IFK Göteborg in European football
Swedish club in European football / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg, commonly known as IFK Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. The club have participated in 32 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 15 seasons in the European Cup and Champions League, 14 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one season in the Intertoto Cup. IFK Göteborg is the only Swedish club to have won a UEFA governed competition, as the club won the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987.[1] The International Federation of Football History & Statistics ranks IFK Göteborg as the 32nd most successful European club, and the most successful Nordic club, of the 20th century.[2] Counting all of the 164 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the European Cup in the 1958–59 season, the team's record stands at 73 wins, 34 draws and 57 defeats.