2018–19 Rangers F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the 139th season of competitive football by Rangers. It is their third consecutive season back in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season.[1] Rangers also competed in the Europa League, progressing through four qualifying rounds before being eliminated at the group stage. They were knocked out of both domestic cups (League Cup and Scottish Cup) by Aberdeen.[2]

Rangers

2018–19 season
Rangers and Spartak Moscow line up before their UEFA Europa League tie at Ibrox
Chairman	Dave King
Manager	Steven Gerrard
Ground	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premiership	2nd
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Semi-final
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Alfredo Morelos (18) All: Alfredo Morelos (30)
Highest home attendance	50,171 v Villarreal (29 November 2018)
Lowest home attendance	35,042 v Ayr United (26 September 2018)
Average home league attendance	49,564
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

3 July 2018 Friendly	Rangers	3–1	The New Saints	Auchenhowie
	Atakayi Murphy McCrorie	Report	Ebbe	Stadium: The Hummel Training Centre

6 July 2018 Friendly	Rangers	6–0	Bury	Glasgow
19:15	Murphy  7' Katić  31' Arfield  35', 65' Morelos  70' Rudden  75'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 41,015 Referee: Kevin Clancy

29 July 2018 Friendly	Rangers	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Glasgow
15:00	Morelos  52' Katić  57' Bruce  62' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 28,779 Referee: Bobby Madden

20 January 2019 Friendly	Rangers	3–2	HJK Helsinki	Glasgow
12:00	Arfield  28' Katić  53' Candeias  75'	Report	Kouassivi-Benissan  30' Lappalainen  55'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 21,224

Scottish Premiership

5 August 2018 1	Aberdeen	1–1	Rangers	Aberdeen
14:00	Ferguson  65' Devlin  74' Forrester  88' Anderson  90+3'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Morelos  12' Tavernier  30' (pen.) Arfield  74' Goldson  79'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 19,046 Referee: Kevin Clancy

12 August 2018 2	Rangers	2–0	St Mirren	Glasgow
16:00	Morelos  14' Goldson  24' R. McCrorie  31' Barišić  33'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Mullen  28' Smith  45' Baird  69' S. McGinn  88'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,680 Referee: Don Robertson

26 August 2018 3	Motherwell	3–3	Rangers	Motherwell
12:30	Johnson  3' McHugh  18' Campbell  37' Hartley  49',  90+4' Aldred  66'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Lafferty  15', 38' Ejaria  43' Barišić  55' Halliday  67'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,545 Referee: Craig Thomson

2 September 2018 4	Celtic	1–0	Rangers	Glasgow
12:00	Brown  10' Édouard  37' Ntcham  62'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Barišić  29' McGregor  50' Morelos  70' Goldson  85'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,865 Referee: Willie Collum

15 September 2018 5	Rangers	4–0	Dundee	Glasgow
15:00	Coulibaly  4' Kent  14' Tavernier  45+3' (pen.) Morelos  69' Goldson  72' Middleton  83'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Kerr  35' Ngwatala  42' K. Miller  47'  79' Curran  52'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,130 Referee: Kevin Clancy

23 September 2018 6	Rangers	5–1	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00	Tavernier  9' Morelos  34' Arfield  52' Lafferty  74' Candeias  79'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Foster  30' Kerr  70' Swanson  75' Alston  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,729 Referee: Steven McLean

30 September 2018 7	Livingston	1–0	Rangers	Livingston
13:30	Robinson  34' Menga  34' Burns  79'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report		Stadium: Tony Macaroni Arena Attendance: 9,246 Referee: Craig Thomson

7 October 2018 8	Rangers	3–1	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
15:00	Kent  3' Morelos  13' Worrall  24' Arfield  32',  40'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Smith  15'  55' Dunne  27',  67' Mitchell  43'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,865 Referee: John Beaton

21 October 2018 9	Hamilton Academical	1–4	Rangers	Hamilton
13:30	Miller  12' Martin  18' MacKinnon  75' Boyd  80',  89'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Kent  41',  41' Candeias  43' Rossiter  72' Morelos  75',  90+4' Tavernier  84' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Halliday  90+1'	Stadium: The Hope CBD Stadium Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Andrew Dallas

