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'''Rangers Football Club''' are a ] club from ], ] who currently play in the ]. Rangers have won 51 league titles,<ref name="Number of league wins">{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kamprec.html#tnc|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|title=Total Number of Championships|date=23 November 2006}}</ref> a world record, and have won more major trophies than any football club in the world.<ref name="100 trophies">{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rangers-100trophies.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|title=Glasgow Rangers - 100 Trophies|date=21 October 2001}}</ref>

The club's home, the all-seated 51,082-capacity ] in south-west Glasgow, has been accredited as one of ]'s ]. The stadium was the first one in Scotland to be granted this accolade, although it now shares the rating with ], Scotland's national stadium.

Rangers' players and fans today are multi-national and of various religions, although the club have traditionally been identified with and favoured the ] ] community of Scotland. For most of their history, Rangers have enjoyed a fierce rivalry with their cross-city opponents ].<ref name="Unionist">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/5289202.stm|publisher=BBC Website|title=A rivalry tied up in religion|date=26 August 2006}}</ref>

The club are nicknamed ''The Teddy Bears'', from the ] for ''Gers'', which in turn is short for ''Rangers'', and the fans are known to each other as "Bluenoses". The club's correct name is simply ''Rangers F.C.'', although they are sometimes referred to as ''Glasgow Rangers''.<ref name="Glasgow Rangers">{{cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/glasgow-rangers/index.html|title=Glasgow Rangers|publisher=] sport}}</ref>

==History==
{{main|History of Rangers F.C.}}
===Formation and early years===
The four founders of Rangers - brothers ] and Peter McNeill, ] and William McBeath - met in ] and named their team after an English rugby club upon seeing the name in a book.<ref name="Founding">{{cite news|url=http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HallOfFame/0,,5~529960,00.html|title=Hall of Fame - Moses McNeil|publisher=Rangers official website}}</ref> In May of that year the first match was played, a 0-0 draw in a friendly against Callander F.C. on the public pitches of ]. The only other match played that year was another friendly against Clyde resulting in an 11-0 victory and featuring the debut of the club's blue strip.<ref name="Early years">{{cite news|url=http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,5~390080,00.html|title=1872-1898 - The Birth Of The Blues|publisher=Rangers official website}}</ref> The official founding of Rangers is recognised as taking place in 1873, when the club held its first annual meeting and staff were elected. The first season's fixtures were all friendlies, as the deadline for joining the ] had been missed, meaning the team did not take part in the inaugural ].<ref name="Early years"/> By ] Rangers had their first ], with Moses McNeil representing Scotland in a match against ], and by ] Rangers had reached a Scottish Cup final. The first ever ] match took place in ], the year of Celtic's establishment. Rangers lost 5-2 in a friendly to a team largely comprised of "guest players" from ].

The ] saw the inception of the ], and Rangers were one of ten original members. By this time Rangers were playing at the first ]. Rangers' first ever league match took place on ], ] and resulted in a 5-2 victory over ]. After finishing equal-top with ] a play-off was held at ] to decide the who would be champions. The match finished 2-2 and the title was shared for the only time in its history, the first of Rangers' world record 51 championships.<ref name="Early years"/> Rangers' first ever Scottish Cup win came in 1894 after a 3-1 victory over rivals Celtic in the final. By the turn of the century Rangers had won two league titles and three Scottish Cups.

===Under Paul Le Guen (2006-2007)===
] at Ibrox to welcome Paul Le Guen.]]
] replaced former manager ] as manager after ]. 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 their being knocked out of the ] by ] side ]. Rivals Celtic built a lead at the top of the table, while Rangers fought for second place alongside ] and ]. As the season progressed, a number of more promising results were achieved, including wins over Hearts, Aberdeen and ]. The first ] match of the season resulted in a 2-0 defeat; the second - at Ibrox - was a 1-1 draw, after which Le Guen claimed Rangers deserved at least the point.<ref name="Le Guen post-Old Firm match">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6187727.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Le Guen says team are improving|date=17 December 2006}}</ref>

Throughout the first six months of the league campaign, Rangers' results in the ] were more respectable. Qualification for the group stage was achieved with a 2-0 aggregate win over ], and Rangers proceeded to become the first Scottish side to qualify for the last 32 of the competition in its current format, with wins over ], ] and ] and a draw away to ].<ref name="Auxerre 2-2 Rangers">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6161154.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Auxerre 2-2 Rangers|date=23 November 2006}}</ref>

