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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ibrox Stadium - Glasgow Thursday 25 October 2018 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Rangers FC Group G - Matchday 3 FC Spartak Moskva Last updated 15/12/2018 03:32CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 Rangers FC - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Rangers FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 30/08/2018 PO FC Ufa - Rangers FC Ufa Sysuev 32; Ejaria 9 agg: 1-2 23/08/2018 PO Rangers FC - FC Ufa 1-0 Glasgow Goldson 41 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Denisov 72, Zyryanov 14/05/2008 F FC Zenit - Rangers FC 2-0 Manchester 90+4 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rangers FC - PFC CSKA 1-1 Thompson 87; Vágner 25/08/2004 QR3 Glasgow Moskva agg: 2-3 Love 60 PFC CSKA Moskva - Rangers Vágner Love 4, 10/08/2004 QR3 2-1 Moscow FC Jarošík 46; Novo 37 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gusev 27; R. de Boer FC Dinamo Moskva - Rangers 1-3 01/11/2001 R2 Moscow 8, T. A. Flo 42, FC agg: 2-6 Løvenkrands 78 Amoruso 9, Ball 61, Rangers FC - FC Dinamo 18/10/2001 R2 3-1 Glasgow R. de Boer 79; Gusev Moskva 89 27/09/2001 R1 FC Anji - Rangers FC 0-1 Warsaw Konterman 84 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Yanovski 15, Suleymanov 23 (P); FC Alania Vladikavkaz - Rangers 2-7 McCoist 1, 13, 18, 21/08/1996 QR Vladikavkaz FC agg: 3-10 Van Vossen 40, B. Laudrup 56, 83, Miller 87 McInnes 51, McCoist Rangers FC - FC Alania 07/08/1996 QR 3-1 Glasgow 60, Petric 77; Vladikavkaz Yanovski 29 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/04/1993 GS Rangers FC - PFC CSKA Moskva 0-0 Glasgow 09/12/1992 GS PFC CSKA Moskva - Rangers FC 0-1 Bochum Ferguson 13 2 Rangers FC - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Stein 24, Johnston Rangers FC - FC Dinamo 24/05/1972 F 3-2 Barcelona 40, 49; Eshtrekov 60, Moskva Makhovikov 87 FC Spartak Moskva - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Hooper 21, Commons 05/12/2012 GS Celtic FC - FC Spartak Moskva 2-1 Glasgow 81 (P); Ari 39 Emenike 41, 48; 02/10/2012 GS FC Spartak Moskva - Celtic FC 2-3 Moscow Hooper 12, Kombarov 71 (og), Samaras 90 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 McDonald 27; 29/08/2007 QR3 Celtic FC - FC Spartak Moskva agg: 2-2 (aet, 4- Glasgow Pavlyuchenko 45 3 pens) Pavlyuchenko 42; 15/08/2007 QR3 FC Spartak Moskva - Celtic FC 1-1 Moscow Hartley 21 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Rangers FC 5 3 2 0 6 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 13 8 3 2 25 13 FC Spartak Moskva 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 5 7 3 Rangers FC - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Match background It is first against fourth in UEFA Europa League Group G as Rangers, top of the standings with four points from their first two matches, host a Spartak Moskva side with just a single point to their name. • The Ibrox club are unbeaten in Europe this season, maintaining that run in the group stage with a 2-2 draw at Villarreal and a 3-1 win against Rapid Wien in Glasgow. Spartak were defeated 2-0 in Vienna on opening night and conceded a penalty deep into added time to draw 3-3 at home to Villarreal. Previous meetings • There have been no UEFA competition matches between the clubs. • Rangers have a positive record against Russian opponents and are undefeated in five matches at home, the latest of three victories in Glasgow having come earlier this season with a 1-0 win over FC Ufa in the UEFA Europa League play-offs. They have played in two European finals against Russian clubs, beating Dinamo Moskva in the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup but losing to Zenit in the 2008 UEFA Cup. • Spartak's four games against Scottish opposition have all been against Rangers' arch-rivals Celtic and they have failed to win any of them (D2 L2), losing 2-1 on their last visit to Glasgow in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stage. Form guide Rangers • Rangers qualified for 2018/19 European competition with a third-placed finish in last season's Scottish Premiership. They are one of four teams to have reached this group stage after beginning their UEFA Europa League journey in the first qualifying round, knocking out Shkupi, Osijek, Maribor and, in the play-offs, Ufa – all without losing a match. • This is the Gers' debut appearance in a UEFA Europa League group stage, although they reached the last 16 in 2010/11 after crossing over in mid-campaign from the UEFA Champions League. • Defeated unexpectedly by Progrès Niedercorn of Luxembourg in last season's UEFA Europa League first qualifying round on their return to Europe after a six-year wait, Rangers nevertheless won the home leg of that tie and are undefeated in seven European matches at Ibrox (W5 D2). Spartak • Spartak were unable to defend their Russian Premier League title in 2017/18, finishing third behind Moscow rivals Lokomotiv and CSKA. Their only European qualifying tie this season brought defeat – 2-3 on aggregate against PAOK in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, a result that propelled them into the UEFA Europa League group stage. • The Muscovites have played UEFA Europa League football in five previous seasons but never in the group stage. They reached the quarter-finals in 2010/11 and the round of 32 last term, when, having crossed over from the UEFA Champions League in mid-campaign, they lost 4-3 on aggregate to Athletic Club. In the other three seasons they fell at the first hurdle in the qualifying phase. • Spartak won 2-1 in Bilbao in that round of 32 tie, but that is their only European away victory in the last 14 such fixtures (D5 L8). Among the defeats was a record 7-0 loss at Liverpool on matchday six of last season's UEFA Champions League. Links and trivia • Rangers are one of ten clubs in the 2018/19 group stage who have lost UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League finals, the others being Anderlecht, Vidi, Salzburg, Bordeaux, Lazio, Arsenal, Celtic, Sporting CP and, on three occasions, Marseille. Of that group only Anderlecht have lifted the trophy. • Rangers manager Steven Gerrard played twice for England against Russia in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifiers, winning 3-0 at Wembley but captaining the team to a 2-1 defeat in Moscow that contributed to the Three Lions' qualifying failure. The coaches • A Liverpool great with 186 goals in 710 appearances for the Anfield club, most of them as captain, Steven Gerrard launched his managerial career at Glasgow giants Rangers in May 2018. An England international for 14 years, accumulating 114 caps and 21 goals, the dynamic midfielder won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League with Liverpool. After an 18-month end-of-career spell with LA Galaxy he returned to coach Liverpool's youth team before the job at Ibrox lured him to Scotland. • Following the dismissal of Spartak head coach Massimo Carrera on Monday, his assistant Raúl Riancho has been placed in temporary charge. The 58-year-old Spaniard previously worked on the coaching staff of both Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national side. 4 Rangers FC - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 5 Rangers FC - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Team facts Rangers FC Formed: 1872 Nicknames: The Gers, The Teddy Bears, The Light Blues UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (2008) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): (1961), (1967), 1972 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 54 (2011) Scottish Cup: 33 (2009) League Cup: 27 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: first qualifying round 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 10-0: Rangers v Valletta 28/09/83, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-8: Valletta v Rangers 14/09/83, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Rangers v Juventus 01/11/95, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Eintracht Frankfurt v Rangers 13/04/60, European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals first leg 5-0: Köln v Rangers 03/11/82, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: twice, most recently v Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22/02/07, round of 32 second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Amica Wronki v Rangers 21/10/04, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Rangers v Auxerre