Hibernian F.C. in Europe

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Hibernian have a significant history in European competitions. The club was the first British club to enter European competition^[1], the European Cup in its first season.

Hibs have lost on four occasions to the club that went on to win the competition^[2], and have themselves reached the quarter-final of the competition they were entered in on five occasions^[3].

[edit] Results

In all cases the Hibs score is listed first.

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Nation	Home score	Away score	Aggregate	Notes
1955-56	European Cup^[4]	1	Rot-Weiss Essen	West Germany	1–1	4–0	5–1	First appearance of a British club in European competition. Three of the Famous Five scored in the away leg - Lawrie Reilly, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond.
1955-56	European Cup	QF	Djurgårdens IF	Sweden	1–0	3–1	4–1	The "away" match was played at Firhill Stadium, Glasgow.
1955-56	European Cup	SF	Stade Reims	France	0–2	0–1	0–3	Reims went on to lose in the final to Real Madrid.
1960-61	Fairs Cup	1	Lausanne	Switzerland				Lausanne withdrew. Hibernian received a 2-0 walkover to the next round.
1960-61	Fairs Cup	2	Barcelona	Spain	3–2	4–4	7–6
1960-61	Fairs Cup	SF	Roma	Italy	2–2	3–3	5–5	The away goals rule was not in operation. Hibs lost the play-off match 6–0, their biggest defeat in one match in European competition. Roma went on to win the competition.
1961-62	Fairs Cup	1	Belenenses	Portugal	3–3	3–1	6–4
1961-62	Fairs Cup	2	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	0–1	0–4	0–5
1962-63	Fairs Cup	1	Stævnet	Denmark	4–0	3–2	7–2
1962-63	Fairs Cup	2	Utrecht XI	Netherlands	2–1	1–0	3–1
1962-63	Fairs Cup	QF	Valencia	Spain	2–1	0–5	2–6	Valencia went on to win the competition.
1965-66	Fairs Cup	1	Valencia	Spain	2–0	0–2	2–2	Hibs lost 3–0 in the play-off match.
1967-68	Fairs Cup	1	Porto	Portugal	3–0	1–3	4–3
1967-68	Fairs Cup	2	Napoli	Italy	5–0	1–4	6–4	One of the most famous matches ever played at Easter Road^[5]. Hibs overturn a three-goal deficit by scoring five goals past Italian goalkeeping legend Dino Zoff.
1967-68	Fairs Cup	QF	Leeds United	England	1–1	0–1	1–2	Leeds United went on to win the competition.
1968-69	Fairs Cup	1	NK Olimpija	Yugoslavia	2–1	3–0	5–1
1968-69	Fairs Cup	2	Lokomotive Leipzig	East Germany	3–1	1–0	4–1	Joe McBride scored a hat-trick in the home leg, the first hat-trick scored by a Hibs player in European competition.
1968-69	Fairs Cup	3	Hamburg	West Germany	2–1	0–1	2–2	Hibs were eliminated on the away goals rule.
1970-71	Fairs Cup	1	Malmo	Sweden	6–0	3–2	9–2	Joe McBride scored a hat-trick (his and the club's second in European competition) in the home leg.
1970-71	Fairs Cup	2	Vitoria Guimaraes	Portugal	2–0	1–2	3–2
1970-71	Fairs Cup	3	Liverpool	England	0–1	0–2	0–3
1972-73	Cup Winners' Cup^[6]	1	Sporting Portugal	Portugal	6–1	1–2	7–3	Jimmy O'Rourke scored a hat-trick in the home leg.
1972-73	Cup Winners' Cup	2	KS Besa Kavajë	Albania	7–1	1–1	8–2	Jimmy O'Rourke scored a hat-trick in the home leg for the second straight tie.
1972-73	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Hajduk Split	Yugoslavia	4–2	0–3	4–5
1973-74	UEFA Cup	1	IBK Keflavik	Iceland	2–0	1–1	3–1
1973-74	UEFA Cup	2	Leeds United	England	0–0	0–0	0–0	Hibs lost 5–4 on penalties.
1974-75	UEFA Cup	1	Rosenborg BK	Norway	9–1	3–2	12–3	Hibs' biggest win in Europe in one leg and on aggregate.
1974-75	UEFA Cup	2	Juventus	Italy	2–4	0–4	2–8	Hibs' biggest aggregate defeat in European competition.
1975-76	UEFA Cup	1	Liverpool	England	1–0	1–3	2–3	Liverpool went on to win the competition.
1976-77	UEFA Cup	1	Sochaux	France	1–0	0–0	1–0
1976-77	UEFA Cup	2	Östers IF	Sweden	2–0	1–4	3–4
1978-79	UEFA Cup	1	IFK Norrköping	Sweden	3–2	0–0	3–2
1978-79	UEFA Cup	2	RC Strasbourg	France	1–0	0–2	1–2
1989-90	UEFA Cup	1	Videoton	Hungary	1–0	3–0	4–0	Hibs' first appearance in Europe for over 10 years.
1989-90	UEFA Cup	2	R.F.C. de Liège	Belgium	0–0	0–1	0–1	The tie went to extra time.
1992-93	UEFA Cup	1	Anderlecht	Belgium	2–2	1–1	3–3	Hibs lost on the away goals rule.
2001-02	UEFA Cup	1	AEK Athens	Greece	3–2	0–2	3–4	The tie went to extra time.
2004-05	Intertoto Cup	2	FK Vėtra	Lithuania	1–1	0–1	1–2	The first matches under the management of Tony Mowbray.
2005-06	UEFA Cup	1	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	0–0	1–5	1–5
2006-07	Intertoto Cup	2	Dinaburg FC	Latvia	5–0	3–0	8–0
2006-07	Intertoto Cup	3	Odense Boldklub	Denmark	2–1	0–1	2–2	Hibs lost on the away goals rule.
2008-09	Intertoto Cup	2	IF Elfsborg or HB Torshavn	Sweden or Faroe Islands	July 5, 2008	July 12, 2008	Unknown	The opposition will be determined the week before the first match.