Rangers kicked off their 2024/25 UEFA Europa League journey with an impressive 2-0 win over Malmo FF in Sweden on Thursday, September 26. 

This match marked the first of eight for Philippe Clement and his players, with the Europa League boasting a new format this year akin to the Champions League.

This means that the competition's traditional group stages are no longer in operation, with a new league phase taking their place. In practice, this means Rangers will play eight games against eight different teams – four of which will be held away from home, and four will be held at Ibrox.

Read on for our rundown of Rangers Europa League teams, dates & all you need to know about this year's UEFA Europa League.


Rangers Europa League fixtures – who are Rangers' Europa League opponents?

As per the competition's new look, Rangers will play four games at home and four games away in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League.

We've rounded up Rangers' Europa League results further down the page - here is the full list of the upcoming Rangers Europa League fixtures, including kick-off times and stadium details:

Rangers v Lyon

Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024
Kick-off time: 8pm
Stadium: Ibrox


Rangers v FCSB (formerly Steaua București)

Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024
Kick-off time: 8pm
Stadium: Ibrox


Olympiacos v Rangers

Date: Thursday, November 7
Kick-off time: 5.45pm
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium 


Nice v Rangers

Date: Thursday, November 28, 2024
Kick-off time: 8pm
Stadium: Allianz Riviera


Rangers v Totenham Hotspur

Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024
Kick-off time: 8pm
Stadium: Ibrox


Manchester United v Rangers

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Kick-off time: 8pm
Stadium: Old Trafford


Rangers v Union Saint-Gilloise

Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Kick-off time: 8pm
Stadium: Ibrox


Rangers Europa League results 

 

Malmo 0 - 2 Rangers

Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Kick-off time: 5.45pm
Stadium: Eleda Stadium

Rangers kicked off their UEFA Europa League campaign with an away win against Malmo in Sweden. The better team from start to finish, Philippe Clement's side could likely have put more past the hosts on the night - with Nedim Bajrami netting inside the first minute, and Ross McCausland hitting the mark in the final 15. 

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Rangers Europa League standings

This year's UEFA Europa League matches kicked off on the evening of Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

Here's how the league-phase table looks after one round of fixtures:


Europa League new format – how does it work and what is the league phase?

This year's UEFA Europa League has a new format, marking the most significant change to the competition's structure since the UEFA Cup was changed to the Europa League in 2008.

To this end, the familiar group stages are now more with a 36-team league phase instead taking its place. Here, each team plays eight different matches against eight different opponents – four at home, and four away from home.

The top eight sides in the league after eight games will qualify automatically for the round of 16, whereas the teams who finish in 9th to 24th place will compete in a two-legged knock-out play-off to secure their place in the tournament's post-league phase knock-out round.

Teams that finish 25th or lower will be eliminated, with no access to the UEFA Europa Conference League as we've seen in previous years.

Here's a deeper dive into the new rules and tournament format.


Rangers Europa League squad

At the beginning of September, Rangers manager Philippe Clement named his 25-man squad for this season's UEFA Europa League.

Here's the Rangers European squad in full:

Goalkeepers

Jack Butland
Liam Kelly
Lewis Budinauckas

Defenders

James Tavernier
Rıdvan Yılmaz
Robin Pröpper
John Souttar
Dujon Sterling
Jefté
Neraysho Kasanwirjo
Leon Balogun

Midfielders

Óscar Cortés
Connor Barron
Mohamed Diomande
Nedim Bajrami
Kieran Dowell
Nicolas Raskin

Forwards

Cyriel Dessers
Tom Lawrence
Vaclav Cerny
Hamza Igamane


Rangers Europa League tickets

Rangers Europa League ticket information, including single games and packages, can be found on the official Rangers website.