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Galatasaray 3–2 Rangers: UEFA Champions League, 27 September 2000
Galatasaray and Rangers finished 3–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 27 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Istanbul.
2000-09-27 · Istanbul
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The match
Galatasaray and Rangers finished 3–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 27 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Istanbul.
Galatasaray won the match by 1 goal.
Goals and key incidents
Bülent Akin scored in minute 51 (Galatasaray). Hakan Ünsal scored in minute 57 (Galatasaray). Jardel scored in minute 70 (Galatasaray).
Andrei Kanchelskis scored in minute 72 (Rangers). Giovanni van Bronckhorst scored in minute 90 (Rangers).
Competition and tie context
The same sides also met on 17 October 2000, when Rangers finished 0–0 against Galatasaray. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.
The fixture was played in Group D of the first group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 2000/01 season.
Venue and attendance
The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Ali Sami Yen, Istanbul.
The recorded attendance was 20,954 spectators.
The teams’ wider campaign
Galatasaray came into this fixture after a Sturm Graz 3–0 Galatasaray result on 20 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Rangers 0–0 Galatasaray on 17 October 2000.
Rangers came into this fixture after a Monaco 0–1 Rangers result on 20 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Rangers 0–0 Galatasaray on 17 October 2000.
Sources
Check the original record.
Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.