There had been rumours during the season of disharmony at Rangers, between Scottish and foreign units, with players including captain ] disapproving of Le Guen's strict disciplinarian stance.<ref name="Disharmony">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6233959.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Clash of cultures|date=5 January 2007}}</ref> 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 as more of an important role in Scotland than it is in France.<ref name="Captaincy comments">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6187525.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Ferguson anger at Le Guen comment|date=17 December 2006}}</ref> On ] ], Le Guen stripped Ferguson of the captaincy, and after protests from a section of the fans at the away match at ] the following day, it was announced on ] that Le Guen had left Rangers by mutual consent.<ref name="Le Guen departure">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6231489.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Le Guen and Rangers part company|date=4 January 2007}}</ref>

===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 ] and former player ], and the ] confirmed that Rangers enquired about the availability of the pair.<ref name="Walter Smith approach">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6233237.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Rangers' Smith approach revealed|date=7 January 2007}}</ref> However, on ], the SFA rebuffed Rangers' approach for Smith.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6233237.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=SFA reject Rangers' Smith move |date=8 January 2007}}</ref>

On ] ], it was announced that Smith was the new manager of Rangers, with McCoist confirmed as assistant manager and Kenny McDowall as first-team coach.<ref name="Smith return">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6233237.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Smith installed as Rangers boss|date=10 January 2007}}</ref>

Rangers ended the season with no trophies for the second consecutive year, but Smith proved a steadying influence on the team, losing just twice in the league until the end of the season. He made ten signings and qualification for the ] was secured after aggregate victories over the champions of the Montenegrin and Serbian leagues, ] and ] respectively. Rangers were drawn in Group E, to play ], French champions ] and German champions ]. The campaign started well for Rangers with two victories, 2-1 at home to Stuttgart and 3-0 against Lyon at the ].

==Club colours and crest==
===Shirt sponsors and manufacturers===
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| 1990-1992 || ]
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| 1992-1997 || ]
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|-
| 2005-Present || Umbro
|}

==The Old Firm and sectarianism==
The club's most distinct rivalry is with Celtic, the other major football club based in Glasgow; the two clubs are collectively known as the ]. Rangers' traditional support has largely come from the Protestant community, while Celtic's has often come from those of ] extraction. 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 ], 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 {{Fact|date=October 2007}}.

During the late 19th century, many ] came to Glasgow from ]. 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 immigrant Irish Catholic community and Rangers came to be identified with the Scottish Protestant community. Until ] signed former Celtic player ], in 1989, Rangers were said by him to have had an "unwritten policy"<ref>"For years Rangers have been pilloried for what the majority of people saw as discrimination against one section of the population. Now we have shown that this unwritten policy at Ibrox is over. It's finished. Done with." (Graeme Souness: ''A Manager's Diary'' (Mainstream, 1989); p17</ref> of not signing any player who was Catholic;<ref></ref><ref>Darryl Broadfoot, , ''The Herald'', ], ].</ref> although Johnston was by no means the first Catholic to sign for the club,<ref>Catholics who signed for Rangers before Johnston include, before the end of World War I: Pat Lafferty (1886), Tom Dunbar (1891-1892), J Tutty (1899-1900), Archie Kyle (1904-1908), Willie Kivlichan (1906-1907), Colin Mainds (1906-1907), Tom Murray (1907-1908), William Brown (1912), Joe Donnachie (circa.1914-1918) and John Jackson (1917). Thereafter, Catholic players prior to Mo Johnston's signing include: Laurie Blyth (1951-1952), Don Kitchenbrand (1955-1956), Hugh O'Neill (1976), ] (1985-1992). (Bill Murray, ''The Old Firm - Sectarianism, Sport and Society in Scotland'' (John Donald Publishers, 1984) pp 64-5</ref> he was the first openly Catholic, high-profile player to sign for them since ].<ref>Kuper, Simon (1996). ''Football Against the Enemy'' Orion, 2006. ISBN 0-7528-4877-1</ref>

Increasingly in recent years, both clubs have participated in initiatives and campaigns along with religious organisations and the ] directed at removing the sectarian undercurrent, including supporting pressure group ]. However, disagreements about what constitutes sectarian behaviour have undermined progress in these matters, and consensus over what types of songs and flags are acceptable remains difficult to achieve.

