Kilmarnock F.C. in international football

Kilmarnock in international football
	Kilmarnock F.C. compete in the 2024-25 UEFA Conference League against F.C. Copenhagen
Club	Kilmarnock
First entry	1960 International Soccer League
Latest entry	2024–25 UEFA Conference League
Titles
Champions League	0 (Best: First round)
Europa League	0 (Best: First round)
Cup Winners' Cup	0 (Best: First round)

Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in the town of Kilmarnock. The club first competed in a European competition in 1964–65, entering the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In UEFA organised competitions, the club has never progressed beyond the first round.^[1] However, in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Kilmarnock reached the semi-finals in 1966–67 losing out to Leeds United of England for a place in the final.^[2]

Record

Kilmarnock's score is shown first in each case

International Soccer League

Kilmarnock's record in the International Soccer League^[3]
Season	Round	Venue	Country	Club	Score	Kilmarnock scorers	Att.
1960	Group stage	Polo Grounds, New York	West Germany	Bayern Munich	3–1	Bryceland, Kerr, McInally	10,444
		Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City	Northern Ireland	Glenavon	2–0	Muir, Watson	6,000
		Polo Grounds, New York	England	Burnley	2–0	Kerr, Wentzel	13,000
		Polo Grounds, New York	France	Nice	1–1	McInally	12,861
		Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City	United States	New York Americans	3–1	McInally, Muir, own goal	11,704
	Final	Polo Grounds, New York	Brazil	Bangu	0–2		25,044
1961	Group stage	Molson Stadium, Montreal	England	Everton	1–2	Kerr	5,000
		Polo Grounds, New York	West Germany	Karlsruhe	2–3	Kennedy, Muir	10,000
		Molson Stadium, Montreal	United States	New York Americans	4–0	Black, Brown, Kerr, Watson	7,000
		Molson Stadium, Montreal	Canada	Montreal Concordia	4–2	Kerr (2), Black, McInally	4,000
		Molson Stadium, Montreal	Turkey	Beşiktaş	1–1	Muir	2,000
		Polo Grounds, New York	Romania	Dinamo București	0–0		3,000
		Polo Grounds, New York	Brazil	Bangu	0–5		4,000
1963	Group stage	Polo Grounds, New York	England	West Ham United	3–3	Black, Richmond, Yard	14,532
		Chicopee	West Germany	Preußen Münster	5–2	Black (2), McFadzean, McInally, Murray	6,000
		Polo Grounds, New York	Mexico	Oro	3–3	McFadzean (2), Black	7,138
		Chicago	France	Valenciennes	1–2	Yard	7,000
		Polo Grounds, New York	Italy	Mantova	2–2	Black, McFadzean	7,473
		Polo Grounds, New York	Brazil	Recife	3–1	Black, Murray, O'Conner	5,826
1965	Group stage	Randall's Island Stadium, New York	Hungary	Ferencváros	1–2	Own goal	6,000
		Randall's Island Stadium, New York	England	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Black, Hamilton	5,000
		Randall's Island Stadium, New York	Poland	Polonia Bytom	1–1	Sneddon	5,000
		Randall's Island Stadium, New York	England	West Bromwich Albion	0–2		4,000
		Randall's Island Stadium, New York	Poland	Polonia Bytom	0–2		4,000
		Randall's Island Stadium, New York	Hungary	Ferencváros	1–4	McIlroy	5,000

European competitions

Key:

(H) – Home match
(A) – Away match

Kilmarnock's record in European competitions^[3]
Season	Competition	Round	Country	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Agg.
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	West Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3 (A)	5–1 (H)	5–4
1964–65	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Second round	England	Everton	0–2 (H)	1–4 (A)	1–6
1965–66	European Champion Clubs' Cup	Preliminary round	Albania	17 Nëntori	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	1–0
1965–66	European Champion Clubs' Cup	First round	Spain	Real Madrid	2–2 (H)	1–5 (A)	3–7
1966–67	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Second round	Belgium	Antwerp	1–0 (A)	7–2 (H)	8–2
		Third round	Belgium	La Gantoise	1–0 (H)	2–1 (A)^{[note 1]}	3–1
		Quarter-final	East Germany	Lokomotive Leipzig	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	2–1
		Semi-final	England	Leeds United	2–4 (A)	0–0 (H)	2–4
1969–70	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Switzerland	Zürich	2–3 (A)	3–1 (H)	5–4
		Second round	Bulgaria	Slavia Sofia	4–1 (H)	0–2 (A)	4–3
		Third round	Romania	Dinamo Bacău	1–1 (H)	0–2 (A)	1–3
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	First round	Northern Ireland	Coleraine	1–1 (A)	2–3 (H)	3–4
1997–98	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round	Republic of Ireland	Shelbourne	2–1 (H)	1–1 (A)	3–2
1997–98	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	France	Nice	1–3 (A)	1–1 (H)	2–4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Željezničar	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	2–1
1998–99	UEFA Cup	Second qualifying round	Czech Republic	Sigma Olomouc	0–2 (A)	0–2 (H)	0–4
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Iceland	KR Reykjavík	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)^{[note 1]}	2–1
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	First round	Germany	Kaiserslautern	0–3 (A)	0–2 (H)	0–5
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round	Northern Ireland	Glenavon	1–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	2–0
2001–02	UEFA Cup	First round	Norway	Viking	1–1 (H)	0–2 (A)	1–3
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Wales	Connah's Quay Nomads	2–1 (A)	0–2 (H)	2–3
2024–25	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Belgium	Cercle Brugge	1–1 (H)	0–1 (A)	1–2
	UEFA Conference League	Third qualifying round	Norway	Tromsø	2–2 (H)	1–0 (A)	3–2
	UEFA Conference League	Play-off round	Denmark	Copenhagen	0–2 (A)	1–1 (H)	1–3

Overall record

By competition

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
European Champion Clubs' Cup	4	1	2	1	4	7	−3	25.00
UEFA Europa League^[a]	16	5	3	8	10	19	−9	31.25
UEFA Conference League	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	25.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	25.00
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	20	8	3	9	34	32	+2	40.00
International Soccer League	25	9	7	9	45	42	+3	36.00
Total	73	25	19	29	102	111	−9	34.25

Source: ^[3]
Notes:

^ Includes matches in the UEFA Cup which was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League.

By country

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Albania	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50.00
Belgium	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	66.67
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	33.33
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	50.00
Canada	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0.00
Denmark	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	0.00
East Germany	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.00
England	9	2	2	5	11	17	−6	22.22
France	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	0.00
Germany	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0.00
Hungary	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0.00
Iceland	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.00
Republic of Ireland	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	50.00
Italy	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0.00
Mexico	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0.00
Northern Ireland	5	3	1	1	7	4	+3	60.00
Norway	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	25.00
Poland	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	0.00
Romania	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	0.00
Spain	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	0.00
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	50.00
Turkey	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
United States	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Wales	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	50.00
West Germany	5	3	0	2	15	10	+5	60.00
Total	73	25	19	29	102	111	−9	34.25

Source: ^[3]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Match decided after extra time.

References

^ Kilmarnock FC, uefa.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966-67, RSSSF. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ross, David (2001). Every game: The new official history of Kilmarnock Football Club. Irvine: Kilmarnock Football Club. ISBN 0-9541653-0-6.

External links

Killie In Europe at KillieFC.com

[table_note_UEL0.28358713084999-5] Includes matches in the UEFA Cup which was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League.

[aet-4] Match decided after extra time.

[UEFA_Kilmarnock-1] Kilmarnock FC, uefa.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[RSSSF_Kilmarnock-2] Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966-67, RSSSF. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

[Every_game-3] Ross, David (2001). Every game: The new official history of Kilmarnock Football Club. Irvine: Kilmarnock Football Club. ISBN 0-9541653-0-6.

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