League Cup. After navigating the qualification stage of the Europa League, Rangers finished third behind Villarreal and Rapid Wien and failed to advance to the knockout phase. Alfredo Morelos finished as the club's top scorer again, with thirty goals to his name. 2019–20 season Steven Gerrard's second season began with the permanent signing of Steven Davis after his contract with Southampton expired. Also joining was Nigerian midfielder Joe Aribo from Charlton Athletic. Ryan Kent also made permanent his move from Liverpool to Ibrox for an undisclosed fee. After an unbeaten pre-season, Rangers won the first three league fixtures, but lost out, 2–0 at home, in the first Old Firm derby of the campaign. Celtic continued to hold off their city rivals for the remainder of the season and claimed their ninth league title in a row by a thirteen-point margin. Celtic also beat them in the Scottish League Cup Final, while they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup quarter-finals by Hearts. Rangers again made it through the Europa League qualifiers, and this time advanced to the knockout phase after finishing as runners-up behind Porto in Group G. They were eliminated by Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16. Alfredo Morelos made it three consecutive seasons as the club's leading scorer, this time with 29. 2020–21 season Douglas Park succeeded Dave King as Rangers chairman during the summer. Also incoming were Ianis Hagi, making permanent his former loan move from K.R.C. Genk, Nigerian defender Calvin Bassey from Leicester City, Jermain Defoe (making his former loan permanent) and Jamaican forward Kemar Roofe from R.S.C. Anderlecht. Rangers finished the league season unbeaten (including a fifteen-game winning streak) to prevent Celtic from achieving the coveted ten-in-a-row as they finished on 102 points, twenty-five ahead of their city rivals. It was Steven Gerrard's first piece of silverware in his three years at Ibrox. The club also reached the quarter-finals of both domestic cup competitions, which were both won by St Johnstone. The club qualified for the Europa League group stage for the third-straight season. This time, they won their group, beating Benfice by two points. They again made it to the round of 16, in which they lost to 3–1 on aggregate to SK Slavia Prague. They had two players sent off in the second leg at Ibrox. An injury to Alfredo Morelos kept him out of the goalscoring table. Club captain James Tavernier