31 October 2018 11	Rangers	1–1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
19:45	Morelos  9',  88' Kent  67' Jack  89' Halliday  90+3'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Stewart  15' Power  28' Dicker  31' Broadfoot  37' O'Donnell  87' Ndjoli  90' Enobakhare  90+2'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,279 Referee: Nick Walsh

3 November 2018 12	St Mirren	0–2	Rangers	Paisley
12:30	Erhahon  39' McShane  75' Ferdinand  90+3'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Jack  30' Arfield  39' Candeias  80',  81'  90+3' Morelos  90+2'	Stadium: Simple Digital Arena Attendance: 6,033 Referee: Willie Collum

11 November 2018 13	Rangers	7–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00	Arfield  8', 60' Tavernier  35' (pen.) Morelos  38' Middleton  59' Grezda  68', 75'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Main  25' McHugh  30'  34' Hartley  50'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,802 Referee: Craig Thomson

24 November 2018 14	Rangers	3–0	Livingston	Glasgow
15:00	Candeias  20' Arfield  28',  88' Morelos  83',  86'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,448 Referee: Nick Walsh

2 December 2018 15	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Rangers	Edinburgh
12:00	McAuley  27' (o.g.)	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Goldson  35' Morelos  41' Grezda  63' Arfield  72'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 19,429 Referee: Bobby Madden

5 December 2018 16	Rangers	0–1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
19:45	Morelos  45+2'  64' Lafferty  49' McGregor  89'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	McKenna  7' Cosgrove  10'  34' Shinnie  53'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,711 Referee: Steven McLean

9 December 2018 17	Dundee	1–1	Rangers	Dundee
13:30	Miller  9' Ralph  20' Kusunga  42'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Jack  14' Halliday  21' Lafferty  43'	Stadium: Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park Attendance: 8,578 Referee: Alan Muir

16 December 2018 18	Rangers	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
15:00	Candeias  3' Lafferty  90+2'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Gordon  39' Taiwo  67'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,055 Referee: Euan Anderson

19 December 2018 10	Hibernian	0–0	Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45	Porteous  80' Slivka  90+2'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Goldson  90+2'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 18,662 Referee: Craig Thomson

23 December 2018 19	St Johnstone	1–2	Rangers	Perth
12:15	Kennedy  45' Craig  54' Alston  87' Watt  90+3'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Goldson  62' Morelos  65', 88',  89'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 7,086 Referee: Nick Walsh

26 December 2018 20	Rangers	1–1	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:00	Morelos  25'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Mallan  54' McGregor  86' Mackie  90+3'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,885 Referee: Andrew Dallas

29 December 2018 21	Rangers	1–0	Celtic	Glasgow
12:30	Jack  30' Halliday  88'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Lustig  45+2' Ajer  76' Brown  78'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,863 Referee: John Beaton

23 January 2019 22	Kilmarnock	2–1	Rangers	Kilmarnock
19:45	Bachmann  12' Brophy  22',  73' Jones  66' Tshibola  70' Dicker  88' Power  90+3'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Defoe  13' McAuley  33' Morelos  50'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 12,374 Referee: Don Robertson

27 January 2019 23	Livingston	0–3	Rangers	Livingston
16:00	Lamie  27' Jacobs  86'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Jack  30' McCrorie  36' Kent  48' Morelos  74'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 9,028 Referee: Kevin Clancy

2 February 2019 24	Rangers	4–0	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00	Tavernier  3' (pen.), 55' (pen.), 26' Morelos  39' McCrorie  49' Defoe  80' (pen.) Kent  81'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Baird  26' P. McGinn  44'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,463 Referee: Andrew Dallas

6 February 2019 25	Aberdeen	2–4	Rangers	Aberdeen
19:45	Cosgrove  31', 47' (pen.) Logan  36' McKenna  55' Ferguson  78'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Morelos  20', 38',  57' Tavernier  43' (pen.) Candeias  70' Arfield  72' Defoe  90+4'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 19,190 Referee: Bobby Madden

