1998–99 Rangers F.C. season

The 1998–99 season was the 119th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers

1998–99 season
Chairman	David Murray
Manager	Dick Advocaat
Ground	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier League	1st P36 W23 D8 L5 F78 A31 Pts77
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
UEFA Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Rod Wallace (19) All: Rod Wallace (27)
Home colours Away colours

Overview

Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1998–99 season. They started the season under new management with Dick Advocaat replacing Walter Smith. The squad Smith had left behind was past its best so Advocaat - with the financial backing of Murray - set about rebuilding almost the entire squad.

Success quickly followed and Advocaat built a team that gave the club their first domestic treble since the 1992–93 season. The Scottish Cup was secured by a 1–0 win against Celtic and the League Cup by a 2–1 defeat of St Johnstone.

The club enjoyed its best season in Europe since 1992–93 as well, reaching the third round of the UEFA Cup before being knocked out by Italian side Parma.

Players

Appearances

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Lionel Charbonnier	19	0	11	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
2	DF		Sergio Porrini	54	3	35	2	5	0	4	0	10	1
3	DF		Lorenzo Amoruso	49	3	33	1	4	1	3	1	9	0
4	DF		Daniel Prodan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Arthur Numan	19	0	8+2	0	0	0	2+1	0	6	0
6	MF		Barry Ferguson	39	2	22	1	2+1	0	4	1	10	0
7	MF		Andrei Kanchelskis	45	9	30+1	7	4+1	1	2	0	7	1
8	MF		Giovanni van Bronckhorst	53	10	35	7	4+1	1	4	0	9	2
9	FW		Gordon Durie	13	1	1+4	0	0	0	0+2	1	4+2	0
10	FW		Gabriel Amato	31	9	13+7	6	1+2	0	2	1	0+6	2
11	MF		Jörg Albertz	53	19	33+1	11	5	1	4	3	8+2	4
12	DF		Jonas Thern	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK		Antti Niemi	14	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	5+1	0
14	MF		Ian Ferguson	26	1	4+9	0	0+1	0	0+3	1	5+4	0
15	DF		Gordan Petrić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	FW		Stéphane Guivarc'h (from 6 November)	18	7	10+3	5	3+1	1	1	1	0	0
16	FW		Rod Wallace	51	27	34	19	5	3	4	2	8	3
17	MF		Derek McInnes	9	0	0+7	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Gennaro Gattuso	11	1	3+2	0	0	0	1	0	2+3	1
18	MF		Neil McCann (from 14 December)	24	8	15+4	5	5	3	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Craig Moore	14	0	7	0	0	0	1+1	0	5	0
19	GK		Stefan Klos (from 24 December)	23	0	18	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Jonatan Johansson	37	17	13+12	8	1+2	3	2	1	6+1	5
21	DF		Ståle Stensaas	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	DF		Scott Wilson	20	1	7+5	1	1+4	0	1	0	1+1	0
23	FW		David Graham	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	MF		Barry Nicholson	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Tony Vidmar	39	2	26+2	1	5	1	2	0	3+1	0
27	MF		Charlie Miller	21	4	2+13	3	1+1	0	0+2	1	0+2	0
28	DF		Luigi Riccio	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Sebastian Rozental	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Lee Feeney	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Colin Hendry	32	0	17+3	0	3	0	3+1	0	4+1	0
38[1]	DF		Craig Moore	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF		Claudio Reyna	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
18 May 1998	Arthur Numan	PSV Eindhoven	£4.5m
6 July 1998	Gabriel Amato	Real Mallorca	£4.2m
6 July 1998	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Feyenoord	£5m
15 July 1998	Andrei Kanchelskis	Fiorentina	£5.5m
16 July 1998	Lionel Charbonnier	AJ Auxerre	£1.2m
16 July 1998	Rod Wallace	Leeds United	Free
31 July 1998	Daniel Prodan	Atlético Madrid	£2.2m
4 August 1998	Colin Hendry	Blackburn Rovers	£4m
6 November 1998	Stephane Guivarc'h	Newcastle United	£3.5m [2]
14 December 1998	Neil McCann	Hearts	£2m
24 December 1998	Stefan Klos	Borussia Dortmund	£0.75m
1 January 1999	Lee Feeney	Linfield	£0.1m
1 April 1999	Craig Moore	Crystal Palace	£1m [3]
13 April 1999	Claudio Reyna	VfL Wolfsburg	£2m

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
31 May 1998	Ally McCoist	Kilmarnock	Released
31 May 1998	Andy Goram	Motherwell	Released
31 May 1998	Stuart McCall	Bradford City	Released
31 May 1998	Stephen Wright	Bradford City	Released
31 May 1998	Michael Rae	Huntly	Released
31 May 1998	Richard Gough	San Jose Earthquakes	Free
31 May 1998	Alan McLaren		Retired
7 June 1998	Brian Laudrup	Chelsea	Free
15 June 1998	Ian Durrant	Kilmarnock	Free
20 June 1998	Joachim Björklund	Valencia	£2.5m
30 June 1998	Alec Cleland	Everton	Free
7 July 1998	Peter van Vossen	Feyenoord	Free
24 October 1998	Gennaro Gattuso	Salernitana	£4m
10 October 1998	Craig Moore	Crystal Palace	£0.8m
6 November 1998	Gordan Petric	Crystal Palace	£0.3m
13 November 1998	David Graham	Clyde	Free
22 February 1999	Steven Boyack	Dundee	£0.025m

