The match played in Enugu in south-eastern Nigeria saw the Rangers players unable to convert a few chances they created in front of goal in both halves of the encounter.
The only goal of the match came in the 73rd minute through Nassim Hnid of Sfaxien of Tunisia to put his ahead on 1-0.
With this result, CS Sfaxien of Tunisia qualified with Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia, with 12 and 10 points respectively, while Rangers FC and Salitas FC of Burkina-Faso, which also lost 0-1 to Etoile du Sahel in Tunisia, crashed out on five and four points respectively.
Local media reports quoted the Rangers Coach, Olugbenga Ogunbote, as saying after the match that his team lost due to lack of concentration.
“We have been having upper hand in an attempt to score and pushed them to their half; only to lose concentration on the free kick which gave them the victory.
“It is unfortunate that we lost the match and we are going home to do more work as this showed us that we still have a lot of work to do.
“Rangers have no other option at the moment than to accept defeat and go back to the league to fight for continental spot,’’ Ogunbote said.