The 1992–93 season was the 113th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 64 competitive matches during the 1992–93 season. They completed the club's fifth
domestic treble
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. The team finished first in the
Scottish Premier Division
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and collected the fifth of their nine league titles in a row, after winning 33 of their 44 league games.
Influential England international midfielder Trevor Steven returned to Ibrox from Marseille for a fee of £2.4m.
In domestic competition, Aberdeen were Rangers closest challengers. Finishing runners-up in the league and finalists in both cup competitions. The league title was secured with a 1–0 win away to Airdrieonians in North Lanarkshire.
In the cup competitions, they defeated
Aberdeen
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2–1 in the
Scottish Cup final
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Mark Hateley
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. The
League Cup
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was also won after extra time, with a 2–1 win over the ''Dons''.
Rangers became the first British club to appear in the
UEFA Champions League
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after defeating
Danish
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side
Lyngby BK
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and
Leeds United
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in a match dubbed the ''Battle of Britain''. Although unbeaten the club finished second in Group A one-point behind French champions Marseille, who defeated
A.C. Milan
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in the final. Marseille were later stripped of their Ligue 1 title due to a match fixing scandal.
Transfers
In
Out
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.