The 2002–03 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview Rangers played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 2002–03 season. They won their seventh domestic treble in manager Alex McLeish's first full season in charge, having taken over from Dick Advocaat the previous season. The league championship was won on goal difference in the last match of the season with a 6–1 win against Dunfermline Athletic. The club finished on +73 GD, just one ahead of Celtic.
The League Cup was won with a 2–1 final win against Celtic and the Scottish Cup with a 1–0 win against Dundee. Despite domestic success, Rangers crashed out of Europe at the first round stage to little known Czech team Victoria Zizkov losing on the away goals rule.
Players
Transfers
In
DatePlayerFromFee1 July 2002 Mikel Arteta Barcelona £5,800,000 Kevin Muscat Wolverhampton Wanderers Free26 December 2002 Steven Thompson Dundee United £200,00027 January 2003 Jérôme Bonnissel Bordeaux Free31 January 2003 Dan Eggen Alavés Free
Out
DatePlayerToFee20 May 2002 Sebastian Rozental Grasshopper Free1 June 2002 Scott Wilson Dunfermline AthleticFree Andrei Kanchelskis SouthamptonFree Tony Vidmar MiddlesbroughFree16 June 2002 Lee Feeney Linfield Free20 June 2002 Tero Penttilä HJK Helsinki Free Jani Kauppila Tervarit Free23 July 2002 Jesper Christiansen VfL Wolfsburg Loan30 August 2002 Tore André Flo Sunderland £6,750,00030 October 2002 Dariusz Adamczuk Contract terminated30 December 2002 Billy Dodds Dundee United Free31 December 2002 Paul Reid Northampton Town Loan14 January 2003 Russell Latapy Dundee United Free
Expenditure: £6,000,000 Income: £6,750,000 Total loss/gain: £750,000
Player statistics
Matches
Friendlies
Scottish Premier League
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Cup
UEFA Cup
Competitions
Overall
Scottish Premier League
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
References