Wednesdays Europa League final is set to attract over 150,000 Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers fans to Seville, despite well under a third of that total having tickets.With neither club having won a continental trophy since Eintrachtlifted the UEFA Cup in 1980, this final has truly captured the imagination of supporters who certainly wouldnt have had grand expectations of getting this far.But for Rangers especially, theres an air of destiny about their journey to the final or, more specifically, host city Seville. Bruce Bochy Jersey While perhaps not obvious, Scottish football can claim several football links to Andalusias capital.Perhaps Rangers pa sage and potential victory were meant to beSevillas Scottish rootsThese links go back as far as 1890, when a group of British men in Seville celebrated Burns Night by founding Club de Football de Sevilla.Edward Farguharson Johnston of Elgin and Hugh MacColl, from Glasgow, were among the clubs founders, with the latter appointed as Sevillas first ever captain. Sevillas founding and debut match were first described in The Dundee Courier six Steven Duggar Jersey weeks after that fateful Burns Night, with Recreativo Huelva their opponents in the first official match ever played in Spain on March 8, 1890. Sevilla won 2-0.While Recreativo were Spains first sports club, the match against Sevilla makes Los Nervionenses whose Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium provides the setting for Wednesdays final the oldest club dedicated solely to football in the country.And its partly thanks to a Glaswegian.Betis homage to CelticA Spanish man named Manuel Asensio Ramos studied in Scotland as a young adult, taking on Celtic as his adopted club while he was there.He later returned home to Spain and became one of the founding members of Real Betis, who subsequently donned green and white stripes as a tribute to Celtic from 1911. Celtic had changed to their famous hoops eight years earlier, but the link was set in history.Five years ago, Betis briefly switched to hoops for a match against Malaga to celebrate Andalusia Day, with Celtic communicating their Austin Slater Jersey delight at the club choosing to wear the hoops for their special day.The Bhoys from SevilleOf course, 2022 isnt the first time one of the Glasgow giants has been in Seville for a European final.Nineteen years ago, Celtic reached the UEFA Cup final, facing Jose Mourinhos Porto at the Estadio La Cartuja on the outskirts of the city that is also the location of Rangers fan zone this week.The Bhoys from Seville was the nickname bestowed upon Celtic for the trip, with the tag a pun Kobe Bryant Jersey on their the Boys from Brazil moniker. Celtic ultimately lost 3-2 via the silver goal rule in extra time, but the occasion is still widely remembered fondly by the club and supporters, 80,000 of whom were said to be in Seville for the festivities.Fans of the club were widely commended for their behaviour in the city, with UEFA and FIFA later awarding them Fair Play Awards.Glasgow returns the favourFour years after Seville played host to Celtic, Glasgow welcome Sevilla and Espanyol for the 2007 UEFA Cup final.Hampden Park was the location of Sevillas second succe sive triumph in the competition, beating their LaLiga rivals 3-1 on penalties after a gripping 2-2 draw over 120 minutes. Despite Celtics links to Betis, it was widely felt by Sevilla Chris Shaw Jersey fans in attendance that Bhoys supporters were cheering on Los Nervionenses, while Rangers aficionados adopted Espanyol as their team.Dani Alves was the only Sevilla player to mi s his penalty, while Andres Palop in the Andalusians net made three vital saves.