Swedish women's football clubs in European competitions

This is a list of Swedish women's football clubs in European competition. Swedish clubs have participated since 2001, when Umeå IK entered the 2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup. Umeå IK's debut came against Sparta Prague of Czech Republic and Anna Sjöström scored Umeå IK's and Swedish clubs' first goal in European competition in the match that ended 1–0 to Umeå IK.^[1] A total of eleven clubs have participated in UEFA competitions throughout the years.

Umeå IK has won the UEFA Women's Cup twice, by beating Fortuna Hjørring in the 2003 final and 1. FFC Frankfurt in the 2004 final. Umeå IK also reached three more finals, while Djurgården/Älvsjö reached the final once. During the Women's Champions League era, also Tyresö FF reached the final once.

Statistics

Most Women's Cup/Women's Champions League competitions appeared in: 13 – Malmö FF/LdB FC Malmö/FC Rosengård
Most competitions appeared in overall: 13 – Malmö FF/LdB FC Malmö/FC Rosengård
First match played: Umeå IK 1–0 Sparta Prague, 3 October 2001 (2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup group stage)
Most matches played: 73 – Malmö FF/LdB FC Malmö/FC Rosengård
Most match wins: 45 – Umeå IK
Most match draws: 13 – Umeå IK
Most match losses: 28 – Malmö FF/LdB FC Malmö/FC Rosengård
Biggest win (match): 15 goals – Umeå IK 15–0 Newtonabbey Strikers (2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup group stage)
Biggest win (aggregate): 17 goals – FC Rosengård 17–0 Lanchkhuti (2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32)
Biggest defeat (match): 9 goals – Barcelona 9–0 Hammarby IF (2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage)
Biggest defeat (aggregate): 8 goals – FC Rosengård 0–8 Lyon (2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals)

Appearances in UEFA competitions

As of 11 January 2025

Club	Total	WCL	First appearance	Last appearance
Djurgården/Älvsjö	2	2	2004–05 UEFA Women's Cup	2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup
Eskilstuna United DFF	1	1	2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League	2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC/BK Häcken	8	8	2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League	2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
Hammarby IF	1	1	2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League	2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
KIF Örebro	1	1	2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League	2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League
Kristianstads DFF	2	2	2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League	2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
Linköpings FC	7	7	2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League	2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
Piteå IF	1	1	2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League	2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League
Malmö FF/LdB FC Malmö/FC Rosengård	13	13	2003–04 UEFA Women's Cup	2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
Tyresö FF	1	1	2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League	2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League
Umeå IK	9	9	2001–02 UEFA Women's Cup	2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League

Active competitions

UEFA Women's Champions League

1. FFC Frankfurt–Umeå IK at Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, during the final of the 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup

These are the appearances of Swedish football clubs in the UEFA Women's Cup and the UEFA Women's Champions League:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
UEFA Women's Cup
2001–02	Umeå IK	GS	Sparta Prague	1–0		1st
			Grand Hotel Varna	3–0
			Auto Trade Femina	6–0
		QF	Ryazan-VDV	4–1	3–1	7–2
		SF	HJK	2–1	1–0	3–1
		F	1. FFC Frankfurt	0–2
2002–03	Umeå IK	GS	KÍ	7–0		1st
			Visa Tallinn	4–0
			Sparta Prague	6–1
		QF	Toulouse	2–0	0–0	2–0
		SF	1. FFC Frankfurt	1–1	1–1	2–2 (7–6 p)
		F	Fortuna Hjørring	4–1	3–0	7–1
2003–04	Malmö FF	2QR	FC United	3–0		1st
			Maccabi Holon	6–1
			Lehenda-Cheksil	3–0
		QF	Kolbotn	2–0	0–1	2–1
		SF	1. FFC Frankfurt	0–0	1–4	1–4
	Umeå IK	2QR	Newtonabbey Strikers	15–0		1st
			Clujana	6–0
			Slavia Prague	2–1
		QF	Energy Voronezh	2–1	2–1	4–2
		SF	Brøndby	1–0	3–2	4–2
		F	1. FFC Frankfurt	3–0	5–0	8–0
2004–05	Djurgården/Älvsjö	2QR	Aegina	5–0		2nd
			Athletic Bilbao	3–2
			Arsenal	0–1
		QF	Umeå IK	2–1	1–0	3–1
		SF	Arsenal	1–1	1–0	2–1
		F	Turbine Potsdam	0–2	1–3	1–5
	Umeå IK	2QR	ŽNK Krka	7–1		1st
			Bobruichanka Bobruisk	5–1
			Mašinac Classic Niš	8–0
		QF	Djurgården/Älvsjö	0–1	1–2	1–3
2005–06	Djurgården/Älvsjö	2QR	Valur	2–1		1st
			Alma KTZh	3–0
			Mašinac Classic Niš	7–0
		QF	Sparta Prague	0–0	2–0	2–0
		SF	Turbine Potsdam	2–5	3–2	5–7
2006–07	Umeå IK	2QR	Lehenda-Cheksil	2–0		1st
			Espanyol	3–0
			Kolbotn	2–1
		QF	Saestum	5–2	6–1	11–3
		SF	Kolbotn	6–0	5–1	11–1
		F	Arsenal	0–1	0–0	0–1
2007–08	Umeå IK	2QR	Clujana	3–1		1st
			Universitet Vitebsk	2–0
			Rossiyanka	2–2
		QF	Rapide Wezemaal	6–0	4–0	10–0
		SF	Lyon	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		F	1. FFC Frankfurt	1–1	2–3	3–4
2008–09	Umeå IK	2QR	Valur	5–1		1st
			Alma KTZh	6–0
			Bardolino Verona	4–0
		QF	Arsenal	6–0	2–3	8–3
		SF	Zvezda-2005	2–2	0–2	2–4
UEFA Women's Champions League
2009–10	Linköpings FC	QR	Roma Calfa	11–0		1st
			Glentoran	3–0
			Clujana	6–0
		R32	Zürich	3–0	2–0	5–0
		R16	Duisburg	0–2	1–1	1–3
	Umeå IK	R32	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	6–0	5–0	11–0
		R16	Rossiyanka	1–1	1–0	2–1
		QF	Montpellier	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		SF	Lyon	0–0	2–3	2–3
2010–11	Linköpings FC	R32	ŽNK Krka	5–0	7–0	12–0
		R16	Sparta Prague	2–0	1–0	3–0
		QF	Arsenal	2–2	1–1	3–3
	Umeå IK	QR	ASA Tel Aviv	3–0		2nd
			Apollon Limassol	1–4
			SFK 2000 Sarajevo	1–0
2011–12	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	R32	Osijek	7–0	4–0	11–0
		R16	Fortuna Hjørring	3–2	1–0	4–2
		QF	Arsenal	1–0	1–3	2–3
	LdB FC Malmö	R32	Tavagnacco	5–0	1–2	6–2
		R16	Neulengbach	1–0	3–1	4–1
		QF	1. FFC Frankfurt	1–0	0–3	1–3
2012–13	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	R32	Spartak Subotica	3–0	1–0	4–0
		R16	Fortuna Hjørring	3–2	1–1	4–3
		QF	Juvisy	1–3	0–1	1–4
	LdB FC Malmö	R32	MTK Hungária	6–1	4–0	10–1
		R16	Bardolino Verona	1–0	2–0	3–0
		QF	Lyon	0–3	0–5	0–8
2013–14	LdB FC Malmö	R32	LSK	5–0	3–1	8–1
	LdB FC Malmö	R16	Wolfsburg	1–2	1–3	2–5
	Tyresö FF	R32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	0–0	2–1
		R16	Fortuna Hjørring	4–0	2–1	6–1
		QF	Neulengbach	8–1	0–0	8–1
		SF	Birmingham	3–0	0–0	3–0
		F	Wolfsburg	3–4
2014–15	Linköpings FC	R32	Liverpool	3–0	1–2	4–2
		R16	Zvezda-2005	5–0	0–3	5–3
		QF	Brøndby	0–1	1–1	1–2
	FC Rosengård	R32	Ryazan-VDV	2–0	3–1	5–1
