Croatian football clubs in European competitions

Croatian football clubs have participated in UEFA competitions since 1958. Before 1992, Croatia was a part of Yugoslavia. Therefore, Croatian teams represented this country and did not always have a guaranteed spot in European competitions. Dinamo Zagreb is the only Croatian club that won a European trophy by winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966–67 season.

All statistics and records are accurate as of 14 March 2024.

Statistics
As of 14 March 2024.


 * Most European Cup / Champions League competitions appeared in: 25 – Dinamo Zagreb
 * Most UEFA Cup / Europa League competitions appeared in: 28 – Hajduk Split
 * Most Cup Winners' Cup competitions appeared in: 9 – Dinamo Zagreb
 * Most Intertoto Cup competitions appeared in: 5 – Slaven Belupo
 * Most Europa Conference League competitions appeared in: 3 – Hajduk Split, Osijek, Rijeka
 * Most competitions appeared in overall: 62 – Dinamo Zagreb
 * First match played: Dinamo Zagreb 2–2 Dukla Prague (1958–59 European Cup PR)
 * Most matches played: 339 – Dinamo Zagreb
 * Most match wins: 139 – Dinamo Zagreb
 * Most match draws: 70 – Dinamo Zagreb
 * Most match losses: 130 – Dinamo Zagreb


 * Biggest win (match): 8 goals
 * GÍ Gøta 0–8 Hajduk Split (2002–03 UEFA Cup QR)
 * Biggest win (aggregate): 11 goals
 * Dinamo Zagreb 11–0 B68 Toftir (1993–94 UEFA Champions League PR)
 * Hajduk Split 11–0 GÍ Gøta (2002–03 UEFA Cup QR)
 * Biggest defeat (match): 6 goals
 * Dinamo Zagreb 1–7 Lyon (2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage)
 * Ajax 6–0 Hajduk Split (1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup R1)
 * PAOK 6–0 Lokomotiva (2015–16 UEFA Europa League QR2)
 * Biggest defeat (aggregate): 8 goals
 * Hajduk Split 0–8 Debreceni (2005–06 UEFA Champions League QR2)

UEFA country coefficient and ranking
The associations were allocated places for the 2023–24 UEFA competitions according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients, which consider their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2021–22. In the 2022 rankings used for the 2023–24 European competitions, Croatia's coefficient points total is 27.150. Croatia is ranked by UEFA as the 19th association in Europe out of 55.


 * 17  27.250
 * 18  27.175
 * 19  27.150
 * 20 27.100
 * 21 26.375
 * Full list

UEFA country coefficient history
(As of 14 March 2023), Source: Bert Kassies website.

Appearances in UEFA competitions
Apps. = Appearances; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; EC = European Cup; UCL = UEFA Champions League; UC = UEFA Cup; UEL = UEFA Europa League; CWC = UEFA Cup Winners' Cup; UIC = UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Active
PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1/R2 = First/Second round; QR1/QR2/QR3 = First/Second/Third qualifying round; R32 = Round of 32; R16 = Round of 16; QF = Quarter-finals; GS = Group stage; PO = Playoff.

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
PR = Preliminary round; QR = Qualifying round; R1/R2 = First/Second round; R32 = Round of 32; R16 = Round of 16; QR1/QR2/QR3 = First/Second/Third qualifying round; QF = Quarter-finals; SF = Semi-finals; F = Final; GS = Group stage; PO = Playoff

UEFA Conference League
R32 = Round of 32; R16 = Round of 16; QR1/QR2/QR3 = First/Second/Third qualifying round; QF = Quarter-finals; SF = Semi-finals; F = Final; GS = Group stage; PO = Playoff; KPO = Knockout round play-offs

Cup Winners' Cup
QR = Qualifying round; R1/R2 = First/Second round; QF = Quarter-finals; SF = Semi-finals. † Game originally finished 2–0 for Hajduk Split, but was later awarded 0–3 for Marseille because of crowd trouble. In addition, Hajduk was banned for two years from all European competitions.

UEFA Intertoto Cup
GS = Group stage; R1/R2/R3 = First/Second/Third round; SF = Semi-finals.

Record by country of opposition

 * Updated on 14 March 2024.

Record by opponent

 * The list only includes clubs that Croatian clubs have faced in four or more UEFA matches. Updated on 14 March 2024.