This article lists the results of PFC Slavia Sofia in European football since the club's first participation in 1963.
Throughout its history, Slavia has participated in various European tournaments, such as the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League as well as the UEFA Intertoto Cup.
The club also took part in five editions of the Balkans Cup, which it managed to win on two occasions: in 1986 and 1988.
Slavia's very first European game was played on 2 October 1963 in Budapest against MTK, in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Slavia suffered a minimal 0:1 loss.
The first European goal for the club was scored a week later on 9 October 1963, in the second leg of the first round, by striker Mihail Mishev, the game ending in a 1-1 draw.
Slavia Sofia's greatest achievement came in the 1966-67 season, when the club reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, becoming the first ever Bulgarian club to reach a semi-final of a major European competition.
In 1977, the club accomplished another great result, finishing first place in their UEFA Intertoto Cup group.
Overall record CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDWin%European Cup Winners' CupInter-Cities Fairs CupUEFA Cup / UEFA Europa LeagueUEFA Intertoto CupTotal
Results Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 1963–64 Cup Winners' Cup 1R MTK Budapest 1–1 0–1 1–2 1964–65 Cup Winners' Cup 1R Cork Celtic 1–1 2–0 3–1 2R Lausanne-Sports 1–0 1–2 2–2(2–3 play-off) 1966–67 Cup Winners' Cup 1R Swansea Town 4–0 1–1 5–1 2R Strasbourg 2–0 0–1 2–1 QF Servette 3–0 0–1 3–1 SF Rangers 0–1 0–1 0–2 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Aberdeen 0–0 0–2 0–2 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Valencia 2–0 1–1 3–1 2R Kilmarnock 2–0 1–4 3–4 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Hajduk Split 1–0 0–3 1–3 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup 1R Schalke 04 1–3 1–2 2–5 1973–74 UEFA Cup 1R Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 1–4 3–4 1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup 1R Sturm Graz 1–0 1–3 2–3 1977 Intertoto Cup Group 4 Malmö FF 1–0 0–3 1st Hamburg 3–0 3–2 Grasshopper Club 2–1 4–1 1978 Intertoto Cup Group 3 Hertha Berlin 1–1 0–3 2nd Kalmar FF 4–1 1–1 Vejle 2–0 1–1 1979 Intertoto Cup Group 6 Zbrojovka Brno 2–0 1–3 2nd Chênois 2–0 2–2 LASK 4–1 4–0 1980 Intertoto Cup Group 9 Elfsborg 2–1 0–1 2nd VfL Bochum 2–0 1–4 Napredak Kruševac 3–2 0–0 1980–81 Cup Winners' Cup 1R Legia Warsaw 3–1 0–1 3–2 2R Sparta Prague 3–0 0–2 3–2 QF Feyenoord 3–2 0–4 3–6 1982–83 UEFA Cup 1R Sarajevo 2–2 2–4 4–6 1983 Intertoto Cup Group 2 Young Boys 0–1 0–1 4th Slavia Prague 2–1 0–5 Brøndby 3–1 0–0 1988 Intertoto Cup Group 2 IFK Göteborg 0–2 1–2 3rd Sigma Olomouc 3–1 1–2 FC Aarau 2–1 1–1 1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R Partizan 0–5 0–5 0–10 1990 Intertoto Cup Group 2 Tirol Innsbruck 0–2 1–4 4th VfL Bochum 1–1 0–1 St. Gallen 0–2 1–2 1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R Omonia 2–1 2–4 4–5 1991–92 UEFA Cup 1R Osasuna 1–0 0–4 1–4 1995–96 UEFA Cup PR Olympiacos 0–2 0–1 0–3 1996–97 UEFA Cup PR Inkaras Kaunas 4–3 1–1 5–4 QR Tirol Innsbruck 1–1 1–4 2–5 2016–17 Europa League 1Q Zagłębie Lubin 1–0 0–3 1–3 2018–19 Europa League 1Q Ilves 2–1 1–0 3–1 2Q Hajduk Split 2–3 0–1 2–4 2020–21 Europa League 1Q Kukësi 1–2
Other competitions Balkans Cup Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 1977 Balkans Cup Group A Politehnica Timişoara 5–0 1–0 1st Altay 6–0 3–0 F Panathinaikos 1–1 1–2 Runners-up 1978 Balkans Cup Group A Jiul Petroşani 2–0 0–3 2nd Galatasaray[a] 1980 Balkans Cup Group B Sportul Studențesc 3–2 0–2 2nd Galatasaray[b] 1986 Balkans Cup QF Trabzonspor[c] SF Iraklis[d] F Panionios 3–0 2–3 Champions 1988 Balkans Cup Group A Argeș Pitești 1–2 0–2 2nd Luftëtari Gjirokastër 4–1 0–2 PAOK 4–0 1–0 SF Sliven 3–1 1–1 4–1 F Argeș Pitești 5–1 1–0 Champions
Notes: [a] Galatasaray withdrew from the tournament. [b] Galatasaray withdrew from the tournament. [c] Trabzonspor withdrew from the tournament. [d] Iraklis withdrew from the tournament.
Balance CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDWin%Balkans CupTotal
Honours Balkans Cup Winners (2): 1986, 1988 Cup Winners Cup Semi-finalists: 1966–67 UEFA Intertoto Cup First place in group four: 1977
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