- Manchester City F.C. in European football
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Manchester City is an English football team which has played in European competitions on a number of occasions. Although they do not have the European pedigree of other English teams such as Liverpool and Arsenal, they have represented England in the European Cup (now the Champions League) on one occasion, the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) on seven separate occasions, and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup twice, winning it once and reaching the semi-final in successive years. Manchester City are one of twelve English football clubs to have won a European title, in City's case the 1969-70 Cup Winners Cup.
Unlike other major English clubs, Manchester City also has a track record of repeated entry into several of the non-UEFA sanctioned European competitions which were run in the 1970s-80s era, including the Anglo-Italian League Cup and the Texaco Cup.
As of 2011, in their 28 European proper home matches (i.e. UEFA-sanctioned, not including qualifiers), City have only lost once - against Chelsea in a 1-0 defeat in the 1970-71 Cup Winner's Cup semi final.[1]
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UEFA competitions
Non-UEFA competitions
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Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Score 1970–71 Anglo-Italian League Cup League Cup winners Final Bologna 0–1 (Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna)
2–2 (Maine Road)1971–72 Texaco Cup Invitation First round Airdrieonians 2–2 (Maine Road)
0–2 (Broomfield Park, Airdrie)1974–75 Texaco Cup Invitation Group stage Blackpool 1–1 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool) Sheffield United 2–4 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield) Oldham Athletic 2–1 (Maine Road) 1975–76 Anglo-Scottish Cup Invitation Group stage Blackpool 0–1 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool) Blackburn Rovers 0–1 (Ewood Park, Sheffield) Sheffield United 3–1 (Maine Road) 1976–77 Tennent Caledonian Cup Invitation Semi-final Southampton 1–1 (coin toss) (Ibrox Park) Third place play-off Partick Thistle 4–1 (Ibrox Park) Finals
Year Competition Opposing Team Score Venue 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup Górnik Zabrze 2–1 Praterstadion, Vienna 1970–71 Anglo-Italian League Cup Bologna 0–1
2–2Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Maine RoadSemi-finals
Year Competition Opposing Team Score Venue Other Semi-finalists 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup FC Schalke 04 0–1
5–1Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Maine RoadAS Roma
Górnik Zabrze1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup Chelsea 0–1
0–1Stamford Bridge, London
Maine RoadPSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid1976–77 Tennent Caledonian Cup Southampton 1–1 Ibrox Park Partick Thistle
RangersStatistics
By competition
Competition Seasons Pld W D L GF GA GD UEFA competitions European Cup / UEFA Champions League 2 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 18 11 2 5 32 13 +19 UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 7 48 23 14 11 74 49 +25 Total 11 72 36 18 18 113 68 +45 Non-UEFA competitions Anglo-Italian League Cup 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1 Texaco Cup / Anglo-Scottish Cup 3 8 2 2 4 10 13 –3 Tennent Caledonian Cup 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 Total 5 12 3 4 5 17 18 -1 By country
UEFA competitions
Non-UEFA competitions
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD England 7 2 2 3 9 10 –1 Italy 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1 Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 References
- ^ "Striker Emmanuel Adebayor rises to the City challenge". dailymail.co.uk. 29 September 2010. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1316369/Striker-Emmanuel-Adebayor-rises-City-challenge.html?ito=feeds-newsxml. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ Unable to enter the 1992–93 UEFA Cup by virtue of England's UEFA coefficient having been stripped following the Heysel Stadium Disaster. Though English teams were readmitted to Europe in the 1990–91 season, they entered with England's coefficient set to zero. Thus, English teams had to re-earn England's right to submit multiple teams for European competition, which took five years (the length of time UEFA coefficients are calculated over). Given that UEFA coefficient rules determined that England would reenter Europe with a zero coefficient under any circumstances, it was mathematically impossible for England to earn enough points for City to qualify for Europe from a 5th place on the league table which, prior to 1985, would have been entitled them to enter the UEFA Cup.
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