2020–21 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2020–21 season
Chairman	Douglas Park
Manager	Steven Gerrard
Ground	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premiership	1st
Scottish Cup	Third round
League Cup	Quarter-final
Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; James Tavernier (11); All: ; James Tavernier (17)

The 2020–21 season is the 141st season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers are due to play a total of 52 competitive matches during the 2020−21 season.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	Allan McGregor	39	2018	406	0	2021	Free
2	DF	James Tavernier (captain)	29	2015	281	63	2022	£0.2m
3	DF	Calvin Bassey	21	2020	13	1	2024	£0.23m
4	DF	Jack Simpson	24	2021	0	0	2025	Undisclosed
5	DF	Filip Helander	27	2019	37	4	2023	£3.5m
6	DF	Connor Goldson (vc)	28	2018	144	16	2022	£3m
7	MF	Ianis Hagi	22	2020	44	8	2023	£3m
8	MF	Ryan Jack	28	2017	126	10	2023	Free
9	FW	Jermain Defoe	38	2020	64	29	2021	Free
10	MF	Steven Davis	36	2019	303	24	2021	Free
11	FW	Cedric Itten	24	2020	27	5	2024	Undisclosed
13	GK	Andy Firth	24	2019 (Winter)	1	0	2021	Undisclosed
14	MF	Ryan Kent	24	2019	112	21	2023	£6.5m
15	MF	Bongani Zungu	28	2020	15	0	2021	Loan
16	DF	Nathan Patterson	19	2019	6	0	2022	Youth system
17	MF	Joe Aribo	24	2019	75	14	2023	£0.3m
18	MF	Glen Kamara	25	2019 (Winter)	89	4	2023	£0.05m
19	DF	Nikola Katić	24	2018	59	6	2023	£2m
20	FW	Alfredo Morelos	24	2017	168	88	2023	£1m
23	FW	Scott Wright	23	2021	0	0	2025	£0.15m
24	FW	Greg Stewart	30	2019	29	3	2021	Free
25	FW	Kemar Roofe	28	2020	23	12	2024	Undisclosed
26	DF	Leon Balogun	32	2020	21	0	2021	Free
31	DF	Borna Barišić	28	2018	97	4	2024	£1.5m
33	GK	Jon McLaughlin	33	2020	11	0	2022	Free
36	MF	Jamie Barjonas	22	2015	9	0	2021	Youth system
37	MF	Scott Arfield	32	2018	126	28	2022	Free
55	MF	Ciaran Dickson	18	2018	1	0	2021	Youth system
61	DF	Leon King	17	2020	1	0	2022	Youth system

Last updated: 3 February 2021
Source:Players transfer and Wikipedia players' articles
Ordered by position on pitch.

First team

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	MF	Ianis Hagi	21	Genk	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	[1]
3	DF	Calvin Bassey	20	Leicester City	Transfer	Summer	2024	Undisclosed	[2][3]
33	GK	Jon McLaughlin	32	Sunderland	Transfer	Summer	2022	Free	[4]
9	FW	Jermain Defoe	37	Bournemouth	Transfer	Summer	2021	Free	[5]
26	DF	Leon Balogun	32	Wigan Athletic	Transfer	Summer	2021	Free	[6]
25	FW	Kemar Roofe	27	Anderlecht	Transfer	Summer	2024	Undisclosed	[7]
11	FW	Cedric Itten	23	St. Gallen	Transfer	Summer	2024	Undisclosed	[8]
15	MF	Bongani Zungu	27	Amiens	Transfer	Summer	2021	Loan	[9]
4	DF	Jack Simpson	24	Bournemouth	Transfer	Winter	2025	Undisclosed	[10]
23	FW	Scott Wright	23	Aberdeen	Transfer	Winter	2025	Undisclosed	[11]

Academy

Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
FW	Charlie Lindsay	16	Glentoran	Transfer	Summer	2023	Free	[12][13]
FW	James Graham	16	Ross County	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	[14][15]
FW	Tony Weston	16	Blackpool	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	[16]
GK	Aaron Cervantes	18	Orange County SC	Transfer	Summer	2023	Undisclosed	[17]

