bloodandfire
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Rangers have rocketed a staggering 165 places in less than four years in UEFA’s club coefficient table.
The Light Blues were languishing in 206th place in the summer of 2018 when Steven Gerrard swept into Ibrox.
Rangers made an ill-fated return to the European arena 12 months previously when they were humiliated by Progres Niederkorn.
Even Aberdeen were looking down on them, albeit in 192nd position, but the Hoops were in 47th position having just qualified for the Champions League group stage for the second season in a row.
But there has been a dramatic change in those three and a half years with Rangers overtaking every other SPFL team.
Clubs are awarded two points for a win and a point for a draw in the group stage with four points for winning the section and two for a runners-up spot.
Gerrard helped restore some much-needed pride in Europe for Rangers after their time in the continental wilderness.
After negotiating four qualifying rounds they qualified for the Europa League group stage in his first season as cltic joined them in UEFA’s second tier competition after crashing out of the Champions League to AEK Athens.
After that first season, the Light Blues had shot up to 94th position - overtaking Aberdeen who moved up to 177.
The mhanks remained in 46th place the following season after reaching the Europa League last-32 where they lost to FC Copenhagen.
But they have now dropped to 49th while Rangers sit six places above them after a win over Sparta Prague that booked their place in the Europa League knockout stage.
The pedo-harbourers suffered late heartache against Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, losing 3-2, and go into the inaugural Conference League.
The Ibrox club have Gerrard to thank for their rise after two successive knockout stage qualifications and he put them on the brink of a third with Giovanni van Bronckhorst completing that job in his first game in charge.
And that win helped Scotland consolidate their position of ninth in the country coefficient table as they remain on the coattails of Austria.
This season's champions will almost certainly be granted an automatic place in next season's Champions League group stage, with the Premiership finishing last season ranked 11th.
It means that as long as the winner's of this season's competition also qualify via their domestic league, the champions will go straight into the groups.
The Light Blues were languishing in 206th place in the summer of 2018 when Steven Gerrard swept into Ibrox.
Rangers made an ill-fated return to the European arena 12 months previously when they were humiliated by Progres Niederkorn.
Even Aberdeen were looking down on them, albeit in 192nd position, but the Hoops were in 47th position having just qualified for the Champions League group stage for the second season in a row.
But there has been a dramatic change in those three and a half years with Rangers overtaking every other SPFL team.
Clubs are awarded two points for a win and a point for a draw in the group stage with four points for winning the section and two for a runners-up spot.
Gerrard helped restore some much-needed pride in Europe for Rangers after their time in the continental wilderness.
After negotiating four qualifying rounds they qualified for the Europa League group stage in his first season as cltic joined them in UEFA’s second tier competition after crashing out of the Champions League to AEK Athens.
After that first season, the Light Blues had shot up to 94th position - overtaking Aberdeen who moved up to 177.
The mhanks remained in 46th place the following season after reaching the Europa League last-32 where they lost to FC Copenhagen.
But they have now dropped to 49th while Rangers sit six places above them after a win over Sparta Prague that booked their place in the Europa League knockout stage.
The pedo-harbourers suffered late heartache against Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, losing 3-2, and go into the inaugural Conference League.
The Ibrox club have Gerrard to thank for their rise after two successive knockout stage qualifications and he put them on the brink of a third with Giovanni van Bronckhorst completing that job in his first game in charge.
And that win helped Scotland consolidate their position of ninth in the country coefficient table as they remain on the coattails of Austria.
This season's champions will almost certainly be granted an automatic place in next season's Champions League group stage, with the Premiership finishing last season ranked 11th.
It means that as long as the winner's of this season's competition also qualify via their domestic league, the champions will go straight into the groups.
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