1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The fourth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1961–62 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, three of which lost out in the first round. The final was the first European final to be contested between two clubs from the same country, namely Spain. Valencia beat Barcelona 7–3 over two legs, and also reached the next two finals in the competition.

Contents 1 First round 1.1 First leg 1.2 Second leg 2 Second round 2.1 First leg 2.2 Second leg 3 Quarter finals 3.1 First leg 3.2 Second leg 4 Semifinals 5 Final 6 External links

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lausanne Sports	Bye	–	–	–
Valencia	7–1	Nottingham Forest	2–0	5–1
Union Saint-Gilloise	1–5	Hearts	1–3	0–2
Köln	4–41	Internazionale	4–2	0–2
Iraklis	Bye	–	–	–
Milan	0–2	Novi Sad XI	0–0	0–2
Strasbourg	3–13	MTK	1–3	2–10
Spartak Brno	3–6	Leipzig XI	2–2	1–4
Hannover	0–3	Espanyol	0–1	0–2
Birmingham City	Bye	–	–	–
Basel XI	2–5	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	1–4
Hibernian	6–4	Belenenses	3–3	3–1
Lyon	6–7	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2	2–5
Roma	Bye	–	–	–
West Berlin XI	1–3	Barcelona	1–0	0–3
Stævnet	4–9	NK Dinamo Zagreb	2–7	2–2

¹Internazionale progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 5–3.

First leg

13 September 1961	Valencia	2 – 0	Nottingham Forest	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Waldo  15', 40'

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27 September 1961	Union Saint-Gilloise	1 – 3	Hearts	Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels
	van Vaerenberg  19'		Blackwood  22' Davidson  30', 76'

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27 September 1961	Köln	4 – 2	Internazionale	Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
	Sturm  2' C. Müller  23' Hemmersbach  36' Thielen  71'		Morbello  19' Petroni  63'

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30 August 1961	Milan	0 – 0	Novi Sad XI	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

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13 September 1961	Strasbourg	1 – 3	MTK	La Meinau, Strasbourg
	Lachot  73'		Sándor  20' Gonzalez  23' (o.g.) Kuti  90'

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27 September 1961	Spartak Brno	2 – 2	Leipzig XI	Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská, Brno
	Skejbal  9', 46' (pen.)		Trölitzsch  13', 44' (pen.)

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13 September 1961	Hannover	0 – 1	Espanyol	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
			Camps  52'

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4 September 1961	Basel XI	1 – 1	Red Star Belgrade	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
	Odermatt  8'		Maravić  32'

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4 September 1961	Hibernian	3 – 3	Belenenses	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Fraser  47', 53' Baird  60' (pen.)		Matateu  13', 26' Yauca  15'

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12 September 1961	Lyon	4 – 2	Sheffield Wednesday	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
	Rambert  19' N'Jo Léa  22', 38' Combin  90'		Young  48' Ellis  63'

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20 September 1961	West Berlin XI	1 – 0	Barcelona	Berlin
	Steinert  83'

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7 September 1961	København XI	2 – 7	NK Dinamo Zagreb	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
	Sørensen Ravn		Jerković 2 Cvitković 2 Šantek Knez Matuš

Second leg

4 October 1961	Nottingham Forest	1 – 5	Valencia	City Ground, Nottingham
	Cobb  53'		Waldo  11'  13' Núñez  30'  49'  68'

Valencia won 7–1 on aggregate.

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4 October 1961	Hearts	2 – 0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
	Wallace  70' Stenhouse  87'

Hearts won 5–1 on aggregate.

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11 October 1961	Internazionale	2 – 0	Köln	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
	Suárez  4'  59' (pen.)

Internazionale 4–4 Köln on aggregate.

25 October 1961	Internazionale	5 – 3	Köln	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
	Humberto  2'  32'  63' Suárez  16' Morbello  40'		Regh  42'  54' Ripkens  73'

Internazionale won 5–3 in play-off.

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20 September 1961	Novi Sad XI	2 – 0	Milan	Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad
	Takač  20' Pavlić  50'

Novi Sad XI won 2–0 on aggregate.

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4 October 1961	MTK	10 – 2	Strasbourg	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest
	Kuti  13'  60' Sándor  17'  83' Molnár  37'  69' Szimcsák  47'  53'  68' Sas  82'		Nabat  21' Hauss  75' (pen.)

MTK won 13–3 on aggregate.

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4 October 1961	Leipzig XI	4 – 1	Spartak Brno	Leipzig
	Frenzel  17'  21' Zerbe  36'  51'		Skejbal  64'

Leipzig XI won 6–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1961	Espanyol	2 – 0	Hannover	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
	Camps  27' Jorss  61' (o.g.)

Espanyol won 3–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1961	Red Star Belgrade	4 – 1	Basel XI	Belgrade
	Stipić  6' Melić  42'  69' Rudinski  60'		Blumer  23'

Red Star won 5–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1961	Belenenses	1 – 3	Hibernian	Estádio das Salésias, Lisbon
	Matateu  28'		Baxter  20'  61' Stevenson  74'

Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.

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4 October 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	5 – 2	Lyon	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
	Fantham  9'  85' Griffin  14' McAnearney  20' (pen.) Dobson  78'		Salen  6' Djorkaeff  81'

Sheffield Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.

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4 October 1961	Barcelona	3 – 0	West Berlin XI	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Evaristo  8'  75' Zaldúa  90'

Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.

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4 October 1961	NK Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 2	København XI	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
	Remete  29' Marković  70'		Rasmussen  31' Andersen  40'

Dinamo Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lausanne Sports	3–4	Valencia	3–4	–
Hearts	0–5	Internazionale	0–1	0–4
Iraklis	3–10	Novi Sad XI	2–1	1–9
MTK	3–3	Leipzig XI	3–0	0–3
Espanyol	5–3	Birmingham City	5–2	0–1
Red Star Belgrade	5–0	Hibernian	4–0	1–0
Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Roma	4–0	0–1
Barcelona	7–3	NK Dinamo Zagreb	5–1	2–2

¹ MTK progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 2–0.

First leg

6 November 1961	Hearts	0 – 1	Internazionale	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
			Humberto  33'

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26 October 1961	Iraklis	2 – 1	Novi Sad XI	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
	Xilas  9' Karavergos  49'		Takač  43'

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6 November 1961	MTK	3 – 0	Leipzig XI	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest
	Povázsai  37'  59' Sándor  81'

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13 December 1961	Espanyol	5 – 2	Birmingham City	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
	Castaños  22' Carranza  25' Camps  32'  80'  85'		Bloomfield  20' Harris  75' (pen.)

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1 November 1961	Red Star Belgrade	4 – 0	Hibernian	Belgrade
	Maravić  17'  55' Melić  24'  42'

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29 November 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	4 – 0	Roma	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
	Fantham  6' Young  33'  35'  79'

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13 December 1961	Barcelona	5 – 1	NK Dinamo Zagreb	Camp Nou, Barcelona
	Pereda  15' Evaristo  19'  28'  33' Kocsis  68'		Jerković  87'

Second leg

23 December 1961	Valencia	4 – 3	Lausanne Sports	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia
	Ribelles  20' (pen.)  39' Coll  54' Waldo  81'		Vonlanden  48' (pen.) Glišović  62'  68'

Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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22 November 1961	Internazionale	4 – 0	Hearts	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
	Hitchens  11'  86' Morbello  31' Humberto  75'

Internazionale won 5–0 on aggregate.

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15 November 1961	Novi Sad XI	9 – 1	Iraklis	Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad
	Radović  8'  46'  54' Aleksić  23' Pavlić  38'  57'  58' Mijatović  55'  77'		Hasekidis  23'

Novi Sad XI won 10–3 on aggregate.

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22 November 1961	Leipzig XI	3 – 0	MTK	Leipzig
	Frenzel  18'  81' Engelhardt  76'

Leipzig XI 3–3 MTK on aggregate.

30 November 1961	MTK	2 – 0	Leipzig XI	Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest
	Sándor  39' Bödör  57'

MTK won won 2–0 in play-off.

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7 December 1961	Birmingham City	1 – 0	Espanyol	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	Auld  59'

Espanyol won 5–3 on aggregate.

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4 September 1961	Hibernian	0 – 1	Red Star Belgrade	Easter Road, Edinburgh
			Prljinčević  77'

Red Star won 5–0 on aggregate.

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13 December 1961	Roma	1 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
	Swan  80' (o.g.)

Sheffield Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.

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20 December 1961	NK Dinamo Zagreb	2 – 2	Barcelona	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
	Lamza  24' 47'		Evaristo  37' Zaballa  69'

Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	5–3	Internazionale	2–0	3–3
Novi Sad XI	2–6	MTK	1–4	1–2
Espanyol	2–6	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	0–5
Sheffield Wednesday	3–4	Barcelona	3–2	0–2

First leg

14 February 1962	Valencia	2 – 0	Internazionale	Estadio Mestalla, Valencia Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Jim Finney (England
	Guillot  3' Waldo  7'

Second leg

21 March 1962	Internazionale	3 – 3	Valencia	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
	Bettini  7'  52' Suárez  23' (pen.)		Chicão  3' Recaman  34' Ficha  86'

Internazionale goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon complained of an injury at halftime and was replaced by Ottavio Bugatti, substitutions were not officially allowed at the time.

Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	10–3	MTK	3–0	7–3
Red Star Belgrade	1–6	Barcelona	0–2	1–4

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	7–3	Barcelona	6–2	1–1

Winner of Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961-62
Valencia 1st Title

External links

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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