2018–19 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
201819 season
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
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 201819 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

Scottish Premiership

League Cup

Europa League

Qualification stage

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAN RW VIL SPM
1 Scotland Rangers 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 29 Nov 25 Oct
2 Austria Rapid Wien 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 13 Dec 8 Nov 2–0
3 Spain Villarreal 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 2 2–2 25 Oct 13 Dec
4 Russia Spartak Moscow 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 8 Nov 29 Nov 3–3
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2018. Source: UEFA

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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Scotland Allan McGregor 1808+000+0000100||20
13 GK England Wes Foderingham 200+000+002000||00
28 GK Scotland Robby McCrorie 000+000+000000||00
Defenders
2 DF England James Tavernier (captain) 1967+130+0010103||10
3 DF England Joe Worrall 502+000+001020||10
5 DF Scotland Lee Wallace 100+100+000000||00
6 DF England Connor Goldson 1928+010+0010101||50
15 DF England Jon Flanagan 1405+000+001080||51
17 DF Scotland Ross McCrorie 1002+000+001+102+40||01
19 DF Croatia Nikola Katić 1626+000+002181||10
31 DF Croatia Borna Barišić 705+000+001010||30
36 DF Northern Ireland Gareth McAuley 000+000+000000||00
Midfielders
4 MF Scotland Graham Dorrans 300+100+00100+10||00
8 MF Scotland Ryan Jack 1103+100+00006+10||10
10 MF England Ovie Ejaria 1825+210+00207+21||20
14 MF England Ryan Kent 1725+220+00207+10||00
16 MF Scotland Andy Halliday 1202+200+00202+40||10
18 MF England Jordan Rossiter 100+000+000+1000||00
21 MF Portugal Daniel Candeias 1514+110+000+1090||30
23 MF Mali Lassana Coulibaly 1126+010+000051||00
27 MF Scotland Stephen Kelly 100+000+000+1000||00
35 MF Albania Eros Grezda 200+100+000+1000||10
37 MF Canada Scott Arfield 1636+120+00107+11||40
40 MF Scotland Glenn Middleton 1130+410+00120+60||00
45 MF Finland Serge Atakayi 000+000+000000||00
Forwards
7 FW Scotland Jamie Murphy 812+000+00104+11||10
9 FW Nigeria Umar Sadiq 300+100+000+100+10||00
11 FW Northern Ireland Kyle Lafferty 943+330+000+001+21||10
20 FW Colombia Alfredo Morelos 19118+030+002494||72
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
11 MF England Josh Windass 501000002+2020
24 DF Scotland Aidan Wilson 000000000000
25 GK England Jak Alnwick 000000000000
26 DF Northern Ireland Lee Hodson 000000000000
29 FW Scotland Zak Rudden 000000000000
30 DF Scotland Kyle Bradley 000000000000
33 MF Scotland Jamie Barjonas 000000000000
36 DF Malta Myles Beerman 000000000000
39 MF Scotland Liam Burt 000000000000
  • 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

Name Role
Manager England Steven Gerrard[3]
Assistant Manager Scotland Gary McAllister[4]
First Team Coach England Michael Beale[4]
Technical Coach England Tom Culshaw[4]
Goalkeeping Coach Scotland Colin Stewart[4]
Head of Scouting England Andy Scoulding
Club Scouts Scotland John Brown
Scotland Billy McLaren
England David Swanick
Scouting Coordinator England Rob Clarkson
Doctor England Dr Mark Waller
Head of Performance England Jordan Milsom[4]
Head of Preparation Scotland Craig Flannigan
Head of Strength and Conditioning Greece Paraskevas Polychronopoulos
Physiotherapist England Steve Walker
Masseur Scotland David Lavery
Kit Executive Scotland Jimmy Bell

Club Staff

As of 19 July 2018

Board of Directors - Rangers International Football Club Plc

As of 21 August 2018

Board of Directors - The Rangers Football Club Ltd

As of 19 July 2018

Club statistics

Competition Overview

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
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]
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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source:
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:
  1. 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]
Steven Gerrard[5] 1 June 2018 Present 20 11 7 2 055.00

Transfers

See also

Notes

    1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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