# Dunfermline Athletic F.C. in European football

Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Dunfermline, Fife. The club first competed in a European competition in 1961–62, entering the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The club reached the quarter-finals on its first attempt. Their best run came in 1968–69 when they reached the semi-finals of the same competition.

## Matches

List of Dunfermline games in European competitions :
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Other | Agg. | Notes |
| 1961–62 | Cup Winners' Cup | PR | St Patrick's Athletic | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 8–1 | — |
| 1961–62 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | FK Vardar | 5–0 | 0–2 | — | 5–2 | — |
| 1961–62 | Cup Winners' Cup | QF | Újpesti Dózsa | 0–1 | 3–4 | — | 3–5 | — |
| 1962–63 | Fairs Cup | 1R | Everton | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | — |
| 1962–63 | Fairs Cup | 2R | Valencia | 6–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 6–7 | Playoff |
| 1964–65 | Fairs Cup | 1R | Örgryte IS | 4–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | — |
| 1964–65 | Fairs Cup | 2R | VfB Stuttgart | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 1964–65 | Fairs Cup | 3R | Athletic Bilbao | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | Playoff |
| 1965–66 | Fairs Cup | 2R | Boldklubben 1903 | 5–0 | 4–2 | — | 9–2 | — |
| 1965–66 | Fairs Cup | 3R | Spartak Brno | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | — |
| 1965–66 | Fairs Cup | QF | Real Zaragoza | 1–0 | 2–4 | — | 3–4 | Extra time |
| 1966–67 | Fairs Cup | 1R | SK Frigg | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 6–2 | — |
| 1966–67 | Fairs Cup | 2R | Dinamo Zagreb | 4–2 | 0–2 | — | 4–4 | Away goals |
| 1968–69 | Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | APOEL | 10–1 | 2–0 | — | 12–1 | — |
| 1968–69 | Cup Winners' Cup | 2R | Olympiacos | 4–0 | 0–3 | — | 4–3 | — |
| 1968–69 | Cup Winners' Cup | QF | West Bromwich Albion | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 1968–69 | Cup Winners' Cup | SF | Slovan Bratislava | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | — |
| 1969–70 | Fairs Cup | 1R | Bordeaux | 4–0 | 0–2 | — | 4–2 | — |
| 1969–70 | Fairs Cup | 2R | Gwardia Warszawa | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | — |
| 1969–70 | Fairs Cup | 3R | Anderlecht | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | Away goals |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 2QR | FH | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–4 | — |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 2QR | BK Häcken | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | — |

## Overall record
### By competition

| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 31 | +18 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 14 | +20 |
| UEFA Cup | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| Total | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 87 | 51 | +36 |

### By country

| Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 100.00 |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 025.00 |
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 100.00 |
| England | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Greece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Hungary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Norway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Spain | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 037.50 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 025.00 |
| West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 050.00 |