English football clubs in international competitions
Year Team Progress Score Opponents Venue ( s )
1971-72 Southampton First round 2-3 Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at The Dell 0-2 at San Mamés Stadium
1971-72 Leeds United First round 2-4 Lierse 2-0 at Lierse 0-4 at Elland Road
1971-72 Wolverhampton Wanderers Final 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 at Molineux 1-1 at White Hart Lane
1971-72 Tottenham Hotspur Winners 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 at Molineux 1-1 at White Hart Lane
1972-73 Manchester City First round 3-4 Valencia 2-2 at Maine Road 1-2 at Mestalla
1972-73 Stoke City First round 3-5 1 . FC Kaiserslautern 3-1 at Victoria Ground 0-4 at Fritz-Walter-Stadion
1972-73 Tottenham Hotspur Semi-finals 2-2 ( a ) Liverpool 0-1 at Anfield 2-1 at White Hart Lane
1972-73 Liverpool Winners 3-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 at Anfield 0-2 at Bökelbergstadion
1973-74 Wolverhampton Wanderers Second round 4-4 ( a ) Lokomotive Leipzig 0-3 at Bruno-Plache-Stadion 4-1 at Molineux
1973-74 Leeds United Third round 2-3 Vitória de Setúbal 1-0 at Elland Road 1-3 at Estádio do Bonfim
1973-74 Ipswich Town Quarter-finals 1-1 ( 3-4 p ) Lokomotive Leipzig 1-0 at Portman Road 0-1 at Bruno-Plache-Stadion
1973-74 Tottenham Hotspur Final 2-4 Feyenoord 2-2 at White Hart Lane 0-2 at De Kuip
1974-75 Ipswich Town First round 3-3 ( a ) Twente 2-2 at Portman Road 1-1 at Diekman Stadion
1974-75 Stoke City First round 1-1 ( a ) Ajax 1-1 at Victoria Ground 0-0 at De Meer Stadion
1974-75 Wolverhampton Wanderers First round 4-5 Porto 1-4 at Estádio das Antas 3-1 at Molineux
1974-75 Derby County Third round 4-5 Velež Mostar 3-1 at Baseball Ground 1-4 at Bijeli Brijeg Stadium
1975-76 Aston Villa First round 1-5 Royal Antwerp 1-4 at Bosuilstadion 0-1 at Villa Park
1975-76 Everton First round 0-1 Milan 0-0 at Goodison Park 0-1 at San Siro
1975-76 Ipswich Town First round 3-4 Club Brugge 3-0 at Portman Road 0-4 at Olympiastadion
1975-76 Liverpool Winners 4-3 Club Brugge 3-2 at Anfield 1-1 at Olympiastadion
Full European record for English league clubs -- UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
English teams have won the competition 9 times and reached the final on 7 other occasions ( including 1972 and 2019 when both finalists were from England ) .
English football clubs have entered European association football competitions (UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the now defunct UEFA Intertoto 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. The European Cup began in 1955-56, but there was no English representative during that inaugural season as reigning champions Chelsea had been persuaded to withdraw by The Football League. The first English side to participate in the following edition was Manchester United, who were also the first English winners in 1968, ten years after their second entry into the cup had effectively ended when eight of their players died in the Munich air disaster when flying home from Belgrade after qualifying for the 1957-58 semi-final. Tottenham Hotspur won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963. Prior to that, England had been pioneers in establishing international competitions, with the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which was won by West Auckland when they defeated Italian side Juventus in 1909. English teams have participated in UEFA competitions every year save for the years between 1985-1990, when in the aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster, all English clubs were banned from Europe by UEFA; Liverpool, who had been playing at the Heysel Stadium against Juventus, were banned for six years, until 1991. Several teams have managed to play in Europe while being outside the top flight, including more recently Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. Liverpool are the most successful English team internationally with 14 honours.