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Northern Ireland football clubs in European competitions

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Irish League football clubs have participated in European football competitions since 1957, when in the 1957–58 season, Glenavon took part in the European Cup – the first Irish League club to do so. In total, 16 clubs have represented Northern Ireland in European competition.

History

As of the 2020–21 season, the NIFL Premiership champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League. The runners-up, the Europa League play-off winners and the Irish Cup winners qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League. If, however, the cup winners have already qualified for Europe by finishing first or second in the league, the Europa Conference League place goes to the league's third-placed club.

Only the league champions have ever represented the Irish League in the European Cup/Champions League. Glenavon were the first team ever to represent Northern Ireland in any of the four competitions, when in the first round of the 1957–58 European Cup they played out a 0–0 draw against Danish side AGF in Aarhus, Denmark on 11 September 1957. They played the home leg two weeks later, losing 3–0. In the 1959–60 season, Linfield became the first Irish League club to win a match in the competition, in what was their first ever European Cup match. They defeated Swedish side Göteborg 2–1 at Windsor Park on 9 September 1959, however two weeks later they lost the away leg 6–1 which meant that they lost the tie 7–3 on aggregate. Linfield hold the record of the most participations in the European Cup/Champions League by any Northern Irish club to date, having appeared in 27 seasons of the competition up to and including 2012–13.

Participation in the secondary competitions began with Glentoran in the 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against Spanish side Real Zaragoza. A 2–0 defeat in the first leg at the Oval was followed by a 6–2 defeat away from home in the second leg. They lost the tie 8–2 on aggregate. Glentoran hold the record of the most participations in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League by any Northern Irish club to date, having appeared in 21 seasons of the competition. They also hold the record of the most appearances by a Northern Irish club in European competitions overall, having appeared in 42 seasons up to and including 2013–14 – one season more than Linfield who have made 41 appearances.

In 1960, Glenavon were drawn to face East German side Wismut in the first round of the 1960–61 European Cup. However, they were forced to withdraw when they were refused visas for East Germany and Wismut were refused visas for the UK. UEFA had allowed the matches to take place in neutral countries but that was not financially viable for Glenavon, so they were left with no option but to withdraw.^[1] A similar issue arose the following season when in the first round of the 1961–62 European Cup, Linfield were drawn to face another East German team, Vorwärts. The away leg was played, which Linfield lost 3–0. However, Vorwärts were denied visas for the UK to play the second leg, and similarly to Glenavon the previous season, travelling to play the game in a neutral country was not financially viable for Linfield so they were also forced to withdraw from the competition.^[2]

In 1965, Derry City became the first Northern Irish club to win a two-legged European tie. In the 1965–66 European Cup, the club's last ever appearance in European competition as an Irish League club, they defeated Lyn 8–6 on aggregate in a high-scoring tie. In the second round, they faced Anderlecht from Belgium but suffered a huge 9–0 loss in the away leg and later withdrew from the competition before the second leg was played, when the Irish Football Association ruled that their home ground was not up to standard.^[3] In 1972, the club withdrew from senior Northern Irish football and after 13 years of playing amateur football in lower leagues, they joined the League of Ireland in the Irish Republic in 1985.^[4]

In 1969, both Coleraine and Glentoran entered the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the first time more than one Northern Irish club had ever been entered into the same European competition. Glentoran lost in the first round, but Coleraine impressively got through to the second round. The two most notable successes in Europe are Linfield reaching the quarter-finals of the 1966–67 European Cup and Glentoran reaching the quarter-finals of the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup.

In 1976, Irish League B Division club Carrick Rangers won the Irish Cup by defeating strong favourites Linfield 2–1 in the final. This qualified them to take part in European competition for the first, and to date only time – in the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup. They defeated Aris from Luxembourg 4–3 on aggregate in the first round, before going out 9–3 on aggregate to English side Southampton in the second round. To date, this is the only occasion that a club from outside the top division of football in Northern Ireland has represented the country in European competition.

