Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in European football
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is an English football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1867 and has competed in the English football league system since 1892. They have taken part in UEFA-sanctioned cup competition on four occasions.[1]
History[]
1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[]
As league runners-up in the 1960–61 season, Wednesday were invited to compete for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup the following season. They knocked out Lyon and Roma before succumbing to Barcelona in the quarter-finals. Had they won, they would have faced Red Star Belgrade in the semi-finals.[2]
Round | Opposition | Score |
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Last 32 | ![]() |
5–2 (Home, Hillsborough) 2–4 (Away, Stade de Gerland) Sheffield Wednesday win 7–6 on aggregate |
Last 16 | ![]() |
4–0 (Home, Hillsborough) 0–1 (Away, Stadio Olimpico) Sheffield Wednesday win 4–1 on aggregate |
Quarter-Final | ![]() |
3–2 (Home, Hillsborough) 0–2 (Away, Camp Nou) Barcelona win 3–4 on aggregate |
First Round
Lyon ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Rambert ![]() N'Jo Léa ![]() ![]() Combin ![]() |
Young ![]() Ellis ![]() |
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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Fantham ![]() ![]() ![]() McAnearney ![]() Dobson ![]() |
![]() Djorkaeff ![]() |
Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.
Second Round
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Fantham ![]() Young ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Roma ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Swan ![]() |
Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-Finals
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Fantham ![]() ![]() Finney ![]() |
Villaverde ![]() Evaristo ![]() |
Barcelona ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Evaristo ![]() Kocsis ![]() |
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
1963–64 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[]
Two years after their inaugural European campaign, Wednesday were again invited to compete in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, after a sixth place league finish. They overcame Dutch part-timers DOS Utrecht in the first round before losing out to Cologne in the next.[3]
Round | Opposition | Score |
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1 | ![]() |
4–1 (H), 4–1 (A) |
2 | ![]() |
1–2 (H), 2–3 (A) |
First Round
DOS Utrecht ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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![]() |
Holliday ![]() Layne ![]() Quinn ![]() Minals ![]() |
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Layne ![]() ![]() ![]() Dobson ![]() |
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Wednesday won 8–2 on aggregate.
Second Round
Cologne ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Müller ![]() Hornig ![]() Sturm ![]() |
Pearson ![]() ![]() |
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Layne ![]() |
Thielen ![]() Overath ![]() |
Cologne won 5–3 on aggregate.
1992–93 UEFA Cup[]
Wednesday qualified for the 1992-93 UEFA Cup following a 3rd-place finish in the 1991-92 First Division. They comfortably progressed against Luxembourg minnows Spora before bowing out to Kaiserslautern in a feisty two-legged Second Round affair.[4]
Round | Opposition | Score |
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1 | ![]() |
8–1 (H), 2–1 (A) |
2 | ![]() |
2–2 (H), 1–3 (A) |
First Round
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Waddle ![]() Anderson ![]() Warhurst ![]() Bart-Williams ![]() Worthington ![]() |
Report | ![]() |
Spora Luxembourg ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Watson ![]() Warhurst ![]() |
Wednesday won 10–2 on aggregate.
Second Round
Kaiserslautern ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Funkel ![]() Marin ![]() Witeczek ![]() |
Report | Hirst ![]() |
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Wilson ![]() Sheridan ![]() |
Report | Witeczek ![]() Zeyer ![]() |
Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.
1995–96 Intertoto Cup[]
Wednesday were invited to compete in the inaugural Intertoto Cup in 1995, and placed in Group 1. The Owls' first match against FC Basel took place while most of the players were still on holiday, so guest players had to pull on the blue and white shirt - one was John Pearson, who had last appeared for the club 10 years earlier. Wednesday finished second in the five team group, which was not enough to take them into the next round of the competition.[5]
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Advanced to round of 16 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 |
Basel ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Rey ![]() |
Report |
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Krzętowski ![]() Bright ![]() Waddle ![]() |
Report | Szemoński ![]() Woods ![]() |
Karlsruhe ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bilić ![]() |
Report | Bright ![]() |
Sheffield Wednesday ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Bright ![]() Petrescu ![]() |
Report | Jokovic ![]() |
Both home matches were played at Rotherham United's Millmoor as Hillsborough was unavailable.
Summary[]
Playing record[]
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 |
UEFA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 |
Intertoto Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 |
Total | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 30 | +15 |
References[]
- ^ "Football Club History Database - Sheffield Wednesday". fchd.info. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1961-62 - Details". rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1961-62 - Details". rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League 1992/93 - Sheffield Wednesday FC". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995". rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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