Manchester City is an English football team which has played in European competitions on a number of occasions. Although they do not have the European pedigree of other English teams such as Liverpool and Arsenal, they have represented England in the European Cup (now the Champions League) on one occasion, the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) on six separate occasions, and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup twice, winning it once.

Unlike other major English clubs, Manchester City also has a track record of repeated entry into several of the non-UEFA sanctioned European competitions which were run in the 1970s-80s era, including the Anglo-Italian League Cup and the Texaco Cup.

UEFA competitions edit

Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Score
1968–69 European Cup First Division champions First round   Fenerbahçe 0–0 (Maine Road)
1–2 (Bayrampasa Stadyumu, Istanbul)
1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup FA Cup winners First round   Athletic Bilbao 3–3 (Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao)
3–0 (Maine Road)
Second round   Lierse S.K. 3–0 (Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier)
5–0 (Maine Road)
Quarter-final   Académica de Coimbra 0–0 (Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra)
1–0 (aet) (Maine Road)
Semi-final   FC Schalke 04 0–1 (Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen)
5–1 (Maine Road)
Final   Górnik Zabrze 2–1 (Praterstadion, Vienna)
1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup Cup Winners' Cup winners First round   Linfield 1–0 (Maine Road)
1–2 (a) (Windsor Park, Belfast)
Second round   Budapest Honvéd SE 1–0 (Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest)
2–0 (Maine Road)
Quarter-final   Górnik Zabrze 0–2 (Stadion KS Górnik, Zabrze)
2–0 (aet) (Maine Road)
3–1 (Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen)
Semi-final   Chelsea 0–1 (Stamford Bridge, London)
0–1 (Maine Road)
1972–73 UEFA Cup First Division, 4th First round   Valencia 2–2 (Maine Road)
1–2 (Estadio Mestalla, Valencia)
1976–77 UEFA Cup League Cup winners First round   Juventus 1–0 (Maine Road)
0–2 (Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin)
1977–78 UEFA Cup First Division, 2nd First round   Widzew Łódź 2–2 (Maine Road)
0–0 (a) (Stadion Widzewa, Łódź)
1978–79 UEFA Cup First Division, 4th First round   FC Twente 1–1 (Stadion Diekman, Enschede)
3–2 (Maine Road)
Second round   Standard Liège 4–0 (Maine Road)
0–2 (Stade de Sclessin, Liège)
Third round   AC Milan 2–2 (Stadio San Siro, Milan)
3–0 (Maine Road)
Quarter-final   Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 (Maine Road)
1–3 (Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach)
1992–93 UEFA Cup First Division, 5th
Unable to enter[1]
2003–04 UEFA Cup UEFA Fair Play entry Qualifying round   Total Network Solutions 2–0 (Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
5–0 (City of Manchester Stadium)
First round   Sporting Lokeren 3–2 (City of Manchester Stadium)
1–1 (Daknamstadion, Lokeren)
Second round   Dyskobolia Grodzisk 1–1 (City of Manchester Stadium)
0–0 (a) (Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii, Grodzisk Wielkopolski)
2008–09 UEFA Cup UEFA Fair Play entry First qualifying round   EB/Streymur 2–0 (Tórsvøllur Stadium, Tórshavn)
2–0 (Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley)
Second qualifying round   Midtjylland 0–1 (City of Manchester Stadium)
1–0 (pen) (SAS Arena, Herning)
First round   AC Omonia 2–1 (Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia)
2–1 (City of Manchester Stadium)
Group stage   FC Twente 3–2 (City of Manchester Stadium)
  Schalke 04 2–0 (Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen)
  Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 (City of Manchester Stadium)
  Racing Santander 0–2 (Estadio El Sardinero, Santander)
Round of 32   F.C. Copenhagen 2–2 (Parken Stadium, Copenhagen)
2–1 (City of Manchester Stadium)
Round of 16   Aalborg BK 2–0 (City of Manchester Stadium)
0–2 (pen) (Energi Nord Arena, Aalborg)
Quarter-final   Hamburg 1–3 (HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg)
2–1 (City of Manchester Stadium)

Non-UEFA competitions edit

Season Competition Qualification method Round Opposition Score
1970–71 Anglo-Italian League Cup League Cup winners Final   Bologna 0–1 (Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna)
2–2 (Maine Road)
1971–72 Texaco Cup Invitation First round   Airdrieonians 2–2 (Maine Road)
0–2 (Broomfield Park, Airdrie)
1974–75 Texaco Cup Invitation Group stage   Blackpool 1–1 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)
  Sheffield United 2–4 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)
  Oldham Athletic 2–1 (Maine Road)
1975–76 Anglo-Scottish Cup Invitation Group stage   Blackpool 0–1 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)
  Blackburn Rovers 0–1 (Ewood Park, Sheffield)
  Sheffield United 3–1 (Maine Road)
1976–77 Tennent Caledonian Cup Invitation Semi-final   Southampton 1–1 (coin toss) (Ibrox Park)
Third place play-off   Partick Thistle 4–1 (Ibrox Park)

Finals edit

Year Competition Opposing Team Score Venue
1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup   Górnik Zabrze 2–1 Praterstadion, Vienna
1970–71 Anglo-Italian League Cup   Bologna 0–1
2–2
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Maine Road

Semi-finals edit

Year Competition Opposing Team Score Venue Other Semi-finalists
1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup   FC Schalke 04 0–1
5–1
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Maine Road
  AS Roma
  Górnik Zabrze
1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup   Chelsea 0–1
0–1
Stamford Bridge, London
Maine Road
  PSV Eindhoven
  Real Madrid
1976–77 Tennent Caledonian Cup   Southampton 1–1 Ibrox Park   Partick Thistle
  Rangers

Statistics edit

By competition edit

Competition Seasons Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA competitions
European Cup / UEFA Champions League 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 –1
Cup Winners' Cup 2 18 11 2 5 32 13 +19
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 6 36 16 11 9 56 41 +15
Total 9 56 27 14 15 89 56 +33
Non-UEFA competitions
Anglo-Italian League Cup 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1
Texaco Cup / Anglo-Scottish Cup 3 8 2 2 4 10 13 –3
Tennent Caledonian Cup 1 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3
Total 5 12 3 4 5 17 18 -1

By country edit

UEFA competitions edit

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Belgium 6 3 1 2 16 5 +11
  Cyprus 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
  Denmark 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1
  England 2 0 0 2 0 2 –2
  Faeroe Islands 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
  France 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
  West Germany/Germany 7 3 1 3 13 11 +2
  Hungary 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
  Italy 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2
  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2
  Northern Ireland 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
  Poland 8 3 4 1 10 7 +3
  Portugal 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1
  Spain 5 1 2 2 8 8 0
  Turkey 2 0 1 1 3 4 –1
  Wales 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7

Non-UEFA competitions edit

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
  England 7 2 2 3 9 10 –1
  Italy 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1
  Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1

References edit

  1. ^ Unable to enter the 1992–93 UEFA Cup by virtue of England's UEFA coefficient having been stripped following the Heysel Stadium Disaster. Though English teams were readmitted to Europe in the 1990–91 season, they entered with England's coefficient set to zero. Thus, English teams had to re-earn England's right to submit multiple teams for European competition, which took five years (the length of time UEFA coefficients are calculated over). Given that UEFA coefficient rules determined that England would reenter Europe with a zero coefficient under any circumstances, it was mathematically impossible for England to earn enough points for City to qualify for Europe from a position which, prior to 1985, would have been entitled them to enter the UEFA Cup.