2011–12 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2011–12 season. Smith's deputy and Rangers record goalscorer Ally McCoist was appointed manager of the club.^[1] However, McCoist was hampered by a bizarre transfer policy the club utilised under Whyte's control. This resulted in protracted transfer negotiations with several targets but without significant recruitment and this probably contributed to Rangers being knocked out of both the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League by the end of August, depriving the club of income that may have been anticipated. With the new ownership there initially appeared to be some financial stability of the club. A number of first-team regulars were secured on long-term contract extensions including Steven Davis,^[2] Allan McGregor,^[3] Steven Whittaker^[3] and Gregg Wylde.^[4] When McCoist entered the transfer market, his first signing being Almería midfielder Juan Manuel Ortiz,^[5] he soon encountered difficulties. A number of highly publicised failed transfers, including deals for Wesley Verhoek and Roland Juhász, led to many doubting Whyte's financial prowess.^[6][7]

Rangers's first Scottish Premier League match of the season was a home match against Jim Jefferies' Heart of Midlothian, where the league flag was unfurled by then chairman Craig Whyte, as Rangers were under considerable pressure for most of the first half but managed to salvage a draw. The following week, McCoist claimed his first competitive victory as manager with a win over St Johnstone.^[8] The season proved to be a baptism of fire for McCoist, by early October the club held a ten-point lead over Celtic,^[9] and on 5 November the lead stood at fifteen points over Celtic and twelve over second placed Motherwell.^[10] However, a draw with St Johnstone and subsequent defeats to Kilmarnock,^[11] St Mirren^[12] and Old Firm rivals Celtic,^[13] who then went on a run of twenty-one matches undefeated saw Rangers slip to second place^[14] where the club remained for the rest of the season.

Ranger's European adventure began in the middle of the final week of July, where Rangers were defeated by underdogs Malmö 1–0^[15] at home and Rangers crashed out of the Champions League with a bad tempered 1–1 draw in Sweden in which both Steven Whittaker and Madjid Bougherra were both given their marching orders,^[16] and ultimately relegating the Gers to the Europa League play-off round, where they faced Slovenian team NK Maribor.^[17] In cup competitions the club fair no better, a third round defeat to First Division side Falkirk in the League Cup^[18] and a fifth round exit at home at the hands of Dundee United.^[19]

On 13 February 2012, Rangers filed legal papers at the Court of Session giving notice of their intention to appoint administrators.^[20] Rangers officially entered administration on the following day, appointing London-based financial advisers Duff & Phelps as administrators.^[20] Rangers entered administration over an alleged non-payment of £9m in PAYE and VAT taxes to HM Revenue and Customs.^[20][21] On entering administration, the team was docked ten points by the SPL, a move regarded as 'effectively ending' its 2012 championship challenge.^[20] A failure then to submit accounts for 2011 meant the club was not granted a licence to play in European football in season 2012–13.^[22][23] In April it was revealed that the club's total debts could be as high as £134m.^[24]

