# 2015–16 Rangers F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the 136th season of competitive football by Rangers.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 2015–16 season.
In early June, Ibrox Stadium played host to the companies second EGM in just over three months. A majority of shareholders voted in favour of a board resolution to renegotiate existing retail agreements with Sports Direct and voted against the early repayment of a loan from Mike Ashley. Rangers made further appointments to the board with Stewart Robertson joining as managing director and Andrew Dickinson being promoted to financial director.
The spectre of the previous board loomed large at the beginning of the season as Police Scotland's investigation into the sale of Rangers' assets to a consortium led by Charles Green led to arrests and seven indictments. On 1 September, both Craig Whyte and Green were arrested as part of the inquiry into the "alleged fraudulent acquisition" of Rangers' assets in 2012. Just over two weeks later indictments were served on seven accused, including Green and Whyte, David Whitehouse, Paul Clark, David Grier, who were all working for administrators Duff and Phelps at the time, Gary Withey who worked for a law firm involved in the purchase of Rangers by Whyte and Imran Ahmad, a former Rangers commercial director. Indeed, the latter indicated that he would not co-operate with the proceedings, subsequently a warrant was issued for his arrest and charges against him were temporarily stopped. A week later, Green took the company to the Court of Session in an attempt to force the PLC to pay his legal fees with regards to the forthcoming trial, however, the action was dismissed by Lord Doherty a few months later and an appeal to the Inner House was also refused in March 2016. On 30 October, Rangers announced it was not appropriate to proceed with a share issue and listing on the ISDX market until the criminal proceedings being brought against Charles Green, Imran Ahmed, Craig Whyte and others was concluded. On 5 February 2016, prosecutors have withdrawn six of 15 charges brought against six men in the alleged Rangers fraud case which resulted in all charges against Duff and Phelps administrators David Whitehouse and Paul Clark being dropped, although prosecutors indicated there would be filing fresh charges against the pair. Charges against Green were also dropped meaning that the former chief executive of the club was not facing any. A few months later, in May 2016, it was announced that charges against Gary Withey and David Grier were dropped and they would not stand trial alongside former Rangers owner Craig Whyte, the only person still facing charges. In December 2020, the Lord Advocate James Wolffe admitted in court that the treatment of Whitehouse and Clark amounted to malicious prosecution, and they received a settlement of more than £20 million in compensation.
Fireworks night 2015 arrived a day early in Govan as 4 November proved to be a contentious day in the history of Rangers. The club's PLC owner, Rangers International Football Club, announced a loss of £7.5m for the year ending June 2015. This meant the company was required to find approximately £2.5m in order to cover expenses for the rest of the season. Moreover, the outcome of HMRC's appeal against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal regarding the previous owner and its use of EBT's. The Court of Session ruled that the use of Employee Benefit Trusts broke tax rules therefore the payments were eligible for tax deductions, although an appeal to the Supreme Court was sought less than a month later and granted in March 2016. This judgement caused debate in Scottish football as many people erroneously believed the decision made by the Nimmo Smith commission not to strip Rangers of titles was based on the outcome of the tax case. Coincidentally, the commission's ruling was taken to an arbitration tribunal by the club's owners with RIFC PLC disputing its liability for the £250,000 fine plus £150,000 in additional costs, imposed on the company that previously owned the club. The SPFL subsequently imposed this on the new owners of the club as part of the terms of the five way agreement. However, an independent SFA tribunal ruled that RIFC PLC was liable for the fine in March 2016. Further legal matters occurred a week later, although not directly involving Rangers, as Mike Ashley lodged a challenge to the SFA's decision to pass King as a fit and proper person by seeking a Judicial review, however, the litigation was abandoned in April 2016 after his legal team received information about King's finances which the SFA used in their fit and proper deliberations. Ashley had also raised court proceedings against Dave King, accusing him of breaching a court injunction regarding the commercial agreements between Rangers and Sports Direct, however, the Royal Courts of Justice dismissed the motion for him to be jailed, moreover, a further accusation that King committed contempt of court was cleared. In the end, the court action against King was discontinued by Sports Direct as the company halted litigation claiming a breach of confidentiality in relation to a commercial deal, in which the Judge called "ridiculous".
The end of November saw the PLC's Annual general meeting, however, prior to this Mike Ashley continued with his ligation against the company and successfully managed to have Resolution 11 withdrawn which would have allowed shareholders to block the voting rights of dual ownership shareholders. The AGM passed without major incident however, the Chairman Dave King announced the adoption of the Living wage for company employees and the repayment of a £5m loan from Ashley's Sports Direct. Although on 11 December, it was reported that the company had not repaid the £5m loan despite earlier claims to the contrary. That same day it was reported that former Rangers player Arnold Peralta had been shot dead in his hometown of La Ceiba, Honduras. On Christmas Eve Rangers announced that the loan had been repaid to Ashley in full and it was later revealed, on Ne'erday, that Rangers had borrowed £6.5m from King an others in order to do this. On 4 February, it was announced by the Rangers board that they had given Sports Direct formal notice that they wish to end their retail deal for club merchandise. On 18 May, Rangers indicated its intention to end the joint venture with Sports Direct for selling club kits and merchandise, this included the withdrawal of the rights to use club trademarks.
