Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Football Tournament
Founded1955
RegionEurope
Number of teams12 (First Round)
64 (Total)
Most successful clubES FC Barcelona
(3 time champions, 1 time runner-up)

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The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials at FIFA. As the name suggests, the competition was set up to promote international trade fairs. Friendly games were regularly held between teams from cities holding trade fairs and it was from these games that the competition evolved. The competition was initially only open to teams from cities that hosted trade fairs and where these teams finished in their national league had no relevance. Early competitions also featured a one city, one team rule. After 1968, it was sometimes referred to as the Runners-Up Cup, with teams now qualifying based on league position. In 1971, it came under the auspices of UEFA and was replaced by the UEFA Cup, now UEFA Europa League.

While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is recognised as the predecessor to the UEFA Cup / Europa League, it was not organised by UEFA. Consequently, UEFA do not consider clubs' records in the Fairs Cup to be part of their European record.

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UEFA Cup :
Season Home Team Score Away Team Venue
1955 � 58 England London XI
(ENG)		 2 � 2 ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 Stamford Bridge,
London
ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 6 � 0 England London XI
(ENG)		 Camp Nou,
Barcelona
Barcelona won 8 � 2 on aggregate
1958 � 60 England Birmingham City
(ENG)		 0 � 0 ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 St Andrew's,
Birmingham
ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 4 � 1 England Birmingham City
(ENG)		 Camp Nou,
Barcelona
Barcelona won 4 � 1 on aggregate
1960 � 61 England Birmingham City
(ENG)		 2 � 2 Italy Roma
(ITA)		 St Andrew's,
Birmingham
Italy Roma
(ITA)		 2 � 0 England Birmingham City
(ENG)		 Stadio Olimpico,
Rome
Roma won 4 � 2 on aggregate
1961 � 62 ES Valencia
(ESP)		 6 � 2 ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 Luis Casanova Stadium,
Valencia
ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 1 � 1 ES Valencia
(ESP)		 Camp Nou,
Barcelona
Valencia won 7 � 3 on aggregate
1962 � 63 SFR Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
(YUG)		 1 � 2 ES Valencia
(ESP)		 Maksimir,
Zagreb
ESValencia
(ESP)		 2 � 0 SFR Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
(YUG)		 Luis Casanova Stadium,
Valencia
Valencia won 4 � 1 on aggregate
1963 � 64 ES Real Zaragoza
(ESP)		 2 � 1 ES Valencia
(ESP)		 Camp Nou,
Barcelona
Single match played
1964 � 65 Italy Juventus
(ITA)		 0 � 1
 HU Ferencváros
(HUN)		 Stadio Comunale,
Turin
Single match played
1965 � 66 ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 0 � 1 ES Real Zaragoza
(ESP)		 Camp Nou,
Barcelona
ES Real Zaragoza
(ESP)		 2 � 4
aet		 ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 La Romareda,
Zaragoza
Barcelona won 4 � 3 on aggregate
1966 � 67 SFR Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
(YUG)		 2 � 0 England Leeds United
(ENG)		 Maksimir,
Zagreb
England Leeds United
(ENG)		 0 � 0 SFR Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
(YUG)		 Elland Road,
Leeds
Dinamo Zagreb won 2 � 0 on aggregate
1967 � 68 England Leeds United
(ENG)		 1 � 0 HU Ferencváros
(HUN)		 Elland Road,
Leeds
HU Ferencváros
(HUN)		 0 � 0 England Leeds United
(ENG)		 Nepstadion,
Budapest
1969 � 70 Belgium Anderlecht
(BEL)		 3 � 1 England Arsenal
(ENG)		 Parc Astrid,
Brussels
England Arsenal
(ENG)		 3 � 0 Belgium Anderlecht
(BEL)		 Highbury,
London
Arsenal won 4 � 3 on aggregate
1970 � 71 Italy Juventus
(ITA)		 2 � 2 England Leeds United
(ENG)		 Stadio Comunale,
Turin
England Leeds United
(ENG)		 1 � 1 Italy Juventus
(ITA)		 Elland Road,
Leeds
Aggregate: 3 � 3
Leeds United won on away goals

Results by club :
Club Wins Runners-up class="unsortable"Years won class="unsortable"Years runner-up
Barcelona 3 1 1958, 1960, 1966 1962
Leeds United 2 1 1968, 1971 1967
Valencia 2 1 1962, 1963 1964
Dinamo Zagreb 1 1 1967 1963
Ferencváros 1 1 1965 1968
Real Zaragoza 1 1 1964 1966
Arsenal 1 0 1970 �
Newcastle United 1 0 1969 �
Roma 1 0 1961 �
Birmingham City 0 2 � 1960, 1961
Juventus 0 2 � 1965, 1971
Anderlecht 0 1 � 1970
London XI 0 1 � 1958
Újpest 0 1 � 1969

Results by country :
Country
Spain 6 3
England 4 4
Hungary 1 2
Italy 1 2
  1 1
Belgium 0 1

Results by country :
Season Home Team Score Away Team Venue
1971 ES Barcelona
(ESP)		 2 � 1 England Leeds United
(ENG)		 Camp Nou,
Barcelona
Single match play-off

Results by country :
1
2 Peter Lorimer 20 Leeds United
3 Flórián Albert 19 Ferencváros
Ferenc Bene Újpest
José Antonio Zaldúa Barcelona
6 Pedro Waldemar Manfredini 18 Roma
7 Evaristo de Macedo 17 Barcelona
8 Vicente Guillot 16 Valencia
9 Marcelino Martínez 15 Real Zaragoza
10 Héctor Núñez 14 Valencia

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Seasons1955 - 58, 1958 - 60, 1960 - 61, 1961 - 62, 1962 - 63, 1963 - 64, 1964 - 65, 1965 - 66, 1966 - 67, 1967 - 68, 1968 - 69, 1969 - 70, 1970 - 71, UEFA Cup
Finals1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, UEFA Cup



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