Rangers F.C. season 2006-07
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| Rangers | |
| Season 2006-07 | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Paul Le Guen Ian Durrant Walter Smith |
| Chairman | David Murray |
| League | Scottish Premier League |
| Final league position | 2nd P38 W21 D9 L8 F61 A32 |
| Scottish Cup | Third Round |
| League Cup | Quarter Final |
| UEFA Cup | Fourth Round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Kris Boyd (20) All: Kris Boyd (26) |
| ← Previous season 2005-06 |
Next season → 2007-08 |
The 2006-07 season is the 110th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Contents |
[edit] Overview
Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 2006-07 season. 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 eleven signings (of them only Sasa Papac would be playing for the club the following season). Le Guen spent big money on Filip Šebo, which proved to be wasted as the Slovakian only netted twice during the whole campaign. Other signings including Karl Svensson, Libor Sionko and Lionel Letizi simply did not perform, while Jérémy Clément was to be in Glasgow for only six months.
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. He left the club by mutual consent on January 4, 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 SPL and recorded a brace of Old Firm wins over Celtic.
[edit] Transfers
[edit] In:
| Player | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|
 Kevin Thomson |
Hibernian | £2m |
 Filip Šebo |
Austria Vienna | £1.8m |
 Jérémy Clément |
Olympique Lyonnais | £1.1m |
 Karl Svensson |
IFK Göteborg | £600,000 |
 Saša Papac |
Austria Vienna | £450,000 |
| Rory Loy |
Kilmarnock | £25,000 |
 Dean Furman |
Chelsea | Free |
 Libor Sionko |
Austria Vienna | Free |
| William Stanger |
Rennes | Free |
| Antoine Ponroy |
Rennes | Free |
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Geel | Free |
| Lionel Letizi |
PSG | Free |
 Makhtar N'Diaye |
Yverdon-Sport | Free |
| David Weir |
Everton | Free |
 Ugo Ehiogu |
Middlesbrough | Free |
| Lee Martin |
Manchester United | Loan |
| Phil Bardsley |
Manchester United | Loan |
| Andy Webster |
Wigan Athletic | Loan |
 Adda Djeziri |
BK Frem | Loan |
| Alan Gow |
Falkirk | Pre-Contract |
| Kirk Broadfoot |
St Mirren | Pre-Contract |
| Jean-Claude Darcheville |
Bordeaux | Pre-Contract |
[edit] Out:
[edit] Results
Rangers scores are written Rangers first.
[edit] Scottish Premier League
[edit] UEFA Cup
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2006 | Molde FK | A | 0-0 | 6,569 | |
| 28 Sep 2006 | Molde FK | H | 2-0 | 48,024 | Buffel, Ferguson |
| 19 Oct 2006 | Livorno | A | 3-2 | 13,200 | Adam, Boyd (pen), Novo |
| 02 Nov 2006 | Maccabi Haifa | H | 2-0 | 43,062 | Novo, Adam (pen) |
| 23 Nov 2006 | AJ Auxerre | A | 2-2 | 8,305 | Novo, Boyd |
| 14 Dec 2006 | FK Partizan | H | 1-0 | 45,129 | Hutton |
| 14 Feb 2007 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | A | 1-2 | 13,000 | Novo |
| 22 Feb 2007 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | H | 4-0 | 46,213 | Ferguson (2), Boyd, Adam |
| 08 Mar 2007 | Osasuna | H | 1-1 | 50,290 | Hemdani |
| 14 Mar 2007 | Osasuna | A | 0-1 | 19,126 |
[edit] Scottish Cup
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Jan 2007 | Dunfermline | A | 2-3 | 7,231 | Boyd (2) |
[edit] League Cup
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 2006 | Dunfermline | A | 2-0 | 5,702 | Bamba (o.g.), Boyd |
| 08 Nov 2006 | St Johnstone | H | 0-2 | 31,074 |
[edit] Player statistics
| No. | Player | Apps | Goals | YC  |
RC  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Stefan Klos |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Andy Webster |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | David Weir |
18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Thomas Buffel |
25 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Saša Papac |
23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Barry Ferguson |
41 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 |  Brahim Hemdani |
49 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Jérémy Clément |
23 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Kevin Thomson |
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 |  Dado Pršo |
37 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 |  Nacho Novo |
39 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | Gavin Rae |
20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Ugo Ehiogu |
11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Libor Sionko |
24 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Kris Boyd |
44 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Phil Bardsley |
7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Chris Burke |
29 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Ian Murray |
18 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Karl Svensson |
28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Alan Hutton |
44 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | Lionel Letizi |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Allan McGregor |
42 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Filip Šebo |
33 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Charlie Adam |
43 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Steven Smith |
25 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Julien Rodriguez |
17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Antoine Ponroy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | William Stanger |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Makhtar N'Diaye |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lee Martin |
10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Lee Robinson |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Alan Lowing |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Steven Lennon |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | Andrew Shinnie |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] See also
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