On the football front, Rangers appointed its fourteenth permanent manager on 15 June in the shape of Mark Warburton, who agreed a three-year contract. Warburton was joined at the club by former Rangers centre-back David Weir who became his assistant manager. The start to the season saw Rangers embark on a run of eleven straight victories in all competitions. This helped Warburton overtake former Rangers manager Bill Struth’s record of eight consecutive wins by a manager at the beginning of there Ibrox career. Ultimately, this would could not continue, the series of victories came to an abrupt halt in mid-September as the club suffered a 3–1 defeat to St Johnstone in the League Cup. Despite this, Rangers league form continued to impress with the team continuing a winning steak for the first eleven games of the season which gave the club an eight-point lead, over second place Hibernian, at the top of the table by late October. However, the side was to go through a poor run of form thereafter collecting eight points from a possible eighteen over the next six league games including two defeats to Hibernian and Falkirk respectively. This left Rangers tied with the Edinburgh club on forty-one points ahead of crucial match between the two during the festive period. Rangers played Hibernian on 28 December at Ibrox, beating Alan Stubbs' side 4-2 then embarked on an unbeaten run of ten matches, winning nine with only Alloa Athletic managing to get a draw. Alongside this rich vain of form, second placed Hibernian suffered a run of three defeats within a week to see them trail Rangers at the top of the table by fourteen points as the season entered March. The league crown was secured on 5 April at Ibrox and formed the first part of a brace of trophies within a week. The team qualified for its second Challenge Cup final in the space of three years with the match being played at Hampden Park for the first time in the competition's history. The match was played in front of a near sell out as Rangers ran out 4-0 winners over Scottish League One side Peterhead on 10 April. Similarly, in Scottish Cup, the club reached its second semi-final in three seasons, setting up the first Old Firm derby in over a year. A highly anticipated match ended with both sides tied after full and extra time with Rangers winning the penalty shoot-out to progress to the final. The semi-final heroics were ultimately for nothing as Rangers lost the 2016 Scottish Cup Final to Hibernian with the Edinburgh club scoring an injury time winner. However, their victory was marred by a pitch invasion by Hibernian fans at the full-time whistle. The SFA has said it is "appalled" by scenes of disorder and set-up a commission to review operational failings apparent from the day. Police Scotland also undertook investigations into the matter which included several assaults on Rangers players and staff.
The football departments scouting network was overhauled with the appointment of Frank McParland as the Head of Recruitment. On 18 December, Rangers announced a coaching and development partnership with Scottish Lowland League club Gala Fairydean Rovers which effectively saw the Galashiels side act as a feeder to Rangers. On 6 January, Rangers began preparation for life in the Scottish Premiership by signing Accrington Stanley duo Josh Windass and Matt Crooks on pre-contract agreements. However, further success in the transfer market was not automatically forthcoming with bids being rejected in January for Toumani Diagouraga and Michael O'Halloran by Brentford and St. Johnstone respectively, however, a deal for the latter was eventually agreed after prolonged negotiations.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Cammy Bell | 29 | 2013 | 57 | 0 | 2017 | Free | |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | 24 | 2015 | 50 | 15 | 2018 | £0.2m | |
| 3 | DF | Darren McGregor | 30 | 2014 | 53 | 5 | 2016 | Free | left on 24 August |
| 4 | DF | Rob Kiernan | 25 | 2015 | 45 | 0 | 2017 | £0.2m | |
| 5 | DF | Lee Wallace (captain) | 28 | 2011 | 212 | 22 | 2017 | £1.5m | |
| 6 | DF | Dominic Ball | 20 | 2015 | 30 | 0 | 2016 | Loan | |
| 7 | MF | Nicky Law | 28 | 2013 | 122 | 26 | 2016 | Free | |
| 8 | MF | Gedion Zelalem | 19 | 2015 | 28 | 0 | 2016 | Loan | |
| 9 | FW | Kenny Miller (vc) | 36 | 2014 | 230 | 97 | 2017 | Free | |
| 10 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | 19 | 2015 | 19 | 1 | 2016 | Loan | left on 17 January |
| 11 | MF | David Templeton | 27 | 2012 | 86 | 26 | 2016 | £0.7m | |
| 14 | FW | Nicky Clark | 24 | 2013 | 107 | 24 | 2016 | Free | |
| 15 | MF | Harry Forrester | 25 | 2016 (Winter) | 16 | 5 | 2019 | Free | |
| 16 | MF | Andy Halliday | 24 | 2015 | 48 | 10 | 2020 | Free | |
| 17 | MF | Billy King | 22 | 2016 (Winter) | 13 | 1 | 2016 | Loan | |
| 18 | MF | Andy Murdoch | 21 | 2012 | 23 | 1 | 2017 | Youth system | out on season loan |
| 19 | FW | Barrie McKay | 21 | 2011 | 94 | 14 | 2018 | Youth system | |
| 20 | MF | Fraser Aird | 21 | 2011 | 85 | 12 | 2018 | Youth system | out on six month loan |
| 21 | MF | Robbie Crawford | 23 | 2010 | 57 | 7 | 2017 | Youth system | out on season loan |
| 22 | FW | Dean Shiels | 31 | 2012 | 124 | 31 | 2016 | Free | |
| 23 | MF | Jason Holt | 25 | 2015 | 45 | 11 | 2020 | £0.065m | |
| 25 | GK | Wes Foderingham | 25 | 2015 | 50 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 26 | DF | Marius Žaliūkas | 31 | 2014 | 28 | 2 | 2016 | Free | left on 28 August |
| 27 | DF | Danny Wilson (2nd vc) | 24 | 2015 | 66 | 2 | 2018 | Free | |
| 29 | FW | Michael O'Halloran | 25 | 2015 (Winter) | 13 | 3 | 2020 | £0.5m | |
| 30 | FW | Calum Gallagher | 20 | 2010 | 7 | 1 | 2016 | Youth system | left on 4 August |
| 30 | GK | Maciej Gostomski | 27 | 2016 (Winter) | 0 | 0 | 2016 | Free | left on 14 March |
| 31 | DF | Luca Gasparotto | 20 | 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | out on season loan |
| 32 | GK | Liam Kelly | 21 | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Youth system | out on six month loan |
| 33 | FW | Martyn Waghorn | 26 | 2015 | 36 | 28 | 2018 | £0.2m | |
| 37 | MF | Scott Roberts | 20 | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 42 | FW | Ryan Hardie | 19 | 2013 | 10 | 2 | 2018 | Youth system | |
| 45 | MF | Jordan Thompson | 19 | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2016 | Free | |
| 48 | MF | Tom Walsh | 19 | 2012 | 13 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | out on six month loan |
| 50 | DF | Ross McCrorie | 17 | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 51 | GK | Robby McCrorie | 17 | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 52 | DF | Ross Lyon | 18 | 2014 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 62 | MF | Liam Burt | 17 | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2018 | Youth system | |
* Last updated: 23 May 2016
* Source: Players transfer and Wikipedia players' articles
* Ordered by position on pitch.

