Russian football clubs in European competitions

Russian football teams have taken part in European competitions since the 1966–67 season, as part of the Soviet Union until the 1991–92 season, and as an independent country from then on.

Active competitions

European Cup / UEFA Champions League

As of 22 February 2023
1966-67 Torpedo Moscow
R32 Italy Internazionale 0-0 0-1
1970-71 Spartak Moscow
R32 Switzerland Basel 3-2 1-2
1971-72 CSKA Moscow
R32 Turkey Galatasaray 1-1 3-0
R16 Belgium Standard Liège 1-0 0-2
1977-78 Torpedo Moscow
R32 Portugal Benfica 0-0 0-0
1980-81 Spartak Moscow
R32 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 5-0 4-0
R16 Denmark Esbjerg 3-0 0-2
QF Spain Real Madrid 0-0 0-2
1985-86 Zenit Leningrad
R32 Norway Vålerenga 2-0 2-0
R16 Finland Kuusysi Lahti 2-1 1-3
1988-89 Spartak Moscow
R32 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2-0 1-1
R16 Romania Steaua Bucharest 0-3 1-2
1990-91 Spartak Moscow
R32 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 2-0 2-0
R16 Italy Napoli 0-0 0-0
QF Spain Real Madrid 0-0 3-1
SF France Olympique Marseille 1-3 1-2
1992-93 CSKA Moscow
R32 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 1-0 4-1
R16 Spain Barcelona 1-1 3-2
QF Belgium Club Brugge 0-1 1-2
Scotland Rangers 0-1 0-0
France Olympique Marseille 1-1 0-6
1993-94 Spartak Moscow
R32 Latvia Skonto Riga 5-0 4-0
R16 Poland Lech Poznań 5-1 2-1
QF France Monaco 1-4 0-0
Turkey Galatasaray 0-0 2-1
Spain Barcelona 2-2 1-5
1994-95 Spartak Moscow
R16 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2-3 1-0
France PSG 1-2 1-4
Germany Bayern Munich 1-1 2-2
1995-96 Spartak Moscow
R16 England Blackburn Rovers 1-0 3-0
Poland Legia Warsaw 2-1 1-0
Norway Rosenborg 4-2 4-1
QF France Nantes 0-2 2-2
1996-97 Alania Vladikavkaz
QR Scotland Rangers 1-3 2-7
1997-98 Spartak Moscow
QR2 Slovakia Košice 1-2 0-0
1998-99 Spartak Moscow
QR3 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 5-0 6-2
R24 Austria Sturm Graz 2-0 0-0
Spain Real Madrid 2-1 1-2
Italy Internazionale 1-2 0-0
1999-00 Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow
QR2 Norway Molde 2-0 0-4
QR3 Serbia and Montenegro Partizan Belgrade 2-0 3-1
R32 Netherlands Willem II Tilburg 3-1 1-1
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1-1 2-5
France Girondins Bordeaux 1-2 1-2
2000-01 Spartak Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow
QR3 Turkey Beşiktaş 0-3 1-6
R32 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 0-1
Spain Real Madrid 0-1 1-0
Portugal Sporting CP 3-1 3-0
R16 England Arsenal 4-1 0-1
France Olympique Lyonnais 0-3 1-1
Germany Bayern Munich 0-1 0-3
2001-02 Spartak Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow
QR3 Austria Tirol Innsbruck 3-1 0-1
R32 Netherlands Feyenoord 2-2 1-2 Belgium Anderlecht 1-1 5-1
Germany Bayern Munich 1-3 1-5 Spain Real Madrid 0-4 2-0
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0-2 2-2 Italy Roma 1-2 0-1
2002-03 Spartak Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow
QR3 Austria Grazer AK 2-0 3-3
R32 Switzerland Basel 0-2 0-2 Turkey Galatasaray 0-2 2-1
Spain Valencia 0-3 0-3 Belgium Club Brugge 0-0 2-0
England Liverpool 0-5 1-3 Spain Barcelona 1-3 0-1
R16 Germany Borussia Dortmund 1-2 0-3
Spain Real Madrid 2-2 0-1
Italy Milan 0-1 0-1
2003-04 Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow
QR2 North Macedonia Vardar Skopje 1-2 1-1
QR3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 3-1
R32 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 3-2
England Arsenal 0-0 0-3
Italy Internazionale 3-0 1-1
R16 France Monaco 2-1 0-1
2004-05 CSKA Moscow
QR2 Azerbaijan Neftçi 0-0 2-0
QR3 Scotland Rangers 2-1 1-1
GS England Chelsea 1-3 2-1
Portugal Porto 0-0 0-1
France PSG 0-2 0-0
2005-06 Lokomotiv Moscow
QR2 North Macedonia Rabotnički 1-1 2-0
QR3 Austria Rapid Wien 1-1 0-1
2006-07 CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow
QR2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 1-1 0-0 (a)
QR3 Slovakia Ružomberok 3-0 2-0 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 0-0 2-1
GS England Arsenal 1-0 0-0 Germany Bayern Munich 0-4 2-2
Portugal Porto 0-0 0-2 Italy Internazionale 1-2 0-1
Germany Hamburg 1-0 2-3 Portugal Sporting CP 1-1 3-1
