Editing Rangers F.C. (section)

===Warburton, Premiership return, Caixinha and Murty===
In June 2015, it was announced that [[Mark Warburton]] had been appointed as manager on a three-year deal.<ref>{{ cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/15/rangers-appoint-mark-warburton-manager | title=Rangers appoint Mark Warburton as manager on three-year contract | location=London| work=The Guardian| date=15 June 2015}}</ref> Rangers went on to win the [[2015–16 Scottish Championship]] and automatic promotion to the [[Scottish Premiership]], ending their four-year stint in the lower divisions. The club also reached the [[2016 Scottish Cup Final]], beating Old Firm rivals [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in the semi-final at Hampden,<ref>{{cite news|title=Rangers in Scottish Cup Final |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36008631 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> before losing to Hibernian in the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36292302|title=Scottish Cup final: Rangers 2–3 Hibernian|work=BBC Sport|first=Richard|last=Wilson}}</ref> After a poor first half of the 2016–17 season, [[Mark Warburton]] and [[David Weir (Scottish footballer)|David Weir]] left Rangers on 10 February 2017, and [[Graeme Murty]] was placed in caretaker control of the Rangers first team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-74/ |title=Club Statement |publisher=Rangers F.C. |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=10 February 2017 |archive-date=16 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216223001/https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-74/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rangers: Mark Warburton replaced as manager ahead of Scottish Cup tie|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38939432|work=BBC Sport |access-date=11 February 2017|date=10 February 2017}}</ref> [[Pedro Caixinha]] eventually took over as permanent manager.

Caixinha's first full season started with Rangers suffering one of the worst results in their history. After winning 1–0 at Ibrox, Rangers [[Progrès Niederkorn 2–0 Rangers|lost 2–0]] to [[Luxembourg]] minnows [[FC Progrès Niederkorn|Progrès Niederkorn]], resulting in Rangers being knocked out 2–1 on aggregate in the [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|first qualifying round]] of the [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League|2017–18 Europa League]]. Progrès had never before won a tie and had only ever scored once before in European competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40475647 |title=Progres Niederkorn 2–0 Rangers (agg 2–1) |work=BBC Sport |access-date=4 July 2017 |date=4 July 2017}}</ref> After that disappointing start to the season the form did not improve, with notable results including a 2–0 reverse to Celtic at home in the league<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41290216|title=Rangers 0–2 Celtic|work=BBC Sport|date=23 September 2017|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> and defeat to Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup semi-final by the same scoreline.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41683732|title=Rangers 0–2 Motherwell|work=BBC Sport|date=22 October 2017|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> On 26 October, a day after a 95th-minute equaliser at Ibrox by last-placed Kilmarnock saw Rangers draw 1–1, Caixinha was sacked and [[Graeme Murty]] took over as caretaker manager again. The Portuguese manager's reign was described as "a desperate mess from start to finish".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41762385|title=Rangers: Pedro Caixinha sacked as manager after board meeting|work=BBC Sport|date=26 October 2017|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref>

In late December, after a search for a more experienced manager proved unsuccessful, including a failed attempt to appoint Aberdeen manager [[Derek McInnes]], Murty (who had won back-to-back games over Aberdeen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/report?gameId=485845 |title=Rangers back to winning ways with comfortable victory over Aberdeen |website=ESPN|date=29 November 2017 |access-date=22 December 2017 }}</ref><ref name=rehearsal>{{cite news|title=Aberdeen 1 Rangers 2: Derek McInnes remains favourite for Ibrox job despite losing dress rehearsal at Pittodrie|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/12/03/aberdeen-1-rangers-2derek-mcinnes-remains-favourite-ibrox-job/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/12/03/aberdeen-1-rangers-2derek-mcinnes-remains-favourite-ibrox-job/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Forsyth|first=Roddy|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=3 December 2017|access-date=22 December 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>  and also defeated Hibernian away from home<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42244866|title=Hibernian 1–2 Rangers|work=BBC Sport|date=13 December 2017|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> during his interim spell) was appointed to the role until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42457229|title=Graeme Murty: Rangers appoint interim boss as manager for rest of season|work=BBC Sport|date=22 December 2017|access-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> On 1 May 2018, Murty's second spell in charge ended prematurely when he was sacked as manager following a 5–0 defeat to Celtic which resulted in Celtic winning their 7th consecutive league title.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43961178|title=Rangers: Graeme Murty sacked as manager|work=BBC Sport|date=1 May 2018|access-date=4 May 2018}}</ref> Rangers again ended the season in 3rd place, behind Celtic and Aberdeen for the second year in a row.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/scotland/premier-league/20172018/2nd-phase/r41507/|title=Scottish Premiership 2nd Phase|work=Soccerway|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>