| 1899–1900 season | |||
| Chairman | James Henderson | ||
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| Manager | William Wilton | ||
| Ground | Ibrox Park | ||
| Scottish League Division One | 1st P18 W15 D2 L1 F69 A27 |
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| Scottish Cup | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Robert Hamilton (17) All: Robert Hamilton (23) |
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The 1899–1900 season is the 10th season of competitive football by Rangers.
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Rangers played a total of 23 competitive matches during the 1899–1900 season. They finished top of the Scottish League Division One with 15 wins from 18 matches, losing only once to Old Firm rivals Celtic.
The club again ended the season without the Scottish Cup after losing a semi-final replay to Celtic by 4–0, the original match was drawn 2–2.
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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| 19 Aug 1899 | Third Lanark | A | 5–1 | 16,000 | Campbell (2), J.Millar, Hyslop, N.Smith |
| 26 Aug 1899 | Clyde | A | 6–2 | 10,000 | Hyslop (2), McPherson, A.Smith, Robertson, Untraced (1) |
| 02 Sep 1899 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 4–3 | 20,000 | Campbell (2), Hamilton (2) |
| 09 Sep 1899 | Kilmarnock | A | 4–2 | 10,000 | Campbell, A.Smith, McPherson, Hamilton |
| 18 Sep 1899 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | 15,000 | Hamilton |
| 25 Sep 1899 | Hibernian | H | 3–2 | 12,000 | Hamilton, A.Smith, Wilkie |
| 07 Oct 1899 | Celtic | H | 3–3 | 40,000 | Graham (2), A.Smith |
| 14 Oct 1899 | Clyde | H | 7–0 | 5,000 | McPherson (3), A.Smith (2), Sharp, Hamilton |
| 21 Oct 1899 | Hibernian | A | 2–0 | 16,000 | A.Smith (2) |
| 04 Nov 1899 | Dundee | H | 6–0 | 6,000 | A.Smith (3), Hamilton, Wilkie, Watson (o.g.) |
| 25 Nov 1899 | St. Bernard's | H | 4–3 | 5,000 | McPherson (2), Hamilton, Robertson |
| 02 Dec 1899 | St. Mirren | A | 3–1 | Hamilton (3) | |
| 09 Dec 1899 | Kilmarnock | H | 6–1 | 5,000 | Wilkie (2), Hamilton (2), Robertson, Graham |
| 16 Dec 1899 | St. Mirren | H | 4–1 | 2,000 | Neil (2, 1 pen.), A.Smith, Hamilton |
| 01 Jan 1900 | Celtic | A | 2–3 | 20,000 | A.Smith, Wilkie |
| 06 Jan 1900 | Third Lanark | H | 2–1 | 4,000 | Neil, McPherson |
| 20 Jan 1900 | Dundee | A | 3–2 | 12,000 | Hamilton (3) |
| 03 Feb 1900 | St. Bernard's | A | 4–1 | 4,000 | McPherson, Campbell, Gibson, Wilkie |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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| 13 Jan 1900 | R1 | Greenock Morton | H | 4–2 | 7,000 | McPherson (2), Wilkie, A.Smith |
| 27 Jan 1900 | R2 | Maybole | H | 12–0 | 3,000 | Hamilton (4), Wilkie (3), A.Smith, Robertson Hyslop, Neil, Gibson |
| 17 Feb 1900 | QF | Partick Thistle | A | 6–1 | 10,000 | Hamilton (2), A.Smith, McPherson, Wilkie, Graham |
| 24 Feb 1900 | SF | Celtic | H | 2–1 | 33,000 | A.Smith, McPherson |
| 10 Mar 1900 | SF R | Celtic | A | 0–4 | 32,000 |
| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
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| Matthew Dickie | GK | 22 | 0 |
| Neilly Gibson | MF | 21 | 2 |
| Alex Smith | FW | 21 | 17 |
| Robert Hamilton | FW | 20 | 23 |
| Jacky Robertson | DF | 20 | 4 |
| Jock Drummond | DF | 19 | 0 |
| Robert Neil | DF | 19 | 4 |
| James Graham | MF | 18 | 4 |
| John McPherson | MF | 17 | 13 |
| James Wilkie | FW | 16 | 11 |
| Nicol Smith | DF | 14 | 1 |
| David Crawford | DF | 10 | 0 |
| James Millar | FW | 8 | 1 |
| John Campbell | MF | 7 | 6 |
| Billy Dunlop | DF | 7 | 0 |
| Tommy Hyslop | FW | 6 | 4 |
| Andrew Sharp | MF | 3 | 1 |
| David Mitchell | MF | 2 | 0 |
| John McKinlay | DF | 2 | 0 |
| William Howden | GK | 1 | 0 |
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