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Rangers F.C.

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Full name	Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Gers, Teddy Bears, Light Blues.
Founded	1873
Ground	Ibrox Stadium Glasgow Scotland
Capacity	51,082
Chairman	Sir David Murray
Manager	Walter Smith
League	Scottish Premier League
2005-2006	Scottish Premier League, 3rd
Home colours Away colours

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2-1 to hapoel tel aviv

The players are dirty and unsporting they lose their temper when they lose and often attack the oppisition

History

Rangers Football Club has a long and illustrious history. Formed in 1873, Rangers were the first club in the world to win more than 50 league titles. Rangers are the most honoured football club in the world having won 107 trophies in total.

Recent history

For current information on this topic, see Rangers F.C. season 2006-07. (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Under Paul Le Guen (2006-2007)

Paul Le Guen replaced former manager Alex McLeish as manager after season 2005-06. Known for unearthing and nurturing young talent, Le Guen immediately made a number of signings for the club, as well as releasing and transfer-listing various players.

The season started poorly for Rangers, with a number of losses and draws against teams lower in the league, as well as being knocked out of the League Cup by Division One side St. Johnstone. Rivals Celtic built a lead at the top of the table, as Rangers fought for second place alongside Hearts and Aberdeen. Despite poor form against sides in the bottom half of the SPL, a number of more promising results were achieved, including wins over Hearts, Aberdeen and Hibernian. The first Old Firm match of the season resulted in a 2-0 defeat, the second - at Ibrox - was a 1-1 draw, after which Le Guen said Rangers deserved at least the point.

Throughout the disappointing first six months of the league campaign Rangers' results in the UEFA Cup were more respectable. Qualification for the group stage was achieved with a 2-0 aggregate win over Molde F.K., and Rangers proceeded to become the first Scottish side to qualify for the last 32 of the competition with wins over Livorno, Maccabi Haifa and Partizan Belgrade and a draw away to AJ Auxerre.

There had been rumours during the season of disharmony at Rangers, between Scottish and foreign players, with players including captain Barry Ferguson disapproving of Le Guen's strict disciplinarian stance. The imbalance came to a head on the day of the second Old Firm game of the season, with stories appearing in the Scottish media that Ferguson was angry with comments made by his manager regarding the captaincy of the club, and how Le Guen perceived it to be seen as more of an important role in Scotland than it is in France. on January 1 2007, Le Guen stripped Ferguson of the captaincy, and after protests from a section of the fans at the away match at Motherwell the following day, it was announced on January 4 that Le Guen had left Rangers by mutual consent.

Walter Smith's return (2007-present)

Following the departure of Paul Le Guen, a number of media sources report an "understanding" that the new management structure would consist of former Rangers manager Walter Smith and former player Ally McCoist, and the SFA confirmed that Rangers enquired about the availability of the pair. However, on January 8, the SFA rebuffed Rangers' approach for Smith.

On 10 January 2007, it was announced that Smith was the new manager of Rangers, with McCoist confirmed as assistant manager and Kenny McDowall as first-team coach.

The Old Firm and Sectarianism

Rangers' most distinct rivalry is with Celtic F.C., the other major football club based in Glasgow; the two clubs are collectively known as the Old Firm. Rangers' traditional support has largely come from the Protestant community, while Celtic's has come from the Roman Catholic community. Consequently, the rivalry between the two clubs has often been characterised along sectarian lines. Both Rangers and Celtic now accept that they have a problem with sectarianism, and both admit that a proportion of their supporters have been, and continue to be, guilty of perpetuating partisan, sectarian beliefs as well as cultural intolerance.

During the late 19th century, many immigrants came to Glasgow from Ireland. This was around the same time that both Old Firm clubs were founded, Rangers in 1873 and Celtic in 1888. Celtic grew out of the Irish Catholic community and Rangers came to be identified with the Protestant community.

In recent times, both Rangers and Celtic have taken measures to combat sectarianism. Working alongside the Scottish Parliament, church groups, schools and community organisations, the Old Firm has made efforts to clamp down on sectarian songs, inflammatory flag-waving, and troublesome supporters, using increased levels of policing and surveillance.

