1965–66 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers
1965–66 season
Chairman	John Wilson
Manager	Scot Symon
Ground	Ibrox Park
Scottish League Division One	2nd; P34 W25 D5 L4 F91 A29 Pts55
Scottish Cup	Winners
League Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; George McLean (25); All: ; George McLean (39)
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 season was the 86th season of competitive football by Rangers.

ChairmanJohn Wilson

Scottish League Division One2nd
P34 W25 D5 L4 F91 A29 Pts55

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Rangers won the Scottish Cup for the 19th time after defeating Celtic in the final.^[1] The team also reached the final of the Scottish League Cup, where they lost to Celtic.^[2]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
25 August 1965	St Johnstone	H	3–2	22,693
11 September 1965	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	29,789
18 September 1965	Celtic	H	2–1	76,198
25 September 1965	Dundee	A	1–1	21,451
2 October 1965	Stirling Albion	H	6–0	25,599
9 October 1965	St Mirren	A	1–1	22,160
16 October 1965	Hibernian	A	2–1	37,288
27 October 1965	Dundee United	H	2–0	29,046
30 October 1965	Hamilton Academical	A	7–1	10,503
6 November 1965	Falkirk	H	3–3	20,189
13 November 1965	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–0	28,697
20 November 1965	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	33,225
27 November 1965	Motherwell	A	0–3	15,409
11 December 1965	Morton	H	3–1	22,204
18 December 1965	Clyde	A	2–2	13,212
25 December 1965	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–3	31,003
1 January 1966	Partick Thistle	H	4–0	29,783
3 January 1966	Celtic	A	1–5	65,445
8 January 1966	St Johnstone	A	3–0	11,701
22 January 1966	Stirling Albion	A	2–0	14,935
29 January 1966	St Mirren	H	4–1	28,870
12 February 1966	Hibernian	H	5–1	27,569
26 February 1966	Hamilton Academical	H	4–0	27,305
9 March 1966	Falkirk	A	2–3	8,706
12 March 1966	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	38,571
19 March 1966	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	25,372
21 March 1966	Dundee United	A	0–1	14,815
6 April 1966	Dundee	H	1–0	28,421
9 April 1966	Aberdeen	H	1–0	29,535
13 April 1966	Aberdeen	A	2–1	16,387
16 April 1966	Morton	A	5–0	13,927
19 April 1966	Motherwell	H	2–1	21,175
30 April 1966	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	19,817
4 May 1966	Clyde	H	4–0	20,606

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
5 February 1966	R1	Airdrieonians	H	5–1	16,400
28 February 1966	R2	Ross County	A	2–0	8,500
5 March 1966	QF	St Johnstone	H	1–0	32,000
26 March 1966	SF	Aberdeen	N	0–0	42,280
29 March 1966	SFR	Aberdeen	N	2–1	40,851
23 April 1966	F	Celtic	N	0–0	126,552
27 April 1966	FR	Celtic	N	1–0	98,202

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
14 August 1965	SR	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–4	32,859
18 August 1965	SR	Clyde	H	3–0	24,806
21 August 1965	SR	Aberdeen	A	0–2	23,662
28 August 1965	SR	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	44,472
1 September 1965	SR	Clyde	A	1–3	13,875
4 September 1965	SR	Aberdeen	H	4–0	44,496
15 September 1965	QF1	Airdrieonians	A	5–1	9,090
22 September 1965	QF2	Airdrieonians	H	4–0	8,969
6 October 1965	SF	Kilmarnock	N	6–4	54,473
23 October 1965	F	Celtic	N	1–2	107,647

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