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Hibernian F.C. in European football
Easter Road, before an Intertoto Cup match between Hibs and Odense in July 2006.
ClubHibernian F.C.
First entry1955–56 European Cup
Latest entry2023–24 Europa Conference League
Titles
Champions League(Best: Semi-final)
Europa League(Best: Second round)
Cup Winners' Cup(Best: Quarter-final)
Europa Conference League(Best: Play-off round)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(Best: Semi-final

UEFA Cup and Europa League
competitions.

Hibernian reached the semi-final stage in the European Cup (1955–56) and the Fairs Cup (1960–61). They participated in European competition during the 1960s and 1970s on an almost annual basis, competing with many of the major club sides during this period. During this time, Hibernian recorded notable victories against

Sporting Lisbon (1972–73). Since the late 1970s, Hibernian have qualified for European competition much less frequently. During the 2000s they appeared three times in the Intertoto Cup, a summer competition that offered qualification for the UEFA Cup. The club most recently participated in the 2023–24 Europa Conference League
qualifying rounds.

History

1955–1961: Pioneers

Hibernian played their first European match on 14 September 1955, against Rot-Weiss Essen at the Georg-Melches-Stadion. The clubs played a friendly in July 2005 to mark the 50th anniversary of their entry into European competition.[1]

The first officially sanctioned European club tournament, the

Real Madrid).[2]

The

Roma.[7] They drew 2–2 at Easter Road and 3–3 in Rome, but the away goals rule did not apply at that time and a playoff match was required.[7] The playoff was also played in Rome, which Roma won 6–0 as they went on to win the tournament.[7][9]

1961–1979: Regulars

Through most of the 1960s and the 1970s, Hibernian were regular participants in European competition. Wins against select teams from Copenhagen (

Utrecht[11] put Hibernian into the quarter-finals of the 1962–63 Fairs Cup, where they lost 6–2 on aggregate to Valencia. In the 1965–66 Fairs Cup, Hibernian met Valencia again with each team winning their home game 2–0; Valencia progressed after they won a playoff match.[12]

Hibernian defeated Portuguese club

Napoli in the second round first leg.[13] Napoli were the league leaders in Italy at the time, had only conceded five goals in their last six matches and had legendary goalkeeper Dino Zoff in their lineup.[13] Despite this, Hibernian overwhelmed their Italian opponents and won 5–0 at Easter Road to win the tie 6–4 on aggregate.[13] In the following round, Hibernian were beaten 2–1 on aggregate by Leeds United.[13]

Napoli in the 1967–68
Fairs Cup.

Wins against

Lokomotive Leipzig[15] in the 1968–69 Fairs Cup pushed Hibernian into a third round tie with Hamburg.[12] Hibernian won 2–1 at home and lost 1–0 in Germany, which meant that they were eliminated by the away goals rule.[12] In the final season (1970–71) of the Fairs Cup, Hibernian defeated Malmo 9–2 and Vitoria Guimaraes 3–2, but were then beaten 3–0 by English side Liverpool.[16] Joe McBride scored a hat-trick in the home leg against Malmo, which set a club record for goals scored in European competition.[16]

Hibernian entered the

KS Besa, put Hibernian into the quarter-finals.[18] Hibernian won 4–2 at Easter Road in the first leg against Hajduk Split, but a 3–0 defeat in Yugoslavia knocked them out of the tournament.[17]

UEFA had taken over the operation of the Fairs Cup in 1971 and rebranded it as the

Keflavík in the first round,[19] Hibernian met Leeds United for a second time. Both games ended goalless, and Leeds won the tie after a penalty shootout.[20] Norwegian club Rosenborg were the first round opposition in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup.[21] After a 3–2 win in Norway, three goals in four minutes started a 9–1 rout for Hibernian (and a club record defeat for Rosenborg) in the second leg.[22][21] They would progress to the second round, where they lost 8–2 to Italian club Juventus.[12]

In the

Joe Harper goal gave Hibernian a 1–0 win in the first leg at home, but Ray Clemence saved a penalty that could have given Hibernian a two-goal lead.[23] This moment was to prove crucial, as Liverpool won 3–1 at Anfield to narrowly win the tie on aggregate.[23] Liverpool went on to win the competition, with that first leg loss against being their only defeat en route.[23] In the following season, Hibernian managed to squeeze through 1–0 in the first round of the UEFA Cup against French side Sochaux.[24] A 2–0 home win against Swedish club Öster raised hopes of further progress, but that lead was overturned by a 4–1 defeat in the return leg.[24]

Manager

Strasbourg.[25] A 1–0 win for Hibernian in the return leg was therefore insufficient, and it was to be the club's last involvement in European football for 11 years.[25]

1979–present: Sporadic appearances

Hibs played Latvian club Dinaburg in the 2006 Intertoto Cup.

