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.
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.
Round Opposition Score Last 32 Lyon 5–2 (Home, Hillsborough) 2–4 (Away, Stade de Gerland) Sheffield Wednesday win 7–6 on aggregate Last 16 Roma 4–0 (Home, Hillsborough) 0–1 (Away, Stadio Olimpico) Sheffield Wednesday win 4–1 on aggregate Quarter-Final Barcelona 3–2 (Home, Hillsborough) 0–2 (Away, Camp Nou) Barcelona win 3–4 on aggregate
First Round
Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.
Second Round
Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-Finals
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.
Round Opposition Score 1 DOS Utrecht 4–1 (H), 4–1 (A) 2 Cologne 1–2 (H), 2–3 (A)
First Round
Wednesday won 8–2 on aggregate.
Second Round
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 feisty two-legged Second Round affair.
Round Opposition Score 1 Spora Luxembourg 8–1 (H), 2–1 (A) 2 Kaiserslautern 2–2 (H), 1–3 (A)
First Round
Sheffield 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 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.
Group 1
Both home matches were played at Rotherham United's Millmoor as Hillsborough was unavailable.
Summary
Record by competition Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Best performance Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 10 5 0 5 25 18 +7 Quarter-final (1961–62) UEFA Cup 4 2 1 1 13 7 +6 Second round (1992–93) Intertoto Cup 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 Group stage (1995) Total 18 9 2 7 45 30 +15 Record by nation Nation Pld W D L GF GA GD Opponents 110031+2AGF 210176+1Lyon 5023711-4Cologne, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe 210141+3Roma 2200102+8Spora Luxembourg 220082+6DOS Utrecht 110032+1Górnik Zabrze 210134-1Barcelona 100101-1Basel
Record by match Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate1961–62Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst roundLyon5–22–47–6Second roundRoma4–00–14–1Quarter-finalBarcelona3–20–23–41963–64Inter-Cities Fairs CupFirst roundDOS Utrecht4–14–18–2Second roundCologne1–22–33–51992–93UEFA CupFirst roundSpora Luxembourg8–12–110–2Second roundKaiserslautern2–21–33–51995UEFA Intertoto CupGroup 1Basel0–12ndGórnik Zabrze3–2Karlsruhe1–1AGF3–1
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