2011–12 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

2011–12 season
Chairman	Craig Whyte
Manager	Ally McCoist
Ground	Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 51,082)
Scottish Premier League	2nd P38 W26 D5 L7 F77 A28
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	Third Round
Champions League	Third qualifying round
Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Nikica Jelavić (14) All: Nikica Jelavić (17)
Highest home attendance	50,268 vs Kilmarnock (18 February 2012)
Lowest home attendance	17,822 vs Dundee United (5 February 2012)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2011–12 season was the 132nd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview[]

Rangers played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2011–12 season. Smith's deputy and Rangers record goalscorer Ally McCoist was appointed manager of the club.^[1] However, McCoist was hampered by a bizarre transfer policy the club utilised under Whyte's control. This resulted in protracted transfer negotiations with several targets but without significant recruitment and this probably contributed to Rangers being knocked out of both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League by the end of August, depriving the club of income that may have been anticipated. With the new ownership there initially appeared to be some financial stability of the club. A number of first-team regulars were secured on long-term contract extensions including Steven Davis,^[2] Allan McGregor,^[3] Steven Whittaker^[3] and Gregg Wylde.^[4] When McCoist entered the transfer market, his first signing being Almería midfielder Juan Manuel Ortiz,^[5] he soon encountered difficulties. A number of highly publicised failed transfers, including deals for Wesley Verhoek and Roland Juhász, led to many doubting Whyte's financial prowess.^[6][7]

Rangers's first Scottish Premier League match of the season was a home match against Jim Jefferies' Heart of Midlothian, where the league flag was unfurled by then chairman Craig Whyte, as Rangers were under considerable pressure for most of the first half but managed to salvage a draw. The following week, McCoist claimed his first competitive victory as manager with a win over St Johnstone.^[8] The season proved to be a baptism of fire for McCoist, by early October the club held a ten-point lead over Celtic,^[9] and on 5 November the lead stood at fifteen points over Celtic and twelve over second placed Motherwell.^[10] However, a draw with St Johnstone and subsequent defeats to Kilmarnock,^[11] St Mirren^[12] and Old Firm rivals Celtic,^[13] who then went on a run of twenty-one matches undefeated saw Rangers slip to second place^[14] where the club remained for the rest of the season.

Ranger's European adventure began in the middle of the final week of July, where Rangers were defeated by underdogs Malmö 1–0^[15] at home and Rangers crashed out of the Champions League with a bad tempered 1–1 draw in Sweden in which both Steven Whittaker and Madjid Bougherra were both given their marching orders,^[16] and ultimately relegating the Gers to the Europa League play-off round, where they faced Slovenian team NK Maribor.^[17] In cup competitions the club fair no better, a third round defeat to First Division side Falkirk in the League Cup^[18] and a fifth round exit at home at the hands of Dundee United.^[19]

On 13 February 2012, Rangers filed legal papers at the Court of Session giving notice of their intention to appoint administrators.^[20] Rangers officially entered administration on the following day, appointing London-based financial advisers Duff & Phelps as administrators.^[20] Rangers entered administration over an alleged non-payment of £9m in PAYE and VAT taxes to HM Revenue and Customs.^[20][21] On entering administration, the team was docked ten points by the SPL, a move regarded as 'effectively ending' its 2012 championship challenge.^[20] A failure then to submit accounts for 2011 meant the club was not granted a licence to play in European football in season 2012–13.^[22][23] In April it was revealed that the club's total debts could be as high as £134m.^[24]

On 13 May it was revealed that Whyte sold his controlling interest in The Rangers Football Club Plc for £2 to a consortium led by Charles Green.^[25] Green offered the creditors a settlement, in the form of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), in an attempt to exit administration.^[25] On 12 June 2012, it emerged that HMRC would reject the CVA put forward by Green. Green's takeover of the club depended on the CVA being accepted by HMRC, which would have seen only £8.5m of the total debt repaid. The formal rejection of the CVA, two days later, meant that the Rangers Football Club Plc entered the liquidation process and the clubs corporate owner would have to be transferred to a new company.^[26] The oldco's assets, including Rangers F.C., Ibrox Stadium and Rangers Training Centre, were sold to Sevco 5088 Ltd, a consortium led by Green, in a deal worth £5.5m.^[27][28]

Players[]

