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Glasgow Rangers 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam - October 30, 1996 / Champions League 1996/1997

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Champions League 1996/1997 - Round 4 - Group A

Ibrox Park - Glasgow - Scotland

October 30, 1996

42 265

0 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam

Netherlands

39'

Arnold Scholten

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39' - Goal Arnold Scholten

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59' - Substitution Charlie Milleris substituted by Peter van Vossen59

70' - Substitution Ronald De Boeris substituted by Nordin Wooter

72' - Substitution Tijjani Babangidais substituted by Dani

79' - Substitution Marc Overmarsis substituted by Rody Turpijn

81' - Substitution Derek McInnesis substituted by Ally McCoist81

85' - Substitution Scott Wilsonis substituted by Erik Bo Andersen85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Glasgow Rangers

0 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam

Glasgow Rangers Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

Glasgow Rangers

Snelders

Theo Snelders

Netherlands

B.date07/12/1963

Age32 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

Wilson85

Scott Wilson

Scotland

B.date19/03/1977

Age19 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Petric

Gordan Petric

Serbia

B.date30/07/1969

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Björklund

Joachim Björklund

Sweden

B.date15/03/1971

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Robertson

David Robertson

Scotland

B.date17/10/1968

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Shields

Greg Shields

Scotland

B.date21/08/1976

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

McInnes81

Derek McInnes

Scotland

B.date05/07/1971

Age25 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Durrant

Ian Durrant

Scotland

B.date29/10/1966

Age30 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

Albertz

Jörg Albertz

Germany

B.date29/01/1971

Age25 years

H1m84

positionLeft Midfielder

Miller59

Charlie Miller

Scotland

B.date18/03/1976

Age20 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

Laudrup

Brian Laudrup

Denmark

B.date22/02/1969

Age27 years

H1m86

positionWinger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Theo Snelders		32	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Scott Wilson	85	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordan Petric		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joachim Björklund		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Robertson		28	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Greg Shields		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Derek McInnes	81	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Durrant		30	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jörg Albertz		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Charlie Miller	59	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Laudrup		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ajax Amsterdam

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age26 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

F. De Boer

Frank De Boer

Netherlands

B.date15/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Marcio Santos

Brazil

B.date15/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Veldman

John Veldman

Netherlands

B.date24/02/1968

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age19 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Scholten39

Arnold Scholten

Netherlands

B.date05/12/1962

Age33 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Witschge

Richard Witschge

Netherlands

B.date20/09/1969

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft central midfielder

Overmars79

Marc Overmars

Netherlands

B.date29/03/1973

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

R. De Boer70

Ronald De Boer

Netherlands

B.date15/05/1970

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight Winger

Babangida72

Tijjani Babangida

Nigeria

B.date25/09/1973

Age23 years

H1m66

positionRight Winger

Kluivert

Patrick Kluivert

Netherlands

B.date01/07/1976

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		26	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank De Boer		26	343	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcio Santos		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Veldman		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		19	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arnold Scholten	39	33	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Witschge		27	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc Overmars	79	23	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ronald De Boer	70	26	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tijjani Babangida	72	23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Patrick Kluivert		20	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

119

			Age	Match num	Note
F	Ally McCoist	81	34	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Erik Bo Andersen	85	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter van Vossen	59	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Nordin Wooter	70	20	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rody Turpijn	79	18	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dani	72	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Scott Wilson

Craig Moore

OUT

Charlie Miller

Paul Gascoigne

OUT

David Robertson

Alex Cleland

OUT

Greg Shields

Erik Bo Andersen

OUT

Ian Durrant

Richard Gough

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marc Overmars

Nordin Wooter

OUT

Tijjani Babangida

Rody Turpijn

OUT

Mario Melchiot

Martijn Reuser

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Walter Smith

283

Success rate in this team:

66 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

66 %

Smith vs Ajax Amsterdam

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 30, 1996

Smith vs van Gaal

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 30, 1996

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

252

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

70 %

van Gaal vs Glasgow Rangers

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 30, 1996

van Gaal vs Smith

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 30, 1996

Referee

Anders Frisk

1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Glasgow Rangers3 matches	General total	Ajax Amsterdam1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Glasgow Rangers1 match	Season total	Ajax Amsterdam1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 22, 2003					Latest figure on October 30, 1996

