Jun 1969
Újpest Dózsa 2–3 Newcastle
Fairs Cup Final 2nd leg
Two down at half-time in Budapest. Moncur, Arentoft and Foggon turn it around — 6–2 on aggregate and the cup comes home.
Fairs Cup · UEFA Cup · Champions League
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Bobby Moncur in Budapest. Asprilla's hat-trick against Barcelona. Robson's group-stage comeback against Juventus. Anthony Gordon's PSG demolition. The floodlit European nights that have shaped St James' Park across six decades.
European trophies
1
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 1969
Champions League
3
campaigns · 1997, 2002, 2023
Continental campaigns
Six decades in Europe
- 1968/69 · Winners
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Bobby Moncur lifts the club's last major trophy. Feyenoord, Sporting, Zaragoza and Rangers all seen off before Újpest Dózsa are beaten 6–2 on aggregate in the final.
- 1969/70 · Quarter-finals
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Defence of the trophy ended by Anderlecht on away goals after a 3–3 aggregate — a taste of the tightrope of European nights.
- 1977/78 · 2nd round
UEFA Cup
A return to Europe after seven years away. Bohemians of Dublin beaten before Bastia of Corsica ended the run.
- 1994/95 · 2nd round
UEFA Cup
The Entertainers back in Europe. Antwerp thrashed 5–0 at St James' before Athletic Bilbao knocked the Toon out in a memorable tie.
- 1996/97 · Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup
Halmstads, Ferencváros, Metz and Monaco. Shearer, Ginola and Asprilla lighting up European nights — knocked out by Monaco in the last eight.
- 1997/98 · Group stage
Champions League
First ever Champions League campaign. Asprilla's hat-trick against Barcelona — one of the great St James' Park nights.
- 2002/03 · 2nd group stage
Champions League
Robson's Newcastle lose the first three group games — then beat Juventus, Dynamo Kyiv and Feyenoord to progress. Second group stage exit by a whisker.
- 2003/04 · Semi-finals
UEFA Cup
Champions League play-off loss to Partizan on penalties dropped the Toon into the UEFA Cup. Marseille ended the run at the last four.
- 2004/05 · Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup
Wins over Panionios, Olympiacos and Sporting Lisbon. Sporting eventually knocked Newcastle out in the quarter-finals.
- 2023/24 · Group stage
Champions League
Back in the Champions League after 20 years. A 4–1 demolition of PSG under the lights at St James' — the roar of a new era.
Floodlit nights
Nights you don't forget
Sep 1997
Newcastle 3–2 Barcelona
Champions League group stage
Tino Asprilla's hat-trick. Rivaldo, Figo and Luís Enrique on the pitch and outplayed on the greatest night St James' had ever seen.
Mar 2003
Newcastle 1–0 Juventus
Champions League 2nd group stage
Andy Griffin's goal beats Del Piero, Nedvěd and Buffon's Juventus. The comeback that keeps a European campaign alive.
Mar 2004
Newcastle 2–1 PSV Eindhoven
UEFA Cup 4th round
Shearer and Bellamy strike as Robson's side march on to the semi-finals. A Toon Army night in full voice.
Oct 2023
Newcastle 4–1 Paris Saint-Germain
Champions League group stage
Twenty years in the wilderness ended in style. Almirón, Burn, Longstaff and Schär — Mbappé's PSG blown away on Tyneside.
Feb 2004
Newcastle 5–0 Basel
UEFA Cup 3rd round
Craig Bellamy scores twice, Shearer strikes. Robson's team firing on all cylinders in Europe.
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