FC Aarau / Statistics

The FC Aarau in 1902 was able to qualify for international competitions in the period from 1985 to 1997 several times. In total, the Aarauer contested 41 European Cup matches in their club's history. This resulted in 9 wins, 14 draws and 18 defeats and a goal difference of 47:65. This article is intended to chronologically document the past European Cup adventures of the club.

1985 : International Soccer Cup (IFC)

In the 1985/86 season, the Aarauer qualified for the first time for the International Football Cup, the predecessor of the UI Cup to bridge the summer break, but in Group 11 they took the last of four places.

Date (1)	Date (2)	opponent	First leg	Return leg
06/29/1985	07/13/1985	PFC Chernomorets Burgas	1: 4 (A)	3: 3 (H)
07/06/1985	07/20/1985	IK start Kristiansand	0: 2 (A)	4: 2 (H)
07/27/1985	07/31/1985	MTK Budapest	1: 3 (A)	1: 1 (H)

Pl.	team	SP	S.	U	N	Gates	PKT
1	MTK Budapest	6th	4th	2	0	17: 7	10
2	PFC Chernomorets Burgas	6th	2	1	3	11:12	5
3	IK start Kristiansand	6th	2	1	3	8:12	5
4th	FC Aarau 1902	6th	1	2	3	10:15	4th

1985/86 : European Cup Winners' Cup

In the same year, due to the cup win in 1985 (1-0 win against Xamax), the Aarau team were also able to take part in the "Cup winners' Cup".

Date (1)	Date (2)	opponent	First leg	Return leg	Remarks
September 18, 1985	10/02/1985	FK Crvena Zvezda	0: 2 (A)	2: 2 (H)	Home game in Zurich (Letzigrund)

1988 : International Soccer Cup (IFC)

Three years later, the Aarau team took part again in the International Football Cup (IFC) - again, one win and two draws in Group 2 were only enough for last place.

Date (1)	Date (2)	opponent	First leg	Return leg	Remarks
06/25/1988	07/06/1988	TJ Sigma ZTS Olomouc	2: 3 (H)	0: 1 (A)	Home game in Buchs / SG
07/02/1988	07/13/1988	IFK Gothenburg	2: 1 (A)	1: 1 (H)	Away game in Ytterhogdal
07/09/1988	07/16/1988	PFK Slavia Sofia	1: 2 (A)	1: 1 (H)	Home game in Menziken

Pl.	team	SP	S.	U	N	Gates	PKT
1	IFK Gothenburg	6th	3	2	1	10: 7	8th
2	TJ Sigma ZTS Olomouc	6th	3	1	2	10:10	7th
3	PFK Slavia Sofia	6th	2	1	3	8: 9	5
4th	FC Aarau 1902	6th	1	2	3	7: 9	4th

1988/89 : UEFA Cup

Third place in the championship of the 1987/88 season brought FC Aarau to the UEFA Cup for the first time.

Date (1)	Date (2)	opponent	First leg	Return leg
07.09.1988	05.10.1988	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	0: 3 (H)	0: 4 (A)

1993 : International Soccer Cup (IFC)

In 1993, the Aarau dueled again with foreign opponents in the International Football Cup (IFC), which has now been played in groups of five (without return legs). The Aarau were able to secure second place.

date	opponent	Result	Remarks
06/26/1993	Iraklis Saloniki FC	1: 0 (A)
07/10/1993	Beitar Jerusalem FC	2: 2 (H)
07/18/1993	Dynamo Dresden	0: 0 (H)
07/24/1993	Viennese sports club	1: 1 (A)	held in Gaweinstal

Pl.	team	SP	S.	U	N	Gates	PKT
1	Dynamo Dresden	4th	2	2	0	4: 1	6th
2	FC Aarau 1902	4th	1	3	0	4: 3	5
3	Viennese sports club	4th	1	2	1	5: 4	4th
4th	Iraklis Saloniki FC	4th	1	1	2	5: 7	3
5	Beitar Jerusalem FC	4th	0	2	2	3: 6	2

1993/94 : European Champion Clubs' Cup

The third championship title in the club's history also gave FC Aarau its first participation in the national champions' cup .

Date (1)	Date (2)	opponent	First leg	Return leg	Remarks
08/18/1993	09/01/1993	Omonia Nicosia	1: 2 (A)	2: 0 (H)
09/15/1993	09/29/1993	AC Milan	0: 1 (H)	0: 0 (A)	Home game in Zurich (Hardturm)

1994/95 : UEFA Cup

The fourth place in the 1993/94 season led to another participation in the UEFA Cup.

Date (1)	Date (2)	opponent	First leg	Return leg
08/09/1994	08/23/1994	NK Mura Murska Sobota	1: 0 (H)	1: 0 (A)
09/13/1994	09/27/1994	Marítimo Funchal	0: 0 (H)	0: 1 (A)

1995 : UEFA Intertoto Cup

In the following season, the Aarauer managed to place themselves again in fourth place - but this was only enough to participate in the UI Cup.

date	opponent	Result	Remarks
06/25/1995	Tromso IL	2: 2 (H)
07/02/1995	Germinal Ekeren	3: 3 (A)	carried out in chapels
07/16/1995	HB Tórshavn	6: 1 (H)
07/22/1995	Universitatea Cluj	3: 2 (A)

Pl.	team	SP	S.	U	N	Gates	PKT
1	FC Aarau 1902	4th	2	2	0	14: 8	8th
2	Germinal Ekeren	4th	2	2	0	10: 5	8th
3	Tromso IL	4th	2	1	1	13: 4	7th
4th	HB Tórshavn	4th	0	2	2	2:17	2
5	Universitatea Cluj	4th	0	1	3	3: 8	1

The group victory, which became known only afterwards due to incorrectly published results in the daily press, brought a duel with Karlsruher SC in the round of 16. In front of 6700 spectators in the Aarau Brügglifeld, it was finally up to Adrian Knup , the Swiss man in the service of KSC, to destroy further Aarau European Cup dreams with his goal in extra time.

date	opponent	Result
07/29/1995	Karlsruher SC	1: 2 a.d.

1996/97 : UEFA Cup

For the third time in a row, the Aarau team placed fourth in the national championship, which led to the club's last UEFA Cup participation so far . Noteworthy: In the home win over Lantana Tallinn, defender Mirko Pavlicevic scored the last Aarau European Cup goal to date with his 4-0. In the following seven matches, FC Aarau did not manage to score a single goal.

Date (1)	Date (2)	opponent	First leg	Return leg
08/06/1996	08/20/1996	FC Lantana Tallinn	4: 0 (H)	0: 2 (A)
09/10/1996	09/24/1996	Brøndby IF	0: 5 (A)	0: 2 (H)

1997 : UEFA Intertoto Cup

In 1997, after a fifth place in the past season, the Aarau team embarked on the "European Cup trip" for the last time so far. A farewell to the UI Cup, understood by the fans as lackluster, resulted.

date	opponent	Result	Remarks
06/21/1997	Royal Standard de Liège	0: 0 (A)
06/28/1997	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0: 1 (H)
07/05/1997	1. FC Cologne	0: 3 (A)	held in Cologne's Südstadion
07/19/1997	Cork City FC	0: 0 (H)

Pl.	team	SP	S.	U	N	Gates	PKT
1	1. FC Cologne	4th	3	1	0	9: 2	10
2	Maccabi Petah Tikva	4th	1	2	1	2: 3	5
3	Royal Standard de Liège	4th	0	4th	0	1: 1	4th
4th	Cork City FC	4th	0	3	1	0: 2	3
5	FC Aarau 1902	4th	0	2	2	0: 4	2