Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in European football
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club became the first British club to win a major European competition, with the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963. In 1972, they won the inaugural UEFA Cup and won the competition again in 1984. The team regularly qualified for European football in the 2010s, and were runners-up in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League.
Tottenham Hotspur squad prior to playing Feyenoord in the 1961–62 European Cup | |
Club | Tottenham Hotspur |
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First entry | 1961–62 European Cup |
Latest entry | 2020–21 UEFA Europa League |
Titles | |
Europa League | 2 (1972, 1984) |
Cup Winners' Cup | 1 (1963) |
Up until 2016, White Hart Lane served as the club's home venue for European home matches, which was temporarily replaced with Wembley Stadium the following season. Their first home match of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage saw the club's highest ever record attendance of 85,000 for a European home match against Monaco. As of 2019, home games are played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Summary
By competition
Competition | Seasons | Titles | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Last season played | Best Result |
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European Cup UEFA Champions League |
6 | 0 | 55 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 108 | 83 | +25 | 2019–20 | Finalist |
UEFA Cup UEFA Europa League |
16 | 2 | 149 | 85 | 37 | 27 | 305 | 130 | +175 | 2020–21 | Winner |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 6 | 1 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 1991–92 | Winner |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1995 | Group Stage |
Total | 29 | 3 | 240 | 130 | 52 | 58 | 479 | 259 | +220 |
Source: uefa.com, Last updated on 10 December 2020.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.
By home or away
Overall | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home1 | 120 | 85 | 19 | 16 | 302 | 104 | +198 |
Away | 121 | 47 | 33 | 41 | 179 | 155 | +24 |
Neutral | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
Total | 243 | 133 | 52 | 58 | 486 | 262 | +224 |
Last updated: 10 December 2020
1 Includes two 1995 Intertoto Cup matches against Lucerne and Östers where Tottenham played as hosts away from their home stadium, at The Goldstone Ground. They lost both matches and Tottenham was banned from UEFA European competitions for the following season, after fielding under-strength sides.[1][2]
By opponent
Table correct as of 10 December 2020
European finals
- Spurs' score listed first
Year | Date | Competition | Opposing Team | Score (*) | Venue | Manager | Captain(s) |
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1963 | 15 May | Cup Winners' Cup | Atlético Madrid | De Kuip, Rotterdam | Bill Nicholson | Danny Blanchflower | |
1972 | 1st leg: 3 May 2nd leg: 17 May |
UEFA Cup | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton White Hart Lane, London |
Bill Nicholson | Alan Mullery | |
1974 | 1st leg: 22 May 2nd leg: 29 May |
UEFA Cup | Feyenoord | White Hart Lane, London De Kuip, Rotterdam |
Bill Nicholson | Martin Peters | |
1984 | 1st leg: 9 May 2nd leg: 23 May |
UEFA Cup | Anderlecht | (4–2 pen.) |
Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels White Hart Lane, London |
Keith Burkinshaw | Steve Perryman Graham Roberts |
2019 | 1 June | UEFA Champions League | Liverpool | Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid | Mauricio Pochettino | Hugo Lloris |
List of matches
Last updated: 10 December 2020
Note: Tottenham score always listed first.
References
- Shaw, Phil (13 January 1996). "Uefa ban stuns Spurs and Wimbledon". The Independent. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- "Premier League vetoes the Intertoto Cup". The Independent. 17 January 1996. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- Video highlights from official Pathé News archive
- Video highlights from official Pathé News archive