1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

November 2021 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–1970 ENG Arsenal 1 BEL Anderlecht 126 BEL Paul Van Himst (10 goals) 1968–69 1970–71 The 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the 12th Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The competition was won by Arsenal over two legs in the final against Anderlecht. It was the first of Arsenal's two European trophies, the other being the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1993–94. First round Valur ISL 0–8 Anderlecht BEL 0–6 0–2 Jeunesse Esch LUX 3–6 Coleraine NIR 3–2 0–4 Dunfermline Athletic SCO 4–2 Bordeaux FRA 4–0 0–2 Vojvodina YUG 1–2 Gwardia Warszawa POL 0–1 1–1 Hvidovre DEN 1–4 Porto POR 1–2 0–2 Dundee United SCO 1–3 Newcastle United ENG 1–2 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães POR 2–1 Baník Ostrava TCH 1–0 1–1 Rosenborg NOR 1–2 Southampton ENG 1–0 0–2 Vitória de Setúbal POR 7–2 Rapid București ROM 3–1 4–1 Liverpool ENG 14–0 Dundalk IRL 10–0 4–0 |align=right|Las Palmas Spain 1945||align=center|0–1||align=left|FRG Hertha BSC||align=center|0–0||align=center|0–1 |- |align=right|Juventus Italy||align=center|5–2||align=left|Bulgaria 1946 Lokomotiv Plovdiv||align=center|3–1||align=center|2–1 |- |align=right|Lausanne-Sport Switzerland||align=center|2–4||align=left|Hungary 1957 Győr||align=center|1–2||align=center|1–2 |- |align=right|Barcelona Spain 1945||align=center|6–0||align=left|Denmark B 1913||align=center|4–0||align=center|2–0 |- |align=right|Hansa Rostock GDR||align=center|3–2||align=left|Greece old Panionios||align=center|3–0||align=center|0–2 Internazionale ITA 4–0 Sparta Prague TCH 3–0 1–0 Zürich SUI 4–5 Kilmarnock SCO 3–2 1–3 |align=right|Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 1946|| align=center|3–1||align=left|Spain 1945 Valencia||align=center|2–0||align=center|1–1 1860 Munich FRG 3–4 Skeid NOR 2–2 1–2 |align=right|Dinamo Bacău Romania 1965||align=center|7–0||align=left|Malta Floriana||align=center|6–0||align=center|1–0 Charleroi BEL 5–2 Zagreb YUG 2–1 3–1 Rouen FRA 2–1 Twente NED 2–0 0–1 Sporting CP POR 6–2 LASK Linz AUT 4–0 2–2 Arsenal ENG 3–1 Glentoran NIR 3–0 0–1 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 1–0 Altay TUR 1–0 0–0 |align=right|Aris Greece old||align=center|1–4||align=left|Italy Cagliari||align=center|1–1||align=center|0–3 |- |align=right|Sabadell Spain 1945||align=center|3–5||align=left|Belgium Club Brugge||align=center|2–0||align=center|1–5 |- |align=right|Partizan Yugoslavia 1946 ||align=center|2–3||align=left|Hungary 1957 Újpest||align=center|2–1||align=center|0–2 Stuttgart FRG 4–1 Malmö FF SWE 3–0 1–1 Metz FRA 2–3 Napoli ITA 1–1 1–2 Hannover 96 FRG 2–4 Ajax NED 2–1 0–3 Wiener SC AUT 5–6 Ruch Chorzów POL 4–2 1–4 |} First leg 10 September 1969 Vitória de Guimarães POR 1–0 August 2025 TCH Baník Ostrava Manuel 10 Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães 10,000 Adolfo Bueno Perales (Spain) 15 September 1969 Dundee United SCO 1–2 http://sco.