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Futbol Club Barcelona is a Spanish professional football club based in Barcelona. The club first participated in a European competition in 1910, and from 1955 onwards spent every season in one or more European competitions. The first international cup they took part in was the Pyrenees Cup. The competition lasted from 1910 to 1914 and Barcelona won four out of five editions. From 1914 to the beginning of the Latin Cup in 1949, Barcelona did not participate in any international competitions. From the 1955–56 season onward, with the exception of 1956–57 (during the first Fairs Cup, because a Vienna XI withdrew from the competition), they are the only team to have played in the European competitions every year to date.[citation needed]

FC Barcelona in international football
Lionel Messi is the top goalscorer for Barcelona in international competitions.
ClubFC Barcelona
Seasons played70
Most appearancesXavi (173)
Top scorerLionel Messi (128)
First entry1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry2025–26 UEFA Champions League
Titles
Champions League
5
Cup Winners' Cup
4
  • 1979
  • 1982
  • 1989
  • 1997
Super Cup
5
  • 1992
  • 1997
  • 2009
  • 2011
  • 2015
FIFA Club World Cup
3
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3
  • 1955–58
  • 1958–60
  • 1965–66

Barcelona has won the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup four times and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup three times, both tournament records. They also took part in the Latin Cup twice as champions of Spain, winning on both occasions, a record shared with Real Madrid and Milan. Though they did not manage to win the premier European Cup, now the UEFA Champions League, during the early decades of the competition, they have since won the trophy five times, with their first triumph in 1992.

Barcelona is second in the ranking of Europe's most successful clubs in terms of number of official international trophies won, behind Real Madrid. With the 2015 UEFA Super Cup victory in Tbilisi against Sevilla and the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup victory in Yokohama against River Plate, the Catalans raised their trophy haul to 22 international titles. In the tables, "(H)" denotes home ground, "(A)" denotes away ground and "(N)" symbolises neutral ground. The first score is always Barcelona's.

Overall record

As of 9 December 2025. Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Barcelona has won 22 international trophies, placing second in the all-time ranking after Real Madrid (35).

Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League 369 215 80 74 744 392 +352 058.27
Cup Winners' Cup 85 50 18 17 178 87 +91 058.82
Fairs Cup 71 36 17 18 143 86 +57 050.70
UEFA Cup / Europa League 86 42 21 23 162 87 +75 048.84
Super Cup 14 6 4 4 17 17 +0 042.86
Latin Cup 4 4 0 0 12 3 +9 100.00
Intercontinental Cup / Club World Cup 9 7 0 2 24 5 +19 077.78
Total 638 360 140 138 1,280 676 +604 056.43
Historical progression by competition
  Knockout stage win
  Knockout stage lost
  Group stage / league phase – Highest-ranked eliminated team
  Group stage / league phase – Lowest-ranked qualified team
Intercontinental Cup
Edition Final
1992 São Paulo
Club World Cup
Edition Semi-finals Final / 3rd pos.
2006 América Internacional
2009 Atlante Estudiantes
2011 Al Sadd Santos
2015 Evergrande River Plate
Super Cup
Edition Final
1979 Forest
1982 Villa
1989 Milan
1992 W. Bremen
1997 Dortmund
2006 Sevilla
2009 Shakhtar
2011 Porto
2015 Sevilla
European Cup / Champions League
Season Preliminary stages Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1959–60 CSKA Sofia Milan Wolverhampton R. Madrid
1960–61 Lierse R. Madrid Hradec Králové Hamburg Benfica
1974–75 VÖEST Linz Feyenoord Åtvidaberg Leeds
1985–86 Sparta Prague Porto Juventus Göteborg Steaua
1991–92 Hansa 1. FC Kaiserslautern Sparta Prague Not played Sampdoria
1992–93 Viking CSKA Moscow
1993–94 Dynamo Kyiv Austria Wien Spartak Moscow Porto Milan
1994–95 Man. United PSG
1997–98 Skonto Dynamo Kyiv
1998–99 Man. United
1999–2000 Arsenal Sparta Prague Chelsea Valencia
2000–01 Leeds
2001–02 Wisła Lyon Roma Panathinaikos R. Madrid
2002–03 Legia Club Brugge Newcastle Juventus
2004–05 Shakhtar Chelsea
2005–06 Udinese Chelsea Benfica Milan Arsenal
2006–07 W. Bremen Liverpool
2007–08 Rangers Celtic Schalke Man. United
2008–09 Wisła Shakhtar Lyon Bayern Chelsea Man. United
2009–10 Rubin Stuttgart Arsenal Inter Milan
2010–11 Rubin Arsenal Shakhtar R. Madrid Man. United
2011–12 Viktoria Plzeň Leverkusen Milan Chelsea
2012–13 Benfica Milan PSG Bayern
2013–14 Ajax Man. City Atlético
2014–15 Ajax Man. City PSG Bayern Juventus
2015–16 Leverkusen Arsenal Atlético
2016–17 Borussia M. PSG Juventus
2017–18 Sporting CP Chelsea Roma
2018–19 Inter Milan Lyon Man. United Liverpool
2019–20 Inter Milan Napoli Bayern
2020–21 Dynamo Kyiv PSG
2021–22 Benfica
2022–23 Inter Milan
2023–24 Shakhtar Napoli PSG
2024–25 Dinamo Zagreb Benfica Dortmund Inter Milan
Cup Winners' Cup
Season Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1963–64 Shelbourne Hamburg
1968–69 Lugano Bye Lyn Oslo Köln Slovan B.
1971–72 Distillery Steaua
1978–79 Shakhtar Anderlecht Ipswich Beveren Fortuna
1979–80 ÍA Aris Valencia
1981–82 Botev Dukla Lokomotive Tottenham Standard
1982–83 Apollon Red Star Belgrade Austria Wien
1983–84 Magdeburg NEC Man. United
1984–85 Metz
1988–89 Fram Lech AGF CSKA Sofia Sampdoria
1989–90 Legia Anderlecht
1990–91 Trabzonspor Fram Dynamo Kyiv Juventus Man. United
1996–97 AEK Larnaca Red Star Belgrade AIK Fiorentina PSG
Fairs Cup
Season Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final / Trophy Playoff
1955–58 Stævnet Birmingham London XI
1958–60 Basel XI Inter Milan Belgrade XI Birmingham
1960–61 Zagreb XI Hibernian
1961–62 West Berlin XI Dinamo Zagreb Wednesday Red Star Belgrade Valencia
1962–63 Belenenses Red Star Belgrade
1964–65 Fiorentina Celtic Strasbourg
1965–66 Utrecht Antwerp Hannover Espanyol Chelsea Zaragoza
1966–67 Dundee U.
1967–68 Zürich
1969–70 B 1913 Győr Inter Milan
1970–71 Katowice Juventus
Trophy Play-Off Leeds
UEFA Cup / Europa League
Season Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1972–73 Porto
1973–74 Nice
1975–76 PAOK Lazio Vasas Levski Sofia Liverpool
1976–77 Belenenses Lokeren Öster Athletic Bilbao
1977–78 Steaua AZ Ipswich Villa PSV
1980–81 Sliema Köln
1986–87 Flamurtari Sporting CP Uerdingen Dundee United
1987–88 Belenenses Dynamo Moscow Flamurtari Leverkusen
1995–96 Hapoel Be’er Sheva Vitória Guimarães Sevilla PSV Bayern
2000–01 Club Brugge AEK Athens Celta Liverpool
2003–04 Púchov Panionios Brøndby Celtic
2021–22 Napoli Galatasaray Eintracht Frankfurt
2022–23 Man. United

