Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in European football

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

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

First Round

Lyon France4–2England Sheffield Wednesday
Rambert 19'
N'Jo Léa 22' 38'
Combin 90'		 Young 48'
Ellis 63'
Attendance: 5,000
Sheffield Wednesday England5–2France 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 England4–0Italy Roma
Fantham 6'
Young 33' 35' 79'
Attendance: 42,589
Roma Italy1–0England Sheffield Wednesday
Swan 80' (o.g.)
Attendance: 45,000

Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-Finals

Sheffield Wednesday England3–2Spain Barcelona
Fantham 28' 50'
Finney 43'		 Villaverde 14'
Evaristo 30'
Attendance: 28,956
Barcelona Spain2–0England Sheffield Wednesday
Evaristo 11'
Kocsis 23'
Attendance: 75,000

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

First Round

DOS Utrecht Netherlands1–4England Sheffield Wednesday
Westphaal 65' Holliday 5'
Layne 20'
Quinn 49'
Minals 64' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,000
Sheffield Wednesday England4–1Netherlands DOS Utrecht
Layne 5' 52' 70'
Dobson 14'		 van de Bogert 87'
Attendance: 20,643

Wednesday won 8–2 on aggregate.

Second Round

Cologne Germany3–2England Sheffield Wednesday
Müller 28'
Hornig 35'
Sturm 44'		 Pearson 80' 86'
Attendance: 15,000
Sheffield Wednesday England1–2Germany Cologne
Layne 16' Thielen 59'
Overath 66'
Attendance: 36,929

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

First Round

Sheffield Wednesday England8–1Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg1–2England Sheffield Wednesday
da Cruz 30' Report Watson 27'
Warhurst 35'
Attendance: 2,379

Wednesday won 10–2 on aggregate.

Second Round

Kaiserslautern Germany3–1England Sheffield Wednesday
Funkel 5' (pen.)
Marin 55'
Witeczek 57'		 Report Hirst 5'
Attendance: 20,802
Sheffield Wednesday England2–2Germany Kaiserslautern
Wilson 27'
Sheridan 64'		 Report Witeczek 62'
Zeyer 76'
Attendance: 27,597

Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.

1995–96 Intertoto Cup

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 Germany Karlsruhe 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9 10 Advanced to round of 16 — 1–1 — 3–0 —
2 England Sheffield Wednesday 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 — — — 3–1 3–2
3 Switzerland Basel 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 2–3 1–0 — — —
4 Denmark Aarhus GF 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 6 — — 2–1 — 4–1
5 Poland Górnik Zabrze 4 0 0 4 5 15 −10 0 1–6 — 1–2 — —
Source: rsssf.com
Basel Switzerland1–0England Sheffield Wednesday
Rey 68' Report
Attendance: 5,200
Sheffield Wednesday England3–2Poland Górnik Zabrze
Krzętowski 13' (o.g.)
Bright 44'
Waddle 53'		 Report Szemoński 30'
Woods 72' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,592
Karlsruhe Germany1–1England Sheffield Wednesday
Bilić 5' Report Bright 81'
Attendance: 13,000
Sheffield Wednesday England3–1Denmark 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

Playing record

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

  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.