16 February 2019 26	Rangers	0–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00		Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,549 Referee: Steven McLean

24 February 2019 27	Hamilton Academical	0–5	Rangers	Hamilton
12:15	Andreu  69'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Jack  16' Defoe  17' Arfield  24' Tavernier  44' (pen.) Lafferty  88'	Stadium: The Hope CBD Stadium Attendance: 5,827 Referee: Nick Walsh

27 February 2019 28	Rangers	4–0	Dundee	Glasgow
19:45	Kamara  4' Tavernier  8' Morelos  23' Defoe  89'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	O'Dea  71' Woods  80'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,859 Referee: Don Robertson

8 March 2019 29	Hibernian	1–1	Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45	McGregor  8'  90+2' Gray  55' Kamberi  76',  90' Hanlon  90+3'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Candeias  43' Goldson  49' Worrall  88' Jack  90+3'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 20,065 Referee: Steven McLean

16 March 2019 30	Rangers	1–1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00	McGregor  24' Morelos  64' Goldson  90+3'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	McAleny  29' Mulumbu  57' Power  60' O'Donnell  73' Findlay  81'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,527 Referee: Greg Aitken

31 March 2019 31	Celtic	2–1	Rangers	Glasgow
12:00	Hayes  26' Édouard  27',  28' Brown  80' Forrest  86' Lustig  90+7'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Morelos  31' Arfield  43' Kent  63' Halliday  90+2'  90+7'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,773 Referee: Bobby Madden

3 April 2019 32	Rangers	3–0	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
19:45	Defoe  16' Goldson  21' Flanagan  40' Arfield  48'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Godinho  57' Djoum  67'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,702 Referee: Kevin Clancy

7 April 2019 33	Motherwell	0–3	Rangers	Motherwell
12:30	Main  44' Grimshaw  45'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Arfield  22', 39', 60'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Nick Walsh

20 April 2019 34	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	Rangers	Edinburgh
12:00	Burns  63' MacLean  74'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Defoe  15',  81' Jack  36' Katić  48'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,212 Referee: John Beaton

28 April 2019 35	Rangers	2–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00	Defoe  33' Tavernier  48' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Considine  44'  79' Lewis  81' McKenna  90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,667 Referee: Don Robertson

5 May 2019 36	Rangers	1–0	Hibernian	Glasgow
15:30	Defoe  41' McGregor  89'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Mallan  40' Milligan  71' McNulty  89'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,662 Referee: Bobby Madden

12 May 2019 37	Rangers	2–0	Celtic	Glasgow
12:00	Tavernier  2' Flanagan  51' Arfield  63',  64'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Hayes  74' Ajer  76'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,844 Referee: Kevin Clancy

19 May 2019 38	Kilmarnock	2–1	Rangers	Kilmarnock
15:00	Burke  9' O'Donnell  76' Brophy  89' (pen.)	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Flanagan  21' Morelos  66',  68' Barišić  88'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 12,248 Referee: Willie Collum

League Cup

19 August 2018 Second round	Kilmarnock	1–3	Rangers	Kilmarnock
13:30	Dicker  21' K. Boyd  45+1' Barišić  51' (o.g.) Power  73'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Candeias  24' Morelos  28', 43', 74',  60' Arfield  77'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 12,016 Referee: Nick Walsh

26 September 2018 Quarter-final	Rangers	4–0	Ayr United	Glasgow
19:45	Katić  16' Middleton  31', 70' Morelos  37',  49' Grezda  73'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 35,042 Referee: Bobby Madden

28 October 2018 Semi-final	Aberdeen	1–0	Rangers	Glasgow
16:30	Shinnie  3' Ferguson  45+7',  79' McKenna  54' Lewis  90'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Ejaria  2' Sadiq  83'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 46,186 Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Cup

30 January 2019 Fourth Round	Cowdenbeath	1–3	Rangers	Cowdenbeath
19:45	Renton  35' Swann 47' Cox  47' Mullen  72'	Rangers Report BBC Report	Halliday  12' Coulibaly  23' Lafferty  45+1',  63'	Stadium: Central Park Attendance: 4,116 Referee: Craig Thomson

9 February 2019 Fifth Round	Kilmarnock	0–0	Rangers	Kilmarnock
17:15	Broadfoot  15' Power  25' S. Boyd  45+1'	Rangers Report BBC Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 11,430 Referee: Alan Muir

20 February 2019 Fifth Round R	Rangers	5–0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
19:45	Morelos  7', 45+1', 78', 83' Halliday  77'	Rangers Report BBC Report	Bachmann  25' Tshibola  77'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 37,918 Referee: Alan Muir

3 March 2019 Quarter-final	Aberdeen	1–1	Rangers	Aberdeen
13:30	Cosgrove  11' (pen.),  71' McLennan  53' Shinnie  72' Lowe  78'	Rangers Report BBC Report	Morelos  15' Worrall  49'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 15,395 Referee: Kevin Clancy

12 March 2019 Quarter-final R	Rangers	0–2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
19:45	Candeias  30' Morelos  33' Davis  90+1'	Rangers Report BBC Report	McGinn  3',  53' McKenna  34' May  38' Ferguson  42' McLennan  62' Shinnie  67' Ball  70' Campbell  79' Considine  82'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 47,397 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Europa League

Qualification stage

12 July 2018 1QR 1st leg	Rangers	2–0	Shkupi	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	Murphy  23' Candeias  47' Morelos  82' Tavernier  90+2' (pen.)	Report	Ilijoski  32' Muarem  77' Owono  88' Adem  90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,309 Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)

17 July 2018 1QR 2nd leg	Shkupi	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Rangers	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
16:55 BST	Stojkoski  44' Ilijoski  46' Muarem  59' Broja  62' Tipurić  67'	Report	Windass  59'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

26 July 2018 2QR 1st leg	Osijek	0–1	Rangers	Osijek, Croatia
19:45 BST	Škorić  59' Pušić  61' Henty  87' Lyopa  90+4'	Report	Morelos  18' Flanagan  66'	Stadium: Stadion Gradski vrt Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

2 August 2018 2QR 2nd leg	Rangers	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Osijek	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	Katić  53',  90+4' Flanagan  71' Tavernier  73'	Report	Marić  40' Škorić  51' Grgić  83' Goldson  89' (o.g.) Henty  90+4'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,202 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

9 August 2018 3QR 1st leg	Rangers	3–1	Maribor	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	Morelos  6' Flanagan  21' Tavernier  50' (pen.) Ejaria  69' Coulibaly  86'	Report	Bajde  40' Ivković  50' Šuler  85'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,001 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

16 August 2018 3QR 2nd leg	Maribor	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Rangers	Maribor, Slovenia
19:15 BST	Ivković  90+3'	Report	Ejaria  27' Candeias  32' Jack  35' Murphy  74' Arfield  89'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 11,166 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

23 August 2018 PO 1st leg	Rangers	1–0	Ufa	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	Goldson  41',  90+4' Lafferty  72'	Report	Igboun  57' Zaseyev  76' Paurević  90'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,338 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

30 August 2018 PO 2st leg	Ufa	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Rangers	Ufa, Russia
16:00 BST	Sysuyev  32' Salatić  34' Paurević  82' Igboun  86'	Report	Ejaria  10' Flanagan  15'  66' Morelos  37'  38'	Stadium: Neftyanik Stadium Attendance: 13,186 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIL	RW	RAN	SPM
1	Villarreal	6	2	4	0	12	5	+7	10[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–0	2–2	2–0
2	Rapid Wien	6	3	1	2	6	9	−3	10[lower-alpha 1]			0–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	Rangers	6	1	3	2	8	8	0	6			0–0	3–1	—	0–0
4	Spartak Moscow	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5			3–3	1–2	4–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Villarreal 4, Rapid Wien 1.

