Molde FK in European football

Molde FK is a Norwegian professional football club based in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal. The club was founded as International in 1911. The club changed its name to Molde Fotballklubb in 1915. The team has participated in 20 seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including 5 seasons entering the Champions League (1 group stage), 12 seasons entering the UEFA Cup and Europa League (3 group stages), 3 seasons entering the Europa Conference League (1 group stage) and one season in the Cup Winners' Cup. Their first European game was the 1975–76 UEFA Cup 1st Round against Swedish side Öster on 17 September 1975.^[1] In 1999 Molde became the second Norwegian club to enter the UEFA Champions League.^[2] The club's best performance in the UEFA Cup or Europa League is reaching the Round of 16 of the 2020–21 Europa League, and the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.

Molde FK in European football

Club	Molde FK
First entry	1975–76 UEFA Cup
Latest entry	2024–25 UEFA Conference League
Titles
Champions League	0 (Best: Group stage)
Europa League	0 (Best: Round of 16)
Cup Winners' Cup	0 (Best: First round)

The club plays its home matches at Aker Stadion, an all-seater stadium in Molde. Molde's record attendance in a European match of 10,705 dates from the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League match against Real Madrid on 3 November 1999.^[3] Molde's biggest win is 7–1 against Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualification, while the biggest defeat is 0–6 against Öster in the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. Molde has played Legia Warsaw more than any other clubs with total of six fixtures. Molde has played eleven times against Belgian clubs, more than any other nation.

Matches

The following is a complete list of matches played by Molde in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country and the score, with Molde's score noted first. It is up to date as of 13 March 2025.

Key

a.e.t. = Match determined after extra time (a) = Match determined by away goals rule (p) = Match determined by penalty shoot-out R32 = Round of 32 R16 = Round of 16 Group = Group stage PO = Play-off round KPO = Knockout play-offs 1R = First round 2R = Second round

QR = Qualification round 1Q = First qualification round 2Q = Second qualification round 3Q = Third qualification round

