Leeds United F.C. first played European football with their appearance in the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a competition which they have won twice. Their first European Cup/Champions League appearance came in 1969–70. Leeds' first and last appearance in the Cup Winners' Cup came in 1972–73.

Summary

The club's debut in European competitions came in the 1965–66 season in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which they competed in for three consecutive seasons before winning the trophy in the 1967–68 season. They had been on the losing side in the same competition a year previously, and won it again in 1970–71, the final season of its existence before it was effectively replaced by the new UEFA Cup.

The club reached a further two European finals during the 1970s; the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1973 and the European Cup final in 1975. However, they were beaten on both occasions. Their venture into the 1979–80 UEFA Cup would be their last in European competitions for more than a decade; it ended in the second round.

European competitions then became effectively out of the question for Leeds, who were relegated to the Second Division in 1982 and did not win promotion until 1990. League title glory in 1992 sealed their return to Europe after more than a decade as England's representatives in the European Cup, where they were eliminated in the second round by Scottish champions Rangers.

In 1999–2000, the club enjoyed its best run in European competitions for 25 years, reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. They reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 2000–2001 season losing to Valencia (changes in qualification requirements meant that they could now qualify as the third placed team in their domestic league) a year later. Their most recent European campaign to date was in the 2002–03 season, where they competed in the UEFA Cup and reached the third round. By this stage, however, the club was deep in financial trouble and was starting to sell most of its key players, which contributed to relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2003–04. Sixteen years on, the club has regained its place in the top flight of English football.

