1992–93 Rangers F.C. season

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

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

Overview

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 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 A.C. Milan in the final.[4] Marseille were later stripped of their Ligue 1 title due to a match fixing scandal.

Transfers

In
Date Player From Fee
13 May 1992 Scotland Ally MaxwellScotland Motherwell£300,000
4 June 1992 Scotland Dave McPhersonScotland Heart of Midlothian£1,100,000[5]
28 July 1992 England Trevor StevenFrance Olympique de Marseille£2,400,000[6]

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

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division
Main article: 1992–93 Scottish Premier Division
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
1 August 1992St JohnstoneH1–038,036McCoist
4 August 1992AirdrieoniansH2–034,613Gordon, Hateley
8 August 1992HibernianA0–017,044
15 August 1992DundeeA3–412,807McCoist (2), Ferguson
22 August 1992CelticH1–143,239Durrant
29 August 1992AberdeenH3–141,636Durrant, McCoist, Mikhailichenko
2 September 1992MotherwellA4–110,074Brown, McCoist (3)
12 September 1992Partick ThistleA4–118,460McPherson, McCall, Gough, Hateley
19 September 1992Heart of MidlothianH2–041,888McCall, McCoist
26 September 1992Dundee UnitedA4–013,515Huistra (2), Steven, McCoist
3 October 1992FalkirkH4–040,691McCoist (4)
7 October 1992St JohnstoneA5–19,532McCoist (2), Hateley (2), Ferguson
17 October 1992HibernianH1–040,978McCoist
31 October 1992MotherwellH4–238,719McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), Brown
7 November 1992CelticA1–051,958Durrant
11 November 1992DundeeH3–133,497McCoist (2), Hateley
21 November 1992Heart of MidlothianA1–120,831McCoist
28 November 1992Partick ThistleH3–040,939Steven, McSwegan, McPherson
1 December 1992AirdrieoniansA1–19,251Brown
12 December 1992FalkirkA2–111,585Hateley, McCoist
19 December 1992St JohnstoneH2–035,369Gough, Robertson
26 December 1992DundeeA3–113,983Hateley (2), McCoist
2 January 1993CelticH1–046,039Steven
5 January 1993Dundee UnitedH3–240,239Hateley, McCall, McCoist
30 January 1993HibernianA4–317,444Hateley (2), Steven, McCoist
2 February 1993AberdeenA1–015,055Hateley
9 February 1993FalkirkH5–034,780Hateley (2), Robertson, Steven, Huistra
13 February 1993AirdrieoniansH2–239,816McCoist (2)
20 February 1993Dundee UnitedA0–013,234
23 February 1993MotherwellA4–014,006Hateley (2), McCall, Mikhailichenko
27 February 1993Heart of MidlothianH2–142,128McCoist, Robertson
10 March 1993St JohnstoneA1–19,210McCoist
13 March 1993HibernianH3–041,076Hagen, Hateley, McCoist
20 March 1993CelticA1–253,241Hateley
27 March 1993DundeeH3–040,294McCall, McCoist, Ferguson
30 March 1993AberdeenH2–044,570Ferguson, McCoist
10 April 1993MotherwellH1–041,353Brown
14 April 1993Heart of MidlothianA3–214,622Hateley (2), McCall
17 April 1993Partick ThistleH3–142,636McSwegan (2), Hagen
1 May 1993AirdrieoniansA1–011,830McSwegan
4 May 1993Partick ThistleA0–39,834
8 May 1993Dundee UnitedH1–042,917Huistra
12 May 1993AberdeenA0–113,079
15 May 1993FalkirkA2–18,517Mikhailichenko, Hateley

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
16 September 1992R1LyngbyH2–040,036Hateley, Huistra
30 September 1992R1LyngbyA1–04,273Durrant
21 October 1992R2Leeds UnitedH2–143,251McCoist, Lukic (o.g.)
4 November 1992R2Leeds UnitedA2–125,118Hateley, McCoist
25 November 1992GSMarseilleH2–241,624McSwegan, Hateley
9 December 1992GSCSKA MoscowA1–09,000Ferguson
3 March 1993GSClub BruggeA1–119,000Huistra
17 March 1993GSClub BruggeH2–142,731Durrant, Nisbet
7 April 1993GSMarseilleA1–146,000Durrant
21 April 1993GSCSKA MoscowH0–043,142

League Cup
Main article: 1992–93 Scottish League Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
11 August 1992R2DumbartonA5–011,091Durrant, Gordon, Hateley, McCoist, Mikhailichenko
19 August 1992R3StranraerA5–04,430Hateley (2), McCoist (3)
26 August 1992QFDundee UnitedA3–215,716McCoist, Gough, Huistra
22 September 1992SFSt JohnstoneN3–130,062McCoist (3)
25 October 1992FAberdeenN2–145,298McCall, Smith (o.g.)

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1992–93 Scottish Cup
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
9 January 1993R3MotherwellA2–014,314McCoist (2)
6 February 1993R4Ayr UnitedA2–013,176McCoist, Gordon
6 March 1993QFArbroathA3–06,488Hateley, Murray, McCoist (pen.)
3 April 1993SFHeart of MidlothianN2–141,738McPherson, McCoist
29 May 1993FAberdeenN2–150,715Murray, Hateley

Appearances
Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Andy GoramGK520
Scotland Ally MaxwellGK120
Scotland Scott NisbetDF171
Scotland David RobertsonDF583
Scotland Richard GoughDF393
Scotland Dave McPhersonDF533
Scotland John BrownDF594
Ukraine Oleg KuznetsovDF90
Scotland Ian DurrantMF477
England Dale GordonMF273
Scotland Stuart McCallMF546
England Trevor StevenMF365
Scotland Ian FergusonMF435
Netherlands Pieter HuistraMF427
England Nigel SpackmanMF30
Scotland David HagenMF102
Scotland Sandy RobertsonMF20
Scotland Ally McCoistFW5249
England Mark HateleyFW5429
England Paul RideoutFW20
Ukraine Alexei MikhailichenkoFW394
England Gary StevensDF100
Scotland Gary McSweganFW145
Scotland Steven PressleyDF110
Scotland Neil MurrayMF232
England Stephen WatsonMF30
Scotland Brian ReidDF20
Scotland Lee RobertsonMF10

League table
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

See also

References
  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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