# 1993–94 Rangers F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was the 114th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 57 competitive matches during the 1993–94 season. The team finished first in the Scottish Premier Division and collected the sixth of their nine league titles, despite only winning 22 of their 44 league games.
During Rangers' league encounter against Raith Rovers at Ibrox on 16 April 1994, Duncan Ferguson headbutted the visitors' John McStay in the south-west corner of the Ibrox pitch. Referee Kenny Clark booked Ferguson, but he was subsequently charged with assault and, as it was his fourth such conviction, he served three months in prison.
In the cup competitions, they were defeated in the Scottish Cup final by Dundee United thanks to a Craig Brewster goal. The team did win the League Cup, beating Hibernian 2–1 with goals from Ian Durrant and Ally McCoist.
In their European campaign, Rangers crashed out of the UEFA Champions League in the first round after losing to Bulgarian outfit Levski Sofia on the away goals rule.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 14 July 1993 | Duncan Ferguson | Dundee United | £4,000,000 |
| 27 July 1993 | Fraser Wishart | Falkirk | Free |
| 16 September 1993 | Craig Moore | Australian Institute of Sport | Free |
| 23 November 1993 | Gordon Durie | Tottenham Hotspur | £1,200,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 26 June 1993 | Gary McSwegan | Notts County | £400,000 |
| 9 July 1993 | Dale Gordon | West Ham United | £750,000 |
| 4 January 1994 | Sandy Robertson | Coventry City | £400,000 |
* Expendure: £4,950,000
* Income: £1,550,000
* Total loss/gain: £3,400,000

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish Premier Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 7 August 1993 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | 43,261 | Hagen, Hateley |
| 14 August 1993 | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | 10,152 | Gough, I. Ferguson |
| 21 August 1993 | Celtic | A | 0–0 | 47,942 | |
| 28 August 1993 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | 44,243 | Pressley |
| 4 September 1993 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 14,211 | Hateley |
| 11 September 1993 | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | 40,988 | Hateley |
| 18 September 1993 | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | 19,138 | |
| 25 September 1993 | Hibernian | H | 2–1 | 43,200 | Steven, Hateley |
| 2 October 1993 | Raith Rovers | A | 1–1 | 8,161 | Hetherston (o.g.) |
| 6 October 1993 | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | 39,816 | I. Ferguson |
| 9 October 1993 | Dundee United | A | 3–1 | 11,262 | Huistra (2), Hateley |
| 16 October 1993 | St Johnstone | H | 2–0 | 41,960 | Huistra, Hateley |
| 30 October 1993 | Celtic | H | 1–2 | 47,522 | McCoist |
| 3 November 1993 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–2 | 18,370 | Hateley (2) |
| 6 November 1993 | Kilmarnock | A | 2–0 | 19,162 | I. Ferguson, Huistra |
| 10 November 1993 | Dundee | H | 3–1 | 38,477 | McCoist (2, 1 (pen.)), I. Ferguson |
| 13 November 1993 | Raith Rovers | H | 2–2 | 42,611 | Hateley (2) |
| 20 November 1993 | Hibernian | A | 1–0 | 16,506 | Gough |
| 27 November 1993 | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | 17,292 | Huistra |
| 1 December 1993 | Aberdeen | H | 2–0 | 45,182 | Hateley (2) |
| 4 December 1993 | Motherwell | A | 2–0 | 14,069 | Durie (2) |
| 11 December 1993 | Dundee United | H | 0–3 | 43,058 | |
| 18 December 1993 | St Johnstone | A | 4–0 | 10,056 | Hateley (2), Steven, Durie |
| 27 December 1993 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–2 | 45,116 | Hateley (2) |
| 1 January 1994 | Celtic | A | 4–2 | 48,506 | Mikhailichenko (2), Hateley, Kuznetsov |
| 8 January 1994 | Kilmarnock | H | 3–0 | 44,919 | Hateley (2), Huistra |
| 15 January 1994 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 11,014 | Durie |
| 22 January 1994 | Aberdeen | A | 0–0 | 20,267 | |
| 5 February 1994 | Partick Thistle | H | 5–1 | 42,606 | Durie (2), Mikhailichenko, McCall, Steven |
| 12 February 1994 | Hibernian | H | 2–0 | 43,265 | Durie, Steven |
| 26 February 1994 | Raith Rovers | A | 2–1 | 8,988 | I. Ferguson, Durie |
| 5 March 1994 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 43,669 | Durie, Hateley (pen.) |
| 19 March 1994 | St Johnstone | H | 4–0 | 43,228 | McCall, Hateley, McPherson, Durie |
| 26 March 1994 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–1 | 18,108 | McCoist, Hateley |
| 29 March 1994 | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | 14,706 | Gough, McCoist |
| 2 April 1994 | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | 45,888 | McCall |
| 5 April 1994 | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | 11,352 | |
| 16 April 1994 | Raith Rovers | H | 4–0 | 42,545 | Robertson, McCoist, D. Ferguson, Mikhailichenko |
| 23 April 1994 | Dundee United | H | 2–1 | 44,776 | Durie (2) |
| 26 April 1994 | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | 14,050 | McCoist |
| 30 April 1994 | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 47,018 | Mikhailichenko |
| 3 May 1994 | Hibernian | A | 0–1 | 14,517 | |
| 7 May 1994 | Kilmarnock | A | 0–1 | 18,012 | |
| 14 May 1994 | Dundee | H | 0–0 | 41,620 | |

