Rangers 2017–18 football season
The 2017–18 Rangers F.C. season was the 138th season of competitive football by Rangers . It is their second consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season .[1] Rangers also competed in the
Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup .
Results & fixtures [ ]
Win
Draw
Loss
Postponed
Pre-season and friendlies [ ]
Rangers v Coleraine
Rangers v The New Saints
19 June 2017 Friendly Rangers 1 − 1 The New Saints show Auchenhowie 15:00
Saunders 47' (o.g. )
Report
Darlington 60'
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre
Rangers v St Johnstone
22 June 2017 Friendly Rangers 0 − 0 St Johnstone show Auchenhowie 15:00
Report
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre
Rangers v Raith Rovers
1 July 2017 Friendly Rangers 3 − 0 Raith Rovers show Auchenhowie 15:00
Morelos Hardie Windass
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre
Rangers v Kilmarnock
10 July 2017 Friendly Rangers 2 − 1 Kilmarnock show Auchenhowie 15:00
Miller Windass
Report
Boyd
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre
Rangers v St Johnstone
18 July 2017 Friendly Rangers 0 − 1 St Johnstone show Auchenhowie 14:30
Kranjčar
Hendry 80'
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre
Rangers v Marseille
22 July 2017 Friendly Rangers 1 − 1 Marseille show Glasgow 15:00
Kranjcar 75'
Report
Germain 63'
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 22,107
Watford v Rangers
Sheffield Wednesday v Rangers
Rangers v Greenock Morton
7 October 2017 Friendly Rangers 3 − 3 Greenock Morton show Auchenhowie 12:00
Dálcio Holt Miller
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre
Berwick Rangers v Rangers XI
Rangers v Corinthians
13 January 2018 Florida Cup Rangers 4 – 2 Corinthians show Orlando , United States 16:00 UTC−05:00
Morelos 62' , 76' Halliday 70' Tavernier 81'
Rangers Report
Rodriguinho 30' Kazim-Richards 39'
Stadium: Spectrum Stadium Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
Scottish Premiership [ ]
Rangers v Heart of Midlothian
Partick Thistle v Rangers
Hamilton Academical v Rangers
Heart of Midlothian v Rangers
Rangers v Partick Thistle
Rangers v Hamilton Academical
Partick Thistle v Rangers
Hamilton Academical v Rangers
Rangers v Heart of Midlothian
Rangers v Heart of Midlothian
League Cup [ ]
Rangers v Dunfermline Athletic
Partick Thistle v Rangers
Scottish Cup [ ]
Europa League [ ]
First team player statistics [ ]
Squad statistics [ ]
The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for 2017–18 season. They may not have made an appearance.
Appearances, goals and discipline [ ]
Totals
Scottish Premiership
Scottish Cup
League Cup
Europa League
Discipline
1
GK
Wes Foderingham
37
0
33+0
0
2+0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
DF
James Tavernier
46
9
37+1
8
3+0
0
3
1
2
0
5
0
3
DF
Declan John
31
3
25+1
3
3+0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
4
DF
Fábio Cardoso
18
0
9+3
0
1+0
0
3
0
2
0
2
0
5
DF
Lee Wallace
7
0
5+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
7
FW
Dálcio
3
0
0+1
0
0+0
0
0
0
1+1
0
0
0
8
MF
Ryan Jack
21
0
17+0
0
0+0
0
2
0
2
0
2
4
9
FW
Kenny Miller
23
5
15+3
3
0+2
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
10
MF
Graham Dorrans
20
5
16+0
5
1+0
0
3
0
0
0
6
0
11
MF
Josh Windass
41
18
31+2
13
3+1
5
3
0
0+1
0
7
0
14
FW
Joe Dodoo
2
0
0+0
0
0+2
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
15
FW
Eduardo Herrera
24
2
2+17
1
0+2
0
0+2
1
0+1
0
2
0
16
MF
Andy Halliday
15
0
5+6
0
3+1
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
3
0
17
DF
Lee Hodson
9
0
5+1
0
1+0
0
1+1
0
0
0
1
0
18
MF
Jordan Rossiter
5
1
1+1
1
0+0
0
1
0
1+1
0
2
0
20
FW
Alfredo Morelos
43
18
29+6
14
3+0
2
3
2
1+1
0
11
0
21
MF
Daniel Candeias
45
8
34+3
6
3+0
0
3
2
1+1
0
3
0
22
DF
Bruno Alves
25
2
17+3
1
1+1
0
3
1
0
0
4
0
23
MF
Jason Holt
32
2
23+3
2
1+2
0
0+2
0
1
0
10
1
24
DF
David Bates
20
1
13+2
1
3+0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
25
GK
Jak Alnwick
10
0
5+0
0
2+0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
26
FW
Jason Cummings
18
6
6+9
2
3+0
4
0
0
0
0
4
0
27
MF
Sean Goss
15
2
10+3
2
2+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
3
0
28
FW
Jamie Murphy
19
5
16+0
4
2+1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
FW
Michael O'Halloran
1
0
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
GK
Liam Kelly
0
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
DF
Russell Martin
17
1
15+0
1
2+0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
35
MF
Jamie Barjonas
5
0
1+4
0
0+0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
36
DF
Myles Beerman
0
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
DF
Ross McCrorie
24
2
19+2
2
1+0
0
0+2
0
0
0
6
1
43
DF
Kyle Bradley
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45
FW
Serge Atakayi
0
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
MF
Greg Docherty
14
0
8+3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
6
DF
Danny Wilson
15
3
12+2
3
0+0
0
0+1
0
0
0
3
0
19
MF
Niko Kranjčar
11
0
4+3
0
1+0
0
0+1
0
2
0
2
0
26
MF
Harry Forrester
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
MF
Carlos Peña
14
5
6+6
4
0+0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
28
MF
Aaron Nemane
6
0
0+5
0
0+0
0
0+1
0
0
0
0
0
30
MF
Jordan Thompson
0
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
FW
Ryan Hardie
7
0
0+7
0
0+0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
FW
Martyn Waghorn
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
34
DF
Aidan Wilson
0
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
42
MF
Liam Burt
0
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
0+0
0
0
0
0
0
Last updated: 3 December 2017
Source:[2]
Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership , League Cup , Scottish Cup , and the UEFA Europa League .
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Club statistics [ ]
Competition Overview [ ]
Competition
First match
Last match
Final position
Record
Scottish Premiership
5 August 2017
12 May 2018
3rd
38
21
7
10
76
50
+26
0 55.26
Scottish League Cup
9 August 2017
22 October 2017
Semi Finals
3
2
0
1
9
3
+6
0 66.67
Scottish Cup
20 January 2018
15 April 2018
Semi Finals
4
3
0
1
13
6
+7
0 75.00
UEFA Europa League
29 June 2017
4 July 2017
First qualifying round
2
1
0
1
1
2
−1
0 50.00
Total
47
27
7
13
99
61
+38
0 57.45
—
As of 16 April 2018
League table [ ]
Source:
Soccerway BBC Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).
[3] (C) Champion
Notes:
^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Scottish Cup , Celtic , qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round ) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round ) was passed to the fourth-placed team.
Management statistics [ ]
Last updated 15 April 2018
Pedro Caixinha [4]
1 June 2017
26 October 2017
15
8
3
4
0 53.33
Graeme Murty [5]
27 October 2017
1 May 2018
29
18
2
9
0 62.07
Jimmy Nicholl [6]
1 May 2018
13 May 2018
3
1
2
0
0 33.33
Club [ ]
Staff [ ]
Club
Name
Role[7]
Caretaker Manager
Jimmy Nicholl [7]
First Team Coach
Jonatan Johansson [8]
Interim Goalkeeping Coach
Colin Stewart
Director of Football
Mark Allen[7] (From 20 June)
Head of Scouting
Andy Scoulding[7] (From 30 October)
Club Doctor
Paul Jackson
Head of Performance and Preparation
Craig Flannigan[7]
Head of Sport Science
Luke Lawrence
Head of Strength and Conditioning
Paraskevas Polychronopolous
Physiotherapists
Stevie Walker[9] Alex MacQueen
Masseur
David Lavery[9]
Head of Analysis
Neil McIlhargey[9]
Head of Technical Media
Steve Harvey
Kit Executive
Jimmy Bell
Rangers Int Football Club Plc Board
Name
Role[9]
Chairman
Dave King [9]
Company Secretary
James Blair[9]
Non-Executive Director
John Bennett[9]
Non-Executive Director
Paul Murray [9] (Until May 2)
Non-Executive Director
Douglas Park[9]
Non-Executive Director
Graeme Park[9]
Non-Executive Director
Barry Scott[9] (From 11 December until May 2)
Rangers Football Club Ltd Board
Name
Role[10]
Managing Director
Stewart Robertson[10]
Company Secretary
James Blair[10]
Director of Finance and Administration
Andrew Dickson[10]
Transfers [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Progrès Niederkorn played their home match at Stade Josy Barthel , Luxembourg City , instead of their regular stadium Stade Jos Haupert , Niederkorn .
^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
References [ ]
show Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions Related to national team Transfers Club seasons
Premiership Championship League One League Two