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1966-1967-2-runde-dundee-united-fc-barcelona/ ENG Newcastle United Mitchell 76 Davies 56 62 Tannadice Park, Dundee 21,000 Peter Coates (Ireland) 16 September 1969 Liverpool ENG 10–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-liverpool-fc-dundalk-fc/ IRL Dundalk Evans 1 38Lawler 10Smith 24 67Graham 36 82Lindsay 56Thompson 69Callaghan 76 Anfield, Liverpool 32,656 John Lewis (Wales) 17 September 1969 Juventus ITA 3–1 BUL 1946 Lokomotiv Plovdiv Vieri 27 pen.Leonardi 31Castano 71 Vasilev 1 Turin 17 September 1969 Internazionale ITA 3–0 TCH Sparta Prague Boninsegna 68 79Reif 84 San Siro, Milan 20,000April 2025 János Biróczky (Hungary) 1969 9 17 y Dinamo Bacău ROU 1965 6–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-fcm-bacau-floriana-fc/ MLT Floriana Grima 1 o.g. Dembrovschi 11 73 pen. 86 Băluță 24 Ene 87 Stadionul 23 August Bacău 8,000 Kostas Xanthos (Greece) 17 September 1969 Aris GRE old 1–1 ITA Cagliari Spiridon 12 Martiradonna 82 Thessaloniki 17 September 1969 Metz FRA 1–1 ITA Napoli Szczepaniak 67 Bosdaves 8 Metz 17 September 1969 Slavia Sofia BUL 1946 2–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-slavia-sofia-valencia-cf/ Spain 1945 Valencia Grigorov 42T. Kolev 68 pen. Stadion Slavia, Sofia 5,000 Tibor Wotava (Hungary) 17 September 1969 VfB Stuttgart GER 3–0 SWE Malmö FF Björklund 36 o.g.Olsson 50Haug 87 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 5,000 Robert Frauciel (France) 18 September 1969 Vitória de Setúbal POR 3–1 August 2025 ROU 1965 Rapid București José Maria 41 87Guerreiro 64 Neagu 71 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon 10,000 Daniel Zariquiegi (Spain) 1969 09 18 y Jeunesse Esch LUX 3–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-jeunesse-esch-coleraine-fc/ NIR Coleraine Allamano 48 53 89 Curley 16 Murray 60 Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette 1400 Joseph Minnoy (Belgium) 24 September 1969 Hvidovre DEN 1–2 August 2025 POR Porto Sørensen 29 pen. Ernesto 62 70 Hvidovre Stadion, Copenhagen 2,000 Karl Keller (Switzerland) 24 September 1969 Sporting CP POR 4–0 August 2025 AUT LASK Linz Pedras 8Gonçalves 60Peres 72 pen.Lourenço 75 Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon 30,000 David Smith (England) Second leg 30 September 1969 Dundalk IRL 0–4 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-dundalk-fc-liverpool-fc/ ENG Liverpool Thompson 13 31Graham 48Callaghan 81 Oriel Park, Dundalk 6,000 Tom Wharton (Scotland) Liverpool won 14–0 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Lokomotiv Plovdiv BUL 1946 1–2 ITA Juventus Vasilev 62 Leonardi 21Anastasi 75 Plovdiv Juventus won 5–2 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Sparta Prague TCH 0–1 ITA Internazionale Boninsegna 6 Letná Stadium, Prague 25,000April 2025 Eugen Boller (Switzerland) Internazionale won 4–0 on aggregate. 1969 9 28 y Floriana MLT 0–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-floriana-fc-fcm-bacau/ ROU 1965 Dinamo Bacău Ene 32 Empire Stadium Gżira 8,000 Fabio Monti (Italy)Dinamo Bacău won 7–0 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Cagliari ITA 3–0 GRE old Aris Domenghini 10Riva 13Gori 76 pen. Cagliari The game was abandoned after Cagliari's third goal because three Greek players refused to return to the pitch after they were expelled by the police. UEFA ruled the 3–0 score as final. Cagliari won 4–1 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Napoli ITA 2–1 FRA Metz Bianchi 41Improta 60 pen. Hausser 70 Naples Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Valencia Spain 1945 1–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-valencia-cf-slavia-sofia/ BUL 1946 Slavia Sofia Ansola 75 Grigorov 33 Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia 40,000 Roger Mouton (France) Slavia Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Rapid București ROU 1965 1–4 August 2025 POR Vitória de Setúbal Stelian 78 Wágner 