WELSH CLUBS IN EUROPE PART TWENTY-FIVE - THE NEW SAINTS

The club's full title is "The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club" - they represent the town of Oswestry in England and Llansantffraid 8 miles away in Wales. They have dominated Welsh football since they first won the title in 2000. The history of the club is being formed as Llansantffraid FC in 1959 with the club known as 'Total Network Solutions' from 1998 to 2006 for sponsorship reasons. In 2003 the club merged with Oswestry Town who had been playing in the Welsh top divison and 'The New Saints' was adopted as a name in 2006.

The club now play in Oswestry after moving in 2007 from their original ground in Llanstantffraid.  

A new club named "FC Oswestry Town" formed in 2013 and also plays at Park Hall in Oswestry - they play in the English pyramid and were in the North West Counties League Division One South for the 2019/20 season. 

The club have won the Leage of Wales/Cymru Premier a record of thirteen times (2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019) - They were four points behind Connahs Quay Nomads in this season's title race when football was recently suspended. 

They have also won the Welsh Cup in 1996, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019 and the Welsh League Cup in 1995, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. 

With all their domestic success they have played in Europe many times since they first entered in 1996 in the Cup Winner's Cup as Llanstantffraid FC. 

They have aggregate victories against Bohemians (League of Ireland), Cliftonville (NIFL Premier), B36 Tórshavn (Faroe Islands), Tre Penne (San Marino), Europa FC and Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) and Feronikeli (Albania).

2005 saw their most famous game when they faced holder's Liverpool in the Champion's League qualifying round. Both games were lost 3-0 with Steven Gerrard scoring a hat-trick in the game at Anfield and two goals in the home game. 

1996/97
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

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Ruch Chorzów D 1–1 L 0–5 (L 1–6) 

2000/01
UEFA Champions League

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FC Levadia Tallinn D 2–2 L 0–4 (L 2–6) 

2001/02
UEFA Cup

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Polonia Warsaw L 0–4 L 0–2 (L 0–6) 

2002/03
UEFA Cup

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Amica Wronki L 0–5 L 2–7 (L 2–12) 

2003/04
UEFA Cup

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Manchester City L 0-2 L 0-5 (L 0-7) 

2004/05
UEFA Cup

1Q
Östers IF L 1-2 L 0–2 (L 1-4) 

2005/06
UEFA Champions League

1Q
Liverpool L 0-3 L 0-3 (L 0-6) 

2006/07
UEFA Champions League

1Q
MYPA L 0–1 L 0–1 (L 0–2) 

2007/08
UEFA Champions League

1Q
FK Ventspils W 3–2  L 1–2 (D 4–4*) 

2008/09
UEFA Cup

1Q
FK Sūduva L 0-1 L 0–1 (L 0-2) 

2009/10
UEFA Europa League

1Q
Fram Reykjavik L 1–2 L 1–2 (L 2–4) 

2010/11
UEFA Champions League

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Bohemians W 4-0 L 0–1 (W 4-1) 
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Anderlecht L 1–3 L 0–3 (L 1–6) 

UEFA Europa League

Play Off 
CSKA Sofia D 2-2 L 0–3 (L 2–5) 

2011/12
UEFA Europa League

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Cliftonville D 1–1 W 1–0 (W 2–1) 
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FC Midtjylland L 1–3 L 2–5 (L 3–8) 

2012/13
UEFA Champions League

2Q
Helsingborgs IF D 0–0 L 0–3 (L 0–3) 

2013/14
UEFA Champions League

2Q
Legia Warsaw L 1–3 L 0–1 (L 1–4) 

2014/15
UEFA Champions League

2Q
ŠK Slovan Bratislava L 0-2 L 0-1 (L 0-3) 

2015/16
UEFA Champions League

1Q
B36 Tórshavn W 4-1 W 2–1 (W 6-2) 
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Videoton L 0–1 D 1–1 (L 1–2) 

2016/17
UEFA Champions League

1Q
Tre Penne W 2–1 W 3–0 (W 5–1) 
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APOEL D 0–0 L 0–3 (L 0–3) 

2017/18
UEFA Champions League

1Q
Europa FC L 1–2 W 3–1 (W 4–3) 
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Rijeka L 0–2 L 1–5 (L 1–7) 

2018/19
UEFA Champions League

1Q
Shkëndija W 4-0 L 0-5 (L 4-5) 

UEFA Europa League

2Q
Lincoln Red Imps W 2–1 D 1–1 (W 3–2)
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Midtjylland L 0–2 L 1–3 (L 1–5) 

2019/20
UEFA Champions League

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Feronikeli D 2–2 W 1–0 (W 3–2)
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Copenhagen L 0–2 L 0–1 (L 0–3) 

UEFA Europa League

3Q
Ludogorets Razgrad L 0-4 L 0–5 (L 0-9)