Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. in European football

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. in European competitions
ClubWolverhampton Wanderers
Seasons played8
First entry1958–59 European Cup
Latest entry2019–20 UEFA Europa League

This is the list of all Wolverhampton Wanderers' European matches. The club's first entry into European competitions was the 1958–59 European Cup, with their most recent being the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. They reached the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals for the 2019–20 season where they were defeated 1-0 by Sevilla. The best result was reaching the final of the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, that they lost 3–2 on aggregate against Tottenham Hotspur.

European final[edit]

  • Wolverhampton Wanderers's score listed first
Year Date Competition Opposing Team Score (*) Venue Captain Manager
1972 (1st leg) 3 May
(2nd leg) 17 May 		UEFA Cup England Tottenham Hotspur
2–3 agg
 England Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
England White Hart Lane, London 		Scotland Jim McCalliog England Bill McGarry

Overall record[edit]

As of 11 August 2020
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup 8 2 2 4 12 16 −4 025.00
European Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 025.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 37 25 5 7 79 39 +40 067.57
Total 49 28 8 13 97 58 +39 057.14

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.

Matches[edit]

List of Wolverhampton Wanderers games in UEFA competitions
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate References
1958–59 European Cup 1R West Germany Schalke 04 2–2 1–2 3–4 [1]
1959–60 European Cup PR East Germany Vorwärts Berlin 2–0 1–2 3–2 [2]
R16 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3–0 1–1 4–1
QF Spain Barcelona 2–5 0–4 2–9
1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup QF Austria Austria Wien 5–0 0–2 5–2 [3]
SF Scotland Rangers 1–1 0–2 1–3
1971–72 UEFA Cup 1R Portugal Académica 3–0 4–1 7–1 [4]
2R Netherlands ADO Den Haag 4–0 3–1 7–1
3R East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 3–0 1–0 4–0
QF Italy Juventus 2–1 1–1 3–2
SF Hungary Ferencvárosi 2–1 2–2 4–3
Final England Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 1–1 2–3
1973–74 UEFA Cup 1R Portugal Belenenses 2–0 2–1 4–1 [5]
2R East Germany Lokomotive Leipzig 4–1 0–3 4–4 (a)
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R Portugal Porto 3–1 1–4 4–5 [6]
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1R Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–0 1–3 2–3 [7]
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 2QR Northern Ireland Crusaders 2–0 4–1 6–1 [8][9]
3QR Armenia Pyunik 4–0 4–0 8–0 [10][11]
PO Italy Torino 2–1 3–2 5–3 [12][13]
Group K Portugal Braga 0–1 3–3 2nd [14][15]
Turkey Beşiktaş 4–0 1–0 [16][17]
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–0 2–1 [18][19]
R32 Spain Espanyol 4–0 2–3 6–3 [20][21]
R16 Greece Olympiacos 1–0 1–1 2–1 [22][23]
QF Spain Sevilla 0–1 [24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UEFA Champions League 1958–59". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ "UEFA Champions League 1959–60". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. ^ "European Competitions 1960–61". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. ^ "European Competitions 1971–72". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. ^ "European Competitions 1973–74". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  6. ^ "European Competitions 1974–75". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  7. ^ "European Competitions 1980–81". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Europa League: Wolves beat gritty Crusaders 2-0 on European return". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Europa League: Wolves ease to qualifier win over Crusaders in Belfast". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Raul Jimenez scores twice as Wolves dominate in Armenia". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Europa League: Wolves beat Pyunik 4-0 for a 8-0 aggregate win". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Nuno Espirito Santo's side take advantage in Europa League play-off tie". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Wolves beat Torino to reach Europa League group stage". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Hosts beaten in Europa League opener". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Wolves qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League after playing out a thrilling draw with Braga in Portugal". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Willy Bolly strikes late to give Wolves a dramatic win". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Wolves were denied top spot in their Europa League group". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Raul Jimenez hits winner in Europa League fightback". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Raul Jimenez put Wolves on the brink of the Europa League knockout stages". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Jota hat-trick helps Wolves thrash Espanyol". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 February 2020.
  21. ^ "Wolves through despite Jonathan Calleri's hat-trick". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 February 2020.
  22. ^ "Pedro Neto scores valuable away goal". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Raul Jimenez goal sends Wolves into last eight". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Spanish side set up Man Utd semi-final". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 August 2020.
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