Newcastle United F.C. in European football

Newcastle United in European football
ClubNewcastle United
Seasons played17
First entry1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry2023–24 UEFA Champions League
Titles
Intertoto Cup(2006)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(1969)

Newcastle United F.C. first played European football with their appearance in the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a competition which they won. Their first Champions League appearance came in 1997–98. Newcastle's first and last appearance in the Cup Winners' Cup came in 1998–99.

According to UEFA their only official UEFA title was won in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.[1]

As of the 2023–24 season, they have played a total of 17 seasons in European football. Alan Shearer is the club's leading goalscorer in European competition with 30 goals. Shay Given has made the most appearances in European competition for Newcastle with 54.

Results by season

Season Competition Round Country Club Home Leg Away Leg Aggregate
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Netherlands Feyenoord 4–0 0–2 4–2
Second Round Portugal Sporting CP 1–0 1–1 2–1
Third Round Spain Zaragoza 2–1 2–3 4(A)–4
Quarter-finals Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 5–1 1–3 6–4
Semi-finals Scotland Rangers 2–0 0–0 2–0
Final Hungary Újpest 3–0 3–2 6–2
1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Scotland Dundee United 1–0 2–1 3–1
Second Round Portugal Porto 1–0 0–0 1–0
Third Round England Southampton 0–0 1–1 1(A)–1
Quarter-finals Belgium Anderlecht 3–1 0–2 3–3(A)
1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Italy Inter Milan 2–0 1–1 3–1
Second Round Hungary Pécsi Dózsa 2–0 0–2 2–2(P)
1977–78 UEFA Cup First Round Republic of Ireland Bohemians 4–0 0–0 4–0
Second Round France Bastia 1–3 1–2 2–5
1994–95 UEFA Cup First Round Belgium Antwerp 5–2 5–0 10–2
Second Round Spain Athletic Bilbao 3–2 0–1 3–3(A)
1996–97 UEFA Cup First Round Sweden Halmstad 4–0 1–2 5–2
Second Round Hungary Ferencváros 4–0 2–3 6–3
Third round France Metz 2–0 1–1 3–1
Quarter-finals France Monaco 0–1 0–3 0–4
1997–98 UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round Croatia Croatia Zagreb 2–1 2–2 4–3
Group stage Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 2–2 3rd
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–2 0–1
Spain Barcelona 3–2 0–1
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First Round Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 2–1 0–1 2–2(A)
1999–2000 UEFA Cup First Round Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 2–2 2–0 4–2
Second Round Switzerland Zürich 3–1 2–1 5–2
Third Round Italy Roma 0–0 0–1 0–1
2001–02 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third Round Belgium Lokeren 1–0 4–0 5–0
Semi-finals Germany 1860 Munich 3–1 3–2 6–3
Finals France Troyes 4–4 0–0 4–4(A)
2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar 1–0 4–0 5–0
Group stage Italy Juventus 1–0 0–2 2nd
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 0–2
Netherlands Feyenoord 0–1 3–2
2nd group stage Spain Barcelona 0–2 1–3 3rd
Italy Inter Milan 1–4 2–2
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 3–1
2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 0–1 1–0 1–1(P)
UEFA Cup First Round Netherlands NAC Breda 5–0 1–0 6–0
Second Round Switzerland Basel 1–0 3–2 4–2
Third Round Norway Vålerenga 3–1 1–1 4–2
Fourth Round Spain Mallorca 4–1 3–0 7–1
Quarter-finals Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–1 1–1 3–2
Semi-finals France Marseille 0–0 0–2 0–2
2004–05 UEFA Cup First round Israel Bnei Sakhnin 2–0 5–1 7–1
Group stage France Sochaux 4–0 1st
Portugal Sporting CP 1–1
Greece Panionios 1–0
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0
Round of 32 Netherlands Heerenveen 2–1 2–1 4–2
Round of 16 Greece Olympiacos 3–1 4–0 7–1
Quarter-finals Portugal Sporting CP 1–0 1–4 2–4
2005–06 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third Round Slovakia Dubnica 2–0 3–1 5–1
Semi-finals Spain Deportivo La Coruña 1–2 1–2 2–4
2006–07 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third Round Norway Lillestrøm 1–1 3–0 4–1
UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round Latvia Ventspils 0–0 1–0 1–0
First round Estonia Levadia Tallinn 1–0 2–1 3–1
Group stage Spain Celta Vigo 2–1 1st
Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–0
Italy Palermo 1–0
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0
Round of 32 Belgium Zulte Waregem 1–0 3–1 4–1
Round of 16 Netherlands AZ 4–2 0–2 4–4(A)
2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round Greece Atromitos 1–0 1–1 2–1
Group stage Portugal Marítimo 1–1 0–0 2nd
France Bordeaux 3–0 0–2
Belgium Club Brugge 1–0 2–2
Round of 32 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 1–0 1–0
Round of 16 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala 1–0 0–0 1–0
Quarter-finals Portugal Benfica 1–1 1–3 2–4
2023–24 UEFA Champions League Group stage Italy Milan 1–2 0–0 4th
France Paris Saint-Germain 4–1 1–1
Germany Borussia Dortmund 0–1 0–2

Source for Fairs Cup:[2]

Overall record

As of 13 December 2023
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Champions League 30 12 5 13 39 40 −1 040.00
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League 72 43 17 12 123 60 +63 059.72
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 24 13 6 5 37 21 +16 054.17
UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 7 3 2 26 13 +13 058.33
Total 140 75 31 34 227 136 +91 053.57

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Tenure Goals
1 England Alan Shearer 1996–2006 30
2 Nigeria Shola Ameobi 2000–2014 15
3 Wales Craig Bellamy 2001–2005 11
4 Wales Wyn Davies 1966–1971 10
5 England Pop Robson 1962–1971 9
Colombia Faustino Asprilla 1996–1998
7 Peru Nolberto Solano 1998–2004
2005–2007
7
8 Nigeria Obafemi Martins 2006–2009 6
9 England Kieron Dyer 1999–2007 5
Netherlands Patrick Kluivert 2004–2005
France Laurent Robert 2001–2005
Scotland Jim Scott 1967–1969
Wales Gary Speed 1998–2004

Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Matches". Newcastle United FC: England. UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Game by Game in the Fairs Cup". toon 1892. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Goal Machines". Club Records. Newcastle United. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

Further reading

  • K. Fletcher, Magpies in Europe: From Antwerp to Zurich. (2011)
  • Paul Joannou, The Grand Tour: Newcastle United's Adventures in Europe. (2006)