Nottingham Forest F.C. in international football
| Club | Nottingham Forest F.C. |
|---|---|
| Seasons played | 9 |
| First entry | 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| Latest entry | 2025–26 UEFA Europa League |
| Titles | |
| Champions League | |
| Super Cup | 1 |
Nottingham Forest is an English professional football club based in Nottingham. The club's involvement in European competitions dates back to the 1960s. Their greatest success came in the late 1970s, when they won back-to-back European Cups.
Matches
| Match won | Match drawn | Match lost | Champions | Runners-up |
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961–62 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | Valencia | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–7 |
| 1967–68 | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | First round | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Second round | Zürich | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) | ||
| 1978–79 | European Cup[1] | First round | Liverpool | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Second round | AEK Athens | 5–1 | 2–1 | 7–2 | ||
| Quarter-final | Grasshopper | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | ||
| Semi-final | 1. FC Köln | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | ||
| Final | Malmö FF | 1–0 | ||||
| 1979 | European Super Cup | Final | Barcelona | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 1979–80 | European Cup[2] | First round | Östers IF | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Second round | Argeş Piteşti | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | ||
| Quarter-final | Dynamo Berlin | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | ||
| Semi-final | Ajax | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||
| Final | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | ||||
| 1980 | European Super Cup | Final | Valencia | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| 1980 | Intercontinental Cup | Final | Nacional | 0–1 | ||
| 1980–81 | European Cup[3] | First round | CSKA Sofia | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| 1983–84 | UEFA Cup | First round | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Second round | PSV Eindhoven | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
| Third round | Celtic | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| Quarter-final | Sturm Graz | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| Semi-final | Anderlecht | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | ||
| 1984–85 | UEFA Cup | First round | Club Brugge | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 1995–96 | UEFA Cup | First round | Malmö FF | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) |
| Second round | Auxerre | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Third round | Lyon | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Quarter-final | Bayern Munich | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–7 | ||
| 2025–26 | UEFA Europa League | League phase | Real Betis | — | 2–2 | |
| Midtjylland | 2–3 | — | ||||
| Porto | 2–0 | — | ||||
| Sturm Graz | — | 0–0 | ||||
| Malmö FF | 3–0 | — | ||||
| Utrecht | — | 2–1 | ||||
| Braga | — | |||||
| Ferencváros | — | |||||
Record
- As of match played 11 December 2025
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Cup | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 14 |
| UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 22 |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| European Super Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Intercontinental Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 57 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 73 | 49 |
References
- ^ "Season 1978/79 | UEFA Champions League 1978/79". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "Season 1979/80 | UEFA Champions League 1979/80". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "Season 1980/81 | UEFA Champions League 1980/81". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.