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UEFA have previously stated that bigotry, which could apply to songs like ''Billy Boys'', is not to be permitted at football grounds. |
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==Under Alex McLeish (2001-2006)== |
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''For full article about [[Alex McLeish]] at Rangers, click'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rangers_F.C.#Under_Alex_McLeish '''''here''''']. |
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<b>[[Alex McLeish]]</b>'s four-and-a-half-year spell at Ibrox was a turbulent one, coming as it did after the wastefulness of the [[Dick Advocaat|Advocaat]] era. McLeish never enjoyed access to the funds his predecessors had been given, and his managership was marked by wildly-fluctuating fortunes, in part caused by forced asset stripping of his best players due to the spectre of debt from Advocaat's spending. |
<b>[[Alex McLeish]]</b>'s four-and-a-half-year spell at Ibrox was a turbulent one, coming as it did after the wastefulness of the [[Dick Advocaat|Advocaat]] era. McLeish never enjoyed access to the funds his predecessors had been given, and his managership was marked by wildly-fluctuating fortunes, in part caused by forced asset stripping of his best players due to the spectre of debt from Advocaat's spending. |
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His appointment in December 2001 [http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1701609.stm] was met with a lukewarm reaction amongst many Rangers supporters. |
His appointment in December 2001 [http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/1701609.stm] was met with a lukewarm reaction amongst many Rangers supporters. Some viewed it as symptomatic of the downsizing of the club's ambitions {{cn}}, while others saw in McLeish a manager whose mixed fortunes at [[Hibernian F.C.]] and [[Motherwell F.C.]] left him ill-equipped to cope with the demands of managing Rangers {{cn}}. |
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Some viewed it as symptomatic of the downsizing of the club's ambitions {{cn}}, while others saw in McLeish a manager whose mixed fortunes at [[Hibernian F.C.]] and [[Motherwell F.C.]] left him ill-equipped to cope with the demands of managing Rangers {{cn}}. |
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A few, perhaps remembering McLeish's days as centre-half in [[Alex Ferguson]]'s successful Aberdeen side of the early 1980s, questioned whether someone lacking any obvious Rangers allegiance could revitalise a club faced, for the first time in decades, with a concerted challenge from a seemingly rejuvenated Celtic. |
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Such concerns were quickly allayed, however, as McLeish's Rangers began to display a spirit that had been sorely lacking in Advocaat's final seasons. Cup successes in McLeish's first half-season, 2001/2, saw a renewed sense of optimism that Rangers could regain the ascendancy claimed by Celtic under the managership of [[Martin O'Neill]]. |
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A 3-2 defeat of Celtic in the season's climactic Scottish Cup final [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scottish_cup/1966673.stm], orchestrated by Barry Ferguson and marked by a dramatic last minute winner, reinforced the view that Rangers could once more gain the pre-eminence enjoyed for almost all of the period since Graeme Souness' appointment as manager in 1986. |
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His first full season as manager, 2002/3, saw the club fulfil this sense of promise, and featured an astonishingly tense run-in to the league campaign that many thought could never be repeated - until two years later. |
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Another victory over Celtic, this time in the League Cup [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/2853133.stm], provided the first leg of the club's latest treble. Rangers' half-century of championships was secured on a dramatic last day of the league season, with victory over Dunfermline denying Celtic the title on goal difference [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2936822.stm]. |
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The destination of the title was unknown until the dying seconds of this match as both teams had headed into the game level on points and goal difference. Only a last-minute penalty by [[Mikel Arteta]] clinched the win. A somewhat drab and anti-climactic 1-0 victory over Dundee in the Scottish Cup final the following week saw a triumphant finalé to the season [http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/2946904.stm] and a near-flawless start to McLeish's reign, ruined only by a poor showing in Europe, which Rangers exited in the first round to [[FK Viktoria Žižkov|Viktoria Žižkov]]. |
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Yet the overall success of McLeish's initial period as manager proved difficult to sustain. The club's parlous financial position, in the wake of the profligacy of the Advocaat era, meant a period of relative austerity. |
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Wage bills were slashed as the club embarked on an extensive cost-cutting programme in an attempt to stabilise a growing debt burden. Confronted with a squad of well-paid but ageing players largely assembled by Advocaat, McLeish was compelled to rebuild without the luxury of the generous transfer kitty enjoyed by his predecessors over the preceding two decades, and lost from his treble winning team [[Lorenzo Amoruso]], Scottish international winger [[Neil McCann]] and club captain [[Barry Ferguson]] to [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.]] |
