Tresoldi stoops for diving header early on as Rangers carved open
Aarons shown straight red on eight minutes as Tzolis hauled down
Brugge captain Vanaken steers in easy header with Seys ramming in third and then fourth immediately before break for dominating hosts
Stankovic unmarked to thump home header to make score 5-0 before half-time
Tzolis prods the ball beyond a stranded Butland for six
Two changes for Rangers from Sunday - Djiga & Danilo replace Fernandez & Raskin
Rangers now join Celtic in Friday's Europa League draw
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Russell Martin's side were underdogs in this tie but the manner of their capitulation heaps pressure on the head coach.
Three wins in 10 make it the worst start for any manager at Ibrox and this shellacking equals the club's heaviest competitive defeat.
You watch some of Martin's reaction here...
Rangers head coach Russell Martin gives his thoughts after Champions League humiliation.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
A brutal evening in Bruges for Rangers.
Trailing 3-1 from the first leg, the visitors were 1-0 down after five minutes and down to 10 men on eight minutes.
The hosts showed no mercy, banging in four more goals before the interval.
The sixth goal came early in the second half, with the tempo dipping significantly afterwards.
Next up for Rangers is a derby showdown with Celtic at Ibrox on Sunday.
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Aston Villa
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Bologna
Roma
Celta Vigo
Real Betis
Stuttgart
Freiburg
Dinamo Zagreb
Feyenoord
Go Ahead Eagles
Lille
Lyon
Nice
Porto
Red Star Belgrade
Sturm Graz
RB Salzburg
Viktoria Plzen
Ferencvaros
Fenerbahce
Basel
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Some tasty sides in there... The rest will be known after tomorrow's play-off ties are concluded.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
So, Rangers join Celtic in the Europa League after a bruising night in Belgium.
Can Aberdeen make it three Scottish teams in the second-tier tournament?
The Dons are in Bucharest to face FCSB tomorrow, with the tie poised at 2-2. BBC Scotland is providing live TV coverage of that one (kick-off 19:30 BST).
Hibs are in Warsaw on Thursday, starting 2-1 down on Legia as they bid for a place in the Conference League.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
And some more from Russell Martin as he fields awkward questions about his sticky start at Ibrox.
"We're still trying to find out the best XI. On Sunday (at home to Celtic) we need to put a team on the pitch that is really willing to give everything."
"I don't think I've learnt anything new tonight, I'm just embarrassed by the defeat. It's probably the toughest night I've had as a head coach. It doesn't change the fact that I think we will progress, move forward and grow."
"I don't think we need to win on Sunday to secure my job. We need to win to make ourselves feel better and make the fans feel better, to give them a performance they can be proud of."
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
A few snippets from Russell Martin's media conference.
"We had a tough task tonight and there's so much self-inflicted pain. Our response to disappointment is so poor. I understand the fans' frustration and anger because they want to see a club that they're proud of. There was nothing to be proud of tonight."
"I'm proud of Tav (James Tavernier) and the way he came on. He showed leadership during and after the game and he's desperate to do well for the club. We need leadership from the whole group."
"I don't think we'll be beat 6-0 again. We qualified for the Europa League with very difficult circumstances. The manner of defeat tonight is not acceptable and hurtful. But I have no other choice but to keep working and focused. The weight is heavy on the group and we need to take that off them and move forward."
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Rangers captain James Tavernier tells TNT Sports: "We need to look at ourselves, it's well below our standards.
"It's obviously not good enough for what we want to do as a team and as a club. It's still early in the season. We have to stick together, it's as simple as that.
"You look at the goals we conceded, we can't concede goals like that. We have to showcase and prove to the manager and fans we belong on the pitch. We didn't do that tonight.
"We can understand how mad they would be about that performance."
Image source, SNSJames Tavernier was introduced as an early substitute after Max Aarons was sent off
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Billy Dodds
Former Rangers striker on BBC Radio Scotland
I don't think the signings have made the team better. I can't see one that's an upgrade from what they had.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Rangers head coach Russell Martin tells TNT Sports: "We start terribly. It's madness really. A tough night got even tougher. We apologise to the fans that travelled and the fans back home.
"We didn't respond well enough to an early setback. We have to show a big response on Sunday.
"There's not enough harmony or care for each other quite yet. We knew that coming in... We have to build that. That harmony has been disrupted for sure.
"It's nowhere near acceptable for this group.
"I apologise for the performance, the fans have been great. The only way we can respond is by putting in a top performance on Sunday."
Martin adds that has no concerns about his immediate future, adding: "[The board] are amazingly, amazing supportive, they understand this might take time. We have to accept the pain and humiliation and use it as fuel."
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Right on cue, Russell Martin tells TNT Sports: "I apologise for the performance.
"The only thing you can do tonight is accept the pain, accept the humiliation.
"We have to heel and get stronger. We have to show a big response on Sunday (against Celtic)."
More from the Rangers manager coming up...
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Billy Dodds
Former Rangers striker on BBC Radio Scotland
Russell Martin's answers have to be short and sweet.
It's a tough one for him, he can't be too detailed with this.
Apologies and get out of here.
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Tom English
BBC Scotland chief sports writer on Sportsound
The only words that Russell Martin can say that would brighten the spirits of Rangers fans is "I quit". This is an accumulation here, there are not any signs of improvement.
He will love bomb the fans and say he feels the pain just as much as the fans do. If he thinks it'll work, only improvements and victories will win over the fans and the vast majority are gone.
I don't think there is anything he can say that will make things even the tiniest bit better.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Billy Dodds
Former Rangers striker on BBC Radio Scotland
The philosophy of the high line is killing Rangers just now. They don't look comfortable in it and it's not working.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
This team are looking like bottom 6 contenders. The players need to tell the manager to stick his system and play like a team not as puppets to an idea of beautiful football. Too many changes not enough leaders, not enough tactical expertise from the sidelines. Not good enough and boring to watch, unless you're the opposition.
Steven
On a purely physical level, the new signings don't look up to the job. Powder puff tackling and hardly winning any second balls. Russell Martin seems a decent man, but this is not working, the players don't seem to know what they are supposed to be doing, I can't see where he goes from here.
Don
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Alan Hutton
Former Rangers defender on TNT Sports
Cross balls and set plays were a nightmare for Rangers. There are so many question marks after that performance. You feel for Jack Butland because the score could have been worse (without him).
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Billy Dodds
Former Rangers striker on BBC Radio Scotland
It was embarrassing tonight in every aspect. I was losing the will to find words at the end.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Check out the match highlights...
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Tom English
BBC Scotland chief sports writer on Sportsound
Russell Martin shouldn't survive this.
This is a game-changing performance and result for me. It was 6-0, it could've been 10.
They were so bad defensively. It's a joke. His signings are awful, he has no authority, none of his players believe in him.
The owners cannot look at that and say he deserves time. Rangers are getting worse and worse and worse.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
It's not Rangers' worst European result. But it is the joint-worst in terms of the deficit.
There was a 7-1 hammering from Liverpool at Ibrox in October 2022.
And there was another 6-0 against Real Madrid way back in 1963.
FT: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (9-1)
Rangers drop into the Europa League where they have done well in recent seasons, reaching the final in 2022.
In April they were playing in the quarter-finals.
The draw for that is on Friday.
Champions League highlights: Club Brugge 6-0 Rangers (agg 9-1)
At a glance
Rangers make dreadful start as Tresoldi scores early before Aarons sees red three minutes later
Vanaken header followed by three-goal flurry at end of first half sends Rangers into break 5-0 down
Outstanding Tzolis nets sixth just after break, equalling Rangers' worst ever European defeat
Russell Martin's hapless 10-man Rangers crashed out of the Champions League play-offs in humiliating fashion as a record-equalling six-goal European loss at relentless Club Brugge inflicted a 9-1 aggregate defeat.
Before the match, head coach Martin insisted everyone at Rangers was "calm" amid a troubling start to the season, but many fans will be anything but with Celtic set to visit Govan on Sunday.
A calamitous opening eight minutes in Belgium epitomised Martin's alarming introduction as boss, with Rangers on the way to a five-goal deficit by half-time.
His team failed to deal with another cross as Nicolo Tresoldi's diving header burst the net, and Max Aarons was sent off three minutes later for inexplicably dragging down Christos Tzolis after a simple punt sliced through the defence.
Captain Hans Vanaken was then able to power home a header from a corner before the clinical hosts smashed in three goals in six minutes in a savage first-half finale.
Joaquin Seys finished on the rebound and caressed in a sublime volley, with Aleksandar Stankovic nodding in a free header just before the half-time whistle.
Among Brugge's 19 first-half shots, Tzolis and Vanaken crashed stunning efforts off the crossbar and goalkeeper Jack Butland was called into action on multiple occasions.
Martin reshuffled his team into a 5-4-0 shape at the break, but that did not prevent the sensational Tzolis squeezing through the backline and clipping in a sixth just five minutes after the interval.
Thankfully for Martin and his players, Brugge eased off somewhat in the remainder of the contest, but that will do little to quell the fury among the Rangers support, who have watched their team win just three times in 10 games this term.
The harrowing margin of defeat equals Rangers' 6-0 loss to Real Madrid in 1963 and the 7-1 defeat to Liverpool in 2022.
There have been reasons to sympathise with Martin in the infancy of his Ibrox reign and Aarons' red card can be added to that.
But that does not justify the manner of this defeat.
Four months ago, Rangers were playing in the last eight of the Europa League.
Under Philippe Clement last season, Rangers beat Malmo and Nice away. They drew at home to eventual winners Tottenham and were seconds away from a point at finalists Manchester United.
During Barry Ferguson's interim spell, his team dumped out Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce in the last 16 before running Athletic Bilbao close in the quarters.
The Europa League is where Rangers will play their European football this term, but the thought of them getting anywhere near that stage in this state is fantasy.
City rivals Celtic had their own European disappointment this week, but Brendan Rodgers' side will be eyeing a trip to Govan as an opportunity to forget their embarrassing night in Almaty.
As for Martin, he will be aiming to use the fixture to ignite his Rangers tenure, but another poor showing will turn Ibrox toxic.
'We have to feel the pain' - dejected Martin on Rangers humiliation
Rangers will discover their Europa League opponents on Friday, with the draw getting under way at 12:00 BST in Monaco.
Martin's side return to action on Sunday when they host Celtic at Ibrox (12:00).
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