Rangers drawn to face Fenerbahce in last 16 of Europa League

Rangers will face Fenerbahce in the last 16 of the Europa League.

Philippe Clement and his Rangers players learned their fate after a UEFA draw in Nyon on Friday.

The first leg will be played in Istanbul on Thursday, March 6, with the decisive second leg at Ibrox on March 13.

Whoever comes out on top in the tie will go on to face Roma or Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals.

Rangers reached the knockout stage of the competition by finishing eighth in the League Phase, meaning they bypassed the play-off round.

The Ibrox side qualified with wins over Malmo, FCSB, Nice and Union Saint-Gilloise. They drew with Olympiacos and Tottenham Hotspur and were only beaten by Lyon and Manchester United across their eight League Phase games.

Fenerbahce, managed by Jose Mourinho, are second in the Turkish league but only reached the knock-out stages of European competition with a 2-2 draw at Midtjylland on the final day of the group stage.

That set up a tie against a play-off tie against Anderlecht and after a comfortable 3-0 home win in the first leg, when Dusan Tadic, Edin Dzeko and Youssef En Nesyri were on the scoresheet, a 2-2 draw in the return game in Belgium sealed a place in Friday’s draw.