Coppa Ottorino Barassi

Ottorino Barassi Cup
(Coppa Ottorino Barassi)

Founded	1968
Abolished	1976;49 years ago (1976)
Region	England Italy
Number of teams	2
Related competitions	FA Amateur Cup Coppa Italia Dilettanti
Last champions	Soresinese (1976)

The Coppa Ottorino Barassi (also called "Italian-English Amateur League Cup") is a defunct amateur association football competition named after Ottorino Barassi that was contested from 1968 until 1976. The competition was contested by the English FA Amateur Cup winners and the Italian Coppa Italia Dilettanti winners and was played over two-legs, one at each participating club's stadium.

Leytonstone F.C. were the first champions of the competition in 1968, winning on the away goals rule following a 1–1 draw in the first leg at home, and a 2–2 in the return away fixture. The following year the cup was shared after both legs finished 2–0 to the home team. ^[1] The 1974 tournament was not played, and following the abolition of the FA Amateur Cup that year the English representative became the champions of the Second Division of the Isthmian League. The last instalment of the competition was in 1976, when Unione Sportiva Soresinese won following a penalty shootout. This was the only time an Italian team won the competition.

List of champions

Ed.	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Aggr.
1	1968	Leytonstone	Stefer Roma	3–3 [n 1]
2	1969	North Shields ALMAS	– [n 2]	2–2 [n 2]
3	1970	Enfield	Ponte San Pietro	4–2
4	1971	Skelmersdale United	Montebelluna	2–1
5	1972	Hendon	Unione Valdinievole	3–1
6	1973	Walton & Hersham	Jesolo	6–0
–	1974	(not held) [n 3]
7	1975	Staines Town	Banco di Roma	3–0
8	1976	Soresinese	Tilbury	2–2 [n 4]

Notes

1. Leytonstone won on away goal rule.
2. Title shared after both clubs won one match each, also tied on goal difference.
3. Qualified teams: Bishop's Stortford and Miranese.
4. Soresineses won 5–3 on penalties.

Matche details

Key

†	Won on the away goals rule
*	Winner after a penalty shootout
Bold	Indicates the winner in two-legged finals

Match details

Year	Country	Home team	Score	Away team	Country	Notes
1968	ENG	Leytonstone	1–1	Stefer Roma	ITA	[1]
	ITA	Stefer Roma	2–2 †	Leytonstone	ENG
	Aggregate 3–3, Leytonstone win on away goals
1969	ENG	North Shields	2–0	ALMAS	ITA	[1]
	ITA	ALMAS	2–0	North Shields	ENG
	Aggregate 2–2, North Shields and ALMAS shared the cup
1970	ENG	Enfield	3–0	Ponte San Pietro	ITA	[1]
	ITA	Ponte San Pietro	2–1	Enfield	ENG
	Enfield won 4–2 on aggregate
1971	ENG	Skelmersdale United	2–0	Montebelluna	ITA	[1]
	ITA	Montebelluna	1–0	Skelmersdale United	ENG
	Skelmersdale United won 2–1 on aggregate
1972	ENG	Hendon	2–0	Unione Valdinievole	ITA	[1]
	ITA	Unione Valdinievole	1–1	Hendon	ENG
	Hendon won 3–1 on aggregate
1973	ENG	Walton & Hersham	4–0	Jesolo	ITA	[1]
	ITA	Jesolo	0–2	Walton & Hersham	ENG
	Walton & Hersham won 6–0 on aggregate
1974	Not played Qualifying teams: Bishop's Stortford, Miranese.					[a]
1975	ITA	Banco di Roma	0–1	Staines Town	ENG	[1]
	ENG	Staines Town	2–0	Banco di Roma	ITA
	Staines Town won 3–0 on aggregate
1976	ENG	Tilbury	1–1	Soresinese	ITA	[1]
	ITA	Soresinese	1–1 *	Tilbury	ENG
	Aggregate 2–2, Soresinese won 5–3 in a penalty shootout

References

1. "Anglo-Italian League Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 31 August 2009.