20 September 2018 1	Villarreal	2–2	Rangers	Villarreal, Spain
17:55 BST	Bacca  1' Balagueró  69' Miguelón  72'	Report	Goldson  17' Arfield  67' Lafferty  76' Dorrans  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 15,982 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

4 October 2018 2	Rangers	3–1	Rapid Wien	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 BST	McGregor  43' Morelos  43', 90+4' Tavernier  84' (pen.)	Report	Berisha  11',  42' Ivan  51' Müldür  63' Schwab  68' Pavlović  90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 47,534 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

25 October 2018 3	Rangers	0–0	Spartak Moscow	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 BST	Morelos  45+2' Candeias  59'	Report	Dzhikiya  33' Fernando  45'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,068 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

8 November 2018 4	Spartak Moscow	4–3	Rangers	Moscow, Russia
17:55 GMT	Popov  15' Melgarejo  22',  76' Rasskazov  28' Fernando  30' Goldson  35' (o.g.) Luiz Adriano  58' Hanni  59' Bocchetti  63'	Report	Erëmenko  5' (o.g.) Candeias  27' Coulibaly  34' Middleton  41' Morelos  78'	Stadium: Otkritie Arena Attendance: 22,296 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

29 November 2018 5	Rangers	0–0	Villarreal	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 GMT	Candeias  36'  44' Flanagan  90' Middleton  90+4'	Report	Gaspar  35' Álvaro  90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,171 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

13 December 2018 6	Rapid Wien	1–0	Rangers	Vienna, Austria
17:55 GMT	Ivan  26' Müldür  42' Martic  50' Ljubicic  84'	Report	Jack  43' Goldson  60'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 23,850 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

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		Allan McGregor	52	0	34	0	3	0	1	0	14	0||4	1
13	GK		Wes Foderingham	8	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0||0	0
32	GK		Andy Firth	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0||0	0
Defenders
2	DF		James Tavernier (captain)	57	17	36+1	14	4	0	2	0	14	3||1	0
3	DF		Joe Worrall	32	1	20+2	0	4	1	2	0	4	0||2	0
5	DF		Lee Wallace	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0||0	0
6	DF		Connor Goldson	54	4	34	3	4	0	2	0	14	1||10	0
15	DF		Jon Flanagan	30	0	14+2	0	1	0	2	0	11	0||9	1
19	DF		Nikola Katić	30	3	16+2	1	1	0	2	1	9	1||1	0
24	DF		Aidan Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0||0	0
25	DF		Matt Polster	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0||0	0
31	DF		Borna Barišić	22	0	14+2	0	3	0	1	0	2	0||4	0
36	DF		Gareth McAuley	10	0	6+1	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0||1	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Graham Dorrans	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0||0	0
8	MF		Ryan Jack	46	4	26+4	4	5	0	1	0	9+1	0||6	0
10	MF		Steven Davis	18	0	10+4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+0	0||1	0
14	MF		Ryan Kent	43	6	25+2	6	4	0	3	0	7+2	0||2	0
16	MF		Andy Halliday	35	3	18+5	1	2+1	2	2	0	2+5	0||6	1
17	MF		Ross McCrorie	31	0	11+9	0	1	0	1+1	0	3+5	0||2	1
18	MF		Glen Kamara	16	1	12+1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0||0	0
21	MF		Daniel Candeias	52	6	26+7	5	5	0	1+1	0	12	1||10	2
23	MF		Lassana Coulibaly	30	3	14+5	1	1	1	1	0	9	1||1	0
27	MF		Stephen Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0||0	0
35	MF		Eros Grezda	17	2	7+6	2	0	0	0+1	0	0+3	0||2	0
37	MF		Scott Arfield	46	12	28+1	11	4	0	1+1	0	10+1	1||9	1
39	MF		Liam Burt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0||0	0
40	MF		Glenn Middleton	28	5	4+11	2	0+1	0	1+1	2	3+7	1||1	0
Forwards
7	FW		Jamie Murphy	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4+1	1||1	0
9	FW		Jermain Defoe	20	8	10+7	8	1+2	0	0	0	0	0||2	0
11	FW		Kyle Lafferty	30	6	6+15	4	1+3	1	0	0	1+4	1||4	0
20	FW		Alfredo Morelos	48	30	27+3	18	3	4	2	4	12+1	4||19	5
62	FW		Dapo Mebude	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0||0	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
9	FW		Umar Sadiq	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	1	0
10	MF		Ovie Ejaria	28	2	11+3	1	0	0	3	0	9+2	1	3	0
11	MF		Josh Windass	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	2	0
18	MF		Jordan Rossiter	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF		Greg Docherty	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
28	GK		Robby McCrorie	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
45	FW		Serge Atakayi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	DF		Jordan Houston	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
−	DF		Myles Beerman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
−	MF		Jason Holt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
−	MF		Carlos Peña	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
−	FW		Joe Dodoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
−	FW		Ryan Hardie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
−	FW		Eduardo Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 19 May 2019
• Source:[3]

