RHYL IN EUROPE

RHYL have qualified for Europe five seasons in succession and have played in all three available competitions - the Champions League, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup.
The Lilywhites have certainly had some memorable moments, not least in 2005/06 when their victory on away goals over FK Atlantas of Lithuania made them only the second Welsh Premier League team to win a European tie.
This season's 9-3 aggregate defeat against League of Ireland leaders Bohemian was probably the poorest display so far resultwise, although the Lilies did have their good spells in both legs and it needs to be appreciated that a new coaching team was at the helm and some players had priorities elsewhere.
But every team which has faced Rhyl so far in Europe, be they from Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland or the Emerald Isle, they certainly knew they'd been in a tie.
Here is a look at the Lilywhites' European record to date:

2004/05

July 14, 2004 - Champions League first qualifying round first leg
Skonto Riga (Latvia) 4 (Mihails Miholaps 2, Ignas Dedura, Aleksejs Visnakovs) Rhyl 0
Att: 1950
Rhyl: Paul Smith, Mark Powell, Jamie Brewerton (Greg Stones 80), Timmy Edwards, Robbie Wood (Stuart Graves 69), Michael Jackson (Michael Keegan), Gareth Wilson, Lee Atherton, Marc Limbert, Chris Adamson, Gary Powell. Unused subs: Chris McGinn, Craig Hogg, Mark Billingsley.

July 28, 2004 - Champions League first qualifying round second leg
Rhyl 1 (Gary Powell) Skonto Riga 3 (Ignas Dedura, Mihails Miholaps 2)
Att: 1812
Rhyl: Paul Smith, Mark Powell, Jamie Brewerton, Timmy Edwards, Robbie Wood (Michael Keegan 64), Michael Jackson (Greg Stones 82), Chris Adamson, Marc Limbert, Gareth Wilson, Lee Atherton, Gary Powell (Chris McGinn 85). Unused subs: Lee Hunt, Craig Hogg, Mark Billingsley.

Aggregate: 1-7.

2005/06

July 14, 2005 - UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg
Rhyl 2 (Lee Hunt 2) FK Atlantas (Lithuania) 1 (Rimantas Zvingilas)
Att: 1570
Rhyl: Gerard McGuigan, George Horan, Greg Stones, Jamie Brewerton, Chris Adamson, Gareth Wilson (Gary Powell 86), Stuart Graves, Marc Limbert, Mark Powell, Lee Hunt (Alan Morgan 88), Andy Moran (Mike Thompson 89). Unused subs: Chris Taylor, Ian Bamford, Matthew Gatfield.

July 28, 2005 - UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg
FK Atlantas 3 (Dainius Zernys pen, Aivaras Laurisas, Andrius Peterikis) Rhyl 2 (Greg Stones, Gary Powell)
Att: 1800
Rhyl: Gerard McGuigan, Chris Adamson, Mark Powell, George Horan, Greg Stones, Jamie Brewerton, Stuart Graves (Mark Connolly 90), Marc Limbert, Alan Morgan (Tommy Mutton 46), Gary Powell, Andy Moran. Unused subs: Chris Taylor, Matthew Gatfield, Andy Davies, Mike Thompson, Mark Billingsley.

Agg:4-4 - Rhyl win on away goals

Aug 11, 2005 - UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg
Rhyl 0 Viking FK (Norway) 1 (Peter Kopteff 19)
Att: 1540
Rhyl: Gerard McGuigan, Jamie Brewerton, George Horan, Mark Powell, Greg Stones, Chris Adamson, Stuart Graves, Marc Limbert, Gareth Wilson, Lee Hunt, Andy Moran (Tommy Mutton 77). Unused subs: Mike Thompson, Gary Powell, Mark Connolly, Chris Taylor, Alan Morgan, Mark Billingsley.

Aug 25, 2005 - UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg
Viking FK 2 (Tony Nhelko 2) Rhyl 1 (Chris Adamson)
Att: 3857
Rhyl: Gerard McGuigan, Mark Powell, George Horan, Greg Stones, Jamie Brewerton (Chris Taylor 83), Stuart Graves, Mark Connolly (Tommy Mutton 77), Chris Adamson, Gareth Wilson, Lee Hunt (Gary Powell 83), Andy Moran. Unused subs: Michael Walsh, Peter Hoy, Alan Morgan, Mark Billingsley.

Agg: 1-3.

2006/07

July 13, 2006 - UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg
Rhyl 0 FK Suduva (Lithuania) 0
Att: 1479
Rhyl: Paul Whitfield, Mark Powell, George Horan, Timmy Edwards, Jamie Brewerton, Mark Connolly, Gareth Wilson, Conall Murtagh, Andy Moran (Alan Rafferty 76), Lee Hunt (Chris Sharp 66), Alex Hay. Unused subs: John Gann, Adrian Moody, Gary Powell, Dylan Owen, Ian Burrows.

July 27, 2006 - UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg
FK Suduva 2 (Darius Maciulevicius pen, Tomas Mikuckis) Rhyl 1 (Andy Moran 80)
Att: 2500
Rhyl: Paul Whitfield, Jamie Brewerton, Timmy Edwards (Alex Hay 45), Mark Powell, George Horan, Stuart Graves, Connal Murtagh, Mark Connolly, Gareth Wilson, Andy Moran, Lee Hunt (Chris Sharp 63 - Marcus Orlik 71). Unused subs: Dylan Owen, Alan Rafferty, Adrian Moody, John Gann.

Agg:1-2.

2007/08

July 17, 2007 - UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg
Rhyl 3 (Andy Moran, Lee Hunt, Craig Garside) FK Haka (Finland) 1 (Toni Lehtinen)
Att: 1787
Rhyl: John Gann, Mark Powell, Jamie Brewerton (Danny Desormeaux 90), Mark Connolly, George Horan, Carl Ruffer, Craig Garside, Jimmy Kelly, Lee Hunt (Dave Cameron 81), Andy Moran, Stuart Graves (Chris Roberts 77). Unused subs: Paul Whitfield, Matthew Holt, Craig Jones, Phil Coffin.

Aug 2, 2007 - UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg
FK Haka 2 (Mikko Innanen, Valeri Popovich) Rhyl 0
Att: 1565
Rhyl: John Gann, Mark Powell (Matthew Holt 90), Chris Roberts, Mark Connolly, George Horan, Carl Ruffer, Craig Garside (Dave Cameron 75), Jimmy Kelly, Lee Hunt, Andy Moran, Stuart Graves. Unused subs: Phil Coffin, Danny Desormeaux, Craig Jones, Gareth Wilson, Paul Whitfield.

Agg:3-3 - Rhyl lost on away goals.

2008/09

June 21, 2008 - Intertoto Cup first round first leg
Bohemian (Ireland) 5 (Jason Byrne, Owen Heary, Killian Brennan pen, Neale Fenn, Glen Crowe) Rhyl 1 (Ken Oman og)
Att: 1342
Rhyl: Lee Kendall, Paul O'Neill, Jamie Brewerton, George Horan, Carl Ruffer, Craig Garside (Jimmy Kelly 73), Craig Jones (Matthew Holt 90), Gareth Wilson, Marc Lloyd Williams, Mark Connolly, Chris Roberts (Gary Powell 74). Unused subs: Greg Stones, John Gann, Tom Roberts.

June 28, 2008 - Intertoto Cup first round second leg
Rhyl 2 (Mark Connolly 2) Bohemian 4 (Stephen O'Donnell, Jason Byrne pen, Jason McGuinness, Harpal Singh).
Att: 1453
Rhyl: John Gann, Paul O'Neill, Jamie Brewerton, Carl Ruffer, George Horan, Craig Jones, Gareth Wilson, Mark Connolly (Craig Garside 80), Chris Roberts (Jimmy Kelly 63), Marc Lloyd Williams, Gary Powell. Unused subs: Greg Stones, Tom Roberts, Matthew Holt.

Agg: 3-9.

MATCH RECORD

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Played 2 Lost 2 Goals For 1 Goals Against 7
UEFA CUP
Played 8 Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 5 Goals For 9 Goals Against 12
INTERTOTO CUP
Played 2 Lost 2 Goals For 3 Goals Against 9

OVERALL RECORD:
Played 12
Won 2
Drawn 1
Lost 9
Goals For 13
Goals Against 28

APPEARANCES (sub apps in brackets)
11 - James Brewerton
10 - Mark Powell, George Horan
9 - Gareth Wilson
8 - Andy Moran
7 (1) - Mark Connolly, Stuart Graves
7 - Lee Hunt
6 - Chris Adamson
5 - Marc Limbert
4 (2) - Greg Stones
4 - Timmy Edwards
4 (3) - Gary Powell
4 - Gerard McGuigan
4 - Carl Ruffer
3 (1) - Chris Roberts, Craig Garside
3 - John Gann
2 - Paul Smith, Robbie Wood, Michael Jackson, Lee Atherton, Paul Whitfield, Conall Murtagh, Paul O'Neill, Craig Jones, Marc Lloyd Williams, Jimmy Kelly (2).
1 - Alan Morgan (1), Alex Hay (1), Lee Kendall.
0 - subs apps only: Chris Sharp (2), Michael Keegan (2), Chris McGinn (1), Mike Thompson (1), Tommy Mutton (3), Chris Taylor (1), Alan Rafferty (1), Marcus Orlik (1), Danny Desormeaux (1), Dave Cameron (2). Matthew Holt (2).

GOALS (13)
3 - Lee Hunt
2 - Andy Moran, Gary Powell, Mark Connolly
1 - Greg Stones, Chris Adamson, Craig Garside, 1 own goal