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Stoke City F.C. in European football
ClubStoke City
Seasons played3
First entry1972–73 UEFA Cup)
Latest entry2011–12 UEFA Europa League

Stoke City Football Club is an English football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was founded in 1863 and has competed in the English football league system since 1888. They played in the UEFA Cup in 1972–73 and 1974–75, before qualifying for the tournament in 2011–12 under the new name of UEFA Europa League. The club also entered the Anglo-Italian Cup and the Texaco Cup.

History[edit]

1970–71 Texaco Cup[edit]

Stoke entered the inaugural Texaco Cup, in 1970–71. Their first opponents were Motherwell. The Scottish club won the first leg 1–0, with the Glasgow Herald praising goalkeeper Gordon Banks' performance as "incredible".[1] At home, Stoke won 2–1, levelling the score on aggregate; Motherwell won in the subsequent penalty shoot-out after there was no winner in extra time.[2]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1970–71 Texaco Cup First round Scotland Motherwell 0–1 (A), 2–1 (H)[nb 1]

1971 Anglo-Italian Cup[edit]

Stoke's first appearance in the Anglo-Italian Cup came in 1971. For the group stage, Stoke were placed in Group 3, with Blackpool, Hellas Verona and A.S. Roma. Each club would face the clubs from the other country in their group home and away, and the English and Italian club with the best record in the tournament out of the three groups would play each other in the Final. City finished third in the English table.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1971 Anglo-Italian Cup Group stage Italy A.S. Roma 2–2 (H)
Group stage Italy Hellas Verona 2–0 (H)
Group stage Italy A.S. Roma 0–1 (A)
Group stage Italy Hellas Verona 2–1 (A)

1971–72 Texaco Cup[edit]

Stoke entered the Texaco Cup again in 1971–72. Again, Motherwell were Stoke's first round opponents, but this time Stoke beat them home and away to progress to the second round, where Derby County awaited. Derby won the leg at the Baseball Ground 3–2 and Stoke could only muster a 1–1 draw at home, leading to Derby winning 4–3 on aggregate. Derby went on to win the competition.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1971–72 Texaco Cup First round Scotland Motherwell 0–1 (A), 4–1 (H)
Second round England Derby County 3–2 (A), 1–1 (H)

1972 Anglo-Italian Cup[edit]

Stoke returned to the Anglo-Italian Cup for the 1972 tournament. City were part of a six-strong English contingent made up of themselves, Birmingham City, Carlisle United, Leicester City, Sunderland and reigning champions Blackpool.[3] The Potters beat Catanzaro home and away however lost both matches against Roma, resulting in Stoke finishing dead last. Due to lack of interest the tournament ceased after the 1973 edition.[4]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1972 Anglo-Italian Cup Group stage Italy Catanzaro 0–3 (A)
Group stage Italy A.S. Roma 2–0 (A)
Group stage Italy Catanzaro 2–0 (H)
Group stage Italy A.S. Roma 1–2 (H)

1972–73 UEFA Cup[edit]

Stoke City, under manager Tony Waddington, won the Football League Cup in 1971–72, beating Chelsea in the Final. This saw them awarded a place in the UEFA Cup,[5] alongside Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.[6]

The Potters faced 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the first round. In the home leg at the Victoria Ground, Terry Conroy became the first Stoke goalscorer in major European competition. Geoff Hurst doubled their lead, before Idriz Hošić scored for the visitors; John Ritchie's late goal restored City's two-goal advantage.[7] However, the away leg was disastrous for Stoke: substitute Lothar Huber opened the scoring a minute after coming onto the pitch, with Jürgen Friedrich and Hermann Bitz also scoring before City's sub Ritchie made a swift impact of his own by getting a red card almost immediately after entering the pitch. The West Germans were not finished yet, though, as Hošić added another to complete a 4–0 loss (5–3 on aggregate), sending Stoke out.[8]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1972–73 UEFA Cup First round West Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–1 (H), 4–0 (A)

1973–74 Texaco Cup[edit]

