List of Rangers F.C. statistics and records

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

This list encompasses the major honours won by Rangers, 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 have 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.

The club currently holds the record for the most Scottish top-flight titles with 54, and also hold the record for the most domestic trophies won by a team recognised by UEFA, winning 114 in all. The club's record appearance maker is John Greig, who has made 755 appearances between 1961 and 1978. Ally McCoist is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 355 goals during his Rangers career.

All figures are correct as of 15 May 2011.

Honours

Rangers have won honours both domestically and in European cup competitions. They have won the Scottish League Championship a record 54 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 league titles, they now hold the world record for number of domestic league championships won after racking up 54 titles.^[1] Rangers also hold the record for domestic trebles,^[2] with seven so far. They won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone.^[3] They are now the most-honoured football club in the world, having won 115 trophies in total.

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:
  • Winners (54): 1891^[4], 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, 2009, 2010, 2011.
  • Runners-up (29): 1893, 1896, 1898, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1922, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008.

Cups

• 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, 2009.
  • Runners-up (17): 1877, 1879, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1921, 1922, 1929, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1998.

• Scottish League Cup:
  • Winners (27): 1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994,
    1997, 1998–99, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011.
  • Runners-up (7): 1952, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1990, 2009.

International

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Winners (1): 1972

Runners-up (2): 1961, 1967

• UEFA Cup

Runners-up (1): 2008

• UEFA Super Cup

Runners-up (1): 1972

Others

League

• Emergency War League

Winners (1): 1940

• Southern League

Winners (6): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946

• Glasgow League

Winners (2):1895–96, 1897–98

Cups

• Emergency War Cup

Winners (1): 1940

• Southern League Cup

Winners (4): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945

• Glasgow Cup

Winners (46): 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,^[5] 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2009, 2010^[6]

• Glasgow Merchants and Charity Cup

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

Minor honours

• Rangers Sports Trophy

Winners (1): 1890

• Glasgow International Exhibition Cup

Winners (1): 1901

• Scottish National Exhibition Tournament

Winners (1): 1908

• Lord Provosts Cup^[7]

Winners (1): 1921

• British Championship

Winners (1): 1933

• Sir Archibald Sinclair Cup^[8]

Winners (1): 1942

• Summer Cup

Winners (1): 1942

• Scottish Victory Cup

Winners (1): 1946

• Paisley Charity Cup

Winners (1): 1972

• Jet Cup^[9]

Winners (1): 1977

• Tennent Caledonian Cup

Winners (1): 1978

• Drybrough Cup

Winners (1): 1979

• Dubai Champions Cup

Winners (1): 1987

• Forum Cup^[10]

Winners (1): 1991

• Ibrox International Challenge Trophy

Winners (1): 1995

• Wernesgruner Cup

Winners (1): 2003

• Walter Tull Memorial Cup^[11]

Winners (1): 2004

Player records

Appearances

John Greig holds Ranger's appearance record, having played 755 times over the course of 18 seasons from 1961 to 1978. He also holds the records for Scottish 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 Alec Smith who made 74 in the competition. Barry Ferguson holds the record for the most European appearances, with 82.

• Most appearances in all competitions: John Greig, 755.^[12]
• Most league appearances: Sandy Archibald, 513.
• Most Scottish Cup appearances: Alec Smith, 74.
• Most League Cup appearances: John Greig, 121.
• Most European appearances: Barry Ferguson, 82.
• Youngest first-team player: Derek Ferguson, &1000000000000001600000016 years, &1000000000000002400000024 days (against Queen of the South, 24 August 1983).
• Oldest first-team player: David Weir, &1000000000000004100000041 years, &1000000000000007700000077 days (against Kilmarnock, 26 July 2011).
• Oldest debutant: Billy Thomson, &1000000000000003700000037 years, &1000000000000005000000050 days (against Dundee United, 1 April 1995).
• Most consecutive appearances: William Robb, 241 (from 13 April 1920 until 31 October 1925).
• Most appearances in a season: Carlos Cuéllar, 65 (during the 2007–08 season).
• Longest-serving player: Dougie Gray, 22 years (from 27 July 1925 until May 1947).

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only.

#	Name	Years	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Europe	Total
1	Greig, JohnJohn Greig	1961–1978	498	72	121	64	755 !755
2	Jardine, SandySandy Jardine	1964–1982	451	64	107	52	674 !674
3	McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist	1983–1998	418	47	62	54	581 !581
4	Archibald, SandySandy Archibald	1917–1934	513	67	0	0	580 !580
5	Meiklejohn, DavidDavid Meiklejohn	1919–1936	490	73	0	0	563 !563
6	Gray, DougieDougie Gray	1925–1947	490	65	0	0	555 !555
7	Johnstone, DerekDerek Johnstone	1970–1983 1985–1986	369	57	86	38	550 !550
8	Cooper, DavieDavie Cooper	1977–1989	376	49	77	38	540 !540
9	McCloy, PeterPeter McCloy	1970–1986	351	55	86	43	535 !535
10	McColl, IanIan McColl	1945–1960	360	59	100	7	526 !526

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 and in European competitions, with 54 and 21 goals respectively. 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.

