Rangers

2025–26 season
Chairman	Andrew Cavenagh
Head coach	Russell Martin (until 5 October) Danny Röhl (from 20 October)
Stadium	Ibrox Stadium
Scottish Premiership	5th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	Play-off round
Europa League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: James Tavernier (4) All: Djeidi Gassama James Tavernier (6)
Highest home attendance	50,697 vsHearts 13 September 2025
Lowest home attendance	33,949 vsAlloa Athletic 16 August 2025
Average home league attendance	49,953
Biggest win	3–0 vsViktoria Plzeň 5 August 2025 3–0 vsDundee 9 November 2025
Biggest defeat	6–0 vsClub Brugge 27 August 2025
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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All statistics correct as of 22 November 2025.

The2025–26 season is the 146th season of competitivefootball byRangers and their tenth-consecutive season in theScottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish professional football. They will also participate in two cup competitions – the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup – and competed in the qualifying rounds of theUEFA Champions League, dropping into theUEFA Europa League league phase.

It wasRussell Martin's first season as head coach, having been appointed on 5 June.^[1] However, only four months into the role, he was sacked on 5 October after a 1–1 draw withFalkirk which left the club in 8th position after just one win in 7 league games.

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N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Jack Butland	32	2023	126	0	2027	Free
2	DF		James Tavernier (captain)	34	2015	538	136	2026	£0.2m
3	DF		Max Aarons	25	2025	16	1	2026	Loan
5	DF		John Souttar	29	2022	117	4	2026	Free
6	MF		Joe Rothwell	30	2025	19	0	2028	£0.4m
8	MF		Connor Barron	23	2024	64	0	2028	Free
9	FW		Youssef Chermiti	21	2025	13	1	2029	£8m
10	MF		Mohamed Diomande	24	2024	92	9	2028	£4.3m
11	MF		Thelo Aasgaard	23	2025	19	1	2029	Undisclosed
13	DF		Derek Cornelius	28	2025	12	1	2026	Loan
14	MF		Nedim Bajrami	26	2024	55	6	2028	£3.4m
16	MF		Lyall Cameron	23	2025	9	1	2029	Free
17	FW		Rabbi Matondo	25	2022	67	8	2026	£2.5m
18	FW		Oliver Antman	24	2025	18	0	2029	£3m
19	DF		Clinton Nsiala	21	2024	13	1	2028	Free
20	MF		Kieran Dowell	28	2023	38	2	2026	Free
21	DF		Dujon Sterling	26	2023	70	1	2028	Free
23	FW		Djeidi Gassama	22	2025	24	6	2029	£2.2m
24	DF		Nasser Djiga	23	2025	18	0	2026	Loan
28	FW		Bojan Miovski	26	2025	15	2	2029	£2.6m
30	DF		Jayden Meghoma	19	2025	17	0	2026	Loan
31	GK		Liam Kelly	29	2024[note 1]	14	0	2026	Free
32	GK		Kieran Wright	26	2016	0	0	2026	Youth system
37	DF		Emmanuel Fernandez	24	2025	4	2	2029	Undisclosed
43	MF		Nicolas Raskin	24	2023	117	8	2027	£1.75m
47	MF		Mikey Moore	18	2025	17	1	2026	Loan
49	MF		Bailey Rice	19	2022	16	0	2026	Undisclosed
52	MF		Findlay Curtis	19	2024	16	3	2027	Youth system
99	FW		Danilo	26	2023	66	15	2028	£5.6m

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
7	FW		Óscar Cortés	21	2024	21	1	2029	£4.5m	on loan atSporting Gijón
15	MF		José Cifuentes	26	2023	20	0	2027	£1.2m	on loan atToronto FC
26	DF		Ben Davies	30	2022	58	1	2026	£3m	on loan atOxford United
38	DF		Leon King	21	2020	42	0	2026	Youth system	on loan atAyr United
45	FW		Ross McCausland	22	2021	66	7	2027	Youth system	on loan atAris Limassol
48	MF		Paul Nsio	19	2022	3	0	2026	Cross-border compensation	on loan atRaith Rovers
54	GK		Mason Munn	19	2022	1	0	2028	Youth system	on loan atDunfermline Athletic

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
16	MF		Lyall Cameron	22	Dundee	Transfer	Summer	2029	Free	[3]
7	FW		Óscar Cortés	21	RC Lens	Transfer	Summer	2029	£4.5m	[4]
3	DF		Max Aarons	25	Bournemouth	Loan	Summer	2026	N/A	[5]
6	MF		Joe Rothwell	30	Bournemouth	Transfer	Summer	2028	£0.4m	[6]
37	DF		Emmanuel Fernandez	23	Peterborough United	Transfer	Summer	2029	Undisclosed	[7]
11	MF		Thelo Aasgaard	23	Luton Town	Transfer	Summer	2029	Undisclosed	[8]
24	DF		Nasser Djiga	22	Wolves	Loan	Summer	2026	N/A	[9]
23	FW		Djeidi Gassama	21	Sheffield Wednesday	Transfer	Summer	2029	£2.2m	[10]
47	MF		Mikey Moore	17	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan	Summer	2026	N/A	[11]
18	FW		Oliver Antman	23	Go Ahead Eagles	Transfer	Summer	2029	£3m	[12]
30	DF		Jayden Meghoma	19	Brentford	Loan	Summer	2026	N/A	[13]
28	FW		Bojan Miovski	26	Girona	Transfer	Summer	2029	£2.6m	[14]
9	FW		Youssef Chermiti	21	Everton	Transfer	Summer	2029	£8m	[15]
13	DF		Derek Cornelius	27	Marseille	Loan	Summer	2026	N/A	[16]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
	DF		James Reid	16	Queen's Park	Transfer	Summer	2027	N/A	[17]
	FW		Zebedee Lawson	16	Brighton & Hove Albion	Transfer	Summer	2028	N/A	[18]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
26	DF		Leon Balogun	36	Aris Limassol	End of contract	Summer	Free	[19]
30	MF		Ianis Hagi	26	Alanyaspor	End of contract	Summer	Free	[19]
11	FW		Tom Lawrence	31	Perth Glory	End of contract	Summer	Free	[19]
44	DF		Adam Devine	22	TBC	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
48	MF		Cole McKinnon	22	Airdrieonians	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
53	FW		Archie Stevens	19	Arsenal	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
4	DF		Robin Pröpper	31	Twente	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[21]
54	GK		Mason Munn	19	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan	Summer	N/A	[22]
45	FW		Ross McCausland	22	Aris Limassol	Loan	Summer	N/A	[23]
44	DF		Robbie Fraser	22	Dunfermline Athletic	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[24]
22	DF		Jefté	21	Palmeiras	Transfer	Summer	£6m	[25]
15	MF		Jose Cifuentes	26	Toronto FC	Loan	Summer	N/A	[26]
26	DF		Ben Davies	30	Oxford United	Loan	Summer	N/A	[27]
33	DF		Rıdvan Yılmaz	24	Beşiktaş	Transfer	Summer	£2m	[28]
29	FW		Hamza Igamane	22	Lille	Transfer	Summer	£10.5m	[29]
7	FW		Óscar Cortés	21	Sporting Gijón	Loan	Summer	N/A	[30]
9	FW		Cyriel Dessers	30	Panathinaikos	Transfer	Summer	£3.5m	[31]
38	DF		Leon King	21	Ayr United	Loan	Summer	N/A	[32]
48	MF		Paul Nsio	19	Raith Rovers	Loan	Summer	N/A	[33]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
41	GK		Lewis Budinauckas	22	Partick Thistle	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
61	MF		Kerr Robertson	19	Greenock Morton	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
64	DF		Kristian Webster	20	Dumbarton	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
65	DF		Leyton Grant	19	Stenhousemuir	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
69	GK		Jacob Pazikas	20	Rimal Al-Sahra SC	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
73	MF		Grant Leitch	18	Kelty Hearts	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
81	MF		Harry Weir	17	TBC	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
	GK		Jay Hogarth	21	Clyde	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
	DF		Jack Harkness	21	Stirling Albion	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
	MF		Darren McInally	21	Kelty Hearts	End of contract	Summer	Free	[20]
	GK		Alfie Halliwell	17	Albion Rovers	Loan	Summer	N/A	[34]
55	DF		Jack Wyllie	17	Kelty Hearts	Loan	Summer	N/A	[35]
50	FW		Josh Gentles	17	Raith Rovers	Co-operation loan	Summer	N/A	[36]
51	MF		Calum Adamson	18	Alloa Athletic	Co-operation loan	Summer	N/A	[37]
	MF		Blaire McClure	18	Nottingham Forest	Loan	Summer	N/A	[38]
63	DF		Zander Hutton	19	Hamilton Academical	Loan	Summer	N/A	[39]
61	MF		Lewis Stewart	18	Alloa Athletic	Co-operation loan	Summer	N/A	[40]
58	DF		Connor Campbell	18	Stirling Albion	Co-operation loan	Summer	N/A	[41]
53	FW		Chris Eadie	18	Stirling Albion	Co-operation loan	Summer	N/A	[41]
56	DF		Arran Kerr	18	Stirling Albion	Co-operation loan	Summer	N/A	[42]
79	MF		Callum Burnside	18	Alloa Athletic	Loan	Summer	N/A	[43]
60	DF		Lyle Wark	18	Forfar Athletic	Loan	Summer	N/A	[44]
93	FW		Cormac Christie	17	Forfar Athletic	Loan	Summer	N/A	[44]

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Date signed	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
32	GK		Kieran Wright	26	3 July	1 year	May 2026	[45]
48	MF		Paul Nsio	19	12 September	2 years	May 2027	[46]

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Date signed	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
51	MF		Calum Adamson	17	10 July	2 years	May 2027	[47]
55	DF		Jack Wyllie	17	11 July	2 years	May 2027	[48]
57	GK		Greig Thackray	17	12 July	1 year	May 2026	[49]
	GK		Sam Reid	16	18 July	2 years	May 2027	[50]
	FW		Max Cameron	16	19 July	2 years	May 2027	[51]
69	DF		Oliver Hynd	17	19 July	2 years	May 2027	[52]
63	DF		Zander Hutton	18	30 July	2 years	May 2027	[53]
80	MF		Ben Hutton	15	30 July	2 years	May 2027	[53]
60	DF		Lyle Wark	17	31 July	2 years	May 2027	[54]
78	DF		Conor Owen	16	20 August	2 years	May 2027	[55]
	GK		Jaden Milarvie	16	20 August	2 years	May 2027	[56]
	DF		Calum Young	16	21 August	2 years	May 2027	[57]
	DF		Ashton Patton	16	21 August	2 years	May 2027	[58]
79	MF		Callum Burnside	18	16 October	2 years	May 2027	[59]

Rangers vThe New Saints

28 June 2025Friendly	Rangers	0–1	The New Saints	Milngavie, Scotland
				Stadium:Rangers Training Centre Attendance: N/A
Note: The match was playedbehind closed doors.

Rangers vDunfermline Athletic

15 July 2025Friendly	Rangers	4–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Milngavie, Scotland
	Danilo Dowell Aasgaard Raskin	Report		Stadium:Rangers Training Centre Attendance: N/A
Note: The match was playedbehind closed doors.

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

Rangers vPanathinaikos

22 July 2025First leg	Rangers	2–0	Panathinaikos	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45BST (UTC+1)	Raskin 8' Souttar 28' Curtis 52' Gassama 78'	Report	Vagiannidis 23'  58'	Stadium:Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,548 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Panathinaikos v Rangers

30 July 2025Second leg	Panathinaikos	1–1 (1–3agg.)	Rangers	Athens, Greece
21:00EEST (UTC+3)	Đuričić 53' Bakasetas 61'	Report	Dowell 45+3' Gassama 60', 61'	Stadium:Olympic Stadium Attendance: 36,121 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

Rangers vViktoria Plzeň

5 August 2025First leg	Rangers	3–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45BST (UTC+1)	Gassama 15',51' Raskin 31' Jefté 41' Dessers 45' (pen.)	Report	Marković 19' Valenta 87'	Stadium:Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 45,730 Referee:Clément Turpin (France)

Viktoria Plzeň v Rangers

12 August 2025Second leg	Viktoria Plzeň	2–1 (2–4agg.)	Rangers	Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00CEST (UTC+2)	Paluska 29' Durosinmi 41' Marković 83'	Report	Gassama 7' Cameron 60' Djiga 84'	Stadium:Doosan Arena Attendance: 11,341 Referee:Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Rangers vClub Brugge

19 August 2025First leg	Rangers	1–3	Club Brugge	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00BST (UTC+1)	Danilo 50' Souttar 74' Aarons 75' Aasgaard 90+2'	Report	Vermant 3' Spileers 7' Mechele 20' Sabbe 52'	Stadium:Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 43,731 Referee:François Letexier (France)

Club Brugge v Rangers

27 August 2025Second leg	Club Brugge	6–0 (9–1agg.)	Rangers	Bruges, Belgium
21:00CEST (UTC+2)	Tresoldi 5' Vanaken 32' Seys 41',45' Stanković 45+2' Tzolis 50' Nilsson 84'	Report	Meghoma 3' Aarons 8'	Stadium:Jan Breydel Stadium Attendance: 26,252 Referee:Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
32	Utrecht	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4	1
33	Malmö FF	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1
34	Maccabi Tel Aviv	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1
35	Nice	4	0	0	4	4	9	−5	0
36	Rangers	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7	0

Rangers vGenk

25 September 20251	Rangers	0–1	Genk	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00BST (UTC+1)	Diomande 41' Gassama 78'	Report	Oh 45+6', 55', 56' Sadick 57' El Ouahdi 90+4'	Stadium:Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 37,898 Referee:Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Sturm Graz v Rangers

