Rosenborg BK in European football
is an association football club from Trondheim, Norway. The team has participated in 32 seasons of Union of European Football Associations club competitions, including 21 seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, 16 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, one season in the Cup Winners' Cup and one season in the Intertoto Cup. Rosenborg has played six times in the UEFA Cup after qualifying via the Champions League and once via the Intertoto Cup. It has played 206 UEFA games, resulting in 81 wins, 39 draws and 86 defeats. The club's first appearance was in the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup, and it subsequently entered tournaments in six seasons until 1974–75. The club's next appearance was in the 1986–87 European Cup, and then in the 1989–90 European Cup. Since then, Rosenborg has been involved in a UEFA tournament every season except the 2006–07 season. The club's best performance is reaching the quarter-finals of the 1996–97 Champions League, while their only European trophy came when they co-won the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Since the competition's introduction, Rosenborg are one of the few clubs to have advanced from the First Qualifying Round of the UEFA Europa League all the way to the group stage, and have achieved this on two occasions.
The club plays its home matches at Lerkendal Stadion, an all-seater stadium in Trondheim. Since the last rebuilding in 2002, it can host 21,166 spectators. Rosenborg's record attendance in a European match of 22,492 dates from the 1968–69 European Cup match against Rapid Wien. Rosenborg's biggest win is 7–1 against Astana in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualification, while the biggest defeat is 1–9 against Hibernian in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup. With 133 caps, Roar Strand has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Rosenborg, while Harald Brattbakk has scored the most goals with 27. Rosenborg has played Juventus, Porto and Real Madrid six times, more than any other team.
Key
- S = Seasons
- P = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- aet = Match determined after extra time
- ag = 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
As of 12 December 2019
| Tournament | ||||||||
| Champions League / European Cup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Europa League / UEFA Cup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cup Winners' Cup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Matches
The following is a complete list of matches played by Rosenborg in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score, with Rosenborg's score noted first. It is up to date as of the end of 28 November 2019.By club
The following list shows statistics against opposing teams Rosenborg has played three or more matches against in UEFA tournaments. It shows the club and its country, games played, won, drawn and lost, goals for and against. Statistics are as of the end of the 2018–19 season. The statistics include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.| Club | Country | ||||||
| Celtic |  Scotland | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Juventus |  Italy | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Linfield |  Northern Ireland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Porto |  Portugal | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Real Madrid |  Spain | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| Ajax Amsterdam |  Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Bayer Leverkusen |  Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Austria Wien |  Austria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Bayern Munich | Germany | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Brøndby |  Denmark | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Crusaders | Northern Ireland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Deportivo La Coruña | Spain | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Dynamo Kyiv |  Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| KR Reykjavík |  Iceland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Legia Warsaw |  Poland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Lyon |  France | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Olympiacos |  Greece | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| Rapid Wien | Austria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Steaua București |  Romania | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Panathinaikos | Greece | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Red Star Belgrade |  Yugoslavia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg |  Russia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Club Brugge |  Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Copenhagen | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Saint-Étienne | France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Valencia | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |