Rangers F.C. in European football

Rangers F.C. in European football

Club	Rangers
Seasons played	61
First entry	1956–57 European Cup
Latest entry	2025–26 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Champions League	0 (best: semi-final)
Europa League	0 (best: final) (2 occasions)
Cup Winners' Cup	1 (1972)
Super Cup	0 (best: final (unofficial))
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	0 (best: semi-final)

Rangers played their first official match in competitive European football on 2 October 1956.

To date, the club has featured in over 300 matches and played in three UEFA sanctioned tournaments as well as an additional two other European competitions, namely the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the European Super Cup.

Overview

1960s to 1980s

The club's first ever match against European opponents, however, was a friendly match against Austrian side First Vienna in the 1903–04 season during a tour of Austria and Czechoslovakia which resulted in six victories from six matches. They won the match 7–2. ^[1] The club's first competitive match was a European Cup second-round match against Nice. The match ended in a 2–1 home victory for Rangers thanks to goals from Max Murray (Rangers' first European goal scorer) and Billy Simpson.

In the 1960–61 season, Rangers took part in the inaugural European Cup Winners' Cup. In this season, they became the second British club to reach a European final (emulating Birmingham City, who had reached the final of the Inter-cities Fairs Cup the previous year), eventually losing 4–1 on aggregate to Fiorentina. ^[2] Rangers were also runners-up to Bayern Munich in 1966–67. However, they did go on to win the trophy in 1972 after defeating Dynamo Moscow.

The 1982–83 season saw Rangers play in the UEFA Cup for the first time. They defeated Borussia Dortmund in the first round but were eliminated in the following round by 1. FC Köln.

1990s

Rangers became the first Scottish club to appear in the UEFA Champions League, when in 1992 they defeated Danish side Lyngby in the first round. Rangers faced Leeds United in the second round in a tie dubbed the "Battle of Britain" due to the clubs being the respective champions of Scotland and England. In this, the inaugural season of the Champions League, the tournament was open only to national champions, with knock-out rounds leading to a group stage of eight teams in two groups of four, and only the winners of each group progressing to a one-off final match. Although unbeaten, Rangers finished second in Group A, one point behind French champions Marseille, who defeated Milan in the final. The French club were later involved in a match-fixing scandal and were stripped of their national title. It is not clear whether the group stage of the 1992–93 Champions League should be considered as a semi-final, given that the winners of each group went into the final, or as a quarter-final, given that it was contested by the last eight teams in the competition. However, Rangers' second-placed finish in their group made them one of the top four teams in that season's tournament – their highest ever finish in the Champions League and equalling their 1959–60 run to the semi-finals in its predecessor format of the competition, the European Cup.

In 1999–2000 under Dick Advocaat, the club had assembled a talented, cosmopolitan squad containing several Dutchmen and other internationals, at huge expense. ^{[3] [4]} They eliminated UEFA Cup holders Parma in the Champions League qualifying round, ^{[5] [4]} only to be drawn in a group containing two more of Europe's strongest teams: Bayern Munich were the 1999 runners-up, while Valencia were destined to be the 2000 runners-up, and those two clubs met in the 2001 final. Despite that quality of opposition, Rangers came close to eliminating Bayern, ^{[6] [7]} and after falling into the UEFA Cup, lost to Borussia Dortmund only via a last-minute goal and a penalty shootout. ^[8]

2000s

In the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, Rangers seemed poised to progress from the group after beating Sturm Graz and Monaco in the first two rounds of fixtures, ^[9] but collected just two more points and finished third, ^[10] with German opposition (Kaiserslautern) again swiftly ending UEFA Cup hopes. ^[11]

In 2001–02, Rangers quickly dropped into the secondary competition and survived a late missed penalty to overcome Paris Saint-Germain ^[12] (whose team included future Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldinho, and Mikel Arteta who would soon move to Glasgow); they were knocked out by the eventual winners Feyenoord, inspired by former Celtic striker Pierre van Hooijdonk. ^[13] By that time Alex McLeish had taken over from Advocaat, heralding an era of less lavish spending as the failures to succeed in Europe despite the heavy investment translated as worrying figures on Rangers' financial reports; this debt would later have dire consequences for the club, although in the short and medium term more domestic honours were won. ^[14]

Rangers became the first Scottish club to qualify from the Champions League group stage in 2005–06, ^[15] and from the UEFA Cup group stage in 2006–07. ^[16]

After dropping into the 2007–08 UEFA Cup from the Champions League (where they had come close to progressing from a group including Barcelona, VfB Stuttgart and Lyon), ^{[17] [18]} Rangers reached the 2008 UEFA Cup final, eliminating Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen, Sporting CP and Fiorentina in a run characterised by Walter Smith's solid defensive tactics and narrow victories against strong opponents. ^{[17] [18]} The Manchester final saw a huge number of Rangers supporters (estimated at 150,000-200,000) make the short journey from Scotland, but the event was marred by serious disorder at one of the city's main 'fan zones' after the screen showing the match failed to function. On the field they met Russian side Zenit Saint Petersburg (coached by Dick Advocaat) at the City of Manchester Stadium but lost 2–0; aiming for four trophies, Rangers ultimately ended up with only two – the League Cup and Scottish Cup – at the end of an exhausting 68-game season. ^[18]

Despite seemingly gaining valuable experience in that campaign, a surprise loss to FBK Kaunas of Lithuania followed in the opening qualification round of the Champions League in 2008–09, which did not even offer a path to the UEFA Cup at such an early stage. ^[19]

2010s

Although the financial situation continued to affect the club, three consecutive Scottish league titles between 2009 and 2011 brought further Champions League football to Ibrox, including meetings with Sevilla, Stuttgart and Manchester United, but only one win in 12 group stage matches, against Bursaspor.

The 2011–12 season was Rangers' 51st European campaign. However, due to entering administration in 2012 and the subsequent liquidation of the club's holding company, the new entity set up in its place, The Rangers International Football Club Plc, was restricted from European competition by UEFA for three seasons as rules stated they needed to present three years' worth of accounts; Rangers were therefore not eligible for participation again until 2015–16. ^[20]

Rangers next qualified for Europe having finished third in the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership, however their participation in the Europa League proved to be brief and disappointing, as semi-professionals Progrès Niederkorn of Luxembourg overturned a 1–0 deficit to win 2–0 at home and advance in the Second qualifying round. ^[21] The next campaign in the same competition was more successful: Rangers successfully overcame four early rounds to reach the Group Stage, where the ability of all the teams was demonstrated to be around the same level; Rangers gave a decent account of themselves but ultimately finished third and failed to progress. ^[22]

Rangers qualified for the Europa League for the second consecutive season in 2019–20, beating Midtjylland and Legia Warsaw in qualifying. They were placed in a group with Porto, Feyenoord and Young Boys. Rangers performed well in the group stage, beating Porto and Feyenoord at Ibrox and drawing with both away. In their final fixture, Rangers led Young Boys 1–0 at Ibrox and were on course to progress as group winners, however an 89th-minute equaliser meant they finished 2nd behind Porto. Rangers were drawn against another Portuguese side, Braga, in the Round of 32. In the first leg at Ibrox, Rangers trailed by two goals after 60 minutes but won 3–2 after an extraordinary comeback thanks to a brace from Ianis Hagi and a goal from Joe Aribo, where he beat multiple Braga defenders to score. ^[23] Rangers then won the second leg in Portugal 1–0 with a goal from Ryan Kent to progress 4–2 on aggregate. In the Round of 16, Rangers were knocked out by German side Bayer Leverkusen led by Kai Havertz, losing 4–1 on aggregate – the second leg of the tie was delayed by five months due to Covid-19 pandemic. ^[24]

2020s

In the 2020–21 season, Rangers again qualified for the Europa League group stage, meaning they had made it to the same point for the third consecutive season under Steven Gerrard – without losing or even trailing in a qualifying match. Rangers achieved impressive results during the qualifying rounds (which were played as single matches behind very small crowds or none at all due to the pandemic), beating Willem II 4–0 away and Galatasaray 2–1 at Ibrox. They were placed in Group D with Benfica, Standard Liège and Lech Poznań and continued their strong run with an away win over Standard (featuring a spectacular goal from the halfway line by Kemar Roofe, the first time the Belgians had lost a home tie in 16 matches. ^[25] Another Belgian club, Royal Antwerp, were beaten home and away in the Round of 32 but the run was ended by Slavia Prague in the Round of 16 with two red cards for Rangers players and the tie ending in an angry brawl due to a racist comment made by a Slavia player. ^[26]

In 2021–22, Rangers featured in the UEFA Champions League for the first time in a decade, having won the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership title without losing a match; however, their involvement was brief as Malmö FF eliminated them in the qualifying stages, exactly the scenario that had unfolded ten years earlier. The Gers recovered from this blow to reach their first European final in fourteen years, an unspectacular qualification from the Europa League group stage followed by an impressive run of victories over Borussia Dortmund, Red Star Belgrade, Braga and RB Leipzig in the knockout phase (the Dortmund tie won on the strength of an unexpected 4–2 victory at the Westfalenstadion, and first-leg away deficits in the Braga and Leipzig ties overturned in front of fervent crowds at Ibrox) ^{[27] [28] [29]} on the way to facing Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2022 UEFA Europa League final at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville. Vital goals in the run were scored by Roofe, Kent, Alfredo Morelos (who missed the final due to injury), John Lundstram and captain James Tavernier, the competition's top scorer despite being a defender (most of his seven goals being from penalties). ^[30] In the final, the clubs drew 1–1 after extra time after Aribo gave Rangers the lead; Frankfurt won 5–4 on penalties with Aaron Ramsey the only player to fail with his attempt. ^{[31] [32]} Veteran midfielder Steven Davis came off the bench in Seville and scored in the shootout, having started the 2008 final in Manchester. ^[33]

In the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, Rangers defeated PSV Eindhoven to qualify for the group stage for the first time since 2010–11. Drawn against Napoli, Liverpool, and Ajax, they went on to lose all six group games and ended with a -20 goal difference which was the worst-ever performance in a group stage, 'beating' Dinamo Zagreb who finished on 0 points and -19 goals in 2011–12. ^[34] In 2023–24, a Champions League playoff rematch with PSV this time went in the Dutch club's favour with Rangers dropping into the Europa League, where they won their group with home and away victories over Real Betis but were narrowly beaten by Benfica in the Round of 16. ^{[35] [36]}

The following campaign again began with a loss in the Champions League qualifiers, this time to Dynamo Kyiv, and entry to the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League which now featured a new format of a single table and each club playing eight fixtures against different opponents. An unlikely set of favourable results on the last matchday left Rangers in the top 8 places, sufficient to skip a playoff round. ^[37] In the Round of 16, Fenerbahçe were beaten in Turkey but retrieved the tie at Ibrox, necessitating a penalty shootout won by the home side. At the quarter-final stage, opponents Athletic Bilbao benefitted from a man advantage after only 10 minutes but were stifled in a goalless first leg, the clearest opportunity being a penalty saved by Liam Kelly. ^[38] In the second leg, a further penalty was awarded and this time scored by the Basque side, either side of which Rangers had two claims for spot kicks disregarded; ^{[39] [40]} a late headed goal from Nico Williams sealed the tie and ended Rangers' European involvement for the season. ^[41]