Squad information[]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Allan McGregor	30	1998	278	0	2017	Youth system
2	DF		Dorin Goian	31	2011	38	1	2014	£0.8m
3	DF		David Weir (captain)	41	2007 (Winter)	231	5	2012	Free	left on 17 January
4	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	27	2007	116	1	2013	Free
5	DF		Saša Papac	32	2006	227	7	2012	£0.45m
6	MF		Lee McCulloch	33	2007	173	20	2013	£2.25m
7	MF		Maurice Edu	26	2008	125	12	2013	£2.6m
8	MF		Steven Davis (captain)	27	2008	211	22	2016	£3m
9	FW		Nikica Jelavić	26	2010	55	36	2014	£4m	left on 31 January
10	MF		John Fleck	20	2007	58	3	2013	Youth system
11	FW		Kyle Lafferty	24	2008	138	38	2013	£3.25m
12	DF		Lee Wallace	24	2011	34	2	2016	£1.5m
14	FW		Steven Naismith	25	2008	140	33	2015	£1.9m
15	FW		David Healy	32	2011 (Winter)	25	5	2012	Free
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	27	2007	209	28	2016	£2m
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	30	2011	14	1	2014	£0.5m
18	DF		Carlos Bocanegra (vc)	32	2011	34	3	2014	£0.4m
19	FW		James Beattie	33	2010	10	0	2012	£1.25m	left on 31 August
19	MF		Sone Aluko	23	2011	23	12	2012	£0.15m
20	MF		Matt McKay	29	2011	3	0	2014	£0.32m	left on 27 February
21	MF		Alejandro Bedoya	25	2011	13	1	2014	£0.4m
22	DF		Kyle Bartley	20	2011	30	1	2012	Loan
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	23	2005	5	0	2012	Youth system	left on 31 January
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	28	2008	113	5	2012	£2.5m	left on 10 August
24	MF		Mervan Çelik	21	2012 (Winter)	6	0	2015	£0.25m	left on 6 March
25	GK		Neil Alexander	34	2008 (Winter)	47	0	2013	Free
26	MF		Jamie Ness	21	2007	18	2	2015	Youth system
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	20	2007	48	2	2016	Youth system	left on 6 March
28	MF		Salim Kerkar	24	2010	18	2	2012	Free
32	DF		Ross Perry	22	2006	13	0	2015	Youth system
33	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	22	2007	3	0	2012	£0.09m	left on 1 January
34	FW		Andrew Little	23	2007	24	7	2012	Youth system
35	MF		Kyle Hutton	21	2008	14	0	2014	Youth system	out on season loan
38	FW		Kane Hemmings	21	2008	5	0	2013	Youth system
40	MF		Andrew Mitchell	20	2010	2	0	2012	Free
41	MF		Rhys McCabe	19	2009	9	0	2015	Youth system
69	FW		Barrie McKay	17	2011	1	0	2013	Free

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	29	Almería	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.5m	[5]
12	DF		Lee Wallace	23	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2016	£1.5m	[29]
2	DF		Dorin Goian	30	Palermo	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.8m	[30]
22	DF		Kyle Bartley	20	Arsenal	Loan extension	Summer	2012	n/a	[31]
21	MF		Alejandro Bedoya	24	Örebro SK	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.4m	[29][32]
18	DF		Carlos Bocanegra	32	Saint-Étienne	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.4m	[33]
20	MF		Matt McKay	28	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.32m	[34][35]
19	MF		Sone Aluko	22	Aberdeen	Transfer	n/a	2012	£0.15m	[36]
24	MF		Mervan Çelik	21	GAIS	Transfer	Winter	2015	£0.24m	[37]