Returning for a third Texaco Cup tournament, Stoke were again eliminated early. This time, their elimination would come at the hands of Birmingham City, who won the penalty shoot-out after both legs finished goalless. This was Stoke's last entry to the Texaco Cup. Texaco withdrew their sponsorship after the 1974–75 tournament, which continued as the Anglo-Scottish Cup, which Stoke elected not to enter.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1973–74 Texaco Cup First round England Birmingham City 0–0 (H), 0–0 (A)[nb 2]

1974–75 UEFA Cup[edit]

Waddington delivered European football to Stoke again by finishing fifth in the 1973–74 season. This saw them awarded a place in the UEFA Cup, alongside fellow English clubs Derby County, Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers.[9]

Stoke's first opposition were Dutch club Ajax, who less than two years beforehand had won the right to retain the European Champion Clubs' Cup, and were now making their début UEFA Cup appearance. The home leg finished 1–1: Ruud Krol broke the deadlock in the 27th minute before Denis Smith equalised.[10] A goalless away leg in Amsterdam resulted in the elimination of the English club, by operation of the away goals rule.

Stoke's finish of fifth the following season was initially rewarded with another UEFA Cup berth. However, the existing "one team per city" rule (a hangover from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup days) was scrapped in 1975, allowing Everton in fourth to take up their place.[11]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1974–75 UEFA Cup First round Netherlands Ajax 1–1 (H), 0–0 (A)[nb 3]

1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup[edit]

Joe Jordan's (2009 image) first match as Stoke manager was against Fiorentina in the Anglo-Italian Cup.

Stoke's first entry to the Anglo-Italian Cup since the revival of the competition in 1992 came in the 1993–94 season. In the preliminary round, they were placed in Group 5 with Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers. A 3–3 draw at Wolves and a 2–0 win over Birmingham saw the Potters progress to the group stage.[12]

In the group stage, Stoke were in Group 2, with English teams Portsmouth, Southend United, and West Bromwich Albion and Italian clubs Cosenza, Fiorentina, Padova and Pescara. City's first match was a 2–1 win over Cosenza on 12 October 1993. In the first match of Joe Jordan's tenure as manager, Stoke played out a goalless draw with a Fiorentina side featuring internationalists Stefan Effenberg and Gabriel Batistuta on 10 November 1993.[13] However, defeats at Padova and Pescara derailed Stoke's campaign as they finished sixth in the group, out of eight.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup Preliminary round England Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–3 (A)
Preliminary round England Birmingham City 2–0 (H)
Group stage Italy Cosenza 2–1 (H)
Group stage Italy Fiorentina 0–0 (H)
Group stage Italy Padova 3–0 (A)
Group stage Italy Pescara 2–1 (A)

1994–95 Anglo-Italian Cup[edit]

In the 1994–95 tournament, City were put into Group B, with English clubs Derby County, Middlesbrough and Sheffield United, and Italian teams Ancona, Cesena, Piacenza and Udinese. Jordan began the season in charge, and was in the dugout for the first two group stage matches before resigning on 8 September 1994,[14] he was replaced by Lou Macari on 29 September 1994,[15] in time for Stoke's trip to Udinese. Macari was the man at the Victoria Ground helm before Jordan's appointment.[14] Stoke registered three wins out of four - a 1–1 draw against Ancona the only points dropped - and topped their group. This resulted in progression to the English final, where Notts County - Group A winners and finalists the previous season - awaited. Both legs finished goalless, and County won in the subsequent penalty shoot-out. They also won in the final at Wembley Stadium, beating Ascoli 2–1.[16]

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1994–95 Anglo-Italian Cup Group stage Italy Cesena 0–2 (A)
Group stage Italy Ancona 1–1 (H)
Group stage Italy Udinese 1–3 (A)
Group stage Italy Piacenza 4–0 (H)
English final England Notts County 0–0 (H), 0–0 (A)[nb 4]

1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup[edit]

In the 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup, the Potters were put into Group B, with English clubs Ipswich Town, Southend United, and West Bromwich Albion and Italian teams Brescia, Foggia, Reggiana and Salernitana. Stoke drew all four matches, finishing fifth. The tournament itself was scrapped after this tournament because the two leagues could not agree on dates for fixtures,[17] and due to increasing violence at matches.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup Group stage Italy Foggia 1–1 (A)
Group stage Italy Salernitana 2–2 (H)
Group stage Italy Brescia 1–1 (H)
Group stage Italy Reggiana 0–0 (A)

2011–12 UEFA Europa League[edit]

Stoke City, under manager Tony Pulis, were beaten finalists in the 2011 FA Cup Final, losing to Manchester City. This saw them awarded a place in the UEFA Europa League,[5] which featured five other English clubs: Birmingham City, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester clubs City and United.[18]

Kenwyne Jones scored four goals, making him Stoke's top European goalscorer.

