It's been a long time since we have seen a Scottish club rubbing shoulders with elite sides in this stage of European competition.
The financial gap has continued to grow between the Scottish Premiership and some of the mega-rich clubs who push for the Champions League and Europa League final.
However, Rangers have the chance to pull off a major upset and reach the Seville showpiece if they can see off the financial muscle of RB Leipzig.
Domenico Tedesco has a squad bursting with expensive talent from regular runs to the upper reaches of the Bundesliga table. But how big is the gap between themselves and Rangers?
Record Sport runs the numbers of the Scottish champions and Leipzig.
Players who are not in the Europa League squad have not been included in total. So for example, Filip Helander's £3.5m fee paid to Bologna has not been included in Rangers' total.
However, players who are unable to play but remain on the UEFA squad list are included, including the likes of injured Alfredo and suspended Willi Orban.
Rangers
It was a quiet January window for Rangers with the loan signings of Amad Diallo and Aaron Ramsey grabbing the headlines. James Sands, while having an option to buy, has also initially arrived on loan from the MLS.
Ryan Kent is the most expensive player in the Rangers squad that will travel to Germany for the first leg on Thursday, with crocked Kemar Roofe in second.
Allan McGregor - Free transfer (Hull City, 2018)
James Tavernier - £200k (Wigan, 2015)
Calvin Bassey - Free transfer (Leicester City, 2020)
Connor Goldson - £3m (Brighton, 2018)
Ryan Jack - Free transfer (Aberdeen, 2017)
Steven Davis - Free transfer (Southampton, 2019)
John Lundstram - Free transfer (Sheffield United, 2022)
Fashion Sakala - Free transfer (KVO, 2022)
Robby McCrorie - Youth product
Ryan Kent - £6.5m (Liverpool, 2019)
Joe Aribo - £300k development fee (Charlton, 2019)
Glen Kamara - £50k (Dundee, 2019)
Alfredo Morelos - £1m (HJK, 2017)
Kemar Roofe - £4.5m (Anderlecht, 2020)
Leon Balogun - Free transfer (Wigan Athletic, 2020)
Borna Barisic - £2m (Osijek, 2018)
Jon McLaughlin - Free transfer (Sunderland, 2020)
Scott Wright - £200,000 (Aberdeen, 2021)
Scott Arfield - Free transfer (Burnley, 2018)
James Sands - Loan (New York City, 2022)
Aaron Ramsey - Loan (Juventus, 2022)
Amad Diallo - Loan (Manchester United, 2022)
Total - £17.75m
RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig have utilised their moneyball signing model to bring through some elite talent and create a pathway to the Bundesliga through sister clubs RB Salzburg and the New York Red Bulls.
That has seen plenty of players arrive from Austria and America to play a key part in their Europa League run.
However, the German side haven't been scared to splash the cash with the likes of Dani Olmo and Andre Silva coming in as marquee signings during the last two summer transfer windows.
Peter Gulasci - £2.5m (RB Salzburg, 2015)
Phillip Tschauner - £220k (Hannover, 2019)
Josep Martinez - £2.25m (La Palmas, 2020)
Josko Gvardiol - £16m (Dinamo Zagreb, 2021)
Mohamad Simakan - £13m (Strasbourg, 2021)
Angelino - £16.2m (Manchester City, 2021)
Lukas Klostermann - £400k (Vfl Bochum, 2014)
Will Orban - £1.8m (Kaiserslautern, 2015)
Nordi Mukiele - £14.4m (Montpellier, 2018)
Marcel Halstenberg - £3.1m (St Pauli, 2015)
Benjamin Henrichs - £13.5m (Monaco, 2021)
Amadou Haidara - £17.1m (RB Salzburg, 2019)
Tyler Adams - £2.3m (New York Red Bulls, 2019)
Dominik Szoboszlai - £19.8m (RB Salzburg, 2021)
Christopher Nkunku - £11.1m (Paris Saint Germain, 2019)
Konrad Laimer - £6.3m (RB Salzburg, 2017)
Soloman Bonnah - Youth product
Kevin Kampl - £18m (Bayer Leverkusen, 2017)
Ben Klefisch - Youth product
Dani Olmo - £19.8m (Dinamo Zagreb, 2020)
Yussuf Poulsen - £1.4m (Lyngby BK, 2013)
Emil Fosberg - £3.3m (Malmo, 2015)
Andre Silva - £20.7m (Eintracht Frankfurt, 2021)
Hugo Novoa - Youth product
Total - £203.17m
