2017–18 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

2017–18 season
Chairman	Dave King
Manager	Pedro Caixinha
Ground	Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland (Capacity: 50,817)
Europa League	First qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Dorrans (2) All: Dorrans (2) Morelos (2)
Home colours
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The 2017–18 Rangers F.C. season is the 137th season of competitive football by Rangers. It is their second consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season.^[1] Rangers will also compete in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

Rangers v Coleraine

15 June 2017 Friendly	Rangers	5 − 0	Coleraine	Auchenhowie
15:00	McConaghie  10' (o.g.) Waghorn  35' Hardie  62' Dodoo  65' O'Halloran  80'	Report		Stadium: Murray Park

Rangers v The New Saints

19 June 2017 Friendly	Rangers	1 − 1	The New Saints	Auchenhowie
15:00	Saunders  47' (o.g.)	Report	Darlington  60'	Stadium: Murray Park

Rangers v St Johnstone

18 July 2017 Friendly	Rangers	0 − 1	St Johnstone	Auchenhowie
14:30			Hendry  80'	Stadium: Murray Park

Rangers v Marseille

22 July 2017 Friendly	Rangers	1 − 1	Marseille	Glasgow
15:00	Kranjcar  75'	Report	Germain  63'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 22,107

Watford v Rangers

26 July 2017 Friendly	Watford	1 − 2	Rangers	London Colney
17:00	Okaka  59'	Watford Report Rangers Report	Candeias  42' Waghorn  88'	Stadium: UCL Sports Ground

Sheffield Wednesday v Rangers

30 July 2017 Friendly	Sheffield Wednesday	0 − 2	Rangers	Sheffield
15:00		SWFC Report Rangers Report	Windass  43' Miller  55'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 20,739

Premiership

Motherwell v Rangers

6 August 2017 1	Motherwell	1 – 2	Rangers	Motherwell
13:30	Heneghan  40'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Dorrans  4', 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,974 Referee: Bobby Madden

League Cup

Europa League

Rangers v Progrès Niederkorn

29 June 2017 1QR 1st leg	Rangers	1 − 0	Progrès Niederkorn	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	Miller  37'	BBC Report Rangers Report UEFA Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,681 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Progrès Niederkorn v Rangers

4 July 2017 1QR 2nd leg	Progrès Niederkorn	2 − 0 (2−1 agg.)	Rangers	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
18:45 BST	Françoise  66' S. Thill  75'	BBC Report Rangers Report UEFA report		Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel[note 1] Attendance: 5,534 Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (Iceland)

First team player statistics

Captains

No.	Position	Name	No of games	Notes
5	DF	Lee Wallace	3	Captain

Last updated: 6 August 2017
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad statistics

The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for 2017–18 season. They may not have made an appearance.

Appearances, goals and discipline

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Totals		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europa League		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Wes Foderingham	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2	0||0	0
2	DF		James Tavernier	4	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	2	0||0	0
4	DF		Fábio Cardoso	4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2	0||1	0
5	DF		Lee Wallace	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2	0||0	0
6	DF		Danny Wilson	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0	0||0	0
7	FW		Dálcio	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0||0	0
8	MF		Ryan Jack	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2	0||0	0
9	FW		Kenny Miller	4	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	2	1||0	0
10	MF		Graham Dorrans	2	2	1+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	0	0||1	0
11	MF		Josh Windass	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0||0	0
14	FW		Joe Dodoo	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
15	FW		Eduardo Herrera	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0||0	0
17	DF		Lee Hodson	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0	0||0	0
18	MF		Jordan Rossiter	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0||0	0
19	DF		Niko Kranjčar	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2	0||0	0
20	FW		Alfredo Morelos	4	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	2	1+1	0||0	0
21	MF		Daniel Candeias	4	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	1+1	0||0	0
22	DF		Bruno Alves	2	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	0	0||0	0
23	MF		Jason Holt	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1	0||0	0
24	DF		David Bates	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2	0||0	0
25	GK		Jak Alnwick	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0	0||0	0
26	MF		Harry Forrester	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
27	MF		Carlos Peña	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
29	FW		Michael O'Halloran	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
30	MF		Jordan Thompson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
31	FW		Ryan Hardie	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
34	MF		Aidan Wilson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
35	MF		Jamie Barjonas	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
36	DF		Myles Beerman	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
40	DF		Ross McCrorie	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
42	MF		Liam Burt	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
43	DF		Kyle Bradley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0
45	FW		Serge Atakayi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0||0	0

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.

Club statistics

Competition Overview

As of 9 August 2017

League table

Management statistics

Last updated 5 August 2017

Club

Staff

Transfers

Players in Date Player From Fee 31 May 2017 Bruno Alves Cagliari[9] 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[10] 1 June 2017 Ryan Jack Aberdeen 5000000000000000000♠Free Transfer[11] 7 June 2017 Fábio Cardoso Vitória 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[12] 11 June 2017 Daniel Candeias Benfica 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[13][14] 19 June 2017 Alfredo Morelos HJK Helsinki 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[15] 22 June 2017 Eduardo Herrera UNAM 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[16] 22 June 2017 Carlos Peña C.D. Guadalajara 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[16] 6 July 2017 Graham Dorrans Norwich City 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[17]

Players out Date Player To Fee 1 June 2017 Clint Hill 5000000000000000000♠Free[18] 1 June 2017 Philippe Senderos 5000000000000000000♠Free[18] 16 June 2017 Joe Garner Ipswich Town 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[19] 5 July 2017 Barrie McKay Nottingham Forest 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed 18 July 2017 Matt Crooks Northampton Town 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed 3 August 2017 Rob Kiernan Southend United 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed 7 August 2017 Martyn Waghorn Ipswich Town 5000000000000000000♠Undisclosed[20]

Loans in Start date End date Player From Fee 6 June 2017 1 June 2018 Dálcio S.L. Benfica B 5000000000000000000♠Loan[21] Loans out Start date End date Player To Fee 28 June 2017 1 June 2018 Andy Halliday Gabala FK 5000000000000000000♠Loan[22] 29 July 2017 January 2018 Michael O'Halloran St Johnstone F.C. 5000000000000000000♠Loan[23] As of 9 August 2017 Notes ↑ Progrès Niederkorn played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn. ↑ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places. References ↑ "We look at their journey back to Premiership". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2017.  ↑ "First Team". Rangers FC Official Club Website.  ↑ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.  ↑ "Pedro Caixinha Stats". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 June 2017.  1 2 3 4 "Rangers Staff". rangers.co.uk. Rangers F.C. 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