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To replace these players, McLeish was required to rebuild, not through the high-profile and often audacious signings of the Souness, Smith and Advocaat years, but via the selective use of '[[Bosman]]' free transfers. |
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After a good start to 2003/2004 which saw the team lead the [[SPL]] and qualify for the [[European Champions League|Champions League]] (with another late goal in Denmark against [[FC Copenhagen]]), the season petered out with a dramatic downturn in results and a trophyless campaign. McLeish's signings of experienced players, such as the Brazilian midfielder [[Emerson Moisés Costa|Emerson]] and Norwegian forward [[Egil Ostenstad]] were widely criticised {{cn}}. |
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The 2004/2005 season started in the same vein, with McLeish making another signing in Serbian midfielder, [[Dragan Mladenovic]], for £1m. The Serb would manage less than ten games for the club. |
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On the pitch, the team again fell behind Celtic in the league and exited the Champions League at the qualifying stage. It was rumoured that failure to gain entry into the new [[UEFA Cup]] group stage would see McLeish lose his job {{cn}}, but another late goal and a penalty shoot out win over [[CS Marítimo]] of Portugal provided relief. |
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After this, his fortunes began to turn again. Mladenovic aside, McLeish had made some canny signings in the summer, such as [[Nacho Novo]], plus the Bosmans [[Dado Pršo]], [[Jean-Alain Boumsong]] along with [[Alex Rae]]. Once these players settled in, the team began to recover ground on O'Neill's Celtic side. |
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Boumsong, in particular, was a great success but he was to be sold in January 2005, after only six months at the club, to English Premiership side [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] (managed by former boss [[Graeme Souness]]) for £8m. This sale paved the way for more signings, including [[Thomas Buffel]] and the return of former captain Barry Ferguson. |
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Another trophy, the [[Scottish League Cup]], was procured in March 2005 after a 5-1 victory over Motherwell [http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/4359199.stm]. |
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The league, however, appeared to have been lost. Despite catching and overtaking Celtic (two Old Firm wins, including a pivotal 2-0 victory at Parkhead - McLeish's first win there as Ibrox manager), a loss in the last derby of the season handed a five-point lead to their rivals with only four games of the season remaining. |
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However, the Ibrox team managed to win the league title on the last day of the season. A 3-1 Celtic home loss to Hibernian the week after the derby meant only two points separated the sides going into the final game of the season, at which point Rangers needed to win at Hibernian and hope that Celtic would drop points at Fir Park. In perhaps even more dramatic circumstances than two years previously [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/4565709.stm], [[Motherwell F.C.]] overcame a 1-0 deficit with two goals in injury time to defeat the Parkhead side, while Rangers edged out a tight 1-0 win at Easter Road. |
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For 89 minutes of the match, Rangers thought their rivals were set for the title. Even the helicopter that was carrying the league trophy was on its way to Fir Park to present it to Celtic when it had to turn around and fly to Easter Road. That day, since referred to as 'Helicopter Sunday' among Rangers fans [http://www.followfollow.com/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED21&id=283696], McLeish celebrated his second, and Rangers' 51st, league title. |
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Season 2005/2006 got off to a bad start, with Rangers only winning six league games out of the first 17, being knocked out of the League Cup by Celtic in the process. The period from October through to early December saw the team embark on statistically the worst run in their history, going ten games without a win. |
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During this time, however, the club became the first Scottish side to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, yet there was still significant pressure on McLeish from fans due to the club's poor position in the domestic league table. It was widely felt - and publicised - that chairman [[David Murray]] would let McLeish go after the European campaign had finished {{cn}}, and a press conference arranged two days after the final group match seemed to confirm this. |
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However, Murray seemed to undergo a change of heart and stated that McLeish would remain in charge indefinitely [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/4503564.stm], but did concede that domestic results would need to improve. Rumours continued to suggest that this was because his favoured target, Frenchman [[Paul Le Guen]], was unwilling to take charge until the summer. |
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After this announcement, the team improved, helped by the signing from Kilmarnock of the young Scot and SPL top scorer [[Kris Boyd]]. The side strung together a ten-match unbeaten run. Yet, entering the crucial month of February, which was to feature a must-win Old Firm match and the resumption of European football, this evaporated. |
