Editing Wembley Stadium (1923) (section)

===Club football===
[[File:Bristol Rovers v Tranmere Rovers, Wembley 1990 (344523653).jpg|thumb|right|[[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] defeated [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] in the [[1990 Associate Members' Cup final]]]]
In all, the stadium hosted five [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] finals, a record for the continent's top football tournament until the inauguration of the new [[Wembley Stadium]] in 2007. The first two were [[1963 European Cup final|1963]] final between [[AC Milan|Milan]] and [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], and the [[1968 European Cup final|1968]] final between Manchester United and Benfica. In [[1971 European Cup final|1971]], it again hosted the final, between [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] and [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]], and once more in [[1978 European Cup final|1978]], this time between [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]], another in [[1992 European Cup final|1992]], when [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] played [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]].

Wembley also hosted two [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]] [[List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals|finals]]: in [[1965 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1965]], when [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] defeated [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]], and in [[1993 European Cup Winners' Cup final|1993]], when [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]] defeated [[Royal Antwerp F.C.|Royal Antwerp]].

It was also the venue for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]'s home Champions League matches in [[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|1998–99]] and [[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League|1999–2000]]. It has hosted clubs' home matches on two other occasions; in 1930, when [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] played two home [[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]] matches while their [[Lea Bridge Stadium]] was undergoing urgent remedial works;<ref>{{cite book |last=Inglis |first=Simon | author-link = Simon Inglis |title=The Football Grounds of England and Wales |publisher=Willow Books |location=London |year=1984 |page=236}}</ref> and in 1930–31 for eight matches by [[Non-League football|non-League]] Ealing A.F.C.<ref name="Denied">{{cite book |last=Twydell |first=Dave |title= Denied F.C. – The Football League Election Struggles|publisher=Yore Publications |location=Harefield |year=2001 |isbn= 978-1-874427-98-8|page=31}}</ref> It was also to be the home of the [[Amateur sports|amateur]] club which made several applications to join [[English Football League|the Football League]], the [[Argonauts F.C.|Argonauts]].<ref name="Denied"/>

In March 1998, Arsenal made a bid to purchase Wembley in the hope of gaining a larger stadium to replace their [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury ground]], which had a capacity of less than 40,000 and was unsuitable for expansion. However, the bid was later abandoned in favour of building the 60,000 capacity [[Emirates Stadium]], which was opened in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hodgson|first1= Guy |last2=Yates |first2=Andrew | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fa-infuriated-by-arsenals-bid-for-wembley-1150008.html | work= [[The Independent]] | title=Football: FA Infuriated by Arsenal's Bid for Wembley | date=13 March 1998 | access-date = 15 August 2012}}</ref>