European Competition
Spora qualified for UEFA European competition eleven times.
- UEFA Champions League
- First round (3): 1956-57, 1961-62, 1989-90
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- First round (3): 1965-66, 1966-67, 1980-81
- UEFA Cup
- First round (5): 1964-65, 1967-68, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93
Spora won two games in Europe. In 1956-57, the team surprisingly won the second leg of their tie against West German champions Borussia Dortmund 2-1, having lost the first leg 4-3 in Germany. Under today's system, using the away goals rule, Spora would have gone through. However, in 1956, matches were replayed, and Spora was dispatched 7-0. Spora's second victory was in the 1964-65 UEFA Cup, when it won its second leg against FC Basel 1-0, but went out nonetheless, having lost the first leg 2-0.
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