Newcastle United F.C. in European football

Newcastle United F.C. first played European football with their appearance in the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a competition which they won. Their first Champions League appearance came in 1997–98. Newcastle's first and last appearance in the Cup Winners' Cup came in 1998–99.

Newcastle United F.C. in international football

Club	Newcastle United
First entry	1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry	2012–13 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Intertoto Cup	(2006)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	(1969)

According to UEFA their only official UEFA title was won in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.[1]

As of the 2017–2018 season, they have played a total of 16 seasons in European football. Alan Shearer is the club's leading goalscorer in European competition with 30 goals. Shay Given has made the most appearances in European competition for Newcastle with 54.

Results by season

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home Leg	Away Leg	Aggregate
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round		Feyenoord	4–0	0–2	4–2
		Second Round		Sporting CP	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Third Round		Zaragoza	2–1	2–3	4(A)–4
		Quarter-finals		Vitória Setúbal	5–1	1–3	6–4
		Semi-finals		Rangers	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Final		Újpest Dózsa	3–0	3–2	6–2
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round		Dundee United	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Second Round		Porto	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Third Round		Southampton	0–0	1–1	1(A)–1
		Quarter-finals		Anderlecht	3–1	0–2	3–3(A)
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First Round		Inter Milan	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Second Round		Pécsi Dózsa	2–0	0–2	2–2(P)
1977–78	UEFA Cup	First Round		Bohemians	4–0	0–0	4–0
		Second Round		Bastia	1–3	1–2	2–5
1994–95	UEFA Cup	First Round		Antwerp	5–2	5–0	10–2
		Second Round		Athletic Bilbao	3–2	0–1	3–3(A)
1996–97	UEFA Cup	First Round		Halmstad	4–0	1–2	5–2
		Second Round		Ferencváros	4–0	2–3	6–3
		Third round		Metz	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals		Monaco	0–1	0–3	0–4
1997–98	UEFA Champions League	Second Qualifying Round		Croatia Zagreb	2–1	2–2	4–3
		Group Stage		Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	2–2
				PSV Eindhoven	0–2	0–1
				Barcelona	3–2	0–1
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round		Partizan Belgrade	2–1	0–1	2–2(A)
1999–00	UEFA Cup	First Round		CSKA Sofia	2–2	2–0	4–2
		Second Round		Zürich	3–1	2–1	5–2
		Third Round		Roma	0–0	0–1	0–1
2001–02	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third Round		Lokeren	1–0	4–0	5–0
		Semi-finals		1860 Munich	3–1	3–2	6–3
		Finals		Troyes	4–4	0–0	4–4(A)
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	Third Qualifying Round		Željezničar	1–0	4–0	5–0
		Group Stage		Juventus	1–0	0–2
				Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	0–2
				Feyenoord	0–1	3–2
		2nd Group Stage		Barcelona	0–2	1–3
				Inter Milan	1–4	2–2
				Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	3–1
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	Third Qualifying Round		Partizan Belgrade	0–1	1–0	1–1(P)
	UEFA Cup	First Round		NAC Breda	5–0	1–0	6–0
		Second Round		Basel	1–0	3–2	4–2
		Third Round		Vålerenga	3–1	1–1	4–2
		Fourth Round		Mallorca	4–1	3–0	7–1
		Quarter-finals		PSV Eindhoven	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Semi-finals		Marseille	0–0	0–2	0–2
2004–05	UEFA Cup	First round		Bnei Sakhnin	2–0	5–1	7–1
		Group Stage		Sochaux		4–0
				Sporting CP	1–1
				Panionios		1–0
				Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0
		Round of 32		Heerenveen	2–1	2–1	4–2
		Round of 16		Olympiacos	3–1	4–0	7–1
		Quarter-finals		Sporting CP	1–0	1–4	2–4
2005–06	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third Round		Dubnica	2–0	3–1	5–1
		Semi-finals		Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	1–2	2–4
2006–07	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third Round		Lillestrøm	1–1	3–0	4–1
	UEFA Cup	First round		Levadia Tallinn	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Group Stage		Celta Vigo	2–1
				Fenerbahçe	1–0
				Palermo		1–0
				Eintracht Frankfurt		0–0
		Round of 32		Zulte Waregem	1–0	3–1	4–1
		Round of 16		AZ	4–2	0–2	4–4(A)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round		Atromitos	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Group Stage		Marítimo	1–1	0–0
				Bordeaux	3–0	0–2
				Club Brugge	1–0	2–2
		Round of 32		Metalist Kharkiv	0–0	1–0	1–0
		Round of 16		Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Quarter-finals		Benfica	1–1	1–3	2–4

Source for Fairs Cup:[2]

Overall record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	24	11	3	10	33	33	+0	045.83
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League	72	42	17	13	123	60	+63	058.33
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	24	13	6	5	37	21	+16	054.17
Total	122	67	26	29	195	116	+79	054.92

Goalscorers

	Name	Career	Goals
1	Alan Shearer	1996–2006	30
2	Shola Ameobi	2000–2014	15
3	Craig Bellamy	2001–2005	11
4	Wyn Davies	1966–1971	10
5	Pop Robson	1962–1971	9
	Faustino Asprilla	1996–1998	9
7	Nolberto Solano	1998–2004 2005–2007	7
8	Obafemi Martins	2006–2009	6
9	Kieron Dyer	1999–2007	5
	Patrick Kluivert	2004–2005	5
	Laurent Robert	2001–2005	5
	Jim Scott	1967–1969	5
	Gary Speed	1998–2004	5

Source:[3]

References

1. "Profile: Matches". Newcastle United FC: England. UEFA. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
2. "Game by Game in the Fairs Cup". toon 1892. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
3. "Goal Machines". Club Records. Newcastle United. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

• Champions League results and line-ups - newcastle united mad
• http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Club/History/Records

Further reading

• K. Fletcher, Magpies in Europe: From Antwerp to Zurich. (2011)
• Paul Joannou, The Grand Tour: Newcastle United's Adventures in Europe. (2006)