1992–93 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1992–93 season
ChairmanDavid Murray
ManagerWalter Smith
GroundIbrox Stadium
Scottish Premier Division1st (Champions)
Scottish CupWinners
League CupWinners
Champions LeagueGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ally McCoist (34)
All:
Ally McCoist (49)

The 1992–93 season was the 113th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

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Rangers played a total of 64 competitive matches during the 1992–93 season. They completed the club's fifth domestic treble. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the fifth of their nine league titles in a row, after winning 33 of their 44 league games.[1]

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 2–1 in the Scottish Cup final, with goals from Neil Murray and Mark Hateley.[2] The League Cup was also won after extra time, with a 2–1 win over the Dons.[3]

Rangers became the first British club to appear in the UEFA Champions League after defeating Danish side Lyngby BK and English league Champions Leeds United 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 AC Milan in the final.[4] Marseille were later stripped of their Ligue 1 title due to a match fixing scandal.

Transfers

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In

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Date Player From Fee
13 May 1992 Scotland Ally Maxwell Scotland Motherwell £300,000
4 June 1992 Scotland Dave McPherson Scotland Heart of Midlothian £1,100,000[5]
28 July 1992 England Trevor Steven France Marseille £2,400,000[6]

Out

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Date Player To Fee
13 May 1992 Scotland David McKellar Retired
11 August 1992 Scotland John Spencer England Chelsea £500,000[7]
14 August 1992 England Paul Rideout England Everton £500,000[8]
8 September 1992 England Nigel Spackman England Chelsea £485,000[9]
  • Expenditure: Decrease £3,800,000
  • Income: Increase £1,485,000
  • Total loss/gain: Decrease £2,315,000

Results

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All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

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Main article: 1992–93 Scottish Premier Division
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 August 1992 St Johnstone H 1–0 38,036 McCoist
4 August 1992 Airdrieonians H 2–0 34,613 Gordon, Hateley
8 August 1992 Hibernian A 0–0 17,044
15 August 1992 Dundee A 3–4 12,807 McCoist (2), Ferguson
22 August 1992 Celtic H 1–1 43,239 Durrant
29 August 1992 Aberdeen H 3–1 41,636 Durrant, McCoist, Mikhailichenko
2 September 1992 Motherwell A 4–1 10,074 Brown, McCoist (3)
12 September 1992 Partick Thistle A 4–1 18,460 McPherson, McCall, Gough, Hateley
19 September 1992 Heart of Midlothian H 2–0 41,888 McCall, McCoist
26 September 1992 Dundee United A 4–0 13,515 Huistra (2), Steven, McCoist
3 October 1992 Falkirk H 4–0 40,691 McCoist (4)
7 October 1992 St Johnstone A 5–1 9,532 McCoist (2), Hateley (2), Ferguson
17 October 1992 Hibernian H 1–0 40,978 McCoist
31 October 1992 Motherwell H 4–2 38,719 McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), Brown
7 November 1992 Celtic A 1–0 51,958 Durrant
11 November 1992 Dundee H 3–1 33,497 McCoist (2), Hateley
21 November 1992 Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 20,831 McCoist
28 November 1992 Partick Thistle H 3–0 40,939 Steven, McSwegan, McPherson
1 December 1992 Airdrieonians A 1–1 9,251 Brown
12 December 1992 Falkirk A 2–1 11,585 Hateley, McCoist
19 December 1992 St Johnstone H 2–0 35,369 Gough, Robertson
26 December 1992 Dundee A 3–1 13,983 Hateley (2), McCoist
2 January 1993 Celtic H 1–0 46,039 Steven
5 January 1993 Dundee United H 3–2 40,239 Hateley, McCall, McCoist
30 January 1993 Hibernian A 4–3 17,444 Hateley (2), Steven, McCoist
2 February 1993 Aberdeen A 1–0 15,055 Hateley
9 February 1993 Falkirk H 5–0 34,780 Hateley (2), Robertson, Steven, Huistra
13 February 1993 Airdrieonians H 2–2 39,816 McCoist (2)
20 February 1993 Dundee United A 0–0 13,234
23 February 1993 Motherwell A 4–0 14,006 Hateley (2), McCall, Mikhailichenko
27 February 1993 Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 42,128 McCoist, Robertson
10 March 1993 St Johnstone A 1–1 9,210 McCoist
13 March 1993 Hibernian H 3–0 41,076 Hagen, Hateley, McCoist
20 March 1993 Celtic A 1–2 53,241 Hateley
27 March 1993 Dundee H 3–0 40,294 McCall, McCoist, Ferguson
30 March 1993 Aberdeen H 2–0 44,570 Ferguson, McCoist
10 April 1993 Motherwell H 1–0 41,353 Brown
14 April 1993 Heart of Midlothian A 3–2 14,622 Hateley (2), McCall
17 April 1993 Partick Thistle H 3–1 42,636 McSwegan (2), Hagen
1 May 1993 Airdrieonians A 1–0 11,830 McSwegan
4 May 1993 Partick Thistle A 0–3 9,834
8 May 1993 Dundee United H 1–0 42,917 Huistra
12 May 1993 Aberdeen A 0–1 13,079
15 May 1993 Falkirk A 2–1 8,517 Mikhailichenko, Hateley

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1992–93 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
11 August 1992 R2 Dumbarton A 5–0 11,091 Durrant, Gordon, Hateley, McCoist, Mikhailichenko
19 August 1992 R3 Stranraer A 5–0 4,430 Hateley (2), McCoist (3)
26 August 1992 QF Dundee United A 3–2 15,716 McCoist, Gough, Huistra
22 September 1992 SF St Johnstone N 3–1 30,062 McCoist (3)
25 October 1992 F Aberdeen N 2–1* 45,298 McCall, Smith (o.g.)

*Rangers won the match 2–1 in extra-time

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1992–93 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
9 January 1993 R3 Motherwell A 2–0 14,314 McCoist (2)
6 February 1993 R4 Ayr United A 2–0 13,176 McCoist, Gordon
6 March 1993 QF Arbroath A 3–0 6,488 Hateley, Murray, McCoist (pen.)
3 April 1993 SF Heart of Midlothian N 2–1 41,738 McPherson, McCoist
29 May 1993 F Aberdeen N 2–1 50,715 Murray, Hateley

UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
16 September 1992 R1 Denmark Lyngby H 2–0 40,036 Hateley, Huistra
30 September 1992 R1 Denmark Lyngby A 1–0 4,273 Durrant
21 October 1992 R2 England Leeds United H 2–1 43,251 McCoist, Lukic (o.g.)
4 November 1992 R2 England Leeds United A 2–1 25,118 Hateley, McCoist
25 November 1992 GS France Marseille H 2–2 41,624 McSwegan, Hateley
9 December 1992 GS Russia CSKA Moscow A 1–0 9,000 Ferguson
3 March 1993 GS Belgium Club Brugge A 1–1 19,000 Huistra
17 March 1993 GS Belgium Club Brugge H 2–1 42,731 Durrant, Nisbet
7 April 1993 GS France Marseille A 1–1 46,000 Durrant
21 April 1993 GS Russia CSKA Moscow H 0–0 43,142

Appearances

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Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Andy Goram GK 52 0
Scotland Ally Maxwell GK 12 0
Scotland John Brown DF 59 4
Scotland Richard Gough DF 39 3
Ukraine Oleh Kuznetsov DF 9 0
Scotland Dave McPherson DF 53 3
Scotland Scott Nisbet DF 17 1
Scotland Steven Pressley DF 11 0
Scotland Brian Reid DF 2 0
Scotland David Robertson DF 58 3
England Gary Stevens DF 10 0
Scotland Ian Durrant MF 47 7
Scotland Ian Ferguson MF 43 5
England Dale Gordon MF 27 3
Scotland David Hagen MF 10 2
Netherlands Pieter Huistra MF 42 7
Scotland Stuart McCall MF 54 6
Scotland Neil Murray MF 23 2
England Trevor Steven MF 36 5
Scotland Lee Robertson MF 1 0
Scotland Sandy Robertson MF 2 0
England Nigel Spackman MF 3 0
England Stephen Watson MF 3 0
Scotland Ally McCoist FW 52 49
Scotland Gary McSwegan FW 14 5
Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko FW 39 4
England Mark Hateley FW 54 29
England Paul Rideout FW 2 0

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 44 33 7 4 97 35 +62 73 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Aberdeen 44 27 10 7 87 36 +51 64 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Celtic 44 24 12 8 68 41 +27 60 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Dundee United 44 19 9 16 56 49 +7 47
5 Heart of Midlothian 44 15 14 15 46 51 −5 44
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Champions league table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAR RAN BRU CSKA
1 France Marseille 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9 Advance to final — 1–1 3–0 6–0
2 Scotland Rangers 6 2 4 0 7 5 +2 8 2–2 — 2–1 0–0
3 Belgium Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5 0–1 1–1 — 1–0
4 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2 1–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The goal that ended Rangers' run". The Sunday Post. 21 March 1993. Retrieved 23 May 2021 – via The Celtic Wiki (match report scan).
  2. ^ McKinney, David (31 May 1993). "Scottish up Final: Rangers continue to reign supreme". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ McKinney, David (26 October 1992). "Football: Smith's slip gives Rangers the prize". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Robbed? Why Rangers could have been the first Champions League winners". Talksport. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ Rangers buy back McPherson: The Herald, 5 June 1992
  6. ^ "Steven will provide the missing midfield link". The Herald. 27 July 1992.
  7. ^ "Patience pays off as Rangers go nap". The Herald. 12 August 1992.
  8. ^ "Brady is ready to land Slater after day of bargaining". The Herald. 14 August 1992.
  9. ^ "Gordon's class tells". The Herald. 9 September 1992.
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