FC Dnipro in European football

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.

FC Dnipro in European football

Club	FC Dnipro
First entry	1984–85 European Cup
Latest entry	2014–15 UEFA Champions League

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.

References