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	Steven Gerrard[4]
Assistant Manager	Gary McAllister[5]
First Team Coach	Michael Beale[5]
Technical Coach	Tom Culshaw[5]
Goalkeeping Coach	Colin Stewart[5]
Head of Scouting	Andy Scoulding
Club Scouts	John Brown Billy McLaren David Swanick
Scouting Coordinator	Rob Clarkson
Doctor	Dr Mark Waller
Head of Performance	Jordan Milsom[5]
Head of Preparation	Craig Flannigan
Head of Strength and Conditioning	Paraskevas Polychronopoulos
Physiotherapist	Steve Walker
Masseur	David Lavery
Kit Executive	Jimmy Bell

Club Staff

As of 19 July 2018

Name Role Honorary Life President John Greig Director of Football Mark Allen Head of Academy Craig Mulholland Club Ambassadors Richard Gough Mark Hateley Derek Johnstone Supporters Liaison Officer Greg Marshall

Board of Directors – Rangers International Football Club Plc

As of 21 August 2018

Name Role Chairman Dave King Deputy Chairman Douglas Park Company Secretary James Blair Non-Executive Director John Bennett Non-Executive Director Alastair Johnston Non-Executive Director Graeme Park Non-Executive Director Barry Scott Non-Executive Director Julian Wolhardt

Board of Directors – The Rangers Football Club Ltd

As of 19 July 2018

Name Role Managing Director Stewart Robertson Company Secretary James Blair Director of Finance and Administration Andrew Dickson

Club statistics

Competition Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Europa League	12 July 2018	13 December 2018	1st Round	Group Stage	14	5	7	2	17	11	+6	035.71
Premiership	5 August 2018	19 May 2019	Matchday 1	2nd	38	23	9	6	82	27	+55	060.53
League Cup	19 August 2018	28 October 2018	2nd Round	Semi-Final	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	066.67
Scottish Cup	31 January 2019	12 March 2019	4th Round	Quarter-Final	5	2	2	1	9	4	+5	040.00
Total					60	32	18	10	115	44	+71	053.33

Source: Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Celtic (C)	38	27	6	5	77	20	+57	87	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Rangers	38	23	9	6	82	27	+55	78	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
3	Kilmarnock	38	19	10	9	50	31	+19	67
4	Aberdeen	38	20	7	11	57	44	+13	67
5	Hibernian	38	14	12	12	51	39	+12	54

Source: Soccerway BBC
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).[6]
(C) Champion.
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).
2. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Management statistics

Last updated 19 May 2019

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%[note 1]
Steven Gerrard[7]	1 June 2018	Present	60	32	18	10	053.33

Transfers

Players in Date Player From Fee 14 May 2018 Scott Arfield Burnley Free[8] 16 May 2018 Allan McGregor Hull City Free[9] 18 May 2018 Jamie Murphy Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed[10] 12 June 2018 Nikola Katić NK Slaven Belupo Undisclosed[11] 13 June 2018 Connor Goldson Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed[12] 21 June 2018 Jon Flanagan Liverpool Free[13] 7 August 2018 Borna Barišić NK Osijek £2,200,000[14] 22 August 2018 Kyle Lafferty Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed[15] 31 August 2018 Eros Grezda NK Osijek Undisclosed[16] 3 September 2018 Gareth McAuley West Bromwich Albion Free[17] 25 January 2019 Andy Firth Barrow Undisclosed[18] 30 January 2019 Matt Polster Chicago Fire Free[19] 31 January 2019 Glen Kamara Dundee Undisclosed[20]

