The 1993–94 season is the 97th season of competitive football by Rangers

Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

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Overview

Rangers played a total of 57 competitive matches during the 1993–94 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the sixth of their nine league titles, despite only winning 22 of their 44 league games.

During Rangers' league encounter against Raith Rovers

Raith Rovers F.C.

Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League, currently playing in the First Division, having secured promotion from the Second Division as champions in 2009. Rovers have won one national trophy, the...

 at Ibrox

Ibrox Stadium

Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde, on Edmiston Drive in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. It is the home ground of Scottish Premier League club Rangers and has an all-seated capacity of 51,082...

 on 16 April 1994, Duncan Ferguson

Duncan Ferguson

Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer. He was notorious for his "hardman" image and nicknamed "Big Dunc" and "Duncan Disorderly"....

 headbutted the visitors' John McStay

John McStay

John "Jock" McStay is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a defender....

 in the south-west corner of the Ibrox pitch. Referee Kenny Clark and his linesmen missed the incident, hence Ferguson avoided a dismissal, but he was subsequently charged with assault and, as it was his fourth such conviction, he served three months in prison.ScottishLeague.net SFAQs

In the cup competitions, they were defeated in the Scottish Cup final

Scottish Cup 1993-94

The 1993–94 Scottish Cup was the 109th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Dundee United who defeated Rangers in the final.-First round:-Replays:-Second round:-Third round:-Replays:...

 by Dundee United

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

 thanks to a Craig Brewster

Craig Brewster

Craig James Brewster is a Scottish football player and coach. He made his name in a long and successful career playing as a striker for numerous clubs in Scotland, particularly Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers, Dundee United and Dunfermline Athletic...

 goal. The team did win the League Cup

Scottish League Cup

The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...

, beating Hibernian

Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...

 2–1 with goals from Ian Durrant

Ian Durrant

Ian Durrant is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers, Kilmarnock and the Scotland national team...

 and Ally McCoist

Ally McCoist

Alistair Murdoch "Ally" McCoist, MBE ; 24 September 1962) is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Rangers in Scotland....

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In their Europe

Europe

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an campaign, Rangers crashed out of the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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 in the first round after losing to Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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n outfit Levski Sofia

PFC Levski Sofia

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 on the away goals rule.

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
15 Jul 1993	Duncan Ferguson Duncan Ferguson Duncan Cowan Ferguson is a Scottish former footballer. He was notorious for his "hardman" image and nicknamed "Big Dunc" and "Duncan Disorderly"....	Dundee United Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...	£4m
27 Jul 1993	Fraser Wishart Fraser Wishart Fraser Wishart is a Scottish former professional footballer, former Secretary of the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association, and current chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland...	Falkirk Falkirk F.C. Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...	Free
16 Sep 1993	Craig Moore Craig Moore Craig Andrew Moore , is a retired Australian soccer defender.Moore is best known for his two spells with Scottish Premier Division / Scottish Premier League club Rangers...	Australian Institute of Sport	Free
22 Nov 1993	Gordon Durie Gordon Durie Gordon Scott Durie , known as Jukebox after the TV programme 'Jukebox Jury', is a Scottish former professional footballer, a utility player who usually played as a striker.- Playing career :...	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	£1.2m

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
13 Jul 1993	Gary McSwegan Gary McSwegan Gary John McSwegan is a Scottish professional footballer currently without a club following his release from Clyde...	Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	£0.4m
20 Jul 1993	Dale Gordon Dale Gordon Dale Andrew Gordon is a former professional association football player who played for Norwich City, Rangers, West Ham United, Peterborough United, Millwall and AFC Bournemouth...	West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...	£0.75m
04 Jan 1994	Sandy Robertson	Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...	£0.25m