On 12 April 2006, following an investigation into the conduct of Rangers supporters at both legs of their UEFA Champions League tie against Villarreal CF, the Control and Disciplinary Body of UEFA declared the Rangers fans not guilty of alleged discriminatory chants. UEFA challenged the ruling, and their Appeals Body partially upheld the appeal, fining the Ibrox club £13,500, and warning the club as to their responsibility for any future misconduct.

On 9 June 2006, Rangers, in conjunction with representatives from several supporters clubs, announced that they would comply with three UEFA directives:

• The club is "ordered to announce measurable targets in order to reduce sectarian behaviour amongst its supporters".
• The club is "to control their anti-sectarian activities by producing comprehensive statistics that are communicated to the public".
• The club is "to make a public address announcement at every official fixture, be it international or domestic, stating that any sectarian chanting and any form of the song Billy Boys is strictly prohibited".

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Notable players

Notable past and present players at Ibrox include:

¹ - Player is included in the Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame.

² - Player is currently playing for the club.

Team managers

Name	Nationality	Period	Record
			P	W	L	D	Win %
William Wilton		1899–1920
Bill Struth		1920–1954
Scott Symon		1954–1967
David White		1967–1969
William Waddell		1969–1972
Jock Wallace		1972–1978
John Greig		1978–1983
Jock Wallace		1983–1986
Graeme Souness		1986–1991
Walter Smith		1991–1998	266	169	48	49	63.53
Dick Advocaat		1998–2001	194	131	30	33	67.53
Alex McLeish		2001–2006	235	155	36	44	65.96
Paul Le Guen		2006–2007	31	16	7	8	51.61
Walter Smith		2007–Present	4	3	0	1	75.00

Current squad

2006-07 Transfers

For a list of Rangers' 2006-07 transfers, see here.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Stefan Klos 2 DF  SCO Andy Webster (on loan from Wigan Athletic) 3 DF  SCO David Weir 4 FW  BEL Thomas Buffel 5 DF  BIH Saša Papac 6 MF  SCO Barry Ferguson (captain) 7 DF  FRA Brahim Hemdani 8 MF  SCO Kevin Thomson 9 FW  CRO Dado Pršo 10 FW  ESP Nacho Novo 11 MF  SCO Gavin Rae 12 DF  ENG Ugo Ehiogu

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  CZE Libor Sionko 15 FW  SCO Kris Boyd 17 MF  SCO Chris Burke 18 DF  SCO Ian Murray 19 DF  SWE Karl Svensson 20 DF  SCO Alan Hutton 22 GK  SCO Allan McGregor 23 FW  SVK Filip Šebo 25 MF  SCO Charlie Adam 26 DF  SCO Steven Smith 28 DF  FRA Antoine Ponroy 30 MF  SEN Makhtar N'Diaye

Reserve and Youth Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 GK  ENG Lee Robinson 36 DF  SCO Steven Campbell 41 DF  SCO Alan Lowing 42 MF  SCO Steven Lennon 43 MF  SCO Sam Woods 44 MF  SCO Paul Emslie 45 FW  SCO Rory Loy 47 MF  RSA Dean Furman 48 DF  SCO Chris Smith 49 DF  SCO Jordan McMillan 50 DF  ENG Michael Donald 51 GK  SCO Joe Sagar 52 MF  BEL Jeroen van den Broeck 53 MF  SCO William McLachlan

No. Pos. Nation Player 54 DF  SCO Scott Hadden 55 DF  SCO Ross Harvey 56 FW  SCO Chris Craig 57 MF  SCO Steven Kinniburgh 58 GK  SCO Scott Gallacher 59 DF  SCO Andrew Shinnie 60 MF  SCO Stephen Stirling 61 MF  SCO Alistair Park 62 DF  SCO Nicholas Gallagher 63 DF  SCO Ross Perry 66 FW  CIV Lacine Cheriff 70 FW  SCO John Fleck -- FW  NIR Andrew Little –– FW  DEN Adda Djeziri (on loan from BK Frem)

Players out on loan:

• Calum Reidford - to Dundee
• Martin Ure - to Cumnock

Non-playing staff

Boardroom

Management

Club records

Record home attendance: 118,567 .v. Celtic, January 1939

Record victory: 13-0 .v. Possilpark, Scottish Cup, October 1877

Record league victory: 10-0 .v. Hibernian, December 1898

Record defeat: 2-10 .v. Airdrieonians, 1886

Record league defeat: 0-6 Dumbarton, May 1892

Record appearances: John Greig, 755, 1960-1978

Record league appearances: Sandy Archibald, 513, 1917-1934

Record Scottish Cup appearances: Alec Smith, 74

Record league cup appearances: John Greig, 121

Record European appearances: John Greig, 64

Record goalscorer: Ally McCoist, 355 goals, 1983-1998

Most goals in one season: Sam English, 44 goals, 1931/1932

Most league goals: Ally McCoist, 251 goals

Most Scottish Cup goals: Jimmy Fleming, 44 goals

Most League Cup goals: Ally McCoist, 54 goals

Most European goals: Ally McCoist, 21 goals

Shutout record: Chris Woods, 1196 minutes, 1986/87 (British record)

Most capped player: Frank de Boer, 112 caps for The Netherlands

Highest transfer fee received: Giovanni van Bronckhorst, £8.5m, Arsenal, 2001

Highest transfer fee paid: Tore André Flo, £12.5m, Chelsea, 2000

Greatest team

The following team was voted as the greatest-ever Rangers team at an awards ceremony in 1999. Thousands of Rangers fans voted:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SCO Andy Goram 2 DF  SCO Sandy Jardine 3 DF  SCO John Greig 4 DF  SCO Richard Gough 5 DF  ENG Terry Butcher 6 MF  SCO Jim Baxter 7 MF  SCO Davie Cooper 8 MF  ENG Paul Gascoigne 9 FW  SCO Ally McCoist 10 FW  ENG Mark Hateley 11 MF  DEN Brian Laudrup

Honours

• Rangers hold the world record for number of domestic league championships won, racking up 51 titles.
• They hold the record for domestic trebles, with seven so far.
• Rangers won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone.
• Have competed in European competitions in more seasons than any other British club, 46 times as of and including 2006-07.
• First Scottish club to qualify from both the Champions League group stage (2005-06) and the UEFA Cup group stage (2006-07).

Major honours

League

• Scottish League championships (51):

Cups

• European Cup Winners’ Cup winners: 1972
• Scottish Cup winners (31):

• League Cup winners (24):

Other honours

League

• Emergency War League (1): 1940
• Southern League (6): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
• Glasgow League (2): 1895/96, 1897/98

Cups

• Milk Cup (3): (Premier) 1984, 1992; (Junior) 1985
• Drybrough Cup (1): 1979
• Tennents' Sixes (2): 1984, 1989
• Glasgow Cup (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
  *1975 trophy shared with Celtic after 2-2 draw
• Glasgow Merchants and Charity Cup (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

References

1. "A Look at Ibrox's Rich History". Rangers Official Website.
2. "Le Guen says team are improving". BBC Sport website. 17 December 2006.
3. ^ "Auxerre 2-2 Rangers". BBC Sport website. 23 November 2006.
4. "Clash of cultures". BBC Sport website. 5 January 2007.
5. "Ferguson anger at Le Guen comment". BBC Sport website. 17 December 2006.
6. "Le Guen and Rangers part company". BBC Sport website. 4 January 2007.
7. "Rangers' Smith approach revealed". BBC Sport website. 7 January 2007.
8. "SFA reject Rangers' Smith move". BBC Sport website. 8 January 2007.
9. "Smith installed as Rangers boss". BBC Sport website. 10 January 2007.
10. "Who's getting cuffed today?". Sunday Herald. 24 April 2005.
11. "Rangers handed fine". UEFA Website. 12 April 2006.
12. "Rangers appeal upheld". UEFA Website. 24 May 2006.
13. "Joint Supporter/Club Statement". Rangers FC Website.
14. "Total Number of Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 23 November 2006.
15. "Domestic Trebles". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 23 November 2006.
16. "Glasgow Rangers - 100 Trophies". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 October 2001.
17. "Rangers 1-1 Inter Milan". BBC Sport website. 6 December 2005.

External links

• Official website
• Rangers F.C. on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results and fixtures

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