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Comments

Key figures

Ajax Amsterdam keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in Champions League running (since 28/09/1994). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/11/1972 (5 matches)

End of streak for Glasgow Rangers after 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Ajax Amsterdam (since 16/01/1973). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Arnold Scholten scores 1 goal in Champions League

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Grasshopper Zürich	9 pts	4 rd
-1	2	Ajax Amsterdam	9 pts	4 rd
	3	Auxerre	6 pts	4 rd
	4	Glasgow Rangers	0 pt	4 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Grasshopper Zürich	9 pts	4 rd
-1	2	Ajax Amsterdam	9 pts	4 rd
	3	Auxerre	6 pts	4 rd
	4	Glasgow Rangers	0 pt	4 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VGlasgow Rangers 3-0 Heart of Midlothian14/09/1996

VGlasgow Rangers 4-0 Hibernian18/09/1996

LGlasgow Rangers 1-2 Auxerre25/09/1996

VGlasgow Rangers 2-0 Celtic Glasgow28/09/1996

DGlasgow Rangers 2-2 Aberdeen19/10/1996

VGlasgow Rangers 5-0 Motherwell26/10/1996

Overall

VGlasgow Rangers 2-0 Celtic Glasgow28/09/1996

LHibernian 2-1 Glasgow Rangers12/10/1996

LAjax Amsterdam 4-1 Glasgow Rangers16/10/1996

DGlasgow Rangers 2-2 Aberdeen19/10/1996

VDunfermline Athletic 1-6 Glasgow Rangers22/10/1996

VGlasgow Rangers 5-0 Motherwell26/10/1996

Current form

Away

DRoda JC 0-0 Ajax Amsterdam04/09/1996

LNEC Nijmegen 2-0 Ajax Amsterdam08/09/1996

VAuxerre 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam11/09/1996

DFC Twente 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam29/09/1996

DUtrecht 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam12/10/1996

VVitesse Arnhem 1-4 Ajax Amsterdam27/10/1996

Overall

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 Willem II09/10/1996

DUtrecht 1-1 Ajax Amsterdam12/10/1996

VAjax Amsterdam 4-1 Glasgow Rangers16/10/1996

DAjax Amsterdam 1-1 Volendam20/10/1996

VAjax Amsterdam 2-0 RKC Waalwijk24/10/1996

VVitesse Arnhem 1-4 Ajax Amsterdam27/10/1996

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	3	3
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	17	10
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	4	7
Conceding streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	1
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ally McCoist	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Dani
Paul Gascoigne	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Jari Litmanen
Brian Laudrup	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Tijjani Babangida
Brian Laudrup	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Tijjani Babangida
Ian Durrant	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Dani

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

7 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 16, 1996
Away	3 - 1	January 16, 1973

Latest head to head

October 16, 1996 - Ligue des Champions 1996/1997

Ajax Amsterdam

4 - 1

Glasgow Rangers logo Glasgow Rangers

January 24, 1973 - Super Coupe 1973

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 2

Glasgow Rangers logo Glasgow Rangers

January 16, 1973 - Super Coupe 1973

Glasgow Rangers

1 - 3

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

Alex MacDonald	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Ian Durrant	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Quintin Young	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Glasgow Rangers

Dani	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Arie Haan	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Johan Cruijff	2 goals	1973 - 1973
Tijjani Babangida	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Nordin Wooter	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Johnny Rep	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Peter McCloy	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Derek Johnstone	2 matches	1973 - 1973
John Greig	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Derek Parlane	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Alex MacDonald	2 matches	1973 - 1973
David Smith	2 matches	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/01/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Glasgow Rangers

Horst Blankenburg	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Ruud Krol	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Gerrie Mühren	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Piet Keizer	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Wim Suurbier	2 matches	1973 - 1973
Barry Hulshoff	2 matches	1973 - 1973