38 Facts About Rangers FC

Rangers FC Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership.

The fourth-oldest football club in Scotland, Rangers FC was founded by four teenage boys as they walked through West End Park in March 1872 where they discussed the idea of forming a football club, and played its first match against the now defunct Callander at the Fleshers' Haugh area of Glasgow Green in May of the same year.

Rangers FC' home ground, Ibrox Stadium, designed by stadium architect Archibald Leitch and opened in 1929, is a Category B listed building and the third-largest football stadium in Scotland.

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

Rangers FC 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.

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Rangers FC 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.

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

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

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

Rangers FC 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 Rangers FC 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 Rangers FC led against Hibernian, requiring the helicopter carrying the SPL trophy to change direction and deliver the prize to the Easter Road ground in Leith.

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

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

Rangers FC 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.

Rangers FC 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.

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

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

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

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

However, Rangers FC 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, Rangers FC defeated Celtic at Ibrox to inflict Brendan Rodgers' first defeat in 13 Old Firm games; Rangers FC 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, Rangers FC 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.

Rangers FC 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.

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

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

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

Bitter rivalry with Aberdeen developed following an incident in the 1979 League Cup final when Rangers FC' 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 Rangers FC victory.

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

Rangers FC partnered with Celtic to form the Old Firm Alliance, an initiative aimed at educating children from across Glasgow about issues like healthy eating and fitness, as well as awareness of anti-social behaviour, sectarianism and racism.

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

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

From Rangers FC 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 Rangers FC 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 Rangers FC should have paid tax and national insurance on the EBT payments.

Rangers F C is owned and operated by The Rangers Football Club Limited, which, in turn, is a subsidiary of the holding company Rangers International Football Club Plc .

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

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