Royal Antwerp F.C. in European football explained

Royal Antwerp Football Club, often simply referred to as R. Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is an association football club from Antwerp, Belgium. The team has participated in sixteen seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including one season in the European Cup, fourteen seasons in the Inter Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup and Europa League, one season in the Cup Winners' Cup. [1] The club's first appearance was in the 1957–58 European Cup. Since then, the club has participated in various seasons of the UEFA club competitions, with various success. Their best performance was reaching the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1993, where Antwerp lost 3–1 to Italian side Parma.

Total statistics

As of home match with Barcelona.

Competition
European Cup / UEFA Champions League1 6 1 0 5 6 17 −11
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League15 63 21 12 30 83 102 −19
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1 9 2 4 3 12 11 +1
Total 17 78 24 16 38 101 130

Statistics by country

As of 13 December 2023.

Country
Austria6 2 0 3 11 9 +2
Bulgaria4 3 1 0 9 5 +4
Cyprus2 1 0 1 4 4 0
Czech Republic2 1 0 1 2 2 0
England6 3 0 3 8 13 –5
France2 0 1 1 4 5 –1
Germany10 2 3 5 10 14 –4
Greece4 3 0 1 5 3 +2
Hungary2 0 1 1 1 3 –2
Italy1 0 0 1 0 1 –1
Kosovo2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
Luxembourg2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
Netherlands4 1 1 2 4 7 –3
Norway2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
Poland2 0 1 1 2 3 –1
Portugal4 1 1 2 5 8 –3
Romania2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Russia2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Scotland6 1 1 4 13 20 –7
Spain8 2 0 6 6 21
Switzerland2 2 0 0 8 3 +5
Northern Ireland4 1 3 0 6 5 +1
Turkey6 0 3 3 5 9 –4
Ukraine2 0 0 2 2 4 –2
Total85271841111142

Matches

SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAggregate
1957–58European Cup1R Real Madrid1–20–61–8
1964–65Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1R Hertha BSC2–01–23–2
2R Athletic Bilbao0–10–20–3
1965–66Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1R Glentoran1–03–34–3
2R Barcelona2–10–22–3
1966–67Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1R Union Luxembourg1–01–02–0
2R Kilmarnock0–12–72–8
1967–68Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1R Göztepe Izmir1–20–01–2
1974–75UEFA Cup1R Sturm Graz1–01–22–2 (a)
2R Ajax2–10–12–2 (a)
1975–76UEFA Cup1R Aston Villa4–11–05–1
2R Śląsk Wrocław1–11–22–3
1983–84UEFA Cup1R Zürich4–24–18–3
2R Lens2–32–24–5
1988–89UEFA Cup1R 1. FC Köln2–41–23–6
1989–90UEFA Cup1R Levski Sofia4–30–04–3
2R Dundee United4–02–36–3
3R VfB Stuttgart1–01–12–1
QF 1. FC Köln0–00–20–2
1990–91UEFA Cup1R Ferencváros0–01–31–3
1992–93European Cup Winners' Cup1R Glenavon1–11–11–1
2R Admira Wacker3–44–27–6
QF Steaua București0–01–11–1 (a)
SF Spartak Moscow3–10–13–2
F Parma1–3
1993–94UEFA Cup1R Marítimo2–02–24–2
2R Austria Salzburg0–10–10–2
1994–95UEFA Cup1R Newcastle United0–52–52–10
2019–20UEFA Europa League3Q Viktoria Plzeň1–01–22–2
PO AZ1–11–42–5
2020–21UEFA Europa LeagueGroup J Tottenham Hotspur1–00–22nd
0–12–0
Ludogorets Razgrad3–12–1
R32 Rangers3–42–55–9
2021–22UEFA Europa LeaguePO Omonia2–0 2–44–4
Group D Olympiacos1–01–24th
Eintracht Frankfurt0–12–2
Fenerbahçe0–32–2
2022–23UEFA Europa Conference League2Q Drita0−02–02–0
3Q Lillestrøm2–03–15–1
PO İstanbul Başakşehir1–31−12–4
2023–24UEFA Champions LeaguePO AEK Athens1–02–13–1
Group H Barcelona3–20–54th
Shakhtar Donetsk2–30–1
Porto1–40–2

Summary of best results

From the quarter-finals upwards:

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1):

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Royal Antwerp. Union of European Football Associations. 21 October 2020.