1961/62
Cup Winner's Cup
The Swans first trip into Europe saw them gain the hounur of being the first Welsh side to play in European competition. They faced East German side Motor Jena. A 2-2 'home' draw in a game played in Austria was followed just two days later by a 5-1 defeat away from home in Germany.
First Round
Motor Jena D 2-2 L 1-5 (L 3-7)
1966/67
Cup Winner's Cup
The Swan's were back into Europe in 1966 thanks to their Welsh Cup win in 1966. It was another defeat after a draw at home in front of 12,107 at The Vetch Field - this time against Bulgarian side Slavia Sofia.
First Round
Slavia Sofia D 1-1 L 0-4 (L 1-5)
1981/82
Cup Winner's Cup
It was then a 15 year wait for further European action as the the now Swansea City played another East German side in Lokomotive Leipzig. Both games were lost 0-1 and 1-2. City were then in the top division of English football having risen through the leagues from the fourth division in 1978, third division in 1979 and second division in 1981.
First Round
Lokomotive Leipzig L 0-1 L 1-2 (L 1-3)
1982/83
Cup Winner's Cup
The Swans finally had got a European victory in the 82/83 competition when they beat Portuguese club Braga in the first round to play Maltese Club Silema Wanderers in the second round. The first leg at The Vetch field ended 12-0 in front of 5,130 people and the second leg 5-0 to make it a 17-0 aggregate victory. Amongt the scorers over the two legs were Bob Latchford, Džemal Hadžiabdić, Ian Walsh (hat-trick in the first leg) and player/manager John Toshack. The win saw them face French Cup holder's Paris St Germain who included Ossie Ardilies in their line-up who was on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. 9,505 people saw the first leg in which Nabatingue Toko scored the only goal of the game for the French side to win 0-1. In the second leg in front of nearly 50,000 in the Parc De Princes PSG won 2-0.
First Round
Braga W 3-0 L 0-1 (W 3-1)
Second Round
Silema Wanderers W 12-0 W 5-0 (W 17-0)
Third Round
Paris St Germian L 0-1 L 0-2 (L 0-3)
1983/84
Cup Winner's Cup
Another Welsh Cup win for The Swans and another East German opponent for them in the Cup Winner's Cup. FC Magdeburg the second leg 1-0 after a 1-1 draw at The Vetch Field.
First Round
FC Magdeburg D 1-1 L 0-1 (L 1-2)
1989/90
Cup Winners Cup
The Swans were back in Europe following another Welsh Cup win and drew Greek side Panathinaikos. The then Third Divison side travelled to Greece for the first leg and were 3-0 down early in the second half in front of 42,000 fans before Paul Raynor and a young John Salako made the score 3-2. In the second leg The Swans went 2-0 up via Andy Mellville and Robbie James goals - Another goal from Mellville made it 3-1 so the aggregate score was 5-4 only for two late goals from the Greek side to put them through 5-6 on aggregate.
First Round
Panathinaikos D 3-3 L 3-2 (L 5-6)
1991/92
Cup Winners Cup
The Swans were drawn against French side Monaco who were then managed by the little known Arsene Wenger. A star studdied side featuring George Weah, Emmanuel Petit, Claude Puyel and Yuri Djorkaeff won 1-2 at The Vetch Field and then 8-0 in the second leg. It is believed Wenger gave his first interview in English after the first leg in Wales. Monaco went on to make the final of the competition that season only to lose to German side Werder Bremen.
First Round
AS Monaco L 1-2 L 0-8 (L 1-10)
2013/14
UEFA Europa League
Back in Europe after over two decades thanks to their League Cup win in 2013. Michael Ladrup managed the side up until February when Gary Monk took over and they played Napoli in the last 32.
Third qualifying round
Malmö FF W 4–0 D 0–0 (W 4–0)
Play off round
Petrolul Ploiești W 5–1 L 1–2 (W 6–3)
Group stage
Kuban Krasnodar D 1–1 D 1–1
St Gallen W 1–0 L 0–1
Valencia L 0–1 W 3–0
Round of 32
AS Napoli D 0-0 L 3-1 (L 1-3)
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