtic and took early control of the league. A 1–1 draw at home to Inverness CT the following weekend ended Rangers 100% start to the season and a home defeat to Hibernian inflicted the team's first league defeat of the season, the first of five. The cold spell in the winter of 2010–11 saw many postponements and for long spells Rangers were behind Celtic but with games in hand. In the third league meeting between the Old Firm, Celtic came out on top and mathematical lead the table, for the first time that season. However Celtic's advantage was short lived after a loss to Motherwell the following week.[2] This allowed Rangers to regain top spot, but 3–2 loss to Dundee United at Ibrox followed by a 0–0 draw in the final Old Firm fixture left the title in Celtic's hands, with just four matches remaining. There was to be a final twist in the league season, on 3 May Celtic lost a rearranged match away to Inverness and so with three matches remaining Rangers had a one-point lead. Smith's side went on to win all three fixtures, scoring 11 goals, and claimed the club's 54th league championship.[3]
In the domestic cup competitions Rangers won the League Cup after beating Celtic 2-1 AET.[4] However, Rangers lost 1–0 to Celtic in the fifth round replay in Scottish Cup. The match was marked by several incidents, three Rangers players were sent-off and Celtic manager Neil Lennon and McCoist were involved in a pitch side bust up.[5]
In Europe, Rangers automatically qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stages for the second season in a row. They drew Manchester United, Valencia and Bursaspor. Rangers were unbeaten in their first three group stage games, with a 0–0 draw at Old Trafford, a 1–0 victory over Bursaspor at Ibrox and a 1–1 draw at home to Valencia. A 3–0 defeat in Spain to Valencia followed by a 1–0 loss at home to Manchester United ended Rangers chances of qualifying for the last 16, but third place and a spot in the UEFA Europa League was already secured with Bursaspor having failed to pick up a point in five games. In the last group match Rangers drew 1–1 in Turkey, giving Bursaspor their first Champions League point. However, Rangers did make it to the last 16 of the Europa League, beating Sporting Lisbon on away goals in the last 32 but lost to PSV Eindhoven on aggregate.
On 6 May 2011, it was confirmed that David Murray had sold his controlling interest in the club (85.3%) to Wavetower limited for £1, a company owned by businessman Craig Whyte.[6]
Players
Squad information
- Last updated: 15 May 2011
- Source: Players transfer, Wikipedia players' articles,
Football Squads (for player's number)
- Ordered by position on pitch.
Transfers
In
Last updated: 31 January 2011
Total spending: £5.95m
Out
Last updated: 10 February 2011
Total income: £4.4m
New contracts
Last updated: 11 April 2011
Squad statistics
Last updated: 15 May 2011
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2010/2011 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank
Top scorers
Last updated: 15 May 2011
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches
Disciplinary record
Last updated: 15 May 2011
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches
Club
Matches
Scottish Premier League
Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score1 | Report |
1 | 14 August 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 1 | H | Kilmarnock | 2–1 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 45,739 | Referee | William Collum | Rangers | Kilmarnock | | | |
2 | 22 August 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 2 | A | Hibernian | 3–0 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 17,145 | Referee | | Hibernian | Rangers | 44' McBride | | |
3 | 28 August 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 3 | H | St Johnstone | 2–1 | |
4 | 11 September 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 4 | A | Hamilton Academical | 2–1 | |
6 | 18 September 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 5 | H | Dundee United | 4–0 | |
8 | 26 September 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 6 | A | Aberdeen | 3–2 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 15,307 | Referee | William Collum | Aberdeen | Rangers | | | |
10 | 2 October 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 7 | A | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | |
11 | 16 October 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 8 | H | Motherwell | 4–1 | |
13 | 24 October 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 9 | A | Celtic | 3–1 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 58,874 | Referee | William Collum | Celtic | Rangers | | | |
15 | 30 October 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 10 | H | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | |
17 | 7 November 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 11 | A | St Mirren | 3–1 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 5,674 | Referee | Craig Thomson | St Mirren | Rangers | | | |
18 | 10 November 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 12 | H | Hibernian | 0–3 | |
19 | 13 November 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 13 | H | Aberdeen | 2–0 | |
20 | 20 November 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 14 | A | Kilmarnock | 3–2 | |
23 | 11 December 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 17 | A | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–1 | |
24 | 26 December 2010 | Scottish Premier League | 19 | A | Motherwell | 4–1 | |