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Rangers lost 3-0 at home to [[Hibernian F.C.]] on [[4 February]], [[2006]] to go out of the [[Scottish Cup]] and end their last realistic hopes of silverware for the season. Protests against McLeish and the chairman who had kept him on followed the game, and four days later they suffered a 2-0 defeat at McLeish's old club, [[Aberdeen F.C.]] |
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Some of the honours that Rangers attained while under McLeish include two League Championships, including the fabled 'Helicopter Sunday' [http://www.followfollow.com/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED21&id=283696], two Scottish Cups and two League Cups. During this time, the club became the first Scottish side to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, yet there was still significant pressure on McLeish from fans due to the club's poor position in the domestic league table. |
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| ⚫ | After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on [[9 February]], [[2006]], two days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that Alex McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the 2005-06 season [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/4697444.stm], and on [[11 March]], it was confirmed that former [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] manager Paul Le Guen would indeed succeed him at the end of the season [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/4791030.stm]. |
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| ⚫ | It was widely felt - and publicised - that chairman [[David Murray]] would let McLeish go after the European campaign had finished {{cn}}, and a press conference arranged two days after the final group match seemed to confirm this. After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on [[9 February]], [[2006]], two days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that Alex McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the 2005-06 season [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/4697444.stm], and on [[11 March]], it was confirmed that former [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] manager Paul Le Guen would indeed succeed him at the end of the season [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/4791030.stm]. |
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It was also announced that the Frenchman would be given significant funds with which to strengthen the squad, with Rangers having announced an arrangement with sports retailer [[JJB Sports]]. |
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==A new era== |
==A new era== |
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| Full name | Rangers Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Gers, Teddy Bears, Light Blues. | ||
| Founded | 1873 | ||
| Ground | Ibrox Stadium Glasgow Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Capacity | 51,444 | ||
| Chairman |  David Murray | ||
| Manager |  Paul Le Guen | ||
| League | Scottish Premier League | ||
| 2005-2006 | Scottish Premier League, 3rd | ||
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Rangers Football Club are a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League.
The club's home is one of 30 UEFA five-star stadia, the all-seated Ibrox Stadium in south west Glasgow, with a capacity of 51,444.
Rangers players today are multi-national and of various religions, although the club has traditionally been identified with the Protestant community of Scotland. For most of its history, Rangers have enjoyed a fierce rivalry with cross-town opponents Celtic F.C.
The club's correct name is simply Rangers F.C. although it is sometimes incorrectly called Glasgow Rangers. This frequently happens with English commentators seeking to distinguish between them and other similarly-named clubs, particularly Queens Park Rangers F.C..
The club is nicknamed The Teddy Bears, from the rhyming slang for Gers (short for Rangers), and the fans are known to each other as 'Bluenoses'.
History
The Old Firm and sectarianism
The term sectarian refers to a group who belongs to a religious and cultural sect, and display contempt, hatred or dislike of all others, not belonging to their sect.
In the context of Scottish football, sectarianism is beyond the control of any individual club - it is a much wider issue, rooted in social, cultural, historical and religious circumstances.
The sectarianism which exists between the Old Firm is between Protestants and Roman Catholics. During the late 19th century, many Protestant and Catholic immigrants came to Glasgow from Ireland. This was around the same time that both Old Firm clubs were founded (Rangers in 1873 and Celtic in 1888). Most of the Protestants decided to support Rangers whereas the Catholics supported Celtic. Therefore, the idea of Rangers being the 'Protestant club' and Celtic the 'Catholic club' became popular and the sectarian element to the Old Firm rivalry grew from then onwards.
Both Rangers and Celtic now accept that they have a problem with sectarianism. Both clubs admit that a proportion of their supporters have been, and continue to be, guilty of perpetuating sectarian and partisan beliefs as well as cultural intolerance.
Many Celtic supporters accuse Rangers of having the bigger sectarian problem, arguing that up until 1989 (when Rangers controversially signed the Catholic, and former Celtic player, Maurice Johnston) Rangers had a policy of not signing Roman Catholics. However, many Catholics did actually play for Rangers decades before Johnston, albeit with a lower public profile. In 2006, Paul Le Guen became the first Roman Catholic to manage Rangers. The Rangers fans, and Scottish general public, expressed little interest in his religion.