23 pen. 61 pen.José Maria 34Figueiredo 64 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest 70,000 Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey) Vitória de Setúbal won 7–2 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Porto POR 2–0 August 2025 DEN Hvidovre Salim 24Rolando 74 Estádio das Antas, Porto 30,000 Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain) Porto won 4–1 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 LASK Linz AUT 2–2 August 2025 POR Sporting CP Leitner 81 Gonçalves 40Lourenço 77 Linzer Stadion, Linz 10,000 Helmut Bader (East Germany) Sporting CP won 6–2 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Newcastle United ENG 1–0 http://sco.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-newcastle-united-dundee-united/ SCO Dundee United Dyson 90 St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne 37,470 Leo Callaghan (Wales) Newcastle United won 3–1 on aggregate. 1969 10 01 y Coleraine NIR 4–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-1-runde-coleraine-fc-jeunesse-esch/ LUX Jeunesse Esch Wilson 11 Dickson 73 85 Jennings 87 Coleraine Showgrounds, Coleraine 6000 William O'Neill (Republic of Ireland) Coleraine won 6–3 on aggregate. 1 October 1969 Malmö FF SWE 1–1 GER VfB Stuttgart Larsson 65 Weidmann 15 Eleda Stadion, Malmö 2,500 Tage Sørensen (Denmark) Stuttgart won 4–1 on aggregate. 2 October 1969 Baník Ostrava TCH 1–1 August 2025 POR Vitória de Guimarães Guzik 73 Artur 80 Bazaly, Ostrava 9,000 Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania) Vitória de Guimarães won 2–1 on aggregate. Second round Anderlecht BEL 13–4 Coleraine NIR 6–1 7–3 Dunfermline Athletic SCO 3–1 Gwardia Warszawa POL 2–1 1–0 Porto POR 0–1 Newcastle United ENG 0–0 0–1 Vitória de Guimarães POR 4–8 Southampton ENG 3–3 1–5 Vitória de Setúbal POR 3–3 (a) Liverpool ENG 1–0 2–3 Hertha BSC FRG 3–1 Juventus ITA 3–1 0–0 |align=right|Győr Hungary 1957||align=center|2–5||align=left|Spain 1945 Barcelona||align=center|2–3||align=center|0–2 Hansa Rostock GDR 2–4 Internazionale ITA 2–1 0–3 |- |align=right|Kilmarnock SCO||align=center|4–3||align=left|Bulgaria 1946 Slavia Sofia||align=center|4–1||align=center|0–2 |- |align=right|Skeid NOR||align=center|0–2||align=left|Romania 1965 Dinamo Bacău||align=center|0–0||align=center|0–2 Charleroi BEL 3–3 (a) Rouen FRA 3–1 0–2 Sporting CP POR 0–3 Arsenal ENG 0–0 0–3 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 3–0 Cagliari ITA 2–0 1–0 |align=right|Club Brugge BEL||align=center|5–5 (a)||align=left|HUN 1957 Újpest||align=center|5–2||align=center|0–3 Stuttgart FRG 0–1 Napoli ITA 0–0 0–1 Ajax NED 9–1 Ruch Chorzów POL 7–0 2–1 |} First leg 29 October 1969 Sporting CP POR 0–0 August 2025 ENG Arsenal Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon 32,000 Dittmar Huber (Switzerland) 4 November 1969 Vitória de Guimarães POR 3–3 August 2025 ENG Southampton Mendes 12 58Pinto 88 pen. Channon 13Davies 63Paine 83 Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães 10,000 Pius Kamber (Switzerland) 12 November 1969 Hertha BSC FRG 3–1 ITA Juventus Gayer 16Wild 31Steffenhagen 79 Anastasi 14 Berlin 12 November 1969 Hansa Rostock GDR 2–1 ITA Internazionale Hergesell 63Sackritz 89 Boninsegna 1 Ostseestadion, Rostock 30,000https://www.kicker.de/rostock-gegen-inter-1969-europa-league-864461/spielinfo Spielinfo | Hansa Rostock - Inter Mailand 2:1 | 2. Runde | Messepokal 1969/70 Arie van Gemert (Netherland) 1969 10 22 y Skeid NOR 