1961–62 International Football Cup

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The 1961–62 International Football Cup was the first Intertoto Cup, a football tournament for European clubs that would otherwise not have a European competition to compete in. The inaugural tournament was won by Ajax, who defeated Feyenoord in the final. The competition was contested by 32 clubs, almost exclusively from central Europe – Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden entered four clubs each; Poland entered two; and West Germany entered six clubs. Eventually the final became a clash between Dutch rivals Ajax and Feyenoord.

1961–62 International Football Cup
Tournament details
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (1st title)
Runners-up	Feyenoord
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Teams location

Vienna

Berlin

Rotterdam

Gothenburg

Berlin teams
Dynamo
Tasmania (FRG)
Vorwärts

Gothenburg teams
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte

Rotterdam teams
Feyenoord
Sparta

Vienna teams
First Vienna
Wiener AC
Wiener Sport-Club

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Location of teams of the 1961–62 International Football Cup group stage.
Brown: Group A1; Red: Group A2; Orange: Group A3; Yellow: Group A4;
Green: Group B1; Blue: Group B2; Purple: Group B3; Pink: Group B4.

Group stage

The teams were divided into eight groups of four clubs each. The groups were themselves divided geographically as 'A' for eastern countries (Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Poland) and 'B' for western countries (the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland). Teams from West Germany were placed in both sections. The eight group winners (in bold in the tables below) advanced to the knock-out rounds, with the four 'A' winners being drawn against the four 'B' winners.

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLO	VOR	ODR	WAC
1	Slovan ÚNV Bratislava	6	4	2	0	16	4	+12	10	Advanced to quarter-finals		—	2–1	8–1	3–0
2	Vorwärts Berlin	6	2	1	3	13	10	+3	5			0–1	—	2–1	6–1
3	Odra Opole	6	2	1	3	8	16	−8	5			1–1	2–1	—	2–0
4	Wiener AC	6	1	2	3	9	16	−7	4			1–1	3–3	4–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Baník Ostrava (A)	6	5	1	0	24	7	+17	11
2	Motor Jena	6	3	2	1	14	12	+2	8
3	Osnabrück	6	2	0	4	9	14	−5	4
4	GAK	6	0	1	5	9	23	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spartak Hradec Králové (A)	6	3	2	1	15	12	+3	8
2	Górnik Zabrze	6	3	1	2	17	14	+3	7
3	Dynamo Berlin	6	3	1	2	13	14	−1	7
4	Wiener Sport-Club	6	1	0	5	15	20	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	First Vienna (A)	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8	9
2	Tatran Prešov	6	2	2	2	15	14	+1	6
3	Lokomotive Leipzig	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	6
4	Kickers Offenbach	6	1	1	4	13	18	−5	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group B1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Feyenoord (A)	6	5	0	1	24	12	+12	10
2	Schalke 04	6	4	0	2	22	12	+10	8
3	IFK Göteborg	6	1	1	4	12	22	−10	3
4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	6	1	1	4	11	23	−12	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ajax (A)	6	4	1	1	26	8	+18	9
2	Malmö FF	6	3	2	1	15	10	+5	8
3	Pirmasens	6	3	1	2	17	19	−2	7
4	Zürich	6	0	0	6	6	27	−21	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group B3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Örgryte (A)	6	4	2	0	15	7	+8	10
2	VVV-Venlo	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	7
3	Borussia Neunkirchen	6	2	0	4	12	15	−3	4
4	Grenchen	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group B4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sparta Rotterdam (A)	6	5	0	1	23	12	+11	10
2	Elfsborg	6	4	0	2	21	17	+4	8
3	Tasmania Berlin	6	1	1	4	11	16	−5	3
4	Basel	6	1	1	4	9	19	−10	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

18 June 1961

FC Basel	0-4	Sparta Rotterdam
		Piet van Miert 40' Piet de Vries 40' Tonny van Ede 78' Tinus Bosselaar 88'

St. Jakob-Park, Basel

Attendance: 3,500

Referee:

Erich Steiner

25 June 1961

Sparta Rotterdam	4-1	SV Tasmania Berlin
Piet van Miert 30' Henk Janssen 32' Tonny van Ede 36' Cees Doesburg 75'

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 998

Referee:

2 July 1961

Sparta Rotterdam	4-3	IF Elfsborg
Tinus Bosselaar 16', 65', 89' (pen.) Henk Janssen 58'		Henry Larsson 30' Leif Pettersson 34' Wigar Bartholdsson 45'

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 9,808

Referee:

Günther Baumgärtl

9 July 1961

IF Elfsborg	2-5	Sparta Rotterdam
Wigar Bartholdsson 55' Henry Larsson 58'		Henk Janssen 17', 21' Piet van Miert 30', 38', 51'

Borås Arena, Borås

Attendance: 3,852

Referee:

Günter Sparing

16 July 1961

SV Tasmania Berlin	4-1	Sparta Rotterdam
Peter Engler 3' Friedrich Schlichting 14', 41' Wolfgang Neumann 18'		Piet de Vries 28'

Sportpark Neukölln, Neukölln

Attendance: 4,000

Referee:

Roland Bäckström

23 July 1961

Sparta Rotterdam	5-2	FC Basel
Willem van Buuren 3' Piet de Vries 19' Ad Verhoeven 49' Tinus Bosselaar 58' Henk Janssen 73'		Josef Hügi 2' (pen.) René Burri 31'

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 9,000

Referee:

Gösta Ackeborn

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Slovan Bratislava	6–1	Sparta Rotterdam
Ajax	4–3	First Vienna
Örgryte	2–3	Baník Ostrava
Feyenoord	3–1	Spartak Hradec Králové

14 September 1961

Slovan Bratislava	6-1	Sparta Rotterdam
Anton Moravčík 19', 75' Milan Balazik 35', 71' Pavol Molnár 37' Ján Popluhár 69'		Joop Daniëls 47'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 20,000

Referee:

Eduard Babauczek

27 September 1961

Ajax	4–3 (a.e.t.)	First Vienna
Henk Groot 12', 115' Piet Keizer 26', 46'		Hans Buzek 43', 62', 81'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee:

Gunther Ternieden

25 October 1961

Örgryte	2-3	Baník Ostrava
Stig Andersson 16' Rolf Wetterlind 21'		Milan Siry 7' Miroslav Wiecek 60' Zdenek Stanczo 80'

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 2,144

Referee:

Werner Bergmann

22 November 1961

Feyenoord	3-1	Spartak Hradec Králové
Rinus Bennaars 56' Reinier Kreijermaat 69', 90'		Rudolf Tauchen 48'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 30,000

Referee:

Kurt Tschenscher

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ajax	5–1	Slovan Bratislava
Feyenoord	1–0	Baník Ostrava

8 March 1962

Ajax	5-1	Slovan Bratislava
Co Prins 45', 71', 82' Donald Feldmann 72', 88'		Jozef Vengloš 15'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 9,551

Referee:

8 March 1962

Feyenoord	1-0	Baník Ostrava
Frans Bouwmeester 89'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 32,575

Referee:

Erik Johansson

Final

Played over one leg, in Amsterdam.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ajax	4–2	Feyenoord

26 April 1962

Ajax	4-2	Feyenoord
Cees Groot 10' Henk Groot 26', 62', 90'		Frans Bouwmeester 11' Cor van der Gijp 43'

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 40,260

Referee:

Joop Martens

See also

External links

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