Last updated: 11 February 2012
Total spending: £4.31m

Out[]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
20	MF		Vladimír Weiss	21	Manchester City	Loan return	Summer	n/a	[38][39]
12	DF		Richard Foster	25	Aberdeen	Loan return	Summer	n/a	[38][40]
17	FW		El Hadji Diouf	30	Blackburn Rovers	Loan return	Summer	n/a	[38][41]
37	MF		Andrew Shinnie	22	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
38	MF		Stephen Stirling	22	Stranraer	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
41	FW		Archie Campbell	21	Greenock Morton	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
42	GK		Wayne Drummond	19	Ballymena United	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
49	FW		Cristiano Kisuka	19	Beith Juniors	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
57	MF		Dylan McGeouch	18	Celtic	End of contract	Summer	£0.1m	[43]
65	MF		Steven Hetherington	17	Motherwell	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
31	GK		Grant Adam	20	Forfar Athletic	Loan	Summer	n/a	[44][45]
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	28	Lekhwiya	Transfer	Summer	£1.7m	[46]
34	FW		Andrew Little	22	Port Vale	Loan	Summer	n/a	[47]
19	FW		James Beattie	33	Sheffield United	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[48][49]
42	FW		Kal Naismith	19	Cowdenbeath	Loan	Summer	n/a	[50]
35	MF		Kyle Hutton	20	Partick Thistle	Loan	Summer	n/a	[51]
51	GK		Blair Currie	18	Hamilton Academical	Loan	Winter	n/a	[52]
33	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	22	Tromsø	End of contract	Winter	£0.25m[53]	[54]
36	DF		Darren Cole	19	Partick Thistle	Loan	Winter	n/a	[55]
59	FW		Sam McMahon	17	Doncaster Rovers	Transfer	Winter	Free	[56]
42	FW		Kal Naismith	19	Partick Thistle	Loan	Winter	n/a	[57]
3	DF		David Weir	41	Free agent	Contract terminated	Winter	n/a	[58]
10	MF		John Fleck	20	Blackpool	Loan	Winter	n/a	[59]
31	GK		Grant Adam	20	Airdrie United	Loan	Winter	n/a	[60]
63	FW		Freddie Espling	18	Djurgårdens IF	Transfer	Winter	Free	[61]
45	MF		Nicolaj Køhlert	19	Silkeborg IF	Transfer	Winter	Free	[61]
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	29	Almería	Loan	Winter	n/a	[62]
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	23	Dunfermline Athletic	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[63]
9	FW		Nikica Jelavić	26	Everton	Transfer	Winter	£5.5m	[64]
35	MF		Kyle Hutton	20	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	Winter	n/a	[63]
64	MF		Marc Dyer	17	Ayr United	Transfer	Winter	Free	[61]
61	FW		Jack Werndly	18	Albion Rovers	Loan	Winter	n/a	[61]
20	MF		Matt McKay	29	Busan I'Park	Transfer	n/a	£0.063m	[65]
24	MF		Mervan Çelik	21	Free agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/a	[66]
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	20	Free agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/a	[66]
52	DF		Ewan McNeil	18	Airdrie United	Loan	n/a	n/a	[67]

Last updated: 25 March 2012
Total income: £7.513m

New contracts[]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
5	DF		Saša Papac	31	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[68]
32	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	21	Signed	6 months	January 2012	[69]
28	MF		Salim Kerkar	23	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[70]
15	FW		David Healy	31	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[71]
29	FW		Andrew Little	22	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[72]
1	GK		Allan McGregor	29	Signed	6 years	June 2017	[3]
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	27	Signed	5 years	June 2016	[3]
3	DF		David Weir	41	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[73]
8	MF		Steven Davis	26	Signed	5 years	June 2016	[74]
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	20	Signed	5 years	June 2016	[75]
32	DF		Ross Perry	21	Signed	4 years	June 2015	[76]
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	23	Rejected	3 years	June 2015	[77][78]
33	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	22	Rejected	2 years & 6 months	June 2014	[79]
41	MF		Rhys McCabe	19	Signed	3 years	June 2015	[80]

Last updated: 2 January 2012

Squad statistics[]

