Heart of Midlothian F.C. in European football

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]

Heart of Midlothian F.C. in European football
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)
Europa League0 (Best: Quarter-final)
Cup Winners' Cup0 (Best: Second round)

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. [lower-alpha 1] Notes Ref
1958–59 European Cup PR Standard Liège 2–1 1–5 N/A 3–6 N/A
1960–61 European Cup PR Benfica 1–2 0–3 1–5
1961–62 Fairs Cup R1 Saint–Gilloise 2–0 3–1 5–1
R2 Inter Milan 0–1 0–4 0–5
1963–64 Fairs Cup R1 Lausanne–Sport 2–2 2–2 2–3 6–7 Playoff
1965–66 Fairs Cup R2 Vålerenga 1–0 3–1 N/A 4–1 N/A
R3 Real Zaragoza 3–3 2–2 0–1 5–6 Playoff
1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup R1 Lokomotive Leipzig 5–1 0–2 N/A 5–3 N/A
R2 Hamburg 1–4 2–4 3–8
1984–85 UEFA Cup R1 Paris Saint–Germain 2–2 0–4 2–6
1986–87 UEFA Cup R1 Dukla Prague 3–2 0–1 3–3 Away goals
1988–89 UEFA Cup R1 St. Patrick's Athletic 2–0 2–0 4–0 N/A
R2 Austria Vienna 0–0 1–0 1–0
R3 Velež Mostar 3–0 1–2 4–2
QF Bayern Munich 1–0 0–2 1–2
1990–91 UEFA Cup R1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3–1 1–1 4–2
R2 Bologna 3–1 0–3 3–4
1992–93 UEFA Cup R1 Slavia Prague 4–2 0–1 4–3
R2 Standard Liège 0–1 0–1 0–2
1993–94 UEFA Cup R1 Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–3 2–4
1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup QR Red Star Belgrade 1–1 0–0 1–1 Away goals
1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup QR Lantana Tallinn 5–0 1–0 6–0 N/A
R1 Real Mallorca 0–1 1–1 1–2
2000–01 UEFA Cup QR ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar 3–0 2–0 5–0
R1 Stuttgart 3–2 0–1 3–3 Away goals
2003–04 UEFA Cup R1 Zeljeznicar 2–0 0–0 2–0 N/A
R2 Bordeaux 0–2 1–0 1–2
2004–05 UEFA Cup R1 Braga 3–1 2–2 5–3
Group A Feyenoord N/A 0–3 5th
Schalke 04 0–1 N/A
Basel N/A 2–1
Ferencváros 0–1 N/A
2006–07 Champions League QR2 Široki Brijeg 3–0 0–0 3–0
QR3 AEK Athens 1–2 0–3 1–5
UEFA Cup R1 Sparta Prague 0–2 0–0 0–2
2009–10 Europa League PO Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 0–4 2–4
2011–12 Europa League QR3 Paks 4–1 1–1 5–2
PO Tottenham Hotspur 0–5 0–0 0–5
2012–13 Europa League PO Liverpool 0–1 1–1 1–2
2016–17 Europa League QR1 Infonet Tallinn 2–1 4–2 6–3
QR2 Birkirkara 1–2 0–0 1–2

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 () or eliminated ()
  1. Benfica in the 1960–61 European Cup and Hamburg in the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup.
  2. Real Zaragoza in the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Real Mallorca in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

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