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List of Rangers F.C. records and statistics

Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Govan, Glasgow. They have played at their home ground, Ibrox, since 1899. Rangers were founding members of the Scottish Football League in 1890, and the Scottish Premier League in 1998.

Rangers have won 55 domestic top-flight league trophies. The club's record appearance maker is John Greig, who made 755 appearances between 1961 and 1978 in all matches. Ally McCoist is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 355 goals during his Rangers career.

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

Rangers are joint record-holders for the most Scottish League Championships with 55 titles, alongside Celtic, and have won the Scottish League Cup a record 28 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 2023–24 Scottish League Cup.

Rangers have also won seven domestic trebles. They won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone. 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 League Championship (first tier league title):
  • Winners (55): 1890–91, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1917–18, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2020–21
  • Runners-up (36): 1892–93, 1895–96, 1897–98, 1904–05, 1913–14, 1915–16, 1918–19, 1921–22, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024-25
  • Scottish Championship (second-tier league title)
  • Winners: 2015–16
  • Scottish League One (third tier league title)
  • Winners: 2013–14
  • Scottish Third Division (fourth tier league title)
  • Winners: 2012–13

Cups

  • Scottish Cup:
  • Winners (34): 1893–94, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1902–03, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (19): 1876–87, 1878–79, 1898–99, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1928–29, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2015–16, 2023–24
  • Scottish League Cup:
  • Winners (28): 1946–47, 1948–49, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (10): 1951–52, 1957–58, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1982–83, 1989–90, 2008–09, 2019–20, 2022–23, 2024–25

International

Winners: 1972
Runners-up: 1960–61, 1966–67
Runners-up: 2007–08, 2021–22
Runners-up: 1972

Others

League

  • Emergency War League
Winners: 1939–40
Winners (6): 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46
Winners: 1895–96, 1897–98

Cups

Winners: 1940
Winners (4): 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43,1944–45
Runners-up: 1943–44, 1945–46
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, 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
Runners-up: 2013–14

Minor honours

Player records

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. Sandy Archibald is the holder of the most league appearances, having made 513, from 1917 to 1934. 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.

Goalscorers

Rangers' all-time leading scorer is Ally McCoist, who scored 355 goals in a fifteen-year spell at the club from 1983 to 1998. 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

Internationalists

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

Record transfer fees received

Managerial records

  • 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: Russell Martin, from 5 June 2025 to 5 October 2025
  • 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)
  • 14–2 (vs. Blairgowrie, 20 January 1934).
  • Record league win: 10–0 (vs. Hibernian, 24 December 1898)
  • Record Scottish Cup win:
  • 13–0 (vs. Possilpark, 6 October 1877)
  • 13–0 (vs. Uddingston, 10 November 1877)
  • 13–0 (vs. Kelvinside Athletic, 28 September 1889)
  • Record League Cup win: 9–1 (vs. St Johnstone, 15 August 1964)
  • Record European win: 10–0 (vs. Valletta, 28 September 1983)
  • 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)
  • 0–8 Vale of Leven (Friendly, 6 November 1888}
  • 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)
  • 1–7 (vs. Liverpool, 12 October 2022)
  • 0–6 (vs. Club Brugge, 28 August 2025)
  • 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

  • Most league goals scored in a season: 118 goals in 38 games (during the 1933–34 season)
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season:
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 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: 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)
  • Record Scottish League Cup attendance: 125,154 (vs. Hibernian, won 3–1, Hampden Park (N), 22 March 1947)
  • Record European attendance: 100,000 (vs. Dynamo Kiev, lost 1–0, Respublikanskiy Stadium (A), 16 September 1987)
  • 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)

European statistics

Notes

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