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Honours & Records — The Rangers Archives
Glasgow Rangers FC
Honours &
Records.

Rangers FC boasts an impressive collection of domestic and European honours. With 55 Scottish League Championship titles, they hold the record for the most league titles won by any club in the world. With a total of 116+ trophies won to date, Rangers FC is the second most-honoured football club in the world.

55
League titles
34
Scottish Cups
28
League Cups
116+
Total trophies
55
The most league titles won by any club in the world
Rangers were the first club in the world to reach 50 first-tier league titles. They have won seven domestic trebles — a joint world record. In 2000 they became the first club in the world to secure their 100th major trophy. In 2020–21 they became the only club in Scotland to have won every domestic trophy.
Domestic honours
The trophy cabinet
55
Scottish League Championship
Most recent: 2020–21. First title shared with Dumbarton in 1890–91. A world record for any football club.
World record
34
Scottish Cup
Most recent triumph in 2022. Runners-up on 18 further occasions. First win in 1894, a 3–1 final victory over Celtic.
Record holders
28
Scottish League Cup
A record 28 wins. Most recent: 2023–24. Runners-up on 9 further occasions.
Record holders
1
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Won in 1972, defeating Dynamo Moscow 3–2 at the Nou Camp, Barcelona. Runners-up in 1961 and 1967.
European glory
4
European finals
Cup Winners' Cup 1961, 1967, 1972 (won). UEFA Cup 2008. Europa League 2022. First British club to reach a European final.
European finalists
7
Domestic trebles
1948–49, 1963–64, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2002–03. Joint world record for domestic trebles.
World record
Domestic clean sweeps
Doubles & trebles
Joint world record
Domestic trebles
7
1948–49
League · Scottish Cup · League Cup
1963–64
League · Scottish Cup · League Cup
1975–76
League · Scottish Cup · League Cup
1977–78
League · Scottish Cup · League Cup
1992–93
League · Scottish Cup · League Cup
1998–99
League · Scottish Cup · League Cup
2002–03
League · Scottish Cup · League Cup
League & cup combinations
Domestic doubles
14+
1927–28
League · Scottish Cup
1929–30
League · Scottish Cup
1933–34
League · Scottish Cup
1961–62
League · League Cup
1995–96
League · Scottish Cup
1999–00
League · Scottish Cup
2008–09
League · Scottish Cup
2009–10
League · League Cup
2021–22
Scottish Cup · Europa League Final
Records & firsts
Remarkable milestones
200,000
Largest travelling support in football history
An estimated 200,000 Rangers supporters travelled to Manchester for the 2008 UEFA Cup Final — a world record for a travelling fanbase.
143,570
Rangers' record highest attendance
Against Hibernian on 27 March 1948 in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park. Rangers won 1–0.
118,567
British league attendance record
Set on 2 January 1939 as fans turned out to watch Rangers beat Celtic in the traditional New Year's Day Old Firm match.
49,913
World record fourth-tier attendance
During their 2012–13 Third Division campaign, Rangers drew an average of nearly 50,000 per home game — a world record for any fourth-tier football match.
102
Record points tally — 2020–21
Rangers ended their title-winning 2020–21 campaign undefeated with a club record 102 points, also halting Celtic's quest for ten titles in a row.
9
Consecutive league titles — nine in a row
From 1988–89 to 1996–97, Rangers won the league every season — equalling Celtic's record set in the pre-Premier Division era.
Club milestones
1861
First British club to reach a European final — Rangers contested the Cup Winners' Cup final in 1961 against Fiorentina, losing 4–1 on aggregate.
1872
Founded — by brothers Moses and Peter McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath, meeting at West End Park in Glasgow.
1891
First league title — shared with Dumbarton in the inaugural Scottish Football League season after a 2–2 play-off.
1939
British league attendance record set — 118,567 watched Rangers beat Celtic on 2 January 1939 at Ibrox.
1972
European glory — UEFA Cup Winners' Cup won in Barcelona, defeating Dynamo Moscow 3–2 with goals from Colin Stein and Willie Johnston (x2).
2000
First club in the world to win 100 major trophies — a milestone no other club had reached at that point.
2003
First club in the world to win 50 league titles — secured on the final day with a 6–1 win over Dunfermline Athletic.
2012
Fourth-tier world record — 49,118 fans watched their first Third Division match, a world record attendance for a fourth-tier game.
2021
55th league title — the world record — won undefeated with 102 points, the most by any Scottish club. Also stopped Celtic's bid for ten in a row.
Full record
Scottish League Championship
Scottish Premiership / Premier Division / Premier League / First Division
55 titles
ResultYears
Winners1891, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2021
Runners-up1893, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1922, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2022
Lower division titles — during reconstruction 2012–2016
CompetitionWinnersRunners-up
Scottish Championship20163rd 2015
Scottish League 12014
Scottish League 22013
Cup competitions
Scottish Cup & League Cup
Scottish Cup
34 wins
ResultYears
Winners1894, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2022
Runners-up1877, 1879, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1921, 1922, 1929, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1998, 2016
Scottish League Cup
28 wins
ResultYears
Winners1947, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2023–24
Runners-up1952, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1990, 2009, 2019, 2023
European & international
European record
European competitions
CompetitionWinnersRunners-up
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup19721961, 1967
UEFA Europa League2008, 2022
UEFA Super Cup1972
Wartime & football league titles
CompetitionWinners
Emergency War League1939–40
Southern League1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
Glasgow League1895–96, 1897–98
Full record
Other Scottish cup competitions
Domestic cup record
CompetitionWinnersRunners-up
Emergency War Cup1940
Southern League Cup1941, 1942, 1943, 19451944, 1946
Victory Cup1946
Summer Cup1942
Glasgow Cup1893, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987
Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup1878–79, 1896–97, 1899–1900, 1903–04, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1908–09, 1910–11, 1918–19, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60
Scottish Challenge Cup2015–162013–14
Tournament wins
Other tournament victories
Invitational & tournament wins
CompetitionYear(s)
Queen's Park Tournament1886
Sir William Cunningham Cup1889
Rangers Sports Trophy1890
Port Glasgow Athletic Tournament1892
Football World Championship1894, 1900
Glasgow International Exhibition Cup1901
Edinburgh Exhibition Cup1908
Lord Provost's Cup1921
British Champions' Challenge1933
Sir Archibald Sinclair Cup1942
Paisley Charity Cup1972
Jet Cup1977
Tennent Caledonian Cup1978
Drybrough Cup1979
Dubai Champions Cup1987
Forum Cup1991
Ibrox International Challenge Trophy1995
Wernesgrüner Cup2003, 2004
Blackthorn Cup Friendly v Bristol City2013
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