Cardiff City F.C. in Europe

These are Cardiff City Football Club matches in Europe. Cardiff have only entered one European Competition as of 2010, which is the European Cup Winners' Cup. Their first European match was in 1964 against Esbjerg fB which they drew 0-0 at the Blue Water Arena in Esbjerg. The farthest that Cardiff advanced to was the 1967-78 semi-finals. As of 2008 Cardiff have had multiple games in friendly games held in Portugal as part of a pre-season friendly tour, which are also included in the list along with home game friendlies against foreign clubs.

Earlier tours included ones in 1924 when Cardiff played Sparta Prague (twice), Borussia, SV Hamburg and First Vienna and 1928 saw a tour to Denmark where Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense Comb were the opponents. Games were played in Ireland against an Ulster XI and Derry City in May 1950. In 1961 a tour to Ireland saw games against Shamrock Rovers and Waterford, whilst in 1964 Juventus, AS Roma and Latina were the opponents in Italy. In 1968 Cardiff toured Australia and New Zealand playing 14 matches over 6 weeks. 1969 saw a tour to Mauritius and Zambia playing three times against each country. Later tours have included a pre-season tour to Denmark in August 1979 and one to Scotland in 1980.

Home friendlies have included defeats against Moscow Dynamo in 1945 by 10-1, ADO The Hague in 1970, and wins over Lugano in September 1959, Kickers Offenbach in 1962, FC Schalke 04 in 1971 with the game against SV Werder Bremen in 1969 being a draw. The 1960-61 season saw home friendly wins over Grasshoppers Zurich, which was also the Ninian Park Floodlight Opening game on 5 October, and FC Biel, and a loss to VFL Osnabruck.

Contents

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Upcoming fixture

Season Competition Round Opposition Results
1st Leg 2nd Leg Aggregate
1964-65 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Esbjerg fB 0-0 (A) 1-0 (H) 1-0
Second Round Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-1 (A) 0-0 (H) 2-1
Quarter-Finals Real Zaragoza 2-2 (A) 0-1 (H) 2-3
1965-66 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Standard Liège 1-2 (H) 0-1 (A) 1-3
1967-68 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Shamrock Rovers 1-1 (A) 2-0 (H) 3-1
Second Round NAC Breda 1-1 (A) 4-1 (H) 5-2
Quarter-Finals FC Torpedo Moscow 1-0 (H) 0-1 (A) 1-1^1
Semi-Finals Hamburger SV 1-1 (A) 2-3 (H) 3-4
1968-69 Cup Winners' Cup First Round FC Porto 2-2 (H) 1-2 (A) 3-4
1969-70 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Mjøndalen IF 7-1 (A) 5-1 (H) 12-2
Second Round Göztepe 0-3 (A) 1-0 (H) 1-3
1970-71 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Pezoporikos Larnaca 8-0 (H) 0-0 (A) 8-0
Second Round FC Nantes Atlantique 5-1 (H) 2-1 (A) 7-1
Quarter-Finals Real Madrid 1-0 (H) 0-2 (A) 1-2
1971-72 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Dynamo Berlin 1-1 (A) 1-1 (H) 2-2^2
1973-74 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-0 (H) 1-2 (A) 1-2
1974-75 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Ferencvárosi TC 0-2 (A) 1-4 (H) 1-6
1976-77 Cup Winners' Cup Qualfying Round Servette FC 1-0 (H) 1-2 (A) 2-2 ^3
First Round FC Dinamo Tbilisi 1-0 (H) 0-3 (A) 1-3
1977-78 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Austria Memphis 0-0 (H) 0-1 (A) 0-1
1988-89 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Derry City 0-0 (A) 4-0 (H) 4-0
Second Round AGF Aarhus 1-2 (A) 0-4 (H) 1-6
1992-93 Cup Winners' Cup First Round VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 1-1 (H) 0-2 (A) 1-3
1993-94 Cup Winners' Cup First Round Standard Liège 2-5 (A) 1-3 (H) 3-8
2007-08 Friendly Vitoria de Setubal 1-0 (Estádio do Bonfim)
FC Twente 1-0 (Ninian Park)
2008-09 Vitoria de Setubal 1-1 (Estádio do Bonfim)
Algarve Cup Semi-Final Vitória de Guimarães 2-1 (Estádio D. Afonso Henriques)
Final Celtic 1-0 (N)
VansDirect Trophy Final Ajax 0-0 (N)
2009-10 Friendly Fátima 1-0 (Estádio Municipal de Fátima)
Valencia 0-2 (Cardiff City Stadium)
2010-11 Portimonense 0-3
Deportivo La Coruña 0-1 (Cardiff City Stadium)

Finals

Year Competition Opposing Team Score Venue
2008 Algarve Cup Celtic 1-0 Estádio Algarve, Algarve
2008 VansDirect Trophy Ajax 0-0 (Shared)

Semi-finals

Year Competition Opposing Team Score Where the Final was Other Semi-finalists
1968 Cup Winners' Cup Hamburger SV 3–4 on aggregate Two Legged Games AC Milan
Bayern Munich

Overall Record

By competition

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
Cup Winners' Cup 47 16 13 18 66 59 7
Friendlies 7 3 1 3 4 7 -3
Algarve Cup 2 2 0 0 3 1 2
VansDirect Trophy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 57 21 15 21 73 67 6

By Country

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
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 Belgium &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000040000004 &1000000000000001100000011 −7 &0&100000000000000000000000.00
 Cyprus &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000080000008 &100000000000000000000000 +8 &1000000000000005000000050.00
 Denmark &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000060000006 −4 &1000000000000002500000025.00
 East Germany &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 +0 &0&100000000000000000000000.00
 France &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000010000001 +6 &10000000000000100000000100.000
 Germany &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000040000004 −1 &0&100000000000000000000000.00
 Hungary &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000060000006 −5 &0&100000000000000000000000.00
 Ireland &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000010000001 +6 &1000000000000005000000050.00
 Netherlands &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000060000006 &100000000000000020000002 +4 &1000000000000005000000050.00
 Norway &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &1000000000000001200000012 &100000000000000020000002 +10 &10000000000000100000000100.000
 Portugal &1000000000000001100000011 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000030000003 &1000000000000001100000011 &1000000000000001200000012 −1 &1000000000000003635999936.36
 Scotland &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 +1 &10000000000000100000000100.000
 Soviet Union &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000040000004 −1 &1000000000000006000000060.00
 Spain &100000000000000060000006 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000080000008 −5 &1000000000000001667000016.67
 Switzerland &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 +0 &1000000000000005000000050.00
 Turkey &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000030000003 −2 &1000000000000005000000050.00

Notes and references

^1 Cardiff won 1-0 in the play-off round against FC Torpedo Moscow.
^2 Cardiff lost on in a Penalty Shootout against Dynamo Berlin.
^3 Cardiff beat Servette FC on away goals.