# 1991–92 Rangers F.C. season

The 1991–92 season was the 112th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 55 competitive matches during the 1991–92 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the fourth of their nine league titles after winning 33 of their 44 league games.
Rangers won the league by 9 points, the title being won at Ibrox against St Mirren with a 4–0 victory in April.
Transfer activity was heavily influenced by restrictions imposed by UEFA in European competitions. Match squads could only include a maximum of three foreign nationals, and as a result English players at Ibrox were considered "foreigners". The most significant move was the sale of England international goalkeeper Chris Woods to Sheffield Wednesday He was replaced by Scotland international goalkeeper Andy Goram from Hibernian.
In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the semi-final stage, losing 1–0 to Hibernian. Rangers won the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1981, defeating Airdrieonians 2–1 after a 1–0 win over Celtic in the semi-finals.
In Europe they were knocked out the European Cup in the first round by Czechoslovakian side Sparta Prague. They lost on away goals rule after tying the match 2–2 on aggregate.
Ally McCoist was awarded his first European Golden Boot for finishing as the top goal scorer across all European leagues with 34 goals. The McCoist / Hateley strike partnership yielded an impressive 62 goals during the season.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 19 June 1991 | Andy Goram | Hibernian | £1,000,000 |
| 1 July 1991 | David Robertson | Aberdeen | £970,000 |
| 5 July 1991 | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | Sampdoria | £2,000,000 |
| 15 August 1991 | Stuart McCall | Everton | £1,200,000 |
| 15 August 1991 | David McKellar | Kilmarnock | £20,000 |
| 2 November 1991 | Dale Gordon | Norwich City | £1,200,000 |
| 10 January 1992 | Paul Rideout | Notts County | £500,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 21 June 1991 | Stuart Munro | Blackburn Rovers | £200,000 |
| 24 June 1991 | Boni Ginzburg | Maccabi Yavne | Free |
| 11 July 1991 | Tom Cowan | Sheffield United | £350,000 |
| 22 July 1991 | Neale Cooper | Reading | Free |
| 8 August 1991 | Mark Walters | Liverpool | £1,250,000 |
| 14 August 1991 | Chris Woods | Sheffield Wednesday | £1,000,000 |
| 15 August 1991 | Trevor Steven | Marseille | £5,500,000 |
| 5 September 1991 | Terry Hurlock | Southampton | £400,000 |
| 18 November 1991 | Mo Johnston | Everton | £1,550,000 |
* Expenditure: £6,890,000
* Income: £10,250,000
* Total loss/gain: £3,360,000

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish Premier Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 10 August 1991 | St Johnstone | H | 6–0 | 35,109 | Hateley (3), Johnston (2, 1 (pen.)), Ferguson |
| 13 August 1991 | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | 35,323 | Steven, Maaskant (o.g.) |
| 17 August 1991 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 | 22,534 | |
| 24 August 1991 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–0 | 35,559 | Huistra, Johnston, Spencer, McCoist |
| 31 August 1991 | Celtic | A | 2–0 | 51,382 | Hateley (2) |
| 7 September 1991 | Falkirk | A | 2–0 | 13,088 | Nisbet, Huistra |
| 14 September 1991 | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | 36,347 | McCoist |
| 21 September 1991 | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | 14,503 | Huistra, Nisbet |
| 28 September 1991 | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | 36,330 | |
| 5 October 1991 | Airdrieonians | A | 4–0 | 11,101 | McCoist (2), Nisbet, Johnston |
| 8 October 1991 | Hibernian | H | 4–2 | 35,368 | McCoist (2), Huistra, Tortolano (o.g.) |
| 12 October 1991 | St Johnstone | A | 3–2 | 10,323 | McCoist (2), Nisbet |
| 19 October 1991 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | 36,481 | McCoist,Mikhailichenko |
| 26 October 1991 | Falkirk | H | 1–1 | 36,441 | Johnston |
| 29 October 1991 | Dundee United | A | 2–3 | 15,041 | McCoist (2) |
| 2 November 1991 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 37,387 | McCoist |
| 9 November 1991 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 5–0 | 13,351 | Gordon (2), Gough, Hateley, McCoist |
| 16 November 1991 | Airdrieonians | H | 4–0 | 36,934 | Hateley (2), Robertson, McCoist |
| 19 November 1991 | Hibernian | A | 3–0 | 16,833 | McCoist (2), Hateley |
| 23 November 1991 | St Mirren | H | 0–1 | 36,272 | |
| 30 November 1991 | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | 15,350 | Gordon, Gough |
| 4 December 1991 | Aberdeen | A | 3–2 | 20,081 | Hateley (2), McCoist |
| 7 December 1991 | St Johnstone | H | 3–1 | 35,784 | Mikhailichenko, Brown, Hateley |
| 14 December 1991 | Falkirk | A | 3–1 | 11,801 | McCoist, Hateley, McCall |
| 21 December 1991 | Dundee United | H | 2–0 | 41,448 | McCoist (2) |
| 28 December 1991 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–1 | 41,328 | Stevens, Gordon |
| 1 January 1992 | Celtic | A | 3–1 | 51,789 | McCoist, Hateley (pen.), Brown |
| 4 January 1992 | Airdrieonians | A | 0–0 | 12,276 | |
| 11 January 1992 | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | 40,616 | Gordon, McCoist |
| 18 January 1992 | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | 38,217 | McCoist, Mikhailichenko |
| 1 February 1992 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–0 | 24,356 | McCoist, Mikhailichenko |
| 8 February 1992 | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | 16,638 | McCoist,Mikhailichenko |
| 25 February 1992 | Aberdeen | H | 0–0 | 38,513 | |
| 29 February 1992 | Airdrieonians | H | 5–0 | 40,568 | Hateley (3, 2 (pen.)), Brown, Rideout |
| 10 March 1992 | Hibernian | A | 3–1 | 13,387 | Hateley (2, 1 (pen.)), McCoist |
| 14 March 1992 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–1 | 12,274 | Mikhailichenho (2), Nisbet |
| 21 March 1992 | Celtic | H | 0–2 | 42,160 | |
| 28 March 1992 | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | 9,697 | Hateley (2) |
| 7 April 1992 | Falkirk | H | 4–1 | 36,832 | McCoist (3),Mikhailichenko |
| 11 April 1992 | Dundee United | A | 2–1 | 11,713 | Mikhailichenko, Brown |
| 18 April 1992 | St Mirren | H | 4–0 | 40,362 | McCoist (2), Stevens, Huistra |
| 23 April 1992 | Motherwell | A | 2–1 | 12,515 | Mikhailichenko (2) |
| 28 April 1992 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | 36,129 | McCoist |
| 2 May 1992 | Aberdeen | A | 2–0 | 16,580 | McCoist (2) |

### Scottish League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 20 August 1991 | R2 | Queen's Park | H | 6–0 | 32,230 | Johnston (4), Durrant, Spackman |
| 28 August 1991 | R3 | Partick Thistle | A | 2–0 | 12,587 | Johnston, D.Robertson |
| 4 September 1991 | QF | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | 22,878 | McCoist |
| 25 September 1991 | SF | Hibernian | N | 0–1 | 40,901 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 22 January 1992 | R3 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 23,000 | McCoist |
| 15 February 1992 | R4 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 38,444 | Mikhailichenko (2) |
| 3 March 1992 | QF | St Johnstone | A | 3–0 | 10,107 | McCoist, Gough, Hateley |
| 31 March 1992 | SF | Celtic | N | 1–0 | 45,191 | McCoist |
| 9 May 1992 | F | Airdrieonians | N | 2–1 | 44,045 | McCoist, Hateley |

### European Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 18 September 1991 | R1 | Sparta Prague | A | 0–1 | 11,053 | |
| 2 October 1991 | R1 | Sparta Prague | H | 2–1 | 34,260 | McCall (2) |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Andy Goram | GK | 55 | 0 |
| John Brown | DF | 33 | 4 |
| Richard Gough | DF | 42 | 3 |
| Oleh Kuznetsov | DF | 19 | 0 |
| John McGregor | DF | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Nisbet | DF | 26 | 5 |
| Steven Pressley | DF | 1 | 0 |
| David Robertson | DF | 53 | 2 |
| Gary Stevens | DF | 54 | 2 |
| Chris Vinnicombe | DF | 2 | 0 |
| Ian Durrant | MF | 20 | 1 |
| Ian Ferguson | MF | 22 | 1 |
| Dale Gordon | MF | 28 | 5 |
| Pieter Huistra | MF | 40 | 5 |
| Stuart McCall | MF | 45 | 3 |
| Sandy Robertson | MF | 7 | 0 |
| Lee Robertson | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Nigel Spackman | MF | 53 | 1 |
| Trevor Steven | MF | 2 | 1 |
| Mark Hateley | FW | 35 | 23 |
| Mo Johnston | FW | 16 | 10 |
| Ally McCoist | FW | 49 | 39 |
| Gary McSwegan | FW | 5 | 0 |
| John Morrow | FW | 3 | 0 |
| Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | FW | 31 | 12 |
| Paul Rideout | FW | 13 | 1 |
| John Spencer | FW | 11 | 1 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 44 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 101 | 31 | +70 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
| 2 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Celtic | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 88 | 42 | +46 | 62 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dundee United | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 51 | |
| 5 | Hibernian | 44 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |