Trabzonspor plays its 159th match in Europe

Trabzonspor, who will host Scottish side Hearts in the UEFA Conference League, will play their 159th match in European competitions. The Black Sea team will appear for the 10th time in the tournament held under the name UEFA Conference League.

The Burgundy and Blues have won 57 of their previous 158 European matches, drawn 39 and lost 62. Trabzonspor scored 198 goals in these matches and conceded 216. In their European journey, which began in the 1976/1977 season, they have played 30 matches in the European Champions Cup/Champions League, 99 in the UEFA Cup/Europa League, 12 in the Cup Winners' Cup, 8 in the Intertoto Cup and 9 in the Conference League.

Trabzonspor are drawn against a Scottish team for the first time in 29 years. The last time was in the 1997/98 season, in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round against Dundee United. The team won by a one-goal margin at home on 12 August 1997, and went through by drawing the return leg on 26 August.

The Black Sea representative's biggest European win came in the 2007/2008 season. In the Intertoto Cup, they beat Albania's Vllaznia by 6 goals at home. Their heaviest defeat came in the 1990/1991 season, in the Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg away at Barcelona. The Spanish side scored 7 goals while Trabzonspor found the net twice.

The team's top scorer in European competitions is Hami Mandıralı with 23 goals.