Pyrenees Cup

Barcelona began to play friendly games against teams from the neighbouring regions in France in 1904. Club president Arthur Witty organised the club's first trip abroad, which resulted in their first game against a non-Spanish team. On 1 May 1904, Barcelona defeated the French team Stade Olympien des Étudiants Toulousains.

By 1910, the international friendlies evolved into the Pyrenees Cup, a competition featuring teams from Languedoc, Le Midi, Aquitaine, Catalonia, and the Basque Country. At that time it was considered the finest competition open for participation. Five editions were played in total, with FC Barcelona winning four consecutive trophies from 1910 to 1913.

Year Opposing team Score City
1910 Real Sociedad 2–1 Sète, France
1911 Gars de Bordeaux 4–2 Toulouse, France
1912 Stade Bordelais UC 5–3 Toulouse, France
1913 Comète Simot 7–2 Barcelona, Spain

Latin Cup

In 1949, the football federations of Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal, came together and launched their own club competition, the Latin Cup, which was staged at the end of every season in a single host country. The competition featured two semi-finals, a third place play-off and a final. As La Liga champions in 1949, Barça represented Spain in the inaugural competition. They beat Reims 5–0 in their semi-final at Les Corts, before beating Sporting CP 2–1 in the final at the Estadio Chamartín. Barça also played in and won the 1952 competition in Paris, beating Juventus 4–2 in the semi-final and then Nice 1–0 in the final. After the introduction of the European Cup, the Latin Cup was gradually discontinued and nowadays, while it is not considered an official tournament by UEFA, it is recognized by FIFA.

Year Round Opposing team Score
1949 Semi-final Reims 5–0 (H)
Final Sporting CP 2–1 (N)
1952 Semi-final Juventus 4–2 (N)
Final Nice 1–0 (N)

European Cup / Champions League

Ronald Koeman's boots from the 1992 European Cup final, an exhibit at the FC Barcelona Museum
Andrés Iniesta against Rubin Kazan in the 2009–10 Champions League
Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen in 2012
Barcelona against Bayern Munich in 2013

The European Cup was inaugurated in 1955, with Barcelona's arch-rivals Real Madrid winning the first five editions. In 1959, Barcelona entered this competition for the first time, after winning the 1958–59 La Liga season. Until the 1990s, the club had little success, apart from their runner-up places in 1961 and 1986. In 1992, Johan Cruyff's Dream Team won their first European Cup with a 1–0 win against Sampdoria. Since then, Barcelona has won the competition four additional times, in 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015, and has established itself as one of the strongest sides in European competition, when measured in UEFA coefficients.

Season Round Opposing team Score Notes
1959–60 Preliminary round CSKA Sofia 2–2 (A), 6–2 (H)
First round Milan 2–0 (A), 5–1 (H)
Quarter-final Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 (H), 5–2 (A)
Semi-final Real Madrid 1–3 (A), 1–3 (H)
1960–61 Preliminary round Lierse 2–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
First round Real Madrid 2–2 (A), 2–1 (H)
Quarter-final Hradec Králové 4–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
Semi-final Hamburger SV 1–0 (H), 1–2 (A), 1–0 (N) [O]
Final Benfica 2–3 (N)
1974–75 First round Linz 0–0 (A), 5–0 (H)
Second round Feyenoord 0–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
Quarter-final Åtvidabergs FF 2–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
Semi-final Leeds United 1–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
1985–86 First round Sparta Prague 2–1 (A), 0–1 (H) [A]
Second round Porto 2–0 (H), 1–3 (A) [A]
Quarter-final Juventus 1–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
Semi-final IFK Göteborg 0–3 (A), 3–0 (H) [D]
Final Steaua București 0–0 (N) [E]
1991–92 First round Hansa Rostock 3–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
Second round 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 (H), 1–3 (A) [A]
Group B Sparta Prague 3–2 (H), 0–1 (A)
Benfica 0–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
Final Sampdoria 1–0 (N)
1992–93 First round Viking 1–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
Second round CSKA Moscow 1–1 (A), 2–3 (H)
1993–94 First round Dynamo Kyiv 1–3 (A), 4–1 (H)
Second round Austria Wien 3–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
Group A Galatasaray 0–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
Monaco 2–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
Spartak Moscow 2–2 (A), 5–1 (H)
Semi-final Porto 3–0 (H)
Final Milan 0–4 (N)
1994–95 Group A Galatasaray 2–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
IFK Göteborg 1–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
Manchester United 2–2 (A), 4–0 (H)
Quarter-final Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
1997–98 Second Qualifying round Skonto 3–2 (H), 1–0 (A)
Group C Newcastle United 2–3 (A), 1–0 (H)
PSV Eindhoven 2–2 (H), 2–2 (A)
Dynamo Kyiv 0–3 (A), 0–4 (H)
1998–99 Group D Manchester United 3–3 (A), 3–3 (H)
Brøndby 2–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
Bayern Munich 0–1 (A), 1–2 (H)
1999–2000 Group B AIK 2–1 (A), 5–0 (H)
Fiorentina 4–2 (H), 3–3 (A)
Arsenal 1–1 (H), 4–2 (A)
Group A second stage Hertha BSC 1–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
Sparta Prague 5–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
Porto 4–2 (H), 2–0 (A)
Quarter-final Chelsea 1–3 (A), 5–1 (H)
Semi-final Valencia 1–4 (A), 2–1 (H)
2000–01 Group H Leeds United 4–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
Beşiktaş 0–3 (A), 5–0 (H)
Milan 0–2 (H), 3–3 (A)
2001–02 Third Qualifying round Wisła Kraków 4–3 (A), 1–0 (H)
Group F Fenerbahçe 3–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 (A), 2–1 (H)
Lyon 2–0 (H), 3–2 (A)
Group B second stage Liverpool 3–1 (A), 0–0 (H)
Galatasaray 2–2 (H), 1–0 (A)
Roma 1–1 (H), 0–3 (A)
Quarter-final Panathinaikos 0–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
Semi-final Real Madrid 0–2 (H), 1–1 (A)
2002–03 Third Qualifying round Legia Warsaw 3–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
Group H Club Brugge 3–2 (H), 1–0 (A)
Galatasaray 2–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–1 (A), 1–0 (H)
Group A second stage Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
Newcastle United 3–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
Internazionale 3–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
Quarter-final Juventus 1–1 (A), 1–2 (H)
2004–05 Group F Celtic 3–1 (A), 1–1 (H)
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
Milan 0–1 (A), 2–1 (H)
Round of 16 Chelsea 2–1 (H), 2–4 (A)
2005–06 Group C Werder Bremen 2–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
Udinese 4–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
Panathinaikos 0–0 (A), 5–0 (H)
Round of 16 Chelsea 2–1 (A), 1–1 (H)
Quarter-final Benfica 0–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
Semi-final Milan 1–0 (A), 0–0 (H)
Final Arsenal 2–1 (N)
2006–07 Group A Levski Sofia 5–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
Werder Bremen 1–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
Chelsea 0–1 (A), 2–2 (H)
Round of 16 Liverpool 1–2 (H), 1–0 (A) [B]
2007–08 Group E Lyon 3–0 (H), 2–2 (A)
VfB Stuttgart 2–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
Rangers 0–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
Round of 16 Celtic 3–2 (A), 1–0 (H)
Quarter-final Schalke 04 1–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
Semi-final Manchester United 0–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
2008–09 Third Qualifying round Wisła Kraków 4–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
Group C Sporting CP 3–1 (H), 5–2 (A)
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 (A), 2–3 (H)
Basel 5–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
Round of 16 Lyon 1–1 (A), 5–2 (H)
Quarter-final Bayern Munich 4–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
Semi-final Chelsea 0–0 (H), 1–1 (A) [A]
Final Manchester United 2–0 (N)
2009–10 Group F Internazionale 0–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
Rubin Kazan 1–2 (H), 0–0 (A)
Round of 16 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 (A), 4–0 (H)
Quarter-final Arsenal 2–2 (A), 4–1 (H)
Semi-final Internazionale 1–3 (A), 1–0 (H)
2010–11 Group D Copenhagen 2–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
Rubin Kazan 1–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
Panathinaikos 5–1 (H), 3–0 (A)
Round of 16 Arsenal 1–2 (A), 3–1 (H)
Quarter-final Shakhtar Donetsk 5–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
Semi-final Real Madrid 2–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
Final Manchester United 3–1 (N)
2011–12 Group H Milan 2–2 (H), 3–2 (A)
BATE Borisov 5–0 (A), 4–0 (H)
Viktoria Plzeň 2–0 (H), 4–0 (A)
Round of 16 Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 (A), 7–1 (H)
Quarter-final Milan 0–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
Semi-final Chelsea 0–1 (A), 2–2 (H)
2012–13 Group G Spartak Moscow 3–2 (H), 3–0 (A)
Benfica 2–0 (A), 0–0 (H)
Celtic 2–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
Round of 16 Milan 0–2 (A), 4–0 (H)
Quarter-final Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 (A), 1–1 (H) [A]
Semi-final Bayern Munich 0–4 (A), 0–3 (H)
2013–14 Group H Ajax 4–0 (H), 1–2 (A)
Milan 1–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
Celtic 1–0 (A), 6–1 (H)
Round of 16 Manchester City 2–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
Quarter-final Atlético Madrid 1–1 (H), 0–1 (A)
2014–15 Group F APOEL 1–0 (H), 4–0 (A)
Paris Saint-Germain 2–3 (A), 3–1 (H)
Ajax 3–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
Round of 16 Manchester City 2–1 (A), 1–0 (H)
Quarter-final Paris Saint Germain 3–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
Semi-final Bayern Munich 3–0 (H), 2–3 (A)
Final Juventus 3–1 (N)
2015–16 Group E Roma 1–1 (A), 6–1 (H)
Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
BATE Borisov 2–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
Round of 16 Arsenal 2–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
Quarter-final Atlético Madrid 2–1 (H), 0–2 (A)
2016–17 Group C Celtic 7–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
Manchester City 4–0 (H), 1–3 (A)
Round of 16 Paris Saint Germain 0–4 (A), 6–1 (H)
Quarter-final Juventus 0–3 (A), 0–0 (H)
2017–18 Group D Juventus 3–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
Sporting CP 1–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
Olympiacos 3–1 (H), 0–0 (A)
Round of 16 Chelsea 1–1 (A), 3–0 (H)
Quarter-final Roma 4–1 (H), 0–3 (A) [B]
2018–19 Group B PSV Eindhoven 4–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
Internazionale 2–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
Round of 16 Lyon 0–0 (A), 5–1 (H)
Quarter-final Manchester United 1–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
Semi-final Liverpool 3–0 (H), 0–4 (A)
2019–20 Group F Borussia Dortmund 0–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
Internazionale 2–1 (H), 2–1 (A)
Slavia Prague 2–1 (A), 0–0 (H)
Round of 16 Napoli 1–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
Quarter-final Bayern Munich 2–8 (N)
2020–21 Group G Ferencváros 5–1 (H), 3–0 (A)
Juventus 2–0 (A), 0–3 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 (H), 4–0 (A)
Round of 16 Paris Saint-Germain 1–4 (H), 1–1 (A)
2021–22 Group E Bayern Munich 0–3 (H), 0–3 (A)
Benfica 0–3 (A), 0–0 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
2022–23 Group C Viktoria Plzeň 5–1 (H), 4–2 (A)
Bayern Munich 0–2 (A), 0–3 (H)
Internazionale 0–1 (A), 3–3 (H)
2023–24 Group H Antwerp 5–0 (H), 2–3 (A)
Porto 1–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 (H), 0–1 (A)
Round of 16 Napoli 1–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
Quarter-final Paris Saint-Germain 3–2 (A), 1–4 (H)
2024–25 League phase Monaco 1–2 (A)
Young Boys 5–0 (H)
Bayern Munich 4–1 (H)
Red Star Belgrade 5–2 (A)
Brest 3–0 (H)
Borussia Dortmund 3–2 (A)
Benfica 5–4 (A)
Atalanta 2–2 (H)
Round of 16 Benfica 1–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
Quarter-final Borussia Dortmund 4–0 (H), 1–3 (A)
Semi-final Internazionale 3–3 (H), 3–4 (A)
2025–26 League phase Newcastle United 2–1 (A)
Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 (H)
Olympiacos 6–1 (H)
Club Brugge 3–3 (A)
Chelsea 0–3 (A)
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 (H)
Slavia Prague
Copenhagen

