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Rangers
1994–95 season
Chairman David Murray
Manager Walter Smith
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premier Division1st (Champions)
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Champions LeagueQualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mark Hateley (13)
All:
Mark Hateley (15)
←  1993–94
1995–96 →

The 1994–95 season was the 115th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 42 competitive matches during the 1994–95 season. The club won the Premier Division with a commanding sixteen point lead over nearest challengers Motherwell.

The cup competitions were not so successful as the side crashed out the Scottish Cup in the fourth round to Hearts, losing 4–2. In the League Cup the side was defeated 2–1 by Falkirk.

The European campaign was over as soon as it began, the club was knocked out the UEFA Champions League in the first round by AEK Athens, losing 3–0 on aggregate.

Rangers made three expensive signings at the start of the season in shape of defenders Basile Boli and Alan McLaren, as well as forward Brian Laudrup. On his way out of the club was striker Duncan Ferguson after 18 months, when in December 1994 he signed for Everton in a £4.3million deal after two months on loan in Merseyside, handing the Ibrox club a small profit on the then UK transfer record fee they originally paid for him.

The club's successful season was overshadowed by the death in March of club legend Davie Cooper at the age of 39.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
15 June 1994 Denmark Brian Laudrup Italy Fiorentina £2,300,000 [1]
28 June 1994 France Basile Boli France Marseille £2,700,000 [2]
27 July 1994 Scotland Billy Thomson Scotland Motherwell £25,000
25 October 1994 Scotland Alan McLaren Scotland Heart of Midlothian £1,250,000 plus Dave McPherson [3]
26 January 1995 Scotland Alec Cleland Scotland Dundee United £750,000 joint deal [4] [5]
26 January 1995 Scotland Gary Bollan

Out

Date Player To Fee
30 June 1994 England Chris Vinnicombe England Burnley £200,000
28 July 1994 England Stephen Watson Scotland St Mirren Free
28 July 1994 Ukraine Oleh Kuznetsov Israel Maccabi Haifa Free [6]
4 October 1994 Scotland Ian Durrant England Everton Loan [7]
12 October 1994 England Gary Stevens England Tranmere Rovers £350,000 [8]
19 October 1994 Scotland Steven Pressley England Coventry City £600,000 [9]
25 October 1994 Scotland Dave McPherson Scotland Heart of Midlothian Part-exchange swap [10]
1 December 1994 Scotland David Hagen £150,000 [11]
13 December 1994 Scotland Duncan Ferguson England Everton £4,300,000 [12]
15 January 1995 Netherlands Peter Huistra Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima £500,000 [13]
10 March 1995 Scotland Fraser Wishart Scotland Heart of Midlothian £50,000 [14]
24 March 1995 Scotland Scott McCulloch Scotland Hamilton Academical Free
  • Expenditure: Decrease £7,025,000
  • Income: Increase £6,150,000
  • Total loss/gain: Decrease £875,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1994–95 Scottish Premier Division
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
13 August 1994 Motherwell H 2–1 43,750 Hateley, D.Ferguson
20 August 1994 Partick Thistle A 2–0 15,030 Hateley, Byrne (o.g.)
27 August 1994 Celtic H 0–2 45,466
11 September 1994 Heart of Midlothian H 3–0 41,041 Hateley (2), Durie
17 September 1994 Falkirk A 2–0 12,419 Boli, Laudrup
24 September 1994 Aberdeen A 2–2 19,191 Hateley, Moore
1 October 1994 Dundee United H 2–0 43,030 Hateley, Laudrup
8 October 1994 Hibernian A 1–2 12,118 Boli
15 October 1994 Kilmarnock H 2–0 44,099 Miller, Robertson
22 October 1994 Motherwell A 1–2 11,160 Philliben (o.g.)
30 October 1994 Celtic A 3–1 32,171 Hateley (2), Laudrup
5 November 1994 Partick Thistle H 3–0 43,696 Miller, Hateley, Laudrup
9 November 1994 Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 12,347 Hateley
19 November 1994 Falkirk H 1–1 44,018 Hateley
25 November 1994 Aberdeen H 1–0 45,072 McCoist
4 December 1994 Dundee United A 3–0 10,692 Laudrup, Huistra, Durrant
10 December 1994 Kilmarnock A 2–1 17,283 McLaren, Laudrup
26 December 1994 Hibernian H 2–0 44,892 Hateley, Gough
31 December 1994 Motherwell A 3–1 11,269 McCall, Laudrup, Durie
4 January 1995 Celtic H 1–1 45,794 I.Ferguson
7 January 1995 Partick Thistle A 1–1 19,351 Robertson
14 January 1995 Falkirk A 3–2 13,495 Huistra (2, 1 (pen.)), McCall
21 January 1995 Heart of Midlothian H 1–0 44,231 Miller
4 February 1995 Dundee United H 1–1 44,197 Robertson
12 February 1995 Aberdeen A 0–2 18,060
25 February 1995 Kilmarnock H 3–0 44,859 Durie, Laudrup, Durrant
4 March 1995 Hibernian A 1–1 12,059 McCall
11 March 1995 Falkirk H 2–2 43,359 Brown, Laudrup
18 March 1995 Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 9,806 Laudrup
1 April 1995 Dundee United A 2–0 11,035 Durie, McLaren
8 April 1995 Aberdeen H 3–2 44,460 Durrant, Murray, Hateley
16 April 1995 Hibernian H 3–1 44,193 Durie, Durrant, Mikhailichenko
20 April 1995 Kilmarnock A 1–0 16,086 Mikhailichenko
29 April 1995 Motherwell H 0–2 43,576
7 May 1995 Celtic A 0–3 31,025
13 May 1995 Partick Thistle H 1–1 45,280 Moore

