Norwegian football teams have entered Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions every season since 1960. Nineteen clubs have represented Norway in four official tournaments: the Champions League (originally the European Cup), the Europa League (originally the UEFA Cup), the Conference League, the Cup Winners' Cup and the Intertoto Cup, the latter two which are now defunct. Rosenborg has participated in thirty seasons, more than any other Norwegian team, while Fyllingen, Gjøvik-Lyn, Haugar and Kongsvinger have only participated once each. No Norwegian teams have ever advanced to the final of any European final with Bodø/Glimt having reached one semi-final.
Fredrikstad made Norway's debut by winning over Ajax in the 1960âÂÂ61 European Cup. They would represent Norway for the first three seasons until Lyn took the place in 1963âÂÂ64. The same year Gjøvik-Lyn debuted for Norway in the Cup Winners' Cup. Rosenborg made Norway's debut in the UEFA Cup in 1971. In 93 entries between 1960 and 1992, Norwegian clubs only succeeded at advancing past the first fixture sixteen times, and only once past the second, when Lyn reached the 1968âÂÂ69 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals.
From 1993 Norwegian clubs started advancing past the first rounds more regularly. Rosenborg reached the group stage of the 1995âÂÂ96 UEFA Champions League and would qualify for that level eight consecutive times and eleven in total. The following season Rosenborg reached the quarter-finals, the same season as Brann reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup. VÃÂ¥lerenga would match the feat in the 1998âÂÂ99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The following year Molde qualified to bring two teams to the group stage of the 1999âÂÂ2000 UEFA Champions League. The 2005âÂÂ06 season saw Rosenborg play in the Champions League group stage and both Viking and Tromsø play in the UEFA Cup group stage. Rosenborg is the only team qualify for the UEFA Cup by winning all its matches in the Intertoto Cup, an achievement they completed in 2008.
Since 2010 only Molde, Bodø/Glimt and Brann have managed to progress past the group stage in any competition. Molde has reached the round of 16 three times between the 2020âÂÂ21 Europa League and the 2024âÂÂ25 Conference League, Bodø/Glimt reached the quarter-finals in the 2021âÂÂ22 Conference League, the semi-finals in the 2024âÂÂ25 Europa League, and the round of sixteen in the 2025-26 Champions League. Brann reached the knockout round play-offs in the 2025âÂÂ26 Europa League.
Werder Bremen has eliminated Norwegian teams a record five times out of five attempts. Linfield has played Norwegian teams a record seven times, with the team being eliminated a record five times. Viking holds a Norwegian record 18âÂÂ0 victory Principat from 1999, while Leeds United served a Norwegian record 0âÂÂ16 defeat for Lyn in 1969.