Republic of Ireland football clubs in European competitions

League of Ireland clubs have participated in European football competitions since the 1957–58 European Cup, where Shamrock Rovers were eliminated in the preliminary round by Manchester United. In total, 19 clubs have represented the Republic of Ireland in European competition.

Statistics

As of 24 July 2025

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Overall

UEFA coefficient and ranking

For the 2026-27 UEFA competitions, the associations will be allocated places according to their 2025 UEFA association coefficient, which is based on their clubs' performances in UEFA club competitions between the 2020-21 season and the 2024-25 season. In the 2025 rankings used to allocate berths for the 2026-27 European competitions, the Republic of Ireland's coefficient points total will be 14.968. After earning a score 5.343 points during the 2024-25 European campaign, the Republic of Ireland climbed 4 places to 31st out of 55 in the rankings, earning them a spot in the 2026-27 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Rank Nation Points
29  Bulgaria 19.875
30  Azerbaijan 19.625
31  Republic of Ireland 14.968
32  Moldova 14.5
33  Iceland 13.52

Appearances in UEFA competitions

Overview of clubs

As of 24 July 2025

Club UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

(including Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)

UEFA Europa Conference League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup Total
Apps P W D L Apps P W D L Apps P W D L Apps P W D L Apps P W D L Apps P W D L
Shamrock Rovers 13 32 5 8 19 15 50 13 9 28 5 21 7 4 10 6 16 5 2 9 2 6 3 0 3 41 125 33 23 69
Dundalk 12 33 4 12 17 12 43 10 6 27 2 9 4 3 2 3 8 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 29 94 20 23 51
Bohemians 6 18 4 4 10 15 31 3 10 18 1 6 4 1 1 3 8 2 2 4 3 10 4 0 6 28 73 17 17 39
St. Patrick's Athletic 4 8 0 3 5 12 42 10 7 25 4 14 6 4 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 2 22 70 18 14 38
Shelbourne 7 23 5 9 9 7 17 1 4 12 1 4 1 2 1 4 10 1 1 8 2 6 3 1 2 21 60 11 17 32
Cork City 3 10 2 1 7 11 32 7 7 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 4 16 4 6 6 20 62 14 14 34
Derry City[nb 1] 3 6 0 1 5 10 26 7 5 14 3 10 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 46 12 9 25
Sligo Rovers 2 4 0 0 4 4 10 2 4 4 2 8 4 0 4 2 6 1 1 4 1 4 0 2 2 11 32 7 7 20
Waterford 6 14 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 22 4 1 17
Limerick 2 4 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 0 2 10
Drogheda United 1 4 2 1 1 4 12 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 5 5 6
Drumcondra 3 6 1 0 5 2 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 3 0 9
Cork Hibernians 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 2 1 7
Finn Harps 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 1 7
Longford Town 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 1 4
Bray Wanderers 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 3
Cork Celtic 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 3
Home Farm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
Sporting Fingal 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
Total 64 166 26 39 101 102 289 59 58 172 18 72 30 16 26 35 86 16 15 55 13 46 16 9 21 234 664 148 137 379
  Indicates clubs that are still active in this season's UEFA Champions League.
  Indicates clubs that are still active in this season's UEFA Europa League.
  Indicates clubs that are still active in this season's UEFA Conference League.

Active competitions

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
European Cup
1957-58 Shamrock Rovers PR England Manchester United 0-6 2-3 2-9
1958-59 Drumcondra PR Spain Atlético Madrid 1-5 0-8 1-13
1959-60 Shamrock Rovers PR France Nice 1-1 2-3 3-4
1960-61 Limerick PR Switzerland Young Boys 0-5 2-4 2-9
1961-62 Drumcondra PR Germany 1. FC Nürnberg 1-4 0-5 1-9
1962-63 Shelbourne PR Portugal Sporting CP 0-2 1-5 1-7
1963-64 Dundalk PR Switzerland Zürich 0-3 2-1 2-4
1964-65 Shamrock Rovers PR Austria Rapid Wien 0-2 0-3 0-5
1965-66 Drumcondra PR East Germany Vorwärts Berlin 1–0 0–3 1–3
1966-67 Waterford PR East Germany Vorwärts Berlin 1–6 0–6 1–12
1967-68 Dundalk 1R Hungary Vasas 0-1 1-8 1-9
1968-69 Waterford 1R England Manchester United 1–3 1–7 2–10
1969-70 Waterford 1R Turkey Galatasaray 2–3 0–2 2–5
1970–71 Waterford 1R Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–0 3–1 4–1
2R Scotland Celtic 0–7 2–3 2–10
1971-72 Cork Hibernians 1R Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-5 1-2 1-7
1972–73 Waterford 1R Cyprus Omonia 0–2 2–1 2–3
1973–74 Waterford 1R Hungary Újpest 2–3 0–3 2–6
1974–75 Cork Celtic 1R Cyprus Omonia w/o
2R Soviet Union Ararat Yerevan 1–2 0–5 2–7
1975–76 Bohemians 1R Scotland Rangers 1–4 1–1 2–5
1976-77 Dundalk 1R Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–1 0–6 1–7
1977-78 Sligo Rovers 1R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 0-3 0-3 0-6
1978-79 Bohemians 1R Cyprus Omonia 1-0 1-2 2-2 (a)
2R East Germany Dynamo Dresden 0-0 0-6 0-6
1979-80 Dundalk PR Northern Ireland Linfield 1-1 2-0 3-1
1R Malta Hibernians 2-0 0-1 2-1
2R Scotland Celtic 0-0 2-3 2-3
1980-81 Limerick 1R Spain Real Madrid 1-2 1-5 2-7
1981-82 Athlone Town PR Denmark KB 2-2 1-1 3-3 (a)
1982-83 Dundalk 1R England Liverpool 1-4 0-1 1-5
1983-84 Athlone Town 1R Belgium Standard Liège 2-3 2-8 4-11
1984-85 Shamrock Rovers 1R Northern Ireland Linfield 1-1 0-0 1-1 (a)
1985-86 Shamrock Rovers 1R Hungary Budapest Honvéd 1-3 0-2 1-5
1986-87 Shamrock Rovers 1R Scotland Celtic 0-1 0-2 0-3
1987-88 Shamrock Rovers 1R Cyprus Omonia 0-1 0-0 0-1
1988-89 Dundalk 1R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 0-5 0-3 0-8
1989-90 Derry City[nb 1][nb 2] 1R Portugal Benfica 1-2 0-4 1-6
1990-91 St. Patrick's Athletic 1R Romania Dinamo Bucureşti 1-1 0-4 1-5
1991-92 Dundalk 1R Hungary Kispest Honvéd 0-2 1-1 1-3
UEFA Champions League
1992-93 Shelbourne PR Ukraine SC Tavriya Simferopol 0-0 1-2 1-2
1993-94 Cork City PR Wales Cwmbrân Town 2-1 2-3 4-4 (a)
1R Turkey Galatasaray 0-1 1-2 1-3
