# Dundee United F.C. in European football

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, 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.
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.

## Matches

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

## Overall record
### By competition

| 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

| Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| 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 |