The incredible Rangers Euro stat that underlines Braga challenge for Gio van Bronckhorst

Giovanni van Bronckhorst will have to do something Rangers have managed just FIVE times in their entire history if he is to lead his side into the Europa League semi-final.

That’s the number of occasions the Ibrox club have progressed in European competition after losing the first leg.

But they will have to improve that statistic as they look to overturn the 1-0 deficit from last week’s away leg against Braga.

Rangers made their debut in Europe in 1956 when they took on French side Nice and have enjoyed some special nights at Ibrox in the 66 years since.

They will need to produce another against the Portuguese outfit and here Record Sport looks back at the five occasions they have bounced back from a first leg loss to progress.

This is one of the best results in the club’s history and of any Scottish club in European competition.

The mighty Italians boasted NINE players who had been part of the Azzurri squad who came so close to reaching the World Cup final in Argentina just a few months earlier.

And after a struggling start to the season domestically and having lost the first leg 1-0 in Turin, few would have predicted such an epic night at Ibrox.

But John Greig’s men turned the tie around thanks to goals in either half from Alex MacDonald and Gordon Smith before losing to Cologne in the quarter finals.

This was a real scare for Rangers who looked set for an embarrassing exit at the hands of the Irish outfit.

At the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Jock Wallace’s men lost 3-2 in a first leg tie in Dublin marred by off-field incidents.

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