Rangers were the first club in the world to win 50 league titles and they now hold the world record for number of domestic league championships won after racking up 55 titles. They won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone. They are now the most-honoured football club in the world, having won 117 trophies in total.

The club has played in both Scotland and England's national cup competitions. Rangers reached the semi-final of the 1886–87 FA Cup only to be knocked out by eventual winners Aston Villa.

Trivia

  • Rangers hold the world record for number of domestic league championships won, racking up 55 titles.
  • Rangers won their 100th major trophy in 2000, the first club in the world to reach that milestone.
  • Have competed in European competitions in more seasons than any other British club, 46 times as of and including 2006-07.
  • First Scottish club to qualify from both the Champions League group stage (2005-06) and the UEFA Cup group stage (2006-07).

Major honours

League

  • Scottish League championships (55):
1891 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                          

Cups

  • European Cup Winners’ Cup winners: 1972
  • Scottish Cup winners (34):
1894 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                            
  • League Cup winners (27):
1947 1949 1961 1962 1964 1965 1971 1976 1978 1979 1982 1984
1985 1987 1988 1989 1991 1993 1994 1997 1999 2002 2003 2005
2008 2010 2011                  

Other honours

League

  • Emergency War League (1): 1940
  • Southern League (6): 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
  • Glasgow League (2): 1895/96, 1897/98
  • Scottish Third Division (fourth tier title): 2012/2013
  • Scottish League One (third tier title): 2013/2014
  • Scottish Championship (second tier title): 2015/2016

Cups

  • Milk Cup (3): (Premier) 1984, 1992; (Junior) 1985
  • Drybrough Cup (1): 1979
  • Tennents' Sixes (2): 1984, 1989
  • Glasgow Cup (44): 1893, 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
    *1975 trophy shared with Celtic after 2-2 draw
  • Glasgow Merchants and Charity Cup (32): 1878-79, 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

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