Rangers carrying the European fight for Scotland as they sit above Barcelona and Real Madrid in UEFA ranking list

Europe provided bruising experiences this season for Scottish clubs - but Rangers' achievements on the continent over the past five seasons.

The Light Blues have come a long way from Pedro Caixinha pointing fingers from a bush after Progres Niederkorn, playing in the Champions League group stages this season after making last season's Europa League final. They have also made the knockout rounds of said tournament too under Steven Gerrard, with Celtic placing in the elite group stages too after competing in all three Euro competitions in Ange Postecoglou's maiden term, alongside continental forays under Neil Lennon and Brendan Rodgers.

But now new numbers from SwissFootballData have shown where Rangers in particular stack up on the European stage. On the UEFA country ranking list of The most successful teams in the last five seasons, the Ibrox club are sixth, with a score of 18.125 only bettered by five other clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona amongst those ranking below them. Man City reign at the top with Ajax and Bayern Munich making up the top three.

When it comes to the UEFA Country Ranking of which teams contribute the most to the overall score in the last 5 seasons, Scotland have 36.4 points, of which Rangers have contributed 18.13, or 49.79%. Celtic have 12.1 (33.24%)

19.857

19.600

18.946

18.875

18.667

18.125

18.000

17.571

17.143

16.850

16.000

15.967

15.286

14.850

14.714

14.571

13.714

13.714

13.700

13.600

Rangers - 18.13 (49.7%)

Celtic - 12.1 (33.24%)

Aberdeen - 2.48 (6.8%)

Hibernian - 1.5 (4.12%)

Hearts - 0.8 (2.2%)

Motherwell - 0.75 (2.06%)

Kilmarnock - 0.25 (0.69%)

Dundee United - 0.2 (0.55%)

St Johnstone - 0.2 (0.55%)

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