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1994 R2 Arbroath A 6–1 4,665 D.Ferguson (3), Hateley (2), McCall
31 August 1994 R3 Falkirk H 1–2 40,697 Laudrup

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1994–95 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
6 February 1995 R3 Hamilton Academical A 3–1 18,379 Steven, Boli, Laudrup
20 February 1995 R4 Heart of Midlothian A 2–4 12,375 Laudrup, Durie

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 1994–95 UEFA Champions League
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
10 August 1994 QR Greece AEK Athens A 0–2 30,000
24 August 1994 QR Greece AEK Athens H 0–1 44,789

Appearances

Player Position Appearances Goals
Scotland Andy Goram GK 22 0
Scotland Ally Maxwell GK 14 0
Scotland Colin Scott GK 4 0
Scotland Billy Thomson GK 5 0
France Basile Boli DF 31 3
Scotland Gary Bollan DF 6 0
Scotland John Brown DF 16 1
Scotland Neil Caldwell DF 1 0
Scotland Alec Cleland DF 11 0
Scotland Richard Gough DF 31 1
Scotland Alan McLaren DF 25 2
Scotland Dave McPherson DF 12 0
Australia Craig Moore DF 25 2
Scotland Steven Pressley DF 3 0
Scotland David Robertson DF 28 3
England Gary Stevens DF 1 0
Scotland Fraser Wishart DF 4 0
Scotland Ian Durrant MF 31 4
Scotland Ian Ferguson MF 20 1
Scotland David Hagen MF 2 0
Netherlands Pieter Huistra MF 15 3
Scotland Stuart McCall MF 36 4
Scotland Brian McGinty MF 1 0
Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko MF 9 2
Scotland Charlie Miller MF 23 3
Denmark Brian Laudrup MF 38 13
Scotland Neil Murray MF 22 1
Scotland Lee Robertson MF 1 0
England Trevor Steven MF 13 1
Scotland Gordon Durie FW 25 6
Scotland Duncan Ferguson FW 7 4
England Mark Hateley FW 28 15
Scotland Ally McCoist FW 9 1
Northern Ireland Paul McKnight FW 1 0

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 36 20 9 7 60 35 +25 69 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
2 Motherwell 36 14 12 10 50 50 0 54 Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
3 Hibernian 36 12 17 7 49 37 +12 53
4 Celtic 36 11 18 7 39 33 +6 51 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
5 Falkirk 36 12 12 12 48 47 +1 48
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Celtic qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup by winning the 1994–95 Scottish Cup.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rangers line up another Dane as Laudrup signs". The Herald. 16 June 1994.
  2. ^ "Boli turns down money for a chance of glory: Rangers signing opts for another tilt at Champions Cup". The Herald. 29 June 1994.
  3. ^ "Rangers get their man but Robinson blames Mercer for departure". The Herald. 26 October 1994.
  4. ^ Cleland and Bollan were sold in a joint £750,000 deal
  5. ^ "Rangers' double swoop". The Herald. 27 January 1995.
  6. ^ "No Headline Present". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Everton fail to play ball by signing Durrant and Ferguson only on loan". The Herald. 4 October 1994.
  8. ^ "No Headline Present". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  9. ^ "There's more to McLaren than meets the eye, says Levein". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  10. ^ Part exchange for Alan McLaren in a deal valued at £2m
  11. ^ "Jamieson, Hagen hope to be stars in the East". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Everton sign up their #4.3m loan star Ferguson now in good shape to face Greeks". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  13. ^ "#500,000 Huistra off to the unknown No-go Mo is first problem for new 'queen' of Hearts". The Herald. 30 December 1994.
  14. ^ "Mackay still all Hearts". The Herald. 11 March 1995.
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