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

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

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

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-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
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
1 Karlsruhe 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9 10 Advanced to round of 16
2 Sheffield Wednesday 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
3 Basel 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
4 Aarhus GF 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 6
5 Górnik Zabrze 4 0 0 4 5 15 −10 0
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

Playing record
CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGD
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup105052518+7
UEFA Cup4211137+6
Intertoto Cup421175+2
Total189274530+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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