Chairman John Paton Scottish Cup Third Round | League Cup Semi-finals | |
Manager Jock Wallace(until 7 April)Alex Totten(from 8 April)(until 16 April)Walter Smith(from 16 April)(from 1 May)Graeme Souness(from 1 May) Scottish Premier Division 5thP36 W13 D9 L14 F53 A45 | ||
The 1985–86 season is the 89th season of competitive football by Rangers.
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Overview
Rangers played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1985–86 season. The team finished a disappointing 5th in the Scottish Premier Division. A total of 35 points were gained from 36 games with only 13 wins and 14 defeats.
In the cup competitions, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the third round, losing 3-2 at Tynecastle to Hearts. They were knocked out of the League Cup by Edinburgh's other team Hibernian 2–1 on aggregate in the two legged semi final.
The European campaign lasted two matches. The club went out in the first round of the UEFA Cup after losing to Spanish side CA Osasuna. The first leg at Ibrox was won 1–0 thanks to a Craig Paterson goal but the team went down 2–0 in the second leg.
Results
All results are written with Rangers' score first.
League Cup
*Rangers won 6–5 on penalties