Rangers have been slapped with another UEFA fine, this time a €15,000 penalty for a late kick-off during their Europa League qualifying tie away to Jagiellonia Bialystok. The Ibrox club were deemed responsible for delaying the start of the match in Poland, and UEFA’s disciplinary body wasted little time confirming the punishment once the fixture had concluded.
It’s become something of a recurring theme for Rangers in recent European campaigns. Whether it’s flares, crowd trouble, or delayed kick-offs, the club has found itself on the wrong side of UEFA’s control and disciplinary panel on multiple occasions, often picking up five-figure fines along the way. This latest sanction adds to that growing list, though it’s a relatively minor financial hit in the context of a club competing regularly in European competition.
The Jagiellonia tie itself formed part of Rangers’ Europa League qualifying campaign, with the first leg played in Bialystok before the return fixture at Ibrox. The tie finished level after the away leg, setting up a tense second leg back in Glasgow as Rangers looked to progress further into the competition.
For Rangers fans, fines like this tend to draw a mixed reaction. Some see them as an unavoidable cost of doing business in Europe, while others point to what they view as inconsistent enforcement by UEFA compared to how other clubs are treated for similar or more serious incidents. Either way, the financial penalty won’t have any bearing on the club’s progress in the competition itself, and Rangers’ focus will remain squarely on results on the pitch rather than off it. The club has not, at the time of writing, issued a public response to the fine.