Royal Antwerp F.C. in European football

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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 Austria 6 2 0 3 11 9 +2
Bulgaria Bulgaria 4 3 1 0 9 5 +4
Cyprus Cyprus 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
Czech Republic Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
England England 6 3 0 3 8 13 –5
France France 2 0 1 1 4 5 –1
Germany Germany 10 2 3 5 10 14 –4
Greece Greece 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2
Hungary Hungary 2 0 1 1 1 3 –2
Italy Italy 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1
Kosovo Kosovo 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
Luxembourg Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
Netherlands Netherlands 4 1 1 2 4 7 –3
Norway Norway 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
Poland Poland 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1
Portugal Portugal 4 1 1 2 5 8 –3
Romania Romania 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Russia Russia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Scotland Scotland 6 1 1 4 13 20 –7
Spain Spain 8 2 0 6 6 21 –15
Switzerland Switzerland 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4 1 3 0 6 5 +1
Turkey Turkey 6 0 3 3 5 9 –4
Ukraine 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 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 0–6 1–8
1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Germany Hertha BSC 2–0 1–2 3–2
2R Spain Athletic Bilbao 0–1 0–2 0–3
1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–0 3–3 4–3
2R Spain Barcelona 2–1 0–2 2–3
1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 1–0 1–0 2–0
2R Scotland Kilmarnock 0–1 2–7 2–8
1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1R Turkey Göztepe Izmir 1–2 0–0 1–2
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R Austria Sturm Graz 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
2R Netherlands Ajax 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R England Aston Villa 4–1 1–0 5–1
2R Poland Śląsk Wrocław 1–1 1–2 2–3
1983–84 UEFA Cup 1R Switzerland Zürich 4–2 4–1 8–3
2R France Lens 2–3 2–2 4–5
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R Germany 1. FC Köln 2–4 1–2 3–6
1989–90 UEFA Cup 1R Bulgaria Levski Sofia 4–3 0–0 4–3
2R Scotland Dundee United 4–0 2–3 6–3
3R Germany VfB Stuttgart 1–0 1–1 2–1
QF Germany 1. FC Köln 0–0 0–2 0–2
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R Hungary Ferencváros 0–0 1–3 1–3
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Northern Ireland Glenavon 1–1 1–1 1–1
2R Austria Admira Wacker 3–4 4–2 7–6
QF Romania Steaua București 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
SF Russia Spartak Moscow 3–1 0–1 3–2
F Italy Parma 1–3
1993–94 UEFA Cup 1R Portugal Marítimo 2–0 2–2 4–2
2R Austria Austria Salzburg 0–1 0–1 0–2
1994–95 UEFA Cup 1R England Newcastle United 0–5 2–5 2–10
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 3Q Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 1–2 2–2
PO Netherlands AZ 1–1 1–4 2–5
2020–21 UEFA Europa League Group J England Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 0–2 2nd
Austria LASK 0–1 2–0
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 3–1 2–1
R32 Scotland Rangers 3–4 2–5 5–9
2021–22 UEFA Europa League PO Cyprus Omonia 2–0 (a.e.t.) 2–4 4–4 (3–2 p)
Group D Greece Olympiacos 1–0 1–2 4th
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 2–2
Turkey Fenerbahçe 0–3 2–2
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Kosovo Drita 0−0 2–0 2–0
3Q Norway Lillestrøm 2–0 3–1 5–1
PO Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir 1–3 1−1 2–4
2023–24 UEFA Champions League PO Greece AEK Athens 1–0 2–1 3–1
Group H Spain Barcelona 3–2 0–5 4th
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 0–1
Portugal 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.