Brendan Rodgers reacts to coefficient worries as Celtic boss makes plain his immediate priority
Brendan Rodgers is more concerned with Celtic finally claiming a Champions League win than the country’s coefficient.
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Brendan Rodgers is more concerned with Celtic finally claiming a Champions League win than the country’s coefficient.
Rangers form part of the top 30 in UEFA's club coefficient rankings after the most recent update moved them up three places.
A 2-0 win for Rangers over Sparta Prague dealt the Czechs a double blow.
In the UEFA Country Coefficient rankings, Scotland ended last season ninth and the Czech Republic fifteenth. With such a gap you would not have expected the Czechs to become the biggest threat to Scotland’s top 10 position - and the champions' direct entry into the Champions League that comes with it.
A poor week in Europe for Scottish clubs and in particular a disastrous week for the two Glasgow giants, both losing 2-1 in matches they would have expected to get something from.
After Rangers’ win over against Real Betis at Ibrox in their Europa League group opener, another 0.4 coefficient points were added to Scotland’s total. Rangers have now played 32 home Europa League games at Ibrox since their return to Europe in 2017 and have lost only three times. It’s undoubtedly an impressive record and has helped massively towards Scotland achieving and maintain its top 10 status.
Given the Scottish Premiership could have found itself sitting 12th in the UEFA coefficient rankings after this week's games, remaining 10th with a smaller gap to 9th than expected is a serious result.
The trio of European competition groups stages get underway this week and this is where real coefficient gains and losses can be made.