FK Sarajevo in European football

FK Sarajevo in European football

Club	FK Sarajevo
First entry	1960 Mitropa Cup
Latest entry	2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Fudbalski klub Sarajevo (Cyrillic : Фудбалски клуб Сарајево, IPA: [fûdbalskiːklûːbsɑɹəˈjeɪvəʊ] ; English: Sarajevo Football Club) is a professional football club based in Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is one of the most successful clubs in the country.

The first ever involvement of the team in European competitions was in the 1960 Mitropa Cup. ^[1]

Summary

Statistics

As of 31 July 2025 ^[2]

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
European Cup / Champions League	18	5	2	11	24	26	−2
UEFA Cup / Europa League	60	21	13	26	85	112	−27
UEFA Conference League	10	2	4	4	8	15	−7
Total	88	28	19	41	117	153	−36

Results

• QR = Qualifying Round
• PO = Play-off Round
• R1 = First Round / R2 = Second Round / R3 = Third Round / R16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarter Finals
• SF = Semi-finals

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Season	Round	Country	Opposing team	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967–68	R1		Olympiakos Nicosia	3–1	2–2	5–3
	R2		Manchester United	0–0	1–2	1–2
1985–86	R1		Kuusysi	1–2	1–2	2–4
2007–08	QR1		Marsaxlokk	3–1	6–0	9–1
	QR2		Genk	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
	QR3		Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–3	0–4
2015–16	QR2		Lech Poznań	0–2	0–1	0–3
2019–20	QR1		Celtic	1–3	1–2	2–5
2020–21	QR1		Connah's Quay Nomads	—	2–0	—
	QR2		Dynamo Brest	—	1–2	—

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

Season	Round	Country	Opposing team	Home	Away	Aggregate
1980–81	R1		Hamburg	3–3	2–4	5–7
1982–83	R1		Slavia Sofia	4–2	2–2	6–4
	R2		Corvinul Hunedoara	4–0	4–4	8–4
	R3		Anderlecht	1–0	1–6	2–6
1998–99	QR		Germinal Ekeren	0–0	1–4	1–4
2001–02	QR		Marítimo	0–1	0–1	0–2
2002–03	Q		Sigma Olomouc	2–1	1–2	3–3 (5–3 p)
	R1		Beşiktaş	0–5	2–2	2–7
2003–04	Q		Sartid	1–1	0–3	1–4
2006–07	QR1		Rànger's	3–0	2–0	5–0
	QR2		Rapid București	1–0	0–2	1–2
2007–08	R1		Basel	1–2	0–6	1–8
2009–10	QR2		Spartak Trnava	1–0	1–1	2–1
	QR3		Helsingborg	2–1	1–2	3–3 (5–4 p)
	PO		CFR Cluj	1–1	1–2	2–3
2011–12	QR2		Örebro	2–0	0–0	2–0
	QR3		Sparta Prague	0–2	0–5	0–7
2012–13	QR1		Hibernians	5–2	4–4	9–6
	QR2		Levski Sofia	3–1	0–1	3–2
	QR3		Zeta	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2013–14	QR1		Libertas	1–0	2–1	3–1
	QR2		Kukësi	0–0	2–3	2–3
2014–15	QR2		Haugesund	0–1	3–1	3–2
	QR3		Atromitos	1–2	3–1	4–3 (a.e.t.)
	PO		Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3	0–7	2–10
2017–18	QR1		Zaria Bălți	2–1	1–2	3–3 (5–6 p)
2018–19	QR1		Urartu	3–0	2–1	5–1
	QR2		Atalanta	0–8	2–2	2–10
2019–20	QR3		BATE Borisov	1–2	0–0	1–2
2020–21	QR3		Budućnost Podgorica	2–1	—	—
	PO		Celtic	0–1	—	—

UEFA Conference League

Season	Round	Country	Opposing team	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021–22	QR1		Milsami Orhei	0–1	0–0	0–1
2023–24	QR1		Torpedo Kutaisi	1–1	2–2	3–3 (2–4 p)
2024–25	QR1		Aktobe	2–3	1–0	3–3 (4–3 p)
	QR2		Spartak Trnava	0–0	0–3	0–3
2025–26	QR2		Universitatea Craiova	2–1	0–4	2–5

Non-UEFA Organised Competitions

Intertoto Cup

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
1962–63	GS	Slovan Nitra	3–2	1–5
		Servette	0–0	2–3
		Nîmes Olympique	2–1	1–1
1964–65	GS	Slovnaft Bratislava	2–2	0–1
		AIK	2–0	0–2
		Angers	7–0	0–1

Mitropa Cup

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1960	R1	Budapest	1–2	1–2	2–4
1965	R1	Vasas	1–2	0–2	1–4
1966	R1	Wiener Sport-Club	2–1	0–3	2–4
1966–67	R2	Cagliari	3–1	1–2	4–3
	QF	Újpest	1–2	1–5	2–7
1973–74	GS	Videoton	3–1	1–3	4–4
		Žilina	0–4	3–3	3–7

Balkans Cup

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
1961–63	GS	Olympiacos	3–3	2–3
		Steagul Roşu Braşov	2–0	1–3
		Galatasaray 1	–	–

¹ Galatasaray retired from the competition having played two games against Olympiakos; thus, its record was cancelled.

Club ranking

UEFA coefficient

2025–26 season

Rank	Team	Points
264	AEL Limassol	5.382
265	Iberia 1999	5.000
266	Sarajevo	5.000
267	Atlètic d'Escaldes	5.000
268	St Joseph's	5.000

As of 17 August 2025. Source

Further information: UEFA coefficient

See also

• Association football portal
• Bosnia and Herzegovina portal

• Bosnian football clubs in European competitions
• Yugoslav First League – Best finish in Europe by club

References

1. "FK Sarajevo in Europe". UEFA. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. UEFA club competition record – UEFA.com

External links

• Official Website Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Bosnian and English)
• FK Sarajevo at Facebook
• FK Sarajevo at Twitter
• FK Sarajevo at UEFA
• FKSinfo (in Bosnian)