The 1993–94 UEFA Champions League saw Linfield drawn to face Dynamo Tbilisi of Georgia in the preliminary round. After losing 3–2 on aggregate, they were reinstated when their opponents were expelled from the competition for allegedly attempting to bribe match officials.^[5] Linfield then went on to face Copenhagen in the first round proper. They won the first leg 3–0, but lost the second leg 4–0 after extra time. This proved costly, as victory would have meant a financially lucrative tie against eventual champions Milan in the next round.^[6] In July 2013, Linfield became the first Northern Irish club to win both the home leg and the away leg of a European tie. In the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round they were drawn to face ÍF Fuglafjørður from the Faroe Islands. They won the away leg 2–0 and then won the home leg 3–0 at Windsor Park to complete a comfortable 5–0 aggregate victory. In the second qualifying round they were drawn to face Skoda Xanthi of Greece and won the first leg 1–0 away from home despite being massive underdogs for the tie. This made it three consecutive victories in Europe for the club, without conceding a goal in the process – another first for a Northern Irish club. However, in the second leg at home they went down 2–1 after extra time, which eliminated them on the away goals rule.

In the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League, Linfield progressed to the Play-Off Round, defeating Azerbaijani champions Qarabag 3-2 at Windsor Park to get within one game of becoming the first ever Irish League club to qualify for the group stage of a UEFA competition. However they lost the second leg 2-1 in Baku, and were eliminated on the away goals rule.

Notes

[N 1]
Glenavon qualified for both the 1957–58 European Cup and the 1960–61 European Cup but withdrew from the 1960–61 competition when both clubs were refused visas to enter each other's countries, and it was not financially viable for Glenavon to play the matches in neutral countries.
[N 2]
Derry City played in Northern Irish football until 1985, when they joined the League of Ireland and now represent the Republic of Ireland in European competition.
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Omagh Town was dissolved in 2005 due to financial problems.
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Newry Town changed its name to Newry City in 2004, and was later dissolved in 2012 due to financial problems.
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Linfield withdrew from the competition before the home leg was played, as Vorwärts were denied visas for entry into the UK, and it was not financially viable for Linfield to play the match in a neutral country.
[N 6]
Derry City withdrew from the competition before the home leg was played, as the IFA ruled that their home ground was not up to standard.
[N 7]
No clubs entered European competition this season as a result of the security situation in Northern Ireland. The three clubs that missed out were Glentoran (European Cup), Portadown (UEFA Cup) and Coleraine (Cup Winners' Cup).
[N 8]
Dinamo Tbilisi were later expelled from the tournament and suspended from UEFA tournaments for two years for allegedly attempting to bribe match officials. Linfield were reinstated.
[N 9]
No clubs entered the Champions League during these seasons as a result of restructuring by UEFA, with entry to the competition limited to the continent's top 24 countries. The league champions entered the UEFA Cup instead.
[N 10]
The Drita v Linfield match, originally scheduled to be played on 11 August 2020, could not be played due to two players from Drita testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the Swiss authorities.^[23]^[24] Linfield were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by UEFA according to the regulations related to COVID-19.^[25]^[26]

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[fn_1-12] [N 1]
Glenavon qualified for both the 1957–58 European Cup and the 1960–61 European Cup but withdrew from the 1960–61 competition when both clubs were refused visas to enter each other's countries, and it was not financially viable for Glenavon to play the matches in neutral countries.

[fn_2-21] [N 2]
Derry City played in Northern Irish football until 1985, when they joined the League of Ireland and now represent the Republic of Ireland in European competition.

[fn_3-23] [N 3]
Omagh Town was dissolved in 2005 due to financial problems.

[fn_4-26] [N 4]
Newry Town changed its name to Newry City in 2004, and was later dissolved in 2012 due to financial problems.

[fn_5-27] [N 5]
Linfield withdrew from the competition before the home leg was played, as Vorwärts were denied visas for entry into the UK, and it was not financially viable for Linfield to play the match in a neutral country.

[fn_6-28] [N 6]
Derry City withdrew from the competition before the home leg was played, as the IFA ruled that their home ground was not up to standard.

[fn_7-29] [N 7]
No clubs entered European competition this season as a result of the security situation in Northern Ireland. The three clubs that missed out were Glentoran (European Cup), Portadown (UEFA Cup) and Coleraine (Cup Winners' Cup).

[fn_8-30] [N 8]
Dinamo Tbilisi were later expelled from the tournament and suspended from UEFA tournaments for two years for allegedly attempting to bribe match officials. Linfield were reinstated.

[fn_9-31] [N 9]
No clubs entered the Champions League during these seasons as a result of restructuring by UEFA, with entry to the competition limited to the continent's top 24 countries. The league champions entered the UEFA Cup instead.

[Drita-Linfield-36] [N 10]
The Drita v Linfield match, originally scheduled to be played on 11 August 2020, could not be played due to two players from Drita testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the Swiss authorities.^[23]^[24] Linfield were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by UEFA according to the regulations related to COVID-19.^[25]^[26]

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Rank	Nation	Points
40	Latvia	7.375
41	Albania	7.250
42	Northern Ireland	6.958
43	Georgia	6.875
44	Finland	6.875

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
European Cup
1957–58	Glenavon	PR	AGF	0–3	0–0	0–3
1958–59	Ards	PR	Stade Reims	1–4	2–6	3–10
1959–60	Linfield	PR	Göteborg	2–1	1–6	3–7
1960–61	Glenavon	PR	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	w/o		N/A^{[nb 1]}^[1]
1961–62	Linfield	PR	Vorwärts Berlin	w/o	0–3	0–3^{[nb 5]}^[2]
1962–63	Linfield	1R	Esbjerg	1–2	0–0	1–2
1963–64	Distillery	PR	Benfica	3–3	0–5	3–8
1964–65	Glentoran	PR	Panathinaikos	2–3	2–2	4–5
1965–66	Derry City	PR	Lyn	5–1	3–5	8–6
1965–66	Derry City	1R	Anderlecht	w/o	0–9	0–9^{[nb 6]}^[3]
1966–67	Linfield	1R	Aris	6–1	3–3	9–4
		2R	Vålerengen	1–1	4–1	5–2
		QF	CSKA Sofia	2–2	0–1	2–3
1967–68	Glentoran	1R	Benfica	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1968–69	Glentoran	1R	Anderlecht	2–2	0–3	2–5
1969–70	Linfield	1R	Red Star Belgrade	2–4	0–8	2–12
1970–71	Glentoran	1R	Waterford	1–3	0–1	1–4
1971–72	Linfield	1R	Standard Liège	2–3	0–2	2–5
1972–73	None entered^{[nb 7]}
1973–74	Crusaders	1R	Dinamo București	0–1	0–11	0–12
1974–75	Coleraine	1R	Feyenoord	1–4	0–7	1–11
1975–76	Linfield	1R	PSV Eindhoven	1–2	0–8	1–10
1976–77	Crusaders	1R	Liverpool	0–5	0–2	0–7
1977–78	Glentoran	1R	Valur	2–0	0–1	2–1
1977–78	Glentoran	2R	Juventus	0–1	0–5	0–6
1978–79	Linfield	1R	Lillestrøm	0–0	0–1	0–1
1979–80	Linfield	PR	Dundalk	0–2	1–1	1–3
1980–81	Linfield	1R	Nantes	0–1	0–2	0–3
1981–82	Glentoran	1R	Progrès Niederkorn	4–0	1–1	5–1
1981–82	Glentoran	2R	CSKA Sofia	2–1	0–2	2–3
1982–83	Linfield	1R	17 Nëntori	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1983–84	Linfield	1R	Benfica	2–3	0–3	2–6
1984–85	Linfield	1R	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
1984–85	Linfield	2R	Panathinaikos	3–3	1–2	4–5
1985–86	Linfield	1R	Servette	2–2	1–2	3–4
1986–87	Linfield	1R	Rosenborg	1–1	0–1	1–2
1987–88	Linfield	1R	Lillestrøm	2–4	1–1	3–5
1988–89	Glentoran	1R	Spartak Moscow	1–1	0–2	1–3
1989–90	Linfield	1R	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–2	0–1	1–3
1990–91	Portadown	1R	Porto	1–8	0–5	1–13
1991–92	Portadown	1R	Red Star Belgrade	0–4	0–4	0–8
UEFA Champions League
1992–93	Glentoran	1R	Marseille	0–5	0–3	0–8
1993–94	Linfield	PR	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–1	1–2	2–3^{[nb 8]}^[5]
1993–94	Linfield	1R	Copenhagen	3–0	0–4	3–4
1994–95	None entered^{[nb 9]}
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98	Crusaders	1QR	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–3	1–5	2–8
1998–99	Cliftonville	1QR	Košice	1–5	0–8	1–13
1999–00	Glentoran	1QR	Litex Lovech	0–2	0–3	0–5
2000–01	Linfield	1QR	Haka	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2001–02	Linfield	1QR	Torpedo Kutaisi	0–0	0–1	0–1
2002–03	Portadown	1QR	Belshyna	0–0	2–3	2–3
2003–04	Glentoran	1QR	HJK	0–0	0–1	0–1
2004–05	Linfield	1QR	HJK	0–1	0–1	0–2
2005–06	Glentoran	1QR	Shelbourne	1–2	1–4	2–6
2006–07	Linfield	1QR	Gorica	1–3	2–2	3–5
2007–08	Linfield	1QR	Elfsborg	0–0	0–1	0–1
2008–09	Linfield	1QR	Dinamo Zagreb	0–2	1–1	1–3
2009–10	Glentoran	2QR	Maccabi Haifa	0–4	0–6	0–10
2010–11	Linfield	2QR	Rosenborg	0–0	0–2	0–2
2011–12	Linfield	2QR	BATE Borisov	1–1	0–2	1–3
2012–13	Linfield	1QR	B36 Tórshavn	0–0	0–0	0–0 (4–3 p)
2012–13	Linfield	2QR	AEL Limassol	0–0	0–3	0–3
2013–14	Cliftonville	2QR	Celtic	0–3	0–2	0–5
2014–15	Cliftonville	2QR	Debrecen	0–0	0–2	0–2
2015–16	Crusaders	1QR	Levadia Tallinn	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
2015–16	Crusaders	2QR	Skënderbeu Korçë	3–2	1–4	4–6
2016–17	Crusaders	2QR	Copenhagen	0–3	0–6	0–9
2017–18	Linfield	1QR	La Fiorita	1–0	0–0	1–0
2017–18	Linfield	2QR	Celtic	0–2	0–4	0–6
2018–19	Crusaders	1QR	Ludogorets	0–2	0–7	0–9
2019–20	Linfield	1QR	Rosenborg	0–2	0–4	0–6
2020–21	Linfield	PR	Tre Fiori	2–0	N/A	2–0
		PR	Dirta	3–0	N/A	3–0 (awd.)^{[nb 10]}
		1QR	Legia Warsaw	0–1	N/A	0–1
2021–22	Linfield	1QR	Žalgiris	1–3	1–2	2–5
2022–23	Linfield	1QR	The New Saints	2–0	0–1	2–1
2022–23	Linfield	2QR	Bodø/Glimt	1–0	0–8	1–8
2023–24	Larne	1QR	HJK Helsinki	0–1	2–2	2–3

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1962–63	Glentoran	1R	Real Zaragoza	0–2	2–6	2–8
1963–64	Glentoran	1R	Partick Thistle	1–4	0–3	1–7
1965–66	Glentoran	1R	Royal Antwerp	3–3	0–1	3–4
1967–68	Linfield	1R	Lokomotive Leipzig	1–0	1–5	2–5
1968–69	Linfield	1R	Vitória de Setúbal	1–3	0–3	1–6
1969–70	Glentoran	1R	Arsenal	1–0	0–3	1–3
	Coleraine	1R	Jeunesse Esch	4–0	2–3	6–3
	Coleraine	2R	Anderlecht	3–7	1–6	4–13
1970–71	Coleraine	1R	Kilmarnock	1–1	3–2	4–3
1970–71	Coleraine	2R	Sparta Rotterdam	1–2	0–2	1–4
UEFA Cup
1971–72	Glentoran	1R	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	1–6	1–7
1972–73	None entered^{[nb 7]}
1973–74	Ards	1R	Standard Liège	3–2	1–6	4–8
1974–75	Portadown	1R	Valur	2–1	0–0	2–1
1974–75	Portadown	2R	Partizan	1–1	0–5	1–6
1975–76	Glentoran	1R	Ajax	1–6	0–8	1–14
1976–77	Glentoran	1R	Basel	3–2	0–3	3–5
1977–78	Glenavon	1R	PSV Eindhoven	2–6	0–5	2–11
1978–79	Glentoran	1R	IBV	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1979–80	Glenavon	1R	Standard Liège	0–1	0–1	0–2
1980–81	Ballymena United	1R	Vorwärts Frankfurt	2–1	0–3	2–4
1981–82	Linfield	1R	Beveren	0–3	0–5	0–8
1982–83	Glentoran	1R	Baník Ostrava	1–3	0–1	1–4
1983–84	Coleraine	1R	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1	0–4	1–5
1984–85	Glentoran	1R	Standard Liège	1–1	0–2	1–3
1985–86	Coleraine	1R	Lokomotive Leipzig	1–1	0–5	1–6
1986–87	Coleraine	1R	Stahl Brandenburg	1–1	0–1	1–2
1987–88	Coleraine	1R	Dundee United	0–1	1–3	1–4
1988–89	Linfield	1R	TPS Turku	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1989–90	Glentoran	1R	Dundee United	1–3	0–2	1–5
1990–91	Glenavon	1R	Bordeaux	0–0	0–2	0–2
1991–92	Bangor	1R	Sigma Olomouc	0–3	0–3	0–6
1992–93	Portadown	1R	Standard Liège	0–0	0–5	0–5
1993–94	Crusaders	1R	Servette	0–0	0–4	0–4
1994–95	Portadown	PR	Slovan Bratislava	0–2	0–3	0–5
	Linfield	PR	FH	3–1	0–1	3–2
	Linfield	1R	Odense	1–1	0–5	1–6
1995–96	Crusaders	PR	Silkeborg	1–2	0–4	1–6
	Glenavon	PR	FH	0–0	1–0	1–0
	Glenavon	1R	Werder Bremen	0–2	0–5	0–7
1996–97	Crusaders	PR	Zalgiris Vilnius	2–1	0–2	2–3
1996–97	Portadown	PR	Vojvodina	0–1	1–4	1–5
1997–98	Coleraine	1QR	Grasshoppers	1–7	0–3	1–10
1998–99	Linfield	1QR	Omonia	5–3	1–5	6–8
1999–00	Linfield	QR	Locomotive Tbilisi	1–1	0–1	1–2
1999–00	Portadown	QR	CSKA Sofia	0–3	0–5	0–8
2000–01	Coleraine	QR	Örgryte	1–2	0–1	1–3
2000–01	Glentoran	QR	Lillestrøm	0–3	0–1	0–4
2001–02	Glenavon	QR	Kilmarnock	0–1	0–1	0–2
2001–02	Glentoran	QR	Midtjylland	0–4	1–1	1–5
2002–03	Glentoran	QR	Wisła Kraków	0–2	0–4	0–6
2002–03	Linfield	QR	Stabæk	1–1	0–4	1–5
2003–04	Coleraine	QR	União de Leiria	2–1	0–5	2–6
2003–04	Portadown	QR	Malmö	0–2	0–4	0–6
2004–05	Portadown	1QR	Žalgiris Vilnius	2–2	0–2	2–4
	Glentoran	1QR	Allianssi	2–2	2–1	4–3
	Glentoran	2QR	Elfsborg	0–1	1–2	1–3
2005–06	Portadown	1QR	Viking	1–2	0–1	1–3
	Linfield	1QR	Ventspils	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
	Linfield	2QR	Halmstad	2–4	1–1	3–5
2006–07	Glentoran	1QR	Brann	0–1	0–1	0–2
2006–07	Portadown	1QR	Kaunas	1–3	0–1	1–4
2007–08	Dungannon Swifts	1QR	Sūduva	1–0	0–4	1–4
2007–08	Glentoran	1QR	AIK	0–5	0–4	0–9
2008–09	Cliftonville	1QR	Copenhagen	0–4	0–7	0–11
2008–09	Glentoran	1QR	Liepājas Metalurgs	1–1	0–2	1–3
UEFA Europa League
2009–10	Linfield	1QR	Randers	0–3	0–4	0–7
	Lisburn Distillery	1QR	Zestaponi	1–5	0–6	1–11
	Crusaders	2QR	Rabotnički	1–1	2–4	3–5
2010–11	Glentoran	1QR	KR Reykjavík	2–2	0–3	2–5
	Portadown	1QR	Skonto	1–1	1–0	2–1
	Portadown	2QR	Qarabağ	1–2	1–1	2–3
	Cliftonville	2QR	Cibalia	1–0	0–0	1–0
	Cliftonville	3QR	CSKA Sofia	1–2	0–3	1–5
2011–12	Cliftonville	1QR	The New Saints	0–1	1–1	1–2
	Glentoran	1QR	Renova	2–1	1–2	3–3 (3–2 p)
	Glentoran	2QR	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	0–3	0–5
	Crusaders	2QR	Fulham	1–3	0–4	1–7
2012–13	Cliftonville	1QR	Kalmar	1–0	0–4	1–4
	Crusaders	1QR	Rosenborg	0–3	0–1	0–4
	Portadown	1QR	Shkëndija	2–1	0–0	2–1
	Portadown	2QR	Slaven Belupo	2–4	0–6	2–10
2013–14	Crusaders	1QR	Rosenborg	1–2	2–7	3–9
	Glentoran	1QR	KR Reykjavík	0–3	0–0	0–3
	Linfield	1QR	ÍF Fuglafjørður	3–0	2–0	5–0
	Linfield	2QR	Skoda Xanthi	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
2014–15	Glenavon	1QR	FH	2–3	0–3	2–6
	Crusaders	1QR	Ekranas	3–1	2–1	5–2
	Crusaders	2QR	Brommapojkarna	1–1	0–4	1–5
	Linfield	1QR	B36 Tórshavn	1–1	2–1	3–2
	Linfield	2QR	AIK	1–0	0–2	1–2
2015–16	Glenavon	1QR	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–2	0–3	1–5
	Glentoran	1QR	MŠK Žilina	1–4	0–3	1–7
	Linfield	1QR	NSÍ Runavík	2–0	3–4	5–4
	Linfield	2QR	Spartak Trnava	1–3	1–2	2–5
2016–17	Glenavon	1QR	KR Reykjavík	0–6	1–2	1–8
	Linfield	1QR	Cork City	0–1	1–1	1–2
	Cliftonville	1QR	FC Differdange 03	2–0	1–1	3–1
	Cliftonville	2QR	AEK Larnaca	2–3	0–2	2–5
2017–18	Ballymena United	1QR	Odds	0–2	0–3	0–5
	Coleraine	1QR	Haugesund	0–0	0–7	0–7
	Crusaders	1QR	Liepāja	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
2018–19	Cliftonville	1QR	Nordsjælland	0–1	1–2	1–3
	Coleraine	1QR	Spartak Subotica	1–1	0–2	1–3
	Glenavon	1QR	Molde	2–1	1–5	3–6
2019–20	Ballymena United	PR	NSÍ Runavík	2–0	0–0	2–0
	Ballymena United	1QR	Malmö	0–4	0–7	0–11
	Cliftonville	PR	Barry Town United	4–0	0–0	4–0
	Cliftonville	1QR	Haugesund	0–1	1–5	1–6
	Crusaders	1QR	B36 Tórshavn	2–0	3–2	5–2
	Crusaders	2QR	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–4	0–2	1–6
	Linfield	2QR	HB Tórshavn	1–0	2–2	3–2
		3QR	Sutjeska Nikšić	3–2	2–1	5–3
		PLR	Qarabağ	3–2	1–2	4–4 (a)
2020–21	Coleraine	PR	HB La Fiorita	1–0	N/A	1–0
		QR1	Maribor	1–1 (5–4 p)	N/A	1–1 (5–4 p)
		QR2	Motherwell	2–2 (0–3 p)	N/A	2–2 (0–3 p)
	Glentoran	PR	HB Tórshavn	1–0	N/A	1–0
	Glentoran	QR1	Motherwell	1–5	N/A	1–5
	Linfield	QR2	Floriana	0–1	N/A	0–1
2022–23	Linfield	3QR	Zürich	0–2	0–3	0–5

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
UEFA Europa Conference League
2021–22	Coleraine	1QR	Velež Mostar	1–2	1–2	2–4
	Glentoran	1QR	The New Saints	1–1	0–2	1–3
	Larne	1QR	Bala Town	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2QR	AGF	2–1	1–1	3–2
		3QR	Paços de Ferreira	1–0	0–4	1–4
	Linfield	2QR	Borac Banja Luka	4–0	0–0	4–0
	Linfield	3QR	Fola Esch	1–2	1–2	2–4
2022–23	Cliftonville	1QR	Dunajská Streda	0–3	1–2	1–5
	Crusaders	1QR	Bruno's Magpies	3–1	1–2	3–1
	Crusaders	2QR	Basel	1–1	0–2	1–3
	Larne	1QR	St Joseph's	0–1	0–0	0–1
	Linfield	PO	RFS	1–1	2–2	3–3 (2–4 p)
2023-24	Linfield	1QR	Vllaznia	3-1	0-1	3-2
	Linfield	2QR	Pogoń Szczecin	2-5	2-3	4-8
	Glentoran	1QR	Gżira	2-2	1-1	3-3 (13–14 p)
	Crusaders	1QR	FC Haka	2-2	1-0	3-2
	Crusaders	2QR	Rosenborg	2-2	2-3 (a.e.t)	4-5
	Larne	2QR	FC Ballkani	0-3	1-4	1-7

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
European Cup Winners' Cup
1961–62	Glenavon	PR	Leicester City	1–4	1–3	2–7
1962–63	Portadown	1R	OFK Beograd	3–2	1–5	4–7
1963–64	Linfield	2R	Fenerbahçe	2–0	1–4	3–4
1964–65	Derry City	1R	Steaua București	0–2	0–3	0–5
1965–66	Coleraine	1R	Dynamo Kyiv	1–6	0–4	1–10
1966–67	Glentoran	1R	Rangers	1–1	0–4	1–5
1967–68	Crusaders	1R	Valencia	2–4	0–4	2–8
1968–69	Crusaders	1R	Norrköping	2–2	1–4	3–6
1969–70	Ards	1R	Roma	0–0	1–3	1–3
1970–71	Linfield	1R	Manchester City	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1971–72	Distillery	1R	Barcelona	1–3	0–4	1–7
1972–73	None entered^{[nb 7]}
1973–74	Glentoran	1R	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2–0	2–2	4–2
		2R	Brann	3–1	1–1	4–2
		QF	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–2	0–5	0–7
1974–75	Ards	1R	PSV Eindhoven	1–4	0–10	1–14
1975–76	Coleraine	1R	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–6	1–5	3–11
1976–77	Carrick Rangers	1R	Aris	3–1	1–2	4–3
1976–77	Carrick Rangers	2R	Southampton	2–5	1–4	3–9
1977–78	Coleraine	1R	Lokomotive Leipzig	1–4	2–2	3–6
1978–79	Ballymena United	1R	Beveren	0–3	0–3	0–6
1979–80	Cliftonville	1R	Nantes	0–1	0–7	0–8
1980–81	Crusaders	1R	Newport County	0–0	0–4	0–4
1981–82	Ballymena United	1R	Roma	0–2	0–4	0–6
1982–83	Coleraine	1R	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	0–4	0–7
1983–84	Glentoran	1R	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	1–2	2–4
1984–85	Ballymena United	1R	Ħamrun Spartans	0–1	1–2	1–3
1985–86	Glentoran	1R	Fram Reykjavík	1–0	1–3	2–3
1986–87	Glentoran	1R	Lokomotive Leipzig	1–1	0–2	1–3
1987–88	Glentoran	1R	RoPS	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1988–89	Glenavon	1R	AGF	1–4	1–3	2–7
1989–90	Ballymena United	1R	Anderlecht	0–4	0–6	0–10
1990–91	Glentoran	1R	Steaua București	1–1	0–5	1–6
1991–92	Glenavon	1R	Ilves	3–2	1–2	4–4 (a)
1992–93	Glenavon	1R	Royal Antwerp	1–1	1–1	2–2 (1–3p)
1993–94	Bangor	QR	APOEL	1–1	1–2	2–3
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
1994–95	Bangor	QR	Tatran Prešov	0–1	0–4	0–5
1995–96	Linfield	QR	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	1–4	1–5
1996–97	Glentoran	QR	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–8	1–10
1997–98	Glenavon	QR	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–4	1–5
1998–99	Glentoran	QR	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	1–2	1–3

Northern_Irish_football_clubs_in_European_competitions

Northern Ireland football clubs in European competitions

History

Statistics

UEFA coefficient and ranking

Appearances in UEFA competitions

Active competitions

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa Conference League

Defunct competitions

European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Notes

See also

References

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Club	UEFA Champions League					UEFA Europa League (including Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)					UEFA Europa Conference League					UEFA Cup Winners' Cup					UEFA Intertoto Cup					Total
Club	Apps	P	W	D	L	Apps	P	W	D	L	Apps	P	W	D	L	Apps	P	W	D	L	Apps	P	W	D	L	Apps	P	W	D	L
Linfield^[7]	33	78	11	23	44	17	47	15	9	23	2	6	1	3	2	3	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	55	137	29	35	73
Glentoran^[8]	12	28	3	7	18	23	50	5	9	36	1	2	0	1	1	9	22	3	7	12	0	0	0	0	0	45	102	11	24	67
Crusaders^[9]	6	14	1	2	11	11	26	6	4	16	1	4	1	1	2	3	6	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	21	50	8	9	33
Coleraine^[10]	1	2	0	0	2	12	29	4	8	17	1	2	0	0	2	4	8	0	1	7	1	4	1	1	2	19	45	5	10	30
Glenavon^[11]	1^{[nb 1]}^[1]	2	0	1	1	10	20	2	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	1	3	6	1	2	0	1	1	17	34	3	7	24
Portadown^[12]	3	6	0	1	5	11	28	3	7	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	36	4	8	24
Cliftonville^[13]	3	6	0	1	5	7	20	4	4	12	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	3	10	1	2	7	15	40	5	7	28
Ballymena United^[14]	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	8	1	2	0	1	1	8	18	2	2	14
Ards^[15]	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	3	1	4	0	0	4	5	12	1	1	10
Lisburn Distillery^[16]	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	4	5	10	0	1	9
Bangor^[17]	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	1	5
Larne^[18]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	4	2	2
Derry City^[19]^{[nb 2]}	1	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	4
Dungannon Swifts^[20]	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	4	1	1	2
Omagh Town^{[nb 3]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	3	2	4	0	1	3
Carrick Rangers^[21]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	3
Newry Town^[22]^{[nb 4]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	2	1	4	2	0	2

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996	Cliftonville	GS	Standard Liège	0–3
			Hapoel Haifa		1–1
			Stuttgart	1–4
			Aalborg		0–4
1997	Ards	GS	Royal Antwerp	0–1
			Nea Salamis Famagusta		1–4
			Auxerre	0–3
			Lausanne Sports		0–6
1998	Omagh Town	1R	Rimavská Sobota	2–2	0–1	2–3
1999	Newry Town	1R	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	2–0	0–1	2–1
1999	Newry Town	2R	MSV Duisburg	1–0	0–2	1–2
2000	Glenavon	1R	Slaven Belupo	1–1	0–3	1–4
2001	Cliftonville	1R	Tiligul Tiraspol	1–3	0–1	1–4
2002	Coleraine	1R	Sant Julià	5–0	2–2	7–2
2002	Coleraine	2R	Troyes	1–2	1–2	2–4
2003	Omagh Town	1R	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–7	0–1	1–8
2004	Ballymena United	1R	Odense	0–7	0–0	0–7
2005	Lisburn Distillery	1R	Žalgiris Vilnius	0–1	0–1	0–2
2006	Dungannon Swifts	1R	Keflavik	0–0	1–4	1–4
2007	Cliftonville	1R	Dinaburg	1–1	1–0	2–1
2007	Cliftonville	2R	Gent	0–4	0–2	0–6
2008	Lisburn Distillery	1R	TPS Turku	2–3	1–3	3–6