### Transfers
#### In
##### First-team

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 27 | DF | Danny Wilson | 23 | Heart of Midlothian | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Rob Kiernan | 24 | Wigan Athletic | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | £0.2m |
| 25 | GK | Wes Foderingham | 24 | Swindon Town | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 45 | MF | Jordan Thompson | 18 | Manchester United | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 16 | MF | Andy Halliday | 23 | Bradford City | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 33 | FW | Martyn Waghorn | 25 | Wigan Athletic | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | £0.2m |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | 23 | Wigan Athletic | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | £0.2m |
| 23 | MF | Jason Holt | 23 | Heart of Midlothian | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | £0.065m |
| 10 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | 19 | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | Summer | 2016 | n/a |
| 6 | DF | Dominic Ball | 20 | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan | Summer | 2016 | n/a |
| 8 | MF | Gedion Zelalem | 18 | Arsenal | Loan | Summer | 2016 | n/a |
| 15 | MF | Harry Forrester | 24 | Doncaster Rovers | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| 30 | GK | Maciej Gostomski | 27 | Lech Poznań | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| 17 | FW | Billy King | 21 | Heart of Midlothian | Loan | Winter | 2016 | n/a |
| 29 | FW | Michael O'Halloran | 25 | St Johnstone | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | £0.5m |
Total expenditure: £1.165m

##### Academy

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 55 | FW | Jordan Gibson | 17 | Alvechurch | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 44 | DF | Tom Lang | 18 | Birmingham City | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| | MF | Jack Adamson | 16 | Hibernian | Transfer | n/a | 2016 | Free |
| | MF | Mekhi Leacock-McLeod | 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| | FW | Rory Currie | 17 | Celtic | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free |
Total expenditure: £0m

