 English football clubs in international competitions

English football clubs have entered European association football competitions (UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup and the now defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) since 1955, when Birmingham City and a London XI took part in the inaugural Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.English clubs have also taken part in the FIFA Club World Cup on four occasions and the Intercontinental Cup on six occasions.