Leicester City F.C. in European football

Leicester City F.C. in European football

Filbert Street, home to Leicester from 1891 to 2002. The club played here during three European campaigns.
Club Leicester City
First entry 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup
Last entry 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Leicester City Football Club is an English football club based in Leicester, Leicestershire. The club was founded in 1884 and has competed in the English football league system since 1894. The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League will be their fourth appearance in Europe, following campaigns in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1961–62, and the UEFA Cup in 1997–98 and 2000–01. The club have also entered the Anglo-Italian Cup, the Anglo-Scottish Cup and the Texaco Cup.

UEFA Competitions

1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup

Leicester City scores listed first.

The Foxes were beaten finalists in the 1961 FA Cup Final, losing 2–0 to Tottenham Hotspur. However, as Spurs had won the league as well as the FA Cup, they qualified for the 1961–62 European Cup, and Leicester took their Cup Winners' Cup place. Their preliminary round opposition were Glenavon, who became the first participant in the European Cup Winners' Cup to hail from Northern Ireland. A three-goal blast in ten minutes helped Leicester take the first leg at Windsor Park 4–1.[1] Leicester won the second leg 3–1,[2] sending them through to the first round.

Double Copa del Rey-winning Atlético Madrid were the opposition. The home leg at Filbert Street finished 1–1.[3] However Leicester lost 2–0 at the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, halting their progress.[4] Atleti went on to win the tournament.[5]

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary round Northern Ireland Glenavon 3–1 4–1 7–2
First round Spain Atlético Madrid 1–1 0–2 1–3

1997–98 UEFA Cup

Martin O'Neill led Leicester to their first major European competition in 36 years.

Under Martin O'Neill, Leicester won the Football League Cup in 1996–97, beating Middlesbrough in the Final. This League Cup was the club's first silverware for 26 years, and it allowed Leicester to qualify for the UEFA Cup, their first major European competition in thirty-six years. English clubs Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool also qualified.[6][7]

The draw matched City up with Atlético Madrid.[8] In Leicester's first major European tournament match since the clubs last met back in 1961, the Madrid club won the first leg 2–1, at their Vicente Calderón Stadium.[9] Leicester lost the home tie 2–0 and the Midland club were eliminated.[10] Juninho - who was in the Middlesbrough team beaten by City in the League Cup final - scored in both legs, while Ian Marshall was the sole Leicester goalscorer.

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1997–98 UEFA Cup First round Spain Atlético Madrid 0–2 1–2 1–4

2000–01 UEFA Cup

O'Neill's Leicester side won the League Cup again in 1999–2000, this time beating Tranmere Rovers in the Final, the last to be held at the old Wembley Stadium. This saw Leicester awarded a place in the UEFA Cup, alongside fellow English clubs Chelsea and Liverpool.[11][12]

The Foxes drew Red Star Belgrade in the first round.[13] Alarm bells in England rang almost immediately, owing to a general election in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia scheduled the same week as Leicester's planned visit to Belgrade, with the Foreign Office fearing "civil unrest". David Davies, then chief executive of the Football Association, termed the situation as "very delicate".[13] BBC Sport succinctly referred to the situation as a "nightmare trip".[14] Amid media reports of their withdrawal from the tournament, the Foxes made the decision to request a venue change, following a similar move the season before when Leeds United faced Red Star's eternal rivals FK Partizan in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.[15] Despite an appeal from Red Star,[16] UEFA elected to stage the game at a neutral ground, a week later than originally planned.[17]

Muzzy Izzet scored Leicester's last UEFA Cup goal in 2000.

The first leg was a 1–1 draw with Gerry Taggart cancelling out Milenko Ačimovič's early opener[18] - clocked at 47 seconds by Reuters, who called it "one of the fastest goals in UEFA Cup history".[19] The second leg, held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Austria - home to Vienna club Rapid - finished 3–1 to the 'home' side, with Muzzy Izzet scoring Leicester's goal.[20]

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
2000–01 UEFA Cup First round Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 1–1 1–3[nb 1] 2–4

2016–17 UEFA Champions League

On 9 April 2016, Leicester City, who were placed first in the league, secured a Champions League Group stage spot, and on 2 May 2016 clinched their first national league title. Therefore, they were seeded for the Group stage draw due to the Premier League being among Europe's top eight leagues. They were drawn in Group G with Porto, Club Brugge and Copenhagen.

Leicester City's first-ever match in the European Cup was played on 14 September 2016. Marc Albrighton scored City's first-ever goal in the competition with Riyad Mahrez adding 2 more for the 3–0 victory away to Belgian champions Club Brugge. In their first home game at the European Cup, on 27 September 2016, Leicester beat Porto 1–0 with Islam Slimani scoring the only goal. That win saw City becoming the first English team to win their two opening matches in the European Cup. On 18 October 2016, the Foxes made it three out of three with a 1–0 win at home against the Danish champions Copenhagen. The goal was scored by Riyad Mahrez. The reverse fixture against Copenhagen was played on 2 November 2016 and remained goalless. Leicester secured the first place in the group and a place in the next round with a comfortable 2–1 win against Club Brugge on 22 November 2016, Shinji Okazaki and Riyad Mahrez were the scorers while José Izquierdo netted the first-ever goal against the Foxes in the European Cup.

Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
2016–17 UEFA Champions League Group stage Portugal Porto 1–0 1st
Belgium Club Brugge 2–1 3–0
Denmark Copenhagen 1–0 0–0
Round of 16 TBA

Minor Trophies

Anglo-Italian Cup

Leicester appeared three times in the Anglo-Italian Cup, which was held between teams from Italy and England which had not qualified for European competitions. Leicester's first appearance in 1972 saw them play against Cagliari and Atalanta, losing their away games and winning their home matches. Under the tournament format, the English and Italian teams were ranked in separate tables according to their results - Leicester finished 3rd of the 6 English teams [21] and were eliminated.[22][23] The tournament was cancelled in 1973, but revived for four seasons from 1992–93. Leicester competed in the first two editions of the revived tournament, but were eliminated in the Preliminary Rounds both times. In 1992-93 they defeated Grimsby Town but lost to Newcastle United;[24] in 1993-94 they were defeated by Peterborough United and lost to West Bromwich Albion.[25]

Texaco and Anglo-Scottish Cups

The Foxes entered the Texaco Cup, which ran for five seasons, twice.[26] In 1972–73 they eliminated Dundee United in a penalty shoot-out after two draws. Leicester were pitted against Norwich City for the second round. After both legs finished 2–0 to the respective home teams after extra time, Norwich progressed by winning the penalty shoot-out 4–3.[26] The next season, Leicester progressed past Ayr United drawing 1-1 in Scotland and winning 2-0 at home; in the second round, Dundee United gained revenge for the previous year's elimination, winning 1-0 in Dundee and holding Leicester to a 1-1 draw in England.[26]

After Texaco dropped their sponsorship of the tournament, the Anglo-Scottish Cup was created in the 1975–76 season, using a group stage format in which each team would play the others in the group once, with only the team finishing top of the group progressing. Leicester were in Group 2 of the English Qualifiers, with Hull City, Mansfield Town and West Bromwich Albion.[27] Inconsistency ensured that City would not progress as they registered one win, one draw and one loss.[26]

Overall record

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
European Cup Winners' Cup 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3
UEFA Cup 4 0 1 3 3 8 –5
UEFA Champions League 5 4 1 0 7 1 +6
Total 13 6 3 4 18 14 +4

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Away' leg held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria

Specific

  1. ↑ "GLENAVON F.C. LURGAN 1-4 LEICESTER CITY F.C.". eurocups-uefa.ru. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "LEICESTER CITY F.C. 3-1 GLENAVON F.C. LURGAN". eurocups-uefa.ru. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Leicester City 1-1 Atletico Madrid". sharkscores.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Atletico Madrid 2-0 Leicester City". sharkscores.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "1961/62: Atlético break Fiorentina's grip". en.archive.uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "1997/98 UEFA Cup - Clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Europa League 1997/98 - Leicester City FC". uefa.com. UEFA. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Reds tipped as firm favourites against Celtic". The Nation. Bangkok: Nation Multimedia Group. Agence France-Presse. 16 September 1997. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Shaw, Phil (18 September 1997). "Leicester return with pride". The Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Shaw, Phil (1 October 1997). "Juninho strikes to earn his revenge over Leicester". The Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "2000/01 UEFA Cup - Clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "UEFA Europa League 2000/01 - Leicester City FC". uefa.com. UEFA. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. 1 2 "Tough UEFA test for Liverpool". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. Agence France-Presse. 26 August 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "British clubs face Uefa test". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 August 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Leicester to persuade UEFA to change venue". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. Reuters. 6 September 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Red Star appeal UEFA decision". New Sunday Times. Kuala Lumpur: New Straits Times Press. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "Zvezda ne igra u Beogradu" [Star does not play in Belgrade]. srbija.gov.rs (in Serbian). 12 September 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "Leicester held at home". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 September 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Mixed fortunes for former champions". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. Reuters. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "Red Star end Leicester dreams". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "ENGLAND'S SIX FOR ANGLO-ITALIAN CUP". The Herald. Glasgow. 21 March 1972. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Bologna 1, Blackpool 2 – Anglo-Italian Cup Final, June 12, 1971". Blackpool Gazette. 20 September 2006. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  23. ↑ Garin, Erik (15 October 2000). "Anglo-Italian Cup 1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  24. ↑ Bobrowsky, Josef (19 March 2001). "Anglo-Italian Cup 1992/93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  25. ↑ "Anglo-Italian Cup 1993-1994: Preliminary Round Group 4". statto.com. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  26. 1 2 3 4 Lewis, Tom (20 December 2007). "Anglo-Scottish Cup & Texaco Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  27. ↑ "Anglo Scottish Cup draw". The Herald. Glasgow. 14 July 1975. Retrieved 3 August 2014.

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