#### Out
##### First-team

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 15 | FW | Kris Boyd | 31 | Kilmarnock | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 20 | MF | Kyle Hutton | 24 | Queen of the South | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 8 | MF | Ian Black | 30 | Shrewsbury Town | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 9 | FW | Jon Daly | 32 | Raith Rovers | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 31 | GK | Steve Simonsen | 36 | Pune City | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 3 | DF | Bilel Mohsni | 27 | Angers | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 23 | DF | Richard Foster | 29 | Ross County | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 2 | DF | Steven Smith | 29 | Kilmarnock | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 16 | DF | Sébastien Faure | 24 | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 25 | GK | Lee Robinson | 28 | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 6 | DF | Lee McCulloch | 37 | Kilmarnock | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 10 | MF | Haris Vučkić | 22 | Newcastle United | Loan Return | Summer | n/a |
| 28 | DF | Remie Streete | 20 | Newcastle United | Loan Return | Summer | n/a |
| 17 | MF | Gaël Bigirimana | 21 | Newcastle United | Loan Return | Summer | n/a |
| 27 | DF | Kevin Mbabu | 20 | Newcastle United | Loan Return | Summer | n/a |
| 29 | FW | Shane Ferguson | 23 | Newcastle United | Loan Return | Summer | n/a |
| 30 | FW | Calum Gallagher | 20 | St Mirren | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 3 | DF | Darren McGregor | 30 | Hibernian | Contract terminated | Summer | Free |
| 26 | DF | Marius Žaliūkas | 31 | Žalgiris | Contract terminated | Summer | Free |
| 21 | MF | Robbie Crawford | 22 | Alloa Athletic | Loan | Summer | n/a |
| 18 | MF | Andy Murdoch | 19 | Cowdenbeath | Loan | Summer | n/a |
| 32 | GK | Liam Kelly | 19 | East Fife | Loan | Winter | n/a |
| 18 | MF | Andy Murdoch | 20 | Queen of the South | Loan | Winter | n/a |
| 48 | MF | Tom Walsh | 19 | Dumbarton | Loan | Winter | n/a |
| 10 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | 19 | Tottenham Hotspur | Loan Return | Winter | n/a |
| 20 | MF | Fraser Aird | 20 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Loan | Winter | n/a |
| 42 | FW | Ryan Hardie | 18 | Raith Rovers | Loan | n/a | n/a |
| 45 | MF | Jordan Thompson | 19 | Airdrieonians | Loan | n/a | n/a |
| 30 | GK | Maciej Gostomski | 27 | Bytovia Bytów | Contract terminated | n/a | Free |
Last updated: 17 March 2016 Total income: £0m

##### Academy

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 33 | MF | Kristian Gibson | 20 | Glentoran | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 36 | FW | Jamie Burrows | 20 | Yeovil Town | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 57 | FW | Junior Ogen | 17 | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 51 | DF | Scot Whiteside | 17 | Partick Thistle | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 56 | GK | Lewis McMinn | 17 | Falkirk | End of contract | Summer | n/a |
| 31 | DF | Luca Gasparotto | 19 | Greenock Morton | Loan | Summer | n/a |
| 34 | MF | Darren Ramsay | 20 | Arbroath | Loan | Summer | n/a |
| 40 | DF | Greg Pascazio | 19 | Montrose | Contract terminated | Summer | Free |
| 39 | DF | Ryan Sinnamon | 19 | Falkirk | Loan | Summer | n/a |
| 41 | FW | Danny Stoney | 19 | Free agent | Contract terminated | Summer | Free |
| 38 | DF | Craig Halkett | 20 | Berwick Rangers | Loan | n/a | n/a |
| 38 | DF | Craig Halkett | 20 | Livingston | Contract terminated | Winter | Free |
| 50 | DF | Ross McCrorie | 17 | Ayr United | Loan | n/a | n/a |
Last updated: 26 February 2016 Total income: £0m

#### New contracts
##### First-team

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 9 | FW | Kenny Miller | 35 | Signed | 1 year | May 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Andy Halliday | 24 | Signed | 4 years | May 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Jason Holt | 22 | Signed | 4 years | May 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Barrie McKay | 21 | Signed | 2 years & 6 months | May 2018 |
| 15 | MF | Harry Forrester | 25 | Signed | 3 years | May 2019 |
Last updated: 17 November 2015

