2022–23 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
2022–23 season
Chairman	Douglas Park; (until 4 April); John Bennett; (from 4 April)
Manager	Giovanni van Bronckhorst; (until 21 November); Michael Beale; (from 28 November)
Stadium	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premiership	2nd
Scottish Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Runners-up
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; James Tavernier (16); All: ; Antonio Čolak; James Tavernier (18)
Highest home attendance	50,121 (v Napoli, 14 September 2022)
Lowest home attendance	30,569 (v Queen of the South, 30 August 2022)
Average home league attendance	49,116
Biggest win	4–0 vs St Johnstone; (13 August 2022); vs Ross County; (27 August 2022); vs Hearts; (1 October 2022); vs St Mirren; (8 October 2022)
Biggest defeat	1–7 vs Liverpool; (12 October 2022)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 143rd season of competitive football by Rangers.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee
1	GK	Allan McGregor	42	2018^{[nb 1]}	505	0	2023	Free
2	DF	James Tavernier (captain)	32	2015	402	101	2026	£0.2m
3	DF	Rıdvan Yılmaz	23	2022	15	0	2027	£4m
4	MF	John Lundstram	30	2021	100	9	2024	Free
5	DF	Filip Helander	31	2019	60	7	2023	£3.5m
6	DF	Connor Goldson (vc)	31	2018	261	23	2026	£3m
7	MF	Ianis Hagi	25	2020	97	16	2025	£3m
8	MF	Ryan Jack	32	2017	188	14	2024	Free
9	FW	Antonio Čolak	30	2022	39	18	2025	£1.8m
10	MF	Steven Davis	39	2019^{[nb 2]}	371	28	2023	Free
11	FW	Tom Lawrence	30	2022	9	3	2025	Free
13	MF	Todd Cantwell	26	2023	20	6	2026	£1.5m
14	MF	Ryan Kent	27	2019	218	33	2023	£6.5m
16	DF	John Souttar	27	2022	13	1	2026	Free
17	FW	Rabbi Matondo	23	2022	28	0	2026	£2.5m
18	MF	Glen Kamara	28	2019 (Winter)	193	9	2025	£0.05m
20	FW	Alfredo Morelos	28	2017	269	124	2023	£1m
23	FW	Scott Wright	26	2021 (Winter)	84	8	2025	£0.15m
24	MF	Nnamdi Ofoborh	24	2021	0	0	2025	Free
25	FW	Kemar Roofe	31	2020	78	36	2024	£4.5m
26	DF	Ben Davies	28	2022	38	0	2026	£4m
28	GK	Robby McCrorie	26	2015	6	0	2025	Youth system
30	FW	Fashion Sakala	27	2021	91	24	2025	Free
31	DF	Borna Barišić	31	2018	201	9	2024	£1.5m
32	GK	Kieran Wright	25	2016	0	0	2023	Youth system
33	GK	Jon McLaughlin	36	2020	46	0	2024	Free
37	MF	Scott Arfield	35	2018	233	43	2023	Free
38	DF	Leon King	20	2020	31	0	2026	Youth system
43	MF	Nicolas Raskin	23	2023	16	0	2027	£1.75m
44	DF	Adam Devine	21	2020	10	0	2025	Youth system
51	MF	Alex Lowry	21	2021	14	2	2025	Youth system
54	FW	Ross McCausland	21	2021	2	0	2024	Youth system
58	MF	Arron Lyall	20	2020	1	0	2024	Youth system
69	FW	Robbie Ure	20	2021	3	1	2023	Youth system
71	FW	Malik Tillman	22	2022	43	12	2023	Loan
72	FW	Zak Lovelace	18	2022	2	0	2024	Cross-border compensation
79	MF	Paul Nsio	18	2022	1	0	2024	Cross-border compensation
91	FW	Archie Stevens	18	2022	1	0	2024	Cross-border compensation
92	MF	Bailey Rice	17	2022	1	0	2025	Undisclosed

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: ^[1]

Transfers

In

First team

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
16	DF	John Souttar	25	Heart of Midlothian	Transfer	Summer	2026	Free	^[2]
9	FW	Antonio Čolak	28	PAOK	Transfer	Summer	2025	£1.8m	^[3]
11	FW	Tom Lawrence	28	Derby County	Transfer	Summer	2025	Free	^[4]
17	FW	Rabbi Matondo	21	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2026	£2.5m	^[5]
71	FW	Malik Tillman	20	Bayern Munich	Loan	Summer	2023	N/A	^[6]
26	DF	Ben Davies	26	Liverpool	Transfer	Summer	2026	£3m	^[7]
3	DF	Rıdvan Yılmaz	21	Beşiktaş	Transfer	Summer	2027	£4m	^[8]
13	MF	Todd Cantwell	24	Norwich City	Transfer	Winter	2026	£1.5m	^[9]
43	MF	Nicolas Raskin	21	Standard Liège	Transfer	Winter	2027	£1.75m	^[10]

Academy

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
89	FW	Cameron Cooper	16	Partick Thistle	Transfer	Summer	2025		^[11]
80	MF	Souleyman Mandey	17	Pulse Academy	Transfer	Summer	2024		^[11]
82	GK	Mason Munn	16	Glentoran	Transfer	Summer	2024		^[11]
79	MF	Paul Nsio	16	Lambeth Tigers	Transfer	Summer	2024		^[11]
90	MF	Kieron Willox	16	Inverness CT	Transfer	Summer	2024		^[11]
92	MF	Bailey Rice	15	Motherwell	Transfer	Summer			^[12]
91	FW	Archie Stevens	16	AFC Wimbledon	Transfer	Summer	2024		^[13]
	MF	Cameron Bell	16	Everton	Transfer	Summer	2024		^[14]
72	FW	Zak Lovelace	16	Millwall	Transfer	Summer	2024	Cross-border compensation	^[15]
	FW	Lancelot Pollard	15	Aberdeen	Transfer	Summer			^[16]
55	FW	Connor Young	17	Hibernian	Transfer	Summer	2025	Undisclosed	^[17]
51	MF	Thompson Ishaka	18	Brooke House College Football Academy	Transfer	Winter	2025		^[18]

Out

First team

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	FW	Cedric Itten	25	BSC Young Boys	Transfer	Summer	£1.5m	^[19]
26	DF	Leon Balogun	33	Queens Park Rangers	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[20]
13	GK	Andy Firth	25	Connah's Quay Nomads	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[20]
34	DF	Lewis Mayo	22	Kilmarnock	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[21]
32	FW	Jake Hastie	23	Hartlepool United	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[22]
17	MF	Joe Aribo	25	Southampton	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[23]
	MF	Kai Kennedy	20	Falkirk	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[24]
3	DF	Calvin Bassey	22	Ajax	Transfer	Summer	£19.6m	^[25]
41	FW	Josh McPake	20	Queen's Park	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[26]
40	MF	Glenn Middleton	22	Dundee United	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[27]
15	DF	Jack Simpson	25	Cardiff City	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[28]
22	DF	Mateusz Żukowski	20	Lech Poznań	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[29]
21	DF	Nikola Katić	25	FC Zürich	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[30]
27	MF	Stephen Kelly	22	Livingston	Transfer	Summer	Nominal	^[31]
29	MF	Charlie McCann	20	Forest Green Rovers	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	^[32]
19	MF	James Sands	22	New York City FC	End of Loan	Winter	N/A	^[33]

Academy

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
55	FW	Chris McKee	20	Linfield	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[34]
63	DF	Kyle McClelland	20	Hibernian	End of contract	Summer	Training compensation	^[35]
	GK	Scott Cowie	17	Hearts	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[36]^[37]
83	FW	Rory Wilson	16	Aston Villa	Transfer	Summer	Training compensation	^[38]
51	DF	James Maxwell	20	Doncaster Rovers	End of contract	Summer	Training compensation	^[39]
47	MF	Murray Miller	20	Alloa Athletic	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[40]
52	GK	Jay Hogarth	18	Alloa Athletic	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[41]
56	FW	Tony Weston	18	Partick Thistle	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[42]
42	MF	Cole McKinnon	19	Partick Thistle	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[43]
	MF	Ben Williamson	20	Dundee	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[44]
45	FW	Juan Alegría	20	Falkirk	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[45]
	MF	Ryan Duncan	16	Hearts	Transfer	Summer	Free	^[46]
	GK	Jack McConnell	18	Ayr United	Emergency Loan	Summer	N/A	^[47]
46	MF	Kane Ritchie-Hosler	20	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[48]
63	DF	Harley Ewen	18	Cumbernauld Colts	Loan	Summer	N/A	^[49]
56	FW	Tony Weston	19	Cove Rangers	Loan	Winter	N/A	^[50]
55	FW	Connor Young	18	East Fife	Loan	Winter	N/A	^[51]
	GK	Aaron Cervantes	21	LA Galaxy II	Transfer	Winter		^[52]
45	FW	Juan Alegría	20	FC Honka	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	^[53]

