2016–17 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2016–17 season
Chairman	Dave King
Manager	Mark Warburton
Ground	Ibrox Stadium; Glasgow, Scotland; (Capacity: 50,817)
Scottish Premiership	3rd (current); P5 W2 D2 L1 F7 A9
Scottish League Cup	QF (ongoing)
Scottish Cup	N/A
Highest home attendance	49,125 vs Hamilton Academical; (6 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance	48,716 vs Motherwell; (20 August 2016)
Average home league attendance	48,921
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Rangers F.C. season will be the club's first back in the Scottish top-flight in four years, following their promotion from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season.^[1] It will be Rangers' 136th season of competitive football and will compete for the Scottish Premiership, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Month-By-Month Review

June

8 June - James Tavernier won the SPFL Goal of the Season Award for his stunning strike against Peterhead in the Petrofac Training Cup Final at Hampden during the 2015/16 season.^[2]

10 June - Dean Shiels left the club following the expiration of his contract.^[3]

Also on 10 June - Rangers Academy Under 20's Manager Ian Durrant left the club.^[4]

16 June - Rangers confirmed they will host Burnley in a pre-season friendly at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday, 30 July – Kick Off 3pm.^[5]

17 June - Rangers will kick-off their return to Scotland’s top flight against Hamilton Accies at Ibrox on August 6 after the fixtures for the 2016/17 Season were announced today.^[6]

Also on 17 June - Clint Hill signed for the club on a one-year contract.^[7]

20 June - Club Captain Lee Wallace extended his contract with the club until May 2019.^[8]

22 June - Cammy Bell left the club by Mutual Consent.^[9]

23 June - Niko Kranjčar has become Mark Warburton's sixth signing ahead of the 2016/17 Season.^[10]

24 June - Rangers secured the services of Goalkeeper Matt Gilks on a two-year Deal following his departure from English Premiership side Burnley.^[11]

29 June - Rangers signed Lee Hodson for an Undisclosed Fee on a three-year contract.^[12]

Also on 29 June - Rangers announced Season Ticket sales have soared through the 40,000 barrier.^[13]

July

15 July - Goalkeeper Liam Kelly agreed a loan switch to Livingston until January 2017.^[14]

Also on 15 July - Rangers won the 2016 Scottish FA Championship Fair Play Award for last season’s campaign.^[15]

18 July - Tom Walsh joined Alex Rae’s St Mirren on-loan until January.^[16]

19 July - Rangers signed Joe Dodoo from English Premier League Champions Leicester City for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.^[17]

26 July - Ryan Hardie joined St Mirren on-loan until January.^[18]

August

5 August - Jordan Thompson joined Raith Rovers on-loan until January.^[19]

18 August - Robbie Crawford left the club after the club and player mutually agreed to the termination of his contract.^[20]

20 August - Rangers signed Joe Garner from English Championship side Preston North End for a reported initial fee of £1.5 million + add-ons worth up to another £300,000 on a three-year contract.^[21]

24 August - Rangers agreed a commercial deal with Bon Accord Life who were the new Official Life Insurance Partner of the Club.^[22]

31 August - Philippe Senderos signed for the club on a one-year contract.^[23]

Also on 31 August - Andy Murdoch left the club.^[24]

September

5 September - Former player Max Murray passed away at the age of 80.^[25]

6 September - Britain's leading pay-as-you-go energy provider, Utilita Energy, was confirmed as Official Energy Partner for the 2016/17 season.^[26]

