BFC Dynamo faced Italian champions AS Roma in the quarter finals of the 1983-84 European Cup. Andreas Thom would be selected to the starting eleven in both legs. BFC Dynamo lost the first match 3–0 away at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. The team came back and won the return leg 2–1 in front of 25,000 spectators at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. Andreas Thom and Rainer Ernst scored one goal each. However, BFC Dynamo lost the round on aggregate goals and was eliminated.