New contracts

First team

N	P	Name	Age	Date signed	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
10	MF	Steven Davis	37	31 May	1 year	May 2023	^[54]
6	DF	Connor Goldson	29	1 June	4 years	May 2026	^[55]
1	GK	Allan McGregor	40	20 June	1 year	May 2023	^[56]
34	DF	Lewis Mayo	22	23 June	2 years	May 2024	^[21]
2	DF	James Tavernier	30	17 August	4 years	May 2026	^[57]
28	GK	Robby McCrorie	24	6 October	3 years	May 2025	^[58]
38	DF	Leon King	18	15 December	4 years	May 2026	^[59]
7	MF	Ianis Hagi	24	15 December	3 years	May 2025	^[60]
8	MF	Ryan Jack	31	19 May	1 year	May 2024	^[61]

Academy

N	P	Name	Age	Date signed	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
42	MF	Cole McKinnon	19	29 June	3 years	May 2025	^[62]
52	GK	Jay Hogarth	18	8 July	3 years	May 2025	^[63]
	MF	Ben Williamson	20	15 July	2 years	May 2024	^[64]
68	MF	Mackenzie Strachan	18	9 August	2 years	May 2024	^[65]
44	DF	Adam Devine	19	9 October	3 years	May 2025	^[66]
60	DF	Connor Allan	18	9 October	3 years	May 2025	^[67]
65	DF	Jack Harkness	18	7 December	3 years	May 2025	^[68]
59	GK	Jacob Pazikas	17	10 January	2 years	May 2025	^[69]
87	DF	Leyton Grant	16	10 January	1 year	May 2024	^[69]
86	FW	Findlay Curtis	16	10 January	1 year	May 2024	^[69]
74	DF	Jamie Newton	17	10 January	6 months	May 2023	^[69]
67	MF	Darren McInally	19	31 March	1 year	May 2024	^[70]
49	DF	Robbie Fraser	20	9 May	1 year	May 2024	^[71]
64	FW	James Graham	18	16 May	1 year	May 2024	^[72]
74	DF	Jamie Newton	18	22 May	1 year	May 2024	^[73]
61	DF	Greig Allen	17	23 May	2 years	May 2025	^[74]
58	MF	Arron Lyall	19	24 May	1 year	May 2024	^[75]

Awards

N	P	Name	Award	Date	From	Source
9	FW	Cyriel Dessers	Premiership Player of the Month	September/October	Scottish Professional Football League	^[76]
	MAN	Michael Beale	Premiership Manager of the Month	December	Scottish Professional Football League	^[77]
71	FW	Malik Tillman	PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year	2022–23	PFA Scotland	^[78]

Pre-season and friendlies

v

Partick Thistle

2 July 2022 Friendly	Rangers	3–2	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
12:00^{[note 1]}	Lundstram 2' Sakala 40' McPake 85'	Report	Graham 15' Smith 47'	Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

v

Sunderland

9 July 2022 Friendly	Rangers	Abandoned	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Referee: Hélder Malheiro
Note: Match was abandoned at h/t due to floodlight failure at the stadium.

v

Rangers

16 July 2022 Friendly	Blackpool	1–2	Rangers	Blackpool, England
15:00	Lubala 89'	Report	Barišić 51' McCann 76'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Referee: Leigh Doughty

v

West Ham United

19 July 2022 Friendly	Rangers	3–1	West Ham United	Glasgow
19:45	Lawrence 48' Kent 49' Matondo 58'	Report	Souček 70'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 33,846 Referee: Nick Walsh

v

Tottenham Hotspur

23 July 2022 Friendly	Rangers	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Glasgow
15:00	Čolak 24'	Report	Kane 50', 56'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 43,036 Referee: John Beaton

v

Queen's Park

24 July 2022 Friendly	Rangers	3–2	Queen's Park	Glasgow
12:00	Reid 47' (o.g.) Davis 74' Lovelace 78', 84'	Report	Williamson 27', 46'	Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

v

Bayer Leverkusen

10 December 2022 Friendly	Rangers	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Glasgow
13:00	Tillman 14', 21' Tavernier 81' Arfield 84'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 26,192 Referee: Don Robertson

