champions of Scotland this article does not state that if this years UEFA Champions League winner has already qualified through their own accosiation then the Champions of Scotland almost certainly Rangers will autimaticallyqualify for the group stage it just states that the Champions of Scotland will be in the third qualifying round this I believe is the case because the uefa ranking list off of bert kassies website does not take effect until 2011 12 season whereas it was last seasons coefficiant that counts for 2011 12