Stoke City F.C. in European football
| Club | Stoke City |
|---|---|
| First entry | 1970–71 Texaco Cup (Major: 1972–73 UEFA Cup) |
| Latest entry | 2011–12 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.
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". 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.
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.
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