0–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-2-runde-skeid-oslo-fcm-bacau/ ROU 1965 Dinamo Bacău Ullevaal Stadion Oslo 7,250 Ejner Espersen (Denmark) 12 November 1969 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 2–0 ITA Cagliari Rock 63Irmscher 73 pen. Jena 12 November 1969 Stuttgart FRG 0–0 ITA Napoli Stuttgart 12 November 1969 Vitória de Setúbal POR 1–0 August 2025 ENG Liverpool Tomé 40 Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal 16,000 Antonio Sbardella (Italy) 19 November 1969 Porto POR 0–0 August 2025 ENG Newcastle United Estádio das Antas, Porto 25,000 Roland Marendaz (Switzerland) Second leg 12 November 1969 Southampton ENG 5–1 August 2025 POR Vitória de Guimarães Costeado 13 o.g.Davies 54 pen. 87Gabriel 55Channon 85 Ademir 68 The Dell, Southampton 21,414 Robert Frauciel (France) Southampton won 8–4 on aggregate. 26 November 1969 Juventus ITA 0–0 FRG Hertha BSC Turin Hertha BSC won 3–1 on aggregate. 26 November 1969 Internazionale ITA 3–0 GDR Hansa Rostock Jair 5Suárez 23Mazzola 32 San Siro, Milan 48,000April 2025 Norman Burtenshaw (England) Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate. 1969 10 29 y Dinamo Bacău ROU 1965 2–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-2-runde-fcm-bacau-skeid-oslo/ NOR Skeid Dembrovschi 47 pen. 68 Stadionul 23 August Bacău 12,000 János Almási (Hungary)Dinamo Bacău won 2–0 on aggregate. 26 November 1969 Cagliari ITA 0–1 GDR Carl Zeiss Jena Stein 8 Cagliari Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–0 on aggregate. 26 November 1969 Napoli ITA 1–0 FRG Stuttgart Canzi 75 Naples Napoli won 1–0 on aggregate. 26 November 1969 Newcastle United ENG 1–0 August 2025 POR Porto Scott 22 St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne 44,800 Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany) Newcastle United won 1–0 on aggregate. 26 November 1969 Arsenal ENG 3–0 August 2025 POR Sporting CP Graham 43 53Radford 20 Arsenal Stadium, London 35,253 Heinz Siebert (West Germany) Arsenal won 3–0 on aggregate. 26 November 1969 Liverpool ENG 3–2 August 2025 POR Vitória de Setúbal Smith 60 pen.Evans 88Hunt 90 Wágner 23 pen.Strong 56 o.g. Anfield, Liverpool 41,633 Alfred Delcourt (Belgium) Vitória de Setúbal won on the away goals rule. Third round Anderlecht BEL 3–3 (a) Dunfermline Athletic SCO 1–0 2–3 Newcastle United ENG 1–1 (a) Southampton ENG 0–0 1–1 Vitória de Setúbal POR 1–2 Hertha BSC FRG 1–1 0–1 |align=right|Barcelona ESP 1945||align=center|2–3||align=left|ITA Internazionale||align=center|1–2||align=center|1–1 |- |align=right|Kilmarnock SCO||align=center|1–3||align=left|ROM 1965 Dinamo Bacău||align=center|1–1||align=center|0–2 Rouen FRA 0–1 Arsenal ENG 0–0 0–1 |align=right|Carl Zeiss Jena GDR||align=center|4–0||align=left|HUN 1957 Újpest||align=center|1–0||align=center|3–0 Napoli ITA 1–4 Ajax NED 1–0 0–4 |} First leg 10 December 1969 Napoli ITA 1–0 NED Ajax Manservisi 37 Naples 1969 12 17 y Kilmarnock SCO 1–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-achtelfinale-kilmarnock-fc-fcm-bacau/ ROU 1965 Dinamo Bacău Mathie 50 Băluță 73 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 25,000 Francis Rion (Belgium) 30 December 1969 Vitória de Setúbal POR 1–1 August 2025 FRG Hertha BSC Tomé 10 Horr 3 Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal 10,000 Anton Bucheli (Switzerland) 14 January 1970 Barcelona ESP 1945 1–2 ITA Internazionale Fusté 21 Boninsegna 9Bertini 34 Camp Nou, Barcelona 80,000 Jack Taylor (England) Second leg 7 January 1970 Hertha BSC FRG 1–0 August 2025 POR Vitória de Setúbal Steffenhagen 59 Olympiastadion, Berlin 20,000 Jim Finney (England) Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate. 1970 1 13 y Dinamo Bacău ROU 1965 2–0 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-achtelfinale-fcm-bacau-kilmarnock-fc/ SCO Kilmarnock Ene 27 79 Stadionul 23 August Bacău 7,000 István Zsolt (Hungary)Dinamo Bacău won 3–1 on aggregate. 