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Teams | 48 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 144 |
The 1967 Intertoto Cup was the first in which no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore the first in which no winner was declared. The tournament was expanded, with 48 clubs and twelve groups compared to 40 clubs and ten groups the season before. Denmark participated for the first time.
Ruch Chorzów were the best performers, with 12 points.
The Group Stage was always played during the summer break, with the knock-out rounds played as clubs could fit them in during the new season. However, this began to cause increasing problems. Firstly, clubs often had difficulty agreeing dates, and the tournament struggled to finish on time - for example, the 1964–65 final wasn't played until early June, over a year after the group games had started; and in 1963–64 and 1965–66 it was concluded in late May.
The second reason was the insistence of UEFA that any clubs taking part in the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup could not continue games in other European competitions after the end of the summer break. This meant that clubs who had progressed from the Intertoto Group Stage, but were also competing in one of the UEFA competitions, had to be given byes through the Intertoto knock-out rounds (until they were eliminated from the UEFA competition), or withdrawn entirely. This made the knock-out rounds complicated, difficult to schedule, and weakened their significance.
The third reason was the lack of value attributed to the knock-out rounds. While reaching the final was seen as an achievement worthy of praise, the main purpose of the tournament, for most clubs who entered, was to provide football during the otherwise empty summer break. The financial benefits of participating in the pools competitions was also important. Having to arrange and play home-and-away knock-out matches during the new season was seen as difficult, expensive, and relatively pointless if the club in question was eliminated before reaching the Final or Semi-finals.
As a result, the knock-out rounds were abandoned, and for the next three decades there were no winners of the cup. The Group Stage continued much as before, with prize money still awarded according to a club's final group placing.
The teams were divided into twelve groups of four clubs each - four in 'A' section, and eight in 'B' section. Belgium, France, and the Netherlands had clubs in 'A'; while Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, Poland, Sweden and West Germany had clubs in 'B'. Clubs from Switzerland were placed in both sections.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LUG | BOR | SPA | WAR | |
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1 | Lugano | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
2 | Bordeaux | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 0–2 | |
3 | Sparta Rotterdam | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 | |
4 | Waregem | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |
Sparta Rotterdam | 4-0 | Waregem |
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Henk Bosveld 6' Ben Bosma 22' Ad Vermolen 30', 54' |
Waregem | 2-0 | Sparta Rotterdam |
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Pierre Vandevelde 49' Jószef Frivaldi 74' (pen.) |
Sparta Rotterdam | 0-1 | Bordeaux |
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Gabriel Abossolo 22' |
Lugano | 2-0 | Sparta Rotterdam |
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Flavio Signorelli 34' Otto Luttrop 78' |
Bordeaux | 1-4 | Sparta Rotterdam |
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Karounga Keïta 55' | Ad Vermolen 10' Henk Bosveld 20', 83' Ole Madsen 41' |
Sparta Rotterdam | 1-0 | Lugano |
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Henk Bosveld 3' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FEY | RDC | STR | LS | |
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1 | Feyenoord | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 10 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
2 | RDC Molenbeek | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
3 | Strasbourg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | |
4 | Lausanne-Sports | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LIL | SIO | BEE | GRO | |
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1 | Lille | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
2 | Sion | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | 1–3 | — | 5–2 | 3–1 | |
3 | Beerschot | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | |
4 | Groningen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LIE | GRE | ROU | GAE | |
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1 | Lierse | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | Grenchen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
3 | Rouen | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 5 | 2–4 | 1–1 | — | 4–3 | |
4 | Go Ahead Eagles | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Hannover | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 |
2 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
3 | Norrköping | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 4 |
4 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 4 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 |
2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Wacker Innsbruck | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 5 |
4 | Djurgården | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BYT | BRE | ELF | GCZ | |
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1 | Polonia Bytom | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
2 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
3 | Elfsborg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 5–2 | |
4 | Grasshopper Club | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | GÖT | JEN | B05 | YFZ | |
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1 | Gothenburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
3 | Bohemians Prague | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | |
4 | Young Fellows Zürich | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–5 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | RUC | FRE | YB | FIR | |
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1 | Ruch Chorzów | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 12 | — | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
2 | Frem | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | |
3 | Young Boys | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | |
4 | First Vienna | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Košice | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 |
2 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 |
3 | AIK | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 |
4 | AGF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | KB | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 |
2 | Union Teplice | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
3 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
4 | Katowice | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 8 |
2 | LASK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
3 | Vejle | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 6 |
4 | Žilina | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
The 1961–62 International Football Cup was the first Intertoto Cup, a football tournament for European clubs that would otherwise not have a European competition to compete in. The inaugural tournament was won by Ajax, who defeated Feyenoord in the final. The competition was contested by 32 clubs, almost exclusively from central Europe – Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden entered four clubs each; Poland entered two; and West Germany entered six clubs. Eventually the final became a clash between Dutch rivals Ajax and Feyenoord.
The 1962–63 International Football Cup was won by Slovnaft Bratislava after defeating Calcio Padova in the final. A total of 32 clubs contested the tournament, including the first clubs from France, Italy, Hungary and Yugoslavia to participate in the Intertoto Cup.
The 1963–64 Intertoto Cup was won by Slovnaft Bratislava who retained the trophy they had won the previous season, defeating Polonia Bytom in the final. The tournament was expanded for this season, with 48 clubs entering compared to 32 in previous years, including the first clubs from Belgium to play in the Intertoto Cup - this meant an additional knock-out round was added between the Group Stage and the Quarter-Finals.
The 1966–67 Intertoto Cup was won by Eintracht Frankfurt in the final against Inter Bratislava, the last final of the tournament in the traditional '1 cup, 1 winner' sense. This was also last season that knock-out rounds were contested, until UEFA took over the competition in 1995, and the last ever occasion that an outright winner was declared. Although the competition had returned to the old 32 clubs / eight groups format the year before, this was altered with the tournament expanding to 40 clubs / ten groups.
The 1965–66 Intertoto Cup was won by 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, who had lost the previous season's final. They defeated IFK Norrköping. After experimenting with twelve groups totalling 48 clubs for two years, the competition returned to its original format with 32 clubs divided into eight groups. As a result, the clubs went straight to the quarter-finals after the group stage, while in previous seasons a first round had also been required.
The 1964–65 Intertoto Cup was won by Polonia Bytom, losing finalists the previous season, who defeated Lokomotive Leipzig in the final - believed to be the first held over two legs in the tournament's history. A total of 44 clubs participated, down four on the previous season, and clubs from Bulgaria and Greece took part for the first time. The competition was also affected by the decision of UEFA to prevent clubs who were taking part in the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup continuing games in other European competitions after the end of the summer break. These clubs had to be given byes through the knock-out rounds until they were eliminated from the UEFA competitions, or withdrawn entirely.
The 1968 Intertoto Cup was the second, following the previous year's in which no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore the second in which no winner was declared. The tournament was expanded, with 50 clubs and fourteen groups compared to 48 clubs and twelve groups the season before. Clubs from Portugal and Spain participated for the first time.
In the 1969 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared. Jednota Trenčín were the best performers, with 11 points.
In the 1971 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.
In the 1972 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.
In the 1973 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.
In the 1974 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared. This year marked the first edition a club from Turkey took part.
In the 1975 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no overall winner was declared.
In the 1976 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared. This edition marked the first time teams from Israel and Norway took part.
In the 1977 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.
In the 1979 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no overall winner was declared. 32 clubs participated in this years edition.
In the 1980 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.
In the 1981 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.
In the 1982 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.
In the 1978 Intertoto Cup no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore no winner was declared.