2016–17 Rangers F.C. season

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Rangers
2016–17 season
Chairman Dave King
Manager Mark Warburton
Ground Ibrox Stadium
Glasgow, Scotland
(Capacity: 50,817)
Scottish Premiership 10th (current)
P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
Scottish League Cup N/A
Scottish Cup N/A

The 2016–17 Rangers F.C. season will be the club's first back in the Scottish top-flight in four years, following their promotion from the Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season.[1]

Month-by-month review

May

Rangers completed the signing of midfielder Jordan Rossiter from Liverpool on May 13th for a compensation fee of £250,000.

On May 20th Jamie Mills left the club to join Stirling Albion. On May 23rd it was announced Nicky Clark had left the club after three seasons. On May 24th it was confirmed Nicky Law and David Templeton had left the club with Nicky Clark. The same day, it was confirmed that Joey Barton had joined Rangers on a free transfer from Burnley.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Cammy Bell
2 England DF James Tavernier
4 Republic of Ireland DF Rob Kiernan
5 Scotland DF Lee Wallace (captain)
8 England MF Joey Barton
9 Scotland FW Kenny Miller (vice-captain)
15 England MF Harry Forrester
16 Scotland MF Andrew Halliday
18 Scotland MF Andy Murdoch
19 Scotland FW Barrie McKay
20 Canada DF Fraser Aird
21 Scotland MF Robbie Crawford
22 Northern Ireland MF Dean Shiels
23 Scotland MF Jason Holt
25 England GK Wes Foderingham
27 Scotland DF Danny Wilson
No. Position Player
29 Scotland FW Michael O'Halloran
32 Scotland GK Liam Kelly
33 England FW Martyn Waghorn
37 Scotland MF Scott Roberts
39 Scotland DF Ryan Sinnamon
42 Scotland FW Ryan Hardie
45 Northern Ireland MF Jordan Thompson
48 Scotland FW Tom Walsh
50 Scotland DF Ross McCrorie
51 Scotland GK Robby McCrorie
62 Scotland MF Liam Burt
68 Scotland DF Jack Thomson
England MF Josh Windass
England DF Matt Crooks
England MF Jordan Rossiter

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish Premiership

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League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Club statistics

Competition First match Last match Final position Record
M W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Premiership 6 August 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Scottish Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
League Cup 16 July 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

As of 22 May 2016

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Premiership play-off finals
12 St Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Scottish Championship
First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Transfers

In

Pos Nat No Name Age From Type Transfer window Ends Transfer fee Source
MF England Josh Windass 22 England Accrington Stanley Transfer Summer 2020 Undisclosed
MF England Matt Crooks 22 England Accrington Stanley Transfer Summer 2020 Undisclosed
MF England Jordan Rossiter 19 England Liverpool Transfer Summer 2020 Undisclosed [2]
MF England 8 Joey Barton 33 England Burnley Transfer Summer 2018 Free [3]

Total spend: £0

As of 22 May 2016

Out

Pos Nat No Name Age To Type Transfer window Transfer fee Source
GK Poland 30 Maciej Gostomski 27 N/A Released Summer Free [4]
DF Scotland 44 Tom Lang 18 N/A End of Contract Summer Free [5]
DF Canada 19 Luca Gasparotto 20 N/A End of Contract Summer Free
DF Scotland 43 David Brownlie 19 N/A End of Contract Summer Free
MF Scotland 54 Jamie Brandon 18 N/A End of Contract Summer Free
MF Scotland 36 Dylan Dykes 20 N/A End of Contract Summer Free
MF Scotland 34 Darren Ramsay 20 N/A End of Contract Summer Free
MF England 38 Mekhi Leacock-McLeod 19 N/A End of Contract Summer Free
DF Scotland 35 Jamie Mills 20 Scotland Stirling Albion End of Contract Summer Free [6]
FW Scotland 14 Nicky Clark 24 N/A End of Contract Summer Free [7]
MF Scotland 11 David Templeton 27 N/A End of Contract Summer Free
MF England 7 Nicky Law 28 N/A End of Contract Summer Free

Total received: £0 million

As of 22 May 2016

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