				Total			Scottish Premier League		UEFA Champions League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Allan McGregor	43	43		37		2		2				2
2	DF		Dorin Goian	38	38	1	33				2		1	1	2
3	DF		David Weir	1	1				1
4	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	13	18		16								2
5	DF		Saša Papac	26	26		21		2		2		1
6	MF		Lee McCulloch	24	30	5	26	5	2				1		1
7	MF		Maurice Edu	40	42	3	36	3	2		2				2
8	MF		Steven Davis	39	39	5	33	5	2		1		1		2
9	FW		Nikica Jelavić	26	28	17	22	14	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
10	MF		John Fleck	1	5		4				1
11	FW		Kyle Lafferty	16	23	7	20	7					1		2
12	DF		Lee Wallace	32	34	2	28	2	2		2				2
14	FW		Steven Naismith	14	15	9	11	9	2				1		1
15	FW		David Healy	9	15	4	11	3			2	1	1		1
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	27	28	2	25	2	2				1
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	8	14	1	10		2						2	1
18	DF		Carlos Bocanegra	34	34	3	29	2			2		1		2	1
19	MF		Sone Aluko	21	23	12	21	12			2
20	MF		Matt McKay	2	3		3
21	MF		Alejandro Bedoya	6	13	1	12	1					1
22	DF		Kyle Bartley	20	21		19				2
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	1	3		2				1
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	4	4		2		2
24	MF		Mervan Çelik	1	6		5				1
25	GK		Neil Alexander	2	2		1						1
26	MF		Jamie Ness	3	5	1	5	1
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	15	25	2	21	2			2		1		1
28	MF		Salim Kerkar	5	17	2	15	1			2	1
32	DF		Ross Perry	8	13		12								1
33	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	1	3		3
34	FW		Andrew Little	6	11	5	10	5			1
38	FW		Kane Hemmings		5		4		1
40	MF		Andrew Mitchell	1	2		2
41	MF		Rhys McCabe	8	9		9
69	FW		Barrie McKay		1		1

