Rangers to face Fenerbahce in Europa League last 16

Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (right) led Fenerbahce to victory over Anderlecht

Rangers will face Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce in the last 16 of the Europa League and could face Manchester United should they reach the semi-finals.

Philippe Clement's Ibrox side had advanced directly into Friday's draw after finishing in the top eight following the competition's new league stage.

But they then had to wait for the results of Thursday's play-off round second legs to see who they might face.

Bodo/Glimt were the other possibility after the Norwegian champions defeated Twente.

But Rangers were instead drawn against Fenerbahce, who overcame Anderlecht 5-2 in a game marred by fighting among rival fans and reports of racist chanting.

Clement said of the draw: "It's an exciting two games everybody's losing forward to.

"A team with a lot of experience, a lot of quality, a manager with a lot of experience. I know a lot of players also from the past. It's a real good team. A stadium with a lot of passionate fans, like we have."

And, on Mourinho, Clement said to the assembled media: "I think you guys will like that or love that. He's going to give you a lot of material.

"The respect is there. It's about winning at the end and he did that at several places with several teams and winning the biggest trophies that you can win in the world. It's normal to respect a lot someone who did that."

The first leg between Rangers and the side who finished runners-up in last season's Super Lig will be played in Turkey on 6 March and the second a week later.

The winners of that tie will face Roma or Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals, with Rangers hosting the first leg should they reach that stage.

Quarter-final first legs will be played on 10 April and the second legs seven days later.

Should they advance to the semi-finals, Rangers will face the winner of FCSB/Lyon vs Real Sociedad/Man Utd.

Rangers lost 2-1 to United at Old Trafford in the league stage and 4-1 at home to Lyon but defeated FCSB 4-0 at Ibrox.

Fenerbahce's match in Brussels was suspended for 15 minutes after the sides were led from the pitch by the referee shortly after Youssef En-Nesyri had put Fenerbahce 1-0 ahead on the night.

Although Luis Vazquez's double gave Anderlecht a glimmer of hope after the game had resumed, Yusuf Akcicek's header ensured Mourinho's side avoided defeat.

Mourinho's squad full of UK experience

Former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko is Fenerbahce's captain

Former Chelsea, Man Utd and Tottenham Hotspur manager Mourinho took charge of Fenerbahce in June last year, five months after leaving Roma.

The 62-year-old's side finished three points behind Galatasaray at the end of his first Super Lig campaign and they are currently six adrift of the reigning champions this season.

After losing to Lille in Champions League third qualifying round, Fenerbahce finished 24th in the Europa League's league phase - 16 places below Rangers.

Mourinho's side defeated Union Saint-Gilloise and Slavia Prague, lost to AZ Alkmaar and Bilbao, drew with Twente, Man Utd, Lyon and Midtjylland before winning their play-off against Anderlecht.

However, the Portuguese head coach's squad is peppered with faces well-known to British fans.

Their captain is 38-year-old Bosnia & Herzegovina and former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko.

Serbia midfielder Dusan Tadic, also a veteran at 36, had a successful spell with Southampton, while 31-year-old Brazil midfielder Fred was with Man Utd.

Also on Fenerbahce's books are former Blackpool and Queens Park Rangers wide man Bright Osayi-Samuel and Turkey and former Everton striker Cenk Tosun.

Brazilian centre-back Diego Carlos was signed from Aston Villa in January, former Newcastle United winger Allan Saint-Maximin is on loan from Al-Ahli, while Morocco midfielder Sofyan Amrabat is on loan from Fiorentina after a spell last season with Man Utd.

Despite famously starting his managerial career at a Scottish FA coaching course, Mourinho has never managed a team in competitive action in Scotland.

However, Fenerbahce have played Scottish opposition twice previously, drawing with Celtic home and away in the Europa League group stage in 2015 and beating Rangers 2-1 on aggregate in the Champions League third qualifying round in 2001.