| Official programme for the final | |
| Season | 1961 |
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| Champions | |
← 1960 1962 → | |
Statistics of International Soccer League II in season 1961.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 12 |
| 2 | | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 9 |
| 3 | | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 8 |
| 4 | | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 7 |
| 5 | | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 |
| 6 | | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 |
| 7 | | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 |
| 8 | | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 13 |
| 2 | | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 10 |
| 3 | | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 8 |
| 4 | | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 7 |
| 5 | | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 7 |
| 6 | | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 5 |
| 7 | | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 4 |
| 8 | | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 31 | −25 | 2 |
| 17 May | Beşiktaş | 3–1 | Karlsruhe | New York, NY |
| Şenol Birol | Reinhold Wischnowsky | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 9538 Referee: Peter Rhodes |
| 23 May | Montreal Concordia | 0–1 | Everton FC | Montreal, QC |
| Hector Lopez | Preview [3] post [4] | Billy Bingham Alec Young | Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cameron McShane |
| 25 May | Everton FC | 2–1 | Kilmarnock FC | Montreal, QC |
| news [5] | Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 6,000 |
| 28 May | Bangu | 6–1 | Beşiktaş | New York, NY |
| Zé Maria Valter dos Santos Ademir da Guia | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 7130 |
| 30 May | Montreal Concordia | 2–0 | Dinamo Bucharest | Montreal, QC |
| Tito Maule Apard Kiraly | news [6] | Stadium: Molson Stadium Referee: Peter Rhodes |
| 30 May | New York Americans | 1–0 | Beşiktaş | New York, NY |
| Raul Seoane | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 10212 |
| 30 May | Karlsruher SC | 3–2 | Kilmarnock FC |
| 1 June | Kilmarnock FC | 4–0 | New York Americans | Montreal, QC |
| 7:00pm | Hughie Brown (31') Andy Kerr (43') Bert Black (65') Matt Watson (84') | news [7] | Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 7000 [8] |
| 1 June | Montreal Concordia | 1–1 | Beşiktaş | Montreal, QC |
| 9:00pm | José Sanches | Şenol Birol | Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 5500 Referee: Peter Rhodes |
| 8 June | Kilmarnock | 1–1 | Beşiktaş | Montreal, QC |
| Billy Muir | Selim Soydan | Stadium: Molson Stadium Referee: Tom Cuthbert |
| 14 June | Everton | 4–0 | Beşiktaş | New York, NY |
| Bobby Collins Frank Wignall Alex Young | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 5000 Referee: John Best |
| 15 June | Shamrock Rovers | 2–2 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | New York, NY |
| Frank O'Neill (2) | Zaharia Ratzabi Nahum Stelmach | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 12,244 Referee: Nels Dahlquist |
| 18 June | Dinamo București | 5–2 | Beşiktaş | New York, NY |
| Constantin David Iosif Varga Constantin Frățilă | Şenol Birol Arif Özataç | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 7331 Referee: Peter Rhodes |
| 4 July | Shamrock Rovers | 1-4 | AS Monaco FC | New York, NY |
| Frank O'Neill (23') | Bart Carlier (53') Lucien Cossou (60') Henri Biancheri (64') Claude Peretti (72') | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 8,615 Referee: Nels Dahlquist |
| 9 July | Shamrock Rovers | 1-4 | RCD Espanyol | New York, NY |
| Liam Tuohy (footballer) (68') | Índio (footballer, born 1931) (18'), (28') Ramón Carranza (61') Ronnie Nolan (69') (own goal) | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 10,208 Referee: Nels Dahlquist |
| 11 July | Shamrock Rovers | 3-1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | St Louis, MO |
| Paddy Ambrose (2) Liam Tuohy (footballer) | Jehoshua Glazer | Stadium: Public Schools Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bill Tatlock |
| 16 July | Shamrock Rovers | 5-1 | Red Star Belgrade | New York, NY |
| Tony Byrne (2) Paddy Ambrose Frank O'Neill Liam Tuohy | Novak Tomić | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 10,701 Referee: William Peters |
| 18 July | Montreal Concordia | 3–1 | AS Monaco | Montreal, QC |
| Humberto Gambaro Jose Sanches | [2] | Bert Carlier | Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 4,500 |
| 19 July | Shamrock Rovers | 1-3 | SK Rapid Wien | New York, NY |
| Frank O'Neill (79') | Josef Höltl (3') Walter Seitl (35') Rudi Flögel (74') | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 10,701 Referee: Jim McLean |
| 22 July | Shamrock Rovers | 3-4 | Dukla Prague | Chicopee, Massachusetts |
| Liam Tuohy (55') Johnny Fullam (78') Tony Byrne (82') | Rudolf Kučera (4'), (35') Jiří Sůra (57') Josef Jelínek (62') | Stadium: Szot Park Attendance: 3,000 |
| 24 July | Montreal Concordia | 2–2 | Shamrock Rovers | Montreal, QC |
| Olivio Lacerdo (38') José Sanches (51') | [9] | Liam Hennessy (29') Tommy Hamilton (59') | Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 400 |
| 30 July | Shamrock Rovers | 0-10 | Dukla Prague | New York, NY |
| Rudolf Kučera (5) Josef Vacenovský (2) Josef Masopust Jan Brumovský Jaroslav Borovička | Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Leo Goldstein |
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Dukla Prague won 9–2 on aggregate .