In recent times, both Rangers and Celtic have taken measures to combat sectarianism. Working alongside the Scottish Parliament, church groups, schools and community organisations, the Old Firm has made efforts to clamp down on sectarian songs, inflammatory flag-waving, and troublesome supporters, using increased levels of policing and surveillance.[1]
On 12 April 2006, following an investigation into the conduct of Rangers supporters at both legs of their UEFA Champions League tie against Villarreal CF, the Control and Disciplinary Body of UEFA declared the Rangers fans not guilty of alleged discriminatory chants. [2]. UEFA challenged the ruling, and their Appeals Body partially upheld the appeal [3], fining the Ibrox club £13,500, and warning the club as to their responsibility for any future misconduct by their fans in relation to sectarian and discriminatory behaviour [4].
On 9 June 2006, Rangers F.C., in conjunction with representatives from several supporters clubs, announced that they would comply with three UEFA directives:
- The club is "ordered to announce measurable targets in order to reduce sectarian behaviour amongst its supporters".
- The club is "to control their anti-sectarian activities by producing comprehensive statistics that are communicated to the public".
- The club is "to make a public address announcement at every official fixture, be it international or domestic, stating that any sectarian chanting and any form of the song Billy Boys is strictly prohibited". [5]
UEFA have previously stated that bigotry, which could apply to songs like Billy Boys, is not to be permitted at football grounds.
Under Alex McLeish (2001-2006)
For full article about Alex McLeish at Rangers, click here.
Alex McLeish's four-and-a-half-year spell at Ibrox was a turbulent one, coming as it did after the wastefulness of the Advocaat era. McLeish never enjoyed access to the funds his predecessors had been given, and his managership was marked by wildly-fluctuating fortunes, in part caused by forced asset stripping of his best players due to the spectre of debt from Advocaat's spending.
His appointment in December 2001 [6] was met with a lukewarm reaction amongst many Rangers supporters. Some viewed it as symptomatic of the downsizing of the club's ambitions [citation needed], while others saw in McLeish a manager whose mixed fortunes at Hibernian F.C. and Motherwell F.C. left him ill-equipped to cope with the demands of managing Rangers [citation needed].
Some of the honours that Rangers attained while under McLeish include two League Championships, including the fabled 'Helicopter Sunday' [7], two Scottish Cups and two League Cups. During this time, the club became the first Scottish side to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, yet there was still significant pressure on McLeish from fans due to the club's poor position in the domestic league table.
It was widely felt - and publicised - that chairman David Murray would let McLeish go after the European campaign had finished [citation needed], and a press conference arranged two days after the final group match seemed to confirm this. After signs that supporter unrest was turning on Murray, on 9 February, 2006, two days before the crucial Old Firm match, it was announced that Alex McLeish would leave his position as manager at the end of the 2005-06 season [8], and on 11 March, it was confirmed that former Lyon manager Paul Le Guen would indeed succeed him at the end of the season [9].
A new era
Paul Le Guen became manager after season 2005-06. Known for unearthing and nurturing young talent, Le Guen made an immediate splash in the transfer market signing South African Under 19 player Dean Furman from Chelsea, and youngsters William Stanger and Antoine Ponroy from Rennes. While allowing Ibrox favourite Alex Rae to move to a new career as player-manager of Dundee, he has also signed Libor Sionko and Karl Svensson. Rangers had been strongly linked with a host of other players and signed midfielder Jeremy Clement from Lyon and goalkeeper Lionel Letizi from Paris St Germain as a replacement for the departing Ronald Waterreus. Senegal's World Cup 2002 midfield player Makhtar N'Diaye signed a one year contract after a short trial period with the club.
