Rosenborg Ballklub is an association football club which currently competes in Eliteserien (formerly known as ''Tippeligaen'') from Trondheim, Trøndelag, central Norway and, at the same time, the most important in the country by far, both in terms of domestic performances as well as in terms of European record, thus surpassing close rivals

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by a significant extent. With its rich history and tradition, the team has participated in 32 seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including 21 seasons in the European Cup and Champions League (UCL), 16 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League (UEL), one season in the Cup Winners' Cup, and one season in the Intertoto Cup. In addition, the club had also participated in two editions of the new UEFA competition UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL). Their home stadium is Lerkendal. 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

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, and it subsequently entered tournaments in six seasons until 1974–75. The club's next appearance was in the

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, and then in the

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. Since then, Rosenborg has been involved in a UEFA tournament every season except the 2006–07 season.Svardal (2007): 267–270 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

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. 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 (another Norwegian club, Tromsø, were successful with the help of a disqualification). 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

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match against Rapid Wien. Rosenborg's biggest win is 7–1 against Astana in the

2007–08 UEFA Champions League The 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall. The final was played on 21 May 2008 at the L ...

qualification, while the biggest defeat is 1–9 against Hibernian in the

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. With 133 caps, Roar Strand has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Rosenborg, while

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has scored the most goals with 27. Rosenborg has played

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, Porto, and

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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 Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

* ag = Match determined by

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...

* 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

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Rosenborg's games in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (P), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals scored (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). ''Updated 26 August 2021''

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 26 August 2021.

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 (P), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L), goals for (F) and against (A). 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.

Notes

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References

;Bibliography * {{featured list Europe Norwegian football clubs in international competitions