Neftchi won its first victory in the European Cups in its debut match in the Europa League, formerly known as the UEFA Cup. On July 17, 1996, our team won the match against the Bulgarian club Lokomotiv (Sofia) at the Republic Stadium with a score of 2: 1. However, in the return match, the "whites and blacks" stopped the fight, leaving 6 unanswered goals.

Neftchi, which participated in the UEFA Cup for the next time in the 1999/2000 season, lost to Srvena Zvezda in both games - 2: 3, 0: 1. Then, for two consecutive seasons - in 2000/2001 and 2001/2002, it was not possible to beat Slovenia's "Hit Gorica" ​​- 1: 0, 1: 3 and 0: 0, 0: 1. In the 2007/2008 season, Austria did not allow Reed to pass the stage - 1: 3, 2: 1.

Neftchi achieved its greatest success in the history of European Cups in the 2012/2013 season. Our team, which started the season in the Champions League, lost in the third qualifying round and continued the fight in the Europa League. Although a draw (1: 1) was recorded in the first match against APOEL of Cyprus in Baku in the playoffs, the flagship, which won the return match (3: 1), qualified for the group stage for the first time in the history of Azerbaijani football. At this stage, the "whites and blacks", rivals of Italian "Inter", Russian "Rubin" and Serbian "Partizan" are away with the giant Milan (2: 2), and in both matches with Belgrade (0: 0, 1: 1). scored 3 points in a draw.

Neftchi could have qualified for the group stage in the 2014/2015 season. Although the flagship of the second qualifying round defeated Slovenian Koper (1: 2, 2: 0) and Georgian Chikhura (0: 0, 3: 2), Partizan (Serbia) played in the playoffs. could not overcome the barrier (2: 3, 1: 2).

Unable to beat Montenegro's Mladost in the first round of the 2015/2016 season with an away goal (2: 2, 1: 1), Neftchi said goodbye to the Europa League in the second round next season. Although our team defeated Malta's Balzan (2: 0, 1: 2) as a result of two games, Northern Macedonia's Shkendija was impassable - 0: 0, 0: 1.

In the 2018/2019 season, Neftchi, which made a convincing impression in the first match (3: 1) against the Hungarian club Ujpest, lost the return match with a big score (0: 4) and stopped the fight.

The 2019/2020 season can be considered successful for Neftchi. The flagship, which scored 9 unanswered goals (3: 0, 6: 0) against the Moldovan club Sperantsa in the first qualifying round, also managed to eliminate the Russian Arsenal from the competition. The Whites, who won 1-0 in Tula on July 25, 2019, won the return match at Bakcell Arena a week later - 3-0. However, he did not advance to the playoffs because he could not beat the Israeli club Bney Yehuda (2: 2, 1: 2) in the third qualifying round.

The pre-group stages of the 2020/2021 season in the Europa League consisted of one game due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world. As a result of the draw, Neftchi met its opponent in the first qualifying round, Shkupi, at home and won 2: 1 at Bakcell Arena. In the second round, the draw brought our team to face the Turkish club Galatasaray. Again at home - this time at the Baku Olympic Stadium, the "whites and blacks" lost to the giant club of the brotherly country (1: 3) and stopped the fight.