25 | 2 January 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 21 | H | Celtic | 0–2 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 50,222 | Referee | Craig Thomson | Rangers | Celtic | | | |
27 | 15 January 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 22 | H | Hamilton Academical | 4–0 | |
28 | 18 January 2011[56][57] | Scottish Premier League | 25 | H | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1–0 | |
29 | 22 January 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 23 | A | Heart of Midlothian | 0–1 | |
30 | 26 January 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 24 | A | Hibernian | 2–0 | |
32 | 2 February 2011[58] | Scottish Premier League | 16 | H | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | |
34 | 12 February 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 26 | H | Motherwell | 6–0 | |
36 | 20 February 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 27 | A | Celtic | 0–3 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 58,748 | Referee | | Celtic | Rangers | | | |
38 | 27 February 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 28 | H | St Johnstone | 4–0 | |
40 | 6 March 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 29 | A | St Mirren | 1–0 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 5,405 | Referee | William Collum | St Mirren | Rangers | | | |
42 | 13 March 2011[59] | Scottish Premier League | 33 | H | Kilmarnock | 2–1 | |
45 | 2 April 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 31 | H | Dundee United | 2–3 | |
46 | 5 April 2011[60] | Scottish Premier League | 20 | A | St Johnstone | 2–0 | |
47 | 10 April 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 32 | A | Hamilton Academical | 1–0 | |
48 | 13 April 2011[61] | Scottish Premier League | 30 | A | Aberdeen | 1–0 | |
49 | 16 April 2011[62][63] | Scottish Premier League | 18 | H | St Mirren | 2–1 | |
50 | 19 April 2011[64][65][66] | Scottish Premier League | 15 | A | Dundee United | 4–0 | |
51 | 24 April 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 34 | H | Celtic | 0–0 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 50,248 | Referee | Craig Thomson | |
52 | 30 April 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 35 | A | Motherwell | 5–0 | |
53 | 7 May 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 36 | H | Heart of Midlothian | 4–0 | |
54 | 10 May 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 37 | H | Dundee United | 2–0 | |
55 | 15 May 2011 | Scottish Premier League | 38 | A | Kilmarnock | 5–1 | Report | Report link | Kick off | | Attendance | 16,173 | Referee | Craig Thomson | Kilmarnock | Rangers | | | |
Last updated: 15 May 2011
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
UEFA Champions League
Last updated: 7 December 2010
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
UEFA Europa League
Last updated: 18 March 2011
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Scottish Cup
Last updated: 2 March 2011
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
League Cup
Last updated: 20 March 2011
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Friendlies
Last updated: 7 August 2010
Source: Wikipedia article
1Rangers goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.
Competitions
Overall
Source: Competitions
Scottish Premier League
Standings
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ a b Celtic entered the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League as they won the 2011 Scottish Cup Final. Due to this, Heart of Midlothian also moved up to the third qualifying round, whilst fourth-placed team Dundee United received the second qualifying round spot.
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 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 88 | 29 | +59 | 93 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 14 | +29 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 15 | +30 |
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 |
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Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
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Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W |
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UEFA Champions League
Source: Soccerway
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- ^ Original date was 29 January 2011 - postponed due to Rangers League Cup semi-final
- ^ Rescheduled date was 2 March 2011 - rearranged following the postponement of Rangers match against St Mirren, who had a Scottish Cup replay
- ^ Original date was 4 December 2010 - postponed due to freezing weather and heavy snowfall
- ^ Original date was 16 April 2011 - rearranged due to Rangers outstanding postponed matches being unplayable, all opponents were playing in Scottish Cup
- ^ Original date was 29 December 2010 - postponed due to weather conditions
- ^ Original date was 20 March 2010 - postponed due to the League Cup Final
- ^ Original date was 18 December 2010 - postponed due to water damage at Ibrox Stadium
- ^ Rescheduled date was 18 January 2011 - postponed due to St Mirren's Scottish Cup fourth round replay
- ^ Original date was 28 November 2010 - postponed due to freezing weather and heavy snowfall
- ^ Rescheduled date was 21 December 2010 - postponed due to heavy snowfall
- ^ Second rescheduled date was 3 March 2011 - postponed due to Rangers Scottish Cup fifth round replay against Celtic
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