Since 1979, Hibernian have qualified for European competition much less frequently.

Liège went into extra time after two goalless draws.[28] Keith Houchen had missed a penalty kick in the first leg, and this proved costly as Liège scored the only goal of the tie during the additional period.[28] Victory in the 1991–92 Scottish League Cup qualified Hibernian for the 1992–93 UEFA Cup, where they were paired with Belgian opposition again.[29] Anderlecht scored two away goals in a 2–2 draw at Easter Road, and a 1–1 draw in the return game meant that Hibernian went out on the away goals rule.[29]

Hibernian next qualified for European competition in 2001, having finished third in the

Paco Luna missed a chance to score a third and tie-winning goal late in normal time, and the tie entered an extra period. Two away goals gave AEK an aggregate win, although Hibernian won 3–2 on the night.[32] Despite exiting the competition, the home game against AEK was fondly remembered by the Hibernian supporters; the actor Dougray Scott later named it as his favourite match.[33]

During the 2000s, Hibernian also volunteered to enter the

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to a goalless draw at home but fell to a 5–1 defeat in the return leg.[35]

After further entries in the Intertoto Cup were ended by Odense (2006)[36] and Elfsborg (2008),[37] Hibernian next qualified properly for European competition in 2010. By then, the Intertoto Cup had been abolished and the UEFA Cup had been rebranded as the Europa League. In the 2010–11 competition, Hibernian were defeated home and away by Slovenian club Maribor in the third qualifying round.[38] Hibernian lost 7–0 at Easter Road to Swedish club Malmo in the 2013–14 Europa League qualifiers.[39] The aggregate score of 9–0 was a record defeat for a Scottish club in European competition, surpassing the 12–4 defeat suffered by Rangers in 1959–60.[39]

Having won the

Asteras Tripolis,[42] before losing in the third round to Molde.[43] After finishing third in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership, Hibs entered the newly-established Europa Conference League in 2021–22,[44] beating Andorrans Santa Coloma before losing to Croatian side Rijeka.[45] A fifth place finish in 2022–23, meant another qualification for the Europa Conference League in 2023–24.[46][47] Hibs progressed to the playoff round by beating Andorrans Inter Club d'Escaldes[48] and Swiss club Luzern,[49] but then suffered an 8–0 aggregate defeat against Premier League club Aston Villa.[50]

Overall record

As of match played on 31 August 2023
Competition Pld W D L F A GD %
UEFA competitions
European Cup / Champions League 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 050.00
UEFA Cup / Europa League 40 15 11 14 57 63 −6 037.50
Cup Winners' Cup 6 3 1 2 19 10 +9 050.00
Europa Conference League 10 4 2 4 19 20 −1 040.00
Intertoto Cup 8 3 1 4 11 8 +3 037.50
Total 70 28 16 26 115 106 +9 040.00
Non-UEFA competitions
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 36 18 5 13 66 60 +6 050.00
Overall total 106 46 21 39 181 166 +15 043.40

By country

UEFA competitions

Result summary by country[51]
Country Pld W D L F A GD %
Albania Albania 2 1 1 0 8 2 +6 050.00
Andorra Andorra 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 075.00
Belgium Belgium 4 0 3 1 3 4 −1 000.00
Croatia Croatia 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 000.00
Denmark Denmark 4 2 0 2 3 3 +0 050.00
England England 6 1 2 3 2 11 −9 016.67
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0 12 5 +7 100.00
France France 6 2 1 3 2 5 −3 033.33
Germany Germany 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 050.00
Greece Greece 4 2 1 1 7 7 +0 050.00
Hungary Hungary 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
Iceland Iceland 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 050.00
Italy Italy 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 000.00
Latvia Latvia 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 100.00
Lithuania Lithuania 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Norway Norway 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6 050.00
Portugal Portugal 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 050.00
Slovenia Slovenia 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 000.00
Sweden Sweden 10 4 1 5 10 20 −10 040.00
Switzerland Switzerland 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 050.00
Ukraine Ukraine 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 000.00
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 050.00
Total 70 28 16 26 115 106 +9 040.00

Non-UEFA competitions

Result summary by country (Non-UEFA competitions)[51]
Country Pld W D L F A GD %
Denmark Denmark 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 100.00
East Germany East Germany 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
England England 4 0 1 3 1 5 −4 000.00
Germany Germany 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Italy Italy 5 1 2 2 11 15 −4 020.00
Netherlands Netherlands 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Portugal Portugal 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 050.00
Spain Spain 7 3 1 3 11 17 −6 042.86
Sweden Sweden 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 100.00
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 050.00
Total 36 18 5 13 66 60 +6 050.00

Top goalscorers

# Name Career Goals Ref
1 Scotland Alan Gordon 1971–1975 8 [52]
Scotland Joe McBride 1968–1971 [53]
Scotland Pat Stanton 1963–1977 [54]
4 Scotland Arthur Duncan 1969–1984 7 [55]
5 England Joe Baker 1957–1961 6 [56]
Scotland Jimmy O'Rourke 1962–1974 [57]

Matches

The number of goals scored by Hibernian is on the left in each instance.