Cup Winners' Cup

Ronaldo's converted penalty in the 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final saw Barcelona beat PSG 1–0 and rack up a record fourth Cup Winners' Cup title.

The Cup Winners' Cup started in 1960, but it took three years until Barcelona participated for the first time. In their first edition, they were eliminated in the first round by Hamburg SV. In 1969, Barcelona's second participation, they advanced to the final, but were beaten by Czechoslovak side Slovan Bratislava. The first success came in 1979 when Barça defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf in the final 4–3 after extra time. This maiden success was emulated in 1982, 1989, and in their last participation in 1997, after another runner-up place in 1991, before the cup was merged into the UEFA Cup in 1999–2000. Barcelona's four victories are the competition's record.

Season Round Opposing team Score Notes
1963–64 First round Shelbourne 2–0 (A), 3–1 (H)
Second round Hamburger SV 4–4 (H), 0–0 (A), 2–3 (N) [G]
1968–69 First round Lugano 1–0 (A), 3–0 (H)
Second round Bye
Quarter-final Lyn 3–2 (H), 2–2 (A)
Semi-final 1. FC Köln 2–2 (A), 4–1 (H)
Final Slovan Bratislava 2–3 (N)
1971–72 First round Distillery 3–1 (A), 4–0 (H)
Second round Steaua București 0–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
1978–79 First round Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
Second round Anderlecht 0–3 (A), 3–0 (H) [F]
Quarter-final Ipswich Town 1–2 (A), 1–0 (H) [A]
Semi-final Beveren 1–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
Final Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–3 (N)
1979–80 First round ÍA 1–0 (A), 5–0 (H)
Second round Aris Bonnevoie 4–1 (A), 7–1 (H)
Quarter-final Valencia 0–1 (H), 3–4 (A)
1981–82 First round Botev Plovdiv 4–1 (H), 0–1 (A)
Second round Dukla Prague 0–1 (A), 4–0 (H)
Quarter-final Lokomotive Leipzig 3–0 (A), 1–2 (H)
Semi-final Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 (A), 1–0 (H)
Final Standard Liège 2–1 (H)
1982–83 First round Apollon Limassol 8–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
Second round Red Star Belgrade 4–2 (H), 2–1 (A)
Quarter-final Austria Wien 0–0 (A), 1–1 (H) [B]
1983–84 First round 1. FC Magdeburg 5–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
Second round NEC 3–2 (A), 2–0 (H)
Quarter-final Manchester United 2–0 (H), 0–3 (A)
1984–85 First round Metz 4–2 (A), 1–4 (H)
1988–89 First round Fram 2–0 (A), 5–0 (H)
Second round Lech Poznań 1–1 (H), 1–1 (A) [D]
Quarter-final AGF 1–0 (A), 0–0 (H)
Semi-final CSKA Sofia 4–2 (H), 2–1 (A)
Final Sampdoria 2–0 (N)
1989–90 First round Legia Warsaw 1–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
Second round Anderlecht 0–2 (A), 2–1 (H)
1990–91 First round Trabzonspor 0–1 (A), 7–2 (H)
Second round Fram 2–1 (A), 3–0 (H)
Quarter-final Dynamo Kyiv 3–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
Semi-final Juventus 3–1 (H), 0–1 (A)
Final Manchester United 1–2 (N)
1996–97 First round AEK Larnaca 2–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
Second round Red Star Belgrade 3–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
Quarter-final AIK 3–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
Semi-final Fiorentina 1–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
Final Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 (N)

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was established on 18 April 1955, two weeks after the European Cup, to promote trade fairs by playing various cities against each other. However, the city of Barcelona participated with a squad composed entirely of Barcelona players. From 1958 onwards, the organisers reverted to club participation, but the teams still had to come from cities staging trade fairs. Barcelona would go on to win the Fairs Cup a record three times, with also a runner-up place, before the tournament was subsumed into the UEFA Cup in 1971.

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the forerunner of the UEFA Cup / Europa League, but it is not recognized as a UEFA competition. Consequently, Fairs Cup wins do not count toward the tally of Europa League wins.