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Overall

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Scottish Premiership	30 July 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1	2nd	38	29	5	4	93	37	+56	076.32
Scottish Cup	21 January 2023	30 April 2023	Fourth round	Semi-finalist	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	075.00
Scottish League Cup	30 August 2022	26 February 2023	Second round	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	075.00
UEFA Champions League	2 August 2022	1 November 2022	Third qualifying round	Group stage	10	2	1	7	8	26	−18	020.00
Total					56	37	6	13	115	70	+45	066.07

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: Competitions

Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Celtic (C)	38	32	3	3	114	34	+80	99	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Rangers	38	29	5	4	93	37	+56	92	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Aberdeen	38	18	3	17	56	60	−4	57	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	15	9	14	63	57	+6	54	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Hibernian	38	15	7	16	57	59	−2	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round

Source: ^[79]^[80]
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).^[81]
(C) Champions
Notes:

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	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W
Position	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2023. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 July 2022 1	Livingston	1–2	Rangers	Livingston
12:00^{[note 1]}	Nouble 5' Cancar 24' Se. Kelly 45' George 64'	Report	Kamara 18' Goldson 27' Souttar 44' Arfield 72' Tavernier 74' Čolak 80'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 9,672 Referee: Don Robertson

6 August 2022 2	Rangers	2–0	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00	Čolak 51' Morelos 88'	Report	Taylor 14' Donnelly 38' McKenzie 49' Armstrong 82' Murray 85' Cameron 86'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Kevin Clancy

13 August 2022 3	Rangers	4–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00	Tillman 32' Goldson 53' Čolak 62' Arfield 80' Lawrence 83'	Report	Montgomery 38' Phillips 52'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,665 Referee: Nick Walsh

20 August 2022 4	Hibernian	2–2	Rangers	Edinburgh
12:30	Henderson 18' Doyle-Hayes 25' Bushiri 44' Boyle 51' Porteous 55' Campbell 90+3'	Report	Goldson 20' Tavernier 45' (pen.) Čolak 52' Lawrence 58' Lundstram 66' Morelos 75'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 18,150 Referee: Willie Collum

27 August 2022 5	Rangers	4–0	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Sands 10' Lundstram 24', 68' Čolak 39', 58' Davis 80'	Report	Loturi 15' Johnson 57'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,899 Referee: Don Robertson

3 September 2022 6	Celtic	4–0	Rangers	Glasgow
12:30	Abada 8', 40' Jota 32' Carter-Vickers 44' Starfelt 55' Turnbull 78' Giakoumakis 90'	Report	Barišić 19' Tillman 30' Goldson 90'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,636 Referee: Nick Walsh

17 September 2022 7	Rangers	2–1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00	Čolak 8', 49' Tavernier 37' King 83' Barišić 84'	Report	Middleton 42' Smith 59' Mulgrew 84'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,334 Referee: Kevin Clancy

1 October 2022 8	Heart of Midlothian	0–4	Rangers	Edinburgh
12:30	Devlin 39' Humphrys 66'	Report	Čolak 6', 30' Davies 14' Tavernier 36' Morelos 76' Kent 90+1'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,433 Referee: Steven McLean

8 October 2022 9	Rangers	4–0	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00	Čolak 4', 73' Tavernier 30' (pen.) Sakala 90+1'	Report	Main 38' Dunne 69'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,274 Referee: Nick Walsh

16 October 2022 10	Motherwell	1–2	Rangers	Motherwell
12:00	Goss 45' van Veen 55' McKinstry 77' Cornelius 90'	Report	Arfield 33' Tillman 53' Lundstram 69' Wright 74' Tavernier 75' King 87'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,498 Referee: David Dickinson

22 October 2022 11	Rangers	1–1	Livingston	Glasgow
15:00	Tillman 44' Sands 75' Morelos 89' Lundstram 90+1'	Report	Nouble 4' Se. Kelly 40' George 70' Boyes 78'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,855 Referee: David Munro

29 October 2022 12	Rangers	4–1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00	Čolak 27' Lundstram 45+3' Tavernier 51', 60' Morelos 85'	Report	Barron 21' Ramadani 36' Duncan 90+1' Coulson 90+2'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,365 Referee: Nick Walsh

6 November 2022 13	St Johnstone	2–1	Rangers	Perth
12:00	Brown 41' Montgomery 59' Clark 62' McLennan 90+4'	Report	Tavernier 74'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 7,487 Referee: Steven McLean

9 November 2022 14	Rangers	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
19:45	Kent 58' Tillman 66' Barišić 84' King 88'	Report	Halliday 45'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,376 Referee: John Beaton

12 November 2022 15	St Mirren	1–1	Rangers	Paisley
12:30	Ayunga 47' Strain 66' Main 90+5'	Report	Morelos 46' Tavernier 84' (pen.)	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 6,358 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup

15 December 2022 16	Rangers	3–2	Hibernian	Glasgow
20:00	Sakala 15' Jack 58' Morelos 62' Davis 88'	Report	Porteous 8', 60' Nisbet 16' Magennis 38' Stevenson 90'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,671 Referee: Nick Walsh

20 December 2022 17	Aberdeen	2–3	Rangers	Aberdeen
20:00	Ramadani 21' Scales 24' Barron 35' Duk 45' Clarkson 53' Richardson 71' Watkins 90+1'	Report	Sakala 12' Jack 21' Sands 42' Lundstram 71' Arfield 90', 90+5', 90+7' Morelos 90+8'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 18,025 Referee: Willie Collum
Note: This match was originally scheduled for 10 September 2022 but was postponed as a mark of respect due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.^[82]

23 December 2022 18	Ross County	0–1	Rangers	Dingwall
19:30	Watson 28' Loturi 86'	Report	Lundstram 35', 37'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 6,051 Referee: Don Robertson

28 December 2022 19	Rangers	3–0	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45	Morelos 13' Goldson 39' Lundstram 51' Tillman 11', 63'	Report	Lamie 25' Slattery 65' Penney 89'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,605 Referee: David Dickinson

2 January 2023 20	Rangers	2–2	Celtic	Glasgow
12:30	Kent 47' Tavernier 53' (pen.) Jack 90+4'	Report	Maeda 5' Furuhashi 88' Starfelt 90+3'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,066 Referee: John Beaton

8 January 2023 21	Dundee United	0–2	Rangers	Dundee
16:00	Freeman 90'	Report	Sakala 54' Tillman 57'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 12,599 Referee: Steven McLean

18 January 2023 22	Kilmarnock	2–3	Rangers	Kilmarnock
20:00	Stokes 6' Power 19' Armstrong 35' 59' Wright 85'	Report	Morelos 23', 72', 36' Kent 51', 55'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 8,461 Referee: Kevin Clancy

28 January 2023 23	Rangers	2–0	St Johnstone	Glasgow
15:00	Tavernier 15' (pen.) Jack 37' Kamara 57' Tillman 59' Hagi 79'	Report	Clark 37' Matthews 38' Brown 44' Phillips 79'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,672 Referee: Willie Collum

1 February 2023 24	Heart of Midlothian	0–3	Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45	Hill 32' Snodgrass 80' Cochrane 90+6'	Report	Morelos 9', 68' Tillman 34' Kent 51' Barišić 74' Lundstram 75'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 18,330 Referee: John Beaton

4 February 2023 25	Rangers	2–1	Ross County	Glasgow
15:00	Davies 22' Tillman 45+2' Sakala 58' Barišić 75' Morelos 81' Tavernier 87'	Report	Iacovitti 7' White 65' Watson 90+5'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,115 Referee: Euan Anderson

18 February 2023 26	Livingston	0–3	Rangers	Livingston
15:00	St. Kelly 38' Oméonga 45+1' 77' Holt 84'	Report	Tavernier 24' (pen.), 78', 72' Roofe 85'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 8,752 Referee: David Dickinson

4 March 2023 27	Rangers	3–1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00	Goldson 6' Sakala 25' Tavernier 45' (pen.) Jack 54'	Report	Dorsett 60' McKenzie 62' Wright 74'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,545 Referee: Willie Collum

8 March 2023 28	Hibernian	1–4	Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45	Goldson 8' (o.g.) Stevenson 60' Hanlon 75'	Report	Tavernier 12' (pen.) Čolak 34', 58' Sakala 52'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 19,341 Referee: Don Robertson

18 March 2023 29	Motherwell	2–4	Rangers	Motherwell
12:30	van Veen 3' Casey 20' Slattery 25' 76' Mugabi 59'	Report	Tavernier 23' Jack 45' Sakala 46' Cantwell 63' Tillman 69'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 8,610 Referee: Nick Walsh

1 April 2023 30	Rangers	2–0	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00	Tillman 38', 55' Tavernier 51'	Report	Niskanen 89'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,969 Referee: Don Robertson

8 April 2023 31	Celtic	3–2	Rangers	Glasgow
12:30	Carter-Vickers 8' Furuhashi 26', 62' McGregor 39' O'Riley 44' Mooy 47' Jota 73'	Report	Raskin 39' Tavernier 45', 78' Cantwell 45+2'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 59,621 Referee: Kevin Clancy

15 April 2023 32	Rangers	5–2	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00	Tavernier 5' Cantwell 26', 58' Lundstram 53' Sakala 48' Morelos 80', 81' Arfield 86'	Report	O'Hara 45+2', 65' Tanser 61'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,703 Referee: Steven McLean

23 April 2023 33	Aberdeen	2–0	Rangers	Aberdeen
16:30	Scales 48', 83' Miovski 56' Duk 86'	Report	Cantwell 38'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 18,666 Referee: Nick Walsh

7 May 2023 34	Rangers	1–0	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00	Cantwell 32', 64'	Report	Scales 32' MacDonald 90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 46,961 Referee: John Beaton

13 May 2023 35	Rangers	3–0	Celtic	Glasgow
12:30	Cantwell 5' Souttar 34' Sakala 70' Lundstram 75'	Report	McGregor 60'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,104 Referee: Steven McLean

21 May 2023 36	Hibernian	1–3	Rangers	Edinburgh
12:00	Doyle-Hayes 74' Nisbet 83' Hanlon 90+3'	Report	Tavernier 32' Hagi 55' Cantwell 74', 86'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 18,172 Referee: Alan Muir

24 May 2023 37	Rangers	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	Glasgow
19:45	McGregor 37' Cantwell 45+3' Sakala 47' Yılmaz 55' Morelos 58'	Report	Shankland 1' Ginnelly 45+5' Rowles 63' Smith 78' Kuol 90+4', 90+4'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,428 Referee: John Beaton

27 May 2023 38	St Mirren	0–3	Rangers	Paisley
12:30	Main 33' Fraser 41'	Report	Sakala 26', 48' Čolak 77', 78'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 7,490 Referee: Matthew MacDermid

Scottish Cup

21 January 2023 Fourth round	St Johnstone	0–1	Rangers	Perth
17:30	Phillips 83'	Report	Tillman 33' Barišić 45' Goldson 90+2'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 7,855 Referee: Alan Muir

12 February 2023 Fifth round	Rangers	3–2	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
16:00	Čolak 50' Tavernier 65' Tillman 71' Barišić 72' Kamara 79' Sands 86'	Report	Holt 35' (pen.) Graham 44' Milne 52' Turner 52' Tiffoney 72', 74' Docherty 80' Sneddon 82'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 44,636 Referee: David Munro

12 March 2023 Quarter-final	Rangers	3–0	Raith Rovers	Glasgow
13:00	Goldson 42' Nolan 58' (o.g.) Lundstram 75' Arfield 87' Cantwell 90+1'	Report	Connolly 41' Spencer 69' Vaughan 90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 41,168 Referee: John Beaton

30 April 2023 Semi-final	Rangers	0–1	Celtic	Glasgow
13:30	Barišić 27' Cantwell 82'	Report	Jota 42' Maeda 81' McGregor 88'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,839 Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish League Cup

30 August 2022 Second round	Rangers	3–1	Queen of the South	Glasgow
19:45	Ure 10' Arfield 24', 86' Kamara 48'	Report	Connelly 17' Paton 20' McKay 81'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 30,569 Referee: David Dickinson

19 October 2022 Quarter-final	Rangers	1–0	Dundee	Glasgow
20:15	Davis 10' Sakala 64' Sands 82'	Report	Mulligan 49' Kerr 64'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 37,107 Referee: Willie Collum