List of matches

List of Molde FK matches in European football

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate	Leg
1975–76	UEFA Cup	1R	Östers IF	1–0	0–6	1–6	1st 2nd
1978–79	UEFA Cup	1R	Torpedo Moscow	3–3	0–4	3–7	1st 2nd
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1R	Waregem	0–0	1–5	1–5	1st 2nd
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Dinamo-93 Minsk	2–1	1–1	3–2
		1R	Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	0–3	2–6
1996–97	UEFA Cup	QR	Dinamo Tbilisi	0–0	1–2	1–2	1st 2nd
1998–99	UEFA Cup	2Q	CSKA Sofia	0–0	0–2	0–2	1st 2nd
1999–00	UEFA Champions League	2Q	CSKA Moscow	4–0	0–2	4–2	1st 2nd
		3Q	Mallorca	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)	1st 2nd
		Group E	Porto	0–1	1–3	4th	Home Away
			Real Madrid	0–1	1–4		Home Away
			Olympiacos	3–2	1–3		Home Away
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R	Rayo Vallecano	0–1	1–1	1–2	1st 2nd
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Klaksvík	2–0	4–0	6–0	1st 2nd
		1R	União de Leiria	3–1	0–1	3–2	1st 2nd
		2R	Benfica	0–2	1–3	1–5	1st 2nd
2006–07	UEFA Cup	2Q	Skonto	0–0	2–1	2–1	1st 2nd
		1R	Rangers	0–0	0–2	0–2	1st 2nd
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Jelgava	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)	1st 2nd
		3Q	VfB Stuttgart	2–3	2–2	4–5	1st 2nd
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Ventspils	3–0	1–1	4–1	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		3Q	Basel	0–1	1–1	1–2	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Heerenveen	2–0	2–1	4–1	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		Group E	Copenhagen	1–2	1–2	4th	Home Away
			VfB Stuttgart	2–0	1–0		Home Away
			FCSB	1–2	0–2		Home Away
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Sligo Rovers	2–0	1–0	3–0	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
		3Q	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Rubin Kazan	0–2	0–3	0–5	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Gorica	4–1	1–1	5–2	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		3Q	Zorya Luhansk	1–2	1–1	2–3	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Pyunik	5–0	0–1	5–1	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		3Q	Dinamo Zagreb	3–3	1–1	4–4 (a)	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Standard Liège	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		Group A	Fenerbahçe	0–2	3–1	1st	Home Away
			Ajax	1–1	1–1		Home Away
			Celtic	3–1	2–1		Home Away
		R32	Sevilla	1–0	0–3	1–3	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Glenavon	5−1	1−2	6–3	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
		2Q	Laçi	3−0	2−0	5–0	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		3Q	Hibernian	3–0	0−0	3–0	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
		PO	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2−1	1−3	3–4	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	KR	7−1	0−0	7−1	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		2Q	Čukarički	0−0	3−1	3−1	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		3Q	Aris	3–0	1–3 (a.e.t.)	4–3	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		PO	Partizan	1–1	1–2	2–3	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	1Q	KuPS	5–0	—	—	(Home)
		2Q	Celje	—	2–1	—	(Away)
		3Q	Qarabağ	—	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	—	(Away)
		PO	Ferencváros	3–3	0–0	3–3 (a)	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
	UEFA Europa League	Group B	Arsenal	0–3	1–4	2nd	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
			Rapid Wien	1–0	2–2		1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
			Dundalk	3–1	2–1		1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
		R32	1899 Hoffenheim	3–3	2–0	5–3	1st (Home) 2nd (Away)
		R16	Granada	2–1	0–2	2–3	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Servette	3–0	0−2	3−2
		3Q	Trabzonspor	1–1 (a.e.t.)	3–3	4–4 (3–4 p)
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	IF Elfsborg	4–1	2−1	6−2
		3Q	Kisvárda	3–0	1–2	4–2
		PO	Wolfsberger AC	0–1	4–0	4–1
		Group F	Gent	0–0	0–4	3rd
			Shamrock Rovers	3–0	2–0
			Djurgården	2–3	2–3
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	2Q	HJK Helsinki	2−0	0–1	2−1	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
		3Q	Klaksvík	2–0 (a.e.t.)	1–2	3–2	1st (Away) 2nd (Home)
		PO	Galatasaray	2–3	1–2	3–5	1st (Home)
	UEFA Europa League	Group H	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	1–5	3rd
			Qarabağ	2−2	0–1
			BK Häcken	5–1	3–1
	UEFA Europa Conference League	KPO	Legia Warsaw	3–2	3–0	6–2
		R16	Club Brugge	2–1	0–3	2–4
2024–25	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Silkeborg	3–1	2–3	5–4
		3Q	Cercle Brugge	3–0	0–1	3–1
		PO	IF Elfsborg	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (2–4 p)
	UEFA Conference League	League phase	Larne	3–0	—	23rd
			Gent	—	1–2
			Jagiellonia Białystok	—	0–3
			APOEL	0–1	—
			HJK	—	2–2
			Mladá Boleslav	4–3	—
		KPO	Shamrock Rovers	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (5–4 p)
		R16	Legia Warsaw	3–2	0–2 (a.e.t.)	3–4

Source:^[4]

Overall record

By competition

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Molde's games in the three UEFA tournaments the club has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals scored (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches.

As of 13 March 2025

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Champions League	33	10	11	12	47	38	+9	030.30
Europa League / UEFA Cup	88	34	19	35	126	116	+10	038.64
UEFA Europa Conference League	30	14	4	12	52	43	+9	046.67
Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3	025.00
Total	144	54	34	56	215	189	+26	037.50

By country

As of 13 March 2025

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Albania	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Armenia	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	050.00
Austria	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	050.00
Azerbaijan	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Belarus	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Belgium	11	3	2	6	10	19	−9	027.27
Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Croatia	2	0	2	0	4	4	+0	000.00
Cyprus	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
Denmark	4	1	0	3	7	8	−1	025.00
England	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	000.00
Faroe Islands	4	3	0	1	9	2	+7	075.00
Finland	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	050.00
France	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	000.00
Georgia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Germany	8	3	2	3	14	15	−1	037.50
Greece	4	2	0	2	8	8	+0	050.00
Hungary	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	025.00
Iceland	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	050.00
Ireland	8	7	0	1	14	3	+11	087.50
Latvia	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	050.00
Netherlands	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	050.00
Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	066.67
Poland	7	3	2	2	10	10	+0	042.86
Portugal	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	016.67
Romania	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Russia	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	033.33
Scotland	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	050.00
Serbia	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	025.00
Soviet Union	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	000.00
Slovenia	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	066.67
Spain	10	2	3	5	6	14	−8	020.00
Sweden	10	6	0	4	20	17	+3	060.00
Switzerland	4	1	1	2	4	4	+0	025.00
Turkey	6	1	2	3	10	12	−2	016.67
Ukraine	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00