Motherwell qualified for a UEFA competition for the first time in 1991–92 after winning the Scottish Cup the previous season.
[1] Motherwell qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in 1994–95 having finished third in the 1993–94 Scottish Premier Division the previous season.
[4] Motherwell finished second behind Rangers in the 1994–95 Scottish Premier Division, leading to qualification for the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup.
[5] After a 13-year absence, Motherwell returned to European football by finishing third in the 2007-08 Scottish Premier League.
Also, due to extensive remedial work on their Fir Park surface, Motherwell played all of their home European matches at Excelsior Stadium in Airdrie.
Just like in the previous round, they recovered by hammering the Albanians 8–1 at home in the second, a score that stands as a record club European victory to this day.
[8] A fifth-place finish in the 2010-11 Scottish Premier League saw Motherwell qualify for Europe for a third straight season.
[2] They were in the Europa League play-offs, the furthest they have gone in European competition, and would play Danish outfit Odense.
They lost the first-leg 2–0 at Fir Park, suffering a 1–0 defeat in the return leg to exit European competition.