• Most goals in all competitions: Ally McCoist, 355.
• Most league goals: Ally McCoist, 251.
• Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy Fleming, 44.
• Most League Cup goals: Ally McCoist, 54.
• Most European goals: Ally McCoist, 21.
• Most goals in one season: Jim Forrest, 57 (during the 1964–65 season).
• Most league goals in one season: Sam English, 44 (during the 1931–32 season).
• Most hat-tricks: Ally McCoist, 28.
• Most penalties scored: Johnny Hubbard, 54.
• Most goals scored by player in a match:
  • League match:
    • Jimmy Smith, 6 goals, won 9–1, (against Ayr United, 15 August 1933).
    • Jimmy Smith, 6 goals, won 7–1 (against Dunfermline Athletic, 11 August 1934).
    • Davie Wilson, 6 goals, won 7–1 (against Falkirk, 17 March 1962).
  • Scottish Cup match: Jimmy Fleming, 9 goals (against Blairgowrie, 20 January 1934).
  • Scottish League Cup match: Jim Forrest, 5 goals (against Hamilton Academical, 30 October 1965).
  • European match: Dave McPherson, 4 goals (against Valletta FC, 14 September 1983).
• Youngest goalscorer: Derek Johnstone, &1000000000000001600000016 years, &10000000000000319000000319 days (against Cowdenbeath, 19 September 1970).^[13]
• Oldest goalscorer: David Weir, &1000000000000003800000038 years, &10000000000000183000000183 days (against Kilmarnock, 9 November 2008).^[14]

Top goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Matches played appear in brackets.

#	Name	Years	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	European	Total
1	McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist	1983–1998	251 !251 (418)	29 !29 (47)	54 !54 (62)	21 !21 (54)	346 !355 (581)
2	McPhail, BobBob McPhail	1927–1940	230 !230 (354)	31 !31 (54)	0	0	261 !261 (408)
3	Smith, JimmyJimmy Smith	1930–1946	225 !225 (234)	24 !24 (25)	0	0	249 !249 (259)
4	Fleming, JimmyJimmy Fleming	1925–1934	176 !176 (225)	44 !44 (42)	0	0	220 !220 (267)
5	Johnstone, DerekDerek Johnstone	1970–1983 1984–1985	132 !132 (369)	30 !30 (57)	39 !39 (86)	9 !9 (38)	210 !210 (550)
6	Brand, RalphRalph Brand	1954–1965	118 !118 (355)	13 !13 (37)	27 !27 (59)	12 !12 (58)	206 !206 (317)
7	Reid, WilliamWilliam Reid	1909–1920	188 !188 (217)	07 !7 (13)	0	0	195 !195 (230)
8	Thornton, WillieWillie Thornton	1936–1954	144 !144 (224)	21 !21 (34)	29 !29 (50)	0	194 !194 (308)
9	Hamilton, RCRC Hamilton	1897–1908	157 !157 (175)	27 !27 (34)	0	0	184 !184 (209)
10	Cunningham, AndyAndy Cunningham	1914–1929	162 !162 (350)	20 !20 (39)	0	0	182 !182 (389)

International

• First capped player: Moses McNeil (for Scotland, against Wales, 25 March 1876).
• Most international caps while a Rangers player: Ally McCoist, 59 for Scotland.
• Most capped player to play for Rangers: Frank de Boer, 112 for Netherlands.
• Most capped Scottish player to play for Rangers: David Weir, 69.
• Most international goals while a Rangers player: Ally McCoist, 19 for Scotland.

• First Rangers player to appear at a World Cup: Eric Caldow (for Scotland, against Yugoslavia, 8 June 1958).
• First Rangers player to score at a World Cup: Sammy Baird (for Scotland, against France, 15 June 1958).
• Most World Cup appearances while a Rangers player: Sandy Jardine, 4.
• Most World Cup goals while a Rangers player: Sammy Baird and Mo Johnston, 1.
• First World Cup winner to play for Rangers: Lionel Charbonnier.

• First Rangers player to appear at a European Championship: Chris Woods (for England, against USSR, 18 June 1988).
• First Rangers player to score at a European Championship: Brian Laudrup (for Denmark, against Portugal, 9 June 1996).
• Most European Championship appearances while a Rangers player: Andy Goram and Stuart McCall, 6.
• Most European Championship goals while a Rangers player: Brian Laudrup, 3.
• First European Championship winner to play for Rangers: Brian Laudrup.