15 January 2023 Semi-final	Rangers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00	Jack 61' Barišić 87' Goldson 90+9' Roofe 94' McCann 119'	Report	Miovski 40' McCrorie 70' Kennedy 88' Stewart 90+3' Ramadani 120+2'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 47,562 Referee: Nick Walsh

26 February 2023 Final	Rangers	1–2	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00	Lundstram 50' Kamara 58' Morelos 64' Kent 90' Barišić 90' Čolak 90+1' Cantwell 90+4'	Report	Furuhashi 44', 56' Taylor 70' Oh 79' Abada 83' Johnston 90+1'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 49,529 Referee: Nick Walsh

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

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Rangers

2 August 2022 First leg	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	Rangers	Leuven, Belgium
19:45	Teuma 27' Vanzeir 76' (pen.) Lynen 80'	Report	Sands 39' Goldson 74' Davies 79' Lawrence 90+1'	Stadium: Den Dreef ^{[note 2]} Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Union Saint-Gilloise

9 August 2022 Second leg	Rangers	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Union Saint-Gilloise	Glasgow
19:45	Sands 38' Tavernier 45' (pen.) Čolak 45', 58' Lawrence 75' Tillman 41', 79' Barišić 90'	Report	Sykes 40' Moris 45' Adingra 55' Lapoussin 90+4' Lazare 75' 90+4'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,454 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Play-off round

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PSV Eindhoven

16 August 2022 First leg	Rangers	2–2	PSV Eindhoven	Glasgow
20:00	Čolak 40' Goldson 57' Lawrence 70'	Report	Sangaré 37' De Jong 53' Saibari 68' Obispo 50', 78'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,097 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

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Rangers

24 August 2022 Second leg	PSV Eindhoven	0–1 (2–3 agg.)	Rangers	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:00	Ramalho 27' Mwene 68' Obispo 84' Van Ginkel 88' Simons 90+5'	Report	Čolak 60' Lundstram 64' Kent 66' Barišić 72'	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,893 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	LIV	AJX	RAN
1	Napoli	6	5	1	20	6	+14	15^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	4–2	3–0
2	Liverpool	6	5	1	17	6	+11	15^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	Ajax	6	2	4	11	16	−5	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–6	0–3	—	4–0
4	Rangers	6	0	6	2	22	−20	0		0–3	1–7	1–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

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Rangers

7 September 2022 1	Ajax	4–0	Rangers	Amsterdam, Netherlands
17:45	Álvarez 17' Berghuis 32' Kudus 33' Bergwijn 80'	Report	Jack 63'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,862 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

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Napoli

14 September 2022 2	Rangers	0–3	Napoli	Glasgow
20:00	Morelos 21' Lundstram 35' Sands 53' 55' Barišić 67' Tavernier 74'	Report	Politano 42', 68' (pen.) Zieliński 60' Raspadori 85' Ndombele 90+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 50,121 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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Rangers

4 October 2022 3	Liverpool	2–0	Rangers	Liverpool, England
20:00	Alexander-Arnold 7', 90+3' Salah 53' (pen.)	Report	Lundstram 37'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 49,512 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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Liverpool

12 October 2022 4	Rangers	1–7	Liverpool	Glasgow
20:00	Arfield 17'	Report	Firmino 24', 55' Núñez 66' Salah 76', 80', 81' Elliott 87' Gomez 90'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,820 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

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Rangers

26 October 2022 5	Napoli	3–0	Rangers	Naples, Italy
20:00	Simeone 11', 16' Østigård 80' Kim 88' Mário Rui 90'	Report	Davies 9' Lundstram 42'	Stadium: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Attendance: 39,835 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

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Ajax

1 November 2022 6	Rangers	1–3	Ajax	Glasgow
20:00	Tavernier 87' (pen.)	Report	Berghuis 4' Taylor 19' Kudus 29' Rensch 55' Conceição 89', 90+3'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,817 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Squad statistics

The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for the 2022–23 season. They may not have made an appearance.

