in the 2019-20 season salzburg reached for the first time the championsleague group stage. they played versus liverpool f.c., s.s.c. napoli and k.r.c. genk. they reached the 3rd place with seven points. in the following round of 32 in the euroleague they lost versus eintracht frankfurt 3:6. the next season they had to play a playoff-match versus maccabi tel-aviv. with a 5:2 salzburg qualified for the group stage and played against fc bayern münchen, atletico madrid and lok moskau. as 3rd they played in the euroleague versus villareal but lost. in the 2021-22 season they were qualified versus brøndby if (4:2). in the group stage they played versus sevilla f.c., lille osc and vfl wolfsburg. as 2nd they were qualified for the round of 16 for the first time in club history. there they lost versus fc bayern münchen. (home:1-1, away: 1-7)