It’s one of many long-standing debates between Rangers and Old Firm Celtic.
Hell, he’ll even be the biggest.
With Celtic on the verge of breaking Rangers’ world record for the league title, the question of the European championship remains a hot topic of debate.
The two clubs own a European trophy and have been regulars in European competitions for the past seven decades.
But only one of the duopolies of the Old Firm in Glasgow can be crowned the most successful Scottish club in Europe and, according to a site specialising in Swiss football, it is more of a competition.
Swiss Football Data is one of the most reputable UEFA coefficient knowledge companies in X.
The account ranks teams from across Europe based on their past performance in European competitions and has just put together the authentic list of the continent’s “most successful clubs. “
This is done by compiling all the relative coefficient scores of the team that has participated in a European festival since the 55/56 season.
And the effects will delight one component of Glasgow while the other will hide their heads.
The Rangers are, so far, the most successful Scottish team in the history of the European festival and occupy an impressive 11th position overall (113,667).
That’s more than Italian giants Inter Milan (12th – 110,341), English legend Liverpool (14th – 106,432) and Old Firm’s rivals Celtic (15th – 104,250).
The most successful European team in history is Real Madrid (189,184), followed by arch-rivals Barcelona (178,156).
Curiously, Manchester United (8th – 123,213) is the English team that ranks above Rangers in the history of European competitions.
Our old segment of the UEFA rankings has just been updated!These are the hundred most successful clubs since 1955/56. Real Madrid is still unmatchedRT if you can place your club on this list!More stats: https://t. co/PYicW5oRcU#UEFA #UEFARanking #UCL #UEL #UECL pic. twitter. com/3OuChTpYet
If we talk about the last five seasons, Rangers are one of the most successful clubs in Europe in terms of UEFA coefficient.
Rangers’ performance at European level in recent years has been normal given the club’s financial difficulties in 2012 and is simply not celebrated enough in Scottish football.
Arriving at Sevilla is a great feat and Rangers’ surprising contribution to the coefficient has guaranteed the Champions League to a Scottish club for the past three years.
It is a shame that our internal shortcomings have brought such rewards to Celtic, a club that has categorically underperformed at European level for a generation.
Having failed to win a European knockout match since 2004 (a year in which Rangers reached two European finals), Celtic are the target of a fawning media policy around Parkhead and regime scandals at the stadium in equal measure.
Meanwhile, the Rangers are striving to improve their chances amid a wave of negativity at home.
We hope for the same next season as history tells us it is Rangers, not Celtic, who keep score on foreign soil.