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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ibrox Stadium - Glasgow Thursday 16 September 2021 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Rangers FC Group A - Matchday 1 Olympique Lyonnais Last updated 01/10/2021 20:28CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 13 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 18 Legend 19 1 Rangers FC - Olympique Lyonnais Thursday 16 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rangers FC - Olympique Govou 16, Benzema 12/12/2007 GS 0-3 Glasgow Lyonnais 85, 88 Olympique Lyonnais - Rangers McCulloch 23, Cousin 02/10/2007 GS 0-3 Lyon FC 48, Beasley 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Rangers FC 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 Rangers FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jeleń 31, D.Niculae 23/11/2006 GS AJ Auxerre - Rangers FC 2-2 Auxerre 75; Novo 62, Boyd 84 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/12/2004 GS Rangers FC - AJ Auxerre 0-2 Glasgow Kalou 9, 46 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 Paris Saint-Germain - Rangers 06/12/2001 R3 agg: 0-0 (aet, 3- Paris FC 4 pens) Rangers FC - Paris Saint- 22/11/2001 R3 0-0 Glasgow Germain UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Miller 3, Mols 52; 07/11/2000 GS1 Rangers FC - AS Monaco FC 2-2 Glasgow Costinha 39, Simone 78 20/09/2000 GS1 AS Monaco FC - Rangers FC 0-1 Monaco Van Bronckhorst 7 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Rangers FC - Racing Club de 1-2 Gattuso 11; Baticle 30/09/1997 R1 Glasgow Strasbourg Alsace agg: 2-4 35, Zitelli 49 Racing Club de Strasbourg Baticle 45 (P), 61 (P); 16/09/1997 R1 2-1 Strasbourg Alsace - Rangers FC Albertz 50 (P) 2 Rangers FC - Olympique Lyonnais Thursday 16 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Laslandes 20, Marlet 04/12/1996 GS AJ Auxerre - Rangers FC 2-1 Auxerre 32; Gough 36 Gascoigne 71; 25/09/1996 GS Rangers FC - AJ Auxerre 1-2 Glasgow Deniaud 55, 69 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - Rangers Sauzée 18; Durrant 07/04/1993 GS 1-1 Marseille FC 52 McSwegan 76, Rangers FC - Olympique de 25/11/1992 GS 2-2 Glasgow Hateley 82; Bokšić Marseille 31, Völler 55 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers McDonald 88; 1-2 05/11/1975 R2 Rangers FC - AS Saint-Étienne Glasgow Rocheteau 63, Revelli agg: 1-4 70 Revelli 28, Bathenay 22/10/1975 R2 AS Saint-Étienne - Rangers FC 2-0 Saint-Etienne 89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 28/09/1971 R1 Rangers FC - Stade Rennais FC Glasgow McDonald 37 agg: 2-1 Redon 58; Johnston 15/09/1971 R1 Stade Rennais FC - Rangers FC 1-1 Rennes 68 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-2 Christie 47, 68, Scott 12/09/1961 PR Rangers FC - AS Monaco FC Glasgow agg: 6-4 84; Hess 18, 77 Hess 61, Douis 75 05/09/1961 PR AS Monaco FC - Rangers FC 2-3 Monaco (P); Baxter 9, Scott 25, 85 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Oleksiak 11, Ferrier 25/09/1957 PR AS Saint-Étienne - Rangers FC Saint-Etienne agg: 3-4 86; Wilson 61 Kitchenbrand 19, 04/09/1957 PR Rangers FC - AS Saint-Étienne 3-1 Glasgow Scott 47, Simpson 82; Mekhloufi 14 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Foix 45, Muro 50, 28/11/1956 R1 (Rep) OGC Nice - Rangers FC 3-1 (Rep) Paris Faivre 75; Bonvin 51 (og) 3 Rangers FC - Olympique Lyonnais Thursday 16 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow European Champions Clubs' Cup 2-1 Bravo 78, Foix 78; 14/11/1956 R1 OGC Nice - Rangers FC Nice agg: 3-3 ag Hubbard 40 (P) Murray 40, Simpson 24/10/1956 R1 Rangers FC - OGC Nice 2-1 Glasgow 81; Faivre 23 Olympique Lyonnais - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Elber 6, Juninho 52, 10/12/2003 GS1 Olympique Lyonnais - Celtic FC 3-2 Lyon 86 (P); Hartson 24, Sutton 75 30/09/2003 GS1 Celtic FC - Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Glasgow Miller 70, Sutton 78 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 04/11/1999 R2 Celtic FC - Olympique Lyonnais