FC Viktoria Plzeň in European football explained

Continent:	Europe
FC Viktoria Plzeň in European football
Club:	Viktoria Plzeň
First Entry:	1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup
Last Entry:	2024–25 UEFA Europa League

FC Viktoria Plzeň is a Czech association football club from Plzeň. The club has participated in five seasons of UEFA club competitions, including two seasons in the UEFA Champions League, three seasons in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League and one season in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The club has played 42 UEFA matches, resulting in 24 wins, 6 draws and 12 defeats.^[1] The club's first appearance was in the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup.^[1] The club's best performance is reaching the round of 16 of the Europa League, which they managed in the 2012–13 season; they later repeated the performance in the 2013–14 and 2017–18 seasons.

The club plays its home matches at Stadion města Plzně, an all-seater stadium in Plzeň. During the 2011–12 season, the club played European matches at Eden Arena in Prague due to the reconstruction of Plzeň's stadium during the play-off round and group stage of the Champions League.^[2]

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
a = Match determined by away goals rule

QF = Quarter-finals
Group = Group stage
Group 2 = Second group stage
PO = Play-off round
R3 = Round 3
R2 = Round 2
R1 = Round 1
Q3 = Third qualification round
Q2 = Second qualification round
Q1 = First qualification round
Q = Qualification round

All-time statistics

The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of 31 August 2023.^[1] The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Viktoria Plzeň's matches in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of seasons (S), matches played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L), as well as goals for (GF), goals against (GA) and goal difference (GD).

Competition
Champions League	4	53	22	9	22	82	105	-23
Cup Winners' Cup	1	2	0	0	2	1	7	–6
Europa League	8	58	27	12	19	90	69	+21
Europa Conference League	2	12	9	1	2	24	12	+12
Total	15	125	58	22	45	197	193	+4

Matches

The following is a complete list of matches played by Viktoria Plzeň in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score, with Viktoria Plzeň's score noted first. It is up to date as of 8 August 2024.