Rangers' first match under Le Guen was a friendly against Irish Premier League champions Linfield on 6 July 2006 at Windsor Park, Belfast. Rangers won 2-0 with first half goals from Kris Boyd and Thomas Buffel. The squad flew out to South Africa on July 9 for a training camp where they played three matches, the first of which was a comfortable 4-0 win over local opposition with Charlie Adam netting a hat-trick. Rangers also defeated Jomo Cosmos 2-0 but, with a largely depleted starting line-up, they lost their final match 2-0 against Premier Soccer League champions Mamelodi Sundowns. Defender Fernando Ricksen did not take any part in the pre-season tour of South Africa due to what was described by the club as "unacceptable behaviour" on the flight to Johannesburg [10]. Rangers returned to face English Premier League sides Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers where they won 1-0 and drew 1-1 respectively. The SPL opening day on July 30 proved fruitful for Paul Le Guen and Rangers as they defeated Motherwell 2-1 at Fir Park, thanks to an early strike from Libor Sionko and the winning header from Dado Prso [11]. In Le Guen's first competitive game at Ibrox, Rangers were held to a 2-2 draw by Dundee United, and were forced to come back from 2 goals down. [12] On August 9, Fernando Ricksen went to Zenit St Petersburg, the new club of ex-Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, on a season-long loan. In return, a friendly has been scheduled between the teams at Ibrox on August 23 and, reportedly, Zenit's Slovakian defender Martin Skrtel is to move the other way [13]. On August 11 Rangers signed the "exceptionally talented", according to Alex Ferguson [14], 19 year old winger Lee Martin on loan for a season, after he played in a second string Manchester United team's pre-season win over a second string Celtic [15]. On August 15 Rangers were linked with moves for Bosnian defender Sasa Papac, another Austria Vienna player, and Phil Bardsley, a defender from Manchester United. [16][17]
Stadium
Rangers play at Ibrox Stadium. The ground was inaugurated on December 30, 1899, Rangers defeated Heart of Midlothian F.C. 3-1 in the first match held there. The ground is a UEFA rated 5-star stadium.
The stands in the ground are: Main Stand (Front and Rear), Govan Stand (Front and Rear), and the Copland and Broomloan Stands (both Front and Rear) which are behind the goals. In addition to these, there are also the East and West Enclosures (between Copland and Govan and Broomloan and Govan Stands respectively), the Club Deck (above the Main Stand Rear) and the new Bar 72 area, situated in the Govan Stand. Once work taking place in summer 2006 is complete, the capacity of Ibrox will total 51,444.
Famous players
Famous present or former players at Ibrox include:
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¹ - Player is included in the Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame.
² - Player is currently playing for the club.
Team Managers
| Name | Period |
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| William Wilton
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1899–1920 |
| Bill Struth
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1920–1954 |
| Scott Symon
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1954–1967 |
| David White
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1967–1969 |
| William Waddell
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1969–1972 |
| Jock Wallace
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1972–1978 |
| John Greig
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1978–1983 |
| Jock Wallace¹
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1983–1986 |
| Graeme Souness
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1986–1991 |
| Walter Smith
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1991–1998 |
 Dick Advocaat
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1998–2001 |
| Alex McLeish
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2001–2006 |
| Paul Le Guen
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2006–Present |
¹- Jock Wallace had two spells as Rangers Manager, his second spell was from 1983 until 1986
Current squad
First Team Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
Reserve & Youth Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Rangers Lineup 2006-07
Letizi
Hutton
Svensson
Rodriguez
Smith
Sionko
Ferguson
Clement
Buffel
Adam
Prso
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Transfers 2006-07
In:
- Rory Loy - Kilmarnock - £25,000
Dean Furman - Chelsea - Free
Libor Sionko - Austria Vienna - Free- William Stanger - Rennes - Free
- Antoine Ponroy - Rennes - Free
Jeroen van den Broeck - Verbroedering Geel - Free
Karl Svensson - IFK Göteborg - £600,000- Lionel Letizi - Paris Saint-Germain - Free
Makhtar N'Diaye - Yverdon-Sport - Free- Jérémy Clément - Olympique Lyonnais - £1.1m
Filip Sebo - Austria Vienna - £1.8m
Lee Martin - Manchester United - Loan
Out:
Sotirios Kyrgiakos - Eintracht Frankfurt - Free
