The Glasgow Warriors secured their return to the Heineken Champions Cup with a fourth-place finish in the United Rugby Championship this season.

After finishing as the runner-up in the EPCR Challenge Cup this year, they’ll be hoping for continued success in EPCR competition next term.

We’ve taken a look through the history books to highlight Glasgow’s most successful campaigns in EPCR’s premier competition, which include a trio of quarterfinal appearances.

1997-1998 Quarterfinal Playoff

Glasgow reached the quarterfinal playoff stage of the third edition of the Heineken Champions Cup with a solid Pool 2 campaign against the Wasps, Swansea and Ulster Rugby.

After opening the tournament with a 18-12 win over the Irish province, Glasgow lost 46-22 to the Wasps.

A 35-21 win over Swansea was followed by another loss to the English opposition.

A 30-22 reverse against their Welsh foes left their qualification hopes in the balance.

A final-day 30-15 win over Ulster secured their path to the quarterfinal playoffs, where they were defeated 90-19 by the Leicester Tigers – one of the biggest scorelines in the competition’s history.

Not the result @GlasgowWarriors wanted on Friday, but they still had time for the fans ?#ChallengeCupRugby pic.twitter.com/ViFUNRw8i4

— EPCR Challenge Cup (@ChallengeCup_) May 24, 2023

2016-2017 Quarterfinal

It took almost two decades for Glasgow to return to the quarterfinals, as they advanced from Pool 1 of the 2016-2017 edition – a group including Munster Rugby, the Leicester Tigers and Racing 92.

Glasgow opened the campaign with a 42-13 mauling of Leicester, before a trip to Ireland brought the Warriors back down to earth with a 38-17 reverse to Munster.

A pair of closely fought wins over Racing 92 put the Scottish side in contention, before a narrow 14-12 loss to Munster and 43-0 triumph over Leicester secured their knockout berth.

Unfortunately, Glasgow ran into the powerhouse that was Saracens in the last eight and fell to a 38-13 defeat, with Lee Jones and Ryan Wilson notching the two tries for the Scottish outfit.

2018-2019 Quarterfinal

Glasgow returned to the knockout stages two years later and was drawn with a familiar foe in Saracens – as well as the Cardiff Blues and Lyon in the Pool Stage.

The Warriors defeated their French and Welsh opposition twice on their way to the knockout stage, with two losses to the English side.

However, the seeding was unkind to the Scottish outfit, as they were forced to face Saracens for a third time in the competition.

A 56-27 reverse condemned Glasgow to the exit door, despite tries from Alistair Price, Matt Fagerson and George Horne.