On 13 May it was revealed that Whyte sold his controlling interest in The Rangers Football Club Plc for £2 to a consortium led by Charles Green.^[25] Green offered the creditors a settlement, in the form of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), in an attempt to exit administration.^[25] On 12 June 2012, it emerged that HMRC would reject the CVA put forward by Green. Green's takeover of the club depended on the CVA being accepted by HMRC, which would have seen only £8.5m of the total debt repaid. The formal rejection of the CVA, two days later, meant that the Rangers Football Club Plc entered the liquidation process and the clubs corporate owner would have to be transferred to a new company.^[26] The oldco's assets, including Rangers F.C., Ibrox Stadium and Rangers Training Centre, were sold to Sevco 5088 Ltd, a consortium led by Green, in a deal worth £5.5m.^[27][28]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Allan McGregor	30	1998	278	0	2017	Youth system
2	DF		Dorin Goian	31	2011	38	1	2014	£0.8m
3	DF		David Weir (captain)	41	2007 (Winter)	231	5	2012	Free	left on 17 January
4	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	27	2007	116	1	2013	Free
5	DF		Saša Papac	32	2006	227	7	2012	£0.45m
6	MF		Lee McCulloch	33	2007	173	20	2013	£2.25m
7	MF		Maurice Edu	26	2008	125	12	2013	£2.6m
8	MF		Steven Davis (captain)	27	2008	211	22	2016	£3m
9	FW		Nikica Jelavić	26	2010	55	36	2014	£4m	left on 31 January
10	MF		John Fleck	20	2007	58	3	2013	Youth system
11	FW		Kyle Lafferty	24	2008	138	38	2013	£3.25m
12	DF		Lee Wallace	24	2011	34	2	2016	£1.5m
14	FW		Steven Naismith	25	2008	140	33	2015	£1.9m
15	FW		David Healy	32	2011 (Winter)	25	5	2012	Free
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	27	2007	209	28	2016	£2m
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	30	2011	14	1	2014	£0.5m
18	DF		Carlos Bocanegra (vc)	32	2011	34	3	2014	£0.4m
19	FW		James Beattie	33	2010	10	0	2012	£1.25m	left on 31 August
19	MF		Sone Aluko	23	2011	23	12	2012	£0.15m
20	MF		Matt McKay	29	2011	3	0	2014	£0.32m	left on 27 February
21	MF		Alejandro Bedoya	25	2011	13	1	2014	£0.4m
22	DF		Kyle Bartley	20	2011	30	1	2012	Loan
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	23	2005	5	0	2012	Youth system	left on 31 January
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	28	2008	113	5	2012	£2.5m	left on 10 August
24	MF		Mervan Çelik	21	2012 (Winter)	6	0	2015	£0.25m	left on 6 March
25	GK		Neil Alexander	34	2008 (Winter)	47	0	2013	Free
26	MF		Jamie Ness	21	2007	18	2	2015	Youth system
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	20	2007	48	2	2016	Youth system	left on 6 March
28	MF		Salim Kerkar	24	2010	18	2	2012	Free
32	DF		Ross Perry	22	2006	13	0	2015	Youth system
33	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	22	2007	3	0	2012	£0.09m	left on 1 January
34	FW		Andrew Little	23	2007	24	7	2012	Youth system
35	MF		Kyle Hutton	21	2008	14	0	2014	Youth system	out on season loan
38	FW		Kane Hemmings	21	2008	5	0	2013	Youth system
40	MF		Andrew Mitchell	20	2010	2	0	2012	Free
41	MF		Rhys McCabe	19	2009	9	0	2015	Youth system
69	FW		Barrie McKay	17	2011	1	0	2013	Free

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	29	Almería	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.5m	[5]
12	DF		Lee Wallace	23	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2016	£1.5m	[29]
2	DF		Dorin Goian	30	Palermo	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.8m	[30]
22	DF		Kyle Bartley	20	Arsenal	Loan extension	Summer	2012	n/a	[31]
21	MF		Alejandro Bedoya	24	Örebro SK	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.4m	[29][32]
18	DF		Carlos Bocanegra	32	Saint-Étienne	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.4m	[33]
20	MF		Matt McKay	28	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Summer	2014	£0.32m	[34][35]
19	MF		Sone Aluko	22	Aberdeen	Transfer	n/a	2012	£0.15m	[36]
24	MF		Mervan Çelik	21	GAIS	Transfer	Winter	2015	£0.24m	[37]

Last updated: 11 February 2012
Total spending: £4.31m

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
20	MF		Vladimír Weiss	21	Manchester City	Loan return	Summer	n/a	[38][39]
12	DF		Richard Foster	25	Aberdeen	Loan return	Summer	n/a	[38][40]
17	FW		El Hadji Diouf	30	Blackburn Rovers	Loan return	Summer	n/a	[38][41]
37	MF		Andrew Shinnie	22	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
38	MF		Stephen Stirling	22	Stranraer	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
41	FW		Archie Campbell	21	Greenock Morton	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
42	GK		Wayne Drummond	19	Ballymena United	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
49	FW		Cristiano Kisuka	19	Beith Juniors	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
57	MF		Dylan McGeouch	18	Celtic	End of contract	Summer	£0.1m	[43]
65	MF		Steven Hetherington	17	Motherwell	End of contract	Summer	n/a	[42]
31	GK		Grant Adam	20	Forfar Athletic	Loan	Summer	n/a	[44][45]
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	28	Lekhwiya	Transfer	Summer	£1.7m	[46]
34	FW		Andrew Little	22	Port Vale	Loan	Summer	n/a	[47]
19	FW		James Beattie	33	Sheffield United	Contract terminated	Summer	n/a	[48][49]
42	FW		Kal Naismith	19	Cowdenbeath	Loan	Summer	n/a	[50]
35	MF		Kyle Hutton	20	Partick Thistle	Loan	Summer	n/a	[51]
51	GK		Blair Currie	18	Hamilton Academical	Loan	Winter	n/a	[52]
33	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	22	Tromsø	End of contract	Winter	£0.25m[53]	[54]
36	DF		Darren Cole	19	Partick Thistle	Loan	Winter	n/a	[55]
59	FW		Sam McMahon	17	Doncaster Rovers	Transfer	Winter	Free	[56]
42	FW		Kal Naismith	19	Partick Thistle	Loan	Winter	n/a	[57]
3	DF		David Weir	41	Free agent	Contract terminated	Winter	n/a	[58]
10	MF		John Fleck	20	Blackpool	Loan	Winter	n/a	[59]
31	GK		Grant Adam	20	Airdrie United	Loan	Winter	n/a	[60]
63	FW		Freddie Espling	18	Djurgårdens IF	Transfer	Winter	Free	[61]
45	MF		Nicolaj Køhlert	19	Silkeborg IF	Transfer	Winter	Free	[61]
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	29	Almería	Loan	Winter	n/a	[62]
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	23	Dunfermline Athletic	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[63]
9	FW		Nikica Jelavić	26	Everton	Transfer	Winter	£5.5m	[64]
35	MF		Kyle Hutton	20	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	Winter	n/a	[63]
64	MF		Marc Dyer	17	Ayr United	Transfer	Winter	Free	[61]
61	FW		Jack Werndly	18	Albion Rovers	Loan	Winter	n/a	[61]
20	MF		Matt McKay	29	Busan I'Park	Transfer	n/a	£0.063m	[65]
24	MF		Mervan Çelik	21	Free agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/a	[66]
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	20	Free agent	Contract terminated	n/a	n/a	[66]
52	DF		Ewan McNeil	18	Airdrie United	Loan	n/a	n/a	[67]

Last updated: 25 March 2012
Total income: £7.513m

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
5	DF		Saša Papac	31	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[68]
32	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	21	Signed	6 months	January 2012	[69]
28	MF		Salim Kerkar	23	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[70]
15	FW		David Healy	31	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[71]
29	FW		Andrew Little	22	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[72]
1	GK		Allan McGregor	29	Signed	6 years	June 2017	[3]
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	27	Signed	5 years	June 2016	[3]
3	DF		David Weir	41	Signed	1 year	June 2012	[73]
8	MF		Steven Davis	26	Signed	5 years	June 2016	[74]
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	20	Signed	5 years	June 2016	[75]
32	DF		Ross Perry	21	Signed	4 years	June 2015	[76]
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	23	Rejected	3 years	June 2015	[77][78]
33	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	22	Rejected	2 years & 6 months	June 2014	[79]
41	MF		Rhys McCabe	19	Signed	3 years	June 2015	[80]

Last updated: 2 January 2012

				Total			Scottish Premier League		UEFA Champions League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Allan McGregor	43	43		37		2		2				2
2	DF		Dorin Goian	38	38	1	33				2		1	1	2
3	DF		David Weir	1	1				1
4	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	13	18		16								2
5	DF		Saša Papac	26	26		21		2		2		1
6	MF		Lee McCulloch	24	30	5	26	5	2				1		1
7	MF		Maurice Edu	40	42	3	36	3	2		2				2
8	MF		Steven Davis	39	39	5	33	5	2		1		1		2
9	FW		Nikica Jelavić	26	28	17	22	14	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
10	MF		John Fleck	1	5		4				1
11	FW		Kyle Lafferty	16	23	7	20	7					1		2
12	DF		Lee Wallace	32	34	2	28	2	2		2				2
14	FW		Steven Naismith	14	15	9	11	9	2				1		1
15	FW		David Healy	9	15	4	11	3			2	1	1		1
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	27	28	2	25	2	2				1
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	8	14	1	10		2						2	1
18	DF		Carlos Bocanegra	34	34	3	29	2			2		1		2	1
19	MF		Sone Aluko	21	23	12	21	12			2
20	MF		Matt McKay	2	3		3
21	MF		Alejandro Bedoya	6	13	1	12	1					1
22	DF		Kyle Bartley	20	21		19				2
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	1	3		2				1
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra	4	4		2		2
24	MF		Mervan Çelik	1	6		5				1
25	GK		Neil Alexander	2	2		1						1
26	MF		Jamie Ness	3	5	1	5	1
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	15	25	2	21	2			2		1		1
28	MF		Salim Kerkar	5	17	2	15	1			2	1
32	DF		Ross Perry	8	13		12								1
33	MF		Thomas Kind Bendiksen	1	3		3
34	FW		Andrew Little	6	11	5	10	5			1
38	FW		Kane Hemmings		5		4		1
40	MF		Andrew Mitchell	1	2		2
41	MF		Rhys McCabe	8	9		9
69	FW		Barrie McKay		1		1

N	P	Nat.	Name	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
9	FW		Nikica Jelavić	14	1	1	1		17
19	MF		Sone Aluko	12					12
14	FW		Steven Naismith	9					9
11	FW		Kyle Lafferty	7					7
8	MF		Steven Davis	5					5
6	MF		Lee McCulloch	5					5
34	FW		Andrew Little	5					5
15	FW		David Healy	3	1				4
18	DF		Carlos Bocanegra	2				1	3
7	MF		Maurice Edu	3					3
27	MF		Gregg Wylde	2					2
28	MF		Salim Kerkar	1	1				2
12	DF		Lee Wallace	2					2
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	2					2
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz					1	1
2	DF		Dorin Goian			1			1
26	MF		Jamie Ness	1					1
21	MF		Alejandro Bedoya	1					1
			Own goal	3	1				4

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

N	P	Nat.	Name	YC		RC
2	DF		Dorin Goian	10	1
4	DF		Kirk Broadfoot	3
5	DF		Saša Papac	4		1
6	MF		Lee McCulloch	6		1
7	MF		Maurice Edu	9	1
8	MF		Steven Davis	5
9	FW		Nikica Jelavić	2
11	FW		Kyle Lafferty	7
12	DF		Lee Wallace	2
14	FW		Steven Naismith	3
15	FW		David Healy	2
16	DF		Steven Whittaker	4		1
17	MF		Juan Manuel Ortiz	2
18	DF		Carlos Bocanegra	8		1
19	MF		Sone Aluko	2
21	MF		Alejandro Bedoya	1
22	DF		Kyle Bartley	6
23	DF		Jordan McMillan	2
24	DF		Madjid Bougherra			1
26	MF		Jamie Ness	1
27	MF		Gregg Wylde			1
28	MF		Salim Kerkar	2
32	DF		Ross Perry	1
40	MF		Andrew Mitchell	2
41	MF		Rhys McCabe	2

