# 2017–18 Rangers F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was the 138th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Europa League
## Squad statistics

The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for 2017–18 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 | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Wes Foderingham | 37 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | James Tavernier | 46 | 9 | 37+1 | 8 | 3+0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Declan John | 31 | 3 | 25+1 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | POR | Fábio Cardoso | 18 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Lee Wallace | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | POR | Dálcio | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ryan Jack | 21 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Kenny Miller | 23 | 5 | 15+3 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans | 20 | 5 | 16+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Josh Windass | 41 | 18 | 31+2 | 13 | 3+1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GHA | Joe Dodoo | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | MEX | Eduardo Herrera | 24 | 2 | 2+17 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 15 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | NIR | Lee Hodson | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jordan Rossiter | 5 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | COL | Alfredo Morelos | 43 | 18 | 29+6 | 14 | 3+0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | POR | Daniel Candeias | 45 | 8 | 34+3 | 6 | 3+0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | POR | Bruno Alves | 25 | 2 | 17+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Jason Holt | 32 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | David Bates | 20 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Jak Alnwick | 10 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Jason Cummings | 18 | 6 | 6+9 | 2 | 3+0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Sean Goss | 15 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | SCO | Jamie Murphy | 19 | 5 | 16+0 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Michael O'Halloran | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | SCO | Liam Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Russell Martin | 17 | 1 | 15+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Jamie Barjonas | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | MLT | Myles Beerman | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | SCO | Ross McCrorie | 24 | 2 | 19+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 43 | DF | SCO | Kyle Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | FIN | Serge Atakayi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | SCO | Greg Docherty | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred or loaned out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | SCO | Danny Wilson | 15 | 3 | 12+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Niko Kranjčar | 11 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Harry Forrester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MEX | Carlos Peña | 14 | 5 | 6+6 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Aaron Nemane | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NIR | Jordan Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Ryan Hardie | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ENG | Martyn Waghorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Aidan Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | SCO | Liam Burt | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 3 December 2017
* Source:
* Ordered by Squad Number.
Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.

## Club statistics
### Competition Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Final position | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. |
| Scottish Premiership | 5 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | 3rd | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 055.26 | |
| Scottish League Cup | 9 August 2017 | 22 October 2017 | Semi-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 066.67 | |
| Scottish Cup | 20 January 2018 | 15 April 2018 | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 075.00 | |
| UEFA Europa League | 29 June 2017 | 4 July 2017 | First qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 99 | 61 | +38 | 057.45 | — |
As of 16 April 2018

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 73 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rangers | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Hibernian | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 59 | |
* ↑ 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 2017–18 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

### Management statistics

    Last updated 15 April 2018
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Pedro Caixinha | 1 June 2017 | 26 October 2017 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 053.33 |
| Graeme Murty | 27 October 2017 | 1 May 2018 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 062.07 |
| Jimmy Nicholl | 1 May 2018 | 13 May 2018 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 033.33 |