greatest team ever

Rangers F.C.

Full name Rangers Football Club

Nickname(s) The Gers, Teddy Bears, Blues

Founded 1873^[1]

Ground Ibrox Stadium
(Capacity: 51,082^[2])

Owner David Murray

Chairman Alastair Johnston

Manager Walter Smith

League Scottish Premier League

2009–10 Scottish Premier League, 1st

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Current season

Greatest team

Goram

Jardine

Gough

Butcher

Greig

Cooper

Gascoigne

Baxter

Laudrup

Hateley

McCoist

Rangers' Greatest Ever Team

The following team was voted as the greatest-ever Rangers team at an awards ceremony in 1999. Thousands of Rangers fans voted:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Andy Goram
2	DF	Sandy Jardine
3	DF	John Greig
4	DF	Richard Gough
5	DF	Terry Butcher
6	MF	Jim Baxter
7	MF	Davie Cooper
8	MF	Paul Gascoigne
9	FW	Ally McCoist
10	FW	Mark Hateley
11	MF	Brian Laudrup

Notable players

Scotland

Jim Baxter¹ (1960-1965)
Ralph Brand¹ (1954-1965)
Eric Caldow¹ (1953-1966)
Alec Cleland (1995-1998)
Davie Cooper¹ (1977-1989)
Sammy Cox¹ (1946-1955)
Gordon Durie (1993-2000)
Ian Durrant (1984-1998)
Alex Ferguson (1967-1969)
Barry Ferguson¹ (1994-2003 & 2005-present)
Duncan Ferguson (1992-1994)
Robert Fleck (1983-1987)
Torry Gillick¹ (1933-1935 & 1945-50)
Andy Goram¹ (1991-1998)
Richard Gough¹ (1987-1997 & 1997-1998)
John Greig¹ (1961-1978)
Willie Henderson¹ (1960-1972)
Sandy Jardine¹ (1965-1982)
Mo Johnston (1989-1991)
Derek Johnstone¹ (1970-1982 & 1985-1986)
Stuart McCall (1991-1998)
Ally McCoist¹ (1983-1998)
Robert Smith McColl (1905-1907)
George McLean (1962-1967)
Peter McCloy (1969-1986)
Ted McMinn (1984-1987)
Moses McNeil¹ (1872-1882)
Bob McPhail¹ (1927-1939)
David Meiklejohn¹ (1919-1936)
Alan Morton¹ (1920-1933)
Gordon Ramsay (1982-1985)
Jock Shaw¹ (1946-1953)
Dave Smith¹ (1966-1976)
Gordon Smith (1977-1980)
Graeme Souness¹ (1986-1991)
Colin Stein¹ (1968-1973 & 1974-1977)
Willie Waddell¹ (1938-1956)
Willie Woodburn¹ (1937-1957)

Argentina

Gabriel Amato (1998-1999)
Claudio Caniggia (2001-2003)

Australia

Craig Moore (1993-1998 & 1999-2005)
Tony Vidmar (1997-2002)

Brazil

Emerson Moisés Costa (2003-2004)

Belgium

Thomas Buffel (2005-present)

Croatia

Dado Pršo (2004-2007)

Denmark

Erik Bo Andersen (1996-1997)
Kai Johansen (1965-1970)
Brian Laudrup¹ (1994-1998)
Peter Løvenkrands (2000-2006)

England

Terry Butcher¹ (1986-1990)
Paul Gascoigne¹ (1995-1998)
Mark Hateley¹ (1990-1995 & 1997)
Graham Roberts (1986-1988)
Nigel Spackman (1989-1992)
Trevor Steven (1989-1991 & 1992-1997)
Gary Stevens (1988-1994)
Rod Wallace (1998-2001)
Mark Walters (1987-1991)
Ray Wilkins¹ (1987-1989)
Chris Woods (1986-1991)

Finland

Jonaton Johansson (1997-2000)
Antti Niemi (1997-2000)

France

Basile Boli (1994-1995)
Lionel Charbonnier (1998-2000)
Brahim Hemdani (2005-present)

Georgia

Shota Arveladze (2001-2005)
Zurab Khizanishvili (2003-2006)

Germany

Jörg Albertz¹ (1996-2001)
Stefan Klos (1998-2007)

Greece

Sotirios Kyrgiakos (2005-2006)

Iceland

Albert Guðmundsson (1944-1945)

Italy

Lorenzo Amoruso (1997-2003)
Rino Gattuso (1997-1998)
Marco Negri (1998-1999 & 2000-2001)
Sergio Porrini (1997-2001)

Netherlands

Frank de Boer (2004)
Ronald de Boer (2000-2004)
Pieter Huistra (1990-1994)
Michael Mols (1999-2003)
Arthur Numan (1998-2003)
Fernando Ricksen (2000-2006)
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1998-2001)
Peter van Vossen (1995-1998)
Northern Ireland
Sammy English (1931-1933)
Bert Manderson¹ (1915-1927)
John McClelland (1981-1995)
Jimmy Nicholl (1983-1984 & 1988-1989)
Billy Simpson¹ (1950-1959)

Norway

Henning Berg (2003-2004)
Tore André Flo (2000-2002)

Russia

Oleg Salenko (1995)

Spain

Mikel Arteta (2002-2004)
Nacho Novo (2004-present)

Sweden

Joachim Björklund (1996-1998)
Robert Prytz (1982-1985)
Jonas Thern (1997-1999)

Trinidad and Tobago

Marvin Andrews (2004-2006)
Russell Latapy (2001-2003)

Tunisia

Hamed Namouchi (2003-2006)

Turkey

Tugay Kerimoğlu (2000-2001)

Ukraine

Andrei Kanchelskis (1998-2001)
Oleg Kuznetsov (1990-1994)
Alexei Mikhailichenko (1991-1996)

United States

Claudio Reyna (1999-2001)

Team managers

Name Nationality From To P W D L Win %

William Wilton Scotland 1896 August 1899 1920 May 1920 724 480 120 124 66.29%

Bill Struth Scotland 1920 May 1920 1954 May 1954 1179 787 219 163 66.75%

Scott Symon Scotland 1954 June 1954 1967 November 1967 684 449 115 120 65.64%

David White Scotland 1967 November 1967 1969 November 1969 111 70 19 22 63.06%

William Waddell Scotland 1969 December 1969 1972 May 1972 131 74 25 32 56.49%

Jock Wallace Scotland 1972 June 1972 1978 May 1978 308 200 56 52 64.94%

John Greig Scotland 1978 June 1978 1983 October 1983 228 121 59 48 53.07%

Jock Wallace Scotland 1983 October 1983 1986 April 1986 133 62 36 37 46.62%

Graeme Souness Scotland 1986 April 1986 1991 April 1991 258 163 50 45 63.18%

Walter Smith Scotland 1991 April 1991 1998 May 1998 266 169 49 48 63.53%

Dick Advocaat Netherlands 1998 July 1998 2001 December 2001 194 131 33 30 67.53%

Alex McLeish Scotland 2001 December 2001 2006 May 2006 235 155 44 36 65.96%

Paul Le Guen France 2006 May 2006 2007 January 2007 31 16 8 7 51.61%

Walter Smith Scotland 2007 January 2007 9999 Present 17 11 4 2 64.71%