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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]

Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in European football
ClubSheffield Wednesday
Seasons played4
First entry1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup

History edit

1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup edit

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
Last 32   Lyon 5–2 (Home, Hillsborough)
2–4 (Away, Stade de Gerland)
Sheffield Wednesday win 7–6 on aggregate
Last 16   Roma 4–0 (Home, Hillsborough)
0–1 (Away, Stadio Olimpico)
Sheffield Wednesday win 4–1 on aggregate
Quarter-Final   Barcelona 3–2 (Home, Hillsborough)
0–2 (Away, Camp Nou)
Barcelona win 3–4 on aggregate

First Round

Lyon  4–2  Sheffield Wednesday
Rambert   19'
N'Jo Léa   22'   38'
Combin   90'		 Young   48'
Ellis   63'
Attendance: 5,000
Sheffield Wednesday  5–2  Lyon
Fantham   9'   85'
Griffin   14'
McAnearney   20' (pen.)
Dobson   78'		 Salen   6'
Djorkaeff   81'
Attendance: 30,303

Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.

Second Round

Sheffield Wednesday  4–0  Roma
Fantham   6'
Young   33'   35'   79'
Attendance: 42,589
Roma  1–0  Sheffield Wednesday
Swan   80' (o.g.)
Attendance: 45,000

Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-Finals

Sheffield Wednesday  3–2  Barcelona
Fantham   28'   50'
Finney   43'		 Villaverde   14'
Evaristo   30'
Attendance: 28,956
Barcelona  2–0  Sheffield Wednesday
Evaristo   11'
Kocsis   23'
Attendance: 75,000

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

1963–64 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup edit

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
1   DOS Utrecht 4–1 (H), 4–1 (A)
2   Cologne 1–2 (H), 2–3 (A)

First Round

DOS Utrecht  1–4  Sheffield Wednesday
Westphaal   65' Holliday   5'
Layne   20'
Quinn   49'
Minals   64' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Sheffield Wednesday  4–1  DOS Utrecht
Layne   5'   52'   70'
Dobson   14'		 van de Bogert   87'
Attendance: 20,643

Wednesday won 8–2 on aggregate.

Second Round

Cologne  3–2  Sheffield Wednesday
Müller   28'
Hornig   35'
Sturm   44'		 Pearson   80'   86'
Attendance: 15,000
Sheffield Wednesday  1–2  Cologne
Layne   16' Thielen   59'
Overath   66'
Attendance: 36,929

Cologne won 5–3 on aggregate.

1992–93 UEFA Cup edit

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
1   Spora Luxembourg 8–1 (H), 2–1 (A)
2   Kaiserslautern 2–2 (H), 1–3 (A)

First Round

Sheffield Wednesday  8–1  Spora Luxembourg
Waddle   9'
Anderson   23', 90'
Warhurst   31', 77'
Bart-Williams   60', 81'
Worthington   65'		 Report da Cruz   11'
Attendance: 19,792
Spora Luxembourg  1–2  Sheffield Wednesday
da Cruz   30' Report Watson   27'
Warhurst   35'
Attendance: 2,379

Wednesday won 10–2 on aggregate.

Second Round

Kaiserslautern  3–1  Sheffield Wednesday
Funkel   5' (pen.)
Marin   55'
Witeczek   57'		 Report Hirst   5'
Attendance: 20,802
Sheffield Wednesday  2–2  Kaiserslautern
Wilson   27'
Sheridan   64'		 Report Witeczek   62'
Zeyer   76'
Attendance: 27,597

Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.

1995–96 Intertoto Cup edit

Main article: 1995 UEFA 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 KAR SHW BAS AAR GÓR
1   Karlsruhe 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9 10 Advanced to round of 16 — 1–1 — 3–0 —
2   Sheffield Wednesday 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 — — — 3–1 3–2
3   Basel 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 2–3 1–0 — — —
4   Aarhus GF 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 6 — — 2–1 — 4–1
5   Górnik Zabrze 4 0 0 4 5 15 −10 0 1–6 — 1–2 — —
Source: rsssf.com
Basel  1–0  Sheffield Wednesday
Rey   68' Report
Attendance: 5,200
Sheffield Wednesday  3–2  Górnik Zabrze
Krzętowski   13' (o.g.)
Bright   44'
Waddle   53'		 Report Szemoński   30'
Woods   72' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,592
Karlsruhe  1–1  Sheffield Wednesday
Bilić   5' Report Bright   81'
Attendance: 13,000
Sheffield Wednesday  3–1  Aarhus GF
Bright   11', 49'
Petrescu  		 Report Jokovic   23'
Attendance: 6,990

Both home matches were played at Rotherham United's Millmoor as Hillsborough was unavailable.

Summary edit

Playing record edit

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
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 edit

  1. ^ "Football Club History Database - Sheffield Wednesday". fchd.info. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. ^ "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1961-62 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ^ "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1961-62 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ "UEFA Europa League 1992/93 - Sheffield Wednesday FC". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ^ "UEFA Intertoto Cup 1995". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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