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Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Govan, Glasgow. They have played at their home ground, Ibrox, since 2012. The old, liquidated Rangers were founding members of the Scottish Football League in 1890, and the Scottish Premier League in 1998.

Rangers have won 1 domestic top-flight league trophy. The old club's record appearance maker is John Greig, who made 755 appearances between 1961 and 1978 in all matches.[1] Ally McCoist is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 355 goals during his Rangers career.[2]

This list encompasses the major honours won by Rangers as well as records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who had made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Rangers players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Ibrox are also included in the list.

Honours

 
Former Northern Ireland striker Derek Spence in the trophy room at Ibrox in 1994. The bicycle behind him was a gift to Rangers from French club St. Etienne

Rangers have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the Scottish League Championship a record 55 times and the Scottish League Cup a record 27 times. In their first league season, 1890–91, they won the Scottish Football league jointly with Dumbarton and their most recent success came in the 2010–11 Scottish Premier League.

Rangers were the first club in the world to win 50 first tier league titles, and have now won 55 domestic league titles, a world record joint with Linfield.[3] Rangers have also won seven domestic trebles, a joint world record.[4] They won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone.[5] They are the second most-honoured football club in the world, having won 116 trophies in total.[6] The club has played in both Scotland and England's national cup competitions. Rangers reached the semi-final of the 1886–87 FA Cup only to be knocked out by eventual winners Aston Villa.

Domestic

League

 
Scottish Third Division trophy, won by Rangers in 2013.

Cups

 
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup trophy won by Rangers in 1972.
  • Scottish Cup:
    • Winners (33): 1894, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008,[12] 2009[13]
    • Runners-up (18): 1877, 1879, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1921, 1922, 1929, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1998, 2016
  • Scottish League Cup:
    • Winners (27): 1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05,[14] 2007–08,[15] 2009–10,[16] 2010–11[17]
    • Runners-up (8): 1952, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1990, 2009, 2019

International

 
A view of one of the display cabinets in the trophy room at Ibrox in 1994.
Winners: 1972
Runners-up: 1961, 1967
Runners-up: 2008[18]
Runners-up: 1972[19]

Others

 
Spence next to the European Golden Boot, which was won by Ally McCoist in 1991–92 and 1992–93.

League

  • Emergency War League
Winners: 1939–40
Winners (6): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
Winners: 1895–96, 1897–98

Cups

  • Emergency War Cup
Winners: 1940
Winners (4): 1941, 1942, 1943,1945
Runners-up: 1944, 1946
Winners: 1946
Winners: 1942
Winners (44): 1893, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1975,[note 3] 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987
Winners (32): 1878–79, 1896–97, 1899–1900, 1903–04, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1910–11, 1918–19, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60
Winners: 2015–16[20]
Runners-up: 2013–14[21]

Minor honours

Player records

Further information: List of Rangers F.C. players

Appearances

John Greig holds Rangers' appearance record, having played 755 times over the course of 18 seasons from 1961 to 1978. He also holds the records for League Cup appearances, with 121 appearances.[1] Sandy Archibald is the holder of the most league appearances, having made 513, from 1917 to 1934.[1] The Scottish Cup appearance record holder is midfielder Alec Smith while goalkeeper Allan McGregor holds the record for the most European appearances.

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches in parentheses are all time records.[31]

Appearances records by player
# Name and nationality Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1   John Greig 1961–1978 498 72 121 64 755
2   Sandy Jardine 1964–1982 451 64 107 52 674
3   Ally McCoist 1983–98 418 47 62 54 581
4   Sandy Archibald 1917–34 513 67 0 0 580
5   David Meiklejohn 1919–36 490 73 0 0 563
6   Dougie Gray 1925–47 490 65 0 0 555
7   Derek Johnstone 1970–83
1985–86		 369 57 85 38 549
8   Davie Cooper 1977–89 376 49 77 38 540
9   Peter McCloy 1970–86 351 55 86 43 535
10   Ian McColl 1945–60 360 59 100 7 526

Goalscorers

 
Ally McCoist, Rangers leading goal scorer

Rangers' all-time leading scorer is Ally McCoist, who scored 355 goals in a fifteen-year spell at the club from 1983 to 1998.[32] He holds the record for the most goals in the Scottish League Cup competition with 54. However, McCoist was unable to surpass the Scottish Cup goal-scoring record of Jimmy Fleming, which has stood at 44 since 1934. Jim Forrest holds the record for the most goals in one season with 57 in all competitions.

