The 1994–95 season was the 115th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Overview
Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season. The club won the Premier Division with a commanding sixteen point lead over nearest challengers Motherwell.
The cup competitions were not so successful as the side crashed out the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Hearts, losing 4–2. In the
League Cup
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the side was defeated 2–1 by Falkirk.
The European campaign was over as soon as it began, the club was knocked out the
UEFA Champions League
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in the first round by
AEK Athens
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, losing 3–0 on aggregate.
Rangers made three expensive signings at the start of the season in shape of defenders Basile Boli and Alan McLaren, as well as forward Brian Laudrup. On his way out of the club was striker Duncan Ferguson after 18 months, when in December 1994 he signed for Everton in a £4.3million deal after two months on loan in Merseyside, handing the Ibrox club a small profit on the then UK transfer record fee they originally paid for him.
The club's successful season was overshadowed by the death in March of club legend
Davie Cooper
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All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Scottish Premier Division
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Cup
UEFA Champions League
Appearances
League table
See also
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1994–95 in Scottish football
The 1994–95 season was the 98th season of competitive Association football, football in Scottish Football League, Scotland. This season saw the introduction of a fourth tier of league football (the Scottish 3rd Division) and also three points f ...