The "Greatest Ever" Rangers 11 chosen by fans in 1999. The manager chosen was Walter Smith. [n 4] [322] Greatest-ever team The Dominant Force". Rangers F.C. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Sadly, Wilton was not to enjoy this extraordinary success which saw Rangers take the title 15 times in 21 seasons. Rangers win to clinch title". BBC Sport. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012 . Retrieved 9 October 2012. Rangers 6–1 Dunfermline Athletic

Initially, the club was responsible for selecting the inductees. However, from 2001 onwards, the power to nominate the players was entrusted to the fans of the club. This move was aimed at involving the passionate and loyal supporters of Glasgow Rangers Football Club in the selection process. Murray, Ewan (21 March 2010). "Kenny Miller sees nine-man Rangers through to victory". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010 . Retrieved 20 August 2010. It would, of course, be churlish not to recognise the winning mentality of a team who have lost just a single domestic fixture since Celtic lifted this trophy at their expense a year ago. Yet this win arrived in the most unlikely of circumstances, sealing the League Cup despite being down to nine men. Lamont, Alasdair (31 October 2012). "Rangers 0–3 Inverness Caley Thistle". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012 . Retrieved 4 November 2012. Inverness Caledonian Thistle advanced to the semi-finals of the Scottish Communities League Cup for the first time with an ultimately comfortable defeat of Rangers. The name Rangers was adopted from an English rugby club and the first game, against Callander FC, ended 0–0. The club's official beginning came to be recognised as 1873, when the first annual general meeting was held.In 1989, Rangers signed Mo Johnston, "their first major Roman Catholic signing". [220] Johnston was the first high-profile Catholic to sign for the club since the World War I era, though other Catholics had signed for Rangers before. [216] [221] Since Johnston's signing, an influx of overseas footballers has contributed to Catholic players becoming commonplace at Rangers. [222] In 1999, Lorenzo Amoruso became the first Catholic captain of the club. [223] In 2022, Rangers also took the largest ever travelling support abroad when an estimated 100,000 fans arrived in Seville for the UEFA Europa League Final. [204] No arrests were made in Seville as Rangers supporters impressed the Spanish police with their good behaviour. [205] a b "RFC 2012 P.L.C." Companies House. UK Government. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013 . Retrieved 22 December 2012. IncorporationDate 27/05/1899 Playing in the Scottish Championship in season 2014–15 provided Rangers with a more difficult challenge, with the club losing home and away to both Hibernian [108] [109] and Hearts [110] [111] and also losing away to Queen of the South [112] in the first half of the season. Rangers also failed to beat Alloa either home or away in the league before losing 3–2 to Alloa in the semi-final of the Scottish Challenge Cup. [113] Amid mounting criticism, [114] McCoist submitted his resignation intending to honour his 12 months notice period but was placed on gardening leave and replaced by Kenny McDowall on a caretaker basis. [115] McDowall remained in charge for just three months before resigning in March 2015. During his time in charge, Rangers won just three matches. Rangers then named former player Stuart McCall as their third manager of the season for the remaining fixtures. [116] Under McCall, Rangers finished third in the league and then reached the Premiership play-off final, which they lost 6–1 on aggregate to Motherwell. [117] Warburton, Premiership return, Caixinha and Murty

In 1961, Rangers became the first British club to reach the final of a UEFA competition when they got to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final only to lose 4–1 on aggregate to ACF Fiorentina; they lost 1–0 to FC Bayern München in the final of the same competition six years later before finally lifting the trophy in 1972 when beating FC Dinamo Moskva 3–2 at the Camp Nou. On 20 May 2018 McPherson was inducted into the Heart of Midlothian F.C. Hall of Fame, along with his team-mates from the 1998 Scottish Cup winning team, at a celebratory dinner held twenty years later. Rangers put Parma in the shade". BBC Sport. 12 August 1999. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013 . Retrieved 20 December 2012. Rangers 2–0 Parma Austin, Simon (5 January 2007). "Clash of cultures". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Paul Le Guen's relationship with Barry Ferguson was never likely to be a marriage made in heaven. Interim Report to Creditors". Duff and Phelps. Rangers F.C. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 27 August 2012 . Retrieved 31 August 2012. The continuation of trading operations enabled the Joint Administrators to put the CVA Proposal to the creditors of the Company and after the CVA Proposal was rejected by creditors, the Joint Administrators were able to secure a going concern sale of the business, history and assets of the Company to Sevco

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