Rangers to face Porto and Roma as Europa League opponents confirmed

Rangers will take on Porto and Roma in the Europa League as the Ibrox side learned the identity of their eight League Phase opponents.

The Premiership side will also face Braga, Ferencvaros, Ludogorets, Sturm Graz, Genk and Brann.

While the order of games is yet to be confirmed, the club know that their matches against Roma, Braga, Ludogorets and Genk will be played at Ibrox, while they will travel to Portugal to face Porto, take on Ferencvaros in Hungary, Sturm Graz in Austria and Brann in Norway.

Rangers were among the top seeds in the draw, which took place in Monaco on Friday.

The Ibrox side are in the competition after dropping out of Champions League qualifying with a 9-1 aggregate defeat to Club Brugge.

Rangers will now look to make their mark in the second-tier tournament, where they have enjoyed success in recent years, reaching the final in 2022 and the quarter-finals last season.

There are 36 sides in the League Phase of the competition, with each playing eight games in single-leg ties. Rangers will play four games at Ibrox and four games away. The top eight in the league will progress directly to the last 16, with teams finishing from 9th to 24th going into the play-off round.

The first matchday is on September 24/25, with the final league games played on January 29. Full match details will be confirmed by Rangers in the coming days.