2018–19 Rangers F.C. season
2018–19 season | ||||
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Chairman | Dave King | |||
Manager | Steven Gerrard | |||
Ground | Ibrox Stadium | |||
Scottish Premiership | 6th | |||
Scottish Cup | Fourth Round | |||
League Cup | Semi-final | |||
Europa League | Group stage | |||
Top goalscorer |
League: Lafferty, Morelos, Tavernier (3) All: Morelos (11) | |||
Highest home attendance | 50,130 v Dundee (15 September 2018) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 48,001 v Maribor (9 August 2018) | |||
Average home league attendance | 47,583 | |||
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The 2018–19 season is the 139th season of competitive football by Rangers F.C. It is their third 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 Europa League, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season and friendlies
3 July 2018 Friendly | Rangers | 3−1 | The New Saints | Auchenhowie |
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Atakayi Murphy McCrorie |
Report | Ebbe |
Stadium: The Hummel Training Centre |
6 July 2018 Friendly | Rangers | 6−0 | Bury | Glasgow |
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Murphy Katić Arfield Morelos Rudden |
Report | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 41,015 |
29 July 2018 Friendly | Rangers | 3−0 | Wigan Athletic | Glasgow |
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Morelos Katić Bruce |
Report | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 28,779 |
Scottish Premiership
5 August 2018 1 | Aberdeen | 1–1 | Rangers | Aberdeen |
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14:00 | Anderson |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Tavernier |
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 19,046 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
12 August 2018 2 | Rangers | 2–0 | St Mirren | Glasgow |
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16:00 | Morelos Goldson |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,680 Referee: Don Robertson |
26 August 2018 3 | Motherwell | 3–3 | Rangers | Motherwell |
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12:30 | Johnson McHugh Hartley |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Lafferty Ejaria |
Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,545 Referee: Craig Thomson |
2 September 2018 4 | Celtic | 1–0 | Rangers | Glasgow |
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12:00 | Ntcham |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,865 Referee: Willie Collum |
15 September 2018 5 | Rangers | 4–0 | Dundee | Glasgow |
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15:00 | Coulibaly Kent Tavernier Middleton |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,130 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
23 September 2018 6 | Rangers | 5–1 | St Johnstone | Glasgow |
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15:00 | Tavernier Morelos Arfield Lafferty Candeias |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Alston |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,729 Referee: Steven McLean |
30 September 2018 7 | Livingston | 1–0 | Rangers | Livingston |
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13:30 | Menga |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 9,246 Referee: Craig Thomson |
7 October 2018 8 | Rangers | 3–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Glasgow |
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15:00 | Kent Morelos Arfield |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Smith Dunne |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,865 Referee: Beaton |
21 October 2018 9 | Hamilton Academical | – | Rangers | Hamilton |
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13:30 | Stadium: New Douglas Park |
League Cup
19 August 2018 Second round | Kilmarnock | 1−3 | Rangers | Kilmarnock |
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13:30 | Barišić |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Morelos |
Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 12,016 Referee: Nick Walsh |
26 September 2018 Quarter-final | Rangers | 4−0 | Ayr United | Glasgow |
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19:45 | Katić Middleton Morelos |
Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 35,042 Referee: Bobby Madden |
28 October 2018 Semi-final | Aberdeen | v | Rangers | Glasgow |
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16:30 | Stadium: Hampden Park |
Europa League
Qualification stage
12 July 2018 1QR 1st leg | Rangers |
2−0 | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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19:45 BST | Murphy Tavernier |
Report | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,309 Referee: Christian Dingert |
17 July 2018 1QR 2nd leg | Shkupi |
0−0 (0−2 agg.) |
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia | |
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16:55 BST | Report | Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Halil Meler |
26 July 2018 2QR 1st leg | Osijek |
0−1 | Osijek, Croatia | |
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19:45 BST | Report | Morelos |
Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Paweł Gil |
2 August 2018 2QR 2nd leg | Rangers |
1−1 (2−1 agg.) |
Glasgow, Scotland | |
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19:45 BST | Katić |
Report | Goldson |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,202 Referee: Dennis Higler |
9 August 2018 3QR 1st leg | Rangers |
3–1 | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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19:45 BST | Morelos Tavernier Coulibaly |
Report | Bajde |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,001 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber |
16 August 2018 3QR 2nd leg | Maribor |
0−0 (1−3 agg.) |
Maribor, Slovenia | |
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19:15 BST | Report | Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 11,166 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
23 August 2018 PO 1st leg | Rangers |
1−0 | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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19:45 BST | Goldson |
Report | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,338 Referee: Daniel Stefański |
30 August 2018 PO 2st leg | Ufa |
1−1 (1−2 agg.) |
Ufa, Russia | |
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16:00 BST | Sysuyev |
Report | Ejaria |
Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 13,186 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAN | RW | VIL | SPM | |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 29 Nov | 25 Oct | ||
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 Dec | — | 8 Nov | 2–0 | |||