Players out Date Player To Fee 1 June 2018 Kenny Miller Livingston Free[21] 1 June 2018 David Bates Hamburg Development Fee[22] 1 June 2018 Jordan Thompson Blackpool Free[23] 8 June 2018 Liam Kelly Livingston Undisclosed[24] 16 June 2018 Michael O'Halloran Melbourne City Undisclosed[25] 11 July 2018 Bruno Alves Parma Free 18 July 2018 Harry Forrester Tractor Sazi Free[26] 30 July 2018 Fábio Cardoso Santa Clara Free 9 August 2018 Declan John Swansea City Undisclosed[27] 9 August 2018 Josh Windass Wigan Athletic £2,500,000[28] 5 February 2019 Carlos Peña GKS Tychy Free[29]

Loans in Start date End date Player From Fee 7 June 2018 15 December 2018 Ovie Ejaria Liverpool Loan[30] 10 July 2018 15 December 2018 Umar Sadiq Roma Loan[31] 10 July 2018 30 June 2019 Lassana Coulibaly Angers SCO Loan[32] 22 July 2018 30 June 2019 Ryan Kent Liverpool Loan[33] 31 August 2018 30 June 2019 Joe Worrall Nottingham Forest Loan[34] 6 January 2019 30 June 2020 Jermain Defoe Bournemouth Loan[35] 6 January 2019 30 June 2019 Steven Davis Southampton Loan[36]

Loans out Start date End date Player To Fee 7 June 2018 31 December 2018 Carlos Peña Club Necaxa Loan[37] 13 June 2018 31 May 2019 Joe Dodoo Blackpool Loan[38] 18 June 2018 31 May 2019 Jason Holt Fleetwood Town Loan[39] 25 June 2018 6 January 2019 (Extended to 31 May 2019) Ryan Hardie Livingston Loan[40] 16 July 2018 31 December 2018 Eduardo Herrera Santos Laguna Loan[41] 1 August 2018 6 January 2019 Kieran Wright Raith Rovers Loan[42] 3 August 2018 7 January 2019 Aidan Wilson Forfar Athletic Loan[43] 8 August 2018 31 May 2019 Greg Docherty Shrewsbury Town Loan[44] 15 August 2018 1 January 2019 Jamie Barjonas Bury Loan[45] 20 August 2018 31 May 2019 Lee Hodson St Mirren Loan[46] 21 August 2018 8 January 2019 Myles Beerman Birkirkara Loan[47] 24 August 2018 31 May 2019 Liam Burt Alloa Athletic Loan[48] 30 August 2018 6 January 2019 (Extended to 31 May 2019) Jak Alnwick Scunthorpe United Loan[49] 31 August 2018 6 January 2019 (Extended to 31 May 2019) Zak Rudden Falkirk Loan[50] 15 September 2018 6 January 2019 (Extended to 31 May 2019) Kyle Bradley Annan Athletic Loan[51] 8 January 2019 31 May 2019 Eduardo Herrera Club Necaxa Loan[52] 23 January 2019 31 May 2019 Myles Beerman Gżira United Loan 25 January 2019 31 May 2019 Robby McCrorie Greenock Morton Loan[18] 25 January 2019 31 May 2019 Andrew Dallas Greenock Morton Loan[18] 29 January 2019 31 May 2019 Jamie Barjonas Raith Rovers Loan[53] 31 January 2019 31 May 2019 Jordan Rossiter Bury Loan[54] 21 February 2019 31 May 2019 Jordan Houston Airdrieonians Loan[55] 4 April 2019 1 June 2019 Serge Atakayi SJK Loan[56]

See also

• List of Rangers F.C. seasons

Notes

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

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