		R16	Fortuna Hjørring	2–1	2–0	4–1
		QF	Wolfsburg	3–3	1–1	4–4 (a)
2015–16	KIF Örebro	R32	PAOK	5–0	3–0	8–0
	KIF Örebro	R16	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	0–0	1–1
	FC Rosengård	R32	PK-35	7–0	2–0	9–0
		R16	AGSM Verona	5–1	3–1	8–2
		QF	1. FFC Frankfurt	0–1	1–0	1–1 (4–5 p)
2016–17	Eskilstuna United	R32	Glasgow City	1–0	2–1	3–1
	Eskilstuna United	R16	Wolfsburg	1–5	0–3	1–8
	FC Rosengård	R32	Breiðablik	0–0	1–0	1–0
		R16	Slavia Prague	3–0	3–1	6–1
		QF	FC Barcelona	0–1	0–2	0–3
2017–18	Linköpings FC	R32	Apollon Limassol	3–0	1–0	4–0
		R16	Sparta Prague	3–0	1–1	4–1
		QF	Manchester City	3–5	0–2	3–7
	FC Rosengård	R32	Olimpia Cluj	4–0	1–0	5–0
	FC Rosengård	R16	Chelsea	0–1	0–3	0–4
2018–19	Linköpings FC	R32	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	4–0	6–1	10–1
	Linköpings FC	R16	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	2–3	2–5
	FC Rosengård	R32	Ryazan-VDV	2–0	1–0	3–0
	FC Rosengård	R16	Slavia Prague	2–3	0–0	2–3
2019–20	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	R32	Bayern Munich	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
2019–20	Piteå IF	R32	Brøndby	0–1	1–1	1–2
2020–21	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	R32	Manchester City	1–2	0–3	1–5
	FC Rosengård	1R	Lanchkhuti	10–0	7–0	17–0
		2R	St. Pölten	2–2	2–0	4–2
		QF	Bayern Munich	0–1	0–3	0–4
2021–22	BK Häcken	2QR	Vålerenga	3–2	3–1	6–3
		GS	Lyon	0–3	0–4	4th
			Bayern Munich	1–5	0–4
			Benfica	1–2	1–0
	Kristianstads DFF	1QR:SF	Brøndby	1–0
	Kristianstads DFF	1QR:F	Bordeaux	1–3
	FC Rosengård	2QR	Hoffenheim	0–3	3–3	3–6
2022–23	BK Häcken	2QR	Paris Saint-Germain	0–2	1–2	1–4
	Kristianstads DFF	1QR:SF	Ajax	1–3
	Kristianstads DFF	1QR:PF	Fortuna Hjørring	3–2 (a.e.t.)
	FC Rosengård	2QR	Brann	3–1	1–1	4–2
		GS	Bayern Munich	0–4	1–2	4th
			FC Barcelona	1–4	0–6
			Benfica	1–3	0–1
2023–24	BK Häcken	2QR	Twente	2–2	2–1	4–3
		GS	Paris FC	0–0	2–1	2nd
			Chelsea	1–3	0–0
			Real Madrid	2–1	1–0
		QF	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	0–3	1–5
	Linköpings FC	1QR:SF	Arsenal	0–3
	Linköpings FC	1QR:PF	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	3–0
	FC Rosengård	2QR	Spartak Subotica	2–1	5–1	7–2
		GS	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	0–5	4th
			Benfica	2–2	0–1
			FC Barcelona	0–6	0–7
2024–25	BK Häcken	2QR	Arsenal	1–0	0–4	1–4
	Hammarby IF	2QR	Benfica	1–2	2–0	3–2
		GS	St. Pölten	2–0	2–1	3rd
			FC Barcelona	0–3	0–9
			Manchester City	1–2	0–2
	Linköpings FC	1QR:SF	Sparta Prague	1–3 (a.e.t.)
	Linköpings FC	1QR:PF	First Vienna	8–0

References

^ "Umeås sköna knock". 4 October 2001.
^ "Champions League genom tiderna".
^ "UEFA Club Championship (Women) 2020/21".
^ "UEFA Club Championship (Women) 2023/24".
^ "The official website for European football".

External links

UEFA Website
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
History (old page) (in Swedish) at SvFF
History (current) (in Swedish) at SvFF
Swedish UEFA Women's Champions League season (in Swedish) at SvFF

[1] "Umeås sköna knock". 4 October 2001.

[2] "Champions League genom tiderna".

[3] "UEFA Club Championship (Women) 2020/21".

[4] "UEFA Club Championship (Women) 2023/24".

[5] "The official website for European football".

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