Season! scope=col rowspan=2
Tournament	scope=col rowspan=2	Stage	scope=col colspan=2	Opponent	scope=col rowspan=2	Date	scope=col rowspan=2	Venue	scope=col rowspan=2	Score	scope=col rowspan=2	Attendance
scope=col	Team	scope=col	Country
scope=row rowspan=2	1971–72		R1		West Germany	15 September 1971	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	0–1	30,000
29 September 1971			R1		West Germany	1–6	6,000
scope=row rowspan=2	2010–11		Q3		Turkey	29 July 2010		1–1	5,875
5 August 2010			Q3		Turkey	0–3	25,975
scope=row rowspan=14	2011–12		Q2		Armenia	12 July 2011		4–0	3,000
19 July 2011	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň		Q2		Armenia	5–1	5,400
Q3			Norway	27 July 2011		1–0	8,028
Q3			Norway	3 August 2011	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	3–2	5,124
PO			Denmark	16 August 2011		3–1	19,148style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"
PO			Denmark	24 August 2011	Synot Tip Arena, Prague	2–1	19,350
Group H			Belarus	13 September 2011	Synot Tip Arena, Prague	1–1	19,541
			Italy	28 September 2011		0–2	66,859
			Spain	19 October 2011		0–2	74,375
			Spain	1 November 2011	Synot Tip Arena, Prague	0–4	20,145
			Belarus	23 November 2011		1–0	26,520
			Italy	6 December 2011	Synot Tip Arena, Prague	2–2	19,854
	Round of 32		Germany	16 February 2012	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	1–1	11,435
	Round of 32		Germany	23 February 2012		1–3	54,142
scope=row rowspan=16	2012–13		Q2		Georgia	19 July 2012		3–1	2,995
26 July 2012	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň		Q2		Georgia	2–0	11,446
Q3			Poland	2 August 2012		2–0	3,824
Q3			Poland	9 August 2012	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	5–0	11,651
PO			Belgium	23 August 2012		1–2	4,254
PO			Belgium	30 August 2012	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	1–0 (a)	11,711
Group B			Portugal	20 September 2012	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	3–1	10,848
			Spain	4 October 2012		0–1	19,772
			Israel	4 October 2012		2–1	12,248
			Israel	8 November 2012	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	4–0	11,389
			Portugal	22 November 2012		1–1	3,717
			Spain	4 October 2012	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	1–0	11,067
Round of 32			Italy	14 February 2013		3–0	15,000
Round of 32			Italy	21 February 2013	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	2–0	11,607
Round of 16			Turkey	7 March 2013	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	0–1	11,701
Round of 16			Turkey	14 March 2013	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul	1–1	0
scope=row rowspan=16	2013–14		Q2		Bosnia and Herzegovina	16 July 2013	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	4–3	10,381
23 July 2013			Q2		Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–1	25,000
Q3			Estonia	30 July 2013		4–0	4,420
Q3			Estonia	7 August 2013	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	6–2	9,482
PO			Slovenia	20 August 2013	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	3–1	11,158
PO			Slovenia	28 August 2013		1–0	12,306
Group D			England	17 September 2013	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	0–3	11,281
			Russia	2 October 2013		2–3	6,000
			Germany	23 October 2013		0–5	71,000
			Germany	5 November 2013	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	0–1	11,360
			England	27 November 2013		2–4	37,742
			Russia	10 December 2013	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	2–1	11,205
	Round of 32		Ukraine	20 February 2014	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	1–1	11,179
	Round of 32		Ukraine	27 February 2014		2–1	36,729
	Round of 16		France	13 March 2014		1–4	28,248
	Round of 16		France	20 March 2014	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	2–1	10,352
scope=row rowspan=2	2014–15		Q3		Romania	31 July 2014	Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiești	1–1	11,244
7 August 2014	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň		Q3		Romania	1–4	10,521
scope=row rowspan=10	2015–16		Q3		Israel	28 July 2015		2–1	13,420
5 August 2015	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň		Q3		Israel	0–2	11,242
	PO		Serbia	20 August 2015	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	3–0	10,769
	PO		Serbia	27 August 2015	Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad	2–0	7,617
	Group E		Belarus	17 September 2015	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	2–0	10,784
			Spain	1 October 2015		0–1	17,481
			Austria	22 October 2015		2–3	39,400
			Austria	5 November 2015	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	1–2	11,691
			Belarus	26 November 2015		0–1	4,250
			Spain	10 December 2015	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	3–3	10,071
scope=row rowspan=10	2016–17		Q3		Azerbaijan	26 July 2016	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	0–0	10,269
2 August 2016			Q3		Azerbaijan	1–1 (a)	30,792
PO			Bulgaria	17 August 2016		0–2	11,812
PO			Bulgaria	23 August 2016	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	2–2	10,312
	Group E		Italy	15 September 2016	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	1–1	10,326
			Austria	29 September 2016		0–0	16,509
			Romania	20 October 2016	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	1–2	9,440
			Romania	3 November 2016		1–1	1,450
			Italy	24 November 2016		1–4	13,789
			Austria	8 December 2016	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	3–2	9,117
scope=row rowspan=14	2017–18		Q3		Romania	26 July 2017		2–2	33,000
2 August 2017	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň		Q3		Romania	1–4	10,802
	PO		Cyprus	17 August 2017	Stadion města Plzně, Plzeň	3–1	10,031
	PO		Cyprus	24 August 2017		0–0	5,300
	Group G		Romania	14 September 2017	Arena Națională, Bucharest	0–3	20,717
			Israel	28 September 2017	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	3–1	10,314
			Switzerland	19 October 2017		2–3	2,530
			Switzerland	2 November 2017	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	4–1	9,483
			Romania	23 November 2017	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–0	10,197
			Israel	7 December 2017		2–0	10,542
	Round of 32		Serbia	15 February 2018		1–1	17,165
	Round of 32		Serbia	22 February 2018	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–0	10,185
	Round of 16		Portugal	8 March 2018		0–2	26,090
	Round of 16		Portugal	15 March 2018	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–1	9,370
scope=row rowspan=8	2018–19		Group G		Russia	19 September 2018	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–2	11,312
	Italy			2 October 2018		0–5	41,243
	Spain			23 October 2018		1–2	67,356
	Spain			7 November 2018	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	0–5	11,483
	Russia			27 November 2018		2–1	52,892
	Italy			12 December 2018	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–1	11,217
Europa League	Round of 32		Croatia	14 February 2019	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–1	9,731
Europa League	Round of 32		Croatia	21 February 2019		0–3	25,860
scope=row rowspan=4	2019–20		Q2		Greece	23 July 2019	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	0–0	10,632
30 July 2019			Q2		Greece	0−4	30,123
	Q3		Belgium	8 August 2019		0–1	15,734
	Q3		Belgium	15 August 2019	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–1 (a)
scope=row rowspan=3	2020–21		Q2		Netherlands	26 August 2020		1−3	0
	Q3		Denmark	17 September 2020	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	3−0	0
	PO		Israel	1 October 2020		0−1	0
scope=row rowspan=6	2021–22		Q2		Belarus	22 July 2021	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–1	4,468
29 July 2021			Q2		Belarus	2−1	0
Q3			Wales	5 August 2021		2–4	345
Q3			Wales	12 August 2021	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	3–1	6,079
PO			Bulgaria	19 August 2021	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–0	6,859
PO			Bulgaria	26 August 2021		0–3	6,717
scope=row rowspan=12	2022–23		Q2		Finland	20 July 2022		2–1	5,236
26 July 2022	Doosan Arena, Plzeň		Q2		Finland	5–0	10,810
Q3			Moldova	2 August 2022		2–1	8,153
Q3			Moldova	9 August 2022	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–1	10,770
PO			Azerbaijan	17 August 2022		0–0	31,150
PO			Azerbaijan	23 August 2022	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–1	10,963
Group C			Spain	7 September 2022		1–5	77,411
			Italy	13 September 2022	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	0–2	11,252
			Germany	4 October 2022		0–5	75,000
			Germany	12 October 2022	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–4	11,326
			Italy	26 October 2022		0–4	71,849
			Spain	1 November 2022	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	2–4	11,258
scope=row rowspan=16	2023–24		Q2		Kosovo	27 July 2023	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	0–0	10,334
3 August 2023			Q2		Kosovo	2–1	8,000
Q3			Malta	10 August 2023	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	4–0	10,142
Q3			Malta	17 August 2023		2–0	365
PO			Kazakhstan	24 August 2023		2–1	8,420
PO			Kazakhstan	31 August 2023	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	3–0	11,069
Group C			Kosovo	21 September 2023	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	1–0	9,562
			Kazakhstan	5 October 2023		2–1	24,421
			Croatia	26 October 2023		1–0	8,407
			Croatia	9 November 2023	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	1–0	11,084
			Kosovo	30 November 2023		1–0	2,200
			Kazakhstan	14 December 2023	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	3–0	8,135
Round of 16			Switzerland	7 March 2024		0–0	15,354
Round of 16			Switzerland	14 March 2024	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	0–0	11,225
QF			Italy	11 April 2024	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	0–0	11,470
QF			Italy	18 April 2024		0–2	19,418
scope=row rowspan=2	2024–25		Q3		Ukraine	8 August 2024	Košická futbalová aréna, Košice	2–1	1,800
15 August 2014	Doosan Arena, Plzeň		Q3		Ukraine