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Totals		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SCO	Allan McGregor	36	0	24	0	4	0	3	0	5	0
28	GK	SCO	Robby McCrorie	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	SCO	Kieran Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	SCO	Jon McLaughlin	16	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	James Tavernier (captain)	55	18	38	16	4	0	3	0	10	2
3	DF	TUR	Rıdvan Yılmaz	15	0	8+1	0	0+2	0	2	0	1+1	0
5	DF	SWE	Filip Helander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Connor Goldson (vc)	38	3	25	2	3	1	2	0	8	0
16	DF	SCO	John Souttar	13	1	8+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Ben Davies	38	0	25+2	0	4	0	2	0	3+2	0
31	DF	CRO	Borna Barišić	46	2	27+3	1	4	1	2	0	9+1	0
38	DF	SCO	Leon King	23	0	9+6	0	0	0	2	0	3+3	0
44	DF	SCO	Adam Devine	8	0	3+3	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	John Lundstram	52	5	33+4	5	3	0	3	0	9	0
7	MF	ROU	Ianis Hagi	11	1	3+5	1	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Ryan Jack	36	2	19+7	1	1+1	0	2+1	1	3+2	0
10	MF	NIR	Steven Davis	16	2	3+5	1	0	0	2	1	4+2	0
13	MF	ENG	Todd Cantwell	20	6	15+1	6	3	0	0+1	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Ryan Kent	44	3	28+1	3	3+1	0	2	0	9	0
18	MF	FIN	Glen Kamara	35	1	12+10	1	1+1	0	2+1	0	3+5	0
24	MF	NGA	Nnamdi Ofoborh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	CAN	Scott Arfield	43	9	7+24	5	0+3	1	1+2	2	4+2	1
43	MF	BEL	Nicolas Raskin	16	0	11+1	0	3	0	0+1	0	0	0
51	MF	SCO	Alex Lowry	7	0	1+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
58	MF	SCO	Arron Lyall	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	MF	ENG	Paul Nsio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
92	MF	SCO	Bailey Rice	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	CRO	Antonio Čolak	39	18	18+7	14	2+1	1	0+1	0	7+3	3
11	FW	WAL	Tom Lawrence	9	3	4+1	2	0	0	0	0	3+1	1
17	FW	WAL	Rabbi Matondo	28	0	9+10	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+6	0
20	FW	COL	Alfredo Morelos	45	12	15+17	11	2+2	0	3	1	3+3	0
23	FW	SCO	Scott Wright	34	0	5+18	0	0+1	0	1+2	0	2+5	0
25	FW	JAM	Kemar Roofe	6	2	0+3	1	0+1	0	0+2	1	0	0
30	FW	ZAM	Fashion Sakala	41	12	22+7	12	2+1	0	4	0	2+3	0
54	FW	NIR	Ross McCausland	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	FW	SCO	Robbie Ure	3	1	0+2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
71	FW	USA	Malik Tillman	43	12	22+6	10	3	1	3	0	8+1	1
72	FW	ENG	Zak Lovelace	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
91	FW	ENG	Archie Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season who made an appearance
19	MF	USA	James Sands	27	1	10+7	0	1	1	1	0	8	0
29	MF	NIR	Charlie McCann	4	0	1	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0

Last updated: 27 May 2023
Source: ^[83]

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

Discipline

Yellow cards

As of match played on 27 May 2023

Colour	Player	Cards

	John Lundstram	13
	Borna Barišić	11
	Todd Cantwell	8
	Connor Goldson
	James Sands
	Alfredo Morelos	7
	James Tavernier	7
	Antonio Čolak	6
	Ryan Jack
	Ryan Kent
	Malik Tillman
	Ben Davies	4
	Glen Kamara	4
	Leon King	3
	Scott Arfield	2
	Tom Lawrence
	Fashion Sakala
	Steven Davis	1
	Ianis Hagi
	Charlie McCann
	Allan McGregor
	Nicolas Raskin
	John Souttar
	Scott Wright
	Rıdvan Yılmaz

Red cards

As of match played on 27 May 2023

Colour	Player	Cards

	John Lundstram	1
	Alfredo Morelos
	James Sands

Clean sheets

As of match played on 27 May 2023

No.	Player	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Total	Appearances
1	Allan McGregor	8	2	0	0	10	36
28	Robby McCrorie	3	0	0	0	3	4
32	Kieran Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Jon McLaughlin	5	0	1	2	8	16
Total		16	2	1	2	21	56

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2022–23 Rangers F.C. season

Contents

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

First team

Academy

Out

First team

Academy

New contracts

First team

Academy

Awards

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Scottish Premiership

League table

Results by round

Matches

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Discipline

Yellow cards

Red cards

Clean sheets

Footnotes

Notes

References