Glasgow Vairelles 17 agg: 0-2 21/10/1999 R2 Olympique Lyonnais - Celtic FC 1-0 Lyon Blanc 63 Home Away Final Neutral Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Rangers FC 12 4 3 5 13 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 7 7 11 32 38 Olympique Lyonnais 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 8 7 4 Rangers FC - Olympique Lyonnais Thursday 16 September 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Match background UEFA Europa League round of 16 participants in each of the last two seasons, Scottish champions Rangers open their 2021/22 group campaign at home to Olympique Lyonnais, who are back in the European fold having missed out last term for the first time in 24 years. Previous meetings • The clubs have been drawn together once previously, each winning 3-0 away in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage. Lyon qualified for the round of 16 for the fifth successive season with their Matchday 6 victory at Ibrox, finishing second in Group E behind Barcelona, while third-placed Rangers moved into the UEFA Cup, where they went on to reach the final – their first in Europe for 36 years. • Rangers won their first four home games against French opposition, the last of them in 1971, but have managed no victories in the eight since then (D3 L5). That encounter against Lyon, which featured Karim Benzema's first UEFA Champions League double, is the most recent. • Lyon have won four of their six UEFA matches against Scottish clubs, including two of the three in Glasgow, with one win and one defeat against Celtic in addition to that 2007 victory at Ibrox. Form guide Rangers • Undefeated champions of Scotland in 2020/21 as they claimed a record-extending 55th domestic league title, Rangers also played 13 matches in the UEFA Europa League as they progressed from the second qualifying round to the round of 16, where they were eliminated by Slavia Praha (1-1 a, 0-2 h). • Rangers returned to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in a decade this term, but their adventure lasted just two matches as they lost both third qualifying round legs 2-1 to Malmö and therefore transferred into the UEFA Europa League play-offs, where they edged Armenian champions Alashkert (1-0 h, 0-0 a) to reach the UEFA Europa League group stage for the fourth successive season. They have improved in each of the previous three campaigns, all under manager Steven Gerrard, finishing third in 2018/19, second in 2019/20 and first, ahead of Benfica, Standard Liège and Lech Poznań, in 2020/21. • The Glasgow giants have lost just four of their last 27 European home matches (W17 D6), although two of those defeats have come in the last three – against Slavia and Malmö. They remain unbeaten at Ibrox, however, in the UEFA Europa League group stage (W5 D4). Lyon • Lyon finished the 2020/21 Ligue 1 campaign in fourth place, seven points behind champions LOSC Lille, to return to European competition after a rare season's absence as direct qualifiers for the UEFA Europa League group stage. In their most recent continental campaign they reached the semi-finals of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League. • Les Gones have won more matches in the UEFA Europa League than any other French club (21), scoring more goals (70), and were semi-finalists in 2016/17 having also reached the last eight in 2013/14. This is their fourth appearance in the group stage, from which they have progressed to the round of 32 on each occasion, twice as group winners, in 2012/13 and 2013/14. On their last appearance, in 2017/18, they were runners-up in Group E to Atalanta with 11 points, eventually going out on away goals in the round of 16 to CSKA Moskva (1-0 a, 2-3 h). • Lyon have lost only one of their nine away matches in the UEFA Europa League group stage (W4 D4) – the most recent, 0-1 against Atalanta on Matchday 6 in 2017/18. They have lost four of their last five European away fixtures, all in the UEFA Champions League, the exception a 2-0 win at RB Leipzig two years ago.