First Team

Last updated on 31 August 2016^[27]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Wes Foderingham	GK	(1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 (age 33)
25	Matt Gilks	GK	(1982-06-04) 4 June 1982 (age 42)
Defenders
2	James Tavernier	RB	(1991-10-31) 31 October 1991 (age 33)
3	Clint Hill	CB	(1978-10-19) 19 October 1978 (age 46)
4	Rob Kiernan	CB	(1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33)
5	Lee Wallace	LB	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37)
6	Danny Wilson	CB	(1991-12-27) 27 December 1991 (age 32)
17	Lee Hodson	RB/LB	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33)
24	Philippe Senderos	CB	(1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39)
27	David Bates	CB	(1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 28)
Midfielders
8	Joey Barton	DM/CM	(1982-09-02) 2 September 1982 (age 42)
11	Josh Windass	CM/AM	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 30)
15	Harry Forrester	AM/RW/LW	(1991-01-02) 2 January 1991 (age 33)
16	Andy Halliday	DM/CM	(1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 33)
18	Jordan Rossiter	DM/CM	(1997-03-24) 24 March 1997 (age 27)
19	Niko Kranjčar	AM	(1984-08-13) 13 August 1984 (age 40)
21	Matt Crooks	DM/CB	(1994-01-20) 20 January 1994 (age 30)
23	Jason Holt	DM/CM	(1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 31)
52	Liam Burt	CM	(1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 25)
Forwards
7	Joe Garner	FW	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36)
9	Kenny Miller	FW	(1979-12-23) 23 December 1979 (age 44)
10	Barrie McKay	RW/LW	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 29)
14	Joe Dodoo	FW	(1995-06-29) 29 June 1995 (age 29)
29	Michael O'Halloran	RW/LW	(1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 (age 33)
33	Martyn Waghorn	FW	(1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34)

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

6 July 2016 Friendly	Charleston Battery	1 − 2	Rangers	Charleston
19:00 (EDT)	Guerra 81'	Rangers Report	Windass 57' Forrester 76'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

30 July 2016 Friendly	Rangers	1 − 3	Burnley	Glasgow
15:00	Mee 75' (o.g.)	Rangers Report	Gray 3' (pen.), 18', 54'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 21,818 Referee: Nick Walsh

3 September 2016 Friendly	Linfield	0 − 7	Rangers	Belfast
15:00		Rangers Report BBC Highlights	Miller 10', 27', 30', 52' Kranjcar 24' Kiernan 26' Garner 84'	Stadium: Windsor Park Referee: Ian McNabb

Scottish Premiership

6 August 2016 1	Rangers	1 − 1	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
12:30	Waghorn 62'	BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report	Crawford 30'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,125 Referee: Don Robertson

13 August 2016 2	Dundee	1 − 2	Rangers	Dundee
12:15	O'Hara 44'	BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report	Forrester 14' Miller 39'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 9,702 Referee: Craig Thomson

20 August 2016 3	Rangers	2 − 1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00	Forrester 64' Miller 90+1'	BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report	McDonald 19'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,716 Referee: Bobby Madden

26 August 2016 4	Kilmarnock	1 − 1	Rangers	Kilmarnock
19:45	Boyd 29' Taylor 63'	BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report	Tavernier 59'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Kevin Clancy

10 September 2016 5	Celtic	5 − 1	Rangers	Glasgow
12:00	Dembélé 33', 42', 83' Sinclair 61' Armstrong 90+2'	BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report	Garner 44' Senderos 63' 75'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,348 Referee: William Collum

17 September 2016 6	Rangers	v	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Greg Aitken

25 September 2016 7	Aberdeen	v	Rangers	Aberdeen
13:00				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium

1 October 2016 8	Rangers	v	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

15 October 2016 9	Inverness CT	v	Rangers	Inverness
15:00				Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

22 October 2016 10	Hearts	v	Rangers	Edinburgh
15:00				Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium

26 October 2016 11	Rangers	v	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:45				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

29 October 2016 12	Rangers	v	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

5 November 2016 13	Ross County	v	Rangers	Dingwall
15:00				Stadium: Victoria Park

19 November 2016 14	Rangers	v	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

26 November 2016 15	Partick Thistle	v	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Firhill Stadium

3 December 2016 16	Rangers	v	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

10 December 2016 17	Rangers	v	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

17 December 2016 18	Hamilton Academical	v	Rangers	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park

24 December 2016 19	Rangers	v	Inverness CT	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

28 December 2016 20	St Johnstone	v	Rangers	Perth
19:45				Stadium: McDiarmid Park

31 December 2016 21	Rangers	v	Celtic	Glasgow
12:15				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

28 January 2017 22	Motherwell	v	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00				Stadium: Fir Park

1 February 2017 23	Hearts	v	Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45				Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium

4 February 2017 24	Rangers	v	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

18 February 2017 25	Dundee	v	Rangers	Dundee
15:00				Stadium: Dens Park

25 February 2017 26	Inverness CT	v	Rangers	Inverness
15:00				Stadium: Caledonian Stadium

1 March 2017 27	Rangers	v	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:45				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

11 March 2017 28	Celtic	v	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park

18 March 2017 29	Rangers	v	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

1 April 2017 30	Rangers	v	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

5 April 2017 31	Kilmarnock	v	Rangers	Kilmarnock
19:45				Stadium: Rugby Park

8 April 2017 32	Aberdeen	v	Rangers	Aberdeen
15:00				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium

15 April 2017 33	Rangers	v	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Scottish League Cup

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RAN	MOT	STR	ANN	EST
1	Rangers (Q)	4	4	0	10	0	+10	12	Qualification to the Second Round	—	—	3–0	2–0	—
2	Motherwell (Q)	4	3	1	9	3	+6	9	Qualification to the Second Round	0–2	—	—	—	3–0
3	Stranraer	4	2	2	5	8	−3	6		—	0–3	—	—	3–1
4	Annan Athletic	4	1	3	4	7	−3	3		—	1–3	1–2	—	—
5	East Stirlingshire	4	0	4	1	11	−10	0		0–3	—	—	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified

16 July 2016 Group F	Motherwell	0 − 2	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00		BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report	Tavernier 48' Waghorn 90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Steven McLean

19 July 2016 Group F	Rangers	2 − 0	Annan Athletic	Glasgow
19:45	McKay 30' Waghorn 74'	BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 31,628 Referee: Euan Anderson

22 July 2016 Group F	East Stirlingshire	0 − 3	Rangers	Stenhousemuir
19:45		BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report	Halliday 10' (pen.) Windass 35' Dodoo 90+1'	Stadium: Ochilview Park Attendance: 2,246 Referee: Crawford Allan

25 July 2016 Group F	Rangers	3 − 0	Stranraer	Glasgow
19:45	Waghorn 5' (pen.), 16' Kranjčar 53'	BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 29,575 Referee: John Beaton

9 August 2016 Second round	Rangers	5 − 0	Peterhead	Glasgow
19:45	Kranjcar 19' Hill 35', 56' Kelleher 48' (o.g.) Dodoo 65'	BBC Report Rangers Report SPFL Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 27,076 Referee: Andrew Dallas

20 September 2016 Quarter Finals	Rangers	-	Queen of the South	Glasgow
19:45				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth Round		-
12:30

Club statistics

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Scottish Premiership	6 August 2016			5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	040.00
Scottish League Cup	16 July 2016			5	5	0	0	15	0	+15	100.00
Scottish Cup	21 January 2017			0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				10	7	2	1	22	9	+13	070.00	—

As of 10 September 2016^[update]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	34	4	0	106	25	+81	106	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round^[b]
2	Aberdeen	38	24	4	10	74	35	+39	76	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rangers	38	19	10	9	56	44	+12	67	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	St Johnstone	38	17	7	14	50	46	+4	58	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	10	16	55	52	+3	46

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[28]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and discipline

No.	Pos.	Name	Nat.	Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Nat.	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Wes Foderingham		5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0
25	GK	Matt Gilks		0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF	James Tavernier		5	1	0	0	3	1	8	2	0	0
3	DF	Clint Hill		2	0	0	0	3	2	5	2	0	0
4	DF	Rob Kiernan		5	0	0	0	4	0	9	0	1	0
5	DF	Lee Wallace (c)		5	0	0	0	4	0	9	0	0	0
6	DF	Danny Wilson		2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	0
17	DF	Lee Hodson		0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	DF	Philippe Senderos		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
27	DF	David Bates		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Joey Barton		5	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	8	0	1	0
11	MF	Josh Windass		1	0	0	0	2 (1)	1	4	1	1	0
15	MF	Harry Forrester		3 (2)	2	0	0	4 (1)	0	10	2	3	0
16	MF	Andy Halliday		3 (2)	0	0	0	4 (1)	1	10	1	0	0
18	MF	Jordan Rossiter		3 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	6	0	0	0
19	MF	Niko Kranjčar		2 (3)	0	0	0	3 (2)	2	10	2	1	0
21	MF	Matt Crooks		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Jason Holt		0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	2	0	0	0
30	MF	Jordan Thompson		0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0
52	MF	Liam Burt		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Joe Garner		1 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
9	FW	Kenny Miller (vc)		5	2	0	0	2 (2)	0	9	2	0	0
10	FW	Barrie McKay		5	0	0	0	4 (1)	1	10	1	0	0
14	FW	Joe Dodoo		1 (2)	0	0	0	1 (2)	2	6	2	0	0
29	FW	Michael O'Halloran		0 (3)	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	7	0	0	0
33	FW	Martyn Waghorn		1 (1)	1	0	0	3	4	5	5	1	0