2 October 20252	Sturm Graz	2–1	Rangers	Graz, Austria
21:00CEST (UTC+2)	Horvat 7' Kiteishvili 35' Oermann 68' Karić 90+4'	Report	Gassama 49' Cornelius 75'	Stadium:Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 15,532 Referee:Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Brann v Rangers

23 October 20253	Brann	3–0	Rangers	Bergen, Norway
18:45CEST (UTC+2)	Kornvig 40' Sørensen 55' Pedersen 75' Holm 79'	Report	Gassama 36' Souttar 77'	Stadium:Brann Stadion Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)

Rangers vRoma

6 November 20254	Rangers	0–2	Roma	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00GMT (UTC+0)		Report	Soulé 13' Pellegrini 36'	Stadium:Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 41,847 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Rangers vBraga

27 November 20255	Rangers	v	Braga	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00GMT (UTC+0)				Stadium:Ibrox Stadium Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Ferencváros v Rangers

11 December 20256	Ferencváros	v	Rangers	Budapest, Hungary
18:45CET (UTC+1)				Stadium:Ferencváros Stadion

Rangers vLudogorets Razgrad

22 January 20267	Rangers	v	Ludogorets Razgrad	Glasgow, Scotland
20:00GMT (UTC+0)				Stadium:Ibrox Stadium

Porto v Rangers

29 January 20268	Porto	v	Rangers	Porto, Portugal
21:00WET (UTC+0)				Stadium:Estádio do Dragão

Name	Role
Head coach	Russell Martin (until October 5, 2025) Danny Röhl (from October 20, 2025)
Assistant coach	Matt Gill (until October 5, 2025) Matthias Kaltenbach (from October 22, 2025)
First team coach	Mike Williamson (until October 5, 2025)
Goalkeeping coach	Sal Bibbo
Performance coach	Rhys Owen Sascha Lense (from October 22, 2025)

The table below includes all players registered with the SPFL as part of the Rangers squad for the 2025–26 season. They may not have made an appearance.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Totals		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Jack Butland	24	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	4	0
31	GK	SCO	Liam Kelly	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	SCO	Kieran Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	James Tavernier(captain)	25	6	9+3	4	0	0	2+1	2	3+3	0	4	0
3	DF	ENG	Max Aarons	16	1	4+3	1	0	0	1+1	0	5	0	1+1	0
5	DF	SCO	John Souttar	23	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	4	0
13	DF	CAN	Derek Cornelius	12	1	6+1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2+1	0
19	DF	FRA	Clinton Nsiala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Dujon Sterling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	BFA	Nasser Djiga	18	0	7+1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	2	0
30	DF	ENG	Jayden Meghoma	17	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	0
37	DF	ENG	Emmanuel Fernandez	4	2	2+1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	ENG	Joe Rothwell	19	0	5+3	0	0	0	1+1	0	5+1	0	1+2	0
8	MF	SCO	Connor Barron	18	0	5+5	0	0	0	0+1+1	0	0+2	0	2+2	0
10	MF	CIV	Mohamed Diomande	19	1	7+2	1	0	0	2	0	5+1	0	1+1	0
11	MF	NOR	Thelo Aasgaard	19	1	7+3	1	0	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	3+1	0
14	MF	ALB	Nedim Bajrami	11	1	0+6	0	0	0	1+1	1	0+3	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	Lyall Cameron	9	1	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	1	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Kieran Dowell	6	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	0	0	0
43	MF	BEL	Nicolas Raskin	22	2	9+1	1	0	0	2	1	4+2	0	4	0
47	MF	ENG	Mikey Moore	17	1	5+4	1	0	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	2+2	0
49	MF	SCO	Bailey Rice	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	SCO	Findlay Curtis	11	3	0+4	1	0	0	0+1+1	1	2+2	1	0+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	POR	Youssef Chermiti	13	1	1+6	1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	4	0
17	FW	WAL	Rabbi Matondo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	FIN	Oliver Antman	19	0	7+3	0	0	0	0+2	0	4	0	2+1	0
23	FW	FRA	Djeidi Gassama	24	6	11+1	1	0	0	1+1	0	4+2	4	4	1
28	FW	MKD	Bojan Miovski	15	2	7+2	1	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	0+4	0
99	FW	BRA	Danilo	18	3	5+2	2	0	0	2	0	4+2	1	0+3	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season who made an appearance
7	FW	COL	Óscar Cortés	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW	NGA	Cyriel Dessers	7	1	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	1	0	0
22	DF	BRA	Jefté	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
29	FW	MAR	Hamza Igamane	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those inScottish Premiership,Scottish Cup,Scottish League Cup andUEFA Champions League.