1994-95 None entered[nb 3]
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98 Derry City 1QR Slovenia Maribor 0-2 0-1 0-3
1998-99 St. Patrick's Athletic 1QR Scotland Celtic 0-2 0-0 0-2
1999-2000 St. Patrick's Athletic 1QR Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 0-5 0-5 0-10
2000-01 Shelbourne 1QR North Macedonia Sloga Jugomagnat 1-1 1-0 2-1
2QR Norway Rosenborg 1-1 1-3 2-4
2001-02 Bohemians 1QR Estonia Levadia Maardu 3-0 0-0 3-0
2QR Sweden Halmstads 1-2 0-2 1-4
2002-03 Shelbourne 1QR Malta Hibernians 0-1 2-2 2-3
2003-04 Bohemians 1QR Belarus BATE Borisov 3-0 0-1 3-1
2QR Norway Rosenborg 0-1 0-4 0-5
2004-05 Shelbourne 1QR Iceland KR 0-0 2-2 2-2 (a)
2QR Croatia Hajduk Split 2-0 2-3 4-3
3QR Spain Deportivo La Coruña 0-0 0-3 0-3
2005-06 Shelbourne 1QR Northern Ireland Glentoran 4-1 2-1 6-2
2QR Romania Steaua București 0-0 1-4 1-4
2006-07 Cork City 1QR Cyprus Apollon Limassol 1-0 1-1 2-1
2QR Serbia Crvena Zvezda 0-1 0-3 0-4
2007-08 Derry City 1QR Armenia Pyunik 0-0 0-2 0-2
2008-09 Drogheda United 1QR Estonia Levadia Tallinn 2-1 1-0 3-1
2QR Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 2-2 3-4
2009-10 Bohemians 2QR Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0-1 1-1 1-2
2010-11 Bohemians 2QR Wales The New Saints 1-0 0-4 1-4
2011-12 Shamrock Rovers 2QR Estonia Flora 1-0 0-0 1-0
3QR Denmark Copenhagen 0-2 0-1 0-3
2012-13 Shamrock Rovers 2QR Lithuania Ekranas 0-0 1-2 1-2
2013-14 Sligo Rovers 2QR Norway Molde 0-1 0-2 0-3
2014-15 St. Patrick's Athletic 2QR Poland Legia Warsaw 0-5 1-1 1-6
2015-16 Dundalk 2QR Moldova BATE Borisov 0-0 1-2 1-2
2016-17 Dundalk 2QR Iceland FH 1-1 2-2 3-3 (a)
3QR Moldova BATE Borisov 3-0 0-1 3-1
QPO Poland Legia Warsaw 0-2 1-1 1-3
2017-18 Dundalk 2QR Norway Rosenborg 1-1 1-2 2-3
2018-19 Cork City 1QR Poland Legia Warsaw 0-1 0-3 0-4
2019-20 Dundalk 1QR Latvia Riga 0-0 0-0 0-0 (5-4 p)
2QR Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1-1 0-3 1-4
2020-21 Dundalk 1QR Slovenia Celje N/A 0-3 0-3
2021-22 Shamrock Rovers 1QR Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 2-1 0-2 2-3
2022-23 Shamrock Rovers 1QR Malta Hibernians 3-0 0-0 3-0
2QR Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 2-1 0-3 2-4
2023-24 Shamrock Rovers 1QR Iceland Breiðablik 0-1 1-2 1-3
2024-25 Shamrock Rovers 1QR Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 2-1 0-0 2-1
2QR Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0-2 2-4 2-6
2025-26 Shelbourne 1QR Northern Ireland Linfield 1-0 1-1 2-1
2QR Azerbaijan Qarabağ 0-3