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Match reports
Only competitive matches

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	23 July 2011	Scottish Premier League	1	H	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 49,083 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Heart of Midlothian 58' Naismith 16' Obua
3	30 July 2011	Scottish Premier League	2	A	St Johnstone	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 6,459 Referee Alan Muir St Johnstone Rangers 31' Naismith 50' Jelavić
5	13 August 2011	Scottish Premier League	4	A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 6,623 Referee Euan Norris Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers  59' Tokely 60' (pen.) Jelavić 68' Edu  75'  Edu
7	21 August 2011	Scottish Premier League	5	A	Motherwell	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 14:15 BST Attendance 10,092 Referee Craig Thomson Motherwell Rangers 20' Naismith 45+1' Lafferty 85' Wylde
9	28 August 2011	Scottish Premier League	6	H	Aberdeen	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 44,070 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Aberdeen 15' Davis 90+2' Naismith
10	10 September 2011	Scottish Premier League	7	A	Dundee United	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 10,156 Referee Calum Murray Dundee United Rangers  30' Russell 61' Lafferty
11	17 September 2011	Scottish Premier League	8	H	Celtic	4–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 50,221 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Celtic 23' Naismith 55' Jelavić 67' Lafferty 90+3' Naismith 34' Hooper 41' El Kaddouri  75'  Mulgrew
13	24 September 2011	Scottish Premier League	9	A	Dunfermline Athletic	4–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 7,577 Referee Iain Brines Dunfermline Athletic Rangers 9' Bocanegra 17' Edu 51' Naismith 81' Naismith
14	27 September 2011[93]	Scottish Premier League	3	H	Kilmarnock	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 43,761 Referee William Collum Rangers Kilmarnock 64' Jelavić 66' Wylde
15	1 October 2011	Scottish Premier League	10	H	Hibernian	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 44,430 Referee Stevie O'Reilly Rangers Hibernian 68' Lafferty
16	15 October 2011	Scottish Premier League	11	H	St Mirren	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 47,034 Referee Crawford Allan Rangers St Mirren 48' Jelavić 90+5' Thompson
17	23 October 2011	Scottish Premier League	12	A	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 15,495 Referee Calum Murray Heart of Midlothian Rangers 21' Naismith 74' Jelavić
18	29 October 2011	Scottish Premier League	13	A	Aberdeen	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 15,468 Referee William Collum Aberdeen Rangers 82' Foster 58' Lafferty 70' (pen.) Jelavić
19	5 November 2011	Scottish Premier League	14	H	Dundee United	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 45,600 Referee Brian Winter Rangers Dundee United 19' Jelavić 63' (pen.) Jelavić 82' (o.g.) Kenneth  90+1' Wylde 73' Daly
20	19 November 2011	Scottish Premier League	15	H	St Johnstone	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 45,279 Referee Euan Norris
21	27 November 2011	Scottish Premier League	16	A	Kilmarnock	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 9,506 Referee Alan Muir Kilmarnock Rangers 80' Pascali
22	3 December 2011	Scottish Premier League	17	H	Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 47,305 Referee Steve Conroy Rangers Dunfermline Athletic 22' (o.g.) Keddie 29' (pen.) Jelavić 31' Cardle
23	10 December 2011	Scottish Premier League	18	A	Hibernian	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 11,380 Referee Iain Brines Hibernian Rangers 61' (pen.) Jelavić 69' Jelavić
24	17 December 2011	Scottish Premier League	19	H	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 43,701 Referee Bobby Madden Rangers Inverness Caledonian Thistle 55' Bocanegra 83' Lafferty 67' Shinnie
