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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Founded1955; 71 years ago (1955)
Abolished1971; 55 years ago (1971)
RegionEurope
Number of teams12 (first edition)
64 (last edition)
Related competitionsUEFA Cup (successor)
Last championsEngland Leeds United
(2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Barcelona
(3 titles)

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, most commonly referred to as the Fairs Cup and sometimes as the European Fairs Cup or Fairs Cities' Cup,[1][2][3] was a European football tournament that was played between 1955 and 1971.

The tournament was created to promote international trade fairs. During early seasons of the tournament, only cities that hosted fairs could enter, and the tournament had a "one city, one team" rule, with some teams made up of players from multiple clubs in a city. One notable example is the London XI, made up of players from clubs in London, who made the final of the 1955–1958 season.

The tournament was played until 1971, when it was superseded by the UEFA Cup.[4][5]

Keys
  • aet: after extra time
  •   Aggregate score result
Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Score Venue City Attend.
1
1955–58Spain Barcelona XI[n1 1]England London XI
2–2
Stamford BridgeLondon45,466
6–0
Camp NouBarcelona70,000
2
1958–60Spain BarcelonaEngland Birmingham City
0–0
St Andrew'sBirmingham40,524
4–1
Camp NouBarcelona70,000
3
1960–61Italy RomaEngland Birmingham City
2–2
St Andrew'sBirmingham21,000
2–0
Stadio OlimpicoRome60,000
4
1961–62Spain ValenciaSpain Barcelona
6–2
Mestalla StadiumValencia65,000
1–1
Camp NouBarcelona60,000
5
1962–63Spain ValenciaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
2–1
Stadion MaksimirZagreb40,000
2–0
Mestalla StadiumValencia55,000
6
1963–64Spain ZaragozaSpain ValenciaCamp NouBarcelona50,000
7
1964–65Hungary FerencvárosItaly JuventusStadio ComunaleTurin40,000
8
1965–66Spain BarcelonaSpain Zaragoza
0–1
Camp NouBarcelona50,000
4–2 (aet)
La RomaredaZaragoza33,000
9
1966–67Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo ZagrebEngland Leeds United
2–0
Stadion MaksimirZagreb32,000
0–0
Elland RoadLeeds35,604
10
1967–68England Leeds UnitedHungary Ferencváros
1–0
Elland RoadLeeds25,268
0–0
NépstadionBudapest76,000
11
1968–69England Newcastle UnitedHungary Újpest
3–0
St James' ParkNewcastle60,000
3–2
Megyeri útBudapest37,000
12
1969–70England ArsenalBelgium Anderlecht
1–3
Constant Vanden StockAnderlecht37,000
3–0
HighburyLondon51,612
13
1970–71England Leeds UnitedItaly Juventus
2–2
Stadio ComunaleTurin58,555
1–1
Elland RoadLeeds42,483
Leeds United won on away goals.
Notes
  1. ↑ FC Barcelona participated in this first edition of the tournament representing the city of Barcelona, under the name "Barcelona XI", and using, not the colours of the club, but the colours of the city.[6]

Trophy play-off match

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After the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the tournament was replaced with the UEFA Cup.[5] Because the Fairs Cup trophy had not been won by any club permanently, a play-off match was organised to decide who would keep the original trophy. It was played on 22 September 1971, between the first Fairs Cup winners, Barcelona, and the last winners, Leeds United.[5]

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City Attend.
1971Spain Barcelona
2–1
England Leeds UnitedCamp NouBarcelona45,000

Performances

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Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runner-up years
Spain Barcelona 3 1 1958, 1960, 1966 1962
Spain Valencia 2 1 1962, 1963 1964
England Leeds United 2 1 1968, 1971 1967
Spain Zaragoza 1 1 1964 1966
Hungary Ferencváros 1 1 1965 1968
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 1 1 1967 1963
Italy Roma 1 0 1961
England Newcastle United 1 0 1969
England Arsenal 1 0 1970
England Birmingham City 0 2 1960, 1961
Italy Juventus 0 2 1965, 1971
England London XI 0 1 1958
Hungary Újpest 0 1 1969
Belgium Anderlecht 0 1 1970

By nation

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Nation Winners Runners-up Total
 Spain 6 3 9
 England 4 4 8
 Italy 1 2 3
 Hungary 1 2 3
 Yugoslavia 1 1 2
 Belgium 0 1 1

All-time top goalscorers

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Rank Player Goals Club(s)
1 Brazil Waldo 31 Spain Valencia
2 Scotland Peter Lorimer 20 England Leeds United
3 Hungary Flórián Albert 19 Hungary Ferencváros
Hungary Ferenc Bene Hungary Újpest
Spain José Antonio Zaldúa Spain Barcelona
6 Argentina Pedro Manfredini 18 Italy Roma
7 Brazil Evaristo 17 Spain Barcelona
8 Spain Vicente Guillot 16 Spain Valencia
9 Spain Marcelino 15 Spain Zaragoza
10 Uruguay Héctor Núñez 14 Spain Valencia

Top scorers by season

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Season Player(s) Goals Club(s)
1955–58 Brazil Evaristo 4 Spain Barcelona
Spain Justo Tejada
England Peter Murphy England Birmingham City
England Cliff Holton England London XI
Switzerland Norbert Eschmann Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
1958–60 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić 6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI
1960–61 Argentina Pedro Manfredini 12 Italy Roma
1961–62 Brazil Waldo 9 Spain Valencia
1962–63 Italy Francisco Lojacono 6 Italy Roma
Argentina Pedro Manfredini
Brazil Waldo Spain Valencia
1963–64 Brazil Waldo 6 Spain Valencia
1964–65 England Bobby Charlton 8 England Manchester United
Scotland Denis Law
1965–66 Spain José Antonio Zaldúa 8 Spain Barcelona
1966–67 Hungary Flórián Albert 8 Hungary Ferencváros
1967–68 Scotland Peter Lorimer 8 England Leeds United
1968–69 Hungary Antal Dunai 10 Hungary Újpest
1969–70 Belgium Paul Van Himst 10 Belgium Anderlecht
1970–71 Italy Pietro Anastasi 10 Italy Juventus
Source: rsssf.com

References

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  1. ↑ "British Cup next season". Glasgow Herald. 19 March 1970. p. 6. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "German International". Heinz Moeller-Verlag. March 17, 1971. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Prole, David Robert (March 17, 1964). "Football in London". R. Hale. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Vieli (2014, p. 44)
  5. 1 2 3 Vieli, André, ed. (May 2009). "Origins of the UEFA Cup" (PDF). UEFA direct. No. 85. Nyon: Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA). pp. 10–11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cara y cruz de los ingleses" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at Mundo Deportivo, p.1 – 2 May 1958

Bibliography

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