50 free Rangers FC trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Rangers were founded in 1872 by four teenagers on a walk through a Glasgow park and have since collected 55 league titles, a European trophy, the largest travelling support in history and a liquidation that sent them to the fourth tier. Few clubs have a story with this many turns. These 50 questions run from Fleshers' Haugh to the Europa League final: Archibald Leitch's Ibrox, the 1939 attendance record, Bill Struth's 34 years, Barcelona 1972 and the trophy presented in a side room, the Ibrox disaster, Souness and Smith's nine in a row, Mo Johnston's signing, Advocaat's £12 million striker, the helicopter that changed course in 2005, Manchester 2008, administration in 2012, East Stirlingshire and the world-record fourth-tier crowd, Progrès Niederkorn, Gerrard's 102 points, Seville and the 49ers takeover. There are crest, motto, mascot and kit questions too. Easy questions stick to the basics; the expert tier asks about William Wilton, the shared 1891 title and the first European Super Cup. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01In which Scottish city are Rangers based?
Glasgow
The club is often called Glasgow Rangers, though that has never been its official name.
Q 02In which year were Rangers founded?
1872
Four teenage boys dreamed the club up while walking through West End Park, now Kelvingrove Park.
Q 03What is the name of Rangers' home stadium?
Ibrox
It is a Category B listed building and Scotland's third-largest football ground.
Q 04Which architect designed Ibrox?
Archibald Leitch
He was a Rangers fan who also worked on Old Trafford and Highbury.
Q 05What colour have Rangers always played in?
Royal blue
The club switched from a lighter blue to royal blue in 1921.
Q 06How many Scottish championships had Rangers won as of 2020-21, a then world record?
55
The 2021 title also ended Celtic's bid for ten in a row.
Q 07Which trophy did Rangers lift in Barcelona in 1972?
European Cup Winners' Cup
They had lost finals of the same competition in 1961 and 1967.
Q 08Whom did Rangers beat in the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup final?
Dynamo Moscow
Colin Stein and a Willie Johnston double secured the 3-2 win.
Q 09In which stadium was the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup final played?
Camp Nou
A crowd of 35,000 watched in Barcelona on 24 May 1972.
Q 10Who captained Rangers to the 1972 European triumph?
John Greig
He received the trophy in a small room inside the stadium after pitch invasions.
Q 11Which club are Rangers' Old Firm rivals?
Celtic
The two clubs have won 111 Scottish league titles between them.
Q 12How many lives were lost in the 1971 Ibrox disaster?
66
The crush happened on a stairway exit at the end of an Old Firm game on 2 January 1971.
Q 13Which manager led Rangers for 34 years from 1920 to 1954?
Bill Struth
He won 18 league titles and more trophies than any manager in Scottish football.
Q 14What British league attendance record was set at Ibrox on 2 January 1939?
Q 21Which manager led Rangers to their 50th league title in 2003?
Alex McLeish
The title was won on goal difference with a 6-1 final-day win over Dunfermline.
Q 22In 2005 the SPL trophy helicopter famously diverted to which ground for Rangers?
Easter Road
Celtic conceded late goals to Motherwell while Rangers led against Hibernian.
Q 23Whom did Rangers lose to in the 2008 UEFA Cup final?
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Zenit were managed by former Rangers boss Dick Advocaat.
Roughly how many Rangers fans travelled to Manchester for the 2008 UEFA Cup final?
118,567
The crowd watched Rangers beat Celtic in the New Year Old Firm match.
Q 15Who was the first manager of Rangers' nine-in-a-row era, from 1986?
Graeme Souness
He managed the first three of the nine title seasons before Walter Smith took over.
Q 16Where did Rangers clinch their ninth consecutive title in May 1997?
Tannadice Park
A single-goal win over Dundee United sealed it on 7 May 1997.
Q 17Who became Rangers' first foreign manager in 1998?
Dick Advocaat
The Dutchman, nicknamed 'The Little General', won the treble in his first season.
Q 18Which striker did Rangers sign for a club-record £12 million under Advocaat?
Tore Andre Flo
The Norwegian arrived from Chelsea in 2000.
Q 19Who signed for Rangers in 1989 as the club's first major Roman Catholic signing?
Mo Johnston
He had previously played for Celtic and had recently agreed to rejoin them.
Q 20Who became the first Catholic captain of Rangers in 1999?
Lorenzo Amoruso
The Italian defender arrived from Fiorentina.
200,000
It remains the largest travelling support in football history.
Q 25Who beat Rangers on penalties in the 2022 Europa League final?
Eintracht Frankfurt
The match in Seville finished 1-1 after extra time before a 5-4 shootout.
Q 26On what date were Rangers placed into administration in 2012?
14 February
The club was docked 10 points and finished 20 behind Celtic.
Q 27At which level did Rangers restart in 2012-13?
Third Division
The SPL and SFA had wanted them placed in the First Division.
Q 28Whom did Rangers beat 5-1 in their first fourth-tier match in 2012, before a record crowd?
East Stirlingshire
The attendance of 49,118 was a world record for a fourth-tier league match.
Q 29Which Luxembourg club knocked Rangers out of the 2017-18 Europa League qualifiers?
Progrès Niederkorn
Progrès had never won a tie and had scored once in Europe before.
Q 30Which former Liverpool captain became Rangers manager in 2018?
Steven Gerrard
He signed a four-year contract and later left for Aston Villa.