##### Academy

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 34 | MF | Darren Ramsay | 19 | Signed | 1 year | May 2016 |
| 39 | DF | Ryan Sinnamon | 19 | Signed | 1 year | May 2016 |
| 38 | DF | Craig Halkett | 20 | Signed | 1 year | May 2016 |
| 43 | DF | David Brownlie | 18 | Signed | 1 year | May 2016 |
| 53 | MF | Josh Jeffries | 17 | Signed | 1 year | May 2016 |
| 56 | DF | Lewis White | 17 | Signed | 1 year | May 2016 |
| 36 | MF | Dylan Dykes | 19 | Signed | 1 year | May 2016 |
| 42 | FW | Ryan Hardie | 18 | Signed | 2 years | May 2018 |
| 62 | MF | Liam Burt | 17 | Signed | 2 years | May 2018 |
| 65 | MF | Jamie Barjonas | 17 | Signed | 2 years | May 2018 |
| 67 | GK | Kieran Wright | 15 | Signed | 2 years | May 2018 |
| 63 | DF | Kyle Bradley | 17 | Signed | 2 years | May 2018 |
| 61 | DF | Jason Krones | 17 | Signed | 2 years | May 2018 |
| 64 | DF | Aidan Wilson | 17 | Signed | 2 years | May 2018 |
| 60 | FW | Grant Nelson | 17 | Signed | 1 year | May 2017 |
Last updated: 3 March 2016

### Squad statistics

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| 1 | GK | | Cammy Bell | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | DF | | James Tavernier | 50 | 50 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 6 | | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | Rob Kiernan | 45 | 45 | | 33 | | 5 | | 3 | | 4 | |
| 5 | DF | | Lee Wallace | 50 | 50 | 9 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | | 5 | |
| 6 | DF | | Dominic Ball | 24 | 30 | | 21 | | 5 | | 1 | | 3 | |
| 7 | MF | | Nicky Law | 13 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | | 2 | | 3 | |
| 8 | MF | | Gedion Zelalem | 21 | 28 | | 21 | | 4 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 9 | FW | | Kenny Miller | 31 | 43 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Nathan Oduwa | 11 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | | | 2 | | 2 | |
| 11 | MF | | David Templeton | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | FW | | Nicky Clark | 7 | 32 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | | Harry Forrester | 8 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 16 | MF | | Andy Halliday | 48 | 48 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | | Billy King | 6 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| 19 | MF | | Barrie McKay | 45 | 48 | 9 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Fraser Aird | | 4 | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | |
| 22 | FW | | Dean Shiels | 9 | 43 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 5 | | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 23 | MF | | Jason Holt | 42 | 45 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | | 5 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | | Wes Foderingham | 50 | 50 | | 36 | | 6 | | 3 | | 5 | |
| 27 | DF | | Danny Wilson | 42 | 42 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | | 4 | |
| 29 | FW | | Michael O'Halloran | 9 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 3 | | | | | 1 | |
| 33 | FW | | Martyn Waghorn | 35 | 36 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 42 | FW | | Ryan Hardie | | 4 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 45 | MF | | Jordan Thompson | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 48 | MF | | Tom Walsh | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | |
| 62 | MF | | Liam Burt | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | |

### Goal scorers

| N | P | Name | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total |
| 33 | FW | Martyn Waghorn | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | FW | Kenny Miller | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | 10 | | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 23 | MF | Jason Holt | 10 | 1 | | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | MF | Andy Halliday | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | DF | Lee Wallace | 7 | 2 | | | 9 |
| 19 | MF | Barrie McKay | 6 | 2 | | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | FW | Nicky Clark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | MF | Harry Forrester | 4 | 1 | | | 5 |
| 22 | MF | Dean Shiels | 2 | | 1 | | 3 |
| 29 | FW | Michael O'Halloran | 3 | | | | 3 |
| 11 | MF | David Templeton | | | 1 | | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Nicky Law | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Danny Wilson | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Billy King | 1 | | | | 1 |
| | | Own goal | 1 | | | 2 | 3 |
Last updated: 21 May 2016 Source: Match reports Only competitive matches

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Scottish Championship | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | 3 | | | 2 | 1 | | 6 | | |
| 4 | DF | Rob Kiernan | 6 | | | | | | 6 | | |
| 5 | DF | Lee Wallace | 5 | | | | | 1 | 6 | | |
| 6 | DF | Dominic Ball | 3 | | | 2 | | | 5 | | |
| 7 | MF | Nicky Law | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | Kenny Miller | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 10 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 14 | FW | Nicky Clark | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 15 | MF | Harry Forrester | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 16 | MF | Andy Halliday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Barrie McKay | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| 22 | MF | Dean Shiels | 1 | | | | | 2 | 3 | | |
| 23 | MF | Jason Holt | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | |
| 27 | DF | Danny Wilson | 6 | | | | | 1 | 7 | | |
| 29 | FW | Michael O'Halloran | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 33 | FW | Martyn Waghorn | 3 | | | | 1 | 1 | 5 | | |
Last updated: 21 May 2016 Source: Wikipedia articles Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

