# 2018–19 Rangers F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the 139th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Rangers competed in the Europa League, progressing through four qualifying rounds before being eliminated at the group stage. They were knocked out of both domestic cups (League Cup and Scottish Cup) by Aberdeen.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Europa League
#### Qualification stage
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIL | RW | RAN | SPM |
| 1 | Villarreal | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Rangers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 | | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Villarreal 4, Rapid Wien 1.

## Squad statistics

The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for 2018–19 season. They may not have made an appearance.

### Appearances, goals and discipline

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Totals | Totals | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Allan McGregor | 52 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Wes Foderingham | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ENG | Andy Firth | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | James Tavernier (captain) | 57 | 17 | 36+1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Joe Worrall | 32 | 1 | 20+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Lee Wallace | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Connor Goldson | 54 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Jon Flanagan | 30 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Nikola Katić | 30 | 3 | 16+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Aidan Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | Matt Polster | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | CRO | Borna Barišić | 22 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | NIR | Gareth McAuley | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ryan Jack | 46 | 4 | 26+4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NIR | Steven Davis | 18 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Ryan Kent | 43 | 6 | 25+2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 35 | 3 | 18+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Ross McCrorie | 31 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | FIN | Glen Kamara | 16 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | POR | Daniel Candeias | 52 | 6 | 26+7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | MLI | Lassana Coulibaly | 30 | 3 | 14+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Stephen Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ALB | Eros Grezda | 17 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | CAN | Scott Arfield | 46 | 12 | 28+1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Liam Burt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SCO | Glenn Middleton | 28 | 5 | 4+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 3+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SCO | Jamie Murphy | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe | 20 | 8 | 10+7 | 8 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty | 30 | 6 | 6+15 | 4 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | COL | Alfredo Morelos | 48 | 30 | 27+3 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12+1 | 4 | 19 | 5 |
| 62 | FW | SCO | Dapo Mebude | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred or loaned out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Umar Sadiq | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Ovie Ejaria | 28 | 2 | 11+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Josh Windass | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jordan Rossiter | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Greg Docherty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Jak Alnwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | NIR | Lee Hodson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | SCO | Robby McCrorie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Zak Rudden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Kyle Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Jamie Barjonas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | FIN | Serge Atakayi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | SCO | Jordan Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| − | DF | MLT | Myles Beerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| − | MF | SCO | Jason Holt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| − | MF | MEX | Carlos Peña | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| − | FW | GHA | Joe Dodoo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| − | FW | SCO | Ryan Hardie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| − | FW | MEX | Eduardo Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 19 May 2019
* Source:
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup, and the UEFA Europa League

## Club
### First Team Staff

As of 19 July 2018
| Name | Role |
| Manager | Steven Gerrard |
| Assistant Manager | Gary McAllister |
| First Team Coach | Michael Beale |
| Technical Coach | Tom Culshaw |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Colin Stewart |
| Head of Scouting | Andy Scoulding |
| Club Scouts | John Brown Billy McLaren David Swanick |
| Scouting Coordinator | Rob Clarkson |
| Doctor | Dr Mark Waller |
| Head of Performance | Jordan Milsom |
| Head of Preparation | Craig Flannigan |
| Head of Strength and Conditioning | Paraskevas Polychronopoulos |
| Physiotherapist | Steve Walker |
| Masseur | David Lavery |
| Kit Executive | Jimmy Bell |

### Club Staff

As of 19 July 2018
| Name | Role |
| Honorary Life President | John Greig |
| Director of Football | Mark Allen |
| Head of Academy | Craig Mulholland |
| Club Ambassadors | Richard Gough Mark Hateley Derek Johnstone |
| Supporters Liaison Officer | Greg Marshall |

### Board of Directors – Rangers International Football Club Plc

As of 21 August 2018
| Name | Role |
| Chairman | Dave King |
| Deputy Chairman | Douglas Park |
| Company Secretary | James Blair |
| Non-Executive Director | John Bennett |
| Non-Executive Director | Alastair Johnston |
| Non-Executive Director | Graeme Park |
| Non-Executive Director | Barry Scott |
| Non-Executive Director | Julian Wolhardt |

### Board of Directors – The Rangers Football Club Ltd

As of 19 July 2018
| Name | Role |
| Managing Director | Stewart Robertson |
| Company Secretary | James Blair |
| Director of Finance and Administration | Andrew Dickson |

## Club statistics
### Competition Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Europa League | 12 July 2018 | 13 December 2018 | 1st Round | Group Stage | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 035.71 |
| Premiership | 5 August 2018 | 19 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 27 | +55 | 060.53 |
| League Cup | 19 August 2018 | 28 October 2018 | 2nd Round | Semi-Final | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Scottish Cup | 31 January 2019 | 12 March 2019 | 4th Round | Quarter-Final | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 60 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 115 | 44 | +71 | 053.33 |
Source: Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 20 | +57 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Rangers | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 27 | +55 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Hibernian | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 54 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

### Management statistics

    Last updated 19 May 2019
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Steven Gerrard | 1 June 2018 | Present | 60 | 32 | 18 | 10 | 053.33 |