FC Dnipro in European football

FC Dnipro in European football
ClubFC Dnipro
First entry1984–85 European Cup
Latest entry2014–15 UEFA Champions League

This is a list of matches of FC Dnipro in European competitions. Between 1965 (Soviet Union teams debuted in Europe) and 2019, 20 times Dnipro qualified for the European continental club competitions and once reached a final (2015) when it was defeated by the Spanish team of Sevilla in Warsaw.

Dnipro made its debut in 1985 as the winner of the 1983 Soviet Top League and qualifying to the 1984–85 European Cup. It managed to defeat the Turkish champions Trabzonspor on aggregate. That season it reached quarterfinals and were defeated by the French champions Bordeaux on penalties after both matches were tied at 1.

Due to direct sanctions from FIFA, for refusing to pay salary to coaching and playing staff, at first Dnipro was denied license of play in European competition by placing third in the 2015–16 season and then in the season of 2016–17 it was forced into relegation by administrative measures from the Ukrainian Association of Football (at that time Football Federation of Ukraine) all the way to amateur competitions and after couple of seasons were disbanded by its owners (Ihor Kolomoiskyi and his Privat Group).

In 2017 a similar club from the same city SC Dnipro-1 was established supposedly by different people and officially has no relations to the club established in the Soviet Union.

Tallies balance

Country Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Armenia Yerevan 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6
Banants 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6
Subtotal 4 4 0 0 16 4 +12
 Austria Tirol Innbruck 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2
Admira Wacker 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
Austria Wien 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
Subtotal 5 4 1 0 9 4 +5
 Azerbaijan Qarabağ 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0
 Belgium Club Brugge 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
Subtotal 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0
Litex Lovech 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
Subtotal 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2
 Croatia Hajduk Split 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2
Dinamo Zagreb 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
Subtotal 6 2 2 2 5 5 +0
 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2
 Denmark Copenhagen 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2
Subtotal 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2
 East Germany Wismut Aue 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
 England Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
Fulham 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2
Tottenham 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1
Subtotal 5 2 0 3 3 9 -6
 Estonia Nõmme Kalju 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 France Bordeaux 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1
Marseille 4 0 3 1 2 3 -1
Saint-Étienne 4 1 1 2 1 4 -3
Subtotal 12 1 7 4 7 12 -5
 Germany Wismut Aue 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1
HSV 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
Subtotal 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4
 Greece Olympiacos 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2
 Israel Maccabi Haifa 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
 Italy Fiorentina 4 0 1 3 3 6 -3
Napoli 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1
Inter Milan 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2
Lazio 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2
Subtotal 12 2 3 7 13 19 -6
 Liechtenstein Vaduz 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
 Netherlands PSV 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4
Utrecht 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
AZ Alkmaar 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
Ajax 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0
Subtotal 8 5 1 2 12 8 +4
 Northern Ireland Linfield 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2
 Norway Rosenborg 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
 Poland Legia Warsaw 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1
GKS Bełchatów 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2
Lech Poznań 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1
Subtotal 6 1 3 2 5 5 +0
 Portugal Benfica 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4
Paços Ferreira 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
Subtotal 4 2 0 2 4 4 +0
 Romania Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 Russia Alania Vladikavkaz 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4
Subtotal 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4
 Scotland Heart of Midlothian 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2
Hibernian 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4
Aberdeen 2 0 2 0 1 1 +0
Subtotal 6 1 4 1 8 6 +2
 Serbia Partizan 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1
Spartak Subotica 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Subtotal 4 1 1 2 5 5 +0
 Slovakia MFK Petržalka 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
Nitra 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Subtotal 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4
 Spain Real Zaragoza 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
Sevilla 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1
Subtotal 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2
 Sweden AIK 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5
 Switzerland Grasshoppers 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1
AC Bellinzona 2 1 0 1 4 4 +0
Basel 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2
Subtotal 5 2 1 2 8 9 -1
 Turkey Trabzonspor 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 3 1 +1
 Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3
Subtotal 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3

Overall

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1984–85 European Cup First round Trabzonspor 3–0 0–1 3–1
Second round Levski Sofia 2–0 1–3 3–3
Quarter-final Bordeaux 1–1 1–1 3–5 (p)
1985–86 UEFA Cup First round Wismut Aue 2–1 3–1 5–2
Second round PSV 1–0 2–2 3–2
Third round Hajduk Split 0–1 0–2 0–3
1986–87 UEFA Cup First round Legia Warsaw 0–0 0–1 0–1
1988–89 UEFA Cup First round Bordeaux 1–1 1–2 2–3
1989–90 European Cup First round Linfield 2–1 1–0 3–1
Second round Tirol Innbruck 2–0 2–2 4–2
Quarter-final Benfica 0–1 0–3 0–4
1990–91 UEFA Cup First round Heart of Midlothian 1–1 1–3 2–4
1993–94 UEFA Cup First round Admira Wacker 1–0 3–2 4–2
Second round Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 0–2 1–2
1997–98 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Yerevan 6–1 2–0 8–2
Second qualifying round Alania Vladikavkaz 1–2 1–4 2–6
2001–02 UEFA Cup First round Fiorentina 0–0 1–2 1–2
2003–04 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Vaduz 1–0 1–0 2–0
Second qualifying round HSV 3–0 1–2 4–2
Second round Dinamo Zagreb 1–1 2–0 3–1
Third round Marseille 0–0 0–1 0–1
2004–05 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round MFK Petržalka 3–0 1–1 4–1
First round Maccabi Haifa 2–0 0–1 2–1
Group C Club Brugge 3–2 1st
Utrecht 2–1
Austria Wien 1–0
Real Zaragoza 1–2
Round of 32 Partizan 0–1 2–2 2–3
2005–06 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round Banants 4–0 4–2 8–2
First round Hibernian 5–1 0–0 5–1
Group D AZ Alkmaar 1–2 4th
Middlesbrough 0–3
Litex Lovech 0–2
Grasshoppers 3–2
2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round Nitra 2–0 1–2 3–2
Third round Marseille 2–2 0–0 2–2
2007–08 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round GKS Bełchatów 1–1 4–2 5–3
First round Aberdeen 1–1 0–0 1–1
2008–09 UEFA Cup Second qualyifing round AC Bellinzona 3–2 1–2 4–4
2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualyifing round Spartak Subotica 2–0 1–2 3–2
Play-off Lech Poznań 0–1 0–0 0–1
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off Fulham 1–0 0–3 1–3
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off Slovan Liberec 4–2 2–2 6–4
Group F PSV 2–0 2–1 1st
Napoli 3–1 2–4
AIK 4–0 3–2
Round of 32 Basel 1–1 0–2 1–3
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Play-off Nomme Kalju 2–0 3–1 5–1
Group E Fiorentina 1–2 1–2 2nd
Paços Ferreira 2–0 2–0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 4–1 1–0
Round of 32 Tottenham 1–0 1–3 2–3
2014–15 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Copenhagen 0–0 0–2 0–2
UEFA Europa League Play-off Hajduk Split 2–1 0–0 2–1
Group F Inter Milan 0–1 1–2 2nd
Saint-Étienne 1–0 0–0
Qarabağ 0–1 2–1
Round of 32 Olympiacos 2–0 2–2 4–2
Round of 16 Ajax 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Quarter-final Club Brugge 1–0 0–0 1–0
Semi-final Napoli 1–0 1–1 2–1
Final Sevilla 2–3 Runner-up
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Group G Lazio 1–1 1–3 3rd
Saint-Étienne 0–1 0–3
Rosenborg 3–0 1–0

Finals

Year Competition Opposing Team Score Venue
2015 UEFA Europa League Sevilla 2–3 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw

Won semi-finals

Year Competition Opposing Team Score Final venue Other Semi-finalists
2015 UEFA Europa League Napoli 1–0 (H)
1–1 (A)
Olympic Stadium (H)
Stadio San Paolo (A)
Sevilla
Fiorentina

Won quarter-finals

Year Competition Opposing Team Score Final venue
2015 UEFA Europa League Club Brugge 1–0 (H)
0–0 (A)
Olympic Stadium (H)
Jan Breydel Stadium (A)

Lost quarter-finals

Year Competition Opposing Team Score Final venue
1985 European Cup Bordeaux 1–1 (H)
1–1 (A)
Stadium Meteor (H)
Stade Bordeaux-Atlantique (A)
1990 European Cup Benfica 0–3 (H)
0–1 (A)
Stadium Meteor (H)
Estádio da Luz (A)

European performances

Season Achievement Notes
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
1984–85 Quarter-finalist eliminated by Bordeaux 1–1 in Bordeaux, 1–1 in Dnipropetrovsk
1989–90 Quarter-finalist eliminated by Benfica 0–1 in Lisbon, 0–3 in Dnipropetrovsk
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
2014–15 Runners-up defeated by Sevilla 2–3 in Warsaw

Overall record

European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Season Preliminary stages Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1984–85 Trabzonspor Levski Sofia Bordeaux
1989–90 Linfield Tirol Benfica
2014–15 Copenhagen
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
Season Preliminary stages Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1985–86 Wismut PSV Hajduk S.
1986–87 Legia
1988–89 Bordeaux
1990–91 Heart of Midlothian
1993–94 Admira Wacker Eintracht F.
1997–98 Yerevan Alania
2001–02 Fiorentina
2003–04 Vaduz Hamburg Dinamo Marseille
2004–05 Petržalka Maccabi H. Brugge 1 Partizan
2005–06 Banants Hibernian Litex 1
2007–08 Bełchatów Aberdeen
2008–09 Bellinzona
2010–11 Spartak Z.V. Lech
2011–12 Fulham
2011–12 Slovan PSV 1 Basel
2014–15 Hajduk Qarabağ 1 Olympiacos Ajax Brugge Napoli Sevilla
2015–16 St. Étienne 1
  • 1 Group stage. Highest-ranked eliminated team in case of qualification, lowest-ranked qualified team in case of elimination.

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