Dundee United F.C. in European football

Dundee United in Europe
ClubDundee United
First entry1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League
Titles
Champions League0 (Best: Semi-finals)
Europa League0 (Best: Runners-up)
Cup Winners' Cup0 (Best: Second round)
Europa Conference League0 (Best: Third Qualifying 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,[1][2] also reaching the quarter-final stage of the latter in both 1982 and 1983. In total they have won 46 games in European competition, currently more than any Scottish club outside the Old Firm and Aberdeen.[3]

Following a 10 year absence from European matches, Dundee United qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round, culminating in a 7–1 aggregate loss to AZ Alkmaar, matching the record greatest loss inflicted on a Scottish Club in a European competition.[4]

Matches

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List of Dundee United games in European competitions[5]
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Agg. Notes Ref
1966–67 Fairs Cup 2R Spain Barcelona 2–0 2–1 4–1 —
3R Italy Juventus 1–0 0–3 1–3
1969–70 Fairs Cup R1 England Newcastle United 1–2 0–1 1–3
1970–71 Fairs Cup R1 Switzerland Grasshoppers 3–2 0–0 3–2
R2 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 1–0 1–3 2–3
1974–75 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Romania Jiul Petroşani 3–0 0–2 3–2
R2 Turkey Bursaspor 0–0 0–1 0–1
1975–76 UEFA Cup R1 Iceland Keflavík 4–0 2–0 6–0
R2 Portugal Porto 1–2 1–1 2–3
1977–78 UEFA Cup R1 Denmark KB Copenhagen 1–0 0–3 1–3
1978–79 UEFA Cup R1 Belgium Standard Liège 0–0 0–1 0–1
1979–80 UEFA Cup R1 Belgium Anderlecht 0–0 1–1 1–1 Away goals
R2 Hungary Diósgyőri 0–1 1–3 1–4 —
1980–81 UEFA Cup R1 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 7–2 0–0 7–2
R2 Belgium Lokeren 1–1 0–0 1–1 Away goals
1981–82 UEFA Cup R1 France AS Monaco 1–2 5–2 6–4 —
R2 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–0 0–2 5–2
R3 Belgium SV Winterslag 5–0 0–0 5–0
QF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radnički Niš 2–0 0–3 2–3
1982–83 UEFA Cup R1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–1 2–0 3–1
R2 Norway Viking Stavanger 0–0 3–1 3–1
R3 West Germany Werder Bremen 2–1 1–1 3–2
QF Czechoslovakia Bohemians Prague 0–0 0–1 0–1
1983–84 European Cup R1 Malta Ħamrun Spartans 3–0 3–0 6–0
R2 Belgium Standard Liège 4–0 0–0 4–0
QF Austria Rapid Vienna 1–0 1–2 2–2 Away goals
SF Italy Roma 2–0 0–3 2–3 —
1984–85 UEFA Cup R1 Sweden AIK Stockholm 3–0 0–1 3–1
R2 Austria LASK Linz 5–1 2–1 7–2
R3 England Manchester United 2–3 2–2 4–5
1985–86 UEFA Cup R1 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 2–2 5–2 7–4
R2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vardar Skopje 2–0 1–1 3–1
R3 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax 2–1 1–3 3–4 Extra time
1986–87 UEFA Cup R1 France Lens 2–0 0–1 2–1 —
R2 Romania Universitatea Craiova 3–0 0–1 3–1
R3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 2–0 0–0 2–0
QF Spain Barcelona 1–0 2–1 3–1
SF West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 2–0 2–0
Final Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–1 0–1 1–2
1987–88 UEFA Cup R1 Northern Ireland Coleraine 3–1 1–0 4–1
R2 Czechoslovakia TJ Vítkovice 1–2 1–1 2–3
1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Malta Floriana 1–0 0–0 1–0
R2 Romania Dinamo Bucharest 0–1 1–1 1–2
1989–90 UEFA Cup R1 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2–0 3–1 5–1
R2 Belgium Royal Antwerp 3–2 0–4 3–6
1990–91 UEFA Cup R1 Iceland FH 2–2 3–1 5–3
R2 Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem 0–4 0–1 0–5
1993–94 UEFA Cup R1 Denmark Brøndby IF 3–1 0–2 3–3 Away goals
1994–95 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Slovakia Tatran Prešov 3–2 1–3 4–5 —
1997–98 UEFA Cup QR1 Andorra CE Principat 9–0 8–0 17–0
QR2 Turkey Trabzonspor 1–1 0–1 1–2
2005–06 UEFA Cup QR2 Finland MyPa-47 2–2 0–0 2–2 Away goals
2010–11 Europa League PO Greece AEK Athens 0–1 1–1 1–2 —
2011–12 Europa League QR2 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 3–2 0–1 3–3 Away goals
2012–13 Europa League QR3 Russia Dynamo Moscow 2–2 0–5 2–7 —
2022–23 Europa Conference League QR3 Netherlands AZ 1–0 0–7 1–7 —

Overall record

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By competition

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Competition P W D L GF GA GD
European Cup/Champions League 8 5 1 2 14 5 +9
Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/Europa League 92 38 26 28 145 101 +44
UEFA Europa Conference League 2 1 0 1 1 7 −6
Cup Winners' Cup 10 3 3 4 9 10 −1
Total 112 47 30 35 169 123 +53

By country

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Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win% Ref
 Andorra 2 2 0 0 17 0 +17 100.00
 Austria 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 075.00
 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
 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

Records

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References

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  1. ^ Winton, Richard (20 May 2020). "On This Day: Dundee United reach Uefa Cup final in 1987". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ^ Strachan, Graeme (20 May 2022). "Dundee United photos found in attic show amazing Uefa Cup final scenes at Tannadice". The Courier. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  3. ^ Club Statistics & Year-by-Year Results - Country: Scotland Archived 4 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, bravepages.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Dundee United slumped to the joint heaviest European defeat by a Scottish side as AZ Alkmaar marched into the Europa Conference League play-offs". BBC Sport. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Results against teams from all countries". FitbaStats. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Result record by country". FitbaStats. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Player statistics". Arab Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Goalscoring totals". Arab Archive. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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