2007-08 CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow
QR3 Scotland Celtic 1-1 1-1 (3-4p)
GS Italy Internazionale 1-2 2-4
Turkey Fenerbahçe 2-2 1-3
Netherlands PSV 1-2 0-1
2008-09 Zenit Spartak Moscow
QR3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 1-4
GS Italy Juventus 0-1 0-0
Spain Real Madrid 1-2 0-3
Belarus BATE Borisov 1-1 2-0
2009-10 Rubin Kazan CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow
QR3 Scotland Celtic 1-0 0-2
GS Spain Barcelona 2-1 0-0 England Manchester United 0-1 3-3
Italy Internazionale 1-1 0-2 Germany Wolfsburg 1-3 2-1
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1-3 0-0 Turkey Beşiktaş 2-1 2-1
R16 Spain Sevilla 1-1 2-1
QF Italy Internazionale 0-1 0-1
2010-11 Rubin Kazan Spartak Moscow Zenit
QR3 Romania Unirea Urziceni 0-0 1-0
PO France Auxerre 1-0 0-2
GS Spain Barcelona 1-1 0-2 England Chelsea 0-2 1-4
Denmark Copenhagen 0-1 1-0 France Olympique Marseille 1-0 0-3
Greece Panathinaikos 0-0 0-0 Slovakia Žilina 3-0 2-1
2011-12 Zenit CSKA Moscow Rubin Kazan
QR3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 2-1
PO France Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 1-1
GS Cyprus APOEL 1-2 0-0 Italy Internazionale 2-3 2-1
Portugal Porto 3-1 0-0 Turkey Trabzonspor 3-0 0-0
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 1-0 France Lille 2-2 0-2
R16 Portugal Benfica 3-2 0-2 Spain Real Madrid 1-1 1-4
2012-13 Zenit Spartak Moscow
PO Turkey Fenerbahçe 2-1 1-1
GS Spain Málaga 0-3 2-2 Spain Barcelona 2-3 0-3
Italy Milan 2-3 0-1 Scotland Celtic 2-3 1-2
Belgium Anderlecht 1-0 0-1 Portugal Benfica 2-1 0-2
2013-14 CSKA Moscow Zenit
PO Portugal Paços de Ferreira 4-1 4-2
GS Germany Bayern Munich 0-3 1-3 Spain Atlético Madrid 1-3 1-1
England Manchester City 1-2 2-5 Portugal Porto 1-0 1-1
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 3-2 1-2 Austria Austria Wien 0-0 1-4
R16 Germany Borussia Dortmund 2-4 2-1
2014-15 CSKA Moscow Zenit
QR3 Cyprus AEL Limassol 0-1 3-0
PO Belgium Standard Liège 1-0 3-0
GS Germany Bayern Munich 0-1 0-3 France Monaco 0-0 0-2
England Manchester City 2-2 2-1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 1-2
Italy Roma 1-5 1-1 Portugal Benfica 2-0 1-0
2015-16 Zenit CSKA Moscow
QR3 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2-2 3-2
PO Portugal Sporting CP 1-2 3-1
GS Belgium Gent 2-1 1-2 Germany Wolfsburg 0-1 0-2
Spain Valencia 3-2 2-0 Netherlands PSV 3-2 1-2
France Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 2-1 England Manchester United 1-1 0-1
R16 Portugal Benfica 0-1 1-2
2016-17 CSKA Moscow Rostov
QR3 Belgium Anderlecht 2-2 2-0
PO Netherlands Ajax 1-1 4-1
GS France Monaco 1-1 0-3 Spain Atlético Madrid 0-1 1-2
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 1-1 Germany Bayern Munich 0-5 3-2
England Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 1-3 Netherlands PSV 2-2 0-0
2017-18 Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow
QR3 Greece AEK Athens 2-0 1-0
PO Switzerland Young Boys 1-0 2-0
GS England Liverpool 1-1 0-7 England Manchester United 1-4 1-2
Spain Sevilla 5-1 1-2 Switzerland Basel 0-2 2-1
Slovenia Maribor 1-1 1-1 Portugal Benfica 2-1 2-0
2018-19 Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA Moscow Spartak Moscow
QR3 Greece PAOK 2-3 0-0
GS Portugal Porto 1-3 1-4 Spain Real Madrid 1-0 3-0
Germany Schalke 04 0-1 0-1 Italy Roma 0-3 1-2
Turkey Galatasaray 0-3 2-0 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 2-2 1-2
2019-20 Zenit Lokomotiv Moscow Krasnodar
QR3 Portugal Porto 0-1 3-2 (a)
PO Greece Olympiacos 0-4 1-2
GS Germany RB Leipzig 1-2 0-2 Italy Juventus 1-2 1-2
France Olympiqe Lyonnais 1-1 2-0 Spain Atlético Madrid 0-2 0-2
Portugal Benfica 3-1 0-3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 0-2
2020-21 Zenit Lokomotiv Moscow Krasnodar
PO Greece PAOK 2-1 2-1
GS Germany Borussia Dortmund 0-2 1-2 Germany Bayern Munich 1-2 0-2 England Chelsea 0-4 1-1
Italy Lazio 1-1 1-3 Spain Atlético Madrid 1-1 0-0 Spain Sevilla 2-3 1-2
Belgium Club Brugge 1-2 0-3 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2-2 1-3 France Rennes 1-1 1-0
2021-22 Zenit Spartak Moscow
QR3 Portugal Benfica 0-2 0-2
GS England Chelsea 3-3 0-1
Italy Juventus 0-1 2-4
Sweden Malmö 4-0 1-1