Matches

List of Rangers matches in European competitions
Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Other	Agg.	[a]	Notes	Ref.
1956–57	European Cup	R2	Nice	2–1	1–2	1–3	4–6		Playoff
1957–58	European Cup	R1	Saint-Étienne	3–1	1–2	—	4–3		—
		R2	Milan	1–4	0–2		1–6
1959–60	European Cup	PR	Anderlecht	5–2	2–0		7–2
		R1	Red Star Bratislava	4–3	1–1		5–4
		QF	Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	3–2	3–2	6–5		Playoff
		SF	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–6	1–6	—	4–12		—
1960–61	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Ferencváros	4–2	1–2		5–4
		QF	Borussia Mönchengladbach	8–0	3–0		11–0
		SF	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	1–1		3–1
		Final	Fiorentina	0–2	1–2		1–4			[2]
1961–62	European Cup	PR	Monaco	3–2	3–2		6–4
		1R	ASK Vorwärts Berlin	4–1	2–1		6–2
		QF	Standard Liège	2–0	1–4		3–4
1962–63	Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Sevilla	4–0	0–2		4–2
		1R	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	2–5		4–8			[42]
1963–64	European Cup	PR	Real Madrid	0–1	0–6		0–7
1964–65	European Cup	1R	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	2–4	3–1	8–6		Playoff
		2R	Rapid Wien	1–0	2–0	—	3–0		—
		QF	Internazionale	1–0	1–3		2–3
1966–67	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Glentoran	4–0	1–1		5–1
		2R	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	0–0		2–1
		QF	Zaragoza	2–0	0–2		2–2		Coin toss
		SF	Slavia Sofia	1–0	1–0		2–0		—
		Final	Bayern Munich	—		0–1 ( a.e.t. )	—
1967–68	Fairs Cup	1R	Dynamo Dresden	2–1	1–1	—	3–2
		2R	1. FC Köln	3–0	1–3		4–3
		3R	—						Bye
		QF	Leeds United	0–0	0–2	—	0–2		—
1968–69	Fairs Cup	1R	Vojvodina	2–0	0–1		2–1
		2R	Dundalk	6–1	3–0		9–1
		3R	AFC DWS	2–1	2–0		4–1
		QF	Athletic Bilbao	4–1	0–2		4–3
		SF	Newcastle United	0–0	0–2		0–2
1969–70	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Steaua București	0–0	2–0		2–0
		2R	Górnik Zabrze	1–3	1–3		2–6
1970–71	Fairs Cup	1R	Bayern Munich	1–1	0–1		1–2
1971–72	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Rennes	1–0	1–1		2–1			[43]
		2R	Sporting CP	3–2	3–4		6–6		Away goals
		QF	Torino	1–0	1–1		2–1		—
		SF	Bayern Munich	2–0	1–1		3–1
		Final	Dynamo Moscow	—		3–2	—
1972–73	Super Cup	Final	Ajax	1–3	2–3	—	3–6
1973–74	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Ankaragücü	4–0	2–0		6–0
		2R	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	0–3		3–5
1975–76	European Cup	1R	Bohemians	4–1	1–1		5–2
		2R	Saint-Étienne	1–2	0–2		1–4
1976–77	European Cup	1R	Zürich	1–1	0–1		1–2
1977–78	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Young Boys	1–0	2–2		3–2
		1R	Twente	0–0	0–3		0–3
1978–79	European Cup	1R	Juventus	2–0	0–1		2–1
		2R	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	3–2		3–2
		QF	1. FC Köln	1–1	0–1		1–2
1979–80	Cup Winners' Cup	PR	Lillestrøm	1–0	2–0		3–0
		1R	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	0–0		2–1
		2R	Valencia	1–3	1–1		2–4
1981–82	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Dukla Prague	2–1	0–3		2–4
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1R	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	0–0		2–0
		2R	1. FC Köln	2–1	0–5		2–6
1983–84	Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Valletta	10–0	8–0		18–0
		2R	Porto	2–1	0–1		2–2		Away goals
1984–85	UEFA Cup	1R	Bohemians	2–0	2–3		4–3		—
		2R	Internazionale	3–1	0–3		3–4
1985–86	UEFA Cup	1R	Osasuna	1–0	0–2		1–2
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R	Ilves	4–0	0–2		4–2
		2R	Boavista	2–1	1–0		3–1
		3R	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	0–0		1–1		Away goals
1987–88	European Cup	1R	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	0–1		2–1		—
		2R	Górnik Zabrze	3–1	1–1		4–2
		QF	Steaua București	2–1	0–2		2–3
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1R	GKS Katowice	1–0	4–2		5–2
		2R	1. FC Köln	1–1	0–2		1–3
1989–90	European Cup	1R	Bayern Munich	1–3	0–0		1–3
1990–91	European Cup	1R	Valletta	6–0	4–0		10–0
		2R	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	0–3		1–4
1991–92	European Cup	1R	Sparta Prague	2–1	0–1		2–2		Away goals
1992–93	UEFA Champions League	1R	Lyngby	2–0	1–0		3–0		—
		2R	Leeds United	2–1	2–1		4–2
		Group A	Olympique Marseille	2–2	1–1		2nd
			CSKA Moscow	0–0	1–0
			Club Brugge	2–1	1–1
1993–94	UEFA Champions League	1R	Levski Sofia	3–2	1–2		4–4		Away goals
1994–95	UEFA Champions League	QR	AEK Athens	0–1	0–2		0–3		—
1995–96	UEFA Champions League	QR	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–0	0–0		1–0
		Group C	Steaua București	1–1	0–1		4th
			Borussia Dortmund	2–2	2–2
			Juventus	0–4	1–4
1996–97	UEFA Champions League	QR	Alania Vladikavkaz	3–1	7–2		10–3
		Group A	Grasshoppers	2–1	0–3		4th
			Auxerre	1–2	1–2
			Ajax	0–1	1–4
1997–98	UEFA Champions League	QR1	GÍ	6–0	5–0		11–0
		QR2	IFK Göteborg	1–1	0–3		1–4
	UEFA Cup	1R	Strasbourg	1–2	1–2		2–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	QR1	Shelbourne	2–0	5–3		7–3
		QR2	PAOK	2–0	0–0		2–0
		1R	Beitar Jerusalem	4–2	1–1		5–3
		2R	Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	2–1		3–2
		3R	Parma	1–1	1–3		2–4
1999–2000	UEFA Champions League	QR2	Haka	3–0	4–1		7–1
		QR3	Parma	2–0	0–1		2–1
		Group F	Valencia	1–2	0–2		3rd
			Bayern Munich	1–1	0–1
			PSV Eindhoven	4–1	1–0
	UEFA Cup	3R	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	0–2 ( a.e.t. )		2–2		Penalties
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	QR2	FBK Kaunas	4–1	0–0		4–1		—
		QR3	Herfølge	3–0	3–0	6–0
		Group D	Sturm Graz	5–0	0–2	3rd
			Monaco	2–2	1–0
			Galatasaray	0–0	2–3
	UEFA Cup	3R	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	0–3	1–3
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	QR2	Maribor	3–1	3–0	6–1
		QR3	Fenerbahçe	0–0	1–2	1–2
	UEFA Cup	1R	Anzhi Makhachkala	—		1–0	—
		2R	Dynamo Moscow	3–1	4–1	—	7–2
		3R	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	0–0 ( a.e.t. )		0–0		Penalties
		4R	Feyenoord	1–1	2–3		3–4		—
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1R	Viktoria Žižkov	3–1	0–2		3–3		Away goals
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Copenhagen	1–1	2–1		3–2		—
		Group E	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	0–1		4th
			Panathinaikos	1–3	1–1
			Manchester United	0–1	0–3
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	QR3	CSKA Moscow	1–1	1–2		2–3
	UEFA Cup	R1	Marítimo	1–0 ( a.e.t. )	0–1		1–1		Penalties
		Group F	Amica Wronki	—	5–0		4th		—
			Grazer AK	3–0	—
			AZ	—	0–1
			Auxerre	0–2	—
2005–06	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Anorthosis Famagusta	2–0	2–1		4–1
		Group H	Porto	3–2	1–1		2nd
			Internazionale	1–1	0–1					[15]
			Artmedia Bratislava	0–0	2–2
		R16	Villarreal	2–2	1–1		3–3		Away goals
2006–07	UEFA Cup	R1	Molde	2–0	0–0		2–0		—
		Group A	Livorno	—	3–2		1st
			Maccabi Haifa	2–0	—
			Auxerre	—	2–2					[16]
			Partizan	1–0	—
		R3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	4–0	1–2		5–2
		R4	Osasuna	1–1	0–1		1–2
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	QR2	Zeta	2–0	1–0		3–0			[44]
		QR3	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–0		1–0
		Group E	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	2–3		3rd
			Lyon	0–3	3–0
			Barcelona	0–0	0–2
	UEFA Cup	3R	Panathinaikos	0–0	1–1		1–1		Away goals
		4R	Werder Bremen	2–0	0–1		2–1		—
		QF	Sporting CP	0–0	2–0		2–0
		SF	Fiorentina	0–0	0–0 ( a.e.t. )		0–0		Penalties
		Final	Zenit Saint Petersburg	—		0–2	—		—	[45]
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	QR2	FBK Kaunas	0–0	1–2	—	1–2			[46] [47]
