Dundee United F.C. in European football

Dundee United in Europe
	David Narey made a record 76 appearances in European matches for Dundee United
Club	Dundee United
First entry	1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry	2025–26 UEFA Conference League
Titles
Champions League	Best: Semi-finalists 1983-84
Europa League	Best: Finalists 1986-87
Cup Winners' Cup	Best: Second round
Conference League	Best: Third Qualifying Round
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Best: Third round

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in the city of Dundee. The club's first ever tie in European competition was in the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where they knocked out holders Barcelona in the Second round winning both legs in the process before losing in the following round to Italian giants Juventus despite winning the home leg 1–0. They had their best spell in the 1980s, reaching the semi-final of the European Cup in 1984 and the final of the UEFA Cup in 1987 with famous victories over Barcelona, AS Roma, Rapid Vienna and Borussia Mönchengladbach along the way.^[1]^[2] They also reached the quarter-final stage of the latter in both 1982 and 1983. In total they have won 49 games in European competition, currently more than any Scottish club outside the Old Firm and Aberdeen.^[3]

ClubDundee United

First entry1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Latest entry2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Champions LeagueBest: Semi-finalists 1983-84

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Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
European Cup/Champions League	8	5	1	2	14	5	+9
UEFA Cup/Europa League	82	33	25	24	134	89	+45
UEFA Conference League	6	3	2	1	7	11	−4
Cup Winners' Cup	10	3	3	4	9	10	−1
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	10	5	1	4	11	12	-1
Total	116	49	32	35	175	127	+48

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg.
1966–67	Fairs Cup	2R	Barcelona	2–0	2–1	4–1
1966–67	Fairs Cup	3R	Juventus	1–0	0–3	1–3
1969–70	Fairs Cup	R1	Newcastle United	1–2	0–1	1–3
1970–71	Fairs Cup	R1	Grasshoppers	3–2	0–0	3–2
1970–71	Fairs Cup	R2	Sparta Prague	1–0	1–3	2–3
1974–75	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Jiul Petroşani	3–0	0–2	3–2
1974–75	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Bursaspor	0–0	0–1	0–1
1975–76	UEFA Cup	R1	Keflavík	4–0	2–0	6–0
1975–76	UEFA Cup	R2	Porto	1–2	1–1	2–3
1977–78	UEFA Cup	R1	KB Copenhagen	1–0	0–3	1–3
1978–79	UEFA Cup	R1	Standard Liège	0–0	0–1	0–1
1979–80	UEFA Cup	R1	Anderlecht	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
1979–80	UEFA Cup	R2	Diósgyőri	0–1	1–3	1–4
1980–81	UEFA Cup	R1	Śląsk Wrocław	7–2	0–0	7–2
1980–81	UEFA Cup	R2	Lokeren	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1981–82	UEFA Cup	R1	AS Monaco	1–2	5–2	6–4
		R2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–0	0–2	5–2
		R3	SV Winterslag	5–0	0–0	5–0
		QF	Radnički Niš	2–0	0–3	2–3
1982–83	UEFA Cup	R1	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	2–0	3–1
		R2	Viking Stavanger	0–0	3–1	3–1
		R3	Werder Bremen	2–1	1–1	3–2
		QF	Bohemians Prague	0–0	0–1	0–1
1983–84	European Cup	R1	Ħamrun Spartans	3–0	3–0	6–0
		R2	Standard Liège	4–0	0–0	4–0
		QF	Rapid Vienna	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		SF	Roma	2–0	0–3	2–3
1984–85	UEFA Cup	R1	AIK Stockholm	3–0	0–1	3–1
		R2	LASK Linz	5–1	2–1	7–2
		R3	Manchester United	2–3	2–2	4–5
1985–86	UEFA Cup	R1	Bohemians	2–2	5–2	7–4
		R2	Vardar Skopje	2–0	1–1	3–1
		R3	Neuchâtel Xamax	2–1	1–3	3–4 (a.e.t.)
1986–87	UEFA Cup	R1	Lens	2–0	0–1	2–1
		R2	Universitatea Craiova	3–0	0–1	3–1
		R3	Hajduk Split	2–0	0–0	2–0
		QF	Barcelona	1–0	2–1	3–1
		SF	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	2–0	2–0
		Final	IFK Göteborg	1–1	0–1	1–2
1987–88	UEFA Cup	R1	Coleraine	3–1	1–0	4–1
1987–88	UEFA Cup	R2	TJ Vítkovice	1–2	1–1	2–3
1988–89	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Floriana	1–0	0–0	1–0
1988–89	Cup Winners' Cup	R2	Dinamo Bucharest	0–1	1–1	1–2
1989–90	UEFA Cup	R1	Glentoran	2–0	3–1	5–1
1989–90	UEFA Cup	R2	Royal Antwerp	3–2	0–4	3–6
1990–91	UEFA Cup	R1	FH	2–2	3–1	5–3
1990–91	UEFA Cup	R2	Vitesse Arnhem	0–4	0–1	0–5
1993–94	UEFA Cup	R1	Brøndby IF	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Tatran Prešov	3–2	1–3	4–5
1997–98	UEFA Cup	QR1	CE Principat	9–0	8–0	17–0
1997–98	UEFA Cup	QR2	Trabzonspor	1–1	0–1	1–2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	QR2	MyPa-47	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)
2010–11	Europa League	PO	AEK Athens	0–1	1–1	1–2
2011–12	Europa League	QR2	Śląsk Wrocław	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)
2012–13	Europa League	QR3	Dynamo Moscow	2–2	0–5	2–7
2022–23	Conference League	QR3	AZ	1–0	0–7	1–7
2025–26	Conference League	QR2	UNA Strassen	1–0	1–0	2–0
2025–26	Conference League	QR3	Rapid Vienna	2–2	2–2	4-4 (4-5 p)

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Andorra	2	2	0	0	17	0	+17	100.00
Austria	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	050.00
Belgium	12	3	7	2	14	9	+5	025.00
Czechoslovakia	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	016.67
Denmark	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	050.00
England	4	0	1	3	5	8	−3	000.00
Finland	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
France	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	050.00
Greece	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Hungary	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Iceland	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	075.00
Ireland	2	1	1	0	7	4	+3	050.00
Italy	4	2	0	2	3	6	−3	050.00
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Malta	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	075.00
Netherlands	6	2	1	3	4	13	−9	033.33
Northern Ireland	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	100.00
Norway	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	050.00
Poland	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5	050.00
Portugal	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Romania	6	2	1	3	7	5	+2	033.33
Russia	2	0	1	1	2	7	−5	000.00
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	050.00
Spain	4	4	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
Sweden	4	1	1	2	4	3	+1	025.00
Switzerland	4	2	1	1	6	6	+0	050.00
Turkey	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	000.00
West Germany	6	3	2	1	10	4	+6	050.00
Yugoslavia	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	050.00

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