The Rangers won the 2003 Scottish League Cup Final thanks to goals from Peter Løvenkrands and an Argentien footballer who was known for what?
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2003 Scottish League Cup Final The 2003 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 16 March 2003 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 56th Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Celtic and Rangers. Rangers won the match 2–1, thanks to goals from Claudio Caniggia and Peter Løvenkrands. John Hartson missed a penalty kick late in the game that would potentially have taken the match into extra time.
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Claudio Caniggia Claudio Paul Caniggia (] ; ] ; born 9 January 1967 in Henderson, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as forward or winger. Caniggia played 50 times for the Argentina national team. He appeared in three World Cups, and was a member of both rival clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors. A quick, and physically strong striker, with good technique, Caniggia was known for his speed as a player, and competed in athletics before his football career, taking part in athletic tournaments at the provincial level, running the 100 meters. In addition to his ability to score goals consistently, he was also equally capable of playing off other forwards, and creating chances for teammates, and was often deployed as an advanced playmaker or creative forward.
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Lima (footballer) Rodrigo José Lima dos Santos (born 11 May 1983), known as Lima, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
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Derek Riordan Derek George Riordan (born 16 January 1983) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker. He has been capped three times by the Scotland national team.
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Eduardo Maglioni Eduardo Andrés Maglioni (born 14 April 1946, in Reconquista) is an Argentine football striker who won three copa Libertadores with Club Atlético Independiente and scored the fastest recorded hat-trick in the history of Argentine football.
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Andy Goram Andrew Lewis Goram (born 13 April 1964) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Bury, Lancashire, England, he started his career with Oldham Athletic and Hibernian, but he is best remembered for playing for Rangers during the 1990s, when he earned the moniker "The Goalie". In a 2001 poll of Rangers fans, Goram was voted Rangers' greatest ever goalkeeper. Goram appeared in 43 international matches for Scotland and was selected for their squads at the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, UEFA Euro 1992 and UEFA Euro 1996.
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Pierre van Hooijdonk Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk (] ; born 29 November 1969) is a retired Dutch international footballer who played as a striker. He had spells with clubs across Europe where he was a prolific goal scorer. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team for whom he scored 14 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004. He was also noted for his spectacular free kicks.
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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar (] ; born 12 August 1983), nicknamed "The Hunter", is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ajax and the Netherlands national team.
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Quinton Young Quinton Young (born 19 September 1947) is a former Scottish football player. He is best known for his time with Rangers.
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2003 Intercontinental Cup The 2003 Intercontinental Cup was the 42nd Intercontinental Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores competitions. The match was played on 14 December 2003 between Boca Juniors of Argentina, winners of the 2003 Copa Libertadores and Milan of Italy, winners of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was played at the neutral venue of the International Stadium Yokohama in front of 70,000 fans. Matías Donnet was named as man of the match.
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Willie Thornton William Thornton MM (3 March 1920 – 26 August 1991) was a Scottish footballer and manager. Thornton's entire senior playing career was spent with Rangers, and Thornton is considered to be one of the greatest players in the club's history.
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1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final The 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Bayern Munich of West Germany and Rangers of Scotland. The match took place at the Städtisches Stadion in Nuremberg, West Germany on 31 May 1967 in front of a crowd of 69,480. It was the final match of the European Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67 competition and the seventh European Cup Winners' Cup final in all. The competition was one of three football competitions that was run by UEFA at that time. Both teams had to go through four qualifying rounds before reaching the final.
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John Robertson (footballer, born 1953) John Neilson Robertson (born 20 January 1953 in Uddingston) is a former Scottish footballer who played as a left winger. He played for Nottingham Forest when they were at the peak of their success under manager Brian Clough, notably scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory in the 1980 European Cup Final against Hamburger SV. He also played for the full Scotland national football team, scoring the winning goal against England in 1981 and against New Zealand in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He has since moved into coaching acting as assistant to his former Nottingham Forest teammate Martin O'Neill. Robertson's last role was assistant manager at Aston Villa between 2006 and 2010.
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Romário Pires Romário Santos Pires (born 16 January 1989), commonly known as Romário, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for
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Robert Fleck Robert William Fleck (born 11 August 1965 in Glasgow) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He played as a striker from 1983 until 2001, notably in the Scottish Premier League for Rangers, in England for Chelsea in the FA Premier League, and for Norwich City in the Football League.
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2001–02 Scottish Cup The 2001–02 Scottish Cup was the 117th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Tennent's Scottish Cup. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Old Firm rivals Celtic in the final.
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History of Aberdeen F.C. Aberdeen Football Club are one of Scotland's most successful football teams and have the distinction of never having been relegated. Among clubs which have been playing in the senior Scottish leagues for more than 20 years, only Celtic and Rangers (demoted, but not relegated) share this distinction. Aberdeen are the only Scottish team to have won two European trophies – the European Cup Winners' Cup against Real Madrid on 11 May 1983 and the European Super Cup against the European Cup holders SV Hamburg in December 1983.
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Peter McNeil Peter McNeil (1854 – 30 March 1901) was a Scottish footballer and along with brother Moses, one of the founding members of Rangers Football Club. He made seven Scottish Cup appearances for the club.
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Mauro Rosales Mauro Damián Rosales (born 24 February 1981) is an Argentine footballer who plays in Major League Soccer. A winger/forward best known for his pace and crossing ability, he won a gold medal with Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Gordon Boyd (footballer) Gordon Boyd (born 27 March 1958) is a Scottish former professional footballer who is best known for his time with Rangers.
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1998–99 Scottish League Cup The 1998–1999 Scottish League Cup was the 53rd staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers, who defeated St Johnstone 2–1 in the Final. The Final was played at Celtic Park because Hampden Park was being redeveloped, work which was completed in time for the 1999 Scottish Cup Final.
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Hernán Galíndez Hernán Ismael Galíndez (born March 30, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Rangers of the Primera División in Chile.