1955–1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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1955–1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Balon Final Copa de Ferias 1958.jpg
Ball used in the final ( FC Barcelona Museum )
Tournament details
Dates4 June 1955 – 1 May 1958
Teams12 (10 competed)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona XI
(Later recognized as FC Barcelona) (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of England.svg London XI
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored93 (4.04 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Brazil.svg Evaristo
Flag of England.svg Peter Murphy
(4 goals each)

The first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place over three seasons from 1955 to 1958. The competition began with a group stage with each team playing home and away against each other. Due to the competition rules which stated only one side from each city was allowed to compete, many cities with several football clubs picked the best players from those teams to create a city representative side. One of these, the London XI, went on to reach the final where they were beaten over two legs by the Barcelona XI (later recognized as FC Barcelona).

Contents

Teams location

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Location of teams in the 1955–1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
Brown pog.svg Brown: Group A; Red pog.svg Red: Group B; Orange pog.svg Orange: Group C; Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group D

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona XI 211073+43
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen XI 201137−41
3 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna XI (W)00000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
(W) Withdrew from the competition
Barcelona XI Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg 6–2 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen XI
Areta Soccerball shade.svg8', 10'
Tejada Soccerball shade.svg40', 80'
Villaverde Soccerball shade.svg40'
Kubala Soccerball shade.svg59'		 Report Lundberg Soccerball shade.svg65', 75'
Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of England.svg Birmingham City 431061+57
2 Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan 421162+45
3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zagreb XI 400409−90
Source: [ citation needed ]
Inter Milan Flag of Italy.svg 4–0 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zagreb XI
Skoglund Soccerball shade.svg8', 89'
Lorenzi Soccerball shade.svg43', 50'		 Report
Arena Civica, Milan
Attendance: 5,000[ citation needed ]
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
Birmingham City Flag of England.svg 2–1 Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan
Govan Soccerball shade.svg44', 53' Report Lorenzi Soccerball shade.svg88'
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 34,461[ citation needed ]
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lausanne-Sport 2101109+12
2 Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig XI 2101910−12
3 Flag of Germany.svg Cologne XI (W)00000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
(W) Withdrew from the competition
Leipzig XI Flag of Germany.svg 6–3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lausanne-Sport
Walter Soccerball shade.svg5'
Konzack Soccerball shade.svg9', 82'
Krause Soccerball shade.svg23', 36'
Fettke Soccerball shade.svg69'		 Report Maillard Soccerball shade.svg11'
Rey Soccerball shade.svg31'
Eschmann Soccerball shade.svg43'
Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig
Lausanne-Sport Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 7–3 Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig XI
Tedeschi Soccerball shade.svg28'
Eschmann Soccerball shade.svg37', 43', 55'
Moser Soccerball shade.svg38'
Stefano Soccerball shade.svg60', 62'		 Report Walter Soccerball shade.svg13'
Konzack Soccerball shade.svg58'
Frohlich Soccerball shade.svg70'
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of England.svg London XI 430193+66
2 Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt XI 4202101004
3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Basel XI 4103713−62
Source: [ citation needed ]
Basel XI Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 0–5 Flag of England.svg London XI
Report Firmani Soccerball shade.svg35', 81' [a]
Holton Soccerball shade.svg37', 43', 74'
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
London XI Flag of England.svg 3–2 Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt XI
Jezzard Soccerball shade.svg46', 86'
Robson Soccerball shade.svg60'		 Report Pfaff Soccerball shade.svg25'
Kaufhold Soccerball shade.svg30'
Wembley Stadium, London
Basel XI Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 6–2 Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt XI
Allemann Soccerball shade.svg3', 47', 66'
Sanmann Soccerball shade.svg33'
Hugi Soccerball shade.svg64'
Burger Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report Kraus Soccerball shade.svg32'
Mayer Soccerball shade.svg65'
Landhof, Basel

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
        
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lausanne-Sport 2 0 2
Flag of England.svg London XI 1 2 3
Flag of England.svg London XI 2 0 2
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona XI 2 6 8
Flag of England.svg Birmingham City 4 0 4 (1)
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona XI 3 1 4 (2)

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd legPlay-off
Lausanne-Sport Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2–3 Flag of England.svg London XI 2–10–2
Birmingham City Flag of England.svg 4–4 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona XI 4–30–11–2

First leg

Second leg

Play-off

Final

First leg

London XI Flag of England.svg 2–2 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Barcelona XI
Greaves Soccerball shade.svg10'
Langley Soccerball shade.svg88' (pen.)		 Martínez Soccerball shade.svg7'
Tejada Soccerball shade.svg35'
Attendance: 45,466

Second leg

Barcelona XI Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg 6–0 Flag of England.svg London XI
Suárez Soccerball shade.svg6', 8'
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg42'
Evaristo Soccerball shade.svg52', 75'
Vergés Soccerball shade.svg63'
Attendance: 70,000

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the final goal to Hooper. [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Blues in Europe – Part One 1956–1958". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011.
  2. ↑ EC 1 & Fairs Cup 1595-1960. International Federation of Football History & Statistics. pp. 158–171.
  3. ↑ Velasco, Santiago. "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58 (game details)". linguasport.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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