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	Group G	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	1–1		4th			[48] [49]
			Sevilla	1–4	0–1					[50] [51]
			Unirea Urziceni	1–4	1–1					[52] [53]
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	Group C	Manchester United	0–1	0–0		3rd			[54] [55]
			Bursaspor	1–0	1–1					[56] [57]
			Valencia	1–1	0–3					[58] [59]
	UEFA Europa League	R32	Sporting CP	1–1	2–2		3–3		Away goals	[60] [61]
		R16	PSV Eindhoven	0–1	0–0		0–1		—	[62] [63]
2011–12	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Malmö FF	0–1	1–1		1–2			[64] [65]
	UEFA Europa League	POR	Maribor	1–1	1–2		2–3			[66] [67]
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Progrès Niederkorn	1–0	0–2		1–2			[68] [69]
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	QR1	Shkupi	2−0	0−0		2−0			[70] [71]
		QR2	Osijek	1−1	1−0		2–1			[72] [73]
		QR3	Maribor	3−1	0−0		3−1			[74] [75]
		POR	Ufa	1−0	1−1		2−1			[76] [77]
		Group G	Rapid Wien	3−1	0−1		3rd			[78] [79]
			Spartak Moscow	0−0	3−4					[80] [81]
			Villarreal	0−0	2−2					[82] [83]
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	QR1	St Joseph's	6−0	4−0		10−0			[84] [85]
		QR2	Progrès Niederkorn	2−0	0−0		2−0			[86] [87]
		QR3	Midtjylland	3–1	4–2		7–3			[88] [89]
		POR	Legia Warsaw	1–0	0–0		1–0			[90] [91]
		Group G	Porto	2−0	1–1		2nd			[92] [93]
			Young Boys	1–1	1−2					[94] [95]
			Feyenoord	1–0	2−2					[96] [97]
		R32	Braga	3–2	1–0		4–2			[98] [99]
		R16	Bayer Leverkusen	1−3	0–1		1–4			[100] [101]
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	QR2	Lincoln Red Imps	—	5–0		—			[102]
		QR3	Willem II	—	4–0					[103]
		POR	Galatasaray	2–1	—					[104]
		Group D	Benfica	2−2	3−3		1st			[105] [106]
			Standard Liège	3–2	2–0					[107] [108]
			Lech Poznań	1–0	2–0					[109] [110]
		R32	Antwerp	5–2	4–3		9–5			[111] [112]
		R16	Slavia Prague	0–2	1–1		1–3			[113] [114]
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Malmö FF	1–2	1–2		2−4			[115] [116]
	UEFA Europa League	POR	Alashkert	1–0	0–0		1–0			[117] [118]
		Group A	Lyon	0–2	1–1		2nd			[119] [120]
			Sparta Prague	2–0	0–1					[121] [122]
			Brøndby	2–0	1–1					[123] [124]
		KPO	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	4–2		6–4			[125] [126]
		R16	Red Star Belgrade	3–0	1–2		4–2			[127] [128]
		QF	Braga	3–1 ( a.e.t. )	0–1		3–2			[129] [130]
		SF	RB Leipzig	3–1	0–1		3–2			[131] [132]
		Final	Eintracht Frankfurt	—		1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (N)	—		Penalties	[133]
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	0–2	—	3–2		—	[134] [135]
		POR	PSV Eindhoven	2–2	1–0		3–2			[136] [137]
		Group A	Ajax	1–3	0–4		4th
			Napoli	0–3	0–3
			Liverpool	1–7	0–2
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Servette	2–1	1–1		3–2
		POR	PSV Eindhoven	2–2	1–5		3–7
	UEFA Europa League	Group C	Real Betis	1–0	3–2		1st
			Aris Limassol	1–1	1–2
			Sparta Prague	2–1	0–0
		R16	Benfica	0–1	2–2		2–3
2024–25	UEFA Champions League	QR3	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	1–1		1–3
	UEFA Europa League	League phase	Malmö FF	—	2–0		8th
			Lyon	1–4	—
			FCSB	4–0	—
			Olympiacos	—	1–1
			Nice	—	4–1
			Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	—
			Manchester United	—	1–2
			Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	—
		R16	Fenerbahçe	0–2 ( a.e.t. )	3–1		3–3		Penalties
		QF	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	0–2		0–2		—
2025–26	UEFA Champions League	QR2	Panathinaikos	2–0	1–1		3–1
		QR3	Viktoria Plzeň	3–0	1–2		4–2
		POR	Club Brugge	1–3	0–6		1–9
	UEFA Europa League	League phase	Genk		—
			Sturm Graz	—
			Brann	—
			Roma		—
			Braga		—
			Ferencváros	—
			Ludogorets Razgrad		—
			Porto	—