In recent times, both Rangers and Celtic have taken measures to combat sectarianism. Working alongside the ], ] groups, schools and community organisations, the Old Firm have made efforts to clamp down on sectarian songs, inflammatory flag-waving, and troublesome supporters, using increased levels of policing and surveillance.<ref name="Who's getting cuffed today?">{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayherald.com/49302|publisher=Sunday Herald|title=Who's getting cuffed today?|date=24 April 2005}}</ref>

On ] ], following an investigation into the conduct of Rangers supporters at both legs of their ] tie against ], the Control and Disciplinary Body of UEFA imposed a fine of £8,800 on Rangers following the improper conduct of some of their supporters, notably the smashing of a window of the Villarreal CF team bus at the second-leg match in Spain on ].<ref name="fine">{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/Keytopics/kind=512/newsId=413276.html|publisher=UEFA Website|title=Rangers handed fine|date=12 April 2006}}</ref> However, UEFA declared the Rangers fans not guilty of alleged discriminatory chants.<ref name="fine">{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/Keytopics/kind=512/newsId=413276.html|publisher=UEFA Website|title=Rangers handed fine|date=12 April 2006}}</ref> UEFA challenged the ruling, and their Appeals Body partially upheld it,<ref name="appeal">{{cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/Keytopics/kind=512/newsId=424237.html|publisher=UEFA Website|title=Rangers appeal upheld|date=24 May 2006}}</ref> fining the Ibrox club £13,500 and warning them as to their responsibility for any future misconduct.

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

*The club were "ordered to announce measurable targets in order to reduce sectarian behaviour amongst its supporters".
*The club were "to control their anti-sectarian activities by producing comprehensive statistics that are communicated to the public".
*The club were "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 ']' is strictly prohibited".<ref name="club statement">{{cite news|url=http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,5~838110,00.html|publisher=Rangers official website|title=Joint Supporter/Club Statement|date=}}</ref>

Despite these measures, UEFA indicated that they will launch another investigation after Rangers fans clashed with riot police and were filmed making sectarian chants during the defeat by Osasuna in their UEFA Cup match in 2007. The Rangers Supporters Association secretary indicated his belief that a small minority of fans are to blame, suggesting "it doesn't matter how often they are told , some people will just not listen."<ref name="Uefa inquiry over fan chants">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/6458473.stm|title=Uefa set to probe Gers Euro tie|publisher=BBC Sport website|date=20 March 2007}}</ref> In September 2007, UEFA praised Rangers for the measures the club has taken against sectarianism.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/scotland/article2501036.ece</ref>

==Stadium and training facility==
{{main|Ibrox Stadium|Murray Park}}
]
The club used a variety of grounds in Glasgow as a venue for home matches in the years between 1872 and 1899. The first was Flesher's Haugh, situated on ], followed by Burnbank in the ] area of the city, and then ] for ten years from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s. From February of the 1886-87 season, ] was used until the first Ibrox Park, in the ] area of south-west Glasgow, was inaugurated for the following season. Ibrox Stadium in its current incarnation was originally designed by the architect ], a Rangers fan<ref name="Archibald Leitch">{{cite news|url=http://www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk/culture/football.html|title=Scottish football|date=June 2006}}</ref> who also played a part in the design of, among others, ] in ] and ] in ]. The stadium was inaugurated on ], ], and Rangers defeated ] 3-1 in the first match held there.

Since 1899, ] have taken place at the stadium. The first occurred in 1902 during a ] vs ] international match, when a section of terracing collapsed, leading to the deaths of 26 people and over 500 injuries. The second disaster took place in 1971, during the traditional New Year's Day Old Firm match-up. As the crowd were leaving the match, barriers on the stairway to the rear of passageway 13 at the Copland End collapsed, causing a crush and resulting in the deaths of 66 people, with over 200 injuries. This led to a major redevelopment of Ibrox, overseen by the general manager ]. After its conversion to an all-seater stadium, Ibrox was awarded UEFA five-star status.

