Caernarfon Town will be the 10th Cymru Premier club from North Wales to compete in Europe – how have the others fared?

Caernarfon Town are heading for Europe

Caernarfon Town will become the 10th Cymru Premier club from North Wales to compete in Europe this summer.

The Canaries clinched a Euro place for the first time in their history when they beat Penybont 3-1 in Saturday’s play-off final in front of 1,960 at The Oval.

Town now enter the Europa Conference League and will play their home game (s) at The New Saints’ Park Hall ground.

Caernarfon Town follows in the footsteps of the former Bangor City, Cefn Druids, Conwy United (now Borough) and Rhyl FC, plus Bala Town, Airbus, Connah’s Quay Nomads, Prestatyn Town and Llandudno as a North Wales club representing our national league in Europe.

Here is how north clubs have fared in Europe since 1993-94:

BANGOR CITY (as a Welsh Premier club only)

1994/95
IA Akranes (h – UC) 1-2 (Frank Mottram)
IA Akranes (a – UC) 0-2
1995/96
Widzew Lodz (h – UC) 0-4
Widzew Lodz (a – UC) 0-1
1998/99
Haka Valkeakoski (h – CWC) 0-2
Haka Valkeakoski (a – CWC) 0-1
2000/01
Halmstads (a – UC) 0-7
Halmstads (h – UC) 0-4
2002/03
Sartid Smederevo (h – UC) 1-0 (Paul Roberts)
Sartid Smederevo (a – UC) 0-2
2003/04
Gloria Bistrita (h – IT) 0-1
Gloria Bistrita (a- IT) 2-5 (Ricky Evans 2, 1 pen)
2005/06
FC Dinaburg (a – IT) 1-2 (Maris Eltermanis og)
FC Dinaburg (h – IT) 0-2
2008/09
FC Midtjylland (h – UC) 1-6 (Les Davies)
FC Midtjylland (a – UC) 0-4
2009/10
FC Honka (a – EL) 0-2
FC Honka (h – EL) 0-1
2010/11
FC Honka (a – EL) 1-1 (Chris Jones)
FC Honka (h – EL) 2-1 (Dave Morley, Chris Jones)
CS Maritimo (a – EL) 2-8 (Nicky Ward, Eddie Jebb)
CS Maritimo (h – EL) 1-2 (Alan Bull)
2011/12
HJK Helsinki (h – CL) 0-3
HJK Helsinki (a – CL) 0-10
2012/13
Zimbru Chisinau (h – EL) 0-0
Zimbru Chisinau (a – EL) 1-2 (Mark Smyth)
2014/15
Stjarnan (a – EL) 0-4
Stjarnan (h – EL) 0-4

2017-18
Lyngby (h – EL) 0-3
Lyngby (a – EL) 0-1

PLAYED: 30 WON: 2 DRAWN: 2 LOST 26 GOALS FOR 13 GOALS AGAINST 87

OTHER BANGOR CITY RESULTS
1962-63
AC Napoli (h-Cup Winners’ Cup) 2-0 (Roy Matthews, Ken Birch)
AC Napoli (a – CWC) 1-3 (Jimmy McAllister)
AC Napoli (n – CWC play-off) 1-2 (McAllister)
1985-86
Fredrikstad (a – CWC) 1-1 (Everton Williams)
Fredrikstad (h – CWC) 0-0
Atletico Madrid (h – CWC) 0-2
Atletico Madrid (a – CWC) 0-1

RHYL FC

2004/05
Skonto Riga (a – CL) 0-4
Skonto Riga (h – CL) 1-3 (Gary Powell)
2005/06
FK Atlantas (h – UC) 2-1 (Lee Hunt 2)
FK Atlantas (a – UC) 2-3 (Greg Stones, Gary Powell)
Viking FK (h – UC) 0-1
Viking FK (a – UC) 1-2 (Chris Adamson)
2006/07
FK Suduva (h – UC) 0-0
FK Suduva (a – UC) 1-2 (Andy Moran)
2007/08
FK Haka (h – UC) 3-1 (Andy Moran, Lee Hunt, Craig Garside)
FK Haka (a – UC) 0-2
2008/09
FC Bohemian (a – IT) 1-5 (Ken Oman og)
FC Bohemian (h – IT) 2-4 (Mark Connolly 2)
2009/10
Partizan Belgrade (h – CL) 0-4
Partizan Belgrade (a – CL) 0-8

PLAYED 14 WON 2 DRAWN 1 LOST 11 GOALS FOR 13 GOALS AGAINST 40

BALA TOWN

2013/14
FC Levadia (h – EL) 1-0 (Ian Sheridan)
FC Levadia (a – EL) 1-3 (Ryan Jones)
2015/16
FC Differdange 03 (a – EL) 1-3 (Ian Sheridan)
FC Differdange 03 (h – EL) 2-1 (Conall Murtagh, Ian Sheridan)
2016/17
AIK Solna (a – EL) 0-2
AIK Solna (h – EL) 0-2
2017/18
FC Vaduz (h – EL) 1-2 (Chris Venables)
FC Vaduz (a – EL) 0-3
2018/19
Tre Fiori (h – EL) 1-0 (Nathan Burke)
Tre Fiori (a – EL) 0-3
2020/21
Valletta (a-EL) 1–0 (Chris Venables)
Standard Liège (A-EL) 0–2
2021/22
Larne (h-ECL) 0-1
Larne (a-ECL) 0-1
2022/23
Sligo Rovers (h-EL) 1–2 (Lassana Mandes)
Sligo Rovers (a-EL) 1-0 (David Edwards – aet). Aggregate 2-2 (Sligo won 4-3 pens)

PLAYED: 16 WON 5 LOST 11 GOALS FOR 10 GOALS AGAINST 25

CONNAH’S QUAY NOMADS

2016/17
Stabaek (h – EL) 0-0
Stabaek (a – EL) 1-0 (Callum Morris)
FK Vojvodina (a – EL) 0-1
FK Vojvodina (h – EL) 1-2 (Mike Wilde)

2017/18
HJK Helsinki (h – EL) 1-0 (Nathan Woolfe)
HJK Helsinki (a – EL) 0-3

2018/19
FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (h – EL) 1-3 (Callum Morris pen)
FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (a – EL) 0-2

2019/20
Kilmarnock (h – EL) 1-2 (Greg Taylor OG)
Kilmarnock (a – EL) 2-0 (Ryan Wignall, Callum Morris pen)
Partizan (h – EL) 0-1
Partizan (a – EL) 0-3

2020/21
Sarajevo (h-CL) 0-2
Dinamo Tbliisi (h-EL) 0-1

2021-22
Alashkert (h-CL) 2-2 (Craig Curran, George Horan)
Alashkert (a-CLi 0-1 (aet)
Prishtina (h-ECL) 4-2 (Jamie Insall 2, George Horan, Callum Morris pen)
Prishtina (a-ECL) 1-4 (Tom Moore)

2023-24
KA (h-ECL) 0-2
KA (a-ECL) 0-2

PLAYED 20 WON 4 DRAWN 2 LOST 14 GOALS FOR 14 GOALS AGAINST 33

AIRBUS UK BROUGHTON

2013-14
Ventspils (h-EL) 1-1 (Chris Budrys)
Ventspils (a-EL) 0-0

2014-15
Haugesund (h-EL) 1-1 (Jordan Johnson)
Haugesund (a-EL) 1-2 (Mike Pearson)

2015-16
Lokomotiva (h-EL) 1-3 (Wayne Riley)
Lokomotiva (a-EL) 2-2 (Chris Budrys, Andy Jones)

PLAYED 6 WON 0 DRAWN 4 LOST 2 GOALS FOR 6 GOALS AGAINST 9

PRESTATYN TOWN

2013-14
FK Liepājas Metalurgs (h-EL) 1-2 (Andy Parkinson)
FK Liepājas Metalurgs (a-EL) 2-1 (Ross Stephens, Neil Gibson – Prestatyn won 4-3 on pens)
Rijeka (h-EL) 0-3
Rijeka (a-EL) 0-5

PLAYED 4 WON 1 LOST 3 GOALS FOR 3 GOALS AGAINST 11