Top scorers[] N P Nat. Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Champions League Europa League Total 9 FW Nikica Jelavić 14 1 1 1 17 19 MF Sone Aluko 12 12 14 FW Steven Naismith 9 9 11 FW Kyle Lafferty 7 7 8 MF Steven Davis 5 5 6 MF Lee McCulloch 5 5 34 FW Andrew Little 5 5 15 FW David Healy 3 1 4 18 DF Carlos Bocanegra 2 1 3 7 MF Maurice Edu 3 3 27 MF Gregg Wylde 2 2 28 MF Salim Kerkar 1 1 2 12 DF Lee Wallace 2 2 16 DF Steven Whittaker 2 2 17 MF Juan Manuel Ortiz 1 1 2 DF Dorin Goian 1 1 26 MF Jamie Ness 1 1 21 MF Alejandro Bedoya 1 1 Own goal 3 1 4 Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Match reports Only competitive matches Disciplinary record[] N P Nat. Name YC RC 2 DF Dorin Goian 10 1 4 DF Kirk Broadfoot 3 5 DF Saša Papac 4 1 6 MF Lee McCulloch 6 1 7 MF Maurice Edu 9 1 8 MF Steven Davis 5 9 FW Nikica Jelavić 2 11 FW Kyle Lafferty 7 12 DF Lee Wallace 2 14 FW Steven Naismith 3 15 FW David Healy 2 16 DF Steven Whittaker 4 1 17 MF Juan Manuel Ortiz 2 18 DF Carlos Bocanegra 8 1 19 MF Sone Aluko 2 21 MF Alejandro Bedoya 1 22 DF Kyle Bartley 6 23 DF Jordan McMillan 2 24 DF Madjid Bougherra 1 26 MF Jamie Ness 1 27 MF Gregg Wylde 1 28 MF Salim Kerkar 2 32 DF Ross Perry 1 40 MF Andrew Mitchell 2 41 MF Rhys McCabe 2 Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Match reports Only competitive matches Club[] Board of directors[] Position Staff Chairman Alastair Johnston (until 23 May)[81] Craig Whyte (from 24 May)[82] Chief executive Martin Bain (until 20 June)[83] Chief operations officer Ali Russell (from 18 June)[84] (until 29 February)[85] Director of Football Gordon Smith (from 18 June)[84] (until 29 February)[85] Director of Finance Donald McIntyre (until 10 October)[86] Non-executive director John Greig (until 17 October)[87] Non-executive director John McClelland (until 17 October)[87] Non-executive director Dave King Non-executive director Paul Murray (until 23 May)[81] Non-executive director Phil Betts (until 20 January)[88] Non-executive director Andrew Ellis (from 20 January)[88] Source: Rangers.co.uk Coaching staff[] Position Staff Manager Ally McCoist Assistant manager Kenny McDowall First-team coach Ian Durrant Head of Sports Science Adam Owen Goalkeepers coach Jim Stewart Source: Rangers.co.uk Other staff[] Position Staff Head of Football Administration Andrew Dickson Director of Global Partnerships Misha Sher (from 17 January)[89] (until 9 March)[90] Company secretary Gary Withey (from 26 May)[91] Physiotherapist Philip Yeates Doctor Dr Paul Jackson Chief scout Neil Murray First-team scout John Brown Masseur Davie Lavery Kit controller Jimmy Bell Video analyst Steve Harvey Administrator David Whitehouse Paul Clark (from 14 February) from Duff & Phelps[92] Source: Rangers.co.uk Matches[] Scottish Premier League[] Game Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score1 Report 1 23 July 2011 Scottish Premier League 1 H Heart of Midlothian 1–1 show Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 49,083 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Heart of Midlothian  58' Naismith  16' Obua 3 30 July 2011 Scottish Premier League 2 A St Johnstone 2–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 6,459 Referee Alan Muir St Johnstone Rangers  31' Naismith  50' Jelavić 5 13 August 2011 Scottish Premier League 4 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 6,623 Referee Euan Norris Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers  59' Tokely  60' (pen.) Jelavić  68' Edu  75'  Edu 7 21 August 2011 Scottish Premier League 5 A Motherwell 3–0 show Report Report link Kick off 14:15 BST Attendance 10,092 Referee Craig Thomson Motherwell Rangers  20' Naismith  45+1' Lafferty  85' Wylde 9 28 August 2011 Scottish Premier League 6 H Aberdeen 2–0 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 44,070 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Aberdeen  15' Davis  90+2' Naismith 10 10 September 2011 Scottish Premier League 7 A Dundee United 1–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 10,156 Referee Calum Murray Dundee United Rangers  30' Russell  61' Lafferty 11 17 September 2011 Scottish Premier League 8 H Celtic 4–2 show Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 50,221 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Celtic  23' Naismith  55' Jelavić  67' Lafferty  90+3' Naismith  34' Hooper  41' El Kaddouri  75'  Mulgrew 13 24 September 2011 Scottish Premier League 9 A Dunfermline Athletic 4–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 7,577 Referee Iain Brines Dunfermline Athletic Rangers  9' Bocanegra  17' Edu  51' Naismith  81' Naismith 14 27 September 2011[93] Scottish Premier League 3 H Kilmarnock 2–0 show Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 43,761 Referee William Collum Rangers Kilmarnock  64' Jelavić  66' Wylde 15 1 October 2011 Scottish Premier League 10 H Hibernian 1–0 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 44,430 Referee Stevie O'Reilly Rangers Hibernian  68' Lafferty 16 15 October 2011 Scottish Premier League 11 H St Mirren 1–1 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 47,034 Referee Crawford Allan Rangers St Mirren  48' Jelavić  90+5' Thompson 17 23 October 2011 Scottish Premier League 12 A Heart of Midlothian 2–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 15,495 Referee Calum Murray Heart of Midlothian Rangers  21' Naismith  74' Jelavić 18 29 October 2011 Scottish Premier League 13 A Aberdeen 2–1 show Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 15,468 Referee William Collum Aberdeen Rangers  82' Foster  58' Lafferty  