28 January 1970 Internazionale ITA 1–0 ESP 1945 Barcelona Boninsegna 15 San Siro, Milan 10,000 Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) The game was abandoned in the 33rd minute due to low visibility and fog. It was replayed. 4 February 1970 Internazionale ITA 1–1 ESP 1945 Barcelona Boninsegna 18 Rexach 29 San Siro, Milan 10,000 Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate. 21 January 1970 Ajax NED 4–0 yes ITA Napoli Swart 35Suurendonk 109 113 116 Amsterdam The game was originally scheduled for 7 January, but was postponed due to fog in Amsterdam. Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate. Quarter-finals Anderlecht BEL 3–3 (a) Newcastle United ENG 2–0 1–3 Hertha BSC FRG 1–2 Internazionale ITA 1–0 0–2 |align=right|Dinamo Bacău ROM 1965||align=center|1–9||align=left|England Arsenal||align=center|0–2||align=center|1–7 Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 4–6 Ajax NED 3–1 1–5 |} First leg 4 March 1970 Hertha BSC FRG 1–0 ITA Internazionale Horr 22 Olympic Stadium, Berlin 40,000https://www.kicker.de/hertha-gegen-inter-1970-europa-league-864495/ergebnis Spielereignisse | Hertha BSC - Inter Mailand 1:0 | Viertelfinale | Messepokal 1969/70 Gilbert Droz (Switzerland) 1970 3 11 y Dinamo Bacău ROU 1965 0–2 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-viertelfinale-fcm-bacau-arsenal-fc/ ENG Arsenal Sammels 58 Radford 81 Stadionul 23 August Bacău 20,000 Gyula Emsberger (Hungary) Second leg 18 March 1970 Internazionale ITA 2–0 FRG Hertha BSC Boninsegna 47 60 pen. San Siro, Milan 15,000April 2025 Georges Uhlen (France) Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate. 1970 3 18 y Arsenal ENG 7–1 https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-1969-1970-viertelfinale-arsenal-fc-fcm-bacau/ ROU 1965 Dinamo Bacău Radford 7 77 George 24 26 Graham 45 Sammels 59 83 Băluță 33 Arsenal Stadium London 35,342 Willem Schalks (Netherlands) Arsenal won 9–1 on aggregate. Semi-finals Anderlecht BEL 2–1 Internazionale ITA 0–1 2–0 Arsenal ENG 3–1 Ajax NED 3–0 0–1 |} First leg 1 April 1970 Anderlecht BEL 0–1 ITA Internazionale Boninsegna 49 Émile Versé Stadium, Brussels 31,500April 2025 Thomas Wharton (Scotland) 8 April 1970 Arsenal ENG 3-0 NED Ajax George 16 80 pen Sammels77 Second leg 15 April 1970 Internazionale ITA 0–2 BEL Anderlecht Bergholtz 3 45 San Siro, Milan 25,000April 2025 Rudi Glöckner (East Germany) Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate. Final 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final Anderlecht BEL 3–4 Arsenal ENG 3–1 0–3 |} First leg 22 April 1970 Anderlecht BEL 3–1 ENG Arsenal Devrindt 25Mulder 30 74 Kennedy 82 Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht 37,000 Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) Second leg 28 April 1970 Arsenal ENG 3–0 BEL Anderlecht Kelly 25Radford 75Sammels 76 Highbury, London 51,612 Gerhard Kunze (East Germany) Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate. References External links Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1969–70 Category:1969–70 in European men's continental football