Shota Arveladze
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Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian
professional football
player and currently the manager of Kayserispor
. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team. Since 2010-11 season
, he is the head coach of Turkish side Kayserispor
.
, Trabzonspor
, and Ajax Amsterdam
, and finished at least one season as the top goal scorer at all three. When he led Trabzonspor in goals in 1995-96, he also led the Turkish Premier Super League, making him the second non-Turk
to date to lead that league in goals after Tarik Hodžić
1983-84. He is recorded as "most loved foreign player" for Trabzonspor
supporters.
Arveladze joined Rangers
from Ajax for £2 million in 2001. He scored the 300th goal in the SPL. He was part of the squad that won the domestic treble in 2002-2003
and the double in 2004-2005
. He departed for Dutch side AZ on a free transfer in 2004-05.
He was also a regular in the Georgian national team
, and was the nation's all-time leading scorer. In 1993 he scored an affective first Euro Tournament goal in the history of independent Georgian
Football in the match against Linfield F.C.
, Northern Ireland
. He is now retired from international football. His twin brother Archil
also played international football for Georgia.
Shota Arveladze played football on a high level well into his thirties despite having to deal with chronic asthma his entire career. He ended his playing career on 22 May 2008 and joined AZ's coaching staff, under former Ajax coach Louis van Gaal. Shota's son Giorgi Arveladze, and is trying to follow his father's footsteps.
He scored the most goals in the top leagues of different countries from the former Soviet Union. Shota is the top scorer of the National Team of Georgia
, and he was the top scorer in the Championships of both Turkey and the Netherlands. His 27 goals scored in UEFA Cup
competition ranks him 2nd in the tournament's history, with only Henrik Larsson
ahead of him.
Fast and extraordinary decisionmaking, sense of scoring, technique and leadership quality were among his main qualities. He was the best striker of independent Georgian Football, he was nominated as the best player of Georgia and in addition he was nominated as the best player by the Georgian Professional Football league
inquiry.
, and maintained his position also in the 2009–10 season under Ronald Koeman
and Dick Advocaat
.
Since the 2010–11 season, Arveladze is serving as head coach of Turkish side Kayserispor
.
|1990
||Martve Tbilisi||||30||33||||||||||||||30||33
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|1991
||Iberia Tbilisi
||Umaglesi Liga
||7||3||||||||||||||7||3
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|1991-92
||rowspan="3"|Dinamo Tbilisi
||rowspan="3"|Umaglesi Liga
||30||22||||||||||||||30||22
|-
|1992-93
||23||18||||||||||||||23||18
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|1993-94
||7||8||||||||||2||1||9||9
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|1993-94
||Trabzonspor
||Süper Lig||18||15||4||4||-||-||-||-||22||19
|-
|1994-95
||Dinamo Tbilisi
||Umaglesi Liga
||8||11||||||||||4||2||12||13
|-
|1994-95
||rowspan="3"|Trabzonspor
||rowspan="3"|Süper Lig||17||12||6||6||-||-||-||-||23||18
|-
|1995-96
||34||25||3||2||-||-||4||1||41||28
|-
|1996-97
||27||9||6||3||-||-||4||4||34||16
|-
|1997-98
||rowspan="5"|Ajax||rowspan="5"|Eredivisie
||31||25||5||5||-||-||8||7||44||37
|-
|1998-99
||19||7||3||1||-||-||3||0||25||8
|-
|1999-00
||18||5||0||0||-||-||2||1||20||6
|-
|2000-01
||27||18||1||0||-||-||3||2||31||20
|-
|2001-02
||2||0||0||0||-||-||2||1||4||1
|-
|2001-02
||rowspan="4"|Rangers
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
||22||11||5||3||3||3||-||-||30||17
|-
|2002-03
||30||15||6||1||2||0||2||0||40||16
|-
|2003-04
||19||12||3||2||1||0||6||1||29||15
|-
|2004-05
||24||6||-||-||2||1||7||2||33||9
|-
|2005-06||rowspan="2"|AZ||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
||31||22||2||1||-||-|||6||2||39||25
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|2006-07||29||14||7||2||-||-||11||7||47||23
|-
|2007-08
||Levante
||La Liga
||4||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||4||0
105||95||||||||||6||3||111||98
96||61||19||15||-||-||8||5||120||81
157||91||18||9||-||-||35||20||210||120
95||44||14||6||8||4||15||3||132||57
4||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||4||0
457||291||51||30||8||4||64||31||577||356
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
professional football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player and currently the manager of Kayserispor
Kayserispor
Kayserispor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Kayseri. Formed in 1966, Kayserispor are nicknamed Anadolu Yıldızı . The club colours are red and yellow, and the club play their home matches at Kadir Has Stadium.The club have won one Türkiye Kupası, in 2008...
. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team. Since 2010-11 season
2010–11 in Turkish football
The 2010–11 season will be the 106th season of competitive football in Turkey.-Süper Lig:-1.Lig:-Turkish Cup:...
, he is the head coach of Turkish side Kayserispor
Kayserispor
Kayserispor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Kayseri. Formed in 1966, Kayserispor are nicknamed Anadolu Yıldızı . The club colours are red and yellow, and the club play their home matches at Kadir Has Stadium.The club have won one Türkiye Kupası, in 2008...
.
Career
Arveladze played at Dinamo TbilisiFC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
, Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
, and Ajax Amsterdam
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...
, and finished at least one season as the top goal scorer at all three. When he led Trabzonspor in goals in 1995-96, he also led the Turkish Premier Super League, making him the second non-Turk
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
to date to lead that league in goals after Tarik Hodžić
Tarik Hodžic
Tarik Hodžić is a former Bosnian football player.He started playing football in FK Željezničar youth team. In 1970, he signed his first professional contract with the club, but he was loaned out to Famos Hrasnica. He played there for three seasons...
1983-84. He is recorded as "most loved foreign player" for Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
supporters.
Arveladze joined Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
from Ajax for £2 million in 2001. He scored the 300th goal in the SPL. He was part of the squad that won the domestic treble in 2002-2003
2002-03 in Scottish football
The 2002–03 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Scotland.-Scottish Premier League:The 2002–03 Scottish Premier League was won on goal difference by Rangers by a single goal over Celtic. Both Rangers and Celtic qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League and...
and the double in 2004-2005
2004-05 in Scottish football
The 2004–05 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland.-2004:*6 July 2004 - Nacho Novo from Dundee to Rangers, £450,000*1 July 2004 - Dado Prso from AS Monaco to Rangers, Bosman...
. He departed for Dutch side AZ on a free transfer in 2004-05.
He was also a regular in the Georgian national team
Georgia national football team
The Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major...
, and was the nation's all-time leading scorer. In 1993 he scored an affective first Euro Tournament goal in the history of independent Georgian
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
Football in the match against Linfield F.C.
Linfield F.C.
Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. He is now retired from international football. His twin brother Archil
Archil Arveladze
Archil Arveladze is a retired Georgian professional footballer.-Career:He has played for various sides in Europe. After a youth career with local team Iberia Tbilisi, the striker began his senior career at Georgian champion team, Dinamo Tbilisi...
also played international football for Georgia.
Shota Arveladze played football on a high level well into his thirties despite having to deal with chronic asthma his entire career. He ended his playing career on 22 May 2008 and joined AZ's coaching staff, under former Ajax coach Louis van Gaal. Shota's son Giorgi Arveladze, and is trying to follow his father's footsteps.
He scored the most goals in the top leagues of different countries from the former Soviet Union. Shota is the top scorer of the National Team of Georgia
Georgia national football team
The Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major...
, and he was the top scorer in the Championships of both Turkey and the Netherlands. His 27 goals scored in UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
competition ranks him 2nd in the tournament's history, with only Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson
Henrik Edward Larsson MBE is a retired Swedish footballer and current manager of Landskrona BoIS.Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. He moved to Helsingborg, where he was one of the key players when they qualified to Allsvenskan 1993. Larsson then moved to Feyenoord for four years before...
ahead of him.
Fast and extraordinary decisionmaking, sense of scoring, technique and leadership quality were among his main qualities. He was the best striker of independent Georgian Football, he was nominated as the best player of Georgia and in addition he was nominated as the best player by the Georgian Professional Football league
Umaglesi Liga
The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
inquiry.
Coaching career
After retiring from football as a player, Arveladze was appointed in July 2008 as assistant manager of AZ under head coach Louis van GaalLouis van Gaal
Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal OON is a Dutch football manager formerly in charge of Ajax, Netherlands, Barcelona, AZ and Bayern Munich...
, and maintained his position also in the 2009–10 season under Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman
Ronald Koeman is a former Dutch footballer, and the current manager of Feyenoord. He is the younger brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman...
and Dick Advocaat
Dick Advocaat
Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch football manager and former player currently the manager of the Russia national football team.He has been moderately successful as a football player and as a coach, which included two stints with the Dutch national football team...
.
Since the 2010–11 season, Arveladze is serving as head coach of Turkish side Kayserispor
Kayserispor
Kayserispor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Kayseri. Formed in 1966, Kayserispor are nicknamed Anadolu Yıldızı . The club colours are red and yellow, and the club play their home matches at Kadir Has Stadium.The club have won one Türkiye Kupası, in 2008...
.
Career statistics
|-|1990
Umaglesi Liga 1990
-Overview:It was contested by 18 teams, and Iberia Tbilisi won the championship.-League standings:||||rowspan=5|-References:*...
||Martve Tbilisi||||30||33||||||||||||||30||33
|-
|1991
Umaglesi Liga 1991
-Overview:It was contested by 20 teams, and Iberia Tbilisi won the championship.-League standings:||||||||-Promotion/relegation play-offs:-References:*...
||Iberia Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
||Umaglesi Liga
Umaglesi Liga
The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
||7||3||||||||||||||7||3
|-
|1991-92
Umaglesi Liga 1991-92
-League standings:-References:*...
||rowspan="3"|Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
||rowspan="3"|Umaglesi Liga
Umaglesi Liga
The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
||30||22||||||||||||||30||22
|-
|1992-93
Umaglesi Liga 1992-93
-League standings:||rowspan=16|-References:*...
||23||18||||||||||||||23||18
|-
|1993-94
Umaglesi Liga 1993-94
-Eastern Group:-Western Group:-Championship group:-Relegation group:-References:*...
||7||8||||||||||2||1||9||9
|-
|1993-94
Turkish First Football League 1993-94
-Overview:Sixteen teams took part, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship.-League table:-References:*...
||Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
||Süper Lig||18||15||4||4||-||-||-||-||22||19
|-
|1994-95
Umaglesi Liga 1994-95
-League standings:-References:*...
||Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
||Umaglesi Liga
Umaglesi Liga
The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
||8||11||||||||||4||2||12||13
|-
|1994-95
Turkish First Football League 1994-95
-League table:-References:*...
||rowspan="3"|Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
||rowspan="3"|Süper Lig||17||12||6||6||-||-||-||-||23||18
|-
|1995-96
Turkish First Football League 1995-96
-Overview:It was performed in 18 teams, and Fenerbahçe S.K. won the championship. The season was notable for Graeme Souness's season-long cameo as the manager of Galatasary.-League table:-References:*...
||34||25||3||2||-||-||4||1||41||28
|-
|1996-97
Turkish First Football League 1996-97
-Overview:It was contested by 18 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship. Sarıyer G.K., Denizlispor and Zeytinburnuspor relegated to Second League.-League table:...
||27||9||6||3||-||-||4||4||34||16
|-
|1997-98
Eredivisie 1997-98
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1997/1998 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax also won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, just like finalists PSV. sc Heerenveen, the winner of the third place match,...
||rowspan="5"|Ajax||rowspan="5"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||31||25||5||5||-||-||8||7||44||37
|-
|1998-99
Eredivisie 1998-99
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1998/1999 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup...
||19||7||3||1||-||-||3||0||25||8
|-
|1999-00
Eredivisie 1999-00
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1999/2000 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 MVV and Cambuur both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs.-Promotion/relegation play-offs:...