First team

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	MF	Jason Holt	28	Livingston	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18]
	GK	Jak Alnwick	26	St Mirren	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18][19]
	MF	Jordan Rossiter	23	Fleetwood Town	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18]
16	MF	Andy Halliday	28	Heart of Midlothian	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18]
13	GK	Wes Foderingham	29	Sheffield United	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18][20]
15	DF	Jon Flanagan	27	Charleroi	End of contract	Summer	Free	[18]
11	MF	Sheyi Ojo	22	Liverpool	Loan Return	Summer	n/a	[21]
23	FW	Florian Kamberi	25	Hibernian	Loan Return	Summer	n/a	[21]
32	FW	Jake Hastie	21	Motherwell	Loan	Summer	n/a	[22]
25	DF	Matt Polster	27	New England Revolution	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[23][24]
28	MF	Ross McCrorie	22	Aberdeen	Loan[lower-alpha 1]	Summer	n/a	[25]
27	MF	Greg Docherty	23	Hull City	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[26]
15	FW	Jamie Murphy	31	Hibernian	Loan[lower-alpha 1]	Summer	n/a	[27]
40	MF	Glenn Middleton	21	St Johnstone	Loan	Winter	n/a	[28]
22	MF	Jordan Jones	26	Sunderland	Loan	Winter	n/a	[29]
21	MF	Brandon Barker	24	Oxford United	Loan	Winter	n/a	[30]
4	DF	George Edmundson	23	Derby County	Loan	Winter	n/a	[31]
28	MF	Ross McCrorie	22	Aberdeen	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[32]

Loan with obligation to sign on permanent contract at end of season.

Academy

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
44	DF	Aidan Wilson	21	Crusaders	End of contract	Summer	Free	[33]
42	GK	Aidan McAdams	21	Greenock Morton	End of contract	Summer	Free	[33]
55	MF	Joao Balde	19	Livingston	End of contract	Summer	Free	[33]
61	MF	Kieran McKechnie	19	Queen of the South	End of contract	Summer	Free	[33]
	MF	Julian Anderson	19	Virginia Cavaliers	End of contract	Summer	Free	[33]
27	MF	Stephen Kelly	20	Ross County	Loan	Summer	n/a	[34]
28	GK	Robby McCrorie	22	Livingston	Loan	Summer	n/a	[35]
54	GK	Kieran Wright	20	Partick Thistle	Loan	Summer	n/a	[36]
	DF	Rhys Breen	20	Partick Thistle	Loan	Summer	n/a	[37]
	DF	Matthew Shiels	19	Clyde	Loan	Summer	n/a	[38]
47	MF	Zac Butterworth	19	Edinburgh City	Loan	Summer	n/a	[39]
51	DF	James Maxwell	18	Queen of the South	Loan	Summer	n/a	[40]
34	DF	Lewis Mayo	20	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	Summer	n/a	[41]
38	FW	Josh McPake	19	Greenock Morton	Loan	Summer	n/a	[42]
	FW	Dire Mebude	16	Manchester City	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[43]
30	MF	Kai Kennedy	18	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Loan	Summer	n/a	[44]
44	MF	Cammy Palmer	20	Clyde	Loan	Summer	n/a	[45]
48	GK	Nicky Hogarth	19	Cowdenbeath	Loan	Winter	n/a	[46]
	DF	Rhys Breen	21	Queen of the South	Loan	Winter	n/a	[47]
30	MF	Kai Kennedy	18	Raith Rovers	Loan	Winter	n/a	[48]
46	MF	Jack Thomson	20	Clyde	Loan	Winter	n/a	[49]
38	FW	Josh McPake	19	Harrogate Town	Loan	Winter	n/a	[50]
54	MF	Ben Williamson	19	Arbroath	Loan	Winter	n/a	[51]
39	FW	Dapo Mebude	19	Queen of the South	Loan	Winter	n/a	[52]
44	MF	Cammy Palmer	20	Linfield	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[53]
	MF	Umaro Balde	18	Free agent	Transfer	Winter	Free	[54]

