FK RFS in European football

FK RFS in European football

Club	FK RFS
Seasons played	5
First entry	2019-20 UEFA Europa League
Latest entry	2024–25 UEFA Europa League

These are the matches FK RFS have played in European football competitions. Having only been founded in 2016, the club's first entry into European competitions was in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, qualifying for the first qualifying round after a third place finish in their 2018 league campaign.

Following a first place finish in the 2021 season, FK RFS qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. After a defeat to Finnish champions HJK Helsinki, RFS dropped down into the third qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. Being put against Hibernians of Malta, they won away and then drew in the home leg, putting the through into a play-off round fixture against Northern Irish club Linfield. After a penalty shoot-out victory, RFS qualified for the group stages of a European competition. In the group stage, RFS were drawn against Fiorentina, who went on to reach the final; İstanbul Başakşehir, who topped the group; and Heart of Midlothian, who lost in the group stage as well. Against these teams, RFS found no success, losing 4 and drawing 2 games, and only scoring 2 goals in their entire campaign.

In 2024, RFS qualified for their first ever Europa League League Phase. In their 1st Game, they played Romanian Liga I champions FCSB. Away from home, they lost 4–1, the only goal coming from club captain and centre-back Žiga Lipušček. In the following match, RFS played against Turkish Super Lig champions Galatasaray. Before the match, they were considered underdogs, with very few people backing them to get a result. Affirming this, Galatasaray went 2–0 up in the first 40 minutes. Despite the odds, goals from striker Janis Ikaunieks, and young winger Lasha Odisharia put them level at 2–2 by the 55th minute. The score stayed, and RFS made a brilliant comeback to draw the game against the heavy favourites.

Key

• S = Seasons
• Pld = Matches played
• W = Matches won
• D = Matches drawn
• L = Matches lost
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• a.e.t. = Match determined after extra time
• p = Match determined by penalty shoot-out
• a = Match determined by away goals rule
• QF = Quarter-finals
• KO = Knockout round

• League = League Phase
• Group = Group stage
• Group 2 = Second group stage
• PO = Play-off round
• RO16 = Round of 16
• R3 = Round 3
• R2 = Round 2
• R1 = Round 1
• Q3 = Third qualification round
• Q2 = Second qualification round
• Q1 = First qualification round
• QR = Qualification round

Matches

The following is a complete list of matches played by FK RFS in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and the scores in home and away, with FK RFS's score noted first. It is up to date as of 17 July 2024.

List of FK RFS matches in European football

Season	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate	Ref.
2019–20	Europa League	Q1	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–2	3–2	3–4
2020–21	Europa League	Q1	Partizan	0–1	—	0–1
2021–22	Europa Conference League	Q1	KÍ Klaksvík	2–3	4–2 (a.e.t.)	6–5
		Q2	Puskás Akadémia	3–0	2–0	5–0
		Q3	Gent	2–2	0–1	2–3
2022–23	Champions League	Q1	HJK Helsinki	2–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1	2–2 (4–5 p)
	Europa Conference League	Q3	Hibernians	1–1	3–1	4–2
		PO	Linfield	2–2	1–1 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (4–2 p)
		Group	Fiorentina	0–3	1–1	4th
			Heart of Midlothian	0–2	1–2
			Istanbul Başakşehir	0–0	0–3
2023–24	Europa Conference League	Q1	Makedonija GP	4–1	1–0	5–1
		Q2	Sabah	0–2	1–2	1–4
2024–25	Champions League	Q1	Larne	3–0	4–0	7–0
		Q2	Bodø/Glimt	1–3	0–4	1–7
	Europa League	Q3	UE Santa Coloma	7–0	2–0	9–0
		PO	APOEL	2–1	1–2	3–3 (4–2 p)
		League	FCSB	–	1–4	TBD
			Galatasaray	2–2	–
			Eintracht Frankfurt	–	0–1
			Anderlecht	1–1	–
			PAOK	28 Nov	–
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	–	12 Dec
			Ajax Amsterdam	23 Jan	–
			Dynamo Kyiv	–	30 Jan

European Record

By Competition

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from RFS's games in the 3 UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of matches played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals for (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2024–25 season. The statistics also include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

As of match played 7 November 2024

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	9	3	2	4	16	11	+5	033.33
UEFA Conference League	20	6	6	8	28	30	−2	030.00

By Club

The following list details FK RFS's all-time record against clubs they have met one or more times in European competition. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by RFS (W), drawn (D) and lost by RFS (L), goals for RFS (GF), goals against RFS (GA), RFS's goal difference (GD), and their win percentages. Statistics are correct as of the 2023–24 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Accurate as of 1 October 2024.

