<page_title> IF Elfsborg </page_title> <section_title> Matches </section_title> <table> <cell> 1971–72 <col_header> Season </col_header> </cell> <cell> UEFA Cup <col_header> Competition </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1R <col_header> Round </col_header> </cell> <cell> Germany <col_header> Country </col_header> </cell> <cell> Hertha Berlin <col_header> Club </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1–4 <col_header> Home </col_header> </cell> <cell> 3–1 <col_header> Away </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1972 UEFA Cup, Elfsborg played for the first time against Germany's Hertha Berlin in the first round and they lost with 3–1 and 1–4 at home.