Academy

N	P	Name	Age	Date signed	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
46	MF	Jack Thomson	20	3 June	1 year	May 2021	[55]
49	GK	Brian Kinnear	19	3 June	1 year	May 2021	[55]
73	MF	Robbie Fraser	17	3 June	2 years	May 2022	[55]
76	MF	Alex Lowry	16	3 June	2 years	May 2022	[55]
27	MF	Stephen Kelly	20	24 June	3 years	May 2023	[56]
	GK	Robby McCrorie	22	3 July	3 years	May 2023	[57]
65	DF	Adam Devine	17	29 September	2 years	May 2022	[58]
68	FW	Aaron Lyall	17	29 September	2 years	May 2022	[59]
70	MF	Cole McKinnon	17	29 September	2 years	May 2022	[60]
58	FW	Chris McKee	18	26 November	2 years	May 2022	[61]
30	MF	Kai Kennedy	18	8 January	2 years	May 2023	[62]
54	MF	Ben Williamson	19	13 January	1 year	May 2022	[63]
55	MF	Ciaran Dickson	18	22 January	2 years	May 2023	[64]

Awards

N	P	Name	Award	Date	From	Source
	MAN	Steven Gerrard	Premiership Manager of the Month	August	Scottish Professional Football League	[65]
14	FW	Ryan Kent	Premiership Player of the Month	August	Scottish Professional Football League	[65]
2	DF	James Tavernier	Premiership Player of the Month	September	Scottish Professional Football League	[66]
	MAN	Steven Gerrard	Premiership Manager of the Month	October	Scottish Professional Football League	[67]
6	DF	Connor Goldson	Premiership Player of the Month	October	Scottish Professional Football League	[67]
	MAN	Steven Gerrard	Premiership Manager of the Month	November	Scottish Professional Football League	[68]
2	DF	James Tavernier	Premiership Player of the Month	November	Scottish Professional Football League	[68]

Club

Board of directors

Rangers International Football Club Plc

Position	Staff
Chairman	Douglas Park
Deputy Chairman	John Bennett
Non-executive director	Alastair Johnston
Non-executive director	Graeme Park
Non-executive director	Barry Scott
Non-executive director	Julian Wolhardt
Company secretary	James Blair

Source: Wikipedia article

The Rangers Football Club Ltd

Position	Staff
Managing Director	Stewart Robertson
Sporting Director	Ross Wilson
Director of Finance and Administration	Andrew Dickson
Director of Commercial and Marketing	James Bisgrove
Company secretary	James Blair
Accountant	George Letham

Source: Wikipedia article

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Steven Gerrard
Assistant manager	Gary McAllister
First-team coach	Michael Beale
Technical coach	Tom Culshaw
Goalkeeping coach	Colin Stewart
Head of Performance	Jordan Milsom

Source: Wikipedia article

Other staff

Position	Staff
Head of Academy	Craig Mulholland
Head of Scouting	Andy Scoulding
Club Doctor	Dr Mark Waller
Physiotherapist	Steve Walker
Masseur	Davie Lavery
Kit Executive	Jimmy Bell
Honorary President	John Greig
Club Ambassador	Richard Gough Mark Hateley Derek Johnstone

Source: Wikipedia article

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

10 July 2020 Friendly	Rangers	2−1	Hamilton Academical	Auchenhowie
12:00	Bassey 43' Morelos 88' (pen.)	Report	Hughes 8'	Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

16 July 2020 2020 Veolia Cup	Lyon	0–2	Rangers	Lyon, France
19:45 GMT	Marcelo 39' Depay 75'	Report	Marcelo 20' (o.g.) Hagi 25' Kent 39' Docherty 87'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karim Abed

18 July 2020 2020 Veolia Cup	Nice	0–2	Rangers	Lyon, France
17:15 GMT	Trouillet 8' Kamara 82'	Report	Edmundson 38' Defoe 40' Barjonas 90+3'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

22 July 2020 Friendly	Rangers	4–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
20:00	Kent 7' Hagi 10' Aribo 45' Lamie 68' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Don Robertson

25 July 2020 Friendly	Rangers	2–0	Coventry City	Glasgow
17:15	Aribo 50' Goldson 67'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Premiership

