Leicester City F.C. in European football

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Leicester City F.C. in European football
Double Decker Stand at Filbert Street.jpg
Filbert Street, home to Leicester from 1891 to 2002. The club played here during three major European campaigns.
Club Leicester City
First entry 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup
Last entry 2000–01 UEFA Cup

Leicester City Football Club is an English football club based in Leicester, Leicestershire. The club was founded in 1884 and has competed in the English football league system since 1894. They played in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1961–62, and the UEFA Cup in 1997–98 and 2000–01. The club also entered the Anglo-Italian Cup, the Anglo-Scottish Cup and the Texaco Cup.

History

1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup

The Foxes were beaten finalists in the 1961 FA Cup Final, losing 2–0 to Tottenham Hotspur. However, as Spurs had won the league as well as the FA Cup, they qualified for the 1961–62 European Cup, and Leicester took their Cup Winners' Cup place. Their preliminary round opposition were Glenavon, who became the first participant in the European Cup Winners' Cup to hail from Northern Ireland. A three-goal blast in ten minutes helped Leicester take the first leg at Windsor Park 4–1.[1] Leicester won the second leg 3–1,[2] sending them through to the first round.

Double Copa del Rey-winning Atlético Madrid were the opposition. The home leg at Filbert Street finished 1–1.[3] However Leicester lost 2–0 at the Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, halting their progress.[4] Atleti went on to win the tournament.[5]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary round Northern Ireland Glenavon 1–4 (A), 3–1 (H)
First round 23x15px Atlético Madrid 1–1 (H), 2–0 (A)

1972 Anglo-Italian Cup

Leicester's first appearance in the Anglo-Italian Cup came in 1972. City were part of a six-strong English contingent made up of themselves, Birmingham City, Carlisle United, Stoke City, Sunderland and 1971 winners Blackpool.[6] Leicester lost their away games and won their home matches, leaving them with a finish of third in the English table. Due to lack of interest the tournament ceased after the 1973 edition.[7]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1972 Anglo-Italian Cup Group stage Italy Cagliari 1–0 (A)
Group stage Italy Atalanta 5–3 (A)
Group stage Italy Cagliari 2–1 (H)
Group stage Italy Atalanta 6–0 (H)

1972–73 Texaco Cup

As well as their Anglo-Italian Cup début, the Foxes entered the Texaco Cup for the first time in 1972–73. Their first opponents were Dundee United. Both legs ended in draws, and Leicester won in the subsequent penalty shoot-out after there was no winner in extra time. Leicester were pitted against Norwich City for the second round. After both legs finished 2–0 to the respective home teams after extra time, Norwich progressed by winning the penalty shoot-out 4–3.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1972–73 Texaco Cup First round Scotland Dundee United 1–1 (H), 2–2 (A)[nb 1]
Second round England Norwich City 2–0 (H), 2–0 (A)[nb 2]

1973–74 Texaco Cup

Returning for a second straight Texaco Cup tournament, Leicester would again by thwarted at the second round. This time, their elimination would come at the hands of Dundee United - the club Leicester knocked out the season before.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1973–74 Texaco Cup First round Scotland Ayr United 1–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
Second round Scotland Dundee United 1–1 (H), 1–0 (A)

1975–76 Anglo-Scottish Cup

After Texaco dropped their sponsorship of the tournament, the Anglo-Scottish Cup was created in the 1975–76 season, using a group stage format in which each team would play the others in the group once, with only the team finishing top of the group progressing. Leicester were in Group 2 of the English Qualifiers, with Hull City, Mansfield Town and West Bromwich Albion.[8] Inconsistency ensured that City would not progress as they registered one win, one draw and one loss.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1975–76 Anglo-Scottish Cup First round England Hull City 1–1 (A)
First round England Mansfield Town 2–0 (A)
First round England West Bromwich Albion 2–1 (H)