As of 10 September 2016^[update]

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Scottish Premiership	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	FW	33	Martyn Waghorn	1	4	5
2	DF	2	James Tavernier	1	1	2
	DF	3	Clint Hill	0	2	2
	FW	9	Kenny Miller	2	0	2
	FW	14	Joe Dodoo	0	2	2
	MF	15	Harry Forrester	2	0	2
	MF	19	Niko Kranjčar	0	2	2
8	FW	7	Joe Garner	1	0	1
	FW	10	Barrie McKay	0	1	1
	MF	11	Josh Windass	0	1	1
	MF	16	Andy Halliday	0	1	1
	–	−	Opposition own goal	0	1	1
TOTALS				7	15	22

As of 10 September 2016^[update]

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
4	DF	Rob Kiernan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Danny Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	Joey Barton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	Josh Windass	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	MF	Harry Forrester	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19	MF	Niko Kranjčar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	Philippe Senderos	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
33	FW	Martyn Waghorn	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

As of 10 September 2016^[update]

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry Date	Position	No.	Player	From Club	Fee	Source
1 July 2016	MF	11	Josh Windass	Accrington Stanley	£60,000	^[29]
1 July 2016	MF	21	Matt Crooks	Accrington Stanley	£60,000	^[30]
1 July 2016	MF	18	Jordan Rossiter	Liverpool	£250,000	^[31]
1 July 2016	MF	8	Joey Barton	Burnley	Free	^[32]
1 July 2016	DF	3	Clint Hill	Q.P.R.	Free	^[33]
1 July 2016	MF	19	Niko Kranjčar	New York Cosmos	Free	^[34]
1 July 2016	GK	25	Matt Gilks	Burnley	Free	^[35]
1 July 2016	DF	17	Lee Hodson	MK Dons	£250,000	^[36]
19 July 2016	FW	14	Joe Dodoo	Leicester City	£250,000	^[37]
20 August 2016	FW	7	Joe Garner	Preston North End	£1.5 million	^[38]
31 August 2016	DF	24	Philippe Senderos	Grasshoppers	Free	^[39]
31 August 2016	FW		Serge Atakayi	FF Jaro	Undisclosed
31 August 2016	DF		Myles Beerman	Manchester City	Free
31 August 2016	FW		Amin Bouzaig	Puerto Malagueno	Free
31 August 2016	MF		Ursene Mouanda	New Hartley Juniors	Free
Total					£2,370,000

As of 31 August 2016^[update]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To Club	Fee	Source
1 July 2016	MF	7	Nicky Law	Bradford	Free	^[40]
1 July 2016	FW	11	David Templeton		Free	^[41]
1 July 2016	FW	14	Nicky Clark	Bury	Free	^[42]
1 July 2016	MF	22	Dean Shiels	Dundalk	Free	^[43]
1 July 2016	GK	1	Cammy Bell	Dundee United	Free	^[44]
1 July 2016	DF	–	Luca Gasparotto	Falkirk	Free	^[45]
18 August 2016	MF	28	Robbie Crawford		Free	^[46]
31 August 2016	MF	45	Andy Murdoch		Free	^[47]
Total					£0

As of 31 August 2016^[update]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From Club	Fee	Source
5 August 2016	January 2017	DF	27	David Bates	Raith Rovers	None	^[48]
Total						£0

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To Club	Fee	Source
15 July 2016	January 2017	GK	32	Liam Kelly	Livingston	None	^[49]
18 July 2016	January 2017	FW	48	Tom Walsh	St Mirren	None	^[50]
26 July 2016	January 2017	FW	31	Ryan Hardie	St Mirren	None	^[51]
5 August 2016	January 2017	MF	30	Jordan Thompson	Raith Rovers	None	^[52]
Total						£0

As of 5 August 2016^[update]