### Scottish League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 11 August 1993 | R2 | Dumbarton | H | 1–0 | 36,309 | I. Ferguson |
| 25 August 1993 | R3 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–0 | 12,993 | Steven, I. Ferguson |
| 1 September 1993 | QF | Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | 45,604 | Hateley, I. Ferguson |
| 22 September 1993 | SF | Celtic | H | 1–0 | 47,420 | Hateley |
| 24 October 1993 | F | Hibernian | N | 2–1 | 47,632 | Durrant, McCoist |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 29 January 1994 | R3 | Dumbarton | H | 4–1 | 36,809 | Durie, Hateley (pen.), Steven, Robertson |
| 19 February 1994 | R4 | Alloa Athletic | H | 6–0 | 37,804 | McCoist (3, 1 (pen.)), I. Ferguson, McPherson, Newbigging (o.g.) |
| 12 March 1994 | QF | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | 41,666 | Brown, Hateley |
| 10 April 1994 | SF | Kilmarnock | N | 0–0 | 35,144 | |
| 13 April 1994 | SF R | Kilmarnock | N | 2–1 | 29,860 | Hateley (2) |
| 21 May 1994 | F | Dundee United | N | 0–1 | 37,450 | |

### UEFA Champions League

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 15 September 1993 | R1 | Levski Sofia | H | 3–2 | 37,013 | Hateley (2), McPherson |
| 29 September 1993 | R1 | Levski Sofia | A | 1–2 | 50,000 | Durrant |

## Appearances

| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Andy Goram | GK | 10 | 0 |
| Ally Maxwell | GK | 43 | 0 |
| Colin Scott | GK | 6 | 0 |
| John Brown | DF | 28 | 1 |
| Richard Gough | DF | 48 | 3 |
| Oleh Kuznetsov | DF | 6 | 1 |
| Dave McPherson | DF | 37 | 3 |
| Craig Moore | DF | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Pressley | DF | 29 | 1 |
| David Robertson | DF | 41 | 2 |
| Gary Stevens | DF | 37 | 0 |
| Chris Vinnicombe | DF | 5 | 0 |
| Fraser Wishart | DF | 10 | 0 |
| Ian Durrant | MF | 31 | 2 |
| Ian Ferguson | MF | 47 | 9 |
| David Hagen | MF | 8 | 1 |
| Pieter Huistra | MF | 26 | 6 |
| Stuart McCall | MF | 44 | 3 |
| Charlie Miller | MF | 3 | 0 |
| Neil Murray | MF | 27 | 0 |
| Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | MF | 40 | 5 |
| Trevor Steven | MF | 42 | 6 |
| Gordon Durie | FW | 29 | 13 |
| Duncan Ferguson | FW | 16 | 1 |
| Mark Hateley | FW | 55 | 30 |
| Ally McCoist | FW | 28 | 11 |
| John Morrow | FW | 3 | 0 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 44 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 44 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Motherwell | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 54 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | Celtic | 44 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 50 | |
| 5 | Hibernian | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 47 | |