Top goalscorers

Goalscoring records by player
# Name and nationality Years League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1   Ally McCoist 1983–1998 251 (418) 29 (47) 54 (62) 21 (54) 355
2   Bob McPhail 1927–1940 230 (354) 31 (54) 0 0 261
3   Jimmy Smith 1930–1946 225 (234) 24 (25) 0 0 249
4   Jimmy Fleming 1925–1934 176 (225) 44 (42) 0 0 220
5   Derek Johnstone 1970–1983
1984–1985		 132 (369) 30 (57) 39 (85) 9 (38) 210
6   Ralph Brand 1954–1965 118 (355) 13 (37) 27 (59) 12 (58) 206
7   Willie Reid 1909–1920 188 (217) 7 (13) 0 0 195
8   Willie Thornton 1936–1954 144 (224) 21 (34) 29 (50) 0 194
9   Robert C. Hamilton 1897–1908 157 (175) 27 (34) 0 0 184
10   Andy Cunningham 1914–1929 162 (350) 20 (39) 0 0 182

Internationalists

See also: List of Rangers F.C. international footballers

Transfers

For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer. Where the report mentions an initial fee potentially rising to a higher figure depending on contractual clauses being satisfied in the future, only the initial fee is listed in the tables.

Record transfer fees paid

# Player From Fee Date Source
1   Tore André Flo   Chelsea £12,000,000 23 November 2000 [39]
2   Ryan Kent   Liverpool £6,500,000[40] 2 September 2019 [41]
  Michael Ball   Everton £6,500,000[42] 20 August 2001 [43]
3   Mikel Arteta   Barcelona £6,000,000 29 June 2002 [44]
4   Andrei Kanchelskis   Fiorentina £5,500,000 15 July 1998 [45][46]
  Giovanni van Bronckhorst   Feyenoord £5,500,000 6 July 1998 [47]
5   Ronald de Boer   Barcelona £4,500,000 30 August 2000 [48]
  Barry Ferguson   Blackburn Rovers £4,500,000 31 January 2005 [49]
  Arthur Numan   PSV Eindhoven £4,500,000 18 May 1998 [46]
  Bert Konterman   Feyenoord £4,500,000 1 July 2000 [46]

Record transfer fees received

# Player To Fee Date Source
1   Alan Hutton   Tottenham Hotspur £9,000,000 30 January 2008 [50]
2   Giovanni van Bronckhorst   Arsenal £8,500,000 20 June 2001 [47]
3   Jean-Alain Boumsong   Newcastle United £8,000,000 1 January 2005 [51]
4   Carlos Cuéllar   Aston Villa £7,800,000 12 August 2008 [52]
5   Barry Ferguson   Blackburn Rovers £7,500,000 29 August 2003 [53]
6   Tore André Flo   Sunderland £6,750,000 30 August 2002 [54]
7   Trevor Steven   Marseille £5,585,000 31 August 1991
8   Nikica Jelavić   Everton £5,500,000 31 January 2012 [55]
9   Duncan Ferguson   Everton £4,200,000 11 December 1994
10   Claudio Reyna   Sunderland £4,000,000 7 December 2001

Managerial records

Further information: List of Rangers F.C. managers
  • First manager: William Wilton, from 27 May 1899 to 20 May 1920
  • Longest-serving manager by time: Bill Struth, from 20 May 1920 to 15 June 1954
  • Shortest-serving manager by time: Pedro Caixinha, from 13 March 2017 to 26 October 2017
  • First non-Scottish manager: Dick Advocaat, from 1 June 1998 to 12 December 2001

Club records

Matches

Firsts

  • First match: vs. Callander, Friendly, Draw 0–0, Flesher's Haugh (Glasgow Green), (H) May 1872
  • First Scottish Cup match: vs. Oxford University A.F.C., Won 2–0, Recreational Ground – Queen's Park, Glasgow, 12 October 1874
  • First FA Cup match: vs. Everton, Won 1–0, Stanley Park (A), 30 October 1886
  • First League match: vs. Heart of Midlothian, Won 5–2, Ibrox Park (H), 16 August 1890
  • First match at 'first' Ibrox: vs. Preston North End, Friendly, Lost 8–1, (H) 20 August 1887
  • First match at 'second' Ibrox: vs. Heart of Midlothian, Won 3–1, Inter-City League, (H) 30 December 1899
  • First League Cup match: vs. St Mirren, Won 4–0, Ibrox Park (H), 21 September 1946
  • First European match: vs. Nice, Won 2–1, European Cup, Ibrox Park (H), 24 October 1956
  • First Challenge Cup match: vs. Brechin City, Won 2–1, Glebe Park (H), 29 July 2012

