A total of 20 Greek clubs have participated in European competitions so far. Olympiacos made the first appearance when they took part in the 1959âÂÂ60 European Cup and is the club with the most overall apps/matches. They are also the only Greek team to have won a European trophy and the first team in Europe to win both senior and youth European titles in the same season, after winning the 2023âÂÂ24 UEFA Europa Conference League and the 2023âÂÂ24 UEFA Youth League. Other important landmarks of Greek football in European competitions are the participation of Panathinaikos in the 1971 European Cup final and in the semi-finals of the 1985 and 1996 editions. The best UEFA Cup campaign was AEK Athens run to the semi-finals in 1977. Greek clubs have reached at least the quarter-finals of a European competition on 20 occasions in total.
<small>App = Appearances; M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; T = Trophies</small>
<small>App = Appearances; M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; T = Trophies</small>
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<sup>1</sup> Olympiacos withdrew for political reasons.
<sup>2</sup>: Match played at Wembley Stadium, London
<sup>3</sup>: The original game ended 2âÂÂ1 for Panathinaikos and this led to a penalty shoot-out. While CSKA Sofia were leading by 3âÂÂ2, the Soviet referee, Valentin Lipatov interrupted the shoot-out and declared the Bulgarian team as winners (although CSKA Sofia had shot 3 penalties no miss and Panathinaikos had shot 4 penalties 2 misses. Therefore, UEFA decided that the match should be replayed.
<sup>4</sup>: The Ukrainian team Dynamo Kyiv, participant in the Champions League, was disqualified by UEFA after its first game in the league stage (Dinamo Kyiv 1âÂÂ0 Panathinaikos, at the Olimpiyskyi Stadion, Kyiv on 13 September 1995), when the Spanish referee Antonio Jesús López Nieto reported a bribe attempt (including minks and female escort). To replace Dinamo Kyiv in the group stage, UEFA promoted its qualifying round rivals Aalborg.
<sup>5</sup>: The first leg finished 2âÂÂ1 to Maccabi Tel Aviv but UEFA awarded a 3âÂÂ0 walkover to Maccabi Tel Aviv because PAOK fielded an ineligible suspended player (Liassos Louka).
<sup>6</sup>: PAOK had lost to Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round and Metalist Kharkiv were drawn against Schalke 04. However, they were excluded from the competition by UEFA for their involvement in a match-fixing scandal in the 2007âÂÂ08 season. UEFA decided to replace them with PAOK in the play-off round.
<sup>7</sup> Olympiacos withdrew
<sup>8</sup> The away goal rule didn't exist at the time, so to break the tie a play-off game was played in Vienna, where Olympiacos won 2âÂÂ0.
<sup>9</sup> Iraklis got a bye.
<sup>10</sup> The game was suspended after Cagliari's third goal because three Greek players refused to return to the pitch after they were expelled by the police. Later, UEFA validated the score of 3âÂÂ0 as definitive.
<sup>11</sup> Panionios was disqualified after the first leg due to fan riots.
<sup>12</sup>: The original game was interrupted in the 88th minute, while the score was a 3âÂÂ3 draw, due to a floodlight failure in the stadium, and UEFA established that it should be replayed from the beginning.
<sup>13</sup>: The match was interrupted in the 51st minute, while Paris Saint-Germain were leading by 0âÂÂ2, due to incidents in the stands. Paris Saint-Germain were later awarded a 0âÂÂ3 walkover win by UEFA.
<sup>14</sup>: Olympiacos Volos, reached the play-off round and were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain. However, they were excluded from the competition by UEFA on 11 August 2011 for their involvement in a match-fixing scandal. UEFA decided to replace them with Differdange from Luxembourg, which had lost to Olympiacos Volos in the third qualifying round, in the play-off round.
<sup>15</sup>: Olympiacos withdrew after the first two matches and lost the away match to Toulouse with a walk over. Olympiacos received a heavy fine from UEFA, who obliged the Hellenic Football Federation to find another team to replace Olympiacos, otherwise all Greek clubs would be banned from next season's European competitions. Eventually, Panionios was the replacing team and played the three remaining matches of the group stage.
<sup>16</sup>: Match played by Olympiacos.
<sup>17</sup>: Match played by Panionios.
The UEFA Youth League is a European youth football competition, equivalent to the men's Champions League, featuring the youth (U19) teams of clubs competing in the Champions League group stage, plus the domestic youth champions of the highest-ranked national associations. It started in the 2013âÂÂ14 season and Olympiacos was crowned European champion for 2024. It thus became the first Greek team to win a European club football title.
Bold = Still active<br>Italics = Active but not in UEFA