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Antonio Colak tapped in the winner for the Glasgow side on the
hour after Milik Tillam robbed PSV defender Andre Ramalho and
slipped the ball across the box to the Croatian forward who made
no mistake.
Rangers reached the Europa League final last season, losing to
Eintracht Frankfurt, and their return to the group stage of the
Champions League completes an impressive turn-around for the
Scottish club.
After being hit by financial troubles and going into
liquidation, Rangers had to start again in the fourth tier of
Scottish football in 2012.
"It's difficult to describe in words, it was a great team
performance. It's an amazing journey we'll have this year and
I'm so proud of all of these guys," said Colak.
"I was in tears on the pitch, it was just a moment of joy. As a
kid I always wanted to compete at this level and to be here is
amazing," he added.
With Celtic also in the group stage, Scotland will have both
their giants in the elite competition for the first time since
2007/08.
Dinamo Zagreb needed extra time to get past Norway's Bodo/Glimt
4-1, securing a 4-2 aggregate win, after letting their early
advantage slip.
Mislav Orsic fired Dinamo ahead from a tight angle in the fourth
minute and then a brilliant bicycle kick from Bruno Petkovic
extended the lead, making it 2-1 on aggregate.
But the Norwegian champions fought their way back into the game
with Albert Gronbaek levelling the tie on aggregate in the 70th
minute with a shot which Dinamo keeper Dominik Livakovic should
have kept out.
But early in the second period of extra time Dinamo restored
their advantage with a composed finish from the edge of the box
by Josip Drmic and then made sure of victory with a goal on the
break from Petar Bockaj.
FC Copenhagen also made into the group stage after a 0-0 draw at
Turkey's Trabzonspor secured a 2-1 aggregate win.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, Editing by Ed Osmond and Toby Davis)
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