Glasgow Rangers would have been able to make it 2 Europe trophies for UK if they won their first European Trophy in 36 years. But they couldn't capitalize after losing to Zenit St Petersburg in the UEFA Cup final. The final, which was held in Manchester found that Rangers, who played 18 games to reach the final lose out at the last round to first time contenders Zenit with a 2-0 win.

Zenit had their goals coming from Konstantin Zyrianov and Igor Denisov. Team coach Dick Advocaat managed to pull one off his former club. If Rangers won this game, they were in place to go for the quadruple, but with the defeat, they are now resorted to shifting their drive towards achieving a domestic treble instead. So, similar to their neighbours Celtic who experience a same fate in 2003, they could not win on a night that was clearly belonging to the UK .

Glasgow Rangers had Kevin Thomson back in the squad after an ankle injury with Brahim Hemdani and Steven Davis playing in midfield while Jean-Claude Darchville was to be up front alone. But it was the Russian team that went on the offensive where Andrei Arshavin got a through ball only to hit the side-net. Darcheville pulled a ball from the left flank toward Barry Ferguson who could not finish. It was Thomson who then gave away a free kick where Radek Sirl nearly converted. For quite a while, Rangers were not really pressing up for a goal while more action was coming on from the opposite side including an alleged handball that went unnoticed. The first half ended without much damage to both side.

Second half started and Rangers could have gotten a penalty, but was denied by Swedish referee Peter Frojdfeldt. A goal would have resulted soon after at the Rangers end if not for Sasa Papac, who cleared off the line and in the 72nd minute, Arshavin played one-two with Denisov where he converted the first goal. Time is running out, and Rangers turned desperate and Papac was taken out for Novo while Lee McCulloch was put in for Hemdani for the Scots to try for extra time. They then put in Kris Boyd in place of Darcheville but still no goals came. Zenit than inflicted the final nail when Zyrianov scored from close range to give the Russians their first European title.

Final Score: Zenit St Petersburg 2 - Glasgow Rangers 0