UEFA Intertoto Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Founded	1961 (taken over by UEFA in 1995)
Abolished	2009
Region	Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams	50
Current champions	Various
Website	UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that have not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued after the 2008 tournament.^[1] Teams who originally would have entered the Intertoto Cup directly enter in the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League from this point.

The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995.

Any club who wished to participate had to apply for entry, with the highest placed club (by league position in their domestic league) at the end of the season entering the competition. The club didn't necessarily have to be ranked directly below the clubs which had qualified for another UEFA competition; if the club which was in that position did not apply, they would not be eligible to compete, with the place instead going to the club which did apply.

The cup billed itself as providing both an opportunity for clubs who otherwise would not get the chance to enter the UEFA Cup and as an opportunity for sports lotteries (or pools) to continue during the summer.^[2] This reflects its background, which was as a tournament solely for football pools. In 1995 the tournament came under official UEFA sanctioning^[3] and UEFA Cup qualification places were granted. Initially two were provided; this was increased to three after one year; but in 2006 it was again increased to the current total of eleven.

Contents 1 History 2 Format 3 Winners 3.1 2006–2008 3.2 1995–2005 3.3 1967–94 3.4 1961–67 3.5 Winners by nation 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

History

The Intertoto Cup was the idea of the later FIFA vice president and founder of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Ernst B. Thommen, and the Austrian coach, Karl Rappan, who coached the Swiss national team at the 1938 World Cup and the Austrian national team at the 1954 World Cup.^[2] The "cup for the cupless" was also heavily promoted by the Swiss newspaper Sport. It derived its name from "Toto", the German term for Football pools.

Thommen, who had set up football betting pools in Switzerland in 1932, had a major interest in having purposeful matches played in the summer break. UEFA were initially disinclined to support the tournament, finding its betting background distasteful; nevertheless they permitted the new tournament but refrained from getting officially involved.^[2] Clubs which qualified for one of the official continental competitions, such as the European Champions Cups and Cup Winners Cup, were not allowed to participate.

The first tournament was held in 1961 as the International Football Cup (IFC). Initially the Cup had a group stage, which led to knock-out matches culminating in a final. By 1967 it had become difficult to organize the games,^[3] and so the knock-out rounds and the final were scrapped, leaving the tournament without a single winner. Instead, group winners received prizes of CHF10,000-15,000.

By 1995 UEFA had reconsidered its opinion, took official control of the tournament and changed its format. Initially, two winners were given a place in the UEFA Cup. The success of one of the first winners FC Girondins de Bordeaux in reaching the final of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup encouraged UEFA to add a third UEFA Cup place in 1996.^[3]

Many clubs dislike the competition and see it as disruptive in the preparation for the new season. As a consequence they do not nominate themselves for participation even if entitled. In particular, following its 1995 relaunch, clubs in England were skeptical about the competition; after initially being offered three places in the cup, all English top division teams rejected the chance to take part.^[4] Following the threat of bans of English teams from all UEFA competitions^[4] the situation was eventually resolved with three English clubs entering weakened teams, and none of them qualifying.

In following years UEFA made it possible for nations to forfeit Intertoto places. For example, in 1998 Scotland, San Marino and Moldova forfeited their places, and England, Portugal and Greece forfeited one of their two, Crystal Palace being the sole English entrant despite finishing bottom of the Premiership.^[5] Other clubs have built upon their success in the UI Cup, following it up with great campaigns in the UEFA Cup. Furthermore UEFA reject this assertion that the tournament is disruptive. They point out that in the 2004–05 season two of the three 2004 Intertoto Cup winners went on to qualify for the Champions League.^[3]

In December 2007, following the election of new UEFA president Michel Platini, it was announced that the Intertoto Cup would be abolished as of 2009. This was a part of a range of changes that were to be made to the UEFA Cup/Champions League System. Instead of teams qualifying for the Intertoto Cup they will now qualify directly for the Qualifying Stages of the UEFA Europa League, which will be expanded to four rounds to accommodate them.

Format

When the competition was taken over by UEFA in 1995, the format was both a group stage and a knock-out stage; 60 teams were split into 12 groups of five with the 16 best teams then contesting the knock-out stage with two-legged ties at each stage, the two winning finalists qualifying for the UEFA Cup. In 1996 and 1997 just the 12 group winners entered the knock-out round, with now three finalists advancing. Nations were allocated places according to their UEFA coefficients, much as with other UEFA tournaments.

The group stage was scrapped for the 1998 tournament, which became a straight knock-out tournament, with clubs from more successful nations entering at a later stage. This arrangement lasted until 2005.

From the 2006 tournament the format for the Cup changed. There are three rounds instead of the previous five, and the eleven winning teams from the third round went through to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.^[6] For the first time since the 1960s, there is provision for an actual trophy — whichever sides go furthest in the UEFA Cup will each be awarded a trophy.^[7] The first winners were Newcastle United, who won the 2006 tournament outright by going further in the UEFA Cup 2006–07 than the other ten qualifiers.^[8]

Only one team from each national association will be allowed to enter. However, should one or more nations not take up their place, the possibility has been left open for nations to have a second entrant. Seedings and entry are determined by each association. ^[6] Teams from the weakest federations enter at the first round stage, while those from mid-level federations enter in the second round, and those from the strongest federations enter in the third round.

Winners

2006–2008

Listed are all eleven teams that won the third round matches, qualifying them for the UEFA Cup. The outright winners (determined by their UEFA Cup performance) are in bold.

Year	Winners
2008	Aston Villa	Deportivo de La Coruña	Elfsborg	Grasshopper Zürich
	Napoli	Rennes	Rosenborg	Sporting Braga
	Sturm Graz	Stuttgart	Vaslui
2007	Aalborg	Atlético Madrid	Blackburn Rovers	Hamburg
	Hammarby	Lens	Oţelul Galaţi	Rapid Vienna
	Sampdoria	Tobol Kostanay	UD Leiria
2006	Auxerre	Ethnikos Achna	Hertha Berlin	Grasshopper Zürich
	Kayserispor	Maribor	Marseille	Newcastle United
	Odense	Ried	Twente

1995–2005

The results shown are the aggregate total over two legs.

Year	Winners		Runners-Up		Result
2005		Hamburg		Valencia	1–0
		Lens		CFR Cluj	4–2
		Marseille		Deportivo de La Coruña	5–3
2004		Lille		UD Leiria	2–0 (after extra time)
		Schalke		Slovan Liberec	3–1
		Villarreal		Atlético Madrid	2–2 (3–1 on penalties)
2003		Schalke		SV Pasching	2–0
		Villarreal		Heerenveen	2–1
		Perugia		Wolfsburg	3–0
2002		Málaga		Villarreal	2–1
		Fulham		Bologna	5–3
		Stuttgart		Lille	2–1
2001		Aston Villa		Basel	5–2
		Paris Saint-Germain		Brescia	1–1 (away goals)
		Troyes		Newcastle United	4–4 (away goals)
2000		Udinese		Sigma Olomouc	6–4
		Celta de Vigo		Zenit St. Petersburg	4–3
		Stuttgart		Auxerre	3–1
1999		Montpellier		Hamburg	2–2 (3–0 on penalties)
		Juventus		Stade Rennais	4–2
		West Ham United		Metz	3–2
1998		Valencia		Salzburg	4–1
		Werder Bremen		Vojvodina	2–1
		Bologna		Ruch Chorzów	3–0
1997		Bastia		Halmstads	2–1
		Lyon		Montpellier	4–2
		Auxerre		Duisburg	2–0
1996		Karlsruhe		Standard Liège	3–2
		Guingamp		Rotor Volgograd	2–2 (away goals)
		Silkeborg		Segesta	2–2 (away goals)
1995		Strasbourg		Tirol Innsbruck	7–2
		Bordeaux		Karlsruhe	4–2

1967–94

During this time there were no competition winners, as only group stages were contested.

1960s								1967	1968	1969
1970s	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980s	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990s	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994

1961–67

The results shown are the aggregate total over two legs unless otherwise noted.

Season	Winners		Runner-Up		Results
1966–67		Eintracht Frankfurt		Inter Bratislava	4–3
1965–66		Lokomotive Leipzig		IFK Norrköping	4–1
1964–65		Polonia Bytom		SC Leipzig	5–4
1963–64		Slovnaft Bratislava		Polonia Bytom	1–0*
1962–63		Slovnaft Bratislava		Calcio Padova	1–0*
1961–62		Ajax Amsterdam		Feijenoord Rotterdam	4–2*
* - Single match finals (although 1962–63 has been unofficially reported as over two legs)

Slovnaft Bratislava is the same club as Inter Bratislava (renamed), while SC Leipzig were renamed Lokomotive Leipzig.

Winners by nation

From 2006 onwards, the final round was no longer termed as the 'Final', but instead simply as the 'Third Round'. In addition, there were eleven winners compared to three under the old system. The club which progressed furthest in the UEFA Cup were declared overall winners. The Third Round winners and losers from 2006 are included in this table.

Nation		Winners	Runners-Up	Winning Clubs	Runner-Up Clubs
	France	16	5	Auxerre (2), Bastia, Bordeaux, Guingamp, Lens (2), Lille, Lyon, Marseille (2), Montpellier, PSG, Rennes, Strasbourg, Troyes	Auxerre, Lille, Metz, Montpellier, Rennes
	Germany	11	4	Frankfurt, Hamburg (2), Hertha, Karlsruhe, Schalke 04 (2), Stuttgart (3), Werder Bremen	Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Wolfsburg
	Spain	8	5	Celta Vigo, Malaga, Valencia, Villarreal (2), Atlético de Madrid, Deportivo	Atlético de Madrid, Deportivo, Valencia, Villarreal (2)
	Italy	6	3	Bologna, Juventus, Napoli, Perugia, Sampdoria, Udinese	Bologna, Brescia, Padova
	England	6	1	Aston Villa (2), Blackburn, Fulham, Newcastle, West Ham	Newcastle
	Austria	3	3	Rapid Vienna, SV Ried, SK Sturm Graz	FC Tirol Innsbruck, Pasching, Salzburg
	Denmark	3	1	Aalborg, Odense, Silkeborg	Odense
	Netherlands	2	4	Ajax, Twente	Feyenoord, Heerenveen, NAC, Utrecht
	Romania	2	3	Oţelul Galaţi, FC Vaslui	CFR Cluj, Farul Constanţa, Gloria Bistriţa
	Sweden	2	3	Elfsborg, Hammarby	Halmstads, IFK Norrköping, Kalmar FF
	Czechoslovakia	2	1	Inter Bratislava (2)	Inter Bratislava
	Portugal	2	1	Braga, Leiria	Leiria
	Switzerland	2	1	Grasshoppers (2)	Basel
	Poland	1	2	Polonia Bytom	Polonia Bytom, Ruch Chorzów
	Turkey	1	2	Kayserispor	Sivasspor, Trabzonspor
	East Germany	1	1	Lokomotive Leipzig	Lokomotive Leipzig
	Norway	1	1	Rosenborg	Lillestrøm
	Cyprus	1		Ethnikos Achna FC
	Kazakhstan	1		Tobol Kostanay
	Slovenia	1		NK Maribor
	Russia		5		FC Moskva, FC Saturn, Rotor Volgograd, Rubin Kazan, Zenit Petersburg
	Belgium		3		Gent (2), Standard Liége
	Greece		3		Larisa, OFI Crete, Panionios
	Ukraine		3		Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Chornomorets Odessa, SC Tavriya Simferopol
	Bulgaria		2		Cherno More Varna, PFC Chernomorets Burgas
	Czech Republic		2		Sigma Olomouc, Slovan Liberec
	Israel		2		Maccabi Petah Tikva, Bnei Sakhnin
	Moldova		2		Dacia Chişinău, FC Tiraspol
	Serbia		2		Vojvodina, Hajduk Kula
	Azerbaijan		1		Neftchi Baku
	Croatia		1		Segesta
	Hungary		1		Budapest Honvéd FC
	Lithuania		1		FK Vėtra
	Latvia		1		Riga
	Scotland		1		Hibernian

See also

• List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winning managers
• International club competition records
• UEFA competition records
• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Cup

References

External links

• Official UEFA site
• Official lotteries site
• Soccernet guide to Intertoto Cup: Part 1 and Part 2
• (Italian) Enrico Siboni Web Site - Winners of UEFA Intertoto Cup

Intertoto Cup Seasons

Not UEFA-administered (with knock-out rounds): 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 Not UEFA-administered (only group stages): 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 UEFA-administered - winners progress to UEFA Cup: 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008