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Rangers F.C.

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Rangers
Full nameRangers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Gers
The Light Blues
The Teddy Bears
FoundedMarch 1872 (152 years ago) (1872-03)
GroundIbrox Stadium
Capacity50,987
OwnerThe Rangers Football Club Ltd[1]
ChairmanJohn Bennett
ManagerPhilippe Clement
LeagueScottish Premiership
2019–20Scottish Premiership, 2nd of 12
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The Rangers Football Club are an association football team based in Glasgow, Scotland, who are the the world's most successful club, they play in the Scottish Professional Football League, in the Scottish Premiership. They have won 56 league titles ,[2] a world record, their closest challengers still couldn't overtake their trophy haul despite them being 'voted' down to the bottom tier for 4 years when they spent some time in the lower leagues adding the Scottish Third Division, Scottish League One and Scottish Championship league titles to their impressive trophy haul, they have won every trophy in Scotland and have won more major trophies than any football club in the world.[3]

Club colours and crest

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The club colours of Rangers F.C. are royal blue, white and red. The team's home strip invariably features a royal blue shirt (often with white and/or red trim). Traditionally this is accompanied by white shorts (often with royal blue and/or red trim) and black socks with red turn-downs.[4] However when wearing the 'home strip' Rangers will occasionally alter the shorts and socks, sometimes replacing the black socks with white ones; or replacing the white shorts and black socks combination with royal blue shorts and socks.

The basic design of Rangers away strips has changed far more than the traditional home strip. White and red have been the most common predominant colours for Rangers alternate strips, though dark and light blue have also featured highly.[5]

In recent years, Rangers have also introduced a third kit.[6] This is usually worn if both the home and away kits clash with their opponents. The colours used range from light blue to red to a tangerine.[7]

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 1 February 2024[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England England Jack Butland
2 DF England England James Tavernier (captain)
3 DF Turkey Turkey Rıdvan Yılmaz
4 MF England England John Lundstram
5 DF Scotland Scotland John Souttar
6 DF England England Connor Goldson (vice-captain)
7 FW Portugal Portugal Fábio Silva (on loan from Wolves)
8 MF Scotland Scotland Ryan Jack
9 FW Nigeria Nigeria Cyriel Dessers
11 FW Wales Wales Tom Lawrence
13 MF England England Todd Cantwell
16 FW Colombia Colombia Óscar Cortés (on loan from RC Lens)
17 FW Wales Wales Rabbi Matondo
19 FW Senegal Senegal Abdallah Sima (on loan from Brighton)
20 MF England England Kieran Dowell
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF England England Dujon Sterling
23 FW Scotland Scotland Scott Wright
25 FW Jamaica Jamaica Kemar Roofe
26 DF England England Ben Davies
27 DF Nigeria Nigeria Leon Balogun
28 GK Scotland Scotland Robby McCrorie
31 DF Croatia Croatia Borna Barišić
32 GK Scotland Scotland Kieran Wright
33 GK Scotland Scotland Jon McLaughlin
38 DF Scotland Scotland Leon King
42 MF Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Mohamed Diomande (on loan from FC Nordsjælland)
43 MF Belgium Belgium Nicolas Raskin
45 FW Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Ross McCausland
51 MF Scotland Scotland Alex Lowry
99 FW Brazil Brazil Danilo

On loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Netherlands Netherlands Sam Lammers (on loan at Utrecht)
15 MF Ecuador Ecuador José Cifuentes (on loan at Cruzeiro)
41 GK Scotland Scotland Lewis Budinauckas (on loan at Stranraer)
44 DF Scotland Scotland Adam Devine (on loan at Motherwell)
48 MF Scotland Scotland Arron Lyall (on loan at Airdrieonians)
49 GK Scotland Scotland Jay Hogarth (on loan at Dumbarton)
No. Pos. Nation Player
53 DF Scotland Scotland Jack Harkness (on loan at Greenock Morton)
59 DF Scotland Scotland Kristian Webster (on loan at Cumbernauld Colts)
69 GK Scotland Scotland Jacob Pazikas (on loan at Civil Service Strollers)
92 FW Scotland Scotland James Graham (on loan at Dumbarton)
— MF Romania Romania Ianis Hagi (on loan at Alavés)

Academy squads

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For more details on the academy squads, see Rangers F.C. B Team and Academy.

Retired and reserved numbers

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See the main article: Retired numbers in football
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Other websites

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rangers F.C..

References

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  1. ↑ THE RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED Company No. SC425159 Companies House. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Total Number of Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 23 November 2006.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow Rangers - 1564 Trophies". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 21 October 2001.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ "Current Rangers Home shirt".[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "Current Rangers Away shirt".[permanent dead link]
  6. ↑ "Current Rangers Third shirt".[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ "Rangers to drop orange strip after sectarian outcry". Sunday Herald. 6 October 2002. Archived from the original on 17 May 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "First Team Squad". Rangers F.C. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Gers Dedicate No 12 Jersey To Fans". Rangers F.C. 3 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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