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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ibrox Stadium - Glasgow Thursday 29 October 2020 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Rangers FC Group D - Matchday 2 KKS Lech Poznań Last updated 19/03/2021 13:24CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Rangers FC - KKS Lech Poznań Thursday 29 October 2020 - 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 1-0 29/08/2019 PO Rangers FC - Legia Warszawa Glasgow Morelos 90+1 agg: 1-0 22/08/2019 PO Legia Warszawa - Rangers FC 0-0 Warsaw UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Løvenkrands 18, Novo 58, Ricksen 70, 21/10/2004 GS Amica Wronki - Rangers FC 0-5 Wronki S. Arveladze 73 (P), Thompson 88 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Furtok 4, Kubisztal 62; 2-4 Butcher 13, 17, 05/10/1988 R1 GKS Katowice - Rangers FC Katowice agg: 2-5 Durrant 72, Ferguson 80 07/09/1988 R1 Rangers FC - GKS Katowice 1-0 Glasgow Walters 73 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Orzeszek 63; McCoist 04/11/1987 R2 Górnik Zabrze - Rangers FC Zabrze agg: 2-4 41 (P) McCoist 7, Durrant 21/10/1987 R2 Rangers FC - Górnik Zabrze 3-1 Glasgow 22, Falco 44; Urban 56 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Baxter 17; Olek 63, 1-3 26/11/1969 R2 Rangers FC - Górnik Zabrze Glasgow Lubanski 77, agg: 2-6 Skowronek 81 Lubanski 5, 87, 12/11/1969 R2 Górnik Zabrze - Rangers FC 3-1 Chorzow Szarynski 11; Persson 55 KKS Lech Poznań - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 03/11/1982 R2 KKS Lech Poznań - Aberdeen FC Poznan Bell 57 agg: 0-3 2 Rangers FC - KKS Lech Poznań Thursday 29 October 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 20/10/1982 R2 Aberdeen FC - KKS Lech Poznań 2-0 Aberdeen McGhee 54, Weir 56 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Rangers FC 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 5 2 2 17 10 KKS Lech Poznań 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 Rangers FC - KKS Lech Poznań Thursday 29 October 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Match background Rangers entertain Lech Poznań in Glasgow fresh from an impressive opening win in UEFA Europa League Group D. • While the Scottish giants beat Standard Liège 2-0 in Belgium on Matchday 1 courtesy of a James Tavernier penalty and a sensational added-time strike from his own half by Kemar Roofe – his first European goal – there was no joy for Lech as they were defeated 4-2 in Poland by Benfica despite a double from Swedish striker Mikael Ishak. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting in UEFA competition for the first time. • Rangers' four previous home games against Polish sides have yielded three wins and a defeat. The most recent contest came last season against Legia Warszawa and provided a dramatic climax as an added-time goal from Alfredo Morelos gave Steven Gerrard's side a decisive 1-0 win at Ibrox in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League play-offs following a 0-0 draw in Warsaw. • Lech lost their two previous matches against Scottish opposition without scoring, 0-2 away and 0-1 at home against eventual winners Aberdeen in the 1982/83 European Cup Winners' Cup second round. Form guide Rangers • Rangers were in second place 13 points behind Celtic when the 2019/20 Scottish Premiership came to a premature end. They also enjoyed a lengthy run in Europe, progressing from the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League all the way to the round of 16, where, as Scotland's last team standing, they were eliminated by Bayer Leverkusen (1-3 h, 0-1 a). • Gerrard's side were obliged to come through three qualifiers to reach this season's group stage, beating Lincoln Red Imps (5-0) and Willem II (4-0) on the road before a 2-1 play-off success against Galatasaray in Glasgow. This is the club's third successive group stage participation. They finished third in their section two seasons ago but came through last term in second place behind Porto, their nine-point total enabling them to finish ahead of Young Boys and Feyenoord. • Rangers were undefeated in 17 home European matches (W12 D5) until they lost 3-1 to Leverkusen in last season's round of 16 first leg. They have failed to keep a clean sheet, however, in their last four European fixtures at Ibrox, conceding seven times over that stretch. Lech • Runners-up to Legia Warszawa in the 2019/20 Polish Ekstraklasa, Lech thus returned to Europe after a year's absence and are now participating in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the third time. • Dariusz Żuraw's side came through four qualifying ties to reach this stage, beating Valmiera of Latvia 3-0 at home before stringing together successive away wins at Hammarby (3-0), Apollon Limassol (5-0) and, in the play-offs, Charleroi (2-1). On their group stage debut, in 2010/11, they qualified alongside Manchester City at the expense of Juventus and Salzburg before losing in the round of 32 to Braga (1-0 h, 0-2 a), whereas in 2015/16 they managed just five points and finished third in their section behind Basel and Fiorentina. • Lech's hat-trick of away wins in this season's qualifying phase followed a five-match winless streak on the road in European competition (D2 L3). In the UEFA Europa League group stage their away record is W2 D2 L2. Links and trivia • Lech's Thomas Rogne played in Glasgow for Celtic from January 2010 to July 2013, making 59 appearances in all competitions for the club. One of his two Celtic goals came against Rangers in a 3-2 defeat at Ibrox on 15 March 2012. • Borna Barišić (Rangers) and Marko Malenica (Lech) played together at Croatian top-flight side Osijek in 2013/14. • Rangers defender Filip Helander and Lech forward Ishak were members of Sweden's triumphant squad at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic. • The last of Rangers manager Gerrard's 21 international goals for England came against Poland – in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier at Wembley on 15 October 2013 that England won 2-0. 4 Rangers FC - KKS Lech Poznań Thursday 29 October 2020 - 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) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: round of 16 2018/19: group stage 2017/18: first qualifying round 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA 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) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 10-0: Rangers v Valletta 28/09/83, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-8: Valletta v Rangers 14/09/83, European 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 Cup semi-finals first leg 5-0: Köln v Rangers 03/11/82, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Rangers v St Joseph's 18/07/19, first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5 twice, most recently v Lincoln Red Imps 17/09/20, second qualifying round • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Rangers v Leverkusen 12/03/20, round of 16 first leg 0-2: Rangers v Auxerre 15/12/04, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Köln v Rangers (see above) KKS Lech Poznań Formed: 1922 5 Rangers FC - KKS Lech Poznań Thursday 29 October 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Nickname: Kolejorz (Railwaymen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 7 (2015) Polish Cup: 5 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: did not take part in UEFA competition 2018/19: third qualifying round 2017/18: third qualifying round 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: third qualifying round 2012/13: third qualifying round 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Lech v Grasshoppers 29/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-6: Fredrikstad v Lech 30/07/09, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg 0-5: Apollon Limassol v Lech 23/09/20, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Lech v Spartak Moskva 20/10/93, UEFA Champions League second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Marseille v Lech 07/11/90, European Cup second round second leg 5-0: Duisburg v Lech 13/09/78, UEFA Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Lech v Grasshoppers (see above) • Biggest away win 1-6: Fredrikstad v Lech (see above) 0-5: Apollon Limassol v Lech (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Lech v Duisburg 27/09/78, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Duisburg v Lech (see above) 6 Rangers FC - KKS Lech Poznań Thursday 29 October 2020 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Squad list Rangers FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.