1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Ball used in the final (FC Barcelona Museum)
Final positions
Champions Spain Barcelona XI
Later recognized as FC Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up England 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 Spain Barcelona XI 2 1 1 0 7 3 +4 3
2 Denmark Copenhagen XI 2 0 1 1 3 7 −4 1
3Austria Vienna XIVienna XI withdrew from the competition.
Barcelona XI Spain 6–2 Denmark KBU Copenhagen XI
Areta  8', 10'
Tejada  40', 80'
Villaverde  40'
Kubala  59'		 Report Lundberg  65', 75'

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 England Birmingham City 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 7
2 Italy Internazionale 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 5
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb XI 4 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0
Zagreb XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–1 England Birmingham City
Report Brown  8'
Zagreb XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–1 Italy Internazionale
Report Campagnoli  74'
Birmingham City England 3–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb XI
Orritt  3'
Brown  60'
Murphy  67'		 Report
Internazionale Italy 4–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb XI
Skoglund  8', 89'
Lorenzi  43', 50'		 Report
Birmingham City England 2–1 Italy Internazionale
Govan  44', 53' Report Lorenzi  88'

Group C

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 2 1 0 1 10 9 +1 2
2 East Germany Leipzig XI 2 1 0 1 9 10 −1 2
3West Germany Cologne XI Cologne XI withdrew from the competition
Leipzig XI East Germany 6–3 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport
Walter  5'
Konzack  9', 82'
Krause  23', 36'
Fettke  69'		 Report Maillard  11'
Rey  31'
Eschmann  43'
Lausanne-Sport Switzerland 7–3 East Germany Leipzig XI
Tedeschi  28'
Eschmann  37', 43', 55'
Moser  38'
Stefano  60', 62'		 Report Walter  13'
Konzack  58'
Frohlich  70'

Group D

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 England London XI 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 6
2 West Germany Frankfurt XI 4 2 0 2 10 10 0 4
3 Switzerland Basel XI 4 1 0 3 7 13 −6 2
Basel XI Switzerland 0–5 England London XI
Report Firmani  35', 81'[lower-alpha 1]
Holton  37', 43', 74'
London XI England 3–2 West Germany Frankfurt XI
Jezzard  46', 86'
Robson  60'		 Report Pfaff  25'
Kaufhold  30'
London XI England 1–0 Switzerland Basel XI
Robb  87' Report
Frankfurt XI West Germany 5–1 Switzerland Basel XI
Buchenau  19', 80'
Pfaff  31', 73'
Herrmann  52'		 Report Hugi  35'
Frankfurt XI West Germany 1–0 England London XI
Preisendorfer  72' Report
Basel XI Switzerland 6–2 West Germany Frankfurt XI
Allemann  3', 47', 66'
Sanmann  33'
Hugi  64'
Burger  88'		 Report Kraus  32'
Mayer  65'

Knockout stage

 
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Switzerland Lausanne-Sport2
 
 
 
England London XI3
 
England London XI2
 
 
 
Spain Barcelona XI8
 
England Birmingham City4 (1)
 
 
Spain Barcelona XI4 (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 Switzerland 2-3 England London XI 2–1 0–2
Birmingham City England 4–41 Spain 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 Switzerland 2–1 England London XI
Vonlanden  6', 74' Report Haverty  70'
Birmingham City England 4–3 Spain Barcelona XI
Eddy Brown  2'
Orritt  33'
Murphy  35', 60'		 Report Tejada  12'
Evaristo  27'
Martínez  40'

Second leg

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

Play-off

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

Final

First leg

London XI England 2–2 Spain Barcelona XI
Greaves  10'
Langley  88' (pen.)		 Martínez  7'
Tejada  35'
Attendance: 45,466
Referee: Albert Dusch (Switzerland)

Second leg

Barcelona XI Spain 6–0 England London XI
Suárez  6', 8'
Martínez  42'
Evaristo  52', 75'
Vergés  63'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (Switzerland)

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources give the final goal to Hooper.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Blues in Europe – Part One 1956–1958". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011.
  2. ↑ EC 1 & Fairs Cup 1595-1960. International Federation of Football History & Statistics. pp. 158–171.
  3. ↑ Velasco, Santiago. "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58 (game details)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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