The 1987–88 season was the 108th season of competitive
football
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by
Rangers
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.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 58 competitive matches during the 1987–88 season. The team finished a disappointing third in the
Scottish Premier Division
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with 60 points, two behind Hearts and twelve behind champions
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Future club captain Richard Gough was signed from Tottenham Hotspur for a club record fee of £1.1m.
In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Dunfermline Athletic. They won the League Cup (Skol Cup), defeating
Aberdeen
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5–3 on penalties after the match was drawn 3–3.
The European campaign was fairly successful. The club reached the quarter-final of the
European Cup
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after beating Dynamo Kiev and Górnik Zabrze before being knocked out by Steaua Bucharest.
Rangers defeated English Champions Everton in the Dubai Super Cup in December. The match ended 2–2 with Rangers winning the penalty shootout 8–7. The match was dubbed the unofficial British Championship decider by the football media.
Transfers
In
Out
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish Premier Division
Scottish League Cup
*Rangers won the match 5–3 on penalties
Scottish Cup
European Cup
Dubai Super Cup
*Rangers won the match 8–7 on penalties
Glasgow Cup
✝Competition not completed
Appearances
League table
See also
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1987–88 in Scottish football
The 1987–88 season was the 91st season of competitive football in Scotland.
Notable events
Billy McNeill's second spell back in charge of Celtic began in style as they finished the season by winning the double of the league title and Scottis ...
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1987–88 Scottish Cup
The 1987–88 Scottish Cup was the 103rd staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Dundee United in the final.
First round
Replays
Second round
Replay
Second Replay
Thi ...
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1987–88 Scottish League Cup
The 1987–88 Scottish League Cup was the forty-second season of Scotland's second Association football, football knockout competition. The competition was won by Rangers F.C., Rangers, who defeated Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen in the Final.
First r ...
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1987–88 UEFA Cup
The 1987–88 UEFA Cup was won by Bayer Leverkusen on penalty kicks over Español.
It was the third season of English clubs being barred from this and indeed all European competitions as the sequel of the Heysel disaster of May 1985. The English ...
Rangers
A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to:
* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...