 West Ham have been winners of the FA Cup three times , in 1964 , 1975 , and 1980 , and have also been runners @-@ up twice , in 1923 , and 2006 . The club have reached two major European finals , winning the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1965 and finishing runners up in the same competition in 1976 . West Ham also won the Intertoto Cup in 1999 . They are one of eight clubs never to have fallen below the second tier of English football , spending 58 of 90 league seasons in the top flight . The club 's highest league position to date came in 1985 – 86 when they achieved third place in the then First Division . 
