1994–95 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

1994–95 season
Chairman	David Murray
Manager	Walter Smith
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish Premier Division	1st P36 W20 D9 L7 F60 A35
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Champions League	Qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Mark Hateley (13) All: Mark Hateley (15)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 season is the 114th 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 misfit striker Duncan Ferguson after 18 months, when in December 1994 he signed for Everton in a £4.2million deal (£200,000 more than Rangers had paid for him) after two months on loan at the English club.

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
29 June 1994	Basile Boli	Marseille	£2.7m 2
21 July 1994	Brian Laudrup	Fiorentina	£2.5m
27 July 1994	Billy Thomson	Motherwell
26 October 1994	Alan McLaren	Hearts	£2m
27 January 1995	Alec Cleland	Dundee United	Joint
27 January 1995	Gary Bollan	Dundee United	Joint

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
30 June 1994	Chris Vinnicombe	Burnley	£0.2m
28 July 1994	Stephen Watson	St. Mirren	Free
22 September 1994	Gary Stevens	Tranmere Rovers	£0.35m
4 October 1994	Ian Durrant	Everton	Loan [1]
19 October 1994	Steven Pressley	Coventry City	£0.6m
25 October 1994	Dave McPherson	Heart of Midlothian	Swap
1 December 1994	David Hagen	Heart of Midlothian
11 December 1994	Duncan Ferguson	Everton	£4.2m
30 December 1994	Peter Huistra	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	£0.5m [2]
10 March 1995	Fraser Wishart	Heart of Midlothian	£0.05m [3]
24 March 1995	Scott McCulloch	Hamilton Academical	Free

• Expendure: £7,200,000
• Income: £5,900,000

• Total loss/gain: £1,300,000

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

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.)), McCoist
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

UEFA Champions League

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10 August 1994	QR	AEK Athens	A	0–2	30,000
24 August 1994	QR	AEK Athens	H	0–1	44,789

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

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

Appearances

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

See also

• 1994–95 in Scottish football
• 1994–95 Scottish Cup
• 1994–95 Scottish League Cup
• 1994–95 UEFA Champions League