Norwich City F.C. in European football
Club | Norwich City |
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Seasons played | 1 |
First entry | 1993–94 UEFA Cup |
Latest entry | 1993–94 UEFA Cup |
Norwich City Football Club is an English football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The club was founded in 1902 and has competed in the English football league system since 1920. Their first[1] and so far only season in UEFA-sanctioned cup competition came when they reached the third round of the UEFA Cup in the 1993–94 season. They also took part in the Texaco Cup and the Anglo-Scottish Cup in the 1970s.
History
1972–73 Texaco Cup
Norwich's first taste of European competition was in the
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1972–73 | Texaco Cup | First round | Dundee | 2–1 (A), 2–0 (H) |
Second round | Leicester City | 2–0 (A), 2–0 (H)[nb 1] | ||
Semifinal | Motherwell | 2–0 (H), 3–2 (A) | ||
Final | Ipswich Town | 2–1 (A), 1–2 (H) |
1973–74 Texaco Cup
After being beaten finalists the previous year, Norwich had a second go at the Texaco Cup in the 1973–74 season. Their first round opponents would again hail from Scotland; Perth side St Johnstone. Norwich beat them home and away to get through to the second round, where Norwich would again face Motherwell and just as in the semifinal the year before, overcame them in both legs. They then took on Lancashire club Burnley. The Clarets beat City 5–2 on aggregate to send them out.
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1973–74 | Texaco Cup | First round | St Johnstone | 0–2 (A), 1–0 (H) |
Second round | Motherwell | 2–0 (H), 0–1 (A) | ||
Semifinal | Burnley | 2–0 (A), 3–2 (H) |
1974–75 Texaco Cup
The Texaco Cup format was changed in the 1974–75 season. Group stages were introduced for the English clubs. Each team would play the others in the group once, with only the team finishing top of the group progressing. The four Scottish clubs would join in at the quarter-final stage. Norwich were in Group 1, with Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Peterborough United. Norwich kicked off the tournament with a 2–1 home win against Peterborough, however a 5–1 defeat at the Hawthorns to West Bromwich Albion and a 2–1 loss to Birmingham at their St Andrew's ground meant Norwich finished bottom of their group.
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1974–75 | Texaco Cup | First round | Peterborough United | 2–1 (H) |
First round | West Bromwich Albion | 1–5 (A) | ||
First round | Birmingham City | 1–2 (A) |
1975–76 Anglo-Scottish Cup
After Texaco dropped their sponsorship of the tournament, the Anglo-Scottish Cup was created in the 1975–76 season, using largely the same format as the Texaco Cup the previous year, but with the introduction of a Scottish Qualifier round to select four from eight teams for the quarter-final stage. Norwich were in Group 4 of the English Qualifiers, with Fulham, Chelsea and Bristol City.[2] Norwich only picked up one point - that coming from a 1–1 draw away at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge - and finished bottom of their group. Fulham progressed from Group 4, and went on to be beaten in the final by Middlesbrough.
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1975–76 | Anglo-Scottish Cup | First round | Fulham | 1–2 (H) |
First round | Chelsea | 1–1 (A) | ||
First round | Bristol City | 4–1 (A) |
1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup
In the 1976–77 season of the Anglo-Scottish Cup Norwich were the only non-London club in Group 3: Fulham, Chelsea and Orient provided the opposition. Draws with all three teams saw the Canaries finish second to Orient, who would be beaten in the Final by Nottingham Forest.
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1976–77 | Anglo-Scottish Cup | First round | Orient | 0–0 (H) |
First round | Chelsea | 1–1 (A) | ||
First round | Fulham | 1–1 (A) |
1977–78 Anglo-Scottish Cup
Fulham, Chelsea and Orient would again be Norwich's opposition in the 1977–78 season of the Anglo-Scottish Cup. Draws with Orient and Chelsea either side of a 1–0 defeat at home to Fulham meant that Norwich were eliminated. Fulham progressed, but were knocked out by St Mirren in the first quarterfinal.
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1977–78 | Anglo-Scottish Cup | First round | Orient | 1–1 (H) |
First round | Fulham | 0–1 (H) | ||
First round | Chelsea | 2–2 (A) |
1978–79 Anglo-Scottish Cup
For the third successive Anglo-Scottish Cup, Norwich and Orient would be pitted against each other in a group that also featured Nottinghamshire clubs Mansfield Town and Notts County. Draws with Mansfield and Orient after a 2–1 away defeat to Notts County saw Norwich again fail to progress past the group stages. This would be the last time Norwich took part in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, which was scrapped after the 1980–81 tournament.
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1978–79 | Anglo-Scottish Cup | First round | Notts County | 2–1 (A) |
First round | Mansfield Town | 1–1 (H) | ||
First round | Orient | 0–0 (H) |
1985–91
Norwich won the
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1985–86 | Super Cup
|
Group phase | Everton | 1–0 (A), 1–0 (H) |
Group phase | Manchester United | 1–1 (A), 1–1 (H) | ||
Semi final | Liverpool | 1–1 (H), 3–1 (A) |
Norwich would be denied places in the
1993–94 UEFA Cup
The Canaries, managed by
Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
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1993–94 | UEFA Cup | First round | Vitesse | 3–0 (H), 0–0 (A) |
Second round | Bayern Munich | 2–1 (A), 1–1 (H) | ||
Third round | Inter Milan | 0–1 (H), 0–1 (A) |
Overall record
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Texaco Cup | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 25 | -3 |
Anglo-Scottish Cup | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 |
Super Cup |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
UEFA Cup | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Total | 41 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 52 | -9 |
Notes
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