1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Final positions
Ball used in the final (FC Barcelona Museum)
Champions	Barcelona XI Later recognized as FC Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up	London XI

The first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place over three seasons from 1955 to 1958. The competition began with a group stage with each team playing home and away against each other. Due to the competition rules which stated only one side from each city was allowed to compete, many cities with several football clubs picked the best players from those teams to create a city representative side. One of these, the London XI, went on to reach the final where they were beaten over two legs by the Barcelona XI (later recognized as FC Barcelona).

Group stage

Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Barcelona XI	2	1	1	0	7	3	+4	3
2	Copenhagen XI	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	1
3	Vienna XI	Vienna XI withdrew from the competition.

Barcelona XI v KBU Copenhagen XI

25 December 1955

Barcelona XI	6–2	KBU Copenhagen XI
Areta 8', 10' Tejada 40', 80' Villaverde 40' Kubala 59'	Report	Lundberg 65', 75'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

KBU Copenhagen XI v Barcelona XI

26 April 1956

KBU Copenhagen XI	1–1	Barcelona XI
Lundberg 61'	Report	Villaverde 85'

Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen

Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham City	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	7
2	Internazionale	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	5
3	Zagreb XI	4	0	0	4	0	9	−9	0

Internazionale v Birmingham City

16 May 1956^[1]

Internazionale	0–0	Birmingham City
	Report

Arena Civica, Milan^[1]

Zagreb XI v Birmingham City

22 May 1956

Zagreb XI	0–1	Birmingham City
	Report	Brown 8'

Zagreb

Zagreb XI v Internazionale

6 June 1956

Zagreb XI	0–1	Internazionale
	Report	Campagnoli 74'

Zagreb

Birmingham City v Zagreb XI

3 December 1956

Birmingham City	3–0	Zagreb XI
Orritt 3' Brown 60' Murphy 67'	Report

St Andrews, Birmingham

Internazionale v Zagreb XI

19 March 1957

Internazionale	4–0	Zagreb XI
Skoglund 8', 89' Lorenzi 43', 50'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Birmingham City v Internazionale

17 April 1957

Birmingham City	2–1	Internazionale
Govan 44', 53'	Report	Lorenzi 88'

St Andrews, Birmingham

Group C


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lausanne-Sport	2	1	0	1	10	9	+1	2
2	Leipzig XI	2	1	0	1	9	10	−1	2
3	Cologne XI	Cologne XI withdrew from the competition

Leipzig XI v Lausanne-Sport

6 March 1956

Leipzig XI	6–3	Lausanne-Sport
Walter 5' Konzack 9', 82' Krause 23', 36' Fettke 69'	Report	Maillard 11' Rey 31' Eschmann 43'

Leipzig

Lausanne-Sport v Leipzig XI

21 October 1956

Lausanne-Sport	7–3	Leipzig XI
Tedeschi 28' Eschmann 37', 43', 55' Moser 38' Stefano 60', 62'	Report	Walter 13' Konzack 58' Frohlich 70'

Lausanne

Group D


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	London XI	4	3	1	9	3	+6	6
2	Frankfurt XI	4	2	2	10	10	0	4
3	Basel XI	4	1	3	7	13	−6	2

Basel XI v London XI

4 June 1955

Basel XI	0–5	London XI
	Report	Firmani 35', 81' Holton 37', 43', 74'

Basel

London XI v Frankfurt XI

26 October 1955

London XI	3–2	Frankfurt XI
Jezzard 46', 86' Robson 60'	Report	Pfaff 25' Kaufhold 30'

London

London XI v Basel XI

4 May 1956

London XI	1–0	Basel XI
Robb 87'	Report

London

Frankfurt XI v Basel XI

20 June 1956

Frankfurt XI	5–1	Basel XI
Buchenau 19', 80' Pfaff 31', 73' Herrmann 52'	Report	Hugi 35'

Frankfurt

Frankfurt XI v London XI

27 March 1957

Frankfurt XI	1–0	London XI
Preisendorfer 72'	Report

Frankfurt

Basel XI v Frankfurt XI

12 June 1957

Basel XI	6–2	Frankfurt XI
Allemann 3', 47', 66' Sanmann 33' Hugi 64' Burger 88'	Report	Kraus 32' Mayer 65'

Basel

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final


Lausanne-Sport	2
London XI	3


		London XI	2
		Barcelona XI	8




Birmingham City	4 (1)
Barcelona XI	4 (2)

Teams playing first leg at home shown first.
Birmingham City and Barcelona required a play-off after their semi-final finished level on aggregate. The play-off was played in Switzerland.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lausanne-Sport	2-3	London XI	2–1	0–2
Birmingham City	4–4¹	Barcelona XI	4–3	0–1

¹ Barcelona beat Birmingham City 2–1 in a play-off to qualify for the Final.

First leg

Lausanne-Sport v London XI

23 October 1957

Lausanne-Sport	2–1	London XI
Vonlanden 6', 74'	Report	Haverty 70'

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Birmingham City v Barcelona XI

23 October 1957

Birmingham City	4–3	Barcelona XI
Eddy Brown 2' Orritt 33' Murphy 35', 60'	Report	Tejada 12' Evaristo 27' Martínez 40'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Second leg

London XI v Lausanne-Sport

13 November 1957

London XI	2–0	Lausanne-Sport
Greaves 10' Holton 76'	Report

Stamford Bridge, London

Barcelona XI v Birmingham City

13 November 1957

Barcelona XI	1–0	Birmingham City
Kubala 82'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Play-off

Barcelona XI v Birmingham City

26 November 1957

Barcelona XI	2–1	Birmingham City
Evaristo 33' Kubala 83'	Report	Murphy 48'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Final

First leg

London XI v Barcelona XI

5 March 1958

London XI	2–2	Barcelona XI
Greaves 10' Langley 88' (pen.)		Martínez 7' Tejada 35'

Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 45,466
Referee: Albert Dusch (Switzerland)

Second leg

Barcelona XI v London XI

1 May 1958

Barcelona XI	6–0	London XI
Suárez 6', 8' Martínez 42' Evaristo 52', 75' Vergés 63'

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (Switzerland)

References

1 2 "Blues in Europe – Part One 1956–1958". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011.

External links

UEFA Inter-Cities Fair Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Seasons 1955-58 – results, protocols
website eurocups-uefa.ru Fairs' Cup Seasons 1955-58 – results, protocols
website Football Archive 1955–58 Fairs' Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Seasons	1955–58 1958–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71
Finals	1958 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
Trophy Play-Off	1971

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.