Leeds United F.C. in European football

This is a list of matches Leeds United Football Club have played in Europe.

Leeds United F.C. in international football
ClubLeeds United
First entry1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry2002–03 UEFA Cup
Titles
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(1968, 1971)

Summary

The club's debut in European competitions came in the 1965-66 season in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which they competed in for three consecutive seasons before winning the trophy in the 1967-68 season. They had been on the losing side in the same competition a year previously, and won it again in 1970-71, the final season of its existence before it was effectively replaced by the new UEFA Cup.

The club reached a further two European finals during the 1970s; the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1973 and the European Cup final in 1975. However, they were beaten on both occasions. Their venture into the 1979-80 UEFA Cup would be their last in European competitions for more than a decade; it ended in the second round.

European competitions then became effectively out of the question for Leeds, who were relegated to the Second Division in 1982 and did not win promotion until 1990. League title glory in 1992 sealed their return to Europe after more than a decade as England's representatives in the European Cup, where they were eliminated in the second round by Scottish champions Rangers.

In 1999-2000, the club enjoyed its best run in European competitions for 25 years, reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. They reached the semi-finals of the champions league in the 2000-2001 season losing to Spanish side Valencia (changes in qualification requirements meant that they could now qualify as the third placed team in their domestic league) a year later. Their most recent European campaign to date was in the 2002-03 season, where they competed in the UEFA Cup and reached the third round. By this stage, however, the club was deep in financial trouble and was starting to sell most of its key players, which contributed to relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2003-04. Fourteen years on, the club has still yet to regain its place in the top flight of English football, and even spent three seasons in the league's third tier.

Matches
Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Torino 2–1 Elland Road
0–0 (A)
Second Round Leipzig 2–1 (A)
0–0 Elland Road
Third Round Valencia 1–1 Elland Road
1–0 (A)
Quarter-Final Újpest 4–1 Elland Round
1–1 (A)
Semi-Final Real Zaragoza 0–1 (A)
2–1 Elland Road
1–3 Elland Road
1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Bye
Second Round DWS 3–1 (A)
5–1 Elland Road
Third Round Valencia 1–1 Elland Road
2–0 (A)
Quarter-Final Bologna 0–1 (A)
1–0 Elland Road [1]
Semi-Final Kilmarnock 4–2 Elland Road
0–0 (A)
Final Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
0–0 Elland Road
1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Spora Luxembourg 9–0 (A)
7–0 Elland Road
Second Round Partizan Belgrade 2–1 (A)
1–1 Elland Road
Third Round Hibernian 1–0 Elland Road
1–1 (A)
Quarter-Final Rangers[2] 0–0 (A)
2–0 Elland Road
Semi-Final Dundee[3] 1–1 (A)
1–0 Elland Road
Final[4] Ferencváros 1–0 Elland Road
0–0 Népstadion, Budapest
1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Standard Liège 0–0 (A)
3–2 Elland Road
Second Round Napoli 2–0 Elland Round
0–2 (A) [1]
Third Round Hannover 5–1 Elland Road
2–1 (A)
Quarter-Final Újpest 0–1 Elland Road
0–2 (A)
1969–70 European Cup First Round Lyn 10–0 Elland Road
6–0 (A)
Second Round Ferencváros 3–0 Elland Road
3–0 (A)
Quarter-Final Standard Liège 1–0 (A)
1–0 Elland Road
Semi-Final Celtic 0–1 Elland Road
1–2 (A)
1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First Round Sarpsborg 1–0 (A)
5–0 Elland Road
Second Round Dynamo Dresden 1–0 Elland Road
1–2 (A) [5]
Third Round Sparta Prague 6–0 Elland Road
3–2 (A)
Quarter-Final Vitória Setúbal 2–1 Elland Road
1–1 (A)
Semi-Final Liverpool 1–0 (A)
0–0 Elland Road
Final Juventus 2–2 Stadio Comunale, Turin
1–1 Elland Road [5]
Fairs Cup Play-off Final Barcelona 1–2 Nou Camp
1971–72 UEFA Cup First Round Lierse 0–4 Elland Road
2–0 (A)
1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup First Round Ankaragücü 1–1 (A)
1–0 Elland Road
Second Round Carl Zeiss Jena 0–0 (A)
2–0 Elland Road
Quarter-Final Rapid Bucureşti 5–0 Elland Road
3–1 (A)
Semi-Final Hajduk Split 1–0 Elland Road
0–0 (A)
Final Milan 0–1 Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
1973–74 UEFA Cup First Round Strømsgodset 1–1 (A)
6–1 Elland Road
Second Round Hibernian 0–0 Elland Road
0–0 (A)[6]
Third Round Vitória Setúbal 1–0 Elland Road
1–3 (A)
1974–75 European Cup First Round Zürich 4–1 Elland Road
1–2 (A)
Second Round Újpest 2–1 (A)
3–0 Elland Road
Quarter-Final Anderlecht 3–0 Elland Road
1–0 (A)
Semi-Final Barcelona 2–1 Elland Road
1–1 (A)
Final Bayern Munich 0–2 Parc des Princes, Paris
1979–80 UEFA Cup First Round Valletta 4–0 (A)
3–0 Elland Road
Second Round Universitatea Craiova 0–2 (A)
0–2 Elland Road
1992–93 European Cup First Round Stuttgart 0–3 (A)
4–1 Elland Round[7]
Second Round Rangers 1–2 (A)
1–2 Elland Road
1995–96 UEFA Cup First Round AS Monaco 3–0 (A)
0–1 Elland Road
Second Round PSV Eindhoven 3–5 Elland Road
0–3
1998–99 UEFA Cup First Round Marítimo 1–0 Elland Road
0–1 (A)[8]
Second Round Roma 0–1 (A)
0–0 Elland Road
1999–2000 UEFA Cup First Round Partizan Belgrade 3–1 (A)
1–0 Elland Road
Second Round Lokomotiv Moscow 4–1 Elland Road
3–0 (A)
Third Round Spartak Moscow 1–2 (A)
1–0 Elland Road [5]
Fourth Round Roma 0–0 (A)
1–0 Elland Road
Quarter-Final Slavia Prague 3–0 Elland Road
1–2 (A)
Semi-Final Galatasaray 0–2 (A)
2–2 (H)
2000–01 Champions League Third qualifying round 1860 Munich 2–1 Elland Road
1–0 (A)
Group H Barcelona 0–4 (A)
1–1 Elland Road
Group H Milan 1–0 Elland Road
1–1 (A)
Group H Beşiktaş J.K. 6–0 Elland Road
0–0 (A)
Second Group D Real Madrid 0–2 Elland Road
2–3 (A)
Second Group D Lazio 1–0 (A)
3–3 Elland Road
Second Group D Anderlecht 2–1 Elland Road
4–1 (A)
Quarter-Final Deportivo La Coruña 3–0 Elland Road
0–2 (A)
Semi-Final Valencia 0–0 Elland Road
0–3 (A)
2001–02 UEFA Cup First Round Marítimo 0–1 (A)
3–0 Elland Road
Second Round Troyes 4–2 Elland Road
2–3 (A)
Third Round Grasshopper 2–1 (A)
2–2 Elland Road
Fourth Round PSV Eindhoven 0–0 (A)
0–1 Elland Road
2002–03 UEFA Cup First Round Metalurh Zaporizhya 1–0 Elland Road
1–1 (A)
Second Round Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 Elland Road
4–1 (A)
Third Round Málaga 0–0 (A)
1–2 Elland Road

Notes and references
  1. Won on Coin flipping
  2. "European Nights: Leeds United 2 Rangers 0 (report and contemporary newspaper scans)". Leeds United F.C. History. 9 April 1968. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. "European Nights: Leeds United 1 Dundee 0 (report and contemporary newspaper scans)". Leeds United F.C. History. 15 May 1968. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. "Matches: 11 September 1968 - Ferencvaros 0 Leeds United 0". The Mighty Mighty Whites. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. Won on Away goals rule
  6. Won 5–4 on penalties
  7. Stuttgart would have won on away goals; however, it was realised that in the second leg between Leeds United and Stuttgart, Stuttgart had substituted a fourth foreign player. At the time, a maximum of three foreign players was allowed. The game was awarded to Leeds United with a score of 3–0, making it 3–3 on aggregate with no difference in away goals. A play-off match in Barcelona was ordered, which Leeds United won 2–1.
  8. Won 4–1 on penalties
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