1992–93 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1992–93 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier Division 1st
P44 W33 D7 L4 F97 A35
Scottish Cup Winners
League Cup Winners
Champions League Group Stage
Top goalscorer League:
Ally McCoist (34)
All:
Ally McCoist (49)

The 1992–93 season is the 96th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 64 competitive matches during the 1992–93 season. They completed the club's fifth domestic treble. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the fifth of their nine league titles in a row, after winning 33 of their 44 league games.

In the cup competitions, they defeated Aberdeen 2–1 in the Scottish Cup final, with goals from Neil Murray and Mark Hateley. The League Cup was also won after extra time, with a 2–1 win over the Dons.

Rangers became the first British club to the club appear in the UEFA Champions League after defeating Danish side Lyngby BK and Leeds United in a match dubbed the Battle of Britain. Although unbeaten the club finished second in Group A one point behind French champions Marseille, who defeated A.C. Milan in the final.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
4 June 1992 Scotland Dave McPherson Scotland Heart of Midlothian £1.3m
28 July 1992 England Trevor Steven France Marseille £2.4m[1]

Out

Date Player To Fee
31 May 1992 Scotland David McKellar Retired
1 August 1992 Scotland John Spencer England Chelsea £0.45m
14 August 1992 England Paul Rideout England Everton £0.5m[2]
8 September 1992 England Nigel Spackman England Chelsea £0.485m[3]

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
1 August 1992St. JohnstoneH1–038,036McCoist
4 August 1992AirdrieoniansH2–034,613Gordon, Hateley
8 August 1992HibernianA0–017,044
15 August 1992DundeeA3–412,807McCoist (2), Ferguson
22 August 1992CelticH1–143,239Durrant
29 August 1992AberdeenH3–141,636Durrant, McCoist, Mikhailichenko
2 September 1992MotherwellA4–110,074McCoist (3), Brown
12 September 1992Partick ThistleA4–118,460McPherson, McCall, Gough, Hateley
19 September 1992Heart of MidlothianH2–041,888McCall, McCoist
26 September 1992Dundee UnitedA4–013,515Huistra (2), Steven, McCoist
3 October 1992FalkirkH4–040,691McCoist (4)
7 October 1992St. JohnstoneA5–19,532McCoist (2), Hateley (2), Ferguson
17 October 1992HibernianH1–040,978McCoist
31 October 1992MotherwellH4–238,719McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), Brown
7 November 1992CelticA1–051,958Durrant
11 November 1992DundeeH3–133,497McCoist (2), Hateley
21 November 1992Heart of MidlothianA1–120,831McCoist
28 November 1992Partick ThistleH3–040,939Steven, McSwegan, McPherson
1 December 1992AirdrieoniansA1–19,251Brown
12 December 1992FalkirkA2–111,585Hateley, McCoist
19 December 1992St. JohnstoneH2–035,369Gough, Robertson
26 December 1992DundeeA3–113,983Hateley (2), McCoist
2 January 1993CelticH1–046,039Steven
5 January 1993Dundee UnitedH3–240,239Hateley, McCall, McCoist
30 January 1993HibernianA4–317,444Hateley (2), Steven, McCoist
2 February 1993AberdeenA1–015,055Hateley
9 February 1993 FalkirkH5–034,780Hateley (2), Robertson, Steven, Huistra
13 February 1993 AirdrieoniansH2–239,816McCoist (2)
20 February 1993 Dundee UnitedA0–013,234
23 February 1993 MotherwellA4–014,006Hateley (2), McCall, Mikhailichenko
27 February 1993 Heart of MidlothianH2–142,128McCoist, Robertson
10 March 1993 St. JohnstoneA1–19,210McCoist
13 March 1993 HibernianH3–041,076Hagen, Hateley, McCoist
20 March 1993CelticA1–253,241Hateley
27 March 1993DundeeH3–040,294McCall, McCoist, Ferguson
30 March 1993AberdeenH2–044,570I.Ferguson, McCoist
10 April 1993MotherwellH1–041,353Brown
14 April 1993Heart of MidlothianA3–214,622Hateley (2), McCall
17 April 1993Partick ThistleH3–142,636McSwegan (2), Hagen
1 May 1993 AirdrieoniansA1–011,830McSwegan
4 May 1993 Partick ThistleA0–39,834
8 May 1993 Dundee UnitedH1–042,917Huistra
12 May 1993 AberdeenA0–113,079
15 May 1993 FalkirkA2–18,517Mikhailichenko, Hateley

