Rangers have won 55 domestic top-flight league trophies, making them the most successful team in the Scottish Premiership. The club's record appearance maker is John Greig, who made 755 appearances between 1961 and 1978 in all matches.[1]Ally McCoist is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 355 goals during his Rangers career.[2]
This list encompasses the major honours won by Rangers as well as records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who had made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Rangers players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Ibrox are also included in the list.
Rangers were the first club in the world to win 50 first tier league titles, and have now won 55 domestic league titles. [3] Rangers have also won seven domestic trebles.[4] They won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone.[5] They are the most successful club in Scotland with The Celtic FC in 2nd place having only won 117 trophies.[6] The club has played in both Scotland and England's national cup competitions. Rangers reached the semi-final of the 1886–87 FA Cup only to be knocked out by eventual winners Aston Villa.
John Greig holds Rangers' appearance record, having played 755 times over the course of 18 seasons from 1961 to 1978. He also holds the records for League Cup appearances, with 121 appearances.[1]Sandy Archibald is the holder of the most league appearances, having made 513, from 1917 to 1934.[1] The Scottish Cup appearance record holder is midfielder Alec Smith while goalkeeper Allan McGregor holds the record for the most European appearances.
Most appearances in all competitions: John Greig, 755[36]
Longest-serving player: Dougie Gray, 21 years, 60 days (from 27 July 1925 until 25 September 1946)[37]
Most appearances
Competitive, professional matches only. Matches in parentheses are all time records.[40]
Goalscorers
Rangers' all-time leading scorer is Ally McCoist, who scored 355 goals in a fifteen-year spell at the club from 1983 to 1998.[41] He holds the record for the most goals in the Scottish League Cup competition with 54. However, McCoist was unable to surpass the Scottish Cup goal-scoring record of Jimmy Fleming, which has stood at 44 since 1934. Jim Forrest holds the record for the most goals in one season with 57 in all competitions.
First winner to play for Rangers: Brian Laudrup (Denmark)
Transfers
For consistency, fees in the record transfer tables below are all sourced from BBC Sport's contemporary reports of each transfer. Where the report mentions an initial fee potentially rising to a higher figure depending on contractual clauses being satisfied in the future, only the initial fee is listed in the tables.
Record transfer fees paid
Record transfer fees received
Managerial records
First manager: William Wilton, from 27 May 1899 to 20 May 1920
Longest-serving manager by time: Bill Struth, from 20 May 1920 to 15 June 1954
Shortest-serving manager by time: Pedro Caixinha, from 13 March 2017 to 26 October 2017
First non-Scottish manager: Dick Advocaat, from 1 June 1998 to 12 December 2001
Club records
Matches
Firsts
First match: vs. Callander, Friendly, Draw 0–0, Flesher's Haugh (Glasgow Green), (H) May 1872
First Scottish Cup match: vs. Oxford University A.F.C., Won 2–0, Recreational Ground – Queen's Park, Glasgow, 12 October 1874
Most league defeats in a season: 14 defeats from 36 games (during the 1979–80 and the 1985–86 seasons)
Fewest defeats in a season: 0 defeats from 18 games (during the 1898–99 season) and 0 defeats from 36 games (during the 2013-14 season) 0 defeats from 38 games 2020–21 season
Goals
Most league goals scored in a season: 118 goals in 38 games (during the 1933–34 season)
Fewest league goals scored in a season:
From 18 league matches: 41 goals
From 20 league matches: 60 goals
From 22 league matches: 56 goals
From 26 league matches: 80 goals
From 30 league matches: 56 goals
From 34 league matches: 58 goals
From 36 league matches: 48 goals
From 38 league matches: 56 goals (during the 2016–17 season)
From 42 league matches: 83 goals
From 44 league matches: 74 goals
Most league goals conceded in a season: 55 goals (twice, during the 1925–26 and 1938–39 seasons)
Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 13 goals (during the 2020–21 season)
1,000th league goal: Alex Smith, (against Clyde, won 5–1, 8 December 1906).
Record home League attendance: 118,567 (vs. Celtic, won 2–1, 2 January 1939)
Record home Scottish Cup attendance: 102,342 (vs. Hibernian, lost 3–2, 10 February 1951)
Record home Scottish League Cup attendance: 105,000 (vs. Celtic, won 2–1, 16 October 1948)
Record home European attendance: 85,000 (vs. Leeds United, draw 0–0, 26 March 1968)
Lowest home League attendance: 6,087 (vs. Partick Thistle, won 1–0, 23 May 1979)
Lowest home Scottish Cup attendance:
Lowest home Scottish League Cup attendance: 5,000 (vs. Brechin City, won 1–0, 23 September 1981)
Lowest home European attendance: 14,268 (vs. ASK Vorwärts Berlin, won 2–1, 15 November 1961)[note 8]
European statistics
Notes
^Shared with Dumbarton F.C. after both clubs ended the season on 29 points. A play-off game at Cathkin Park on 21 May 1891 and finished 2–2, so the clubs were declared joint champions
^Refers to period when Glasgow Cup was a senior competition (1887 to 1989).
^1975 trophy shared with Celtic after 2–2 draw
^Played in aid of the Lord Provosts Rent Relief Fund
^Played in aid of the Clydeside Air Raid Distress Fund
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