] before a game]]

The stands in Ibrox are: The ] Main Stand (south; three tiers; the top one known as the Club Deck), Govan Stand (north; two tiers), and the Copland (east) and Broomloan (west) Stands (both two tiers), which are behind the goals. In addition to these, there are also the East and West Enclosures (in the lower tier of the Main Stand), and the two corners adjacent to the Govan Stand are filled in. As a result of work completed in the summer of 2006 to make the Bar 72 area situated in the Govan Stand, the total capacity of Ibrox is 51,082.<ref name="Ibrox capacity">{{cite news|url=http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Stadium/0,,5,00.html|publisher=Rangers Official Website|title=A Look at Ibrox's Rich History}}</ref> On ] ], Rangers announced that the Main Stand would be renamed ''The Bill Struth Main Stand'' in September 2006 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of their former manager, who served Rangers for 34 years.<ref name="Bill Struth Stand">{{cite news|url=http://www.followfollow.com/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=294114|publisher=Follow Follow fansite|title=Gers to unveil The Bill Struth Stand on September 9|date=22 August 2006}}</ref>

Rangers training facility is located in ], near ] in Glasgow. The facility is known as ] after chairman ]. It was proposed by then-manager ] upon his arrival at the club in 1998. It was completed in 2001 at a cost of £14-million. Murray Park is the first purpose-built facility of its kind in Scotland, and incorporates features including nine football pitches, a state of the art gym, a ] pool, and a video-editing suite. Rangers' youth teams are also accommodated at Murray Park, with around 140 players between under-10 and under-19 age groups using the training centre.<ref name="Murray Park">{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/features/display.var.1155946.0.new_kids_on_the_ball.php|publisher=Evening Times|title=New kids on the ball|date=30 January 2007}}</ref> Various first-team players have come through the ranks at Murray Park, including ], ] and ]. International club teams playing in Scotland, as well as national sides, have previously used Murray Park for training, and Advocaat's ] used it for training prior to the ].

==Players==
===Current squads===
:''As of ] ].''<ref name="PLAYER PROFILES">{{cite web
| title = PLAYER PROFILES
| url = http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/Profiles/0,,5~5643,00.html
| publisher = Rangers FC
| accessdate = 2007-08-31}}</ref>
====First-team squad====
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{{Fs player|no=20|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=]}}
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{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Scotland|name=]|pos=DF|other=on loan from ]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Spain|name=]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Northern Ireland|name=]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Scotland|name=]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Scotland|name=]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=Scotland|name=]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Gabon|name=]|pos=FW}}

{{Fs end}}

=====Out on loan=====
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{{Fs player|no=30|nat=England|name=]|pos=GK|other=on loan to ]}}
{{Fs end}}

====Reserve and Youth squad====
:''For Rangers' reserve and youth squads, see ].''

====2007-08 transfers====
:''For a list of Rangers' 2007-08 transfers, see ].''

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===Notable players===
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;{{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland
* ]<ref name="halloffame">Player is included in the ]</ref> <small>(1960-1965)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1954-1965)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1953-1966)</small>
* ] <small>(1995-1998)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1977-1989)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1946-1955)</small>
* ] <small>(1975-1987)</small>
* ] <small>(1993-2000)</small>
* ] <small>(1984-1998)</small>
* ] <small>(1967-1969)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1994-2003 & 2005-present)</small>
* ] <small>(1992-1994)</small>
* ] <small>(1983-1987)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1933-1935 & 1945-50)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1991-1998)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1987-1997 & 1997-1998)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1961-1978)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1960-1972)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1965-1982)</small>
* ] <small>(1989-1991)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1970-1982 & 1985-1986)</small>
* ] <small>(1991-1998)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1983-1998)</small>
* ] <small>(1905-1907)</small>
* ] <small>(1962-1967)</small>
* ] <small>(1969-1986)</small>
* ] <small>(1984-1987)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1872-1882)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1927-1939)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1919-1936)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1920-1933)</small>
* ] <small>(1982-1985)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1946-1953)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1966-1976)</small>
* ] <small>(1977-1980)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1986-1991)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1968-1973 & 1974-1977)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1938-1956)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1937-1957)</small>

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;{{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina
* ] <small>(1998-1999)</small>
* ] <small>(2001-2003)</small>

;{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia
* ] <small>(1993-1998 & 1999-2005)</small>
* ] <small>(1997-2002)</small>

;{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Bosnia and Herzegovina
* ] <small>(2006-present)</small>

;{{flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil
* ] <small>(2003-2004)</small> <!--Notable for how poor a signing he was-->

;{{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium
* ] <small>(2005-present)</small>

;{{flagicon|Chile}} Chile
* ] <small>(1999-2001)</small>

;{{flagicon|Croatia}} Croatia
* ] <small>(2004-2007)</small>

;{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark
* ] <small>(1996-1997)</small>
* ] <small>(1965-1970)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1994-1998)</small>
* ] <small>(2000-2006)</small>

;{{flagicon|England}} England
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1986-1990)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1995-1998)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1990-1995 & 1997)</small>
* ] <small>(1986-1988)</small>
* ] <small>(1989-1992)</small>
* ] <small>(1989-1991 & 1992-1997)</small>
* ] <small>(1988-1994)</small>
* ] <small>(1998-2001)</small>
* ] <small>(1987-1991)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1987-1989)</small>
* ] <small>(1986-1991)</small>

;{{flagicon|Finland}} Finland
* ] <small>(1997-2000)</small>
* ] <small>(1997-2000)</small>

;{{flagicon|France}} France
* ] <small>(1994-1995)</small>
* ] <small>(1998-2000)</small>
* ] <small>(2005-present)</small>

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;{{flagicon|Georgia}} Georgia
* ] <small>(2001-2005)</small>
* ] <small>(2003-2006)</small>

;{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1996-2001)</small>
* ] <small>(1998-2007)</small>

;{{flagicon|Greece}} Greece
* ] <small>(2005-2006)</small>

;{{flagicon|Iceland}} Iceland
* ] <small>(1944-1945)</small>

;{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy
* ] <small>(1997-2003)</small>
* ] <small>(1997-1998)</small>
* ] <small>(1998-1999 & 2000-2001)</small>
* ] <small>(1997-2001)</small>

;{{flagicon|Israel}} Israel
* ] <small>(1987)</small>
* ] <small>(1990)</small>

;{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands
* ] <small>(2004)</small>
* ] <small>(2000-2004)</small>
* ] <small>(1990-1994)</small>
* ] <small>(1999-2003)</small>
* ] <small>(1998-2003)</small>
* ] <small>(2000-2006)</small>
* ] <small>(1998-2001)</small>
* ] <small>(1995-1998)</small>

;{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} Northern Ireland
* ] <small>(1931-1933)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1915-1927)</small>
* ] <small>(1981-1995)</small>
* ] <small>(1983-1984 & 1988-1989)</small>
* ]<ref name="halloffame" /> <small>(1950-1959)</small>

;{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway
* ] <small>(2003-2004)</small>
* ] <small>(2000-2002)</small>

;{{flagicon|POR}} Portugal
* ] <small>(2003-2004)</small><!--Notable for how poor a signing he was-->

;{{flagicon|Russia}} Russia
* ] <small>(1998-2001)</small>
* ] <small>(1995)</small>

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;{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain
* ] <small>(2002-2004)</small>
* ] <small>(2004-present)</small>

;{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
* ] <small>(1996-1998)</small>
* ] <small>(1982-1985)</small>
* ] <small>(1997-1999)</small>

;{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and Tobago
* ] <small>(2004-2006)</small>
* ] <small>(2001-2003)</small>

;{{flagicon|Tunisia}} Tunisia
* ] <small>(2003-2006)</small>

;{{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey
* ] <small>(2000-2001)</small>

;{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Ukraine
* ] <small>(1990-1994)</small>
* ] <small>(1991-1996)</small>

;{{flagicon|United States}} United States
* ] <small>(1999-2001)</small>
* ] <small>(2007-Present)</small>

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===Club captains===
*''All players are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Dates
! Name
|-
| 1873-1957
| Unknown
|-
| 1957-1960
| ]
|-
| 1960-1963
| ]
|-
| 1963-1965
| ]
|-
| 1965-1978
| ]
|-
| 1978-1981
| ]
|-
| 1981-1986
| ]
|-
| 1986-1990
| {{flagicon|ENG}} ]
|-
| 1990-1997
| ]
|-
| 1997-1998
| {{flagicon|DEN}} ]
|-
| 1998-2000
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ]
|-
| 2000-2003
| ]
|-
| 2003-2004
| {{flagicon|AUS}} ]
|-
| 2004-2005
| {{flagicon|GER}} ]
|-
| 2005
| {{flagicon|NED}} ]
|-
| 2005-present
| ]
|}
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===Internationalists===
:''For a list of Rangers' past and present international players, see ].''

==Team managers==
*''Correct as of ], ]''
*''All managers are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Name
!From
!To
!P!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
<!--ONLY LEAGUE AND SCOTTISH CUP MATCHES INCLUDED-->
|{{sortname|William|Wilton}}
|<span style="display:none">1896 </span>August 1899
|<span style="display:none">1920 </span>May 1920
|724
|480
|120
|124
|66.29%
|-
<!--ONLY LEAGUE, LEAGUE CUP AND SCOTTISH CUP MATCHES INCLUDED.
MATCHES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR ARE NOT INCLUDED-->
|{{sortname|Bill|Struth}}
|<span style="display:none">1920 </span>May 1920
|<span style="display:none">1954 </span>May 1954
|1179
|788
|228
|163
|66.83%
|-
|{{sortname|Scot|Symon}}
|<span style="display:none">1954 </span>June 1954
|<span style="display:none">1967 </span>November 1967
|684
|449
|115
|120
|65.64%
|-
|{{sortname|David|White|David White (football manager)}}
|<span style="display:none">1967 </span>November 1967
|<span style="display:none">1969 </span>November 1969
|111
|70
|19
|22
|63.06%
|-
|{{sortname|William|Waddell}}
|<span style="display:none">1969 </span>December 1969
|<span style="display:none">1972 </span>May 1972
|131
|74
|25
|32
|56.49%
|-
|{{sortname|Jock|Wallace}}
|<span style="display:none">1972 </span>June 1972
|<span style="display:none">1978 </span>May 1978
|308
|201
|56
|51
|65.25%
|-
|]
|<span style="display:none">1978 </span>June 1978
|<span style="display:none">1983 </span>October 1983
|228
|121
|59
|48
|53.07%
|-
|{{sortname|Jock|Wallace}}
|<span style="display:none">1983 </span>October 1983
|<span style="display:none">1986 </span>April 1986
|135
|62
|36
|37
|45.92%
|-
|{{sortname|Graeme|Souness}}
|<span style="display:none">1986 </span>April 1986
|<span style="display:none">1991 </span>April 1991
|258
|163
|50
|45
|63.18%
|-
|{{sortname|Walter|Smith}}
|<span style="display:none">1991 </span>April 1991
|<span style="display:none">1998 </span>May 1998
|266
|169
|49
|48
|63.53%
|-
|{{sortname|Dick|Advocaat}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
|<span style="display:none">1998 </span>July 1998
|<span style="display:none">2001 </span>December 2001
|194
|131
|33
|30
|67.53%
|-
|{{sortname|Alex|McLeish}}
|<span style="display:none">2001 </span>December 2001
|<span style="display:none">2006 </span>May 2006
|235
|155
|44
|36
|65.96%
|-
|{{sortname|Paul|Le Guen}} {{flagicon|France}}
|<span style="display:none">2006 </span>May 2006
|<span style="display:none">2007 </span>January 2007
|31
|16
|8
|7
|51.61%
|-
|{{sortname|Walter|Smith}}
|<span style="display:none">2007 </span>January 2007
|<span style="display:none">9999 </span>Present
|35
|23
|6
|6
|65.71%
|-
! 12 managers !! colspan="2"|108 years !! 4517 !! 2901 !! 847 !! 769 !! 64.22%
|}

==Non-playing staff==
===Boardroom===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|'''Chairman''' || ]
|-
|'''Chief Executive''' || ]
|-
|'''Football Administrator''' || Andrew Dickson
|-
|'''Director of Finance''' || Donald McIntyre
|-
|'''Operations Executive''' || Laurence MacIntyre
|-
|'''Director''' || ]
|-
|'''Non-Executive Director''' || John McClelland
|-
|'''Non-Executive Director''' || Alastair Johnston
|-
|'''Non-Executive Director''' || David Cunningham King
|-
|'''Non-Executive Director''' || Donald Wilson
|-
|'''Non-Executive Director''' || Paul Murray
|-
|}

