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Rangers Football Club
Full nameRangers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Gers, The Teddy Bears, The Light Blues, Bluenoses
FoonditMairch 1872
GroundIbrox Stadium
Ground Capacity50,817
AwnerRangers International Football Club plc
ChairmanAndrew Cavenagh
ManagerDanny Röhl[1]
LeagueScots Premiership
2024–252nt
WabsteidClub wabsteid

Rangers Football Club (or Glesga Rangers) is the seicont maist successfu fitbaw club in Scotland. Rangers pley in the Scots Premiership, whilk is the tap level o the Scots Professional Fitbaw League. The team pley thair hame gemmes at Ibrox Stadium in the sooth-west o Glesga.

Honours

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Rangers wis the first club in the warld tae win mair nor 50 league championships. In 2021, thay haudit the warld record for the nummer o domestic league championships won, efter rackin up 55 titles.[2] Rangers hae the seicont maist domestic trebles in the warld,[3] forby, wi sieven tae date. Thay won their 100t major trophy in 2000, the first club in the warld tae win tae that milestane.[4] In 2021, they war the maist-honoured fitbaw club in the warld, haein taen 119 trophies aw thegither.

Thay hae pleyed baith in Scotland's an England's naitional cup competitions. Rangers won tae the semi-final o the 1886-87 FA Cup, juist tae be knockit oot bi the winners.

Major honours

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  • Scots League Championship (55): 1890-91, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1936-37, 1938-1939, 1946-47, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1958-59, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2020-21
  • Scots Cup (34): 1893-94, 1896-97, 1897-98, 1902-03, 1927-28, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-1950, 1952-53, 1959-60, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2008-08, 2008-09, 2021-22
  • Scots League Cup (28): 1946-47, 1948-49, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1970-71, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1998-99, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2023-24
  • European Cup Winners Cup (1): 1971-1972
  • Scots Championship (1): 2015-2016
  • Scots League One (1): 2013-2014
  • Scots Third Division (1): 2012-2013
  • Scots Challenge Cup (1): 2015-2016

Sectarianism

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Rangers is weel kent fur its sectarian problems, alang wi Celtic.[5]

In the warld o Scots fitbaw, sectarianism is a muckle issue, ruitit in social, cultural, historical an religious circumstances.[6][7] But, baith Celtic an the Rangers accept that thay hae a problem wi sectarianism[citation needit]. Baith sides o the Auld Firm ken that a pairt o thair support haes been, an continues tae be, guilty o haudin sectarian beliefs an cultural intolerance gaun.

In recent times, baith Celtic an the Rangers haes taen meisurs tae fecht sectarianism.[8] Warkin alangside the Scots Pairlament, kirk groups an communities, the Auld Firm haes clampit doun on sectarian sangs, inflammatory flag-wavin, an fashoius supporters, uisin mair muckle levels o policin an surveillance.[citation needit]

Managers

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R.F.C. managers
Name Period
Scotland William Wilton1899–1920
Scotland Bill Struth1920–1954
Scotland Scott Symon1954–1967
Scotland David White1967–1969
Scotland William Waddell1969–1972
Scotland Jock Wallace1972–1978
1983–1986
Scotland John Greig1978–1983
Scotland Graeme Souness1986–1991
Scotland Walter Smith1991–1998
2007–2011
Netherlands Dick Advocaat1998–2001
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Name Period
Scotland Alex McLeish2001–2006
Fraunce Paul Le Guen2006–2007
Scotland Ally McCoist2011–2014
Ingland Mark Warburton2015–2017
Portugal Pedro Caixinha2017
Scotland Graeme Murty2017–2018
Ingland Steven Gerrard2018–2021
Netherlands Giovanni van Bronckhorst 2021-2022
Ingland Michael Beale2022-2023
Belgium Phillipe Clement2023-2025
Scotland Russell Martin2025
Germany Danny Röhl2025-


References

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  1. ↑ "Rangers end manager search by appointing Rohl". BBC Sport (in Inglis). 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Total Number of Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 23 November 2006.
  3. ↑ "Domestic Trebles". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 23 November 2006.
  4. ↑ "Glasgow Rangers - 100 Trophies". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 October 2001.
  5. ↑ Murray, William J.; Murray, Bill (2000). The Old Firm: Sectarianism, Sport and Society in Scotland (in Inglis). John Donald Publishers. ISBN 978-0-85976-542-8.
  6. ↑ Wagg, Stephen (2004). British Football & Social Exclusion (in Inglis). Routledge. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-135-76393-0.
  7. ↑ Armstrong, Gary; Giulianotti, Richard (2001). Fear and loathing in world football (in Inglis). Berg Publishers. pp. 25, 26. ISBN 1-85973-463-4. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  8. ↑ Rumsby, Ben (18 Februar 2009). "SPL Remains tight-lipped over report on Parkhead chanting". www.scotsman.com via internet archive (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012. THE Scottish Premier League has confirmed it has received the match delegate's report from the Old Firm derby but refused to divulge if alleged sectarian chanting from Rangers fans was mentioned within it.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ "Former Managers". Rangers F.C. Archived frae the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2017.


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