70' (pen.) Jelavić 19 5 November 2011 Scottish Premier League 14 H Dundee United 3–1 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 45,600 Referee Brian Winter Rangers Dundee United  19' Jelavić  63' (pen.) Jelavić  82' (o.g.) Kenneth  90+1' Wylde  73' Daly 20 19 November 2011 Scottish Premier League 15 H St Johnstone 0–0 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 45,279 Referee Euan Norris 21 27 November 2011 Scottish Premier League 16 A Kilmarnock 0–1 show Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 9,506 Referee Alan Muir Kilmarnock Rangers  80' Pascali 22 3 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 17 H Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 47,305 Referee Steve Conroy Rangers Dunfermline Athletic  22' (o.g.) Keddie  29' (pen.) Jelavić  31' Cardle 23 10 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 18 A Hibernian 2–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 11,380 Referee Iain Brines Hibernian Rangers  61' (pen.) Jelavić  69' Jelavić 24 17 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 19 H Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 43,701 Referee Bobby Madden Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle  55' Bocanegra  83' Lafferty  67' Shinnie 25 24 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 20 A St Mirren 1–2 show Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 6,711 Referee Steven McLean St Mirren Rangers  44' Mooy  45+2' McGowan  11' Wallace  24' McCulloch  87'  Goian 26 28 December 2011 Scottish Premier League 21 A Celtic 0–1 show Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 58,658 Referee William Collum Celtic Rangers  52' Ledley 27 2 January 2012 Scottish Premier League 22 H Motherwell 3–0 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 44,893 Referee Euan Norris Rangers Motherwell  35' Healy  55' Aluko  73' (o.g.) Craigan 29 14 January 2012 Scottish Premier League 23 A St Johnstone 2–1 show Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 6,577 Referee Craig Thomson St Johnstone Rangers  68' (o.g.) Bocanegra  24' Jelavić  81' Jelavić 30 21 January 2012 Scottish Premier League 24 H Aberdeen 1–1 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 46,648 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Aberdeen  67' Edu  63' Árnason 31 28 January 2012 Scottish Premier League 25 H Hibernian 4–0 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 44,057 Referee Charlie Richmond Rangers Hibernian  27' Davis  55' Healy  72' Aluko  90+3' Davis 33 11 February 2012 Scottish Premier League 26 A Dunfermline Athletic 4–1 show Report Report link Kick off 12:00 GMT Attendance 7,464 Referee Brian Winter Dunfermline Athletic Rangers  16' Kirk  24' Healy  39' McCulloch  71' Aluko  85' Kerkar 34 18 February 2012 Scottish Premier League 27 H Kilmarnock 0–1 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 50,268 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Kilmarnock  43' Papac  12' Shiels 35 26 February 2012 Scottish Premier League 28 A Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–1 show Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 6,416 Referee William Collum Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers  40' Williams  6' Davis  16' Aluko  36' Little  72' McCulloch 36 3 March 2012 Scottish Premier League 29 H Heart of Midlothian 1–2 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 47,276 Referee Crawford Allan Rangers Heart of Midlothian  45' Davis  58' Black  79' Hamill 37 17 March 2012 Scottish Premier League 30 A Dundee United 1–2 show Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 9,464 Referee Brian Winter Dundee United Rangers  37' Watson  47' Daly  60' Aluko 38 24 March 2012 Scottish Premier League 31 H Celtic 3–2 show Report Report link Kick off 13:00 BST Attendance 50,191 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Celtic  11' Aluko  72' Little  77' Wallace  88' Bocanegra  29' Cha  57' Wanyama  89' (pen.) Brown  90+2' Rogne 39 31 March 2012 Scottish Premier League 32 A Motherwell 2–1 show Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 9,063 Referee Iain Brines Motherwell Rangers  6' Ojamaa  9' Whittaker  89' McCulloch 40 7 April 2012 Scottish Premier League 33 H St Mirren 3–1 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 46,998 Referee William Collum Rangers St Mirren  1' McCulloch  40' Little  60' (pen.) Lafferty  49' (pen.) McGowan  51' Tesselaar 41 21 April 2012 Scottish Premier League 34 A Heart of Midlothian 3–0 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 14,842 Referee Calum Murray Heart of Midlothian Rangers  29' Aluko  35' Little  88' Little 42 29 April 2012 Scottish Premier League 35 A Celtic 0–3 show Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 58,546 Referee Calum Murray Celtic Rangers  17' Mulgrew  31' Commons  54' Hooper 43 2 May 2012 Scottish Premier League 36 H Dundee United 5–0 show Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 43,383 Referee Alan Muir Rangers Dundee United  6' Whittaker  17' Aluko  20' Aluko  57' Ness  84' Bedoya 44 5 May 2012 Scottish Premier League 37 H Motherwell 0–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 45,962 Referee William Collum 45 13 May 2012 Scottish Premier League 38 A St Johnstone 4–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 6,459 Referee Bobby Madden St Johnstone Rangers  23' McCulloch  56' Aluko  62' Aluko  73' Aluko Last updated: 13 May 2012 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[] Game Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score1 Report 2 26 July 2011 UEFA