1959–60 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers

1959–60 season
Chairman	John Wilson
Manager	Scot Symon
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	3rd P34 W17 D8 L9 F72 A38 Pts42
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Group stage
European Cup	Semi-finalists
Top goalscorer	League: All: Ralph Brand (40)

The 1959–60 season was the 80th season of competitive football by Rangers.

Rangers won the Scottish Cup after beating Kilmarnock in the final.

Overview

Rangers played a total of 56 competitive matches during the 1959–60 season.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1959	Stirling Albion	A	3–2	12,093
5 September 1959	Celtic	H	3–1	65,000
12 September 1959	Hibernian	A	1–0	31,500
19 September 1959	Ayr United	H	0–3	28,000
26 September 1959	Partick Thistle	A	3–0	30,500
3 October 1959	Dunfermline Athletic	H	4–1	17,000
10 October 1959	Dundee	A	3–1	22,000
17 October 1959	St Mirren	H	1–3	45,000
24 October 1959	Aberdeen	A	5–0	20,000
31 October 1959	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	40,000
7 November 1959	Clyde	H	6–0	40,000
14 November 1959	Arbroath	A	4–0	6,025
21 November 1959	Raith Rovers	H	2–3	30,000
28 November 1959	Motherwell	A	1–2	21,343
5 December 1959	Kilmarnock	H	5–0	20,000
12 December 1959	Third Lanark	A	2–0	25,000
19 December 1959	Airdireonians	A	5–0	20,000
26 December 1959	Stirling Albion	H	3–0	21,000
1 January 1960	Celtic	A	1–0	50,000
2 January 1960	Hibernian	H	1–1	56,000
9 January 1960	Ayr United	A	4–2	23,000
16 January 1960	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	40,000
23 January 1960	Dunfermline Athletic	A	5–0	16,000
6 February 1960	Dundee	H	0–0	22,000
1 March 1960	Aberdeen	H	2–2	15,000
5 March 1960	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–2	45,000
19 March 1960	Arbroath	H	1–1	15,000
26 March 1960	Raith Rovers	A	2–1	11,000
16 April 1960	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	26,925
18 April 1960	Motherwell	H	0–2	30,000
25 April 1960	St Mirren	A	1–1	14,000
27 April 1960	Clyde	A	1–4	10,000
30 April 1960	Airdrieonians	H	0–0	13,000
7 May 1960	Third Lanark	H	1–2	8,500

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
30 January 1960	R1	Berwick Rangers	A	3–1	16,000
13 February 1960	R2	Arbroath	H	2–0	30,000
27 February 1960	R3	Stenhousemuir	A	3–0	12,300
12 March 1960	QF	Hibernian	H	3–2	63,000
2 April 1960	SF	Celtic	N	1–1	79,768
6 April 1960	SF R	Celtic	N	4–1	72,710
23 April 1960	F	Kilmarnock	N	2–0	108,017

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
8 August 1959	SR	Hibernian	A	6–1	44,700
12 August 1959	SR	Motherwell	H	1–2	65,000
15 August 1959	SR	Dundee	H	2–0	37,000
22 August 1959	SR	Hibernian	H	5–1	35,000
26 August 1959	SR	Motherwell	A	1–2	33,000
29 August 1959	SR	Dundee	A	3–2	20,000

European Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 September 1959	QRL1	Anderlecht	H	5–2	80,000
23 September 1959	QRL2	Anderlecht	A	2–0	40,000
11 November 1959	R1L1	CH Bratislava	H	4–3	80,268
18 November 1959	R1L2	CH Bratislava	A	1–1	60,012
9 March 1960	QFL1	Sparta Rotterdam	A	3–2	50,000
16 March 1960	QFL2	Sparta Rotterdam	H	0–1	82,587
30 March 1960	QFR	Sparta Rotterdam	N	3–2	34,176
13 April 1960	SFL1	Eintracht Frankfurt	A	1–6	80,000
5 May 1960	SFL2	Eintracht Frankfurt	H	3–6	70,432

See also

• 1959–60 in Scottish football
• 1959–60 Scottish Cup
• 1959–60 Scottish League Cup
• 1959–60 European Cup