1 August 2020 1	Aberdeen	0–1	Rangers	Aberdeen
12:30	Ojo 45' Considine 87'	Report	Kent 21'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Bobby Madden

9 August 2020 2	Rangers	3–0	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00	McCarthy 23' (o.g.) Morelos 69', 74'	Report	Sheron 25' MacPherson 68'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Andrew Dallas

12 August 2020 3	Rangers	3–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:45	Barišić 21' Kent 45+2' Aribo 49'	Report	McCart 37' Gordon 78'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Euan Anderson

16 August 2020 4	Livingston	0–0	Rangers	Livingston
16:30		Report	Morelos 65'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Nick Walsh

22 August 2020 5	Rangers	2–0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00	Itten 32' Roofe 50' Kent 77'	Report	Tshibola 55'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Kevin Clancy

29 August 2020 6	Hamilton Academical	0−2	Rangers	Hamilton
17:30	Callachan 63' McMann 11' 76'	Report	Hagi 15' Tavernier 20' Goldson 26' Barker 85'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: N/A Referee: Willie Collum

12 September 2020 7	Rangers	4–0	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00	Kent 13' Barišić 31' Tavernier 39' Roofe 68' Arfield 87'	Report	Bolton 7' Edwards 70' Pawlett 83'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Kevin Clancy

20 September 2020 8	Hibernian	2–2	Rangers	Edinburgh
12:00	Wright 22' Porteous 35' Hanlon 37' McGinn 60' Doidge 71' Boyle 80'	Report	Morelos 45+1', 90+1' Arfield 57'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: N/A Referee: Don Robertson

27 September 2020 9	Motherwell	1–5	Rangers	Motherwell
12:00	Lamie 31' Edmundson 87' (o.g.)	Report	Tavernier 12' (pen.), 37' (pen.) Jones 28' Itten 75', 80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: N/A Referee: Bobby Madden

4 October 2020 10	Rangers	2–0	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Tavernier 17' (pen.) Barker 88'	Report	Morris 21'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Greg Aitken

17 October 2020 11	Celtic	0–2	Rangers	Glasgow
12:30	Brown 61' Duffy 85'	Report	Goldson 9', 54' Arfield 60' Morelos 85'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: N/A Referee: John Beaton

25 October 2020 12	Rangers	2–0	Livingston	Glasgow
15:00	Aribo 9' Defoe 16' Jack 89'	Report	Guthrie 68'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Nick Walsh

1 November 2020 13	Kilmarnock	0–1	Rangers	Kilmarnock
12:00	Waters 23' Tshibola 41' Power 90'	Report	Tavernier 19' (pen.) Barišić 44' Goldson 70' Davis 83'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: N/A Referee: Andrew Dallas

8 November 2020 14	Rangers	8–0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
15:00	Arfield 16' Roofe 18', 54' Aribo 19', 36' Barker 62' Tavernier 65' (pen.), 69'	Report	Moyo 22' Callachan 26'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Steven McLean

22 November 2020 15	Rangers	4–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
12:00	Kent 15' Roofe 29' Arfield 49' Tavernier 53' (pen.)	Report	Considine 52'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Nick Walsh

6 December 2020 16	Ross County	0–4	Rangers	Dingwall
12:00	Vigurs 45' Gardyne 45+1' Paton 61' Iacovitti 79'	Report	Roofe 28' Tavernier 56' Morris 72' (o.g.) Defoe 90'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 300 Referee: John Beaton

13 December 2020 17	Dundee United	1–2	Rangers	Dundee
12:00	Smith 33' Fuchs 38'	Report	Morelos 12' Tavernier 26' Goldson 44'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: N/A Referee: Steven McLean

19 December 2020 18	Rangers	3–1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00	Roofe 73', 90+4' Itten 82'	Report	Lang 6' Lamie 77' Archer 82'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Don Robertson

23 December 2020 19	St Johnstone	0–3	Rangers	Perth
18:00	Wotherspoon 60' O'Halloran 81' 83'	Report	Roofe 24' Kamara 31' Hagi 47'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: N/A Referee: Nick Walsh