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1962-63 Drumcondra 1R Denmark Odense XI 4-1 2-4 6-5
2R Germany Bayern Munich 1-0 0-6 1-6
1963-64 Shamrock Rovers 1R Spain Valencia 0-1 2-2 2-3
1964-65 Shelbourne 1R Portugal Beleneses 0-0 1-1 1-1 (2-1 Play-off)
2R Spain Atlético Madrid 0-1 0-1 0-2
1965-66 Shamrock Rovers 2R Spain Zaragoza 1-1 1-2 2-3
1966-67 Drumcondra 1R Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 1-6 1-8
1967-68 St. Patrick's Athletic 1R France FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1-3 3-6 4-9
1968-69 Dundalk 1R Netherlands DOS Utrecht 2-1 1-1 3-2
2R Scotland Rangers 0-3 1-6 1-9
1969-70 Dundalk 1R England Liverpool 0-4 0-10 0-14
1970-71 Cork Hibernians 1R Spain Valencia 0-3 1-3 1-6
UEFA Cup
1971-72 Shelbourne 1R Hungary Vasas 1-1 0-1 1-2
1972-73 Bohemians 1R Germany Köln 0-3 1-2 1-5
1973-74 Finn Harps 1R Scotland Aberdeen 1-3 1-4 2-7
1974-75 Bohemians 1R Germany Hamburg 0-1 0-3 094
1975-76 Athlone Town 1R Norway Vålerengen 3-1 1-1 4-2
2R Italy Milan 0-0 0-3 0-3
1976-77 Finn Harps 1R England Derby County 1-4 0-12 1-16
1977-78 Bohemians 1R England Newcastle United 0-0 0-4 0-4
1978-79 Finn Harps 1R England Everton 0-5 0-5 0-10
1979-80 Bohemians 1R Portugal Sporting CP 0-0 0-2 0-2
1980-81 Dundalk 1R Portugal Porto 0-0 0-1 0-1
1981-82 Limerick United 1R England Southampton 0-3 1-1 1-4
1982-83 Shamrock Rovers 1R Iceland Fram 0-4 0-3 0-7
2R Romania Universitatea Craiova 0-2 0-3 0-5
1983-84 Drogheda United 1R England Tottenham Hotspur 0-6 0-8 0-14
1984-85 Bohemians 1R Scotland Rangers 3-2 0-2 3-4
1985-86 Bohemians 1R Scotland Dundee United 2-5 2-2 4-7
1986-87 Galway United 1R Netherlands FC Groningen 1-3 1-5 2-8
1987-88 Bohemians 1R Scotland Aberdeen 0-0 0-1 0-1
1988-89 St. Patrick's Athletic 1R Scotland Hearts 0-2 0-2 0-4
1989-90 Dundalk 1R Switzerland Wettingen 0-2 0-3 0-5
1990-91 Derry City 1R Netherlands Vitesse 0-1 0-0 0-1
1991-92 Cork City 1R Germany Bayern Munich 1-1 0-2 1-3
1992-93 Derry City 1R Netherlands Vitesse 1-2 0-3 1-5
1993-94 Bohemians 1R France Bordeaux 0-1 0-5 0-6
1994-95 Shamrock Rovers PR Poland Górnik Zabrze 0-1 0-7 0-8
Cork City PR Czech Republic Slavia Prague 0-4 0-2 0-6
1995-96 Dundalk PR Sweden Malmö FF 0-2 0-2 0-4
Shamrock Rovers PR Iceland ÍA 0-3 0-3 0-6
1996-97 Bohemians PR Belgium Dinamo Minsk 1-1 0-0 1-1 (a)
St. Patrick's Athletic PR Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 3-4 0-1 3-5
1997-98 Bohemians 1QR Hungary Ferencváros 0-1 0-5 0-6
1998-99 Shelbourne 1QR Scotland Rangers 3-5 0-1 3-7
1990-2000 Bray Wanderers QR Switzerland Grasshopper 0-4 0-4 0-8
Cork City QR Sweden IFK Göteborg 1-0 0-3 1-3
2000-01 Bohemians QR Scotland Aberdeen 0-1 1-2 2-2 (a)
1R Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1-3 1-0 2-3
Cork City QR Switzerland Lausanne-Sports 0-1 0-1 0-2
2001-02 Longford Town QR Bulgaria Litex Lovech 1-1 0-2 1-3
Shelbourne QR Denmark Brøndby 0-3 0-2 0-5
2002-03 Shamrock Rovers QR Sweden Djurgårdens IF 1-3 0-2 1-5
Dundalk QR Croatia Varteks 0-4 0-5 0-9
2003-04 Derry City QR Cyprus APOEL 0-3 1-2 1-5
Shelbourne QR Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 2-3 0-1 2-4
2004-05 Bohemians 1QR Estonia Levadia Tallinn 1-3 0-0 1-3
Longford Town 1QR Liechtenstein Vaduz 2-3 0-1 2-4
Shelbourne 1R France Lille OSC 2-2 0-2 2-4
2005-06 Longford Town 1QR Wales Carmarthen Town 2-0 1-5 3-5
Cork City 1QR Lithuania Ekranas 0-1 2-0 2-1
2QR Sweden Djurgårdens IF 0-0 1-1 1-1 (a)
1R Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1-2 0-2 1-4
2006-07 Drogheda United 1QR Finland HJK 3-1 1-1 2-4
2QR Norway IK Start 1-0 0-1 1-1 (10-11 p)
Derry City 1QR Sweden IFK Göteborg 1-0 1-0 2-0
2QR Scotland Gretna F.C. 2-2 5-1 7-3
1R France Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 0-2 0-2
2007-08 Drogheda United 1QR San Marino Libertas 3-0 1-1 4-1
2QR Sweden Helsingborgs IF 1-1 0-3 1-4
St. Patrick's Athletic 1QR Denmark Odense 0-0 0-5 0-5
2008-09 Cork City 1QR Finland Haka 2-2 0-4 2-6
St. Patrick's Athletic 1QR Latvia Olimps/ASK 2-0 1-0 3-0
1QR Sweden IF Elfsborg 2-1 2-2 4-3
1R Germany Hertha BSC 0-0 2-0 2-0
UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa Conference League / UEFA Conference League