### Awards

| N | P | Name | Award | Date | From |
| - | MAN | Mark Warburton | Championship Manager of the Month | August | Scottish Professional Football League |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | Championship Player of the Month | August | Scottish Professional Football League |
| - | MAN | Mark Warburton | Championship Manager of the Month | September | Scottish Professional Football League |
| 33 | FW | Martyn Waghorn | Championship Player of the Month | September | Scottish Professional Football League |
| - | MAN | Mark Warburton | Championship Manager of the Month | January | Scottish Professional Football League |
| 9 | FW | Kenny Miller | Championship Player of the Month | January | Scottish Professional Football League |
| - | MAN | Mark Warburton | Manager of the Year | April | Professional Footballers' Association Scotland |
| 5 | DF | Lee Wallace | Championship Player of the Year | April | Professional Footballers' Association Scotland |
| 19 | MF | Barrie McKay | Goal of the season | April | Professional Footballers' Association Scotland |
| 2 | DF | James Tavernier | Goal of the season | June | Scottish Professional Football League |

## Matches
### Scottish Championship

| Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score$^1$ | Report |
| 3 | 7 August 2015 | Scottish Championship | 1 | H | St Mirren | 3–1 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 49,216 Referee Kevin Clancy Rangers St Mirren 4' Wallace 26' Wallace 90' Shiels 28' Howieson |
| 4 | 16 August 2015 | Scottish Championship | 2 | A | Alloa Athletic | 5–1 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 3,047 Referee Crawford Allan Alloa Athletic Rangers 7' Chopra 4' Tavernier 9' (pen.) Waghorn 39' Holt 43' Miller 85' Miller |
| 6 | 23 August 2015 | Scottish Championship | 3 | H | Hibernian | 1–0 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 49,220 Referee Steven McLean Rangers Hibernian 66' Tavernier |
| 8 | 30 August 2015 | Scottish Championship | 4 | A | Queen of the South | 5–1 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 5,858 Referee Bobby Madden Queen of the South Rangers  48' Lyle 81' Smith 26' Halliday 52' (pen.) Waghorn 59' Holt 64' McKay 76' (pen.) Waghorn |
| 9 | 5 September 2015 | Scottish Championship | 5 | H | Raith Rovers | 5–0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 44,050 Referee Brian Colvin Rangers Raith Rovers 4' Wallace 45' Tavernier 55' McKay 64' (pen.) Waghorn 69' (pen.) Waghorn |
| 10 | 12 September 2015 | Scottish Championship | 6 | H | Livingston | 3–0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 44,832 Referee Greg Aitken Rangers Livingston 16' Wallace 41' Waghorn 80' Law |
| 11 | 19 September 2015 | Scottish Championship | 7 | A | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 1,978 Referee Alan Muir Dumbarton Rangers  72' Buchanan 90' (pen.) Fleming 64' Waghorn 73' (pen.) Waghorn |
| 13 | 27 September 2015 | Scottish Championship | 8 | A | Greenock Morton | 4–0 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 7,392 Referee Willie Collum Greenock Morton Rangers 12' (pen.) Waghorn 22' Waghorn 34' Tavernier 81' Waghorn |
| 14 | 3 October 2015 | Scottish Championship | 9 | H | Falkirk | 3–1 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 45,135 Referee John McKendrick Rangers Falkirk 3' Shiels 81' Tavernier 90+2' Wallace 17' Vaulks |
| 15 | 17 October 2015 | Scottish Championship | 10 | H | Queen of the South | 2–1 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 44,133 Referee Barry Cook Rangers Queen of the South 53' Holt 90' Waghorn 35' Lyle |
| 17 | 25 October 2015 | Scottish Championship | 11 | A | St Mirren | 1–0 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 5,477 Referee Steven McLean St Mirren Rangers 25' Holt |
| 18 | 1 November 2015 | Scottish Championship | 12 | A | Hibernian | 1–2 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 14,412 Referee John Beaton Hibernian Rangers 11' Cummings 73' Hanlon 47' (o.g.) McGregor |
| 19 | 7 November 2015 | Scottish Championship | 13 | H | Alloa Athletic | 4–0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 43,242 Referee Stephen Finnie Rangers Alloa Athletic 10' Waghorn 14' Tavernier 42' Waghorn 90+2' Clark  79' Ferns |
| 20 | 21 November 2015 | Scottish Championship | 15 | A | Livingston | 1–1 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 6,505 Referee George Salmond Livingston Rangers 51' Hippolyte 22' Holt |
| 22 | 1 December 2015 | Scottish Championship | 14 | H | Dumbarton | 4–0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 37,182 Referee Crawford Allan Rangers Dumbarton 47' Holt 60' Waghorn 81' Oduwa 88' (pen.) Halliday  88' Saunders |
| 23 | 12 December 2015 | Scottish Championship | 17 | H | Greenock Morton | 2–2 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 41,816 Referee Don Robertson Rangers Greenock Morton 2' Miller 84' Waghorn 31' (o.g.) Tavernier 82' McCluskey |
| 24 | 19 December 2015 | Scottish Championship | 18 | A | Falkirk | 1–2 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 7,488 Referee Willie Collum Falkirk Rangers 3' (pen.) Baird 55' Vaulks 15' McKay |
| 25 | 28 December 2015 | Scottish Championship | 19 | H | Hibernian | 4–2 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 49,995 Referee Bobby Madden Rangers Hibernian 33' Holt 43' Holt 65' Clark 70' Halliday 89' Waghorn 23' Cummings 86' Malonga |
| 26 | 2 January 2016 | Scottish Championship | 20 | A | Dumbarton | 6–0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 1,894 Referee Craig Charleston Dumbarton Rangers 42' Miller 59' Miller 64' Miller 71' Waghorn 81' Halliday 88' Tavernier |
| 28 | 16 January 2016 | Scottish Championship | 21 | H | Livingston | 4–1 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 42,906 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Livingston 8' Wilson 22' (pen.) Waghorn 35' Miller 41' Waghorn 55' Buchanan |
| 29 | 25 January 2016 | Scottish Championship | 22 | A | Greenock Morton | 2–0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 5,778 Referee Barry Cook Greenock Morton Rangers 26' Miller 70' McKay 71' Halliday |
| 30 | 30 January 2016 | Scottish Championship | 23 | H | Falkirk | 1–0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 46,980 Referee Kevin Clancy Rangers Falkirk 90+1' King |
| 31 | 2 February 2016 | Scottish Championship | 16 | A | Raith Rovers | 1–0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 5,493 Referee Euan Anderson Raith Rovers Rangers 44' Halliday |
| 33 | 13 February 2016 | Scottish Championship | 24 | A | Alloa Athletic | 1–1 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 3,100 Referee Don Robertson Alloa Athletic Rangers 61' Marr 83' O'Halloran |
| 35 | 21 February 2016 | Scottish Championship | 25 | A | Queen of the South | 1–0 | Report Report link Kick off 16:00 GMT Attendance 5,449 Referee Stephen Finnie Queen of the South Rangers 64' Miller |
| 36 | 27 February 2016 | Scottish Championship | 26 | H | St Mirren | 1–0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 46,366 Referee John McKendrick Rangers St Mirren 86' Forrester |
| 37 | 1 March 2016 | Scottish Championship | 27 | H | Raith Rovers | 2–0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 40,662 Referee Craig Charleston Rangers Raith Rovers 27' Forrester 51' Wallace |
| 39 | 11 March 2016 | Scottish Championship | 29 | H | Greenock Morton | 3–1 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 45,072 Referee Nick Walsh Rangers Greenock Morton 43' Miller 48' Miller 56' Wallace 22' Johnstone |
| 40 | 18 March 2016 | Scottish Championship | 30 | A | Falkirk | 2–3 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 7,804 Referee Kevin Clancy Falkirk Rangers 72' Alston 77' Hippolyte 90+2' McHugh 7' Miller 9' McKay |
| 41 | 26 March 2016 | Scottish Championship | 31 | H | Queen of the South | 4–3 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 46,117 Referee Crawford Allan Rangers Queen of the South 14' Forrester 46' O'Halloran 51' Halliday 55' Tavernier 25' (pen.) Russell 57' Oliver 90' Millar |
| 42 | 2 April 2016 | Scottish Championship | 32 | A | Raith Rovers | 3–3 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 6,943 Referee Euan Anderson Raith Rovers Rangers 25' Longridge 38' Craigen 90+4' Panayiotou 30' Forrester 35' O'Halloran 49' Miller |
| 43 | 5 April 2016 | Scottish Championship | 33 | H | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 48,568 Referee Steven McLean Rangers Dumbarton 50' Tavernier |
| 46 | 20 April 2016 | Scottish Championship | 28 | A | Hibernian | 2–3 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 12,231 Referee Kevin Clancy Hibernian Rangers 5' Cummings 18' Stokes 58' Gunnarsson 41' Holt 85' McKay |
| 47 | 23 April 2016 | Scottish Championship | 35 | H | Alloa Athletic | 1–1 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 50,349 Referee Craig Charleston Rangers Alloa Athletic 45' Tavernier 8' Duffy |
| 48 | 26 April 2016 | Scottish Championship | 34 | A | Livingston | 0–1 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 5,021 Referee Greg Aitken Livingston Rangers 45+1' Halkett |
| 49 | 1 May 2016 | Scottish Championship | 36 | A | St Mirren | 2–2 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 5,933 Referee Don Robertson St Mirren Rangers 40' Gallagher 90+2' Morgan 54' Miller 88' Holt |
Last updated: 1 May 2016 Source: Wikipedia article $^1$Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