UEFA Cup / Europa League

As of 22 February 2023
Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2021-22 Lokomotiv Moscow Group E Turkey Galatasaray 0–1 1–1 4th
Italy Lazio 0–3 0–2
France Marseille 1–1 0–1
Spartak Moscow Group C Italy Napoli 3–2 2–1 1st
England Leicester City 3–4 1–1
Poland Legia Warsaw 0–1 1–0
R16 Germany RB Leipzig Excluded[a]
Zenit Saint Petersburg KPO Spain Real Betis 2–3 0–0 2–3

UEFA Europa Conference League

As of 22 february 2023
Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2021-22 Sochi 2QR Azerbaijan Keşla 3–0 4–2 7–2
3QR Serbia Partizan 1–1 2–2 (a.e.t.) 3–3 (2–4 p)
Rubin Kazan 3QR Poland Raków Częstochowa 0–1 (a.e.t.) 0–0 0–1

Defunct competitions

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1966-67 Spartak Moscow 1R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd 3–0 3–1 6–1
2R Austria Rapid Wien 1–1 0–1 1–2
1967-68 Torpedo Moscow 1R East Germany BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 0–0 1–0 1–0
2R Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 3–0 3–1 6–1
QF Wales Cardiff City 1–0 0–1 1–1*
1969-70 Torpedo Moscow PR Austria Rapid Wien 0–0 1–1 1–1*
1971-72 Dynamo Moscow 1R Greece Olympiacos 2–0 2–1 3–2
2R Turkey Eskişehirspor 1–0 1–0 2–0
QF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2–1 1–1 3–2
SF East Germany BFC Dynamo 1–1 1–1 2–2 (1–4 p)
F Scotland Rangers 3–2
1972-73 Spartak Moscow 1R Netherlands FC Den Haag 1–0 0–0 1–0
2R Spain Atlético Madrid 4–3 2–1 5–5*
QF Italy Milan 0–1 1–1 1–2
1973-74 Torpedo Moscow 1R Spain Athletic Bilbao 0–0 0–2 0–2
1977-78 Dynamo Moscow 1R Malta Valletta 5–0 2–0 7–0
2R Romania Universitatea Craiova 2–0 0–2 2–2 (3–0 p)
QF Spain Real Betis 3–0 0–0 3–0
SF Austria Austria Wien 2–1 1–2 3–3 (4–5 p)
1979-80 Dynamo Moscow 1R Albania Vllaznia Shkodër
2R Portugal Boavista
QF France Nantes
1981-82 SKA Rostov 1R Turkey Ankaragücü
2R Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
1982-83 Torpedo Moscow 1R Germany Bayern Munich
1984-85 Dynamo Moscow 1R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
2R Malta Ħamrun Spartans
QF Greece AEL
SF Austria Rapid Wien

