Europa League draw: Rangers to face Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United

Rangers will face two English Premier League clubs in the Europa League.

The Ibrox side were in the draw on Thursday when they found out their eight opponents in the first phase of the revamped competition.

They will play Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Lyon, Olympiacos, Union Saint-Gilloise, Malmo, Steaua Bucharest and Nice.

🌍 Our eight @EuropaLeague League Phase matches:

🏠 Tottenham (H)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Man Utd (A)
🏠 Lyon (H)
🇬🇷 Olympiacos (A)
🏠 Union SG (H)
🇸🇪 Malmo (A)
🏠 FCSB (H)
🇫🇷 Nice (A)

📅 Fixture dates and kick-off times to follow once confirmed by UEFA. #UEL pic.twitter.com/AlA3ERwNqY
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) August 30, 2024

That means a return to Scotland for former Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou.

The Australian, who won five trophies in two seasons at Parkhead, is now in charge at Spurs who Rangers will play in Glasgow.

Their other home games will be against Lyon, Union SG and Steaua Bucharest with trips to Old Trafford to play Man Utd, Greece to play Olympiacos, Sweden to face Malmo and France to take on Nice

The dates and times of the fixtures have yet to be announced.

In the new-look tournament, the group stage has been replaced by a league phase, with all 36 teams in one table.

Each team will play eight games against eight different opponents, with four games at home and four away.

The top eight teams will progress to the round of 16, with teams placed 9th to 24th going through to a play-off round. Sides finishing from 25th to 36th are knocked out of European competition altogether.

The league phase begins in the week of September 25-26 and runs until the last week in January.

Rangers were the first team drawn out of pot one, with the algorithm determining a home game against Spurs as well a trip to Old Trafford.

United, also in pot one, were handed a trip to Turkish side Fenerbahce – managed by their former boss Jose Mourinho.

The other games in United’s away schedule will be at Porto, Steaua Bucharest and Czech side Viktoria Plzen.

United’s remaining home games will be against PAOK, last season’s Greek champions, Bodo/Glimt of Norway and Dutch side FC Twente.

Tottenham, who finished fifth in the Premier League last season, have home games against Roma, AZ Alkmaar, Qarabag and Swedish side Elfsborg.

As well as a trip to Ibrox, the other away fixtures will see Spurs travel to Ferencvaros of Hungary, Turkish giants Galatasaray and also Hoffenheim in Germany.