1. FC Union Berlin, commonly known as Union Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. The club has competed in UEFA competitions a total of four times in its history – first in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, and then in three successive seasons between 2021–22 and 2023–24 in all three of UEFA's competitions, the Conference League, the Europa League and the Champions League. History 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup Although Union Berlin's first European campaign came in 2001–02, the club actually qualified for Europe for the first time in 1968 when, while playing in the East German DDR-Oberliga, they won the FDGB-Pokal, thus qualifying for the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup. Initially drawn against FK Bor of Yugoslavia, the events of the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia saw UEFA alter the draw to split clubs from Eastern and Western Europe. This led to Union Berlin being drawn against Dynamo Moscow of the Soviet Union. But, anger at UEFA's handling of the situation led to several socialist countries, including East Germany, withdrawing their sides from European competitions that season.

2001–02 UEFA Cup Union Berlin's first European foray came as a result of their reaching the 2001 DFB-Pokal final. Although Union lost the final 2–0 against Schalke, they gained a place in the following season's UEFA Cup as a result of Schalke finishing second in the Bundesliga, thus qualifying for the Champions League.

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Attendance Away Attendance Aggregate2001–02UEFA CupFirst round Haka3–012,1111–11,7204–1Second round Litex Lovech0–211,2550–03,2500–2 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League Union Berlin were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in 2019. Having finished eleventh in their debut season, the club then finished seventh the following year to qualify for the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League. This was the first time they had qualified for Europe by league position, thanks to last minute winner in a final day win over RB Leipzig. Owing to the limitations of their own stadium, the club were forced to play their home games at the Olympiastadion, home to their local rivals Hertha Berlin.

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Attendance Away Attendance Aggregate2021–22UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePlay-off round KuPS0–022,159 4–05,6324–0Group E Slavia Prague1–14,3803–115,2863rd Maccabi Haifa3–023,3421–022,150 Feyenoord1–230,0001–336,100

2022–23 UEFA Europa League Union Berlin continued progression in the Bundesliga by finishing fifth in 2021–22, which gave them a second successive European campaign, this time in the Europa League, the club's first time in the competition since its debut European campaign. This campaign was also the first that saw Union play their European home games at their own stadium, the Stadion An der Alten Försterei.

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Attendance Away Attendance Aggregate2022–23UEFA Europa LeagueGroup D Union Saint-Gilloise0–121,5121–05,5972nd Braga1–021,0820–117,782 Malmö FF1–021,8001–016,057Play-off Ajax3–121,8000–054,3223–1Round of 16 Union Saint-Gilloise3–321,6050–315,6813–6 2023–24 UEFA Champions League Union Berlin's fourth-place finish in the 2022–23 Bundesliga was the club's highest ever league position to date. This allowed them a place in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, the first time that the club had played in Europe's premier competition. To maximise the number of supporters that could attend the club's home games in the competition, Union Berlin elected to move their home games to the Olympiastadion, rather than playing at the An der Alten Försterei.

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Attendance Away Attendance Aggregate2023–24UEFA Champions LeagueGroup C Real Madrid2–373,4200–165,2074th Braga2–373,4451–115,855 Napoli0–172,0621–142,449

Overall record Correct as of match played 12 December 2023, vs Real Madrid

Record by competition Competition Best performance UEFA Champions League 6 0 2 4 6 10 −4 Group stage (2023–24) UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup 14 6 4 4 14 13 +1 Round of 16 (2022–23) UEFA Europa Conference League 8 3 2 3 12 9 +3 Group stage (2021–22) Record by nation Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Opponents411247-3Union Saint-Gilloise201102-2Litex Lovech201124-2Slavia Prague422081+7Haka, KuPS220040+4Maccabi Haifa201112-1Napoli411256-1Ajax, Feyenoord411245-1Braga200224-2Real Madrid220020+2Malmö FF

Record by match Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Agg. 2001–02 UEFA Cup 1R Haka 3–0 1–1 4–1 2R Litex Lovech 0–2 0–0 0–2 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League PO KuPS 0–0 4–0 4–0 Group E Slavia Prague 1–1 1–3 3rd Feyenoord 1–2 1–3 Maccabi Haifa 3–0 1–0 2022–23 UEFA Europa League Group D Union Saint-Gilloise 0–1 1–0 2nd Braga 1–0 0–1 Malmö FF 1–0 1–0 KRPO Ajax 3–1 0–0 3–1 R16 Union Saint-Gilloise 3–3 0–3 3–6 2023–24 UEFA Champions League Group C Real Madrid 2–3 0–1 4th Braga 2–3 1–1 Napoli 0–1 1–1

UEFA coefficient

As of 27 April 2026Source:

Rank Team Points88 Leicester City23.48189 Celje23.00090 Union Berlin23.00091 Raków22.25092 Rayo Vallecano22.000

All-time goalscorers in UEFA competitions

Bold indicates player is still with Union Berlin Italics indicates player is currently out on loan Correct as of match played 12 December 2023, vs Real Madrid

The following is a list of Union Berlin's goalscorers in official UEFA competitions:

RankPlayerChampions LeagueUEFA Cup / Europa LeagueConference LeagueTotal=1 Taiwo Awoniyi0044 Robin Knoche04043 Sheraldo Becker2103=4 Max Kruse0022 Andreas Voglsammer0022 Kevin Behrens0022 Josip Juranović0202 Sven Michel0202=9 Hristo Koilov0101 Sreto Ristić0101 Ferdinand Chi Fon0101 Božidar Đurković0101 Cedric Teuchert0011 Tymoteusz Puchacz0011 Julian Ryerson0011 Christopher Trimmel0011 Danilho Doekhi0101 Alex Král1001 Kevin Volland1001 Robin Gosens1001 David Fofana1001

Non-UEFA competitions Intertoto Cup Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Agg. 1967 Intertoto Cup Group B7 KB 0–3 0–1 3rd place Katowice 3–0 0–1 Union Teplice 0–1 1–1 1986 Intertoto Cup Group 2 Bayer Uerdingen 3–2 0–3 1st place Lausanne-Sport 1–0 1–1 Standard Liège 4–1 2–1

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