Rangers Football Club in Europe - 2026/27

All the detail for Rangers in Europe next season

With the Scottish Premiership now concluded, all but one of Scotland’s European entrants has been confirmed. The final place will go to either Dunfermline Athletic or Hibernian.

A Dunfermline win in the Scottish Cup final tomorrow (Saturday) would earn the Pars Scotland’s third European entry point - the third qualifying round of the Europa League. A Celtic victory would hand that entry point to Rangers, and also reward Hibs with Scotland’s fifth European spot.

If Dunfermline win the Scottish Cup, Hibs miss out on Europe and Rangers enter Conference League qualifying.

There are so many permutations for our clubs in Europe this summer. Scotland could end up with as many as four clubs in the Conference League phase at the same time. It’s unlikely, but we could also have two in the Champions League. Three in the Europa League is also possible, and arguably the optimum outcome from a coefficient-points perspective.

The longest article ever written for the website was published last week; “The UEFA qualifiers” covers all the details for all Scottish teams.

The UEFA Qualifiers

This is the third of five articles this week, covering everything you could possibly want to know about Rangers in Europe:

• Entry point and overall route through qualifiers

• Potential opponents lying in wait in the qualifiers

• ‘Best’ and ‘worst’ routes through qualifiers

• Minimum earnings in each competition

• Potential league phase opponents

• Next summer’s much worse entry points

Qualifying Stat: Rangers have won 51 ‘qualifying’ ties in UEFA competition across 31 separate seasons in their history. Excluding clubs with two or fewer qualifying ties, Rangers have the best qualifying-tie win percentage in the country: 76.5%, ahead of Celtic on 75.9% and Kilmarnock on 60%.

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Rangers’ Entry Point