  Positive balance (more wins than losses)

  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)

  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

Club	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Anderlecht	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
APOEL	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Bodø/Glimt	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	000.00
Eintracht Frankfurt	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
FCSB	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Fiorentina	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Galatasaray	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Gent	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Heart of Midlothian	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Hibernians	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
HJK Helsinki	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
İstanbul Başakşehir	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	000.00
KÍ Klaksvík	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Larne	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Linfield	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Makedonija GP	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Olimpija Ljubljana	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
Partizan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Puskás Akadémia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Sabah	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
UE Santa Coloma	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00

UEFA Club Ranking

As of 8 November 2024

Rank	Team	Points
138	Astana	10.500
139	CSKA Sofia	10.500
140	FK RFS	10.000
141	Zrinjski Mostar	10.000
142	Lincoln Red Imps	10.000

Player Statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played 7 November 2024

	Name	Pos.	Years	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	UEFA Conference League	Total	Ratio
1	Jānis Ikaunieks	FW	2020 2023–Present	2 (4)	7 (9)	1 (4)	10 (17)	0.59
2	Darko Lemajić	FW	2019–2021 2023–Present	1 (2)	1 (4)	5 (10)	7 (16)	0.44
3	Andrej Ilić	FW	2021–2023	0 (2)	-	6 (14)	6 (14)	0.43
4	Žiga Lipušček	DF	2020–Present	0 (6)	2 (8)	2 (20)	4 (34)	0.09
5	Stefan Panić	MF	2022–Present	2 (4)	0 (8)	1 (8)	3 (20)	0.15
6	Emerson Deocleciano	FW	2020–Present	1 (5)	0 (3)	2 (19)	3 (27)	0.11
7	Cedric Kouadio	MF	2019–Present	0 (4)	1 (11)	2 (12)	3 (27)	0.11
8	Kevin Friesenbichler	FW	2021–2023	0 (2)	-	3 (15)	3 (17)	0.18
9	Mārtiņš Ķigurs	MF	2024–Present	1 (4)	1 (5)	-	2 (9)	0.22
10	Arturs Zjuzins	MF	2018–2024	1 (2)	-	1 (12)	2 (14)	0.14
11	Victor Osuagwu	MF	2024–Present	-	2 (7)	-	2 (7)	0.29
12	Petr Mareš	DF	2021–Present	0 (5)	1 (3)	1 (17)	2 (25)	0.08
13	Daniels Balodis	DF	2018 2024–Present	1 (3)	0 (7)	-	1 (10)	0.1
14	Ismaël Diomandé	MF	2022–Present	1 (5)	0 (4)	0 (4)	1 (13)	0.08
15	Gļebs Kļuškins	MF	2018–2020	-	1 (1)	-	1 (1)	1
16	Tin Vukmanic	MF	2019	-	1 (2)	-	1 (2)	0.5
17	Lasha Odisharia	FW	2024–	0 (3)	1 (7)	-	1 (10)	0.1
17	Tomislav Šarić	MF	2020–2022	0 (2)	0 (1)	1 (13)	1 (16)	0.06
18	Tomáš Šimkovič	MF	2019–2022 2022–2023	-	0 (3)	1 (13)	1 (16)	0.06
19	Vitālijs Jagodinskis	DF	2009 2019–2020 2020–2024	0 (2)	0 (3)	1 (15)	1 (20)	0.05
20	Own goal	-	2019–Present	0 (6)	1 (11)	1 (20)	1 (37)	0.03