Champions League QR3 H Malmö FF 0–1 show Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 28,828 Referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz Rangers Malmö FF  18' Larsson 4 3 August 2011 UEFA Champions League QR3 A Malmö FF 1–1 show Report Report link Kick off 18:00 BST Attendance 19,084 Referee Vladislav Bezborodov Malmö FF Rangers  73'  Ricardinho  80' Hamad  18' Whittaker  23' Jelavić  66' Bougherra Last updated: 3 August 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 Europa League[] Game Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score1 Report 6 18 August 2011 UEFA Europa League POR A Maribor 1–2 show Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 11,000 Referee Manuel Gräfe Maribor Rangers  52' Ibraimi  90+1' Velikonja  31' Ortiz 8 25 August 2011 UEFA Europa League POR H Maribor 1–1 show Report Report link Kick off 19:30 BST Attendance 32,223 Referee Aleksandar Stavrev Rangers Maribor  75' Bocanegra  55' Volaš Last updated: 25 August 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[] Game Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score1 Report 28 8 January 2012 Scottish Cup R4 A Arbroath 4–0 show Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 5,895 Referee Calum Murray Arbroath Rangers Healy  17' Wedderburn  22' (o.g.) Jelavić  59' Kerkar  77' 32 5 February 2012 Scottish Cup R5 H Dundee United 0–2 show Report Report link Kick off 12:15 GMT Attendance 17,822 Referee William Collum Rangers Dundee United Gunning  16' Russell  35' Last updated: 5 February 2012 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 12 21 September 2011 League Cup R3 A Falkirk 2–3 show Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 6,493 Referee Brian Winters Falkirk Rangers  58' El Alagui  73' El Alagui  90+3' Millar  83' Goian  87' Jelavić Last updated: 21 September 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[] Game Date Tournament Round Ground Opponent Score1 Report 1 7 July 2011 Friendly A Sportfreunde Lotte 0–1 show Report Report link Kick off 18:00 BST Attendance 1,100 Sportfreunde Lotte Rangers  52' Engelmann 2 9 July 2011 Friendly A VfL Bochum 0–3 show Report Report link Kick off 14:30 BST Attendance 5,400 Referee Christian Fischer VfL Bochum Rangers  63' Ginczek  73' Aydın  80' Yahia 3 13 July 2011 Friendly Bayer Leverkusen 0–2 show Report Report link Kick off 17:30 BST Attendance 4,050 Bayer Leverkusen Rangers  13' Barnetta  80' (pen.) Ballack 4 16 July 2011 Friendly A Linfield 4–1 show Report [permanent dead link] Report link Kick off 14:00 BST Attendance 8,500 Referee Linfield Rangers  29' Carvill  20' Ortiz  67' Naismith  78' Jelavić  84' Hemmings 5 19 July 2011 Friendly A Blackpool 2–0 show Report Report link Kick off 19:30 BST Attendance 7,000 Referee Neil Swarbrick Blackpool Rangers  35' Davis  43' Davis 6 6 August 2011 Friendly H Chelsea 1–3 show Report [permanent dead link] Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 47,379 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Chelsea  7' Jelavić  22' Sturridge  30' Sturridge  72' Malouda 7 18 October 2011 Friendly H Liverpool 1–0 show Report Report link Kick off 19:30 BST Attendance 27,453 Referee William Collum Rangers Liverpool  20' McCulloch 8 29 November 2011 Friendly A Hamburger SV 1–2 show Report Report link Kick off 18:15 GMT Attendance 12,117 Hamburger SV Rangers  38' Iličević  81' Son  71' Bendiksen 9 7 May 2012 Friendly A Linfield 2–0 show Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 7,000 Referee Colin Burns Linfield Rangers  54' Bedoya  78' McKay Last updated: 29 November 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. Competitions[] Overall[] Competition Started round Current position / round Final position / round First match Last match Scottish Premier League — — 2nd 23 July 13 May UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round — Third qualifying round 26 July 3 August UEFA Europa League Play-off round — Play-off round 18 August 25 August League Cup 3rd Round — 3rd Round 21 September Scottish Cup 4th Round — 5th Round 8 January 5 February Source: Competitions Scottish Premier League[] Main article: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League Standings[] Pos Team v t Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Celtic (C) 38 30 3 5 84 21 +63 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 2 Rangers 38 26 5 7 77 28 +49 73 Liquidated, reformed and admitted to the Third Division[a] 3 Motherwell 38 18 8 12 49 44 +5 62 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round 4 Dundee United 38 16 11 11 62 50 +12 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round 5 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 7 16 45 43 +2 52 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[b] Source: SPFL Archive Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champion Notes: ^ Rangers were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[94] As Rangers did not exit administration by 31 March, they were ineligible to compete in Europe in the 2012–13 season. Rangers were unable to agree a CVA with their creditors and the club's holding company entered proceedings to be liquidated.[95] After being reformed in a new corporate structure, Rangers were admitted into the 2012–13 Scottish Third Division in time for the start of the season.[96] ^ Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League. 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 26 5 7 77 28  +49 73† 12 5 2 38 14  +24 14 0 5 39 14  +25 Last updated: 13 May 2012. 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