Wins

Record victory
  • Record win: 14-2 (against Whitehill, 29 September 1883)[56]
  • 14–2 (vs. Blairgowrie, 20 January 1934).[56][57][58]
  • Record league win: 10–0 (vs. Hibernian, 24 December 1898)[56][59][60]
  • 10-2 (vs. Raith Rovers, 16 December 1967)[56]
  • Record Scottish Cup win:
    • 13–0 (vs. Possilpark, 6 October 1877)[38][61][62]
    • 13–0 (vs. Uddingston, 10 November 1877)[38]
    • 13–0 (vs. Kelvinside Athletic, 28 September 1889)[38]
  • Record League Cup win: 9–1 (vs. St Johnstone, 15 August 1964)
  • Record European win: 10–0 (vs. Valletta, 28 September 1983)[63]
  • Most league wins in a season: 18 wins out of 18 games (during the 1898–99 season)
  • Fewest league wins in a season: 8 wins out of 18 games (during the 1893–94 season)

Defeats

  • Record defeat: 2–10 (vs. Airdrieonians, Friendly, 6 February 1886)
  • Record league defeat: 0–6 (vs. Dumbarton, 4 May 1892)
  • Record Scottish Cup defeat: 0–6 (vs. Aberdeen, 10 April 1954)
  • Record League Cup defeat: 1–7 (vs. Celtic, 19 October 1957)
  • Record European defeat: 0–6 (vs. Real Madrid, 9 October 1963)[63]
  • Most league defeats in a season: 14 defeats from 36 games (during the 1979–80 and the 1985–86 seasons)
  • Fewest defeats in a season: 0 defeats from 18 games (during the 1898–99 season) and 0 defeats from 36 games (during the 2013-14 season) 0 defeats from 38 games 2020-21 season

Goals

From 18 league matches: 41 goals
From 20 league matches: 60 goals
From 22 league matches: 56 goals
From 26 league matches: 80 goals
From 30 league matches: 56 goals
From 34 league matches: 58 goals
From 36 league matches: 48 goals
From 38 league matches: 56 goals (during the 2016–17 Rangers F.C. season)
From 42 league matches: 83 goals
From 44 league matches: 74 goals

Points

  • Most points in a season:
Two points for a win: 76 (during the 1920–21 season)
Three points for a win: 97 (during the 2002–03 season)
Three points for a win: 102 (during the 2020–21 season)
  • Fewest points in a season:
Two points for a win: 20 (during the 1893–94 season)
Three points for a win: 67 (during the 2016–17 season)

Attendances

  • Record Scottish League attendance: 118,567 (vs. Celtic, won 2–1, Ibrox Park (H), 2 January 1939)
  • Record Scottish Cup attendance: 143,570 (vs. Hibernian, won 1–0, Hampden Park (N), 27 March 1948)[37][35][38][64]
  • Record Scottish League Cup attendance: 125,154 (vs. Hibernian, won 3–1, Hampden Park (N), 22 March 1947)[37][35][38][64]
  • Record European attendance: 100,000 (vs. Dynamo Kiev, lost 1–0, Respublikanskiy Stadium (A), 16 September 1987)[37][35][38][64]
  • Record home League attendance: 118,567 (vs. Celtic, won 2–1, 2 January 1939)
  • Record home Scottish Cup attendance: 102,342 (vs. Hibernian, lost 3–2, 10 February 1951)
  • Record home Scottish League Cup attendance: 105,000 (vs. Celtic, won 2–1, 16 October 1948)
  • Record home European attendance: 85,000 (vs. Leeds United, draw 0–0, 26 March 1968)
  • Lowest home League attendance: 6,087 (vs. Partick Thistle, won 1-0, 23 May 1979)
  • Lowest home Scottish Cup attendance:
  • Lowest home Scottish League Cup attendance: 5,000 (vs. Brechin City, won 1–0, 23 September 1981)
  • Lowest home European attendance: 14,268 (vs. ASK Vorwärts Berlin, won 2–1, 15 November 1961)[note 8]

European statistics

Main article: Rangers F.C. in European football

Notes

  1. ^ Shared with Dumbarton F.C. after both clubs ended the season on 29 points. A play-off game at Cathkin Park on 21 May 1891 and finished 2–2, so the clubs were declared joint champions
  2. ^ Refers to period when Glasgow Cup was a senior competition (1887 to 1989).
  3. ^ 1975 trophy shared with Celtic after 2–2 draw
  4. ^ Played in aid of the Lord Provosts Rent Relief Fund
  5. ^ Played in aid of the Clydeside Air Raid Distress Fund
  6. ^ Played for the 75th Anniversary of Volvo
  7. ^ Also known as the Kilmarnock International Tournament
  8. ^ Match played in Malmö, Sweden.

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