# 1992–93 Rangers F.C. season

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

## 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.
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. The League Cup was also won after extra time, with a 2–1 win over the Dons.
Rangers became the first British club to appear in the newly formed UEFA Champions League after defeating Danish side Lyngby BK and English league Champions 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 AC Milan in the final. Marseille were later stripped of their Ligue 1 title due to a match fixing scandal.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 13 May 1992 | Ally Maxwell | Motherwell | £300,000 |
| 4 June 1992 | Dave McPherson | Heart of Midlothian | £1,100,000 |
| 28 July 1992 | Trevor Steven | Marseille | £2,400,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 13 May 1992 | David McKellar | Retired | Retired |
| 11 August 1992 | John Spencer | Chelsea | £500,000 |
| 14 August 1992 | Paul Rideout | Everton | £500,000 |
| 8 September 1992 | Nigel Spackman | Chelsea | £485,000 |
* Expenditure: £3,800,000
* Income: £1,485,000
* Total loss/gain: £2,315,000

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish Premier Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 August 1992 | St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | 38,036 | McCoist |
| 4 August 1992 | Airdrieonians | H | 2–0 | 34,613 | Gordon, Hateley |
| 8 August 1992 | Hibernian | A | 0–0 | 17,044 | |
| 15 August 1992 | Dundee | A | 3–4 | 12,807 | McCoist (2), Ferguson |
| 22 August 1992 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 43,239 | Durrant |
| 29 August 1992 | Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | 41,636 | Durrant, McCoist, Mikhailichenko |
| 2 September 1992 | Motherwell | A | 4–1 | 10,074 | Brown, McCoist (3) |
| 12 September 1992 | Partick Thistle | A | 4–1 | 18,460 | McPherson, McCall, Gough, Hateley |
| 19 September 1992 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | 41,888 | McCall, McCoist |
| 26 September 1992 | Dundee United | A | 4–0 | 13,515 | Huistra (2), Steven, McCoist |
| 3 October 1992 | Falkirk | H | 4–0 | 40,691 | McCoist (4) |
| 7 October 1992 | St Johnstone | A | 5–1 | 9,532 | McCoist (2), Hateley (2), Ferguson |
| 17 October 1992 | Hibernian | H | 1–0 | 40,978 | McCoist |
| 31 October 1992 | Motherwell | H | 4–2 | 38,719 | McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), Brown |
| 7 November 1992 | Celtic | A | 1–0 | 51,958 | Durrant |
| 11 November 1992 | Dundee | H | 3–1 | 33,497 | McCoist (2), Hateley |
| 21 November 1992 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | 20,831 | McCoist |
| 28 November 1992 | Partick Thistle | H | 3–0 | 40,939 | Steven, McSwegan, McPherson |
| 1 December 1992 | Airdrieonians | A | 1–1 | 9,251 | Brown |
| 12 December 1992 | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | 11,585 | Hateley, McCoist |
| 19 December 1992 | St Johnstone | H | 2–0 | 35,369 | Gough, Robertson |
| 26 December 1992 | Dundee | A | 3–1 | 13,983 | Hateley (2), McCoist |
| 2 January 1993 | Celtic | H | 1–0 | 46,039 | Steven |
| 5 January 1993 | Dundee United | H | 3–2 | 40,239 | Hateley, McCall, McCoist |
| 30 January 1993 | Hibernian | A | 4–3 | 17,444 | Hateley (2), Steven, McCoist |
| 2 February 1993 | Aberdeen | A | 1–0 | 15,055 | Hateley |
| 9 February 1993 | Falkirk | H | 5–0 | 34,780 | Hateley (2), Robertson, Steven, Huistra |
| 13 February 1993 | Airdrieonians | H | 2–2 | 39,816 | McCoist (2) |
| 20 February 1993 | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | 13,234 | |
| 23 February 1993 | Motherwell | A | 4–0 | 14,006 | Hateley (2), McCall, Mikhailichenko |
| 27 February 1993 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | 42,128 | McCoist, Robertson |
| 10 March 1993 | St Johnstone | A | 1–1 | 9,210 | McCoist |
| 13 March 1993 | Hibernian | H | 3–0 | 41,076 | Hagen, Hateley, McCoist |
| 20 March 1993 | Celtic | A | 1–2 | 53,241 | Hateley |
| 27 March 1993 | Dundee | H | 3–0 | 40,294 | McCall, McCoist, Ferguson |
| 30 March 1993 | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | 44,570 | Ferguson, McCoist |
| 10 April 1993 | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | 41,353 | Brown |
| 14 April 1993 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–2 | 14,622 | Hateley (2), McCall |
| 17 April 1993 | Partick Thistle | H | 3–1 | 42,636 | McSwegan (2), Hagen |
| 1 May 1993 | Airdrieonians | A | 1–0 | 11,830 | McSwegan |
| 4 May 1993 | Partick Thistle | A | 0–3 | 9,834 | |
| 8 May 1993 | Dundee United | H | 1–0 | 42,917 | Huistra |
| 12 May 1993 | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | 13,079 | |
| 15 May 1993 | Falkirk | A | 2–1 | 8,517 | Mikhailichenko, Hateley |

