Newcastle United F.C. in European football

Newcastle United in European football
Club	Newcastle United
Seasons played	18
First entry	1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Latest entry	2025–26 UEFA Champions League
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Intertoto Cup	(2006)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	(1969)

Newcastle United F.C. first played European football with their appearance in the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a competition which they won. Their first Champions League appearance came in 1997–98. Newcastle's first and last appearance in the Cup Winners' Cup came in 1998–99.

ClubNewcastle United

Seasons played18

First entry1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Latest entry2025–26 UEFA Champions League

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As of the 2025–26 season, they have played a total of 18 seasons in European football. Alan Shearer is the club's leading goalscorer in European competition with 30 goals. Shay Given has made the most appearances in European competition for Newcastle with 98.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Feyenoord	4–0	0–2	4–2
		Second round	Sporting CP	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Third round	Zaragoza	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
		Quarter-finals	Vitória de Setúbal	5–1	1–3	6–4
		Semi-finals	Rangers	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Final	Újpest	3–0	3–2	6–2
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Dundee United	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Second round	Porto	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Third round	Southampton	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Quarter-finals	Anderlecht	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Inter Milan	2–0	1–1	3–1
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Second round	Pécsi Dózsa	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)	2–2 (2–5 p)
1977–78	UEFA Cup	First round	Bohemians	4–0	0–0	4–0
1977–78	UEFA Cup	Second round	Bastia	1–3	1–2	2–5
1994–95	UEFA Cup	First round	Antwerp	5–2	5–0	10–2
1994–95	UEFA Cup	Second round	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)
1996–97	UEFA Cup	First round	Halmstad	4–0	1–2	5–2
		Second round	Ferencváros	4–0	2–3	6–3
		Third round	Metz	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Quarter-finals	Monaco	0–1	0–3	0–4
1997–98	UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round	Croatia Zagreb	2–1	2–2	4–3
		Group stage	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	2–2	3rd
			PSV Eindhoven	0–2	0–1
			Barcelona	3–2	0–1
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Partizan	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	First round	CSKA Sofia	2–2	2–0	4–2
		Second round	Zürich	3–1	2–1	5–2
		Third round	Roma	0–0	0–1	0–1
2001–02	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third round	Lokeren	1–0	4–0	5–0
		Semi-finals	1860 Munich	3–1	3–2	6–3
		Finals	Troyes	4–4	0–0	4–4 (a)
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Željezničar	1–0	4–0	5–0
		Group stage	Juventus	1–0	0–2	2nd
			Dynamo Kyiv	2–1	0–2
			Feyenoord	0–1	3–2
		Second group stage	Barcelona	0–2	1–3	3rd
			Inter Milan	1–4	2–2
			Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	3–1
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Partizan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	1–0	1–1 (3–4 p)
	UEFA Cup	First round	NAC Breda	5–0	1–0	6–0
		Second round	Basel	1–0	3–2	4–2
		Third round	Vålerenga	3–1	1–1	4–2
		Fourth round	Mallorca	4–1	3–0	7–1
		Quarter-finals	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	1–1	3–2
		Semi-finals	Marseille	0–0	0–2	0–2
2004–05	UEFA Cup	First round	Bnei Sakhnin	2–0	5–1	7–1
		Group stage	Sochaux	N/a	4–0	1st
			Sporting CP	1–1	N/a
			Panionios	N/a	1–0
			Dinamo Tbilisi	2–0	N/a
		Round of 32	Heerenveen	2–1	2–1	4–2
		Round of 16	Olympiacos	3–1	4–0	7–1
		Quarter-finals	Sporting CP	1–0	1–4	2–4
2005–06	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third round	Dubnica	2–0	3–1	5–1
2005–06	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Semi-finals	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2	1–2	2–4
2006–07	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Third round	Lillestrøm	1–1	3–0	4–1
	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Ventspils	0–0	1–0	1–0
		First round	Levadia Tallinn	1–0	2–1	3–1
		Group stage	Celta Vigo	2–1	N/a	1st
			Fenerbahçe	1–0	N/a
			Palermo	N/a	1–0
			Eintracht Frankfurt	N/a	0–0
		Round of 32	Zulte Waregem	1–0	3–1	4–1
		Round of 16	AZ	4–2	0–2	4–4 (a)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Atromitos	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Group stage	Marítimo	1–1	0–0	2nd
			Bordeaux	3–0	0–2
			Club Brugge	1–0	2–2
		Round of 32	Metalist Kharkiv	0–0	1–0	1–0
		Round of 16	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	0–0	1–0
		Quarter-finals	Benfica	1–1	1–3	2–4
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	Group stage	Milan	1–2	0–0	4th
			Paris Saint-Germain	4–1	1–1
			Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–2
2025–26	UEFA Champions League	League phase	Barcelona	1–2	N/a	12th
			Union Saint-Gilloise	N/a	4–0
			Benfica	3–0	N/a
			Athletic Bilbao	2–0	N/a
			Marseille	N/a	1–2
			Bayer Leverkusen	N/a	2–2
			PSV Eindhoven	3–0	N/a
			Paris Saint-Germain	N/a	1–1
		Knockout phase play-offs	Qarabağ	3–2	6–1	9–3
		Round of 16	Barcelona	1–1	2–7	3–8

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	42	18	8	16	68	58	+10	042.86
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League	72	43	17	12	123	60	+63	059.72
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	24	13	6	5	37	21	+16	054.17
UEFA Intertoto Cup	12	7	3	2	26	13	+13	058.33
Total	152	81	34	37	256	154	+102	053.29

Rank	Player	Tenure	Goals
1	Alan Shearer	1996–2006	30
2	Shola Ameobi	2000–2014	15
3	Craig Bellamy	2001–2005	11
4	Wyn Davies	1966–1971	10
4	Anthony Gordon	2023–present	10
6	Faustino Asprilla	1996–1998	9
6	Pop Robson	1962–1971	9
8	Nolberto Solano	1998–2004 2005–2007	7
9	Harvey Barnes	2023–present	6
9	Obafemi Martins	2006–2009	6

Newcastle United F.C. in European football

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Overall record

Top goalscorers

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