Season Round Opposing team Score Notes
1955–58 Group A Copenhagen XI 6–2 (H), 1–1 (A)
Group A Vienna XI [L]
Semi-final Birmingham City 3–4 (A), 1–0 (H), 2–1 (N) [J]
Final London XI 2–2 (A), 6–0 (H)
1958–60 First round Basel XI 2–1 (A), 5–2 (H)
Quarter-final Internazionale 4–0 (H), 4–2 (A)
Semi-final Belgrade XI 1–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
Final Birmingham City 0–0 (A), 4–1 (H)
1960–61 First round Zagreb XI 1–1 (A), 4–3 (H)
Quarter-final Hibernian 4–4 (H), 2–3 (A)
1961–62 First round West Berlin XI 0–1 (A), 3–0 (H)
Second round Dinamo Zagreb 5–1 (H), 2–2 (A)
Quarter-final Sheffield Wednesday 2–3 (A), 2–0 (H)
Semi-final Red Star Belgrade 2–0 (A), 4–1 (H)
Final Valencia 2–6 (A), 1–1 (H)
1962–63 First round Belenenses 1–1 (A), 1–1 (H), 3–2 (N) [M]
Second round Red Star Belgrade 2–3 (A), 1–0 (H), 0–1 (N) [K]
1964–65 First round Fiorentina 0–1 (H), 2–0 (A)
Second round Celtic 3–1 (H), 0–0 (A)
Third round Strasbourg 0–0 (A), 2–2 (H), 0–0 (N) [C]
1965–66 First round Utrecht 0–0 (A), 7–1 (H)
Second round Antwerp 1–2 (A), 2–0 (H)
Third round Hannover 96 1–2 (A), 1–0 (H), 1–1 (N) [I]
Quarter-final Espanyol 1–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
Semi-final Chelsea 2–0 (H), 0–2 (A), 5–0 (H) [H]
Final Zaragoza 0–1 (H), 4–2 (A)
1966–67 First round Bye
Second round Dundee United 1–2 (H), 0–2 (A)
1967–68 First round Zürich 1–3 (A), 1–0 (H)
1969–70 First round B 1913 4–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
Second round Győri ETO 3–2 (A), 2–0 (H)
Third round Internazionale 1–2 (H), 1–1 (A)
1970–71 First round GKS Katowice 1–0 (A), 3–2 (H)
Second round Juventus 1–2 (H), 1–2 (A)
1971 Play-off Match Leeds United 2–1 (H)

UEFA Cup / Europa League

Johan Cruyff participated in several unsuccessful attempts to win the UEFA Cup in his time with Barcelona.

In the UEFA Cup, Barcelona has lost four semi-finals, in 1975–76, 1977–78, 1995–96 and 2000–01. They lost twice to Liverpool (in 1976 and 2001), once to PSV Eindhoven (in 1978) and once to Bayern Munich (in 1996). In all four cases, the team that had eliminated Barcelona ultimately won the competition. Barcelona participated in the re-branded Europa League for the first time in 2022, going out at the hands of eventual winners Eintracht Frankfurt in the quarter-finals.

Season Round Opposing team Score Notes
1972–73 First round Porto 1–3 (A), 0–1 (H)
1973–74 First round Nice 0–3 (A), 2–0 (H)
1975–76 First round PAOK 0–1 (A), 6–1 (H)
Second round Lazio 3–0 (A), 4–0 (H)
Third round Vasas 3–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
Quarter-final Levski Sofia 4–0 (H), 4–5 (A)
Semi-final Liverpool 0–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
1976–77 First round Belenenses 2–2 (A), 3–2 (H)
Second round Lokeren 2–0 (H), 1–2 (A)
Third round Östers IF 3–0 (A), 5–1 (H)
Quarter-final Athletic Bilbao 1–2 (A), 2–2 (H)
1977–78 First round Steaua București 5–1 (H), 3–1 (A)
Second round AZ 1–1 (A), 1–1 (H) [D]
Third round Ipswich Town 0–3 (A), 3–0 (H) [F]
Quarter-final Aston Villa 2–2 (A), 2–1 (H)
Semi-final PSV Eindhoven 0–3 (A), 3–1 (H)
1980–81 First round Sliema Wanderers 2–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
Second round 1. FC Köln 1–0 (A), 0–4 (H)
1986–87 First round Flamurtari 1–1 (A), 0–0 (H) [A]
Second round Sporting CP 1–0 (H), 1–2 (A) [A]
Third round Uerdingen 05 2–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
Quarter-final Dundee United 0–1 (A), 1–2 (H)
1987–88 First round Belenenses 2–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
Second round Dynamo Moscow 2–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
Third round Flamurtari 4–1 (H), 0–1 (A)
Quarter-final Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 (A), 0–1 (H)
1995–96 First round Hapoel Be'er Sheva 7–0 (A), 5–0 (H)
Second round Vitória de Guimarães 3–0 (H), 4–0 (A)
Third round Sevilla 1–1 (A), 3–1 (H)
Quarter-final PSV Eindhoven 2–2 (H), 3–2 (A)
Semi-final Bayern Munich 2–2 (A), 1–2 (H)
2000–01 Third round Club Brugge 2–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
Fourth round AEK Athens 1–0 (A), 5–0 (H)
Quarter-final Celta Vigo 2–1 (H), 2–3 (A) [A]
Semi-final Liverpool 0–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
2003–04 First round Matador Púchov 1–1 (A), 8–0 (H)
Second round Panionios 3–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
Third round Brøndby 1–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
Fourth round Celtic 0–1 (A), 0–0 (H)
2021–22 Knockout round play-offs Napoli 1–1 (H), 4–2 (A)
Round of 16 Galatasaray 0–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
Quarter-final Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 (A), 2–3 (H)
2022–23 Knockout round play-offs Manchester United 2–2 (H), 1–2 (A)

Super Cup

The Super Cup was inaugurated in 1973, pitting the holders of the first-tier European Cup against the winners of the second-tier and now defunct Cup Winners' Cup. Following the abolition of the Cup Winners' Cup, the winners of the Europa League gain entry to the match. Barcelona first participated in the 1979 edition, after they won the 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup. They lost 1–2 on aggregate to Nottingham Forest, having drawn 1–1 in Camp Nou after losing 0–1 at the City Ground in Nottingham. The first victory came in the 1992 edition, when Barça defeated Werder Bremen 3–2 on aggregate. Since then, Barcelona has won the competition four additional times (in 1997, 2009, 2011 and 2015), and now shares the record for second-most victories in the competition (five), tied with Milan and behind Real Madrid (six).

Year Opposing team Score Venue
1979 Nottingham Forest 0–1 (A), 1–1 (H) Two-legged
1982 Aston Villa 1–0 (H), 0–3 (a.e.t.) (A)
1989 Milan 1–1 (H), 0–1 (A)
1992 Werder Bremen 1–1 (A), 2–1 (H)
1997 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
2006 Sevilla 0–3 (N) Stade Louis II, Monaco
2009 Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 (a.e.t.) (N)
2011 Porto 2–0 (N)
2015 Sevilla 5–4 (a.e.t.) (N) Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi

Intercontinental Cup / Club World Cup

In 1960, UEFA and their South-American equivalent, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), created the Intercontinental Cup as a way of determining the best team in the world, by pitting the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores against each other. Barcelona have made only one appearance in the Intercontinental Cup, losing 2–1 against São Paulo in December 1992. In 2000, FIFA launched their international club competition called the FIFA Club World Cup, featuring teams from all of its member associations. In the second edition of the Club World Cup, in 2005, FIFA took over the Intercontinental Cup, subsuming it into its own competition. Barcelona has won the FIFA Club World Cup three times (in 2009, 2011 and 2015) and was runner-up once (in 2006).

Year Competition Round Opposing team Score
1992 Intercontinental Cup Final São Paulo 1–2 (N)
2006 FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals América 4–0 (N)
Final Internacional 0–1 (N)
2009 FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals Atlante 3–1 (N)
Final Estudiantes 2–1 (N)
2011 FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals Al Sadd 4–0 (N)
Final Santos 4–0 (N)
2015 FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals Guangzhou Evergrande 3–0 (N)
Final River Plate 3–0 (N)

Head-to-head record

  More wins than losses
  As many wins as losses
  Fewer wins than losses

Matches ended in extra time are counted as a win/loss.

Matches ended on penalties are counted as whatever result preceded it.

Correct as of 9 December 2025, after the match against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Against UEFA members