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1965–66	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Torino	2–1 Elland Road 0–0 (A)
		Second Round	Leipzig	2–1 (A) 0–0 Elland Road
		Third Round	Valencia	1–1 Elland Road 1–0 (A)
		Quarter-Final	Újpest	4–1 Elland Road 1–1 (A)
		Semi-Final	Real Zaragoza	0–1 (A) 2–1 Elland Road 1–3 Elland Road
1966–67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Bye
		Second Round	DWS	3–1 (A) 5–1 Elland Road
		Third Round	Valencia	1–1 Elland Road 2–0 (A)
		Quarter-Final	Bologna	0–1 (A) 1–0 Elland Road[1]
		Semi-Final	Kilmarnock	4–2 Elland Road 0–0 (A)
		Final	Dinamo Zagreb	0–2 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb 0–0 Elland Road
1967–68	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Spora Luxembourg	9–0 (A) 7–0 Elland Road
		Second Round	Partizan Belgrade	2–1 (A) 1–1 Elland Road
		Third Round	Hibernian	1–0 Elland Road 1–1 (A)
		Quarter-Final	Rangers[2]	0–0 (A) 2–0 Elland Road
		Semi-Final	Dundee[3]	1–1 (A) 1–0 Elland Road
		Final[4]	Ferencváros	1–0 Elland Road 0–0 Népstadion, Budapest
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Standard Liège	0–0 (A) 3–2 Elland Road
		Second Round	Napoli	2–0 Elland Road 0–2 (A)[1]
		Third Round	Hannover	5–1 Elland Road 2–1 (A)
		Quarter-Final	Újpest	0–1 Elland Road 0–2 (A)
1969–70	European Cup	First Round	Lyn	10–0 Elland Road 6–0 (A)
		Second Round	Ferencváros	3–0 Elland Road 3–0 (A)
		Quarter-Final	Standard Liège	1–0 (A) 1–0 Elland Road
		Semi-Final	Celtic	0–1 Elland Road 1–2 (A)
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round	Sarpsborg	1–0 (A) 5–0 Elland Road
		Second Round	Dynamo Dresden	1–0 Elland Road 1–2 (A)[5]
		Third Round	Sparta Prague	6–0 Elland Road 3–2 (A)
		Quarter-Final	Vitória Setúbal	2–1 Elland Road 1–1 (A)
		Semi-Final	Liverpool	1–0 (A) 0–0 Elland Road
		Final	Juventus	2–2 Stadio Comunale, Turin 1–1 Elland Road[5]
		Fairs Cup Play-off Final	Barcelona	1–2 Nou Camp
1971–72	UEFA Cup	First Round	Lierse	0–4 Elland Road 2–0 (A)
1972–73	European Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Ankaragücü	1–1 (A) 1–0 Elland Road
		Second Round	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0 (A) 2–0 Elland Road
		Quarter-Final	Rapid București	5–0 Elland Road 3–1 (A)
		Semi-Final	Hajduk Split	1–0 Elland Road 0–0 (A)
		Final	Milan	0–1 Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
1973–74	UEFA Cup	First Round	Strømsgodset	1–1 (A) 6–1 Elland Road
		Second Round	Hibernian	0–0 Elland Road 0–0 (A)[6]
		Third Round	Vitória Setúbal	1–0 Elland Road 1–3 (A)
1974–75	European Cup	First Round	Zürich	4–1 Elland Road 1–2 (A)
		Second Round	Újpest	2–1 (A) 3–0 Elland Road
		Quarter-Final	Anderlecht	3–0 Elland Road 1–0 (A)
		Semi-Final	Barcelona	2–1 Elland Road 1–1 (A)
		Final	Bayern Munich	0–2 Parc des Princes, Paris
1979–80	UEFA Cup	First Round	Valletta	4–0 (A) 3–0 Elland Road
		Second Round	Universitatea Craiova	0–2 (A) 0–2 Elland Road
1992–93	Champions League	First Round	Stuttgart	0–3 (A) 4–1 Elland Round[7]
		Second Round	Rangers	1–2 (A) 1–2 Elland Road
1995–96	UEFA Cup	First Round	AS Monaco	3–0 (A) 0–1 Elland Road
		Second Round	PSV Eindhoven	3–5 Elland Road 0–3
1998–99	UEFA Cup	First Round	Marítimo	1–0 Elland Road 0–1 (A)[8]
		Second Round	Roma	0–1 (A) 0–0 Elland Road
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	First Round	Partizan Belgrade	3–1 (A) 1–0 Elland Road
		Second Round	Lokomotiv Moscow	4–1 Elland Road 3–0 (A)
		Third Round	Spartak Moscow	1–2 (A) 1–0 Elland Road[5]
		Fourth Round	Roma	0–0 (A) 1–0 Elland Road
		Quarter-Final	Slavia Prague	3–0 Elland Road 1–2 (A)
		Semi-Final	Galatasaray	0–2 (A) 2–2 (H)
2000–01	Champions League	Third qualifying round	1860 Munich	2–1 Elland Road 1–0 (A)
		Group H	Barcelona	0–4 (A) 1–1 Elland Road
		Group H	Milan	1–0 Elland Road 1–1 (A)
		Group H	Beşiktaş J.K.	6–0 Elland Road 0–0 (A)
		Second Group D	Real Madrid	0–2 Elland Road 2–3 (A)
		Second Group D	Lazio	1–0 (A) 3–3 Elland Road
		Second Group D	Anderlecht	2–1 Elland Road 4–1 (A)
		Quarter-Final	Deportivo La Coruña	3–0 Elland Road 0–2 (A)
		Semi-Final	Valencia	0–0 Elland Road 0–3 (A)
2001–02	UEFA Cup	First Round	Marítimo	0–1 (A) 3–0 Elland Road
		Second Round	Troyes	4–2 Elland Road 2–3 (A)
		Third Round	Grasshopper	2–1 (A) 2–2 Elland Road
		Fourth Round	PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (A) 0–1 Elland Road
2002–03	UEFA Cup	First Round	Metalurh Zaporizhya	1–0 Elland Road 1–1 (A)
		Second Round	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0 Elland Road 4–1 (A)
		Third Round	Málaga	0–0 (A) 1–2 Elland Road