### Scottish League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 11 August 1992 | R2 | Dumbarton | A | 5–0 | 11,091 | Durrant, Gordon, Hateley, McCoist, Mikhailichenko |
| 19 August 1992 | R3 | Stranraer | A | 5–0 | 4,430 | Hateley (2), McCoist (3) |
| 26 August 1992 | QF | Dundee United | A | 3–2 | 15,716 | McCoist, Gough, Huistra |
| 22 September 1992 | SF | St Johnstone | N | 3–1 | 30,062 | McCoist (3) |
| 25 October 1992 | F | Aberdeen | N | 2–1* | 45,298 | McCall, Smith (o.g.) |
*Rangers won the match 2–1 in extra-time

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 9 January 1993 | R3 | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | 14,314 | McCoist (2) |
| 6 February 1993 | R4 | Ayr United | A | 2–0 | 13,176 | McCoist, Gordon |
| 6 March 1993 | QF | Arbroath | A | 3–0 | 6,488 | Hateley, Murray, McCoist (pen.) |
| 3 April 1993 | SF | Heart of Midlothian | N | 2–1 | 41,738 | McPherson, McCoist |
| 29 May 1993 | F | Aberdeen | N | 2–1 | 50,715 | Murray, Hateley |

### UEFA Champions League

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 16 September 1992 | R1 | Lyngby | H | 2–0 | 40,036 | Hateley, Huistra |
| 30 September 1992 | R1 | Lyngby | A | 1–0 | 4,273 | Durrant |
| 21 October 1992 | R2 | Leeds United | H | 2–1 | 43,251 | McCoist, Lukic (o.g.) |
| 4 November 1992 | R2 | Leeds United | A | 2–1 | 25,118 | Hateley, McCoist |
| 25 November 1992 | GS | Marseille | H | 2–2 | 41,624 | McSwegan, Hateley |
| 9 December 1992 | GS | CSKA Moscow | A | 1–0 | 9,000 | Ferguson |
| 3 March 1993 | GS | Club Brugge | A | 1–1 | 19,000 | Huistra |
| 17 March 1993 | GS | Club Brugge | H | 2–1 | 42,731 | Durrant, Nisbet |
| 7 April 1993 | GS | Marseille | A | 1–1 | 46,000 | Durrant |
| 21 April 1993 | GS | CSKA Moscow | H | 0–0 | 43,142 | |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Andy Goram | GK | 52 | 0 |
| Ally Maxwell | GK | 12 | 0 |
| John Brown | DF | 59 | 4 |
| Richard Gough | DF | 39 | 3 |
| Oleh Kuznetsov | DF | 9 | 0 |
| Dave McPherson | DF | 53 | 3 |
| Scott Nisbet | DF | 17 | 1 |
| Steven Pressley | DF | 11 | 0 |
| Brian Reid | DF | 2 | 0 |
| David Robertson | DF | 58 | 3 |
| Gary Stevens | DF | 10 | 0 |
| Ian Durrant | MF | 47 | 7 |
| Ian Ferguson | MF | 43 | 5 |
| Dale Gordon | MF | 27 | 3 |
| David Hagen | MF | 10 | 2 |
| Pieter Huistra | MF | 42 | 7 |
| Stuart McCall | MF | 54 | 6 |
| Neil Murray | MF | 23 | 2 |
| Trevor Steven | MF | 36 | 5 |
| Lee Robertson | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy Robertson | MF | 2 | 0 |
| Nigel Spackman | MF | 3 | 0 |
| Stephen Watson | MF | 3 | 0 |
| Ally McCoist | FW | 52 | 49 |
| Gary McSwegan | FW | 14 | 5 |
| Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | FW | 39 | 4 |
| Mark Hateley | FW | 54 | 29 |
| Paul Rideout | FW | 2 | 0 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |

## Champions league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAR | RAN | BRU | CSKA |
| 1 | Marseille | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 | Advance to final | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Rangers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |