1998–99 Rangers F.C. season
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = Rangers
| logo =
| season = 1998–99
| manager = Dick Advocaat
| chairman = David Murray
| stdtitle = Ground
| stadium = Ibrox Stadium
| league = Scottish Premier League
| league result = Winners
| cup1 = Scottish Cup
| cup1 result = Winners
| cup2 = League Cup
| cup2 result = Winners
| cup3 = UEFA Cup
| cup3 result = Third round
| season topscorer =
Rod Wallace (27)
| league topscorer =
Rod Wallace (19)
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| prevseason = 1997–98
| nextseason = 1999–2000
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The 1998–99 season was the 119th season of competitive football by Rangers.
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 Chairman David 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.
Transfers
=In=
=Out=
- Expendure: {{loss}} £34,900,000
- Income: {{gain}} £6,425,000
- Total loss/gain: {{loss}} £28,475,000
Appearances
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition
{{Efs start|Premier League|FA Cup|League Cup|UEFA Cup}}
{{Efs player|no=1|name=Lionel Charbonnier|nat=France|pos=GK|11|0|0|0|3|0|5|0}}
{{Efs player|no=2|name=Sergio Porrini|nat=Italy|pos=DF|35|2|5|0|4|0|10|1}}
{{Efs player|no=3|name=Lorenzo Amoruso|nat=Italy|pos=DF|33|1|4|1|3|1|9|0}}
{{Efs player|no=4|name=Daniel Prodan|nat=ROM|pos=DF|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=5|name=Arthur Numan|nat=Netherlands|pos=DF|8+2|0|0|0|2+1|0|6|0}}
{{Efs player|no=6|name=Barry Ferguson|nat=Scotland|pos=MF|22|1|2+1|0|4|1|10|0}}
{{Efs player|no=7|name=Andrei Kanchelskis|nat=Russia|pos=MF|30+1|7|4+1|1|2|0|7|1}}
{{Efs player|no=8|name=Giovanni van Bronckhorst|nat=Netherlands|pos=MF|35|7|4+1|1|4|0|9|2}}
{{Efs player|no=9|name=Gordon Durie|nat=Scotland|pos=FW|1+4|0|0|0|0+2|1|4+2|0}}
{{Efs player|no=10|name=Gabriel Amato|nat=Argentina|pos=FW|13+7|6|1+2|0|2|1|0+6|2}}
{{Efs player|no=11|name=Jörg Albertz|nat=Germany|pos=MF|33+1|11|5|1|4|3|8+2|4}}
{{Efs player|no=12|name=Jonas Thern|nat=Sweden|pos=DF|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=13|name=Antti Niemi|nat=Finland|pos=GK|7|0|0|0|1|0|5+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=14|name=Ian Ferguson|nat=Scotland|pos=MF|4+9|0|0+1|0|0+3|1|5+4|0}}
{{Efs player|no=15|name=Gordan Petrić|nat=FR Yugoslavia|pos=DF|0|0|0|0|0|0|1+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=15|name=Stéphane Guivarc'h (from 6 November)|nat=France|pos=FW|10+3|5|3+1|1|1|1|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=16|name=Rod Wallace|nat=England|pos=FW|34|19|5|3|4|2|8|3}}
{{Efs player|no=17|name=Derek McInnes|nat=Scotland|pos=MF|0+7|0|1+1|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=18|name=Gennaro Gattuso|nat=Italy|pos=MF|3+2|0|0|0|1|0|2+3|1}}
{{Efs player|no=18|name=Neil McCann (from 14 December)|nat=Scotland|pos=MF|15+4|5|5|3|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=19|name=Craig Moore|nat=Australia|pos=DF|7|0|0|0|1+1|0|5|0}}
{{Efs player|no=19|name=Stefan Klos (from 24 December)|nat=Germany|pos=GK|18|0|5|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=20|name=Jonatan Johansson|nat=Finland|pos=FW|13+12|8|1+2|3|2|1|6+1|5}}
{{Efs player|no=21|name=Ståle Stensaas|nat=Norway|pos=DF|1|0|0|0|0|0|0+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=22|name=Scott Wilson|nat=Scotland|pos=DF|7+5|1|1+4|0|1|0|1+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=23|name=David Graham|nat=Scotland|pos=FW|0+3|0|0|0|0|0|1+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=24|name=Barry Nicholson|nat=Scotland|pos=MF|3+3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=25|name=Tony Vidmar|nat=Australia|pos=DF|26+2|1|5|1|2|0|3+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=27|name=Charlie Miller|nat=Scotland|pos=MF|2+13|3|1+1|0|0+2|1|0+2|0}}
{{Efs player|no=28|name=Luigi Riccio|nat=Italy|pos=DF|0+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=29|name=Sebastian Rozental|nat=Chile|pos=FW|0+3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=31|name=Lee Feeney|nat=Northern Ireland|pos=FW|0+1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=35|name=Colin Hendry|nat=Scotland|pos=DF|17+3|0|3|0|3+1|0|4+1|0}}
{{Efs player|no=38Upon his return from Crystal Palace as his previous number was taken|name=Craig Moore|nat=Australia|pos=DF|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
{{Efs player|no=40|name=Claudio Reyna|nat=United States|pos=MF|6|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
|}
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
=Scottish Premier League=
{{Main|1998–99 Scottish Premier League}}
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!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers | |||||
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| {{left}}1 August 1998 | {{left}}Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | 15,892 | {{left}}Wallace |
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| {{left}}15 August 1998 | {{left}}Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 49,275 | {{left}}Wallace, Albertz (pen.) |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}22 August 1998 | {{left}}Kilmarnock | A | 3–1 | 17,608 | {{left}}Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Miller |
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| {{left}}29 August 1998 | {{left}}St Johnstone | H | 4–0 | 48,732 | {{left}}Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis, van Bronckhorst |
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| {{left}}12 September 1998 | {{left}}Dundee United | A | 0–0 | 12,788 | |
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| {{left}}20 September 1998 | {{left}}Celtic | H | 0–0 | 50,026 | |
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| {{left}}23 September 1998 | {{left}}Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | 17,862 | {{left}}Wallace |
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| {{left}}26 September 1998 | {{left}}Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–0 | 11,507 | {{left}}Johansson, B.Ferguson |
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| {{left}}4 October 1998 | {{left}}Dundee | H | 1–0 | 48,348 | {{left}}Albertz |
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| {{left}}17 October 1998 | {{left}}Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–0 | 49,749 | {{left}}Wallace (2), Johansson |
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| {{left}}28 October 1998 | {{left}}Motherwell | A | 0–1 | 11,777 | |
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| {{left}}31 October 1998 | {{left}}Dundee United | H | 2–1 | 49,503 | {{left}}Wallace, Amoruso |
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| {{left}}8 November 1998 | {{left}}St Johnstone | A | 7–0 | 9,636 | {{left}}Wallace, Johansson, Albertz (2, 2 (pens.)), Kanchelskis, Guivarc'h (2) |
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| {{left}}14 November 1998 | {{left}}Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | 49,479 | {{left}}van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis |
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| {{left}}21 November 1998 | {{left}}Celtic | A | 1–5 | 59,703 | {{left}}van Bronckhorst |
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| {{left}}5 December 1998 | {{left}}Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | 47,465 | {{left}}van Bronckhorst |
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| {{left}}12 December 1998 | {{left}}Kilmarnock | H | 1–0 | 49,781 | {{left}}Wallace |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}19 December 1998 | {{left}}Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–2 | 17,134 | {{left}}Guivarc'h (2), Wallace |
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| {{left}}26 December 1998 | {{left}}St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | 49,479 | {{left}}Porrini |
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| {{left}}30 December 1998 | {{left}}Dundee United | A | 2–1 | 11,707 | {{left}}Wilson, Wallace |
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| {{left}}3 January 1999 | {{left}}Celtic | H | 2–2 | 50,059 | {{left}}Amato, Wallace |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}27 January 1999 | {{left}}Dundee | A | 4–0 | 9,453 | {{left}} Miller (2), Guivarc'h, Johansson |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}30 January 1999 | {{left}}Aberdeen | A | 4–2 | 19,537 | {{left}}Porrini, Wallace, Albertz (pen.), Kanchelskis |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}7 February 1999 | {{left}}Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–0 | 11,500 | {{left}}Kanchelskis, Johansson (2) |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}20 February 1999 | {{left}}Dundee | H | 6–1 | 49,462 | {{left}}Albertz(3, 1 pen), McCann (2), van Bronckhorst |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}28 February 1999 | {{left}}Kilmarnock | A | 5–0 | 16,242 | {{left}}McCann, Wallace (3), Johansson |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}13 March 1999 | {{left}}Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 49,483 | {{left}}Wallace, Johansson |
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| {{left}}20 March 1999 | {{left}}Dundee United | H | 0–1 | 49,164 | |
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| {{left}}4 April 1999 | {{left}}St Johnstone | A | 1–3 | 9,740 | {{left}}Moore |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}14 April 1999 | {{left}}Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 | 46,220 | {{left}}van Bronckhorst |
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| {{left}}18 April 1999 | {{left}}Dundee | A | 1–1 | 11,051 | {{left}}Vidmar |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}25 April 1999 | {{left}}Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | 49,145 | {{left}}Amato (pen.), Kanchelskis, Wallace |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}2 May 1999 | {{left}}Celtic | A | [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/334094.stm 3–0] | 59,918 | {{left}}McCann (2), Albertz (pen.) |
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| {{left}}9 May 1999 | {{left}}Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–0 | 49,495 | |
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| {{left}}15 May 1999 | {{left}}Motherwell | A | 5–1 | 11,078 | {{left}}Amato (3, 1 (pen.)), van Bronckhorst, Kanchelskis |
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| {{left}}23 May 1999 | {{left}}Kilmarnock | H | 1–1 | 48,835 | {{left}}Amato |
=Scottish League Cup=
{{Main|1998–99 Scottish League Cup}}
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!Date!!Round!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers | ||||||
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}18 August 1998 | R3 | {{left}}Alloa Athletic | H | 4–0 | 37,201 | {{left}}Albertz(2), B.Ferguson, Amoruso |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}8 September 1998 | QF | {{left}}Ayr United | A | 2–0 | 11,198 | {{left}}Miller, Amato |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}25 October 1998 | SF | {{left}}Airdrieonians | N | 5–0 | 21,171 | {{left}}Johansson, Wallace (2), I.Ferguson, Durie |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}29 November 1998 | F | {{left}}St Johnstone | N | 2–1 | 45,533 | {{left}}Guivarc'h, Albertz |
=Scottish Cup=
{{Main|1998–99 Scottish Cup}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"
!Date!!Round!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers | ||||||
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}23 January 1999 | R3 | {{left}}Stenhousemuir | H | 2–0 | 37,759 | {{left}} Guivarc'h, Wallace |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}14 February 1999 | R4 | {{left}}Hamilton Academical | A | 6–0 | 7,339 | {{left}}Johannson (2), Albertz(pen.), Vidmar, Kanchelskis, McCann |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}6 March 1999 | QF | {{left}}Falkirk | H | 2–1 | 39,250 | {{left}}McCann, Amoruso |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}11 April 1999 | SF | {{left}}St Johnstone | N | 4–0 | 20,664 | {{left}}Wallace, van Bronckhorst, Johansson, McCann |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}29 May 1999 | F | {{left}}Celtic | N | 1–0 | 52,670 | {{left}}Wallace |
=UEFA Cup=
{{Main|1998–99 UEFA Cup}}
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!Date!!Round!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers | ||||||
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}22 July 1998 | QR1 | {{left}}{{flagicon|IRL}} Shelbourne | N | 5–3 | 6,047 | {{left}}Albertz (2 pens), Amato (2), van Bronckhorst |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}29 July 1998 | QR1 | {{left}}{{flagicon|IRL}} Shelbourne | H | 2–0 | 46,906 | {{left}}Johansson (2) |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}11 August 1998 | QR2 | {{left}}{{flagicon|GRE}} PAOK | H | 2–0 | 35,392 | {{left}}Wallace, Kanchelskis |
bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{left}}25 August 1998 | QR2 | {{left}}{{flagicon|GRE}} PAOK | A | 0–0 | 30,388 | |
bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{left}}15 September 1998 | R1 | {{left}}{{flagicon|ISR}} Beitar Jerusalem | A | 1–1 | 14,000 | {{left}}Albertz |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}1 October 1998 | R1 | {{left}}{{flagicon|ISR}} Beitar Jerusalem | H | 4–2 | 45,610 | {{left}}Johansson, Wallace, Porrini, Gattuso |
bgcolor = "#EEFFEE"
| {{left}}22 October 1998 | R2 | {{left}}{{flagicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen | A | 2–1 | 22,000 | {{left}}Johansson, van Bronckhorst |
bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{left}}5 November 1998 | R2 | {{left}}{{flagicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen | H | 1–1 | 50,012 | {{left}}Johansson |
bgcolor = "#FFFFEE"
| {{left}}24 November 1998 | R3 | {{left}}{{flagicon|ITA}} Parma | H | 1–1 | 49,514 | {{left}}Wallace |
bgcolor = "#FFEEEE"
| {{left}}8 December 1998 | R3 | {{left}}{{flagicon|ITA}} Parma | A | 1–3 | 17,000 | {{left}}Albertz |
League table
{{:1998–99 Scottish Premier League|showteam=RAN}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Rangers F.C. seasons}}
{{1998–99 in Scottish football}}
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