===Management===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|'''Manager''' || ]
|-
|'''Assistant Manager''' || ]
|-
|'''First Team Coach''' || ]
|-
|'''Reserve Team Coach''' || ]
|-
|'''Under-19 Team Coach''' || ]
|-
|'''Goalkeeping Coach''' || ]
|-
|'''Fitness Coach'''|| ]
|-
|'''Club Doctor'''|| Paul Jackson
|-
|'''Physiotherapist'''|| Pip Yeates
|-
|'''Chief Scout'''|| Ewan Chester
|}

==Records==
{{main|Rangers F.C. records}}

===Club===
'''Record home ]''':
118,567 vs ], January 1939

'''Record victory''':
13-0 vs Possilpark, ], October 1877

'''Record league victory''':
10-0 vs ], December 1898

'''Record defeat''':
2-10 vs ], 1886

'''Record league defeat''':
0-6 vs ], May 1892

'''Record appearances''':
], 755, 1960-1978

'''Record league appearances''':
], 513, 1917-1934

'''Record ] appearances''':
], 74

'''Record ] appearances''':
], 121

'''Record European competition appearances''':
], 70 <!--Lyon, 2/10/07-->

'''Record goalscorer''':
], 355 goals, 1983-1998

'''Most goals in one season''':
], 44 goals, 1931/1932

'''Most league goals''':
Ally McCoist, 251 goals

'''Most Scottish Cup goals''':
], 44 goals

'''Most League Cup goals''':
Ally McCoist, 54 goals

'''Most European goals''':
Ally McCoist, 21 goals

'''] record''':
], 1196 minutes, 1986/87 (British record)

'''Most ] player''':
], 112 caps for ]

'''Highest ] received''':
], £8.5m, ], 2001

'''Highest transfer fee paid''':
Tore André Flo, £12.5m, ], 2000
----

===Individual===
:''All players are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.''
{|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" align="right" style="text-align: center;"
|+'''Top goalscorers'''
|-
!class="unsortable"|#
!class="unsortable"|Name
!class="unsortable"|Career
!Apps
!Goals
!Average
|-
|1
|align="left"|]
|1983-1998
|581
|355
|0.61
|-
|2
|align="left"|]
|1927-1940
|408
|261
|0.64
|-
|3
|align="left"|]
|1930-1946
|259
|249
|0.96
|-
|4
|align="left"|]
|1925-1934
|268
|223
|0.83
|-
|5
|align="left"|]
|1970-1982<br>1985-1986
|546
|210
|0.38
|-
|6
|align="left"|]
|1954-1965
|317
|206
|0.65
|-
|7
|align="left"|]
|1936-1954
|308
|194
|0.63
|-
|8
|align="left"|]
|1914-1929
|389
|182
|0.47
|-
|9
|align="left"|] {{flagicon|NIR}}
|1950-1959
|239
|163
|0.68
|-
|10
|align="left"|]
|1955-1967
|317
|162
|0.51
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|+'''Most appearances'''
|-
!class="unsortable"|#
!class="unsortable"|Name
!class="unsortable"|Career
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|]
|1961-1978
|755
|120
|-
|2
|align="left"|]
|1964-1982
|674
|77
|-
|3
|align="left"|]
|1983-1998
|581
|355
|-
|4
|align="left"|]
|1917-1934
|580
|148
|-
|5
|align="left"|]
|1919-1936
|563
|46
|-
|6
|align="left"|]
|1925-1947
|555
|2
|-
|7
|align="left"|]
|1970-1982<br>1985-1986
|546
|210
|-
|8
|align="left"|]
|1977-1989
|540
|75
|-
|9
|align="left"|]
|1970-1986
|535
|0
|-
|10
|align="left"|]
|1945-1960
|526
|15
|}

