The 1991–92 season was the 112th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1991–92 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the fourth of their nine league titles after winning 33 of their 44 league games.

Rangers won the league by 9 points, the title being won at Ibrox against St Mirren with a 4–0 victory in April.

Transfer activity was heavily influenced by restrictions imposed by UEFA in European competitions. Match squads could only include a maximum of three foreign nationals, and as a result English players at Ibrox were considered "foreigners". The most significant move was the sale of England international goalkeeper Chris Woods to Sheffield Wednesday He was replaced by Scotland international goalkeeper Andy Goram from Hibernian.

In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the semi-final stage, losing 1–0 to Hibernian. Rangers won the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1981, defeating Airdrieonians 2–1 after a 1–0 win over Celtic in the semi-finals.

In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the first round by Czechoslovak side Sparta Prague. They lost on away goals rule after tying the match 2–2 on aggregate.

Ally McCoist was awarded his first European Golden Boot for finishing as the top goal scorer across all European leagues with 34 goals. The McCoist / Hateley strike partnership yielded an impressive 62 goals during the season.

Transfers

In DatePlayerFromFee19 June 1991 Andy Goram Hibernian £1,000,000£1m Rangers Goram hopes his move will be a winner: Glasgow Herald, 20 June 19911 July 1991 David Robertson Aberdeen £970,000Rangers' spree may continue: Glasgow Herald, 2 July 19915 July 1991 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Sampdoria £2,000,00015 August 1991 Stuart McCall Everton £1,200,00015 August 1991 David McKellar Kilmarnock £20,0002 November 1991 Dale Gordon Norwich City £1,200,00010 January 1992 Paul Rideout Notts County £500,000

Out DatePlayerToFee21 June 1991 Stuart Munro Blackburn Rovers £200,000 24 June 1991 Boni Ginzburg Maccabi Yavne Free11 July 1991 Tom Cowan Sheffield United £350,00022 July 1991 Neale Cooper Reading Free8 August 1991 Mark Walters Liverpool £1,250,000£1.25m Walters is called to account again by Souness: Glasgow Herald, 9 August 199114 August 1991 Chris Woods Sheffield Wednesday £1,000,000Aberdeen have designs on McCoist: Woods heads for Sheffield while Gillespie agrees to sign for Celtic: Glasgow Herald, 15 August 199115 August 1991 Trevor Steven Marseille £5,500,0005 September 1991 Terry Hurlock Southampton £400,000Daily Record, 6 September 199118 November 1991 Mo Johnston Everton £1,550,000

Expenditure: £6,890,000 Income: £10,250,000 Total loss/gain: £3,360,000

Results All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 10 August 1991 St JohnstoneH6–035,109Hateley (3), Johnston (2, 1 (pen.)), Ferguson 13 August 1991 MotherwellH2–035,323Steven, Maaskant (o.g.) 17 August 1991 Heart of MidlothianA0–122,534 24 August 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH4–035,559Huistra, Johnston, Spencer, McCoist 31 August 1991 CelticA2–051,382Hateley (2) 7 September 1991 FalkirkA2–013,088Nisbet, Huistra 14 September 1991 Dundee UnitedH1–136,347McCoist 21 September 1991 St MirrenA2–114,503Huistra, Nisbet 28 September 1991 AberdeenH0–236,330 5 October 1991 AirdrieoniansA4–011,101McCoist (2), Nisbet, Johnston 8 October 1991 HibernianH4–235,368McCoist (2), Huistra, Tortolano (o.g.) 12 October 1991 St JohnstoneA3–210,323McCoist (2), Nisbet 19 October 1991 Heart of MidlothianH2–036,481McCoist, Mikhailichenko 26 October 1991 FalkirkH1–136,441Johnston 29 October 1991 Dundee UnitedA2–315,041McCoist (2) 2 November 1991 CelticH1–137,387McCoist 9 November 1991 Dunfermline AthleticA5–013,351Gordon (2), Gough, Hateley, McCoist 16 November 1991 AirdrieoniansH4–036,934Hateley (2), Robertson, McCoist 19 November 1991 HibernianA3–016,833McCoist (2), Hateley 23 November 1991 St MirrenH0–136,272 30 November 1991 MotherwellA2–015,350Gordon, Gough 4 December 1991 AberdeenA3–220,081Hateley (2), McCoist 7 December 1991 St JohnstoneH3–135,784Mikhailichenko, Brown, Hateley 14 December 1991 FalkirkA3–111,801McCoist, Hateley, McCall 21 December 1991 Dundee UnitedH2–041,448McCoist (2) 28 December 1991 Dunfermline AthleticH2–141,328Stevens, Gordon 1 January 1992 CelticA3–151,789McCoist, Hateley (pen.), Brown 4 January 1992 AirdrieoniansA0–012,276 11 January 1992 HibernianH2–040,616Gordon, McCoist 18 January 1992 MotherwellH2–038,217McCoist, Mikhailichenko 1 February 1992 Heart of MidlothianA2–024,356McCoist, Mikhailichenko 8 February 1992 St MirrenA2–116,638McCoist, Mikhailichenko 25 February 1992 AberdeenH0–038,513 29 February 1992 AirdrieoniansH5–040,568Hateley (3, 2 (pen.)), Brown, Rideout 10 March 1992 HibernianA3–113,387Hateley (2, 1 (pen.)), McCoist 14 March 1992 Dunfermline AthleticA3–112,274Mikhailichenho (2), Nisbet 21 March 1992 CelticH0–242,160 28 March 1992 St JohnstoneA2–19,697Hateley (2) 7 April 1992 FalkirkH4–136,832McCoist (3), Mikhailichenko 11 April 1992 Dundee UnitedA2–111,713Mikhailichenko, Brown 18 April 1992 St MirrenH4–040,362McCoist (2), Stevens, Huistra 23 April 1992 MotherwellA2–112,515Mikhailichenko (2) 28 April 1992 Heart of MidlothianH1–136,129McCoist 2 May 1992 AberdeenA2–016,580McCoist (2)

Scottish League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 20 August 1991 R2Queen's ParkH6–032,230Johnston (4), Durrant, Spackman 28 August 1991 R3Partick ThistleA2–012,587Johnston, D.Robertson 4 September 1991 QFHeart of MidlothianA1–022,878McCoist 25 September 1991 SFHibernianN0–140,901

Scottish Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 22 January 1992 R3AberdeenA1–023,000McCoist 15 February 1992 R4MotherwellH2–138,444Mikhailichenko (2) 3 March 1992 QFSt JohnstoneA3–010,107McCoist, Gough, Hateley 31 March 1992 SFCelticN1–045,191McCoist 9 May 1992 FAirdrieoniansN2–144,045McCoist, Hateley

European Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 18 September 1991 R1 Sparta PragueA0–111,053 2 October 1991 R1 Sparta PragueH2–134,260McCall (2)

Appearances PlayerPositionAppearancesGoals GK 55 0 DF 33 4 DF 42 3 DF 19 0 DF 1 0 DF 26 5 DF 1 0 DF 53 2 DF 54 2 DF 2 0 MF 20 1 MF 22 1 MF 28 5 MF 40 5 MF 45 3 MF 7 0 MF 1 0 MF 53 1 MF 2 1 FW 35 23 FW 16 10 FW 49 39 FW 5 0 FW 3 0 FW 31 12 FW 13 1 FW 11 1

League table

See also 1991–92 in Scottish football 1991–92 Scottish Cup 1991–92 Scottish League Cup 1991–92 European Cup Nine in a row

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