Celtic and Rangers have been at the forefront of this resurgence thanks to some strong showings in the Europa League.Both clubs reached the knockout stages last term, with Celtic losing to Copenhagen in the last 32 and Rangers to Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16.This term, the Glasgow rivals have again battled their way through the perilous qualifying process to reach the groups again.But the holy grail of continental competition remains the Champions League.Scotland's standing in UEFA's coefficient table had suffered over previous campaigns but a sustained improvement has yielded real progress.It was confirmed in October that Scotland would be afforded two qualifying spots in Europe's premier competition next term as opposed to one.As.
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