Record by country of opposition

• Updated as of 27 August 2025
• Pld – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost

Country	Pld	W	D	L	Win %
Austria	7	5	0	2	71.42
Armenia	2	1	1	0	50
Belgium	15	10	1	4	66.67
Bulgaria	4	3	0	1	75
Croatia	2	1	1	0	50
Cyprus	6	3	2	1	50
Czechoslovakia	6	3	1	2	50
Czech Republic	10	4	2	4	40
Denmark	8	7	1	0	87.50
East Germany	4	3	1	0	75
England	18	3	5	10	16.67
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	100
Finland	4	3	0	1	75
France	29	8	8	13	27.58
Germany	54	17	17	20	31.48
Gibraltar	3	3	0	0	100
Greece	11	2	6	3	18.18
Hungary	2	1	0	1	50
Israel	5	3	1	1	60
Italy	25	6	5	14	24
Lithuania	4	1	2	1	25
Luxembourg	4	2	1	1	50
Malta	4	4	0	0	100
Montenegro	2	2	0	0	100
Netherlands	29	10	7	12	34.48
Northern Ireland	2	1	1	0	50
North Macedonia	2	1	1	0	50
Norway	4	3	1	0	75
Poland	11	7	2	2	63.64
Portugal	24	11	8	5	45.83
Republic of Ireland	8	6	1	1	75
Romania	9	3	3	3	33.33
Russia	14	7	4	3	50
Serbia	5	3	1	1	60
Slovakia	2	0	2	0	0
Slovenia	6	3	2	1	50
Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	66.67
Spain	30	6	9	15	20
Sweden	7	1	2	4	14.29
Switzerland	10	3	4	3	30
Turkey	11	5	3	3	45.45
Ukraine	2	0	1	1	0
Yugoslavia	7	3	1	3	42.85

Competition summary

Updated as of 27 August 2025

Competition	Campaigns	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
European Cup/ UEFA Champions League	35	184	67	45	72	255	264	−9
European Cup Winners' Cup	10	54	27	11	16	100	62	+38
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	23	160	71	49	40	240	163	+77
European Super Cup	1	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	3	18	8	4	6	27	17	+10
Total	72	418	173	109	136	625	512	+113

Honours

Honour	Winners		Runners-up
European Cup Winners' Cup	1	1971–72	2	1960–61, 1966–67
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	0		2	2007–08, 2021–22
European Super Cup	0		1	1972
Total	1		5

Notes

1. Round or group progressed ( ) or eliminated ( )

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