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 Nov 2000	[15]
2	Michael Ball	Everton	£6,500,000	17 Aug 2001
3	Mikel Arteta	Barcelona	£5,800,000	29 Jun 2002
4	Andrei Kanchelskis	Fiorentina	£5,500,000	15 Jul 1998	[16]
5	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Feyenoord	£5,000,000	06 Jul 1998
6	Ronald de Boer	Barcelona	£4,500,000	30 Aug 2000	[17]
7	Barry Ferguson	Blackburn Rovers	£4,500,000	31 Jan 2005	[18]
8	Arthur Numan	PSV Eindhoven	£4,500,000	18 May 1998
9	Paul Gascoigne	Lazio	£4,300,000	10 Jul 1995
10	Bert Konterman	Feyenoord	£4,300,000	01 Jul 2000

Record transfer fees received

#	Player	To	Fee	Date	Source
1	Alan Hutton	Tottenham Hotspur	£9,000,000	30 Jan 2008	[19]
2	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Arsenal	£8,500,000	20 Jun 2001	[20]
3	Jean-Alain Boumsong	Newcastle United	£8,000,000	01 Jan 2005	[21]
4	Carlos Cuéllar	Aston Villa	£7,800,000	12 Aug 2008	[22]
5	Barry Ferguson	Blackburn Rovers	£7,500,000	29 Aug 2003	[23]
6	Tore André Flo	Sunderland	£6,750,000	30 Aug 2002	[24]
7	Trevor Steven	Marseille	£5,585,000	31 Aug 1991
8	Duncan Ferguson	Everton	£4,200,000	11 Dec 1994
9	Claudio Reyna	Sunderland	£4,000,000	07 Dec 2001
10	Gabriel Amato	Grêmio	£3,750,000	13 Jan 2000

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.
• First non-Scottish manager: Dick Advocaat, from 1 June 1998 to 12 December 2001.

Club records

Matches

Firsts

• First match: vs. Callander F.C., Friendly, 0–0, Flesher's Haugh (Glasgow Green), May 1872
• First Scottish Cup match: vs. Oxford, 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. Hearts, won 5–2, Ibrox Park (H), 16 August 1890
• First match at 'first' Ibrox: vs. Preston North End, Friendly, lost 8–1, 20 August 1887
• First match at 'second' Ibrox: vs. Hearts, won 3–1, Inter-City League, 30 December 1899
• First League Cup match: vs. St. Mirren, won 4–0, Ibrox Park (H), 21 September 1946
• First European match: vs. OGC Nice, won 2–1, European Cup, Ibrox Park (H), 24 October 1956

Wins

• Record win: 14–2 (against Blairgowrie, 20 January 1934).
• Record league win: 10–0 (against Hibernian, 24 December 1898).
• Record Scottish Cup win:
  • 13–0 (against Possilpark, 6 October 1877).
  • 13–0 (against Uddingston, 10 November 1877).
  • 13–0 (against Kelvinside, 28 September 1889).
• Record League Cup win: 9–1 (against St. Johnstone, 15 August 1964).
• Record European win: 10–0 (against 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 (against Airdrieonians, Friendly, 6 February 1886).
• Record league defeat: 0–6 (against Dumbarton, 4 May 1892).
• Record Scottish Cup defeat: 0–6 (against Aberdeen, 10 April 1954).
• Record League Cup defeat: 1–7 (against Celtic, 19 October 1957).
• Record European defeat: 0–6 (against Real Madrid, 9 October 1963).
• 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).

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: 41 goals in 18 games (during the season?
• Most league goals conceded in a season:
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season:

• 1,000th league goal: Alec Smith (against Clyde, won 5–1, 8 December 1906).
• 2,000th league goal: Jimmy Gordon (against Kilmarnock, won 7–1, 15 September 1919).
• 3,000th league goal: Bob McGowan (against Cowdenbeath, won 7–0, 20 December 1930).
• 4,000th league goal: Jimmy Duncanson (against Dundee, won 3–1, 25 December 1947).
• 5,000th league goal: Alex Scott, Rangers 7–3 Ayr Utd, 29 April 1961
• 6,000th league goal: Derek Parlane, Hearts 2–4 Rangers, 19 January 1974
• 7,000th league goal: Ally McCoist (against Motherwell, won 3–0, 9 December 1989).
• 8,000th league goal: Shota Arveladze (against Dundee, won 3–0, 10 August 2002).

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).

• Fewest points in a season:

Two points for a win: 20 (during the 1893–94 season).

Three points for a win: 69 (during the 1994–95 season).

Attendances

• Record league attendance: 118,567 (against Celtic, won 2–1, Ibrox Park (H), 2 January 1939).
• Record Scottish Cup attendance: 143,570 (against Hibernian, won 1–0, Hampden Park (N), 27 March 1948).
• Record League Cup attendance: 125,154 (against Hibernian, won 3–1, Hampden Park (N), 22 March 1947).
• Record European attendance: 100,000 (against Dynamo Kiev, lost 1–0, Respublikanskiy Stadium (A), 16 September 1987).

• Record home league attendance: 118,567 (against Celtic, won 2–1, 2 January 1939).
• Record home Scottish Cup attendance:
• Record home League Cup attendance: 105,000 (against Celtic, won 2–1, 16 October 1948).
• Record home European attendance: 85,000 (against Leeds United, draw 0–0, 26 March 1968).

• Lowest home league attendance:
• Lowest home Scottish Cup attendance:
• Lowest home League Cup attendance: 5,000 (against Brechin City, won 1–0, 23 September 1981).
• Lowest home European attendance: 14,268 (against ASK Vorwärts Berlin, won 2–1, 15 November 1961).^[25]

European statistics

References

External links

• Rangers official website – Honours
• Rangers Official website – Records and Honours
• Followfollow.com – Rangers club records

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