first english team to play in european cup
English football clubs in international competitions The European Cup began in 1955–56, but there was no English representative during that inaugural season as reigning champions Chelsea had been persuaded to withdraw by The Football League. The first English side to participate in the following edition was Manchester United, who were also the first English winners in 1968, ten years after their first attempt to win the cup had effectively ended when eight of their players died in the Munich air disaster when flying home from Belgrade after qualifying for the 1957–58 semi-final. Tottenham Hotspur won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963.
Burnley F.C. in European football Burnley Football Club is an English football club based in Burnley. The club was founded in 1882 and has competed in the English football league system from its conception in 1888. Their first season in Europe came when they entered the 1960–61 European Cup after winning the 1959–60 First Division Title, reaching the quarter-final stages, where they lost 5–4 on aggregate to Hamburger SV. Burnley's second appearance in European cup competition was in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1966–67 season. The Clarets' most recent European campaign will be the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.