- Address: 150 Edmiston Drive, Glasgow
- Country: United Kingdom
- Capacity: 50,000
- Opened: 30 December 1899
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Rangers (football)
Extra stadium info – Ibrox Stadium
In 1902, a disaster occured at the Ibrox Stadium during a match between the national football teams of Scotland and England. Various people died after a terrace collapsed. Hundreds of people were injured because of the disaster. Despite the collapse, the match was resumed after a break. The stand was designed by Archibald Leitch. He was concerned about the maximum capacity of the venue before the football match started. In 1971, another disaster occured at the Ibrox Stadium. A crush among the crowd led to 66 deaths and numerous injuries.
The Rangers
Rangers Football Club was founded in 1872, making it the fourth-oldest football club in Scotland. They won their first-ever Scottish league title in 1891. The Rangers moved to the Ibrox Stadium in 1899. In 1939, the stadium’s record attendance of 118,000 was set in a football match between the Rangers and Celtic. Rangers Football Club won their 50th Scottish top-flight league title in 2003. Arch-rivals Celtic had 38 league titles at that moment. Rangers FC became the first football club in the world with 50 domestic top-flight league titles. The Scottish club broke the record for the largest travelling support in football history, when an estimated 200,000 fans arrived in the city of Manchester for the final of the UEFA Cup in 2008. The Russian club Zenit won the tournament.
Celtic
Celtic became the arch-rivals of the Rangers. The world famous rivalry between Celtic and the Rangers is known as the Old Firm. The Rangers have a historic association with Northern Irish people and Protestants. Their arch-rivals have a historic association with Irish people and Roman Catholics. In 1967, Celtic became the first British football club with a European championship title after beating the Italian side FC Internazionale Milano.