• Expendure: £35,950,000
• Income: £7,625,000
• Total loss/gain: £28,325,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1 August 1998	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	15,892	Wallace
15 August 1998	Motherwell	H	2–1	49,275	Wallace, Albertz (pen.)
22 August 1998	Kilmarnock	A	3–1	17,608	Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Miller
29 August 1998	St Johnstone	H	4–0	48,732	Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
12 September 1998	Dundee United	A	0–0	12,788
20 September 1998	Celtic	H	0–0	50,026
23 September 1998	Aberdeen	A	1–1	17,862	Wallace
26 September 1998	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–0	11,507	B.Ferguson, Johansson
4 October 1998	Dundee	H	1–0	48,348	Albertz
17 October 1998	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	49,749	Wallace (2), Johansson
28 October 1998	Motherwell	A	0–1	11,777
31 October 1998	Dundee United	H	2–1	49,503	Wallace, Amoruso
8 November 1998	St Johnstone	A	7–0	9,636	Wallace, Johansson, Kanchelskis, Albertz (2, 2 (pens.)), Guivarc'h (2)
14 November 1998	Aberdeen	H	2–1	49,479	Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst
21 November 1998	Celtic	A	1–5	59,703	van Bronckhorst
5 December 1998	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	47,465	van Bronckhorst
12 December 1998	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	49,781	Wallace
19 December 1998	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–2	17,134	Wallace, Guivarc'h (2)
26 December 1998	St Johnstone	H	1–0	49,479	Porrini
30 December 1998	Dundee United	A	2–1	11,707	Wallace, Wilson
3 January 1999	Celtic	H	2–2	50,059	Wallace, Amato
27 January 1999	Dundee	A	4–0	9,453	Guivarc'h, Miller (2), Johansson
30 January 1999	Aberdeen	A	4–2	19,537	Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, Porrini
7 February 1999	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–0	11,500	Kanchelskis, Johansson (2)
20 February 1999	Dundee	H	6–1	49,462	Albertz(3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, McCann (2)
28 February 1999	Kilmarnock	A	5–0	16,242	Wallace (3), Johansson, McCann
13 March 1999	Motherwell	H	2–1	49,483	Wallace, Johansson
20 March 1999	Dundee United	H	0–1	49,164
4 April 1999	St Johnstone	A	1–3	9,740	Moore
14 April 1999	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–0	46,220	van Bronckhorst
18 April 1999	Dundee	A	1–1	11,051	Vidmar
25 April 1999	Aberdeen	H	3–1	49,145	Wallace, Kanchelskis, Amato (pen.)
2 May 1999	Celtic	A	3–0	59,918	McCann (2), Albertz (pen.)
9 May 1999	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0	49,495
15 May 1999	Motherwell	A	5–1	11,078	Amato (3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis
23 May 1999	Kilmarnock	H	1–1	48,835	Amato

UEFA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 July 1998	QR1	Shelbourne	N	5–3	6,047	Albertz (2 pens), van Bronckhorst, Amato (2)
29 July 1998	QR1	Shelbourne	H	2–0	46,906	Johansson (2)
11 August 1998	QR2	PAOK	H	2–0	35,392	Wallace, Kanchelskis
25 August 1998	QR2	PAOK	A	0–0	30,388
15 September 1998	R1	Beitar Jerusalem	A	1–1	14,000	Albertz
1 October 1998	R1	Beitar Jerusalem	H	4–2	45,610	Johansson, Wallace, Porrini, Gattuso
22 October 1998	R2	Bayer Leverkusen	A	2–1	22,000	Johansson, van Bronckhorst
5 November 1998	R2	Bayer Leverkusen	H	1–1	50,012	Johansson
24 November 1998	R3	Parma	H	1–1	49,514	Wallace
8 December 1998	R3	Parma	A	1–3	17,000	Albertz

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
23 January 1999	R3	Stenhousemuir	H	2–0	37,759	Wallace, Guivarc'h
14 February 1999	R4	Hamilton Academical	A	6–0	7,339	Vidmar, Kanchelskis, McCann, Albertz(pen.), Johansson (2)
6 March 1999	QF	Falkirk	H	2–1	39,250	McCann, Amoruso
11 April 1999	SF	St Johnstone	N	4–0	20,664	McCann, Johansson, van Bronckhorst, Wallace
29 May 1999	F	Celtic	N	1–0	52,670	Wallace

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1998	R3	Alloa Athletic	H	4–0	37,201	Albertz(2), B.Ferguson, Amoruso
8 September 1998	QF	Ayr United	A	2–0	11,198	Miller, Amato
25 October 1998	SF	Airdrieonians	N	5–0	21,171	Johansson, Wallace (2), I.Ferguson, Durie
29 November 1998	F	St Johnstone	N	2–1	45,533	Guivarc'h, Albertz

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	23	8	5	78	31	+47	77	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Celtic	36	21	8	7	84	35	+49	71	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	St Johnstone	36	15	12	9	39	38	+1	57
4	Kilmarnock	36	14	14	8	47	29	+18	56
5	Dundee	36	13	7	16	36	56	−20	46

Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.

References

1. Upon his return from Crystal Palace as his previous number was taken
2. "Ae fond kiss as Rangers acquire some more French flair"