• Expendure: £5,200,000
• Income: £1,400,000
• Total loss/gain: £3,800,000

Scottish Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
07 Aug 1993	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	43,261	Hagen, Hateley
14 Aug 1993	St. Johnstone	A	2–1	10,152	Gough, I.Ferguson
21 Aug 1993	Celtic	A	0–0	47,942
28 Aug 1993	Kilmarnock	H	1–2	44,243	Pressley
04 Sep 1993	Dundee	A	1–1	14,211	Hateley
11 Sep 1993	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	40,988	Hateley
18 Sep 1993	Aberdeen	A	0–2	19,138
25 Sep 1993	Hibernian	H	2–1	43,200	Steven, Hateley
02 Oct 1993	Raith Rovers	A	1–1	8,161	Hetherston (o.g.)
06 Oct 1993	Motherwell	H	1–2	39,816	I.Ferguson
09 Oct 1993	Dundee United	A	3–1	11,262	Huistra (2), Hateley
16 Oct 1993	St. Johnstone	H	2–0	41,960	Huistra, Hateley
30 Oct 1993	Celtic	H	1–2	47,522	McCoist
03 Nov 1993	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	18,370	Hateley (2)
06 Nov 1993	Kilmarnock	A	2–0	19,162	I.Ferguson, Huistra
10 Nov 1993	Dundee	H	3–1	38,477	McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), I.Ferguson
13 Nov 1993	Raith Rovers	H	2–2	42,611	Hateley (2)
20 Nov 1993	Hibernian	A	1–0	16,506	Gough
27 Nov 1993	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	17,292	Huistra
01 Dec 1993	Aberdeen	H	2–0	45,182	Hateley (2)
04 Dec 1993	Motherwell	A	2–0	14,069	Durie (2)
11 Dec 1993	Dundee United	H	0–3	43,058
18 Dec 1993	St. Johnstone	A	4–0	10,056	Hateley (2), Steven, Durie
27 Dec 1993	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2	45,116	Hateley (2)
01 Jan 1994	Celtic	A	4–2	48,506	Mikhailichenko (2), Hateley, Kuznetsov
08 Jan 1994	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	44,919	Hateley (2), Huistra
15 Jan 1994	Dundee	A	1–1	11,014	Durie
22 Jan 1994	Aberdeen	A	0–0	20,267
05 Feb 1994	Partick Thistle	H	5–1	42,606	Durie (2), Mikhailichenko, McCall, Steven
12 Feb 1994	Hibernian	H	2–0	43,265	Durie, Steven
26 Feb 1994	Raith Rovers	A	2–1	8,988	I.Ferguson, Durie
05 Mar 1994	Motherwell	H	2–1	43,669	Durie, Hateley (pen.)
19 Mar 1994	St. Johnstone	H	4–0	43,228	McCall, Hateley, McPherson, Durie
26 Mar 1994	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	18,108	McCoist, Hateley
29 Mar 1994	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	14,706	Gough, McCoist
02 Apr 1994	Aberdeen	H	1–1	45,888	McCall
05 Apr 1994	Dundee United	A	0–0	11,352
16 Apr 1994	Raith Rovers	H	4–0	42,545	Robertson, McCoist, D.Ferguson, Mikhailichenko
23 Apr 1994	Dundee United	H	2–1	44,776	Durie (2)
26 Apr 1994	Motherwell	A	1–2	14,050	McCoist
30 Apr 1994	Celtic	H	1–1	47,018	Mikhailichenko
03 May 1994	Hibernian	A	0–1	14,517
07 May 1994	Kilmarnock	A	0–1	18,012
14 May 1994	Dundee	H	0–0	41,620

UEFA Champions League

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 Sep 1993	R1	Levski Sofia	H	3–2	37,013	Hateley (2), McPherson
29 Sep 1993	R1	Levski Sofia	A	1–2	50,000	Durrant

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 Jan 1994	R3	Dumbarton	H	4–1	36,809	Durie, Hateley (pen.), Steven, Robertson
19 Feb 1994	R4	Alloa Athletic	H	6–0	37,804	McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), I.Ferguson, McPherson, Newbigging (o.g.)
12 Mar 1994	QF	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–0	41,666	Brown, Hateley
10 Apr 1994	SF	Kilmarnock	N	0–0	35,144
13 Apr 1994	SF R	Kilmarnock	N	2–1	29,860	Hateley (2)
21 May 1994	F	Dundee United	N	0–1 1994 Scottish Cup Final The 1994 Scottish Cup Final was the final match of the 1993–94 Scottish Cup competition, the 109th edition of the most important cup competition in Scottish football. It was played between Dundee United and Rangers at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 21 May 1994....	37,450

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 Aug 1993	R2	Dumbarton	H	1–0	36,309	I.Ferguson
25 Aug 1993	R3	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–0	12,993	Steven, I.Ferguson
01 Sep 1993	QF	Aberdeen	H	2–1	45,604	Hateley, I.Ferguson
22 Sep 1993	SF	Celtic	H	1–0	47,420	Hateley
24 Oct 1993	F	Hibernian	N	2–1	47,632	Durrant, McCoist

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
	GK	43	0
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	10	0
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	48	3
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	29	1
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	28	1
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	27	0
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	44	3
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	47	9
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	8	1
	FW Striker Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...	55	30
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	40	5
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	31	2
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	26	6
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	42	6
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	5	0
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	37	3
	FW Striker Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...	16	1
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	37	0
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	41	2
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	6	1
	FW Striker Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...	3	0
	MF Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	3	0
	FW Striker Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...	28	11
	GK	6	0
	FW Striker Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...	29	13
	GK	10	0
	DF Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	1	0

See also

• 1993–94 in Scottish football
• 1993–94 Scottish Cup
• 1993–94 Scottish League Cup
• 1993–94 UEFA Champions League