The 1994–95 season was the 115th season of competitive
football
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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
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.
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 the side was defeated 2–1 by
Falkirk
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Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
.
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
A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens.
Establishe ...
, 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 £4.3 million 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
David Cooper (25 February 1956 – 23 March 1995) was a Scottish professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger.
Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Cooper played as a youth for l ...
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
Ibrox International Challenge Trophy
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 ...
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Nine in a row
In Football in Scotland, Scottish football, the term nine in a row refers to winning the league championship in nine consecutive years. This has been accomplished twice by Celtic F.C., Celtic and once by Rangers F.C., Rangers. It has become a com ...