26 December 2020 20	Rangers	1–0	Hibernian	Glasgow
12:30	Hagi 33'	Report	Gogić 41'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Willie Collum

30 December 2020 21	St Mirren	0–2	Rangers	Paisley
15:00	Obika 53' Shaughnessy 71'	Report	Roofe 27' Tavernier 29' Morelos 33'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: N/A Referee: Alan Muir

2 January 2021 22	Rangers	1–0	Celtic	Glasgow
12:30	Davis 39' McGregor 70' (o.g.) Morelos 75' Barišić 79'	Report	Soro 41' Bitton 62' Duffy 75' McGregor 75'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Bobby Madden

10 January 2021 23	Aberdeen	1−2	Rangers	Aberdeen
15:00	Hedges 26' Main 41' Kennedy 67' Ferguson 81'	Report	Tavernier 28', 40' Morelos 32', 50'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: John Beaton

17 January 2021 24	Motherwell	1−1	Rangers	Motherwell
12:00	Cole 20', 65' Carroll 50' Lawless 74'	Report	Hagi 47' Itten 72'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: N/A Referee: Don Robertson

23 January 2021 25	Rangers	5−0	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Kent 6' Tavernier 13' Helander 28' Aribo 37' Jack 66' Zungu 76' Goldson 81'	Report	Iacovitti 13' Hjelde 64'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Euan Anderson

27 January 2021 26	Hibernian	0−1	Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45	Doig 12' McGregor 62' Irvine 86'	Report	Morelos 51'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: N/A Referee: Kevin Clancy

3 February 2021 27	Rangers	1−0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
19:45	Roofe 21' Hagi 52'	Report	Kane 85'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: David Munro

7 February 2021 28	Hamilton Academical	v	Rangers	Hamilton
12:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park Referee: Bobby Madden

UEFA Europa League

Rangers qualified for the second qualifying round after finishing in second place in the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership.

Qualification stage

17 September 2020 2QR	Lincoln Red Imps	0–5	Rangers	Gibraltar
16:00 BST	Chipolina 66' Goldwin 71'	Report	Tavernier 21' Goldson 45+4' Morelos 67', 88' Hagi 74' Defoe 84'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

24 September 2020 3QR	Willem II	0–4	Rangers	Tilburg, Netherlands
20:00 BST	Nelom 27' Pavlidis 81' Llonch 82'	Report	Barišić 6' Tavernier 22' (pen.) Kent 25' Helander 55' Morelos 66' Goldson 71'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: N/A Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

1 October 2020 PO	Rangers	2–1	Galatasaray	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST	Arfield 52' Tavernier 59'	Report	Elabdellaoui 29' Belhanda 65' Marcão 87'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RAN	BEN	STL	LCH
1	Rangers	6	4	2	0	13	7	+6	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	3–2	1–0
2	Benfica	6	3	3	0	18	9	+9	12	Advance to knockout phase	3–3	—	3–0	4–0
3	Standard Liège	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4		0–2	2–2	—	2–1
4	Lech Poznań	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3		0–2	2–4	3–1	—

Source: UEFA

22 October 2020 1	Standard Liège	0–2	Rangers	Liège, Belgium
17:55 BST	Dussenne 18' Bastien 67' Bokadi 82'	Report	Tavernier 19' (pen.) Hagi 26' McGregor 45+4' Bassey 66' Roofe 90+2', 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

29 October 2020 2	Rangers	1–0	Lech Poznań	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 GMT	Balogun 46' Goldson 51' Morelos 68'	Report	Ishak 16'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

5 November 2020 3	Benfica	3–3	Rangers	Lisbon, Portugal
17:55 GMT	Goldson 1' (o.g.) Otamendi 19' Silva 77' Núñez 90+1'	Report	Gonçalves 24' (o.g.) Kamara 25' Morelos 51'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: N/A Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

26 November 2020 4	Rangers	2–2	Benfica	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 GMT	Arfield 7' Roofe 69' Kamara 80'	Report	Gabriel 16' Chiquinho 42' Tavernier 78' (o.g.) Pizzi 81' Vertonghen 83'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