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
UEFA Europa Conference League
2021-22 Sligo Rovers 1QR Iceland FH 1-2 0-1 1-3
Bohemians 1QR Iceland Stjarnan 3-0 1-1 4-1
2QR Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 3-0 1-0 4-0
3QR Greece PAOK 2-1 0-2 2-3
Dundalk 1QR Wales Newtown 4-0 1-0 5-0
2QR Estonia FCI Levadia 2-2 2-1 4-3
3QR Netherlands Vitesse 1-2 2-2 3-4
Shamrock Rovers 2QR bye
3QR Albania Teuta 1-0 2-0 3-0
QPO Estonia Flora 0-1 2-4 2-5
2022-23 Derry City 1QR Latvia Riga 0-2 0-2 0-4
Sligo Rovers 1QR Wales Bala Town 0-1 2-1 2-2 (4-3 p)
2QR Scotland Motherwell 2-0 1-0 3-0
3QR Norway Viking 1-0 1-5 2-5
St. Patrick's Athletic 2QR Slovenia Mura 1-1 0-0 1-1 (6-5 p)
3QR Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0-2 1-0 1-2
Shamrock Rovers GS Sweden Djurgårdens IF 0-0 0-1 4th out of 4 teams
Belgium Gent 1-1 0-3
Norway Molde 0-2 0-3
2023-24 Dundalk 1QR Gibraltar Bruno's Magpies 3-1 0-0 3-1
2QR Iceland KA 2-2 1-3 3-5
Derry City 1QR Faroe Islands HA 1-0 0-0 1-0
2QR Finland KuPS 2-1 3-3 5-4
3QR Kazakhstan Tobol 1-0 0-1 1-1 (5-6 p)
St. Patrick's Athletic 1QR Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 2-3 1-2 3-5
Shamrock Rovers 2QR Hungary Ferencváros 0-2 0-4 0-6
UEFA Conference League
2024-25 Derry City 1QR Gibraltar Bruno's Magpies 2-1 0-2 2-3
Shelbourne 1QR Gibraltar St Joseph's 2-1 1-1 3-2
2QR Switzerland Zürich 0-0 0-3 0-3
St. Patrick's Athletic 2QR Liechtenstein Vaduz 3-1 2-2 5-3
3QR Azerbaijan Sabah 1-0 1-0 2-0
QPO Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 0-0 0-2 0-2
Shamrock Rovers LP Cyprus APOEL 1-1 N/A 10th out of 36
Northern Ireland Larne N/A 4-1
Wales The New Saints 2-1 N/A
Austria Rapid Wien N/A 1-1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 3-0 N/A
England Chelsea N/A 1-5
KPO Norway Molde 0-1 1-0 1-1 (4-5 p)
2025-26 St. Patrick's Athletic 1QR Lithuania Hegelmann 1-0 2-0 3-0
2QR Estonia Nõmme Kalju 1-0
Shamrock Rovers 2QR Gibraltar St Joseph's 0-4

Notes

  1. ^ a b Derry City played in Northern Irish football until 1985, when they joined the League of Ireland and now represent the Republic of Ireland in European competition.
  2. ^ Derry City had previously represented Northern Ireland in the 1966-67 European Cup.
  3. ^ No clubs entered the Champions League during these seasons as a result of restructuring by UEFA, with entry to the competition limited to the continent's top 24 countries. The league champions entered the UEFA Cup instead.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "History: Shamrock Rovers 0-6 Man Utd". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Drumcondra Dublin - Stævnet Odense 4:1 (Europa League 1962/1963, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  3. ^ "History: Dundalk 4-0 Newtown". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Dunfermline Athletic - St Patrick's Athletic 4:1 (Cup Winners Cup 1961/1962, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b "History: Aberystwyth 0-5 Derry". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  6. ^ "History: Derby 12-0 Finn Harps". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  7. ^ "History: Finn Harps 1-4 Derby". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
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