Europa League final: how Rangers have fared in previous European finals

Rangers take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League final in Seville on Wednesday night.

The Scottish club have featured in four previous European showpiece encounters.

Here's a look at how they fared in each of those matches.

After losing to Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European Cup semi-finals, Rangers only had another 12 months to wait before they made their first European final. The Cup Winners’ Cup was a two-legged affair back then but Scot Symon’s men were up against it after Luigi Milan struck a double for Fiorentina in the first game at Ibrox, either side of Eric Caldow’s missed penalty. Milan then put the Italians further ahead when he netted 13 minutes into the second leg. Alex Scott gave Rangers a glimmer of hope when he pulled one back on the hour, but Kurt Hamrin sealed a comprehensive aggregate victory for the men from Florence.

Just a week after city rivals Celtic became European champions, Rangers had a chance to make it a Glasgow double when they faced Bayern Munich in Nuremberg in the Cup Winners’ Cup. The final finished 0–0 over 90 minutes after Roger Hynd – a centre-half playing up front – had a goal disallowed for Symon’s team. Franz Roth scored the decisive goal 19 minutes into extra time to land Bayern their first European trophy.

Rangers defeated Bayern in the semi-finals five years later to set up a showdown with Dynamo Moscow at Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Willie Waddell’s side were three up within 50 minutes after a goal from Colin Stein and a double from Willie Johnston. The Russians hit back with two goals in the last half hour but were unable to deny Rangers their only major European triumph to date. The Rangers support celebrated by invading the pitch, leading to clashes with Spanish