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
1 France Lyon 5–2 (H), 2–4 (A)
2 Italy Roma 4–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
QF Spain Barcelona 3–2 (H), 0–2 (A)

First Round

12 September 1961
Lyon France 4–2 England Sheffield Wednesday
Rambert  19'
N'Jo Léa  22'  38'
Combin  90'		 Young  48'
Ellis  63'
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 5,000

4 October 1961
Sheffield Wednesday England 5–2 France Lyon
Fantham  9'  85'
Griffin  14'
McAnearney  20' (pen.)
Dobson  78'		 Salen  6'
Djorkaeff  81'
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Attendance: 30,303

Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.

Second Round

29 November 1961
Sheffield Wednesday England 4–0 Italy Roma
Fantham  6'
Young  33'  35'  79'
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Attendance: 42,589

13 December 1961
Roma Italy 1–0 England Sheffield Wednesday
Swan  80' (o.g.)
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 45,000

Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-Finals

28 February 1962
Sheffield Wednesday England 3–2 Spain Barcelona
Fantham  28'  50'
Finney  43'		 Villaverde  14'
Evaristo  30'
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Attendance: 28,956

28 March 1962
Barcelona Spain 2–0 England Sheffield Wednesday
Evaristo  11'
Kocsis  23'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
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

25 September 1963
DOS Utrecht Netherlands 1–4 England Sheffield Wednesday
Westphaal  65' Holliday  5'
Layne  20'
Quinn  49'
Minals  64' (o.g.)
Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 15,000

15 October 1963
Sheffield Wednesday England 4–1 Netherlands DOS Utrecht
Layne  5'  52'  70'
Dobson  14'		 van de Bogert  87'
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Attendance: 20,643

Wednesday won 8–2 on aggregate.

Second Round

6 November 1963
Cologne Germany 3–2 England Sheffield Wednesday
Müller  28'
Hornig  35'
Sturm  44'		 Pearson  80'  86'
Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
Attendance: 15,000

27 November 1963
Sheffield Wednesday England 1–2 Germany Cologne
Layne  16' Thielen  59'
Overath  66'
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
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 fiesty two-leeged 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

16 September 1992
Sheffield Wednesday England 8–1 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Waddle  9'
Anderson  23', 90'
Warhurst  31', 77'
Bart-Williams  60', 81'
Worthington  65'		 Report da Cruz  11'
Hillsborough, Sheffield
Attendance: 19,792

Wednesday won 10–2 on aggregate.

Second Round

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 has last appeared for the club 13 years before. Wednesday finished second in the five team group, which wasn't enough to take them into the next round of the competition.[5]

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Germany Karlsruhe 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9 10
2 England Sheffield Wednesday 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
3 Switzerland Basel 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
4 Denmark Aarhus GF 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 6
5 Poland Górnik Zabrze 4 0 0 4 5 15 −10 0

24 June 1995 (1995-06-24)
20:00
Basel Switzerland 1–0 England Sheffield Wednesday
Rey  68' Report
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

8 July 1995 (1995-07-08)
15:00
Sheffield Wednesday England 3–2 Poland Górnik Zabrze
Krzętowski  13' (o.g.)
Bright  44'
Waddle  53'		 Report Szemoński  30'
Woods  72' (o.g.)
Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 5,592
Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

15 July 1995 (1995-07-15)
16:00
Karlsruhe Germany 1–1 England Sheffield Wednesday
Bilić  5' Report Bright  81'
Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

22 July 1995 (1995-07-22)
15:00
Sheffield Wednesday England 3–1 Denmark Aarhus GF
Bright  11', 49'
Petrescu 		Report Jokovic  23'
Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 6,990
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

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.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1961-62 - Details". rsssf.com. 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.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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