Rangers join exclusive UEFA coefficient club as they close in on super-elite but Celtic top 50 bid hits hurdle

Rangers form part of the top 30 in UEFA's club coefficient rankings after the most recent update moved them up three places.

European football's governing body updated their system after 11am on Friday morning and it brought the Premiership side into 28th place ahead of English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. Rankings are based on coefficient points this season and every campaign as far back as the 19/20 season, with Rangers' 6.000 earned this term already more than the 4.000 collected last term in a disastrous Champions League group stage campaign.

While in the Europa League this term, qualification for Europe beyond Christmas has helped the Light Blues accumulate more points. Their 19.000 score from the 21/22 season when they reached the final remains their highest score of the last five seasons, taking their tally to 55.000, higher than Spurs behind them on 54.000. Lazio make up the rest of the top 30 with 52.000 and narrowly edge out PSV, Club Brugge and FC Basel on the same total.

AC Milan also narrowly miss out on 51.000 but Rangers now sit in a top 30 list that includes a who's-who of European heavyweights. Celtic are 56th with a score of 30.000 but their high score of 10.000 from 19/20 will be replaced next term.

So far, the club have earned 5.000 this season as they prepare to exit their Champions League group in last place, with next week's match against Feyenoord a final chance to earn points. They are narrowly above Maccabi Tel Aviv and Slovan Bratislava on 29.500, who only had 2.000 and 3.000 points gained in 19/20. They have both already gained more points than Celtic this term and the same can be said for Bodo Glimt, Fiorentina and Fenerbahce who are also on their coattails with 28.500 and 28.000