----

===Managerial===
:''All managers are from Scotland unless otherwise stated.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Name
!]!!]!!]!!]!!Total
|-
|{{sortname|William|Wilton}}
||7||1||0||0||8
|-
|{{sortname|Bill|Struth}}
||18||10||2||0||30

|-
|{{sortname|Scot|Symon}}
||6||5||4||0||15

|-
|{{sortname|David|White|David White (football manager)}}
||0||0||0||0||0

|-
|{{sortname|William|Waddell}}
||0||0||1||1||2

|-
|{{sortname|Jock|Wallace}}
||3||3||4||0||10

|-
|{{sortname|John|Greig}}
||0||2||2||0||4

|-
|{{sortname|Graeme|Souness}}
||3||0||4||0||7

|-
|{{sortname|Walter|Smith}}
||6||3||3||0||12

|-
|{{sortname|Dick|Advocaat}} {{flagicon|Netherlands|}}
||2||2||1||0||5

|-
|{{sortname|Alex|McLeish}}
||2||2||3||0||7

|-
|{{sortname|Paul|Le Guen}} {{flagicon|France}}
||0||0||0||0||0
|}

----

===Europe===
Rangers record in Europe (''as of ], ]'')<br />
''Qualifing rounds are included''
<!--Only competitive matches are counted, Qualifing rounds ARE included-->
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Competition
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="7"|Record
|-
!P!!W!!D!!L!!F!!A!!Win %
|-
|align=left|]
|1992
|2007
|84||35||24||25||130||94||41.67%
|-
|align=left|]
|1956
|1992
|57||26||8||23||94||94||45.61%
|-
|align=left|]
|1982
|2006
|61||30||13||18||89||66||49.11%
|-
|align=left|]
|1960
|1981
|54||27||11||16||84||49||50.00%
|-
|align=left|]
|1967
|1970
|18||8||4||6||27||17||44.44%
|-
|align=left|]
|1973
|1973
|2||0||0||2||3||6||0%
|-
! !! colspan="2"|51 years !!276!!126!!60!!90!! 427!! 326!! 45.65%
|}

==Honours==
Formed in 1873, Rangers were the first club in the world to win more than '''50''' league titles. They are also the most-honoured football club in the world, having won '''107''' trophies in total.

* Rangers hold the world record for number of domestic league championships won,<ref name="Number of league wins">{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/kamprec.html#tnc|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|title=Total Number of Championships|date=23 November 2006}}</ref> racking up 51 titles.
* They hold the record for ],<ref name="Number of trebles">{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/doublerec.html#treb|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|title=Domestic Trebles|date=23 November 2006}}</ref> with seven so far.
* Rangers won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone.<ref name="100 trophies">{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/rangers-100trophies.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|title=Glasgow Rangers - 100 Trophies|date=21 October 2001}}</ref>
* Have competed in European competitions in more seasons than any other British club, 47 times as of and including 2007-08. Only ], ], ] and ] have taken part in more campaigns.
* First Scottish club to qualify from both the ] group stage (2005-06)<ref name="Rangers 1-1 Inter">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4494912.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Rangers 1-1 Inter Milan|date= 6 December 2005}}</ref> and the ] group stage (2006-07).<ref name="Auxerre 2-2 Rangers">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6161154.stm|publisher=BBC Sport website|title=Auxerre 2-2 Rangers|date=23 November 2006}}</ref>

===Major honours===
====League====
* '''] (51):'''
** 1891, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924,<br /> 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1949,<br /> 1950, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989,<br /> 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997*, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005<br>*<small> Equalled Celtic's record of nine championships in a row (commonly known as "9-in-a-row")</small>

====Cups====
* '''] winners:'''
** 1972

* '''] winners (31):'''
** 1894, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950,<br /> 1953, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1993,<br /> 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003

* '''] winners (24):'''
** 1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985,<br /> 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005
----

=== 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====
*'''] (3):''' (Premier) 1984, 1992; (Junior) 1985
* '''] (1):''' 1979
* '''] (2):''' 1984, 1989
* '''] (44):'''
**1893, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919,</br> 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1942,</br> 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1975*, 1976,</br> 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 <br>*<small> 1975 trophy shared with Celtic after 2-2 draw</small>
* '''Glasgow Merchants and Charity Cup (32):'''
** 1878-79, 1896-97, 1899-00, 1903-04, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1908-09, 1910-11, 1918-19,</br> 1921-22, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33,</br> 1933-34, 1938-39, 1939-40, 1940-41, 1941-42, 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1946-47,</br> 1947-48, 1950-51, 1954-55, 1956-57, 1959-60

==References==
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Bigots..Havn't won a trophy in 3 years.