List of Hibernian games in European competitions
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Other Agg. [a] Notes Ref
1955–56 European Cup 1R West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen 1–1 4–0 — 5–1 — [2]
QF Sweden Djurgården 1–0 3–1 4–1 [2]
SF France Reims 0–1 0–2 0–3 [2]
1960–61 Fairs Cup 1R Switzerland Lausanne — — Walkover [8]
QF Spain Barcelona 3–2 4–4 7–6 — [8][9]
SF
Roma
 2–2 3–3 0–6 5–11 Playoff [7]
1961–62 Fairs Cup 1R Portugal Belenenses 3–3 3–1 — 6–4 —
2R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0–1 0–4 0–5
1962–63 Fairs Cup 1R Denmark Stævnet 4–0 3–2 7–2 [10]
2R
Utrecht XI
 2–1 1–0 3–1 [11]
QF Spain Valencia 2–1 0–5 2–6
1965–66 Fairs Cup 1R Spain Valencia 2–0 0–2 0–3 2–5 Playoff [12]
1967–68 Fairs Cup 1R
Porto
 3–0 1–3 — 4–3 —
2R
Napoli
 5–0 1–4 6–4 [13]
QF England Leeds United 1–1 0–1 1–2 [13]
1968–69 Fairs Cup 1R
Olimpija Ljubljana
 2–1 3–0 5–1 [14]
2R East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig 3–1 1–0 4–1 [15]
3R West Germany Hamburg 2–1 0–1 2–2 Away goals [12]
1970–71 Fairs Cup 1R Sweden Malmö 6–0 3–2 9–2 — [16]
2R Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 1–2 3–2 [16]
3R England Liverpool 0–1 0–2 0–3 [16]
1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup 1R
Sporting
 6–1 1–2 7–3 [17]
2R
KS Besa
 7–1 1–1 8–2 [18]
QF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 4–2 0–3 4–5 [17]
1973–74 UEFA Cup 1R
Keflavík
 2–0 1–1 3–1 [19]
2R England Leeds United 0–0 0–0 0–0 Penalties [20]
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R Norway Rosenborg 9–1 3–2 12–3 — [21]
2R Italy Juventus 2–4 0–4 2–8 [12]
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R England Liverpool 1–0 1–3 2–3 [23]
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R France Sochaux 1–0 0–0 1–0 [24]
2R Sweden Öster 2–0 1–4 3–4 [24]
1978–79 UEFA Cup 1R Sweden Norrköping 3–2 0–0 3–2 [25]
2R
Strasbourg
 1–0 0–2 1–2 [25]
1989–90 UEFA Cup 1R
Videoton
 1–0 3–0 4–0 [27]
2R
RFC de Liège
 0–0 0–1 0–1 Extra time [28]
1992–93 UEFA Cup 1R Belgium Anderlecht 2–2 1–1 3–3 Away goals [29]
2001–02 UEFA Cup 1R Greece AEK Athens 3–2 0–2 3–4 Extra time [32]
2004–05 Intertoto Cup 2R Lithuania Vėtra 1–1 0–1 1–2 — [34]
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1R
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 0–0 1–5 1–5 [35]
2006–07 Intertoto Cup 2R Latvia Dinaburg 5–0 3–0 8–0 [58]
3R Denmark Odense 2–1 0–1 2–2 Away goals [36]
2008–09 Intertoto Cup 2R Sweden Elfsborg 0–2 0–2 0–4 — [37]
2010–11 Europa League 03QR Slovenia Maribor 2–3 0–3 2–6 [38]
2013–14 Europa League 02QR Sweden Malmö 0–7 0–2 0–9 [39]
2016–17 Europa League 02QR Denmark Brøndby 0–1 1–0 1–1 Penalties [40]
2018–19 Europa League 01QR Faroe Islands Runavík 6–1 6–4 12–5 — [41]
02QR
Asteras Tripolis
 3–2 1–1 4–3 [42]
03QR Norway Molde 0–0 0–3 0–3 [43]
2021–22 Europa Conference League 02QR Andorra Santa Coloma 3–0 2–1 5–1 [59]
03QR Croatia Rijeka 1–1 1−4 2−5 [45]
2023–24 Europa Conference League 02QR Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes 6–1 1–2 7–3 [48]
03QR Switzerland Luzern 3–1 2–2 5–3 [49]
0PO England Aston Villa 0–5 0–3 0–8 [50]

Notes

  1. ^ Round or group progressed () or eliminated ()

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