Rangers F.C.

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Rangers
Full name	Rangers Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Gers, The Teddy Bears,Light Blues
Founded	1873
Ground	Ibrox Glasgow (Capacity 51,082)
Chairman	Sir David Murray
Manager	Walter Smith
League	Scottish Premier League
2007-08	2nd
Home colours 　 Away colours

Rangers Football Club are an association football team based in Glasgow, Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. They have won 51 league titles,^[1] a world record, and have won more major trophies than any football club in the world.^[2] The club are nicknamed The Teddy Bears, from the rhyming slang for Gers, which in turn is short for Rangers, and the fans are known to each other as "Bluenoses". The club's correct name is simply Rangers F.C., although they are sometimes referred to as Glasgow Rangers for European matches to avoid confusion.^[3]

For most of their history, Rangers have enjoyed a fierce rivalry with their cross-city opponents Celtic,^[4] and the two are collectively known as the Old Firm.

The club's home, the all-seated 51,082-capacity Ibrox Stadium in south-west Glasgow, has been accredited as one of UEFA's five-star stadia. The stadium was the first one in Scotland to be granted this accolade, which it now shares with Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium.

Contents 1 Club colours and crest 2 Players 2.1 Current squads 2.1.1 First-team squad 3 See also 4 References 5 Other websites

[change] Club colours and crest

The club colours of Rangers F.C. are royal blue, white and red.

The team's home strip invariably features a royal blue shirt (often with white and/or red trim). Traditionally this is accompanied by white shorts (often with royal blue and/or red trim) and black socks with red turn-downs.^[5] However when wearing the 'home strip' Rangers will occasionally alter the shorts and socks, sometimes replacing the black socks with white ones; or replacing the white shorts and black socks combination with royal blue shorts and socks.

The basic design of Rangers away strips has changed far more than the traditional home strip. White and red have been the most common predominant colours for Rangers alternate strips, though dark and light blue have also featured highly.^[6]

In recent years, Rangers have also introduced a third kit.^[7] This is usually worn if both the home and away kits clash with their opponents. The colours used range from light blue to red to a very controversial tangerine.^[8]

[change] Players

[change] Current squads

As of 31 May 2008.^[9]

[change] First-team squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Allan McGregor 3 DF David Weir (vice-captain) 5 DF Saša Papac 6 MF Barry Ferguson (captain) 7 MF Brahim Hemdani 8 MF Kevin Thomson 9 FW Kris Boyd 10 FW Nacho Novo 11 MF Charlie Adam 15 MF Alan Gow 16 GK Graeme Smith 17 MF Chris Burke 18 FW Steven Naismith

No. Position Player 19 FW Jean-Claude Darcheville 20 MF DaMarcus Beasley 21 DF Kirk Broadfoot 22 DF Andy Webster 23 DF Christian Dailly 24 DF Carlos Cuéllar 25 GK Neil Alexander 26 DF Steven Smith 27 FW Lee McCulloch 28 MF Steven Whittaker 29 FW Daniel Cousin FW Kenny Miller FW Andrius Velička (joins on 14 July)[10] FW Kyle Lafferty

[change] See also

• Scottish Premier League

[change] References

[change] Other websites

• Rangers FC Offical Site

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Stadiums	Pittodrie Stadium · Celtic Park · Tannadice · Falkirk Stadium · New Douglas Park · Tynecastle · Easter Road · Caledonian Stadium · Rugby Park · Fir Park · Ibrox · Love Street
Managers	Jimmy Calderwood · Gordon Strachan · Craig Levein · John Hughes · Billy Reid · Csaba Laszlo · Mixu Paatelinen · Craig Brewster · Jim Jeffries · Mark McGhee · Walter Smith · Gus MacPherson