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2003
2004 FC Spartak Moscow 1R Lithuania Atlantas 2–0 0–1 2–1
2R Croatia Kamen Ingrad 4–1 1–0 5–1
3R Spain Villarreal 2–2 0–1 2–3
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl 2R Czech Republic Teplice 2–1 2–0 4–1
3R Portugal União de Leiria 1–4 1–2 2–6
2005 Did not participate1
2006 FC Moscow 2R Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 2–0 1–0 3–0
3R Germany Hertha BSC 0–2 0–0 0–2
2007 FC Rubin Kazan 2R Hungary Zalaegerszeg 2–0 3–0 5–0
3R Austria Rapid Vienna 1–3 0–0 1–3
2008 Saturn Moscow Oblast 2R Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck 7–0 1–1 8–1
3R Germany Stuttgart 1–0 0–3 (a.e.t.) 1–3
Notes
  • Note 1: No club was selected by the Russian Football Union to participate in the tournament during that season.

UEFA coefficient and ranking

For the 2025–26 UEFA competitions, the associations were allocated places according to their 2024 UEFA country coefficients, which take into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2023–24. In the 2024 rankings used for the 2025–26 European competitions, Russia's coefficient points total is 22.965 and is ranked by UEFA as the 22nd best association in Europe out of 55. Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, however, Russian clubs are excluded from participating in the 2025-26 UEFA competitions.[2]

UEFA country coefficient history

As of 19 August 2025, Source UEFA
Accumulated Valid Rank Movement Coefficient Change
2002–03 to 2006–07 2008–09 9 36.125
2003–04 to 2007–08 2009–10 6 Increase +3 43.750 Increase +7.625
2004–05 to 2008–09 2010–11 6 Steady 47.625 Increase +3.875
2005–06 to 2009–10 2011–12 6 Steady 43.791 Decrease –3.834
2006–07 to 2010–11 2012–13 7 Decrease –1 44.707 Increase +0.916
2007–08 to 2011–12 2013–14 7 Steady 47.832 Increase +3.125
2008–09 to 2012–13 2014–15 8 Decrease –1 46.332 Decrease –1.500
2009–10 to 2013–14 2015–16 7 Increase +1 46.998 Increase +0.667
2010–11 to 2014–15 2016–17 7 Steady 50.498 Increase +3.500
2011–12 to 2015–16 2017–18 7 Steady 51.082 Increase +0.584
2012–13 to 2016–17 2018–19 6 Increase +1 50.532 Decrease –0.550
2013–14 to 2017–18 2019–20 6 Steady 53.382 Increase +2.850
2014–15 to 2018–19 2020–21 6 Steady 50.549 Decrease –2.833
2015–16 to 2019–20 2021–22 7 Decrease –1 45.549 Decrease –5.000
2016–17 to 2020–21 2022–23 8 Decrease –1 38.382 Decrease –7.167
2017–18 to 2021–22 2023–24 10 Decrease –2 34.482 Decrease –3.900
2018–19 to 2022–23 [Note 2022-23] 2024–25 18 Decrease –8 26.215 Decrease –8.267
2019–20 to 2023–24 2025–26 22 Decrease –5 22.965 Decrease –3.250
2020–21 to 2024–25 2026–27 26 Decrease –4 22.632 Decrease –0.333
Notes
  1. ^
    On 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs and national teams were suspended from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] On 2 May 2022, UEFA confirmed that Russian clubs would be excluded from the 2022–23 UEFA competitions and be awarded the minimum coefficient from the previous 5 seasons (4.333) for 2022–23.[3]
    2. This ban was further extended to the 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons.

References

  1. ^ Spartak Moscow, as well as other Russian clubs and national teams, were excluded from all competitions organized by UEFA and FIFA due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
  1. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Ukraine crisis: Fifa and Uefa suspend all Russian clubs and national teams". BBC Sport. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs" (Press release). Nyon: UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.


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