References

^ Alasdair Lamont (5 April 2016). "Rangers: How Ibrox club earned Scottish Premiership place". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
^ "Tav Scoops SPFL Award".
^ "Gers Confirm Shiels Departure".
^ "Ian Durrant".
^ "Gers Confirm Burnley Friendly".
^ "Gers Host Hamilton For Opener".
^ "Clint Hill Signs For Rangers".
^ "Wallace Extends Gers Contract".
^ "Cammy Bell".
^ "Rangers Sign Niko Kranjcar".
^ "Gers Sign Matt Gilks".
^ "Hodson Signs Up For Gers".
^ "Season Tickets Hit 40,000".
^ "Kelly Moves On Loan".
^ "Gers Win Fair Play Award".
^ "Tom Heads To Saints".
^ "Gers Confirm Dodoo Capture".
^ "Hardie Joins St Mirren".
^ "Thompson Joins Raith".
^ "New Additions Close".
^ "Gers Confirm Garner Capture".
^ "Gers Partner With Bon Accord Life".
^ "Gers Confirm Senderos Signing".
^ "Rangers Transfer Window Roundup".
^ "Max Murray".
^ "Utilita Confirmed As Official Energy Partner".
^ "First Team". Rangers FC Official Club Website.
^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "Windass and Crooks Sign Agreements".
^ "Windass and Crooks Sign Agreements".
^ "Gers Confirm Rossister Capture".
^ "Gers Sign Joey Barton".
^ "Clint Hill Signs For Rangers".
^ "Rangers Sign Niko Kranjcar".
^ "Gers Sign Matt Gilks".
^ "Hodson Signs Up For Gers".
^ "Gers Confirm Dodoo Capture".
^ "Gers Confirm Garner Capture".
^ "Gers Confirm Senderos Signing".
^ "Nicky Law joins Bradford City after Glasgow Rangers exit".
^ -
^ "Nicky Clark: Bury sign ex-Rangers striker on two-year contract".
^ "Keane and Shiels added to the ranks".
^ "Bell becomes a Terror".
^ "Gasparotto pens Bairns Deal!".
^ -
^ -
^ "Thompson Joins Raith, Bates joins Gers".
^ "Kelly Moves On Loan".
^ "Tom Heads To Saints".
^ "Hardie Joins St Mirren".
^ "Thompson Joins Raith".

[28] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[table_note_res_CL2Q0.54026499276062-29] Since the winners of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

[1] Alasdair Lamont (5 April 2016). "Rangers: How Ibrox club earned Scottish Premiership place". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 May 2016.

[2] "Tav Scoops SPFL Award".

[3] "Gers Confirm Shiels Departure".

[4] "Ian Durrant".

[5] "Gers Confirm Burnley Friendly".

[6] "Gers Host Hamilton For Opener".

[7] "Clint Hill Signs For Rangers".

[8] "Wallace Extends Gers Contract".

[9] "Cammy Bell".

[10] "Rangers Sign Niko Kranjcar".

[11] "Gers Sign Matt Gilks".

[12] "Hodson Signs Up For Gers".

[13] "Season Tickets Hit 40,000".

[14] "Kelly Moves On Loan".

[15] "Gers Win Fair Play Award".

[16] "Tom Heads To Saints".

[17] "Gers Confirm Dodoo Capture".

[18] "Hardie Joins St Mirren".

[19] "Thompson Joins Raith".

[20] "New Additions Close".

[21] "Gers Confirm Garner Capture".

[22] "Gers Partner With Bon Accord Life".

[23] "Gers Confirm Senderos Signing".

[24] "Rangers Transfer Window Roundup".

[25] "Max Murray".

[26] "Utilita Confirmed As Official Energy Partner".

[27] "First Team". Rangers FC Official Club Website.

[30] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[31] "Windass and Crooks Sign Agreements".

[32] "Windass and Crooks Sign Agreements".

[33] "Gers Confirm Rossister Capture".

[34] "Gers Sign Joey Barton".

[35] "Clint Hill Signs For Rangers".

[36] "Rangers Sign Niko Kranjcar".

[37] "Gers Sign Matt Gilks".

[38] "Hodson Signs Up For Gers".

[39] "Gers Confirm Dodoo Capture".

[40] "Gers Confirm Garner Capture".

[41] "Gers Confirm Senderos Signing".

[42] "Nicky Law joins Bradford City after Glasgow Rangers exit".

[43] -

[44] "Nicky Clark: Bury sign ex-Rangers striker on two-year contract".

[45] "Keane and Shiels added to the ranks".

[46] "Bell becomes a Terror".

[47] "Gasparotto pens Bairns Deal!".

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[50] "Thompson Joins Raith, Bates joins Gers".

[51] "Kelly Moves On Loan".

[52] "Tom Heads To Saints".

[53] "Hardie Joins St Mirren".

[54] "Thompson Joins Raith".

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