page_title: Stoke City F.C. in European football
section_title: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
hierarchical_section_title: Stoke City F.C. in European football / History / 2011–12 UEFA Europa League
caption_attribution_description: English: Kenwyne Jones in action for Sunderland against Chelsea on 17 January 2010 at Stamford Bridge.
context_page_description: Stoke City Football Club is an English football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was founded in 1863 and has competed in the English football league system since 1888. They played in the UEFA Cup in 1972–73 and 1974–75, before qualifying for the tournament in 2011–12 under the new name of UEFA Europa League. The club also entered the Anglo-Italian Cup and the Texaco Cup.
context_section_description: Stoke City, under manager Tony Pulis, were beaten finalists in the 2011 FA Cup Final, losing to Manchester City. This saw them awarded a place in the UEFA Europa League, which featured five other English clubs: Birmingham City, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester clubs City and United.
  After defeating Hajduk Split and FC Thun in the qualifying rounds, Stoke reached the group stage, and were drawn into Group E, to face Dynamo Kyiv, Beşiktaş and Maccabi Tel Aviv. A record of three wins, two draws and one loss led to Stoke finishing second in the group behind the Turkish club, and going through to face Valencia, who eliminated the Potters with two one-nil victories, in each leg.
caption: Kenwyne Jones scored four goals, making him Stoke's top European goalscorer.
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