After defeating Hajduk Split and FC Thun in the qualifying rounds, Stoke reached the group stage, and were drawn into Group E, to face Dynamo Kyiv, Beşiktaş and Maccabi Tel Aviv. A record of three wins, two draws and one loss led to Stoke finishing second in the group behind the Turkish club, and going through to face Valencia, who eliminated the Potters with two one-nil victories, in each leg.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round Croatia Hajduk Split 1–0 (H), 0–1 (A)
Play-off round Switzerland FC Thun 0–1 (A), 4–1 (H)
Group stage Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 (A), 1–1 (H)
Group stage Turkey Beşiktaş 2–1 (H), 1–3 (A)
Group stage Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–0 (H), 1–2 (A)
Round of 32 Spain Valencia 0–1 (H), 1–0 (A)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Lost 4–3 on penalties
  2. ^ Lost 5–4 on penalties
  3. ^ Lost on the away goals rule
  4. ^ Lost 3–2 on penalties

References[edit]

General[edit]

  • Lewis, Tom (20 December 2007). "Anglo-Scottish Cup & Texaco Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  • Veronese, Andrea (15 October 2000). "Anglo-Italian Cup 1971". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  • Garin, Erik (15 October 2000). "Anglo-Italian Cup 1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  • "UEFA Europa League 1972/73 - Stoke City FC". uefa.com. UEFA. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  • Murrary, Scott (26 June 2009). "The Joy of Six: Extinct football competitions". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  • "UEFA Europa League 1974/75 - Stoke City FC". uefa.com. UEFA. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  • "Anglo-Italian Cup 1993-1994: First Round Group 2". statto.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  • Garin, Erik (19 March 2001). "Anglo-Italian Cup 1994/95". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  • Garin, Erik (11 February 2011). "Anglo-Italian Cup 1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  • "UEFA Europa League 2011/12 - Stoke City FC". uefa.com. UEFA. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  • "UEFA Europa League 2011/12 - Standings - Group stage: Group E". uefa.com. UEFA. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

Specific[edit]

  1. ^ Parkinson, Jim (15 September 1970). "Motherwell deprived of runaway success: Motherwell 1, Stoke City 0". The Herald. Glasgow. p. 6. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Motherwell win penalty duel". The Herald. Glasgow. 1 October 1970. p. 6. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. ^ "ENGLAND'S SIX FOR ANGLO-ITALIAN CUP". The Herald. Glasgow. 21 March 1972. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Bologna 1, Blackpool 2 – Anglo-Italian Cup Final, June 12, 1971". Blackpool Gazette. 20 September 2006. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Manager Hails Europa League Boost". stokecityfc.com. Stoke City F.C. 12 May 2011. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011.
  6. ^ "1972/73 UEFA Cup - Clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Stoke 3-1 Kaiserslautern". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Kaiserslautern 4-0 Stoke". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  9. ^ "1974/75 UEFA Cup - Clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Stoke 1-1 Ajax". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Everton to replace Stoke in UEFA Cup". New Sunday Times. Kuala Lumpur: New Straits Times Press. Reuters. 8 June 1975. p. 15. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Anglo-Italian Cup 1993-1994: Preliminary Round Group 5". statto.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  13. ^ Smith, Peter (9 November 2013). "Stoke City: Picture from the archives – when Joe Jordan led the Potters against Fiorentina in the Anglo-Italian Cup". The Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Jordan quits as Stoke boss". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur. Reuters. 9 September 1994. p. 48. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  15. ^ "Macari back in charge". The Herald. Glasgow. 30 September 1994. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  16. ^ "Anglo-Italian Cup Winners". nottscountyfc.co.uk. Notts County F.C. 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
  17. ^ "Anglo-Italian Cup has been scrapped". The Independent. London. 12 September 1996. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  18. ^ "2011/12 UEFA Europa League - Clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

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