Rapid București is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, whose team has regularly taken part in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions. Qualification for Romanian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions. Steaua have regularly qualified for the primary European competition, the European Cup, by winning the Liga I. Rapid have also achieved European qualification via the Cupa României and have played in both the former UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup (now called the UEFA Europa League).

European competitions The first continental competition organised by UEFA was the European Cup in 1955. It is the most prestigious European competition and was conceived by the editor of L'Équipe Gabriel Hanot, as a competition for winners of the European national football leagues. The format of the competition was changed for the 1992–93 season to include a group stage instead of the straight knockout format previously in use. The competition was also renamed as the UEFA Champions League. Further changes were made for the 1997–98 season, with the runners-up from countries placed highly in the UEFA coefficients allowed to enter. This was later expanded to four team for the top countries in the coefficients.

A number of other European competitions have also taken place. The secondary cup competition is the UEFA Cup, which was established in 1972. The competition was initially open to teams who finished as runners-up in their respective national leagues. This was later expanded based on the countries rank in the coefficients and performance in domestic cup competitions. The competition was renamed as the UEFA Europa League for the 2009–10 season. The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a competition for the winners of all European domestic cup competitions. Established in 1960 it was considered the secondary cup competitions until the re-branding of the European Cup, which weakened the competition and it was considered the weakest of the three competitions. The competition was discontinued in 1999 and amalgamated into the UEFA Cup.

The UEFA Super Cup is a competition between the winners of the Champions League and Europa League. It was contested between the winners of the Champions League and Cup Winners' Cup up until the discontinuation of the latter in 1999. The competition was originally held over two-legs but was changed to a single match in 1998. The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was established in 1955 and run independently of UEFA. It was initially for team from cities that hosted trade fairs, it was later expanded to include runners-up from the domestic leagues. In 1971, it came under the control of UEFA and was re-branded as the UEFA Cup. Established in 1960 the Intercontinental Cup was a competition for the winners of the European Cup and the South American equivalent the Copa Libertadores. Jointly organised by UEFA and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) it was contested until 2004, when it was replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup which included the winners of all six confederations regional championships.

Total statistics

Including home match with Heerenveen.

CompetitionUEFA Champions League / European Cup38134911–2UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup3125341917+2UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup137233162310472+32UEFA Intertoto Cup1421185+3 Total 20 96 41 23 32 140 105 +35

Statistics by country

Including home match with Heerenveen.

CountryClub AndorraUE Sant Julià2200100+10 Subtotal 2200100+10 ArmeniaFC Mika210131+2 Subtotal 210131+2 AustriaFK Austria Wien1010110SK Rapid Wien211042+2 Subtotal 312053+2 BelgiumR. Charleroi S.C.210132+1R.S.C. Anderlecht411235–2 Subtotal 621367–1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaFK Sarajevo210121+1 Subtotal 210121+1 BulgariaPFC Botev Plovdiv210132+1PFC Lokomotiv Sofia220020+2 Subtotal 430152+3 Czech RepublicFK Mladá Boleslav1010110 Subtotal 1010110 EnglandLeeds United A.F.C.200218–7Liverpool F.C.201101–1Tottenham Hotspur F.C.200205–5 Subtotal 6015114–13 FinlandMYPA220051+4 Subtotal 220051+4 FranceOlympique Lyonnais100112–1Paris Saint-Germain F.C.302103–3Stade Rennais F.C.110020+2 Subtotal 512235–2 Germany1. FC Nürnberg2020220Eintracht Frankfurt210126–4Hamburger SV2101330Hertha BSC220030+3Karlsruher SC210124–2VfB Stuttgart100112–1VfL Wolfsburg201112–1 Subtotal 135351419–5 GreecePanathinaikos1010000PAOK110010+1 Subtotal 211010+1 IsraelHapoel Tel Aviv F.C.311145–1 Subtotal 311145–1 ItalyF.C. Internazionale Milano200215–4Juventus FC201101–1S.S.C. Napoli210121+1 Subtotal 611437–4 LatviaSkonto FC201145–1 Subtotal 201145–1 LithuaniaFK Atlantas2200120+12 Subtotal 2200120+12 LuxembourgCS Grevenmacher220082+6 Subtotal 220082+6 MaltaSliema Wanderers F.C.220060+6Valletta FC211073+4 Subtotal 4310133+10 NetherlandsFeyenoord211021+1PSV Eindhoven200225–3SC Heerenveen210114–3Vitesse Arnhem201112–1 Subtotal 8224612–6 NorwayVålerenga Fotball2020220 Subtotal 2020220 PolandLegia Warsaw410356–1Odra Wodzisław110042+2Śląsk Wrocław211042+2 Subtotal 73131310+3 PortugalC.D. Nacional220031+2 Subtotal 220031+2 Republic of MacedoniaFK Vardar211041+3 Subtotal 211041+3 RomaniaFC Steaua București2020110 Subtotal 2020110 SlovakiaMŠK Žilina110020+2 Subtotal 110020+2 SloveniaND Gorica220051+4 Subtotal 220051+4 SwedenLandskrona BoIS210131+2 Subtotal 210131+2 UkraineFC Shakhtar Donetsk110010+1 Subtotal 110010+1 Total 96412332140105+35

Statistics by competition

Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:

QR: Qualifying round PR: Preliminary round 1R: First round 2R: Second round 3R: Third round QF: Quarter-finals 1QR: First qualifying round 2QR: Second qualifying round 3QR: Third qualifying round PO: Play-off round R32: Round of 32 R16: Round of 16

UEFA Champions League / European Cup

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1967–681R Botev Plovdiv3–00–23–22R Juventus0–00–10–11999–002QR Skonto3–31–24–52003–042QR Anderlecht0–02–32–3

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1971–721R Napoli2–00–12–12R Legia Warsaw4–00–24–23R Tottenham Hotspur0–20–30–51993–941R Internazionale0–21–31–51994–95PR Valletta1–16–27–31R Charleroi2–01–23–22R Eintracht Frankfurt2–10–52–61996–97QR Lokomotiv Sofia1–01–02–01R Karlsruhe1–01–42–42000–01QR MIKA3–00–13–11R Liverpool0–10–00–12001–02QR Atlantas8–04–012–01R Paris Saint-Germain 0–3 0–00–32002–03QR Gorica 2–0 3–15–11R Vitesse 0–1 1–11–22005–061QR Sant Julià5–05–010–02QR Vardar3–01–14–11R Feyenoord1–01–12–1Group stage (G) Rennes2–0N/A1st place Shakhtar DonetskN/A1–0 PAOK1–0N/A StuttgartN/A1–2R32 Hertha Berlin2–01–03–0R16 Hamburg2–01–33–3 (a)QF Steaua București1–10–01–1 (a)2006–071QR Sliema Wanderers5–01–06–02QR Sarajevo2–00–12–11R Nacional1–02–1 (aet)3–1 Group stage (G) Paris Saint-Germain0–0N/A4th place Hapoel Tel AvivN/A2–2 Mladá Boleslav1–1N/A PanathinaikosN/A0–02007–081R Nürnberg0–02–22–2 (a)2008–091R Wolfsburg1–10–11–22011–12PO Śląsk Wrocław1–13–14–2 Group stage (C) Hapoel Tel Aviv1–31–04th place PSV Eindhoven1–31–2 Legia Warsaw0–11–32012–132QR MYPA3–12–05–13QR Heerenveen1–00–41–4

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1972–731R Landskrona3–00–13–12R Rapid Wien3–11–14–2QF Leeds United1–30–51–81975–761R Anderlecht1–00–21–21998–99QR Grevenmacher2–06–28–21R Vålerenga2–20–02–2 (a)

UEFA Intertoto Cup

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1997Group stage (9) Odra WodzisławN/A4–22nd place Žilina2–0N/A Austria ViennaN/A1–1 Lyon1–2N/A

References

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