25	24 December 2011	Scottish Premier League	20	A	St Mirren	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 6,711 Referee Steven McLean St Mirren Rangers 44' Mooy 45+2' McGowan 11' Wallace  24' McCulloch  87'  Goian
26	28 December 2011	Scottish Premier League	21	A	Celtic	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 GMT Attendance 58,658 Referee William Collum Celtic Rangers 52' Ledley
27	2 January 2012	Scottish Premier League	22	H	Motherwell	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 44,893 Referee Euan Norris Rangers Motherwell 35' Healy 55' Aluko 73' (o.g.) Craigan
29	14 January 2012	Scottish Premier League	23	A	St Johnstone	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 GMT Attendance 6,577 Referee Craig Thomson St Johnstone Rangers 68' (o.g.) Bocanegra 24' Jelavić 81' Jelavić
30	21 January 2012	Scottish Premier League	24	H	Aberdeen	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 46,648 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Aberdeen 67' Edu 63' Árnason
31	28 January 2012	Scottish Premier League	25	H	Hibernian	4–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 44,057 Referee Charlie Richmond Rangers Hibernian 27' Davis 55' Healy 72' Aluko 90+3' Davis
33	11 February 2012	Scottish Premier League	26	A	Dunfermline Athletic	4–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 GMT Attendance 7,464 Referee Brian Winter Dunfermline Athletic Rangers 16' Kirk 24' Healy 39' McCulloch 71' Aluko 85' Kerkar
34	18 February 2012	Scottish Premier League	27	H	Kilmarnock	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 50,268 Referee Iain Brines Rangers Kilmarnock  43' Papac 12' Shiels
35	26 February 2012	Scottish Premier League	28	A	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 6,416 Referee William Collum Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers 40' Williams 6' Davis 16' Aluko 36' Little 72' McCulloch
36	3 March 2012	Scottish Premier League	29	H	Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 GMT Attendance 47,276 Referee Crawford Allan Rangers Heart of Midlothian 45' Davis 58' Black 79' Hamill
37	17 March 2012	Scottish Premier League	30	A	Dundee United	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 9,464 Referee Brian Winter Dundee United Rangers 37' Watson 47' Daly 60' Aluko
38	24 March 2012	Scottish Premier League	31	H	Celtic	3–2	Report Report link Kick off 13:00 BST Attendance 50,191 Referee Calum Murray Rangers Celtic 11' Aluko 72' Little 77' Wallace  88' Bocanegra  29' Cha  57' Wanyama 89' (pen.) Brown 90+2' Rogne
39	31 March 2012	Scottish Premier League	32	A	Motherwell	2–1	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 9,063 Referee Iain Brines Motherwell Rangers 6' Ojamaa 9' Whittaker 89' McCulloch
40	7 April 2012	Scottish Premier League	33	H	St Mirren	3–1	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 46,998 Referee William Collum Rangers St Mirren 1' McCulloch 40' Little 60' (pen.) Lafferty 49' (pen.) McGowan  51' Tesselaar
41	21 April 2012	Scottish Premier League	34	A	Heart of Midlothian	3–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 14,842 Referee Calum Murray Heart of Midlothian Rangers 29' Aluko 35' Little 88' Little
42	29 April 2012	Scottish Premier League	35	A	Celtic	0–3	Report Report link Kick off 12:00 BST Attendance 58,546 Referee Calum Murray Celtic Rangers 17' Mulgrew 31' Commons 54' Hooper
43	2 May 2012	Scottish Premier League	36	H	Dundee United	5–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 43,383 Referee Alan Muir Rangers Dundee United 6' Whittaker 17' Aluko 20' Aluko 57' Ness 84' Bedoya
44	5 May 2012	Scottish Premier League	37	H	Motherwell	0–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 BST Attendance 45,962 Referee William Collum
45	13 May 2012	Scottish Premier League	38	A	St Johnstone	4–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:30 BST Attendance 6,459 Referee Bobby Madden St Johnstone Rangers 23' McCulloch 56' Aluko 62' Aluko 73' Aluko

Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers 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.

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
2	26 July 2011	UEFA Champions League	QR3	H	Malmö FF	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 28,828 Referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz Rangers Malmö FF 18' Larsson
4	3 August 2011	UEFA Champions League	QR3	A	Malmö FF	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 18:00 BST Attendance 19,084 Referee Vladislav Bezborodov Malmö FF Rangers  73'  Ricardinho 80' Hamad  18' Whittaker 23' Jelavić  66' Bougherra

Last updated: 3 August 2011
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers 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.

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
6	18 August 2011	UEFA Europa League	POR	A	Maribor	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 11,000 Referee Manuel Gräfe Maribor Rangers 52' Ibraimi 90+1' Velikonja 31' Ortiz
8	25 August 2011	UEFA Europa League	POR	H	Maribor	1–1	Report Report link Kick off 19:30 BST Attendance 32,223 Referee Aleksandar Stavrev Rangers Maribor 75' Bocanegra 55' Volaš

Last updated: 25 August 2011
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers 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.

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
28	8 January 2012	Scottish Cup	R4	A	Arbroath	4–0	Report Report link Kick off 12:45 GMT Attendance 5,895 Referee Calum Murray Arbroath Rangers Healy 17' Wedderburn 22' (o.g.) Jelavić 59' Kerkar 77'
32	5 February 2012	Scottish Cup	R5	H	Dundee United	0–2	Report Report link Kick off 12:15 GMT Attendance 17,822 Referee William Collum Rangers Dundee United Gunning 16' Russell 35'

Last updated: 5 February 2012
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers 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.

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
12	21 September 2011	League Cup	R3	A	Falkirk	2–3	Report Report link Kick off 19:45 BST Attendance 6,493 Referee Brian Winters Falkirk Rangers 58' El Alagui 73' El Alagui 90+3' Millar 83' Goian 87' Jelavić

Last updated: 21 September 2011
Source: Wikipedia article
¹Rangers 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.

Game	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	7 July 2011	Friendly		A	Sportfreunde Lotte	0–1	Report Report link Kick off 18:00 BST Attendance 1,100 Sportfreunde Lotte Rangers 52' Engelmann
2	9 July 2011	Friendly		A	VfL Bochum	0–3	Report Report link Kick off 14:30 BST Attendance 5,400 Referee Christian Fischer VfL Bochum Rangers 63' Ginczek 73' Aydın 80' Yahia
3	13 July 2011	Friendly		N	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Report Report link Kick off 17:30 BST Attendance 4,050 Bayer Leverkusen Rangers 13' Barnetta 80' (pen.) Ballack
4	16 July 2011	Friendly		A	Linfield	4–1	Report Report link[permanent dead link] Report link] Kick off 14:00 BST Attendance 8,500 Referee Trevor Moutray Linfield Rangers 29' Carvill 20' Ortiz 67' Naismith 78' Jelavić 84' Hemmings
5	19 July 2011	Friendly		A	Blackpool	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:30 BST Attendance 7,000 Referee Neil Swarbrick Blackpool Rangers 35' Davis 43' Davis
6	6 August 2011	Friendly		H	Chelsea	1–3	Report Report link[permanent dead link] Report link] Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 47,379 Referee Craig Thomson Rangers Chelsea 7' Jelavić 22' Sturridge 30' Sturridge 72' Malouda
7	18 October 2011	Friendly		H	Liverpool	1–0	Report Report link Kick off 19:30 BST Attendance 27,453 Referee William Collum Rangers Liverpool 20' McCulloch
8	29 November 2011	Friendly		A	Hamburger SV	1–2	Report Report link Kick off 18:15 GMT Attendance 12,117 Hamburger SV Rangers 38' Iličević 81' Son 71' Bendiksen
9	7 May 2012	Friendly		A	Linfield	2–0	Report Report link Kick off 15:00 BST Attendance 7,000 Referee Colin Burns Linfield Rangers 54' Bedoya 78' McKay