Country Club Pld W D L W %
Milan 19 8 6 5 042.11
Internazionale 18 8 6 4 044.44
Chelsea 18 6 6 6 033.33
Paris Saint-Germain 16 6 4 6 037.50
Bayern Munich 16 3 2 11 018.75
Manchester United 15 6 5 4 040.00
Juventus 15 5 4 6 033.33
Dynamo Kyiv 14 10 1 3 071.43
Celtic 14 9 3 2 064.29
Benfica 12 6 4 2 050.00
Shakhtar Donetsk 11 7 1 3 063.64
Red Star Belgrade 10 7 1 2 070.00
Porto 10 7 0 3 070.00
Galatasaray 10 6 3 1 060.00
Bayer Leverkusen 10 6 2 2 060.00
Liverpool 10 3 3 4 030.00
Arsenal 9 6 2 1 066.67
Lyon 8 5 3 0 062.50
PSV Eindhoven 8 4 3 1 050.00
Real Madrid 8 2 3 3 025.00
Borussia Dortmund 7 4 2 1 057.14
Belenenses 7 3 3 1 042.86
Manchester City 6 5 0 1 083.33
Sporting CP 6 5 0 1 083.33
Werder Bremen 6 4 2 0 066.67
Panathinaikos 6 4 1 1 066.67
Sparta Prague 6 4 0 2 066.67
Napoli 6 3 3 0 050.00
Fiorentina 6 3 2 1 050.00
Hamburger SV 6 2 2 2 033.33
Roma 6 2 2 2 033.33
Valencia 6 1 1 4 016.67
Newcastle United 5 4 0 1 080.00
Club Brugge 5 3 2 0 060.00
Birmingham City 5 3 1 1 060.00
Leeds United 5 2 2 1 040.00
Steaua București 5 2 1 2 040.00
1. FC Köln 4 2 1 1 050.00
Austria Wien 4 2 2 0 050.00
Sevilla 4 2 1 1 050.00
VfB Stuttgart 4 3 1 0 075.00
Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 2 0 050.00
Levski Sofia 4 3 0 1 075.00
Brøndby 4 4 0 0 100.00
CSKA Sofia 4 3 1 0 075.00
Spartak Moscow 4 3 1 0 075.00
Legia Warsaw 4 3 1 0 075.00
AIK 4 3 1 0 075.00
Aston Villa 4 2 1 1 050.00
Wisła Kraków 4 3 0 1 075.00
Ajax 4 3 0 1 075.00
BATE Borisov 4 4 0 0 100.00
Viktoria Plzeň 4 4 0 0 100.00
Fram 4 4 0 0 100.00
Anderlecht 4 2 0 2 050.00
Ipswich Town 4 2 0 2 050.00
Antwerp 4 2 0 2 050.00
Rubin Kazan 4 1 2 1 025.00
Flamurtari 4 1 2 1 025.00
IFK Göteborg 4 1 1 2 025.00
Atlético Madrid 4 1 1 2 025.00
Dundee United 4 0 0 4 000.00
Olympiacos 3 2 1 0 066.67
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 1 1 1 033.33
Hannover 96 3 1 1 1 033.33
Monaco 3 2 0 1 066.67
Strasbourg 3 0 3 0 000.00
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 2 0 0 100.00
Espanyol 2 2 0 0 100.00
Basel 2 1 1 0 050.00
Schalke 04 2 2 0 0 100.00
Fenerbahçe 2 2 0 0 100.00
Hertha BSC 2 1 1 0 050.00
Slavia Prague 2 1 1 0 050.00
Uerdingen 05 2 2 0 0 100.00
Dynamo Moscow 2 1 1 0 050.00
Rangers 2 1 1 0 050.00
Panionios 2 2 0 0 100.00
Lyn 2 1 1 0 050.00
1. FC Magdeburg 2 2 0 0 100.00
Copenhagen 2 1 1 0 050.00
Lierse 2 2 0 0 100.00
Feyenoord 2 1 1 0 050.00
Viking 2 1 1 0 050.00
Ferencváros 2 2 0 0 100.00
Sliema Wanderers 2 2 0 0 100.00
Linz 2 1 1 0 050.00
Lazio 2 2 0 0 100.00
Udinese 2 2 0 0 100.00
Dinamo Zagreb 2 1 1 0 050.00
Apollon Limassol 2 1 1 0 050.00
NEC 2 2 0 0 100.00
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 2 0 0 100.00
AGF 2 1 1 0 050.00
Lokomotiv Moscow 2 2 0 0 100.00
Sampdoria 2 2 0 0 100.00
Skonto 2 2 0 0 100.00
Beveren 2 2 0 0 100.00
ÍA 2 2 0 0 100.00
Östers IF 2 2 0 0 100.00
Hradec Králové 2 1 1 0 050.00
AEK Larnaca 2 1 1 0 050.00
Vitória de Guimarães 2 2 0 0 100.00
AEK Athens 2 2 0 0 100.00
Púchov 2 1 1 0 050.00
APOEL 2 2 0 0 100.00
Lugano 2 2 0 0 100.00
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2 2 0 0 100.00
Shelbourne 2 2 0 0 100.00
Distillery 2 2 0 0 100.00
Vasas 2 2 0 0 100.00
B 1913 2 2 0 0 100.00
Győri ETO 2 2 0 0 100.00
Åtvidabergs FF 2 2 0 0 100.00
GKS Katowice 2 2 0 0 100.00
Aris Bonnevoie 2 2 0 0 100.00
London XI 2 1 1 0 050.00
Basel XI 2 2 0 0 100.00
Belgrade XI 2 1 1 0 050.00
Zagreb XI 2 1 1 0 050.00
Copenhagen XI 2 1 1 0 050.00
Utrecht 2 1 1 0 050.00
Metz 2 1 0 1 050.00
Nice 2 1 0 1 050.00
Trabzonspor 2 1 0 1 050.00
Dukla Prague 2 1 0 1 050.00
Lokomotive Leipzig 2 1 0 1 050.00
Lokeren 2 1 0 1 050.00
Sheffield Wednesday 2 1 0 1 050.00
AZ 2 0 2 0 000.00
PAOK 2 1 0 1 050.00
Botev Plovdiv 2 1 0 1 050.00
Hansa Rostock 2 1 0 1 050.00
Celta Vigo 2 1 0 1 050.00
Zaragoza 2 1 0 1 050.00
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 1 0 1 050.00
Beşiktaş 2 1 0 1 050.00
Lech Poznań 2 0 2 0 000.00
Zürich 2 1 0 1 050.00
West Berlin XI 2 1 0 1 050.00
Nottingham Forest 2 0 1 1 000.00
Hibernian 2 0 1 1 000.00
CSKA Moscow 2 0 1 1 000.00
Athletic Bilbao 2 0 1 1 000.00
Atalanta 1 0 1 0 000.00
Brest 1 1 0 0 100.00
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 100.00
Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 100.00
Slovan Bratislava 1 0 0 1 000.00
Young Boys 1 1 0 0 100.00
Total: 150 clubs played 625 349 140 136 055.84

Against other members associations

Confederation Country Club Pld W D L W %
CONCACAF América 1 1 0 0 100.00
Atlante 1 1 0 0 100.00
AFC Al Sadd 1 1 0 0 100.00
Guangzhou Evergrande 1 1 0 0 100.00
CONMEBOL Estudiantes 1 1 0 0 100.00
River Plate 1 1 0 0 100.00
Santos 1 1 0 0 100.00
Internacional 1 0 0 1 000.00
São Paulo 1 0 0 1 000.00
Total: 9 clubs played 9 7 0 2 077.78

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