There is a perception that the Ibrox side have carried Scotland when it comes to our clubs in Europe but that is not the case.
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.
This season, our five clubs who entered Europe have so far accumulated 2.4 points. To remain a top 10 nation, we need to average around six to seven points per season so there’s a lot of work still to do. We ideally need two teams to continue with European football after Christmas to maximise our chances of staying top 10 and therefore keeping our guaranteed Champions League place for next season’s Scottish Premiership champions.
As soon as the full-time whistle went at Ibrox against the Spaniards, my inbox was overflowing with memes informing me that Rangers are single-handedly carrying Scotland’s coefficient. There’s no doubt Rangers have been more successful than Celtic in Europe since 2017, despite the unprecedented domestic dominance enjoyed by the Hoops. In the seven seasons since Rangers’ return to Europe, including the current season, the Ibrox club have earned 19.
The country coefficient is calculated over the last five seasons, so removing the two earliest seasons we get Scotland’s current coefficient of 32.05, which has us tenth in the rankings. It’s over this period where Rangers have contributed just over HALF of Scotland’s total, adding 50.47% of the points, 16.175, compared to Celtic’s 10.025 . Scotland’s remaining 18%, 5.85 points, was added by the combined efforts of our seven other clubs who have competed in Europe in the last five years.
Though Rangers have clearly contributed the most, the country coefficient simply can’t be carried by one club. It’s a combination of everyone’s efforts and if you remove even one component of Scotland’s contributors, then we would fall drastically down the country rankings. We are currently 10th and were we to take out Celtic’s 10.025 points, Scotland would tumble to 22nd in the rankings.
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