1991–92 Rangers F.C. Season
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The 1991–92 season was the 112th season of competitive
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by Rangers.


Overview

Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1991–92 season. The team finished first in the
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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 The Scottish League Cup (also known as the Viaplay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League Cup in existen ...
at the semi-final stage, losing 1–0 to Hibernian. Rangers won the
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2–1 after a 1–0 win over
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in the semi-finals. In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the first round by
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. 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


Out


Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.


Scottish Premier Division


European Cup


Scottish Cup


League Cup


Appearances


League table


See also

* 1991–92 in Scottish football *
1991–92 Scottish Cup The 1991–92 Scottish Cup was the 107th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Rangers who defeated Airdrieonians in the final. First round Replay Second round Replays Third round R ...
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1991–92 Scottish League Cup The 1991–92 Scottish League Cup was the 46th staging of Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition. The competition was sponsored by Skol and was also known as the Skol Cup. The competition was won by Hibs, who defeated ...
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1991–92 European Cup The 1991–92 European Cup was the 37th season of the UEFA Champions League, European Cup association football, football club tournament. It was the first European Cup to have a group stage, from which the winning clubs progressed to the final. 19 ...
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