3 December 2020 5	Rangers	3–2	Standard Liège	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 GMT	Goldson 39' Tavernier 45+1' (pen.), 72' Arfield 63' Roofe 85'	Report	Lestienne 6' Čop 41' Dussenne 71' Fai 90+2'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden)

10 December 2020 6	Lech Poznań	0–2	Rangers	Poznań, Poland
17:55 GMT		Report	Zungu 7' Itten 31' Balogun 57' Hagi 72'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: N/A Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)

Knockout stage

18 February 2021 R32 1st leg	Antwerp	v	Rangers	Antwerp, Belgium
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Bosuilstadion

25 February 2021 R32 2nd leg	Rangers	v	Antwerp	Glasgow, Scotland
17:55 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Scottish League Cup

29 November 2020 Second round	Falkirk	0–4	Rangers	Falkirk
17:00	Hall 56' Alston 83'	Report	Defoe 6' Bassey 30', 59' Barišić 41' Tavernier 51'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Bobby Madden

16 December 2020 Quarter-final	St Mirren	3–2	Rangers	Paisley
20:00	Erhahon 23' McGrath 40' (pen.), 53', 88' Doyle-Hayes 55' Tait 89' McCarthy 90+2'	Report	Goldson 7' Itten 61' Kent 63' Goldson 88' Davis 88' Hagi 89'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: N/A Referee: David Dickinson

Scottish Cup

TBC Third round	Rangers	v	Cove Rangers	Glasgow
				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium

Squad statistics

The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for 2020–21 season. They may not have made an appearance.

Appearances, goals and discipline

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Totals		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europa League		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Allan McGregor	27	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	8	0\|\|1	0
13	GK		Andy Firth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0\|\|0	0
33	GK		Jon McLaughlin	11	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	0\|\|0	0
Defenders
2	DF		James Tavernier (captain)	38	17	27	11	0	0	2	1	8+1	5\|\|3	0
3	DF		Calvin Bassey	13	1	3+4	0	0	0	1	1	1+4	0\|\|2	0
4	DF		Jack Simpson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0\|\|0	0
5	DF		Filip Helander	19	2	15+1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1\|\|0	0
6	DF		Connor Goldson (vice-captain)	38	8	27	4	0	0	2	1	9	3\|\|4	0
16	DF		Nathan Patterson	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0\|\|0	0
19	DF		Nikola Katić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0\|\|0	0
26	DF		Leon Balogun	21	0	12+3	0	0	0	1	0	5	0\|\|2	0
31	DF		Borna Barišić	35	2	24	1	0	0	1+1	1	9	0\|\|4	0
61	DF		Leon King	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0\|\|0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Ianis Hagi	31	5	15+8	4	0	0	1+1	0	6	1\|\|4	0
8	MF		Ryan Jack	20	1	14+2	1	0	0	0	0	2+2	0\|\|1	0
10	MF		Steven Davis	31	1	19+5	0	0	0	1	1	6	0\|\|2	0
14	MF		Ryan Kent	36	7	26+1	6	0	0	1	0	7+1	1\|\|1	0
15	MF		Bongani Zungu	15	0	0+11	0	0	0	2	0	1+1	0\|\|2	0
17	MF		Joe Aribo	26	5	17+3	5	0	0	1	0	2+3	0\|\|0	0
18	MF		Glen Kamara	34	2	19+4	1	0	0	0+2	0	9	1\|\|1	0
36	MF		Jamie Barjonas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0\|\|0	0
37	MF		Scott Arfield	31	7	10+10	4	0	0	2	0	8+1	3\|\|1	0
55	MF		Ciaran Dickson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0\|\|0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Jermain Defoe	12	4	3+6	2	0	0	1+1	1	0+1	1\|\|0	0
11	FW		Cedric Itten	27	5	2+18	4	0	0	2	0	2+3	1\|\|2	0
20	FW		Alfredo Morelos	30	11	18+3	7	0	0	0	0	6+3	4\|\|6	0
23	FW		Scott Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0\|\|0	0
24	FW		Greg Stewart	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0\|\|0	0
25	FW		Kemar Roofe	23	12	13+4	10	0	0	1	0	4+1	2\|\|3	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season who made an appearance
4	DF		George Edmundson	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF		Brandon Barker	13	2	4+6	2	0	0	1	0	0+2	0	1	0
22	MF		Jordan Jones	4	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	MF		Glenn Middleton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 3 February 2021
Source:[69]

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in Scottish Premiership, League Cup, Scottish Cup, and the UEFA Europa League.

