Heart of Midlothian F.C. in European football

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Heart of Midlothian F.C. in European football
Steven Pressley.jpg
Steven Pressley, who holds the appearance record for Hearts in European matches
ClubHeart of Midlothian F.C.
First entry1958–59 European Cup
Latest entry2016–17 Europa League
Titles
Champions League0 (Best: Preliminary rounds)
Cup Winners' Cup0 (Best: Second round)
Europa League0 (Best: Quarter-final)

Heart of Midlothian F.C. played their first official match in competitive European football on 3 September 1958. This made the club only the third Scottish and fifth British team to compete in Europe at the time. Hearts have been beaten on two occasions by the club who would go on to win the competition[note 1] and have also lost twice to the eventual runners–up.[note 2]

Hearts' best showing in European competition was in the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, where they reached the quarter–finals and narrowly lost 2–1 on aggregate to German giants Bayern Munich. Since then, Hearts became both the first–ever Scottish club and the first–ever British club to reach the new group stage format of the 2004–05 UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League). They also qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, becoming the first non Old Firm team in Scotland to do so since the tournament changed from the European Cup to the Champions League.

The club has an unfortunate record of having never progressed through a tie which has finished level on aggregate after two legs. They lost play–off matches by a single goal to Lausanne–Sport in the 1963–64 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and to eventual runners–up Real Zaragoza in the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, and they lost due to the away goals rule against Dukla Prague, Red Star Belgrade and Stuttgart in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup, 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and 2000–01 UEFA Cup respectively.

Steven Pressley and Henry Smith jointly hold the record for playing in the most European matches for Hearts with 22 appearances each, and John Robertson is the club's top scorer with seven goals.

Statistics[]

Results[]

Note: In all cases the Hearts score is listed first.[1]

List of Hearts games in European competitions
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Other Agg. [a] Notes Ref
1958–59 European Cup PR Belgium Standard Liège 2–1 1–5 N/A 3–6 Symbol delete vote.svg N/A
1960–61 European Cup PR Portugal Benfica 1–2 0–3 1–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
1961–62 Fairs Cup R1 Belgium Saint–Gilloise 2–0 3–1 5–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
R2 Italy Inter Milan 0–1 0–4 0–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
1963–64 Fairs Cup R1 Switzerland Lausanne–Sport 2–2 2–2 2–3 6–7 Symbol delete vote.svg Playoff
1965–66 Fairs Cup R2 Norway Vålerenga 1–0 3–1 N/A 4–1 Symbol keep vote.svg N/A
R3 Spain Real Zaragoza 3–3 2–2 0–1 5–6 Symbol delete vote.svg Playoff
1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup R1 East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig 5–1 0–2 N/A 5–3 Symbol keep vote.svg N/A
R2 West Germany Hamburg 1–4 2–4 3–8 Symbol delete vote.svg
1984–85 UEFA Cup R1 France Paris Saint–Germain 2–2 0–4 2–6 Symbol delete vote.svg
1986–87 UEFA Cup R1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 3–2 0–1 3–3 Symbol delete vote.svg Away goals
1988–89 UEFA Cup R1 Republic of Ireland St. Patrick's Athletic 2–0 2–0 4–0 Symbol keep vote.svg N/A
R2 Austria Austria Vienna 0–0 1–0 1–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
R3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velež Mostar 3–0 1–2 4–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
QF West Germany Bayern Munich 1–0 0–2 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
1990–91 UEFA Cup R1 Soviet Union Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3–1 1–1 4–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
R2 Italy Bologna 3–1 0–3 3–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
1992–93 UEFA Cup R1 Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague 4–2 0–1 4–3 Symbol keep vote.svg
R2 Belgium Standard Liège 0–1 0–1 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
1993–94 UEFA Cup R1 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–3 2–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup QR Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 1–1 0–0 1–1 Symbol delete vote.svg Away goals
1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup QR Estonia Lantana Tallinn 5–0 1–0 6–0 Symbol keep vote.svg N/A
R1 Spain Real Mallorca 0–1 1–1 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2000–01 UEFA Cup QR Iceland ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar 3–0 2–0 5–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
R1 Germany Stuttgart 3–2 0–1 3–3 Symbol delete vote.svg Away goals
2003–04 UEFA Cup R1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeljeznicar 2–0 0–0 2–0 Symbol keep vote.svg N/A
R2 France Bordeaux 0–2 1–0 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2004–05 UEFA Cup R1 Portugal Braga 3–1 2–2 5–3 Symbol keep vote.svg
Group A Netherlands Feyenoord N/A 0–3 5th Symbol delete vote.svg
Germany Schalke 04 0–1 N/A
Switzerland Basel N/A 2–1
Hungary Ferencváros 0–1 N/A
2006–07 Champions League QR2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 3–0 0–0 3–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
QR3 Greece AEK Athens 1–2 0–3 1–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
UEFA Cup R1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 0–2 0–0 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2009–10 Europa League PO Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 0–4 2–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2011–12 Europa League QR3 Hungary Paks 4–1 1–1 5–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
PO England Tottenham Hotspur 0–5 0–0 0–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
2012–13 Europa League PO England Liverpool 0–1 1–1 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2016–17 Europa League QR1 Estonia Infonet Tallinn 2–1 4–2 6–3 Symbol keep vote.svg
QR2 Malta Birkirkara 1–2 0–0 1–2 Symbol delete vote.svg

By Competition[]

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1
European Cup 4 1 0 3 4 11 −7
UEFA Europa League 12 4 4 4 15 18 −3
UEFA Cup 38 17 6 15 46 44 +2
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 2 3 1 8 3 +5
European Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 0 3 8 11 −3
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 12 4 4 4 20 20 0
Total 80 30 18 32 105 112 −7

Notes[]

  1. ^ Round or group progressed (Symbol keep vote.svg) or eliminated (Symbol delete vote.svg)

References[]

  1. ^ "Hearts European Results". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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