1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup

The revival of the Anglo-Italian Cup for the 1992–93 campaign saw Leicester return to European cup competition for the first time since the 1970s, however it would only be a brief return, as Leicester failed to qualify from their group in the Preliminary Round.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup Preliminary Round England Grimsby Town 4–0 (H)
Preliminary Round England Newcastle United 4–0 (A)

1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup

The next season City tried again, with another entry. Again, they fell at the Preliminary Round, as West Bromwich Albion topped the group. Leicester didn't take part in the Anglo-Italian Cup again, and the tournament itself was scrapped after the 1995–96 tournament because the two leagues could not agree on dates for fixtures,[9] and due to increasing violence at matches.[10]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup Preliminary Round England Peterborough United 4–3 (A)
Preliminary Round England West Bromwich Albion 0–0 (H)

1997–98 UEFA Cup

Martin O'Neill led Leicester to their first major European competition in 36 years.

Under Martin O'Neill, Leicester won the Football League Cup in 1996–97, beating Middlesbrough in the Final. This League Cup was the club's first silverware for 26 years, and it allowed Leicester to qualify for the UEFA Cup, their first major European competition in thirty-six years. English clubs Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpool also qualified.[11]

The draw matched City up with Atlético Madrid.[12] In Leicester's first major European tournament match since the clubs last met back in 1961, the Madrid club won the first leg 2–1, at their Vicente Calderón Stadium.[13] Leicester lost the home tie 2–0 and the Midland club were eliminated.[14] Juninho - who was in the Middlesbrough team beaten by City in the League Cup final - scored in both legs, while Ian Marshall was the sole Leicester goalscorer.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1997–98 UEFA Cup First round Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 (A), 0–2 (H)

2000–01 UEFA Cup

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Club captain Matt Elliott lifts the League Cup, gateway to Leicester's second UEFA Cup campaign in less than five seasons.

O'Neill's Leicester side won the League Cup again in 1999–2000, this time beating Tranmere Rovers in the Final, the last to be held at the old Wembley Stadium. This saw Leicester awarded a place in the UEFA Cup, alongside fellow English clubs Chelsea and Liverpool.[15] The Merseyside club would go on to win the tournament.[16] O'Neill left Leicester for Celtic in June 2000,[17] with Peter Taylor taking up the managerial reins at Leicester.

The Foxes drew Red Star Belgrade in the first round.[18] Alarm bells in England rang almost immediately, owing to a general election in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia scheduled the same week as Leicester's planned visit to Belgrade, with the Foreign Office fearing "civil unrest". David Davies, then chief executive of the Football Association, termed the situation as "very delicate".[18] BBC Sport succinctly referred to the situation as a "nightmare trip".[19] Amid media reports of their withdrawal from the tournament, the Foxes made the decision to request a venue change, following a similar move the season before when Leeds United faced Red Star's eternal rivals FK Partizan in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.[20] Despite an appeal from Red Star,[21] UEFA elected to stage the game at a neutral ground, a week later than originally planned.[22]

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Muzzy Izzet scored Leicester's most recent European goal in 2000.

The first leg was a 1–1 draw with Gerry Taggart cancelling out Milenko Ačimovič's early opener[23] - clocked at 47 seconds by Reuters, who called it "one of the fastest goals in UEFA Cup history".[24] The second leg, held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Austria - home to Vienna club Rapid - finished 3–1 to the 'home' side, with Muzzy Izzet scoring Leicester's goal.[25]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
2000–01 UEFA Cup First round Serbia and Montenegro Red Star Belgrade 1–1 (H), 3–1 (A)[nb 3]

2016–17 UEFA Champions League

On April 9, 2016, Leicester City, who are placed first in the league, secured a Champions League group stage spot, and on May 2, clinched their first national league title. Therefore, they will be seeded for the Group Stage draw due to the Premier League being among Europe's top eight leagues.

Overall record

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
European Cup Winners' Cup 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3
UEFA Cup 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5
Total 8 2 2 4 11 13 -2


Notes

  1. ↑ Won 5–4 on penalties
  2. ↑ Lost 4–3 on penalties
  3. ↑ 'Away' leg held at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna, Austria

References

General

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