Clean sheets

As of match played 3 February 2021

No.	Player	Scottish Premiership	League Cup	Europa League	Total	Appearances
1	Allan McGregor	13	0	4	17	27
13	Andy Firth	0	0	0	0	0
33	Jon McLaughlin	8	1	1	10	11
Total		21	1	5	27	38

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premiership	9th		1 August 2020
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round		17 September 2020
Scottish Cup	Third round		TBC
League Cup	Second round	Quarter-finals	29 November 2020	16 December 2020

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premiership

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1	Rangers (W)	27	24	3	0	67	7	+60	75	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic (X)	25	15	7	3	55	20	+35	52	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	27	13	7	7	37	26	+11	46	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	26	12	8	6	31	26	+5	44
5	Livingston	26	11	6	9	34	29	+5	39

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[70]
(W) Assured a place of the top 6 group and the Europa Conference League; (X) Assured a place of the top 6 group.
Notes:

Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	3	2	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

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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[loanbuy-25] Loan with obligation to sign on permanent contract at end of season.

[71] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Ianis Hagi: Rangers sign son of Romania legend Gheorghe on loan from Genk". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2020.

[2] "Rangers Sign Calvin Bassey". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 31 January 2020.

[3] Archer, Bruce (6 June 2020). "Rangers complete second summer signing as Leicester defender agrees deal". Express.co.uk. Daily Express.

[4] "Jon McLaughlin: Scotland goalkeeper joins Rangers on two-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 June 2020.

[5] "Jermain Defoe Signs Gers Contract". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 25 January 2020.

[6] "Rangers sign Leon Balogun after centre-back's Wigan Athletic exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 July 2020.

[7] "Rangers Sign Kemar Roofe". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 4 August 2020.

[8] "Rangers Sign Cedric Itten". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 4 August 2020.

[9] "Rangers Sign Bongani Zungu". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 5 October 2020.

[10] "Rangers Sign Jack Simpson from AFC Bournemouth". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 1 February 2021.

[11] "Rangers Sign Scott Wright from Aberdeen". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 1 February 2021.

[12] "Rangers Sign Charlie Lindsay". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 5 June 2020.

[13] "Teenager Charlie Lindsay keen to impress 'hero' Steven Gerrard after signing for Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 June 2020.

[14] "Academy Sign James Graham". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 25 June 2020.

[15] James Graham joins Rangers as Ibrox side beat Liverpool and Manchester United to sign youngster

[16] "Academy Sign Tony Weston". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 31 July 2020.

[17] "Rangers Academy Sign Aaron Cervantes". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 7 October 2020.

[first_team_exits-18] "Rangers: Andy Halliday, Jon Flanagan & Wes Foderingham among six exits". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 May 2020.

[19] "Jak Alnwick: Goalkeeper joins St Mirren on two-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 June 2020.

[20] "Sheff Utd sign keeper Wes Foderingham on three-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 July 2020.

[loan_exits-21] "Scottish Premiership ins & outs: who has moved this summer?". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 July 2020.

[22] "Jake Hastie: Motherwell re-sign Rangers winger on season-long loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 July 2020.

[23] "Matt Polster leaves Rangers for New England Revolution". BBC. BBC. 9 July 2020.

[24] Wilson, Fraser (7 July 2020). "Niko Katic Rangers return timeframe as defender's agent gives optimistic prognosis". Daily Record.

[26] "Ross McCrorie: Aberdeen sign Rangers midfielder on loan before three-year deal". BBC. BBC. 18 August 2020.

[27] "Hull City sign Rangers midfielder". BBC. BBC. 20 August 2020.

[28] Jamie Murphy Is A Hibee, Hibernian FC, 29 August 2020

[29] "Glenn Middleton joins St Johnstone on loan". Twitter, Inc. 25 January 2021.