Zurab Khizanishvili - Blackburn Rovers - £500,000
Peter Løvenkrands - Schalke 04 - Free- Alex Rae - Dundee - Free
- Ronald Waterreus - Released
- Gary MacKenzie - Dundee - Free
- Marc Kalenga - Released
- Graeme Watson - Released
- John Johnston - Released
- Jason Crooks - Released
- Craig Frizzell - Released
- Ross McCormack - Motherwell - Undisclosed
- Fernando Ricksen - Zenit St. Petersburg - Loan
Non-playing staff
Boardroom
- Chairman: David Murray
- Chief Executive: Martin Bain
- Football Administrator: Andrew Dickson
- Director of Finance: Donald McIntyre
- Operations Executive: Laurence MacIntyre
- Director: John Greig
- Non-Executive Director: John McClelland
- Non-Executive Director: Alastair Johnston
- Non-Executive Director: David Cunningham King
- Non-Executive Director: Donald Wilson
Management
- Manager: Paul Le Guen
- Assistant Manager: Yves Colleu
- Reserve Coach: Ian Durrant
- Under-19 Coach: Tommy Wilson
- Head of Youth Football: Jim Sinclair
- Goalkeeping Coach: Billy Thompson
- Community Coach: Billy Kirkwood
- Community Coach: Craig Mulholland
- Club Doctor: Dr Ian McGuiness
- Physiotherapist: Joel Le Hir
- Physiotherapist: Davie Henderson
- Fitness Coach: Stephane Wiertelak
- Kit Controller: Jimmy Bell
Club records
Record home attendance: 118,567 .v. Celtic, January 1939
Record victory: 13-0 .v. Possilpark, Scottish Cup, October 1877
Record league victory: 10-0 .v. Hibernian, December 1898
Record defeat: 2-10 .v. Airdrieonians, 1886
Record league defeat: 0-6 Dumbarton, May 1892
Record appearances: John Greig, 755, 1960-1978
Record league appearances: Sandy Archibald, 513, 1917-1934
Record Scottish Cup appearances: Alec Smith, 74
Record league cup appearances: John Greig, 121
Record European appearances: John Greig, 64
Record goalscorer: Ally McCoist, 355 goals, 1983-1998
Most goals in one season: Sam English, 44 goals, 1931/1932
Most league goals: Ally McCoist, 251 goals
Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy Fleming, 44 goals
Most League Cup goals: Ally McCoist, 54 goals
Most European goals: Ally McCoist, 21 goals
Shutout record: Chris Woods, 1196 minutes, 1986/87 (British record)
Most capped player: Frank De Boer, 112 caps for The Netherlands
Highest transfer fee received: Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, £8.5m, Arsenal, 2001
Highest transfer fee paid: Tore André Flo, £12.5m, Chelsea, 2000
Greatest Team
Goram
Jardine
Gough
Butcher
Greig
Cooper
Gascoigne
Baxter
Laudrup
Hateley
McCoist
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The following team was voted as the greatest-ever Rangers team at an awards ceremony in 1999. Thousands of Rangers fans voted:
- Andy Goram
- Sandy Jardine
- Richard Gough
- Terry Butcher
- John Greig
- Davie Cooper
- Jim Baxter
- Paul Gascoigne
- Brian Laudrup
- Mark Hateley
- Ally McCoist
Honours
- Rangers hold the world record for number of domestic league championships won, racking up 51 titles.
- They hold the record for domestic trebles, with seven so far.
- Rangers won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone.
- First British club to reach the final of a European tournament.
Major honours
- European Cup Winners Cup Champions: 1972
- Scottish League Champions (51):
| 1891 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1918 | 1920 | 1921 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
| 1930 | 1931 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1937 | 1939 | 1947 | 1949 | 1950 | 1953 | 1956 | 1957 | 1959 | 1961 | 1963 | 1964 |
| 1975 | 1976 | 1978 | 1987 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1999 | 2000 | 2003 | 2005 |
- Scottish Cup Winners (31):
| 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 |
- Scottish League Cup Winners (24):
| 1947 | 1949 | 1961 | 1962 | 1964 | 1965 | 1971 | 1976 | 1978 | 1979 | 1982 | 1984 |
| 1985 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1994 | 1997 | 1999 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 |
Other honours
- Emergency War League (1): 1940
- Southern League (6): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- Milk Cup (3): (Premier) 1984, 1992; (Junior) 1985
- Drybrough Cup (1): 1979
- Tennents' Sixes (2): 1984, 1989
- Glasgow Cup (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*, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987
*1975 trophy shared with Celtic after 2-2 draw - Glasgow Merchants and Charity Cup (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
- Glasgow League (2): 1895/96, 1897/98
UEFA Ranking
Current Club Ranking
- 53 Sochaux
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- 56 Palermo
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External links
- Official website
- Rangers Loyal
- Planet Rangers
- Student Loyal
- Broxi Bears fan site
- Team Selector
- Rangers Squad Appearance/Goal Stats
- BBC Sport Rangers portal
- Glasgow Rangers FC page
- North American Rangers Supporters Association page
- Follow Follow Fansite - The Voice Of The Rangers Support Worldwide
- Details of the redevelopment of Ibrox Stadium