Royal Antwerp F.C. in European football

Royal Antwerp Football Club, often simply referred to as R. Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is an association football club from Antwerp, Belgium. The team has participated in sixteen seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including one season in the European Cup, fourteen seasons in the Inter Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup and Europa League, one season in the Cup Winners' Cup. [1] The club's first appearance was in the 1957–58 European Cup. Since then, the club has participated in various seasons of the UEFA club competitions, with various success. Their best performance was reaching the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1993, where Antwerp lost 3–1 to Italian side Parma.

Total statistics edit

As of home match with Barcelona.

Competition S Pld W D L GF GA GD
European Cup / UEFA Champions League 1 6 1 0 5 6 17 −11
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 15 63 21 12 30 83 102 −19
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 9 2 4 3 12 11 +1
Total 17 78 24 16 38 101 130 –29

Statistics by country edit

As of 13 December 2023.

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Austria 6 2 0 3 11 9 +2
  Bulgaria 4 3 1 0 9 5 +4
  Cyprus 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
  Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
  England 6 3 0 3 8 13 –5
  France 2 0 1 1 4 5 –1
  Germany 10 2 3 5 10 14 –4
  Greece 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2
  Hungary 2 0 1 1 1 3 –2
  Italy 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1
  Kosovo 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
  Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
  Netherlands 4 1 1 2 4 7 –3
  Norway 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
  Poland 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1
  Portugal 4 1 1 2 5 8 –3
  Romania 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
  Russia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
  Scotland 6 1 1 4 13 20 –7
  Spain 8 2 0 6 6 21 –15
  Switzerland 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5
  Northern Ireland 4 1 3 0 6 5 +1
  Turkey 6 0 3 3 5 9 –4
  Ukraine 2 0 0 2 2 4 –2
Total 85 27 18 41 111 142 –31

Matches edit

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1957–58 European Cup 1R   Real Madrid 1–2 0–6 1–8
1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R   Hertha BSC 2–0 1–2 3–2
2R   Athletic Bilbao 0–1 0–2 0–3
1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R   Glentoran 1–0 3–3 4–3
2R   Barcelona 2–1 0–2 2–3
1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R   Union Luxembourg 1–0 1–0 2–0
2R   Kilmarnock 0–1 2–7 2–8
1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R   Göztepe Izmir 1–2 0–0 1–2
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R   Sturm Graz 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
2R   Ajax 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R   Aston Villa 4–1 1–0 5–1
2R   Śląsk Wrocław 1–1 1–2 2–3
1983–84 UEFA Cup 1R   Zürich 4–2 4–1 8–3
2R   Lens 2–3 2–2 4–5
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R   1. FC Köln 2–4 1–2 3–6
1989–90 UEFA Cup 1R   Levski Sofia 4–3 0–0 4–3
2R   Dundee United 4–0 2–3 6–3
3R   VfB Stuttgart 1–0 1–1 2–1
QF   1. FC Köln 0–0 0–2 0–2
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R   Ferencváros 0–0 1–3 1–3
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R   Glenavon 1–1 1–1 1–1
2R   Admira Wacker 3–4 4–2 7–6
QF   Steaua București 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
SF   Spartak Moscow 3–1 0–1 3–2
F   Parma 1–3
1993–94 UEFA Cup 1R   Marítimo 2–0 2–2 4–2
2R   Austria Salzburg 0–1 0–1 0–2
1994–95 UEFA Cup 1R   Newcastle United 0–5 2–5 2–10
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 3Q   Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 1–2 2–2
PO   AZ 1–1 1–4 2–5
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Group J   Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 0–2 2nd
  LASK 0–1 2–0
  Ludogorets Razgrad 3–1 2–1
R32   Rangers 3–4 2–5 5–9
2021–22 UEFA Europa League PO   Omonia 2–0 (a.e.t.) 2–4 4–4 (3–2 p)
Group D   Olympiacos 1–0 1–2 4th
  Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 2–2
  Fenerbahçe 0–3 2–2
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q   Drita 0−0 2–0 2–0
3Q   Lillestrøm 2–0 3–1 5–1
PO   İstanbul Başakşehir 1–3 1−1 2–4
2023–24 UEFA Champions League PO   AEK Athens 1–0 2–1 3–1
Group H   Barcelona 3–2 0–5 4th
  Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 0–1
  Porto 1–4 0–2

Summary of best results edit

From the quarter-finals upwards:

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1):

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

  • Quarter-finalists in 1990.

References edit

  1. ^ "Royal Antwerp". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 21 October 2020.