[30] "Jordan Jones joins Sunderland on loan". Twitter, Inc. 29 January 2021.

[31] "Brandon Barker joins Oxford on loan". Twitter, Inc. 1 February 2021.

[32] "George Edmundson joins Derby on loan". Twitter, Inc. 1 February 2021.

[33] "Aberdeen: Florian Kamberi, Fraser Hornby & Callum Hendry join on loan". BBC. BBC. 11 February 2021.

[Five_To_Depart_Academy-34] "Five To Depart Academy". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 28 May 2020.

[35] "Alex Iacovitti: Ross County sign former Oldham defender". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 June 2020.

[36] "Robby McCrorie: Livingston re-sign Rangers goalkeeper on year-long loan". BBC Sport. 9 July 2020.

[37] "Rhys Breen and Kieran Wright join Partick Thistle on loan". Rangers FC. 27 August 2020.

[38] "Rhys Breen and Kieran Wright join Partick Thistle on loan". Rangers FC. 27 August 2020.

[39] "Matthew Shiels joins Clyde on loan". Rangers FC. 31 August 2020.

[40] "Zac Butterworth joins Edinburgh City on loan". Rangers FC. 3 September 2020.

[41] "Academy trio move on loan". Rangers FC. 25 September 2020.

[42] "Academy trio move on loan". Rangers FC. 25 September 2020.

[43] "Academy trio move on loan". Rangers FC. 25 September 2020.

[44] "Academy trio pen new contracts". Rangers FC. 25 September 2020.

[45] "Kai Kennedy joins ICT on loan". Rangers FC Twitter. 4 October 2020.

[46] "Cammy Palmer joins Clyde on loan". Rangers FC Twitter. 31 October 2020.

[47] "Nicky Hogarth joins Cowdenbeath on loan". Rangers FC Twitter. 6 January 2020.

[48] "Rhys Breen joins Queen of the South on loan". Rangers FC Twitter. 7 January 2020.

[49] "Kai Kennedy signs new contract extension". Rangers FC. 8 January 2021.

[50] "Jack Thomson joins Clyde on loan". Rangers FC Twitter. 8 January 2021.

[51] "Josh McPake joins Harrogate Town on loan". Rangers FC Twitter. 8 January 2021.

[52] "Ben Williamson signs new contract extension". Rangers FC Twitter. 13 January 2021.

[53] "Dapo Mebude joins Queen of the South on loan". Rangers FC Twitter. 21 January 2020.

[54] "Cammy Palmer joins Linfield". Rangers FC. 27 January 2021.

[55] "Umaro Balde leaves by mutual consent". Rangers FC Twitter. 1 February 2021.

[Youth_contracts-56] "RFC_Youth are delighted to announce that Jack Thomson, Brian Kinnear, Robbie Fraser and Alex Lowry have all signed new contracts to extend their stay at the club". Twitter, Inc. 3 June 2020.

[57] "Kelly Signs Until 2023". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 24 June 2020.

[58] "Robby Signs To 2023". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 3 July 2020.

[59] "Academy trio pen new deals". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 29 September 2020.

[60] "Academy trio pen new deals". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 29 September 2020.

[61] "Academy trio pen new deals". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 29 September 2020.

[62] "McKee signs new contract". Twitter, Inc. 26 November 2020.

[63] "Kai Kennedy signs new contract extension". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 8 January 2021.

[64] "Ben Williamson signs new contract extension". Twitter, Inc. 13 January 2021.

[65] "Ciaran Dickson signs contract extension". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 22 January 2021.

[August_winners-66] "Steven Gerrard and Ryan Kent deliver Rangers double as former Liverpool star plays down Leeds interest". Belfast Telegraph. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[67] "LENNON VOTED MANAGER OF THE MONTH". SPFL. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

[October-68] "AWARDS DOUBLE FOR RANGERS". SPFL. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

[November-69] "NOVEMBER DOUBLE FOR RANGERS". SPFL. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[70] "First Team". Official Club Website. Rangers FC.

[72] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Retrieved 24 November 2020.