43 Facts About Glasgow Rangers

Glasgow Rangers won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972 after being losing finalists twice, in 1961 and 1967.

Rangers has a long-standing rivalry with Celtic, the two Glasgow clubs being collectively known as the Old Firm, which is considered one of the world's biggest football derbies.

The club holds the record for the largest travelling support in football history, when an estimated 200,000 Glasgow Rangers fans arrived in the city of Manchester for the 2008 UEFA Cup Final.

Glasgow Rangers took the largest ever travelling support abroad when an estimated 100,000 fans arrived in Seville for the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final.

Glasgow Rangers were formed by four founders – brothers Moses McNeil and Peter McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath – who met at West End Park in March 1872.

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In 1877, Glasgow Rangers reached the Scottish Cup final; after drawing the first game, Glasgow Rangers refused to turn up for the replay and the cup was awarded to Vale of Leven.

On 2 January 1939 a British league attendance record was broken as 118,567 fans turned out to watch Glasgow Rangers beat Celtic in the traditional New Year's Day Old Firm match.

Glasgow Rangers lost again in the final of the same competition in 1967, by a single goal, after extra time, to Bayern Munich.

In 1972, Glasgow Rangers emerged from the tragedy of the previous year to finally achieve success on the European stage.

Glasgow Rangers were banned from Europe for two years for the behaviour of their fans, later reduced on appeal to one year.

Advocaat's third season saw Glasgow Rangers fail to compete domestically against Celtic under new manager Martin O'Neill.

The destination of the trophy changed unexpectedly, with Celtic conceding late goals to Motherwell at Fir Park whilst Glasgow Rangers led against Hibernian, requiring the helicopter carrying the SPL trophy to change direction and deliver the prize to the Easter Road ground in Leith.

Glasgow Rangers were placed into administration on 14 February 2012 resulting in the club being deducted 10 points as per SPL rules.

Glasgow Rangers were awarded associate membership and placed in the lowest division, the Third, rather than the First Division as the SPL and SFA had sought.

Glasgow Rangers were defeated in the third round of the Scottish Challenge Cup by Queen of the South at Ibrox, in the quarter-finals of the Scottish League Cup at home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle and in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup by Dundee United.

Glasgow Rangers beat their own new record against Queens Park with an attendance of 49,463 and again against Stirling Albion with an attendance of 49,913.

Glasgow Rangers secured the League One title and promotion to Scottish football's second tier on 12 March 2014 and went on to end the season unbeaten in league football.

Glasgow Rangers then named former player Stuart McCall as their third manager of the season for the remaining fixtures.

Caixinha's first full season started with Glasgow Rangers suffering one of the worst results in their history.

Glasgow Rangers again ended the season in 3rd place, behind Celtic and Aberdeen for the second year in a row.

Gerrard's era started successfully with Glasgow Rangers remaining unbeaten in their first 12 games, clinching a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage in the process.

However, Glasgow Rangers were then defeated by Celtic in the first Old Firm match of the season, and the following month were eliminated from the League Cup by Aberdeen.

On 29 December, Glasgow Rangers defeated Celtic at Ibrox to inflict Brendan Rodgers' first defeat in 13 Old Firm games; Glasgow Rangers first win over Celtic since a Scottish Cup victory in April 2016 and their first league win over Celtic since March 2012.

On 7 March 2021, Glasgow Rangers won the league title for the first time in 10 years, going on to end the league campaign undefeated with a club record 102 points.

Glasgow Rangers led Rangers to their first European final in fourteen years, beating Borussia Dortmund, Red Star Belgrade, Braga and RB Leipzig on the way to facing Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final.

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Glasgow Rangers took the club to their first Scottish Cup final in six years, in which they beat Hearts.

Glasgow Rangers moved from the lighter shade of blue to royal blue in 1921, and have had a royal blue home shirt every year since.

Since 1978 when Glasgow Rangers signed a deal with Umbro they have had a specific kit manufacturer and since 1984 have had a kit sponsor.

The first was Fleshers' Haugh, situated on Glasgow Rangers Green, followed by Burnbank Park in the Kelvinbridge area of the city, and then Kinning Park for ten years from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s.

Glasgow Rangers Worldwide Alliance is a network of supporters clubs that was set up for the benefit of the club and the fans.

Glasgow Rangers fans have contributed to several records for high attendances, including the highest home attendance for a league fixture, 118,567 on 2 January 1939.

In 2022, Glasgow Rangers took the largest ever travelling support abroad when an estimated 100,000 fans arrived in Seville for the UEFA Europa League Final.

The Old Firm rivalry has fuelled many assaults, sometimes leading to deaths, on Old Firm derby days; an activist group that monitors sectarian activity in Glasgow Rangers has reported that on Old Firm weekends, admissions to hospital emergency rooms have increased over normal levels and journalist Franklin Foer noted that in the period from 1996 to 2003, eight deaths in Glasgow Rangers were directly linked to Old Firm matches, as well as hundreds of assaults.

Bitter rivalry with Aberdeen developed following an incident in the 1979 League Cup final when Glasgow Rangers' Derek Johnstone provoked the fury of the Dons support with what they believed was a blatant dive but which resulted in the dismissal of Aberdeen's Doug Rougvie and a Glasgow Rangers victory.

In 1989, Glasgow Rangers signed Mo Johnston, "their first major Roman Catholic signing".

However, there have been cases of the police and courts taking action, with Glasgow Rangers fans having been charged, convicted and jailed for sectarian behaviour.

Supporters of Glasgow Rangers have a fan friendship with the Northern Irish club Linfield FC, dating back to 1920.

From Glasgow Rangers formation to the present day, the club have had 32 players who were born in either Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and previously Ireland.

Fans of Glasgow Rangers have a fan-friendship with the German club Hamburger SV, dating from the 1970s when Scots moved to the German port in search of work and reinforced by their shared affection for the midfielder Jorg Albertz.

HMRC then appealed to the Court of Session, which ruled in November 2015 that Glasgow Rangers should have paid tax and national insurance on the EBT payments.

In January 2015, Glasgow Rangers hosted a charity match for the benefit of former player Fernando Ricksen who had been diagnosed with Motor neurone disease; this raised £320,000 for him and MND Scotland.

Glasgow Rangers became the first British side to reach a UEFA-sanctioned European final in 1961.

Three Glasgow Rangers players have been selected in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, they are:.