FK RFS in European football

These are the matches FK RFS have played in European football competitions. Having only been founded in 2016, the club's first entry into European competitions was in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, qualifying for the first qualifying round after a third place finish in their 2018 league campaign.

Following a first place finish in the 2021 season, FK RFS qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. After a defeat to Finnish champions HJK Helsinki, RFS dropped down into the third qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League. Being put against Hibernians of Malta, they won away and then drew in the home leg, putting the through into a play-off round fixture against Northern Irish club Linfield. After a penalty shoot-out victory, RFS qualified for the group stages of a European competition. In the group stage, RFS were drawn against Fiorentina, who went on to reach the final; İstanbul Başakşehir, who topped the group; and Heart of Midlothian, who lost in the group stage as well. Against these teams, RFS found no success, losing 4 and drawing 2 games, and only scoring 2 goals in their entire campaign.

In 2024, RFS qualified for their first ever Europa League League Phase. In their 1st Game, they played Romanian Liga I champions FCSB. Away from home, they lost 4–1, the only goal coming from club captain and centre-back Žiga Lipušček. In the following match, RFS played against Turkish Super Lig champions Galatasaray. Before the match, they were considered underdogs,^[1] with very few people backing them to get a result. Affirming this, Galatasaray went 2–0 up in the first 40 minutes. Despite the odds, goals from striker Janis Ikaunieks, and young winger Lasha Odisharia put them level at 2–2 by the 55th minute. The score stayed, and RFS made a brilliant comeback to draw the game against the heavy favourites. After losses to Eintracht Frankfurt, PAOK, and Maccabi Tel Aviv, and a draw versus RSC Anderlecht, RFS found themselves mathematically eliminated in 34th in the league phase.^[2] Despite being eliminated the previous game, Adam Markhiyev scored a late goal vs Dutch side Ajax to secure a historic 1–0 victory.^[3] However, a loss to Dynamo Kiev caused them to finish the league phase on 5 points, eliminated in 32nd.

Due to being crowned champions in the 2024 Virsliga campaign, RFS automatically qualify for the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round.

The following is a complete list of matches played by FK RFS in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and the scores in home and away, with FK RFS's score noted first. It is up to date as of 17 July 2024.

List of FK RFS matches in European football

Season	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate	Ref.
2019–20	Europa League	Q1	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–2	3–2	3–4	[4]
2020–21	Europa League	Q1	Partizan	0–1	—	0–1	[5]
2021–22	Europa Conference League	Q1	KÍ Klaksvík	2–3	4–2 (a.e.t.)	6–5	[6]
		Q2	Puskás Akadémia	3–0	2–0	5–0
		Q3	Gent	2–2	0–1	2–3
2022–23	Champions League	Q1	HJK Helsinki	2–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1	2–2 (4–5 p)	[7]
	Europa Conference League	Q3	Hibernians	1–1	3–1	4–2	[8]
		PO	Linfield	2–2	1–1 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (4–2 p)	[9]
		Group	Fiorentina	0–3	1–1	4th	[10]
			Heart of Midlothian	0–2	1–2
			Istanbul Başakşehir	0–0	0–3
2023–24	Europa Conference League	Q1	Makedonija GP	4–1	1–0	5–1	[11]
		Q2	Sabah	0–2	1–2	1–4
2024–25	Champions League	Q1	Larne	3–0	4–0	7–0	[12]
		Q2	Bodø/Glimt	1–3	0–4	1–7
	Europa League	Q3	UE Santa Coloma	7–0	2–0	9–0	[13]
		PO	APOEL	2–1	1–2	3–3 (4–2 p)
		League	FCSB	–	1–4	32nd
			Galatasaray	2–2	–
			Eintracht Frankfurt	–	0–1
			Anderlecht	1–1	–
			PAOK	0–2	–
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	–	1–2
			Ajax Amsterdam	1–0	–
			Dynamo Kyiv	–	0–1

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from RFS's games in the 3 UEFA tournaments it has participated in. The list contains the tournament, the number of matches played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals for (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2024–25 season. The statistics also include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

As of match played 7 November 2024

The following list details FK RFS's all-time record against clubs they have met one or more times in European competition. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by RFS (W), drawn (D) and lost by RFS (L), goals for RFS (GF), goals against RFS (GA), RFS's goal difference (GD), and their win percentages. Statistics are correct as of the 2024–25 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Accurate as of 16 December 2024.

Club	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Ajax Amsterdam	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Anderlecht	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
APOEL	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Bodø/Glimt	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	000.00
Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Eintracht Frankfurt	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
FCSB	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Fiorentina	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Galatasaray	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Gent	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Heart of Midlothian	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Hibernians	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
HJK Helsinki	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
İstanbul Başakşehir	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	000.00
KÍ Klaksvík	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Larne	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Linfield	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Makedonija GP	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Olimpija Ljubljana	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
PAOK	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Partizan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Puskás Akadémia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Sabah	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
UE Santa Coloma	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00

As of 8 November 2024

Rank	Team	Points
137	Flora Tallinn	11.500
138	Elfsborg	11.000
139	FK RFS	11.000
140	KI Klaksvik	11.000
141	Trabzonspor	11.000

As of match played 15 December 2024

	Name	Pos.	Years	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	UEFA Conference League	Total	Ratio
1	Jānis Ikaunieks	FW	2020 2023–Present	2 (4)	7 (13)	1 (4)	10 (21)	0.48
2	Darko Lemajić	FW	2019–2021 2023–Present	1 (2)	1 (8)	5 (10)	7 (20)	0.35
3	Andrej Ilić	FW	2021–2023	0 (2)	-	6 (14)	6 (14)	0.43
4	Žiga Lipušček	DF	2020–Present	0 (6)	2 (12)	2 (20)	4 (38)	0.08
5	Stefan Panić	MF	2022–Present	2 (4)	0 (12)	1 (8)	3 (24)	0.13
6	Emerson Deocleciano	FW	2020–Present	1 (5)	0 (3)	2 (19)	3 (27)	0.11
7	Cedric Kouadio	MF	2019–Present	0 (4)	1 (15)	2 (12)	3 (31)	0.1
8	Kevin Friesenbichler	FW	2021–2023	0 (2)	-	3 (15)	3 (17)	0.18
9	Mārtiņš Ķigurs	MF	2024–Present	1 (4)	1 (5)	-	2 (9)	0.22
10	Arturs Zjuzins	MF	2018–2024	1 (2)	-	1 (12)	2 (14)	0.14
11	Victor Osuagwu	MF	2024–Present	-	2 (7)	-	2 (7)	0.29
12	Petr Mareš	DF	2021–Present	0 (5)	1 (5)	1 (17)	2 (27)	0.07
13	Daniels Balodis	DF	2018 2024–Present	1 (3)	0 (8)	-	1 (11)	0.09
14	Ismaël Diomandé	MF	2022–Present	1 (5)	0 (4)	0 (4)	1 (13)	0.08
15	Gļebs Kļuškins	MF	2018–2020	-	1 (1)	-	1 (1)	1
16	Tin Vukmanic	MF	2019	-	1 (2)	-	1 (2)	0.5
17	Lasha Odisharia	FW	2024–Present	0 (3)	1 (11)	-	1 (14)	0.07
17	Tomislav Šarić	MF	2020–2022	0 (2)	0 (1)	1 (13)	1 (16)	0.06
18	Tomáš Šimkovič	MF	2019–2022 2022–2023	-	0 (3)	1 (13)	1 (16)	0.06
19	Vitālijs Jagodinskis	DF	2009 2019–2020 2020–2024	0 (2)	0 (3)	1 (15)	1 (20)	0.05
20	Adam Markhiyev	MF	2023–	0 (4)	1 (12)	0 (4)	1 (20)	0.05
21	Roberts Savalnieks	MF	2017–2022 2023–Present	0 (1)	1 (15)	0 (9)	1 (25)	0.04
22	Own goal	-	2019–Present	0 (6)	1 (13)	1 (20)	1 (39)	0.03