UEFA Champions League

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
16 September 1992R1LyngbyH2–040,036Hateley, Huistra
30 September 1992R1LyngbyA1–04,273Durrant
21 October 1992R2Leeds UnitedH2–143,251McCoist, Lukic (o.g.)
4 November 1992R2Leeds UnitedA2–125,118Hateley, McCoist
25 November 1992GSMarseilleH2–241,624McSwegan, Hateley
9 December 1992GSCSKA MoscowA1–09,000Ferguson
3 March 1993GSClub BruggeA1–119,000Huistra
17 March 1993GSClub BruggeH2–142,731Durrant, Nisbet
7 April 1993GSMarseilleA1–146,000Durrant
21 April 1993GSCSKA MoscowH0–043,142

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 January 1993R3MotherwellA2–014,314McCoist (2)
6 February 1993R4Ayr UnitedA2–013,176McCoist, Gordon
6 March 1993QFArbroathA3–06,488Hateley, Murray, McCoist (pen.)
3 April 1993SFHeart of MidlothianN2–141,738McPherson, McCoist
29 May 1993FAberdeenN2–150,715Murray, Hateley

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 1992R2 DumbartonA5–011,091Durrant, Gordon, Hateley, McCoist, Mikhailichenko
19 August 1992R3StranraerA5–04,430 McCoist (3), Hateley (2)
26 August 1992QFDundee UnitedA3–215,716McCoist, Gough, Huistra
22 September 1992SFSt. JohnstoneN3–130,062 McCoist (3)
25 October 1992 FAberdeenN2–145,298 McCall, Smith (o.g.)

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Goram, AndyAndy Goram GK 52 0
Scotland Nisbet, ScottScott Nisbet DF 17 1
Scotland Robertson, DavidDavid Robertson DF 58 3
Scotland Gough, RichardRichard Gough DF 39 3
Scotland McPherson, DaveDave McPherson DF 53 3
Scotland Brown, JohnJohn Brown DF 59 4
Scotland Durrant, IanIan Durrant MF 47 7
Scotland McCall, StuartStuart McCall MF 54 6
Scotland McCoist, AllyAlly McCoist FW 52 49
England Hateley, MarkMark Hateley FW 54 29
Netherlands Huistra, PieterPieter Huistra MF 42 7
England Rideout, PaulPaul Rideout FW 2 0
Ukraine Kuznetsov, OlegOleg Kuznetsov DF 9 0
England Gordon, DaleDale Gordon MF 27 3
Ukraine Mikhailichenko, AlexeiAlexei Mikhailichenko FW 39 4
England Steven, TrevorTrevor Steven MF 36 5
Scotland Maxwell, AllyAlly Maxwell GK 12 0
Scotland Ferguson, IanIan Ferguson MF 43 5
England Spackman, NigelNigel Spackman MF 3 0
Scotland Hagen, DavidDavid Hagen MF 10 2
Scotland Robertson, SandySandy Robertson MF 2 0
England Stevens, GaryGary Stevens DF 10 0
Scotland McSwegan, GaryGary McSwegan FW 14 5
Scotland Pressley, StevenSteven Pressley DF 11 0
Scotland Murray, NeilNeil Murray MF 23 2
England Watson, StephenStephen Watson MF 3 0
Scotland Reid, BrianBrian Reid DF 2 0
Scotland Robertson, LeeLee Robertson MF 1 0

References

  1. ↑ "Steven will provide the missing midfield link". The Herald. 27 July 1992.
  2. ↑ "Brady is ready to land Slater after day of bargaining". The Herald. 14 August 1992.
  3. ↑ "Spackman may be ready to answer call from Chelsea". The Herald. 8 September 1992.

See also

{{1992–93 in Scottish football}}