### Scottish Cup

| Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score$^1$ | Report |
| 27 | 10 January 2016 | Scottish Cup | R4 | H | Cowdenbeath | 5–1 | Report Report link Kick off 13:00 GMT Attendance 20,915 Referee Steven McLean Rangers Cowdenbeath 19' Wallace 33' McKay 48' Waghorn 55' (pen.) Waghorn 78' (pen.) Waghorn 40' Brett |
| 32 | 6 February 2016 | Scottish Cup | R5 | H | Kilmarnock | 0–0 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 33,581 Referee Bobby Madden Rangers Kilmarnock  89' Higginbotham |
| 34 | 16 February 2016 | Scottish Cup | R5 R | A | Kilmarnock | 2–1 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 13,179 Referee Bobby Madden Kilmarnock Rangers 7' McKenzie 3' (pen.) Waghorn 90+2' Clark |
| 38 | 5 March 2016 | Scottish Cup | QF | H | Dundee | 4–0 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 30,944 Referee Alan Muir Rangers Dundee 1' Forrester 47' Holt 54' Halliday 84' Wallace |
| 45 | 17 April 2016 | Scottish Cup | SF | N | Celtic | 2–2 (5-4 pen.) | Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 50,069 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Celtic 16' Miller 96' McKay 50' Sviatchenko 106' Rogic |
| 50 | 21 May 2016 | Scottish Cup | F | N | Hibernian | 2–3 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 50,701 Referee Steven McLean Rangers Hibernian 27' Miller 64' Halliday 3' Stokes 80' Stokes 90+2' Gray |
Last updated: 21 May 2016 Source: Wikipedia article $^1$Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

### League Cup

| Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score$^1$ | Report |
| 2 | 2 August 2015 | League Cup | R1 | H | Peterhead | 3–0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 25,608 Referee Greg Aitken Rangers Peterhead 41' Templeton 76' Miller 82' Tavernier |
| 7 | 26 August 2015 | League Cup | R2 | A | Airdrieonians | 5–0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 7,006 Referee Euan Anderson Airdrieonians Rangers 5' Clark 14' Halliday 15' Waghorn 84' Shiels 88' Tavernier |
| 12 | 22 September 2015 | League Cup | R3 | H | St Johnstone | 1–3 | Report Report link Kick off 19:15 BST Attendance 27,094 Referee Kevin Clancy Rangers St Johnstone 62' Tavernier 19' Davidson 29' Lappin 46' O'Halloran |
Last updated: 6 September 2015 Source: Wikipedia article $^1$Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

### Challenge Cup

| Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score$^1$ | Report |
| 1 | 25 July 2015 | Challenge Cup | R1 | A | Hibernian | 6–2 | Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 11,225 Referee Willie Collum Hibernian Rangers 14' Stanton 61' (pen.) Cummings 39' Tavernier 44' Waghorn 47' Waghorn 62' Halliday 77' Miller 82' Miller |
| 5 | 19 August 2015 | Challenge Cup | R2 | A | Ayr United | 2–0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 7,468 Referee Stephen Finnie Ayr United Rangers 15' Clark 43' McKay |
| 16 | 20 October 2015 | Challenge Cup | QF | H | Livingston | 1–0 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 17,386 Referee Andrew Dallas Rangers Livingston 75' Clark |
| 21 | 28 November 2015 | Challenge Cup | SF | H | St Mirren | 4–0 | Report Report link Kick off 12:15 GMT Attendance 22,369 Referee Bobby Madden Rangers St Mirren 34' Holt 77' Miller 84' Waghorn 90+1' (o.g.) Kelly |
| 44 | 10 April 2016 | Challenge Cup | F | N | Peterhead | 4–0 | Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 48,133 Referee George Salmond Rangers Peterhead 17' (o.g.) Gilchrist 40' Tavernier 85' (pen.) Halliday 89' Miller |
Last updated: 10 April 2016 Source: Wikipedia article $^1$Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

### Friendlies

| Game | Date | Tournament | Round | Ground | Opponent | Score$^1$ | Report |
| | 21 July 2015 | Friendly | | H | Burnley | 0–1 | Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 22,344 Referee Steven McLean Rangers Burnley 35' Arfield |
Last updated: 6 July 2015 Source: Wikipedia article $^1$Rangers goals come first. National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers. M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Scottish Championship | 3rd | — | 1st | 7 August | 1 May |
| Scottish Cup | Fourth Round | — | Runners-up | 10 January | 21 May |
| League Cup | First Round | — | Third Round | 2 August | 22 September |
| Challenge Cup | First Round | — | Winners | 25 July | 10 April |
Source: Competitions

### Scottish Championship
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C, P) | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 34 | +54 | 81 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 70 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
| 3 | Hibernian | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 62 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 43 | |
* ↑ Hibernian qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 May 2016. Source: Wikipedia article

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |