2006–07 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
2006–07 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerPaul Le Guen
(until 4 January)
Ian Durrant
Walter Smith
(from 10 January)
GroundIbrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League2nd
P38 W21 D9 L8 F61 A32
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupQuarter-finals
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kris Boyd (20)
All:
Kris Boyd (26)
Away colours
Third colours

The 2006–07 season was the 127th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview[]

Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2006–07 season. After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on 9 February 2006, two days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that Alex McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the 2005–06 season, and on 11 March, it was confirmed that former Lyon manager Paul Le Guen would indeed succeed him at the end of the season. Murray predicted a fruitful reign under Le Guen, describing his capture as "a massive moonbeam of success" for the club and promising, "we’ve got big plans." He announced that the Frenchman would be given significant funds with which to strengthen the squad, with Rangers having announced an arrangement with sports retailer JJB Sports.

Known for unearthing and nurturing young talent, Le Guen made an immediate splash in the transfer market signing South African Under 19 player Dean Furman from Chelsea, and youngsters William Stanger and Antoine Ponroy from Rennes. While allowing Ibrox favourite Alex Rae to move to a new career as player-manager of Dundee, he has also signed Libor Sionko and Karl Svensson. Rangers had been strongly linked with a host of other players and signed midfielder Jeremy Clement from Lyon and goalkeeper Lionel Letizi from Paris St Germain as a replacement for the departing Ronald Waterreus. Senegal's World Cup 2002 midfield player Makhtar N'Diaye signed a one-year contract after a short trial period with the club.

Rangers' first match under Le Guen was a friendly against Irish Premier League champions Linfield on 6 July 2006 at Windsor Park, Belfast. Rangers won 2–0 with first half goals from Kris Boyd and Thomas Buffel. The squad flew out to South Africa on 9 July for a training camp where they played three matches, the first of which was a comfortable 4–0 win over local opposition with Charlie Adam netting a hat-trick. Rangers also defeated Jomo Cosmos 2–0 but, with a largely depleted starting line-up, they lost their final match 2–0 against Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Defender Fernando Ricksen did not take any part in the pre-season tour of South Africa due to what was described by the club as "unacceptable behaviour" on the flight to Johannesburg. Rangers returned to face English Premier League sides Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers where they won 1–0 and drew 1–1 respectively. The SPL opening day on 30 July proved fruitful for Paul Le Guen and Rangers as they defeated Motherwell 2–1 at Fir Park, thanks to an early strike from Libor Sionko and the winning header from Dado Prso. In Le Guen's first competitive game at Ibrox, Rangers were held to a 2–2 draw by Dundee United, and were forced to come back from two-goals down.

On 9 August, Fernando Ricksen went to Russian Premier League club Zenit St Petersburg, the new club of ex-Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, on a season-long loan. In return, a friendly has been scheduled between the teams at Ibrox on 23 August. On 11 August Rangers signed Manchester United's 19-year-old winger Lee Martin on loan for a season. Rangers also recruited the services of Austrian Vienna defender Saša Papac while Marvin Andrews, Olivier Bernard, Robert Malcolm and Hamed Namouchi all departed.

By mid November, Rangers found themselves in third place, a full 15 points behind leaders Celtic. Sporadic wins were mixed with regular dropped points as the team struggled to find consistency in the early part of the season. Rangers did, however, start promisingly in the UEFA Cup, going on to become the first Scottish club to qualify from the UEFA Cup group stage in its three-year history. Domestic results and performances, however, continued to be inconsistent and in January 2007, Le Guen controversially stripped midfielder Barry Ferguson of the captaincy.

On 4 January 2007 Paul Le Guen left Rangers by mutual consent.[1] This made him the club's shortest-serving manager, and the only one to leave the club without completing a full season in charge.

They entered the season under new management with Paul Le Guen having replaced Alex McLeish. The wave of expectation that was created by Le Guen's appointment was immense and he quickly went about building his own team. In the summer of 2006 he made eleven signings (of them only Saša Papac would be playing for the club the following season). Le Guen's signings including Filip Šebo, Karl Svensson, Libor Sionko and Lionel Letizi but they simply did not perform, while Jérémy Clément was to be in Glasgow for only six months.[2]

At the start of the season it had appeared that Murray had brought one of Europe's most talented young coaches to Ibrox, but unfortunately the Frenchman could not repeat his previous successes. Inconsistent form from the start in the league saw Rangers fall behind Celtic in the title race as early as October and they suffered the disappointment of going out of the League Cup at home to First Division side St Johnstone, losing 2–0. Le Guen left the club by mutual consent on 4 January 2007 and was replaced by Walter Smith, who began his second spell as manager of the club.

Immediately Smith began an overhaul at the club. He deemed the defence to be the main reason for Rangers poor season. The signings of defenders David Weir and Ugo Ehiogu soon followed, along with young midfielder Kevin Thomson from Hibernian. The side's form picked up and they ended the season in second place in the Scottish Premier League and recorded a brace of Old Firm wins over Celtic.

In the Scottish Cup Rangers were beaten 3–2 to Dunfermline Athletic, in caretaker manager Ian Durrant's first and only game in charge.[3]

Players[]

Squad information[]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Germany Stefan Klos 35 1998 298 0 2007 £0.7m
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 30 2000 254 20 2009 £3.75m left on 28 November
2 DF Scotland Andy Webster 25 2008 0 0 2007 Loan
3 DF France Olivier Bernard 26 2005 15 0 2007 Free left on 31 August
3 DF Scotland David Weir 37 2007 18 1 2007 Free
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 26 2005 81 16 2009 £2.3m
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews 30 2004 68 8 2007 Free left on 31 August
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 27 2006 23 0 2009 £0.45m
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson (captain) 29 2005 342 50 2010 £4.5m
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 29 2005 73 2 2009 Free
8 MF France Jérémy Clément 22 2006 23 0 2009 £1.1m left on 25 January
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 22 2007 12 0 2011 £2m
9 FW Croatia Dado Pršo 32 2004 124 37 2007 Free
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 28 2004 139 38 2008 £0.45m
11 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 29 2004 39 3 2007 £0.25m
12 DF Scotland Robert Malcolm 25 1997 115 3 2009 Youth system left on 31 August
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 34 2007 11 1 2008 Free
14 MF Czech Republic Libor Sionko 30 2006 24 3 2009 Free
15 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 23 2005 65 46 2010 £0.4m
16 DF England Phil Bardsley 21 2006 7 1 2006 Loan left on 29 December
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 23 2000 108 10 2009 Youth system
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 26 2005 60 0 2008 Free
19 DF Sweden Karl Svensson 23 2006 28 0 2009 £0.6m
20 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 22 2000 91 3 2007 Youth system
21 GK France Lionel Letizi 34 2006 8 0 2008 Free left on 30 January
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 25 1998 53 0 2009 Youth system
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 23 2006 33 2 2010 £1.8m
24 DF France José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 31 2005 10 1 2008 Free left on 31 August
25 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 21 2003 46 14 2009 Youth system
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 21 2002 49 1 2010 Youth system
27 DF France Julien Rodriguez 28 2005 49 1 2009 £1m left on 11 January
29 FW France William Stanger 21 2006 1 0 2008 Free left on 8 February
30 MF Senegal Makhtar N'Diaye 25 2006 3 0 2007 Free
31 MF Tunisia Hamed Namouchi 22 2003 51 6 2008 Free left on 31 August
32 MF England Lee Martin 19 2006 10 0 2006 Loan left on 29 December
41 DF Scotland Alan Lowing 19 2005 5 0 2008 Youth system
42 FW Scotland Steven Lennon 19 2005 3 0 Youth system
59 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 17 2006 2 0 Youth system

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
47 MF South Africa Dean Furman 17 Chelsea England Transfer Summer 2008 Free [4]
14 MF Czech Republic Libor Sionko 29 Austria Wien Austria Transfer Summer 2009 Free [5]
29 FW France William Stanger 20 Rennes France Transfer Summer 2008 Free [6]
28 DF France Antoine Ponroy 20 Rennes France Transfer Summer 2008 Free [6]
19 DF Sweden Karl Svensson 22 IFK Göteborg Sweden Transfer Summer 2009 £0.6m [7]
21 GK France Lionel Letizi 33 Paris Saint-Germain France Transfer Summer 2008 Free [8]
8 MF France Jérémy Clément 21 Lyon France Transfer Summer 2009 £1.1m [9]
30 MF Senegal Makhtar N'Diaye 24 Yverdon-Sport Switzerland Transfer Summer 2008 Free [10]
45 FW Scotland Rory Loy 18 Kilmarnock Transfer Summer 2008 £0.02m [11]
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 22 Austria Wien Austria Transfer Summer 2010 £1.85m [12]
32 MF England Lee Martin 19 Manchester United England Loan Summer 2007 n/a [13]
16 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 21 Manchester United England Loan Summer 2007 n/a [14]
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 22 Austria Wien Austria Transfer Summer 2009 £0.45m [15]
2 DF Scotland Andy Webster 24 Wigan Athletic England Loan Winter 2007 n/a [16]
3 DF Scotland David Weir 36 Everton England Transfer Winter 2007 Free [17]
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 34 Middlesbrough England Transfer Winter 2008 Free [18]
FW Denmark Adda Djeziri 18 Frem Denmark Loan Winter 2007 n/a [19]
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 22 Hibernian Transfer Winter 2011 £2m [20]

Last updated: 30 January 2007
 Total spending: £6.025m

Out[]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
14 DF Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos 26 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany End of contract Summer Free [21]
26 MF Denmark Peter Løvenkrands 26 Schalke 04 Germany End of contract Summer Free [22]
8 MF Scotland Alex Rae 36 Dundee End of contract Summer Free [23]
37 DF Scotland Gary MacKenzie 20 Dundee End of contract Summer Free [24]
25 GK Netherlands Ronald Waterreus 35 AZ Netherlands End of contract Summer Free [25]
32 DF Scotland Brian McLean 21 Motherwell End of contract Summer n/a [26]
33 MF France Marc Kalenga 21 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a [26]
40 MF Scotland Graeme Watson 20 Airdrie United End of contract Summer n/a [26]
46 FW Scotland John Johnston 19 Free agent End of contract Summer n/a [26]
53 FW Scotland Jason Crooks 18 Ross County End of contract Summer Free [26]
57 FW Scotland Craig Frizzel 18 Ross County End of contract Summer Free [26]
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 19 Motherwell Transfer Summer Free [27]
40 MF France Dany N'Guessan 18 Boston United England Loan Summer n/a [26]
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 30 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia Loan Summer n/a [28]
33 FW Scotland Bob Davidson 20 Boston United England Loan Summer n/a [26]
31 MF Tunisia Hamed Namouchi 22 Lorient France Transfer Summer £0.5m [29]
12 DF Scotland Bob Malcolm 25 Derby County England Contract terminated Summer n/a [30][31]
3 DF France Olivier Bernard 26 Newcastle United England Contract terminated Summer n/a [30][32]
24 DF France José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan 31 Free agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [30]
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews 30 Free agent Contract terminated Summer n/a [30]
2 DF Netherlands Fernando Ricksen 30 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia Transfer n/a £1m [33]
32 MF England Lee Martin 19 Manchester United England Loan return n/a n/a [34]
16 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 21 Manchester United England Loan return n/a n/a [34]
39 FW Antigua and Barbuda Moses Ashikodi 20 Watford England Transfer Winter Nominal [35]
27 DF France Julien Rodriguez 28 Marseille France Transfer Winter Free [36]
33 FW Scotland Bob Davidson 20 Dundee Transfer Winter Free [37]
35 FW Scotland Derek Carcary 20 Raith Rovers Transfer Winter Free [38]
40 MF France Dany N'Guessan 19 Lincoln City England Transfer Winter Free [39]
8 MF France Jérémy Clément 22 Paris Saint-Germain France Transfer Winter £1.8m [40]
21 GK France Lionel Letizi 33 Free agent Contract terminated Winter n/a [41]
29 FW France William Stanger 21 Free agent Contract terminated n/a n/a [42]
37 MF Scotland Brian Gilmour 19 Clyde Loan n/a n/a [43]

Last updated: 9 February 2007
 Total spending: £3.3m

Squad statistics[]

Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup League Cup
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
1 GK Germany Stefan Klos 1 2 2
2 DF Scotland Andy Webster
3 DF Scotland David Weir 18 18 14 4
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 14 25 4 17 3 5 1 1 2
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 21 23 21 2
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 41 41 7 32 4 8 3 1
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 49 49 2 36 1 10 1 1 2
8 MF France Jérémy Clément 22 23 19 3 1
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 11 11 8 3
9 FW Croatia Dado Pršo 27 37 4 28 4 8 1
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 32 39 9 28 5 8 4 1 2
11 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 10 20 1 10 1 7 1 2
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 11 11 1 9 1 2
14 MF Czech Republic Libor Sionko 17 24 3 18 3 5 1
15 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 36 44 26 32 20 9 3 1 2 2 1
16 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 7 7 1 5 1 2
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 14 29 2 22 2 5 1 1
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 18 18 13 4 1
19 DF Sweden Karl Svensson 27 28 21 6 1
20 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 43 44 2 33 1 8 1 1 2
21 GK France Lionel Letizi 8 8 7 1
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 42 42 31 8 1 2
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 7 33 2 24 2 7 2
25 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 40 43 14 32 11 8 3 1 2
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 25 25 1 17 1 6 2
27 DF France Julien Rodriguez 17 19 13 5 1
29 FW France William Stanger 1 1
30 MF Senegal Makhtar N'Diaye 1 3 1 2
32 MF England Lee Martin 5 10 7 1 2
41 DF Scotland Alan Lowing 1 1
42 FW Scotland Steven Lennon 3 3
59 MF Scotland Andrew Shinnie 2 2
Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Soccerbase - Rangers 2006/2007 player appearances
Ordered by squad numbers
0 shown as blank

Goal scorers[]

N
P
 Nat.
Name
League
 Scottish
Cup
 League
Cup
 UEFA
Cup
 Total
15 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 20 2 1 3 26
11 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 11 3 14
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 5 4 9
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 3 1 4
9 FW Croatia Dado Pršo 4 4
14 MF Czech Republic Libor Sionko 3 3
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 1 1 2
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 2 2
20 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 1 1 2
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 2 2
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 1 1
11 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 1 1
16 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 1 1
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 1 1

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Disciplinary record[]

N P Nat. Name YC Yellow card.svg Yellow card.svg Red card.svg RC Red card.svg
3 DF Scotland David Weir 2
4 MF Belgium Thomas Buffel 1
5 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Saša Papac 2
6 MF Scotland Barry Ferguson 8
7 MF Algeria Brahim Hemdani 1
8 MF France Jérémy Clément 5
8 MF Scotland Kevin Thomson 1
9 FW Croatia Dado Pršo 6 1
10 FW Spain Nacho Novo 11
11 MF Scotland Gavin Rae 1
12 DF England Ugo Ehiogu 1
15 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 6
16 DF Scotland Phil Bardsley 2 1
17 MF Scotland Chris Burke 3
18 DF Scotland Ian Murray 3
19 DF Sweden Karl Svensson 1
20 DF Scotland Alan Hutton 11
22 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 1 1
23 FW Slovakia Filip Šebo 2
25 MF Scotland Charlie Adam 7
26 DF Scotland Steven Smith 6
27 DF France Julien Rodriguez 2
32 MF Scotland Lee Martin 1

Last updated: 20 May 2007
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Club[]

Matches[]

Scottish Premier League[]

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 30 July 2006 Scottish Premier League 1 A Motherwell 2–1
2 5 August 2006 Scottish Premier League 2 H Dundee United 2–2
3 13 August 2006 Scottish Premier League 3 A Dunfermline Athletic 1–1
4 19 August 2006 Scottish Premier League 4 H Heart of Midlothian 2–0
5 27 August 2006 Scottish Premier League 5 A Kilmarnock 2–2
6 9 September 2006 Scottish Premier League 6 H Falkirk 4–0
8 17 September 2006 Scottish Premier League 7 A Hibernian 1–2
10 23 September 2006 Scottish Premier League 8 A Celtic 0–2
12 1 October 2006 Scottish Premier League 9 H Aberdeen 1–0
13 14 October 2006 Scottish Premier League 10 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1
15 22 October 2006 Scottish Premier League 11 A St Mirren 3–2
16 28 October 2006 Scottish Premier League 12 H Motherwell 1–1
18 5 November 2006 Scottish Premier League 13 A Dundee United 1–2
20 11 November 2006 Scottish Premier League 14 H Dunfermline Athletic 2–0
21 19 November 2006 Scottish Premier League 15 A Heart of Midlothian 1–0
23 26 November 2006 Scottish Premier League 16 H Kilmarnock 3–0
24 3 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 17 A Falkirk 0–1
25 9 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 18 H Hibernian 3–0
27 17 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 19 H Celtic 1–1
28 23 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 20 A Aberdeen 2–1
29 27 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 21 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2
30 30 December 2006 Scottish Premier League 22 H St Mirren 1–1
31 2 January 2007 Scottish Premier League 23 A Motherwell 1–0
33 13 January 2007 Scottish Premier League 24 H Dundee United 5–0
34 21 January 2007 Scottish Premier League 25 A Dunfermline Athletic 1–0
35 27 January 2007 Scottish Premier League 26 A Heart of Midlothian 0–0
36 11 February 2007 Scottish Premier League 27 A Kilmarnock 3–1
38 18 February 2007 Scottish Premier League 28 H Falkirk 2–1
40 4 March 2007 Scottish Premier League 29 A Hibernian 2–0
42 11 March 2007 Scottish Premier League 30 A Celtic 1–0
44 17 March 2007 Scottish Premier League 31 H Aberdeen 3–0
45 31 March 2007 Scottish Premier League 32 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1
46 8 April 2007 Scottish Premier League 33 A St Mirren 1–0
47 21 April 2007 Scottish Premier League 34 H Heart of Midlothian 2–1
48 28 April 2007 Scottish Premier League 35 A Hibernian 3–3
49 5 May 2007 Scottish Premier League 36 H Celtic 2–0
50 13 May 2007 Scottish Premier League 37 H Kilmarnock 0–1
51 20 May 2007 Scottish Premier League 38 A Aberdeen 0–2

Last updated: 20 May 2007
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 Cup[]

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
7 14 September 2006 UEFA Cup 1 A Norway MoldeNorway 0–0
11 28 September 2006 UEFA Cup 1 H MoldeNorway 2–0
14 19 October 2006 UEFA Cup GS A Italy LivornoItaly 3–2
17 2 November 2006 UEFA Cup GS H Maccabi HaifaIsrael 2–0
22 23 November 2006 UEFA Cup GS A France AuxerreFrance 2–2
26 14 December 2006 UEFA Cup GS H PartizanSerbia 1–0
37 14 February 2007 UEFA Cup 3 A Israel Hapoel Tel AvivIsrael 1–2
39 22 February 2007 UEFA Cup 3 H Hapoel Tel AvivIsrael 4–0
41 8 March 2007 UEFA Cup 4 H OsasunaSpain 1–1
43 14 March 2007 UEFA Cup 4 A Spain OsasunaSpain 0–1

Last updated: 14 March 2007
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[]

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
32 7 January 2007 Scottish Cup 3 A Dunfermline Athletic 2–3

Last updated: 7 January 2007
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[]

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
9 20 September 2006 League Cup 3 A Dunfermline Athletic 2–0
19 8 November 2006 League Cup QF H St Johnstone 0–2

Last updated: 8 November 2006
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[]

Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 6 July 2006 Friendly A Northern Ireland LinfieldNorthern Ireland 2–0
2 11 July 2006 Friendly South Africa South Africa 4–0
3 14 July 2006 Friendly AR South Africa Jomo CosmosSouth Africa 2–0
4 16 July 2006 Friendly AR South Africa Mamelodi SundownsSouth Africa 0–2
5 22 July 2006 Friendly H MiddlesbroughEngland 1–0
6 1 August 2006 Friendly A Dundee 1–0
7 23 August 2006 Friendly H Zenit St. PetersburgRussia 1–4
8 23 May 2007 Friendly A United States LA GalaxyUnited States 1–0

Last updated: 23 May 2007
Source:[citation needed]
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[]

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — 2nd 30 July 20 May
UEFA Cup 1st round Round of 16 14 September 14 March
League Cup 3rd round Quarter-finals 20 September 8 November
Scottish Cup 3rd round 3rd round 7 January

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League[]

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League

Standings[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic 38 26 6 6 65 34 +31 84 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 21 9 8 61 32 +29 72 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 19 8 11 55 38 +17 65 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 10 11 47 35 +12 61
5 Kilmarnock 38 16 7 15 47 54 −7 55
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

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 9 8 61 32  +29 72 11 6 2 35 10  +25 10 3 6 26 22  +4

Last updated: 20 May 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHA
ResultWDDWDWLLWLWDLWWWLWDWLDWWWDWWWWWDWWDWLL
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2007. Source: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

UEFA Cup[]

Group A[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Scotland RAN Israel MHA Italy LIV France AUX Serbia PTZ
1 Scotland Rangers 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 1–0
2 Israel Maccabi Haifa 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 3–1 1–0
3 Italy Livorno 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5 2–3 1–1
4 France Auxerre 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4 2–2 0–1
5 Serbia Partizan 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1 1–1 1–4
Source:[citation needed]

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