Rangers exited the 2025/26 Europa League regardless of Mohamed Diomande’s objective giving the Scottish Premiership facet victory over Bulgarian membership Ludogorets of their ultimate residence match of the league part.
Midfielder Diomande struck the Thirty third-minute winner after a penalty space scramble, extending his facet’s profitable run to seven matches in all competitions.
Danny Rohl’s facet have did not hit kind in adequate time to rescue their European marketing campaign, sitting 4 factors from the knockout part play-off locations with one match remaining.
You possibly can see the standings right here.
Mohamed Diomande takes the roof off Ibrox as Rangers lead Ludogorets 🔥
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Rangers vs Ludogorets: Europa League exit for hosts
A primary Europa League win of the season and an finish to their nine-game winless run within the competitors maybe affords some comfort to Rangers, who’re additionally unbeaten in 35 residence video games in January.
They’ll now goal to proceed their sturdy league kind as they try to overturn a six-point deficit on top-flight leaders Hearts.
Rangers are subsequent in motion at residence to Dundee within the league on Sunday (15:00) earlier than their ultimate European match of the season at Porto on January 29 (20:00).
“We’re on a very good run and we need to carry on profitable”
Match winner Mohamed Diomande reacts to Rangers’ 1-0 win over Ludogorets 🙌
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Europa League outcomes at present: January 22 scores
Bologna 2-2 Celtic
Hearth 3-3 Midtjylland
Fenerbahce 0-1 Aston Villa
Feyenoord 3-0 Sturm Graz
Freiburg 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Malmo 0-1 Purple Star Belgrade
PAOK 2-0 Actual Betis
Viktoria Plzeň 1-1 Porto
Younger Boys 0-1 Lyon
Celta Vigo 2-1 Lille
Dinamo Zagreb 4-1 FCSB
Ferencvar 1-1 Panathinaikos
Good 3-1 Go Forward Eagles
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Purple Bull Salzburg 3-1 Basel
Rome 2-0 Stuttgart
Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Utrecht 0-1 Genk (newest rating)
Europa League schedule 2025/26
In a change from the earlier group stage held till 2023/24, every workforce now performs eight matches within the league part, all in opposition to completely different opponents.
The highest eight sides within the desk qualify robotically for the spherical of 16. The groups ending in ninth to twenty fourth will compete in a two-legged knockout part play-off to succeed in the final 16.
Groups ending twenty fifth or decrease are out of Europe for the season.
Knockout part play-offs: February 17/18 & 24/25 2026
Spherical of 16: March 10/11 & 17/18 2026
Quarter-finals: April 7/8 & 14/15 2026
Semi-finals: April 28/29 and Might 5/6 2026
Last: Might 30 2026
When are the Europa League attracts?
Knockout part play-offs: January 30 2026
Spherical of 16, quarter-final, semi-final, and ultimate: February 27 2026
When is the Europa League ultimate?
The ultimate will happen on Might 20 2026 on the Besiktas Stadium residence of 16-time Turkish champions Besiktas.
The stadium hosted a dramatic 2019 Tremendous Cup ultimate, Chelsea and Liverpool every scoring as soon as throughout common and additional time earlier than the Reds gained on penalties following the 2-2 draw.



























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