SC Heerenveen in European football

SC Heerenveen made their European debut in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Bordeaux. They participated in subsequent Intertoto Cups in 1996 and 1997 but did not progress past the group stages.

In the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, SC Heerenveen advanced to the second round, defeating Amica Wronki before being eliminated by Varteks. In 1999, they reached the semi-finals of the Intertoto Cup, losing to West Ham United F.C..

The 2000–01 season marked SC Heerenveen's first and only appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage, where they faced Valencia CF, Olympique Lyonnais, and Olympiacos F.C., finishing fourth in their group.

Throughout the decade, they regularly competed in the UEFA Cup (now Europa League), with notable performances including reaching the round of 32 in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. In the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, SC Heerenveen participated in the group stage but did not advance further.

SC Heerenveen's European appearances became less frequent in this decade. In the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, they reached the group stage but did not progress. Their last notable European participation was in the 2012-13 Europa League, where they were eliminated in the play-off round by Molde FK.

As of 30 August 2012

Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995 Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Næstved Boldklub	2–1	—	1st
		Ton Pentre F.C.	—	7-0
		Békéscsaba 1912 Előre	4–0	—
		U.D. Leiria	—	0–1
	Round of 16	FCV Farul Constanța	4–0
	Quarter final	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	0–1
1996 Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Sligo Rovers F.C.	—	0–0	3rd
		Lillestrøm SK	0–1	—
		FC Nantes	—	1–3
		FBK Kaunas	3-1	—
1997 Intertoto Cup	Group stage	FC Dinamo-93 Minsk	—	0–1	4th
		Polonia Warsaw	0–0	—
		MSV Duisburg	—	0–2
		AaB	8-2	—
1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Amica Wronki	3–1	1–0	4–1
	Second round	Varteks	2–1[3]	2–4 (a.e.t.)[4]	4–5
1999 Intertoto Cup	First round	Hammarby Fotboll	2–0	2–0	4–0
	Second round	West Ham United F.C.	0–1	0–1	0–2
2000–01 Champions League	Group stage	Olympique Lyonnais	0–2[5]	1–3[6]	4th
		Valencia CF	0–1[7]	1–1[8]
		Olympiacos F.C.	1–0[9]	0–2[10]
2002–03 UEFA Cup	First round	National București	2–0[11]	0–3[12]	2–3
2003 Intertoto Cup	First round	Lierse S.K.	4–1[13]	1–0[14]	5–1
	Semi-finals	FC Koper	2–0[15]	0–1[16]	2–1
	Finals	Villarreal CF	1–2[17]	0–0[18]	1–2
2004–05 UEFA Cup	First round	Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.	5–0[19]	Cancelled[note 1]	5–0
	Group stage	S.L. Benfica	—	2–4[20]	3rd
		VfB Stuttgart	2–0[21]	—
		GNK Dinamo Zagreb	—	2–2[22]
		K.S.K. Beveren	1–0[23]	—
	Round of 32	Newcastle United F.C.	1–2[24]	1–2[25]	2–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup	First round	FC Baník Ostrava	5–0[26]	0–2[27]	5–2
	Group stage	FC Dinamo București	—	0–0[28]	3rd
		PFC CSKA Moscow	0–0[29]	—
		Olympique de Marseille	—	0–1[30]
		PFC Levski Sofia	2–1[31]	—
	Round of 32	FC Steaua București	1–3[32]	1–0[33]	2–3
2006–07 UEFA Cup	First round	Vitória F.C.	0-0[34]	3-0[35]	3–0
	Group stage	CA Osasuna	—	0-0[36]	5th
		Odense Boldklub	0-1[37]	—
		Parma	—	1-2[38]
		RC Lens	1-0[39]	—
2007–08 UEFA Cup	First round	Helsingborgs IF	5–3[40]	1–5[41]	6–8
2008–09 UEFA Cup	First round	Vitória F.C.	5–2[42]	1–1[43]	6–3
	Group stage	A.C. Milan	1–3[44]	—	5th
		VfL Wolfsburg	—	1–5[45]
		S.C. Braga	1–2[46]	—
		Portsmouth F.C.	—	0–3[47]
2009-10 Europa League	Playoff round	PAOK FC	0–0[48]	1–1[49]	1–1 (a)
	Group stage	Sporting CP	2–3[50]	1–1[51]	3rd
		FK Ventspils	5–0[52]	0–0[53]
		Hertha BSC	2–3[54]	1–0[55]
2012-13 Europa League	3rd qualifying round	FC Rapid București	4–0[56]	0–1[57]	4–1
	Play-off round	Molde FK	1–2[58]	0–2[59]	1–4