3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2–2 | 25 Oct | — | 13 Dec | |||
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | 8 Nov | 29 Nov | 3–3 | — |
20 September 2018 1 | Villarreal |
2–2 | Villarreal, Spain | |
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17:55 BST | Bacca Balagueró |
Report | Arfield Lafferty |
Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,982 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
4 October 2018 2 | Rangers |
3−1 | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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20:00 BST | Morelos Tavernier |
Report | Berisha |
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 47,534 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France) |
25 October 2018 3 | Rangers |
v | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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20:00 BST | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium |
8 November 2018 4 | Spartak Moscow |
v | Moscow, Russia | |
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17:55 GMT | Stadium: Otkritie Arena |
29 November 2018 5 | Rangers |
v | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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20:00 GMT | Stadium: Ibrox Stadium |
13 December 2018 6 | Rapid Wien |
v | Vienna, Austria | |
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17:55 GMT | Stadium: Allianz Stadion |
Squad statistics
The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for 2018–19 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 | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | Allan McGregor | 18 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0||2 | 0 | ||
13 | GK | Wes Foderingham | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
28 | GK | Robby McCrorie | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||
2 | DF | James Tavernier (captain) | 19 | 6 | 7+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3||1 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | Joe Worrall | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0||1 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | Lee Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
6 | DF | Connor Goldson | 19 | 2 | 8+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1||5 | 0 | ||
15 | DF | Jon Flanagan | 14 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0||5 | 1 | ||
17 | DF | Ross McCrorie | 10 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0||0 | 1 | ||
19 | DF | Nikola Katić | 16 | 2 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1||1 | 0 | ||
31 | DF | Borna Barišić | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0||3 | 0 | ||
36 | DF | Gareth McAuley | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
4 | MF | Graham Dorrans | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | Ryan Jack | 11 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0||1 | 0 | ||
10 | MF | Ovie Ejaria | 18 | 2 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+2 | 1||2 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | Ryan Kent | 17 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
16 | MF | Andy Halliday | 12 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0||1 | 0 | ||
18 | MF | Jordan Rossiter | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
21 | MF | Daniel Candeias | 15 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0||3 | 0 | ||
23 | MF | Lassana Coulibaly | 11 | 2 | 6+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1||0 | 0 | ||
27 | MF | Stephen Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
35 | MF | Eros Grezda | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0||1 | 0 | ||
37 | MF | Scott Arfield | 16 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 1||4 | 0 | ||
40 | MF | Glenn Middleton | 11 | 3 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0+6 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
45 | MF | Serge Atakayi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||
7 | FW | Jamie Murphy | 8 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1||1 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | Umar Sadiq | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0||0 | 0 | ||
11 | FW | Kyle Lafferty | 9 | 4 | 3+3 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1||1 | 0 | ||
20 | FW | Alfredo Morelos | 19 | 11 | 8+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4||7 | 2 | ||
Players transferred or loaned out during the season | |||||||||||||||
11 | MF | Josh Windass | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
24 | DF | Aidan Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | GK | Jak Alnwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | DF | Lee Hodson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | FW | Zak Rudden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
30 | DF | Kyle Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
33 | MF | Jamie Barjonas | 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 | |
39 | MF | Liam Burt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Last updated: 4 October 2018
- Source:[2]
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.
Club
First Team Staff
As of 19 July 2018
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Name | Role |
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Manager | |
Assistant Manager | |
First Team Coach | |
Technical Coach | |
Goalkeeping Coach | |
Head of Scouting | |
Club Scouts | |
Scouting Coordinator | |
Doctor | |
Head of Performance | |
Head of Preparation | |
Head of Strength and Conditioning | |
Physiotherapist | |
Masseur | |
Kit Executive | |
Club Staff
As of 19 July 2018
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Board of Directors - Rangers International Football Club Plc
As of 21 August 2018
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Board of Directors - The Rangers Football Club Ltd
As of 19 July 2018
Club statistics
Competition Overview
Competition | Started round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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Scottish Premiership | 10th | 6th | 7 August | ||
UEFA Europa League | First Qualifying Round | Group Stage | 12 July | ||
Scottish Cup | Fourth Round | — | 31 January | ||
League Cup | Second round | Semi Final | 19 August |
Source: Competitions
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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4 | Kilmarnock | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 16 | |
5 | Livingston | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 15 | |
6 | Rangers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 14 | |
7 | Aberdeen | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 12 | |
8 | St Johnstone | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).
Notes:
- ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
Management statistics
- Last updated 7 October 2018
Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win%[note 1] |
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Steven Gerrard[5] | 1 June 2018 | Present | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 55.00 |
Transfers
Loans in
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Loans out
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See also
Notes
References
- ↑ "We look at their journey back to Premiership". skysports.com. Sky Sports. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ↑ "First Team". Rangers FC Official Club Website.
- ↑ "Steven Gerrard: Rangers name former Liverpool captain as manager on four-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 May 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Backroom Staff Confirmed". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 June 2018.
- ↑ "Steven Gerrard | Latest - Stats". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ↑ "Scott Arfield: Rangers sign Canadian midfielder from Burnley on four-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2018.
- ↑ "Allan McGregor: Goalkeeper returns to Rangers on two-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 May 2018.
- ↑ "Jamie Murphy: Rangers sign winger from Brighton". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 May 2018.
- ↑ "Nikola Katic: Rangers sign Croatian defender on four-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 June 2018.
- ↑ "Connor Goldson: Rangers sign defender from Brighton". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 June 2018.
- ↑ "Jon Flanagan: Rangers sign ex-Liverpool full-back on two-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 June 2018.
- ↑ "Borna Barisic: Rangers sign Croatian defender on four-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 August 2018.
- ↑ "Kyle Lafferty: Rangers recruit Hearts striker for second Ibrox spell". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 August 2018.
- ↑ "Eros Grezda: Rangers sign winger from Osijek on four-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2018.
- ↑ "Rangers: Gareth McAuley joins Steven Gerrard's side until end of the season". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 September 2018.
- ↑ "DESTINATION IBROX Rangers transfer round-up: All the ins, outs and latest news as Steven Gerrard eyes Connor Goldson and Dominic Solanke and completes Ovie Ejaria deal". The Scottish Sun. 8 June 2018.
- ↑ "Rangers: Defender David Bates signs four-year deal with Hamburg". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 April 2018.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland International Agrees Blackpool Move". blackpoolfc.co.uk. 14 June 2018.
- ↑ "Liam Kelly: Livingston sign goalkeeper Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 June 2018.
- ↑ "O'Halloran Joins Melbourne City". Rangers. 16 June 2018.
- ↑ "TRACTOR BOY - Rangers flop Harry Forrester joins Iranian side Tractor Sazi in shock move following Ibrox exit". The Scottish Sun. 19 July 2018.
- ↑ "Swansea City sign Rangers defender on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 9 August 2018.
- ↑ "Rangers attacker Josh Windass finalises move to Wigan". Sky Sports. 9 August 2018.
- ↑ "Rangers sign Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria on a season-long loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 June 2018.
- ↑ "Coulibaly Signs For Gers". Rangers.co.uk. 10 July 2018.
- ↑ "Umar Sadiq Makes It Nine". Rangers.co.uk. 10 July 2018.
- ↑ "Rangers Sign Ryan Kent". Rangers. 22 July 2018.
- ↑ "Joe Worrall: Rangers sign Nottingham Forest defender on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2018.
- ↑ "Carlos Pena Loan". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers.co.uk. 7 June 2018.
- ↑ "Joe Dodoo: Blackpool sign Rangers striker on loan". BBC.co.uk. BBC. 13 June 2018.
- ↑ "Jason Holt: Fleetwood sign Rangers midfielder on loan". Rangers.co.uk. 18 June 2018.
- ↑ "Ryan's a Lion". Livingston Football Club. 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "Rangers: Eduardo Herrera returns to Mexico on loan with Santos Laguna". BBC.co.uk. 16 July 2018.
- ↑ "Kieran Wright". raithrovers.net. 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "Rangers defender becomes 'Loons' second loan signing of the week". forfarathletic.co.uk. 3 August 2018.
- ↑ "Greg Docherty: Shrewsbury Town sign Rangers midfielder on season-long loan". BBC.co.uk. 8 August 2018.
- ↑ "Jamie Barjonas: Rangers loan midfielder to Bury until January". BBC.co.uk. 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "Lee Hodson: Rangers full-back joins St Mirren on loan". BBC.co.uk. 20 August 2018.
- ↑ "AIR MYLES Rangers kid Myles Beerman has joined Maltese side Birkirkara 'on season-long loan'". The Scottish Sun. 21 August 2018.
- ↑ "Rangers attacker Liam Burt leaves on loan". HITC. 24 August 2018.
- ↑ "Scunthorpe sign Rangers goalkeeper and Chelsea striker". BBC.co.uk. 30 August 2018.
- ↑ "bairns-land-rangers-scorer". FalkirkHerald,co.uk. 31 August 2018.
- ↑ . www.annanathleticfc.com. 15 September 2018 https://www.annanathleticfc.com/loan-signing-kyle-bradley/. Missing or empty
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