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Italian football clubs in international competitions

Italian football clubs in international competitions

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Italian football clubs have entered European association football competitions (UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Europa Conference League and the now defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) since season 1955–56, when Milan took part in European Cup competition. Nowadays, Italian football is the fourth force in Europe according to UEFA ranking, following the English, Spanish and German leagues.[1] Italian clubs have also entered several times worldwide inter-club competitions since the 1963 Intercontinental Cup.

Quick Facts

The golden age of Italian football since the establishing of UEFA is regarded to have occurred in the 1980s and in the 1990s, when several Italian clubs won UEFA competitions, contributing to Serie A obtaining the highest confederation coefficient score for about fifteen years. Since the beginning of 21st century, the force of Italian football at international stage has decreased, mainly after the Calciopoli scandal.[2]

So far, the Italian clubs have won twelve times the Champions League/European Cup (Milan, Internazionale and Juventus), seven times the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Milan, Fiorentina, Juventus, Lazio, Parma and Sampdoria), nine times the Europa League/UEFA Cup (Internazionale, Juventus, Parma and Napoli), one time the Europa Conference League (Roma), nine times the UEFA Super Cup (Milan, Juventus, Lazio and Parma), four times the UEFA Intertoto Cup (Bologna, Juventus, Perugia and Udinese), one time the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Roma), seven times the Intercontinental Cup (Internazionale, Milan and Juventus), and two times the FIFA Club World Cup (Internazionale and Milan).[3][4][5]

European and worldwide competitions winners from Italy

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UEFA competitions winners from Italy

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Cups and finals

European competitions

UEFA Champions League/European Cup

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UEFA Cup Winner’s Cup/European Cup Winner’s Cup

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UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup

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UEFA Europa Conference League

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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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UEFA Super Cup

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UEFA Intertoto Cup

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Intertoto Cup (before UEFA)

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Mitropa Cup

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Latin Cup

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Worldwide competitions

Intercontinental Cup

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FIFA Club World Cup

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Full European record

Note: Clubs in bold won the respective season's competition.

UEFA Champions League/European Cup

The competition was named European Cup until 1991–92, after which it switched its name to UEFA Champions League.

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UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup

The competition was named UEFA Cup until 2008–09, after which it switched its name to UEFA Europa League.

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UEFA Europa Conference League

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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1955–1971) is recognised as the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, it was not organised by UEFA. Consequently, UEFA does not consider clubs' records in the Fairs Cup to be part of their European record.[11][12]

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UEFA Intertoto Cup

Although the tournament was founded in 1961–62, it was only taken over by UEFA in 1995.

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Qualification to European competitions

Seven teams from Italy qualify for European competitions.

The Serie A winners and clubs finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th qualify to the UEFA Champions League group stage, while two other teams (one being the Coppa Italia winners) qualify to the UEFA Europa League. The club finishing 6th qualifies for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa Conference League. If the Coppa Italia winner already qualified for the UEFA Champions League or Europa League, then the club finishing 6th qualifies for the Europa League group stage and the 7th qualifies for the play-off round of the Conference League.

UEFA coefficient records

  • Record-high ranking: 1st from 1986 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1999[14][15][16][17]
  • Record-low ranking: 12th in 1982[18]

Participation of Italian clubs in European competitions

The following table shows the number of seasons in which Italian clubs took part in the three European seasonal cups (including the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).

It takes into account competitions in which Italian clubs have taken part in the season kick-off, namely in the month of September when, usually, UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League group stages start. It does not take into account qualifying rounds held during the summer. Azure denotes clubs that experienced a Champions League group phase, pink a Europa League group phase, and green a Conference League group phase.

When two or more clubs have the same number of participations, they are sorted by the number of seasons in the most important competition.

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Consecutive seasons in European competitions

Teams in bold: active streak. Only the best result of each teams is shown

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Head-to-head against other European clubs

By country

Sources:[19][20]

Key
  Positive balance (more wins than losses)
  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

As of matches played on 11 April 2024

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By club

Sources:[19]

Key
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  Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
  Negative balance (more losses than wins)

As of matches played on 11 April 2024

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See also

Footnotes

  1. With the score 1–0 to Marseille after 87 mins, the floodlights failed. Milan refused to play on when lighting was restored and Marseille were awarded the match 3–0.[7]
  2. The match was abandoned after 73 minutes while Milan led 0–1 due to flares thrown onto the pitch by Internazionale fans, one of which struck Milan goalkeeper Dida. UEFA awarded Milan a 3–0 win.[8]
  3. UEFA invalidated this game and awarded a 3–0 victory to Schalke 04 as Fiorentina fielded an ineligible player, Gianfranco Casarsa.[9]
  4. Abandoned at half-time after official was injured by firework while Fiorentina led 2–1. The match was awarded 0–3 to Grasshoppers.[10]
  5. The game was abandoned in the 114th minute of extra time due to some objects being thrown on the pitch, some even hitting the referee. UEFA banned Perugia and awarded a 3–0 win to Trabzonspor.[13]
  6. After consultations with UEFA, Palermo, which had originally qualified to the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup, were withdrawn by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on 6 June 2006. Due to the ongoing match-fixing scandal in Italy, the FIGC could not officially confirm the 2005–06 Serie A standings in time for Palermo to compete in the Intertoto Cup and therefore French club Auxerre replaced Palermo, according to UEFA regulations governing the Intertoto Cup. According to the final standings, Palermo qualified for the UEFA Cup.
  7. The 2000–01 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds elimination with consequent 2000–01 UEFA Cup qualification is not included.
  8. The 2016–17 UEFA Champions League play-off round elimination with consequent 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualification is not included.
  9. The 2014–15 UEFA Europa League knockout phase after the UEFA Champions League group stage elimination is not included. Moreover, the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round elimination is not included.
  10. The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League play-off round elimination with consequent 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualification is not included.
  11. The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-off round elimination with consequent 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualification is not included.
  12. The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League play-off round elimination is not included.
  13. The 1999–2000 and 2001–02 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds eliminations with consequent 1999–2000 and 2001–02 UEFA Cup qualifications are not included.
  14. The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League play-off round elimination with consequent 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualification is not included.
  15. The 2011–12 and 2012–13 UEFA Champions League play-off round eliminations with consequent 2011–12 and 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifications are not included.
  16. The 2005–06 UEFA Cup knockout stage after the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage elimination is not included. Moreover, the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League play-off round elimination is not included.
  17. The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League play-off round elimination is not included. Moreover, the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League knockout phase after the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage elimination is not included.
  18. The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round elimination with consequent 2006–07 UEFA Cup qualification is not included.

References

  1. "Country coefficients". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. Hawkins, Jonathan (27 August 2013). "A preview: Death of Italian football exaggerated". CNN. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  3. "Italy, Honours". UEFA.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  4. Corridori, Pierluigi (15 June 2012). "Ricordo del Grifo". TifoGrifo.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.
  5. "Milan Soccer Club Banned for a Year". The New York Times. 28 March 1991. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  6. Davies, Christopher (12 April 2005). "Milan derby abandoned after flare strikes player". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  7. "Lo riconoscete?". Calciomercato.it (in Italian). 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  8. "Fiorentina kicked out of Uefa Cup". The Guardian. 8 November 1998. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  9. "UEFA Cup: All-time finals". UEFA. 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  10. "Legend". UEFA. 21 August 2006. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  11. Archetti, Pierfrancesco; Di Cesare, Sergio (26 July 1999). "Gaucci non ci sta: "L'arbitro ha svantaggiato il Perugia"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  12. "UEFA Country Ranking 1986". kassiesA. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  13. "UEFA Country Ranking 1989". kassiesA. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  14. "UEFA Country Ranking 1991". kassiesA. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  15. "UEFA Country Ranking 1999". kassiesA. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  16. "UEFA Country Ranking 1982". kassiesA. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  17. "Italian Clubs head to head countrywise in European Cups". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  18. "Statistiche europee tra squadre di club di due nazioni a scelta". Statistiche sul Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2019.

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