||18||5||0||0||-||-||2||1||20||6
|-
|2000-01
Eredivisie 2000-01
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2000/2001 season was contested by 18 teams. PSV won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 Fortuna Sittard and Sparta both remained in the eredivisie after winning their promotion/relegation play-offs....
||27||18||1||0||-||-||3||2||31||20
|-
|2001-02
Eredivisie 2001-02
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 2001/2002 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax alson won the KNVB Cup, thereby taking the double. They would participate in the Champions League, so finalists FC Utrecht could play in the UEFA Cup...
||2||0||0||0||-||-||2||1||4||1
|-
|2001-02
Scottish Premier League 2001-02
The 2001–02 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic.As league champions, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Runners-up Rangers and third-placed Livingston qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did fourth-placed Aberdeen, who took the final UEFA Cup place due to Rangers beating Celtic...
||rowspan="4"|Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
||rowspan="4"|Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
||22||11||5||3||3||3||-||-||30||17
|-
|2002-03
Scottish Premier League 2002-03
The 2002–03 Scottish Premier League was won by Rangers.As league champions, Rangers qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Celtic also qualifying...
||30||15||6||1||2||0||2||0||40||16
|-
|2003-04
Scottish Premier League 2003-04
The 2003–04 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic.As league champions, Celtic qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Rangers also qualifying...
||19||12||3||2||1||0||6||1||29||15
|-
|2004-05
Scottish Premier League 2004-05
The 2004–05 Scottish Premier League was won by Rangers.As league champions, Rangers qualified for the UEFA Champions League, with runners-up Celtic also qualifying...
||24||6||-||-||2||1||7||2||33||9
|-
|2005-06||rowspan="2"|AZ||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||31||22||2||1||-||-|||6||2||39||25
|-
|2006-07||29||14||7||2||-||-||11||7||47||23
|-
|2007-08
La Liga 2007-08
-League table:||rowspan=2 style="background-color:#F9F9F9;"|||rowspan=7 style="background-color:#F9F9F9;"|-Results:...
||Levante
Levante UD
Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community.Founded in 1909, it plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadi Ciutat de València.-Early years:...
||La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||4||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||4||0
105||95||||||||||6||3||111||98
96||61||19||15||-||-||8||5||120||81
157||91||18||9||-||-||35||20||210||120
95||44||14||6||8||4||15||3||132||57
4||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||4||0
457||291||51||30||8||4||64||31||577||356
Managerial statistics
- Competitive games only - as of 21 May 2011
Team Nat From To Record G W D L Win % Kayserispor KayserisporKayserispor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Kayseri. Formed in 1966, Kayserispor are nicknamed Anadolu Yıldızı . The club colours are red and yellow, and the club play their home matches at Kadir Has Stadium.The club have won one Türkiye Kupası, in 2008...
2010 Present
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
- Umaglesi LigaUmaglesi LigaThe Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
(5): 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 - Georgian CupGeorgian CupThe Georgian Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Georgian football.The competition is a knockout tournament.Previous winners are:-Soviet era cup winners:* 1944: Team of Sukhumi* 1945: Dinamo Sukhumi...
(4): 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Ajax
- EredivisieEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
(1): 1997-98 - KNVB CupKNVB CupThe KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
(1): 1997-98, 1998-99
Rangers
- Scottish Premier LeagueScottish Premier LeagueThe Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
(2): 2003, 2005 - Scottish CupScottish CupThe Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
(2): 20022002 Scottish Cup FinalThe 2002 Scottish Cup Final was played on 4 May 2002 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 117th Scottish Cup. Celtic and Rangers contested the match, Rangers won the match 3–2, thanks to Peter Løvenkrands's last minute goal.-Match details:...
, 20032002 Scottish Cup FinalThe 2002 Scottish Cup Final was played on 4 May 2002 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 117th Scottish Cup. Celtic and Rangers contested the match, Rangers won the match 3–2, thanks to Peter Løvenkrands's last minute goal.-Match details:... - Scottish League CupScottish League CupThe Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...
(1): 20032003 Scottish League Cup FinalThe 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...
External links
- Umaglesi Liga