1967 Intertoto Cup

Intertoto Cup 1967 48 144 1966–67 1968 The 1967 Intertoto Cup was the first in which no knock-out rounds were contested, and therefore the first in which no winner was declared. The tournament was expanded, with 48 clubs and twelve groups compared to 40 clubs and ten groups the season before. Denmark participated for the first time. Ruch Chorzów were the best performers, with 12 points. Abandonment of knock-out rounds The Group Stage was always played during the summer break, with the knock-out rounds played as clubs could fit them in during the new season. However, this began to cause increasing problems. Firstly, clubs often had difficulty agreeing dates, and the tournament struggled to finish on time - for example, the 1964–65 final wasn't played until early June, over a year after the group games had started; and in 1963–64 and 1965–66 it was concluded in late May. The second reason was the insistence of UEFA that any clubs taking part in the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup could not continue games in other European competitions after the end of the summer break. This meant that clubs who had progressed from the Intertoto Group Stage, but were also competing in one of the UEFA competitions, had to be given byes through the Intertoto knock-out rounds (until they were eliminated from the UEFA competition), or withdrawn entirely. This made the knock-out rounds complicated, difficult to schedule, and weakened their significance. The third reason was the lack of value attributed to the knock-out rounds. While reaching the final was seen as an achievement worthy of praise, the main purpose of the tournament, for most clubs who entered, was to provide football during the otherwise empty summer break. The financial benefits of participating in the pools competitions was also important. Having to arrange and play home-and-away knock-out matches during the new season was seen as difficult, expensive, and relatively pointless if the club in question was eliminated before reaching the Final or Semi-finals. As a result, the knock-out rounds were abandoned, and for the next three decades there were no winners of the cup. The Group Stage continued much as before, with prize money still awarded according to a club's final group placing. Group stage The teams were divided into twelve groups of four clubs each - four in 'A' section, and eight in 'B' section. Belgium, France, and the Netherlands had clubs in 'A'; while Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, Poland, Sweden and West Germany had clubs in 'B'. Clubs from Switzerland were placed in both sections. Group A1 main WDL Q 2 LUG SUI Lugano BOR FRA Bordeaux SPA NED Sparta Rotterdam WAR BEL Waregem 3 1 2 8 5 3 1 2 5 7 3 0 3 9 6 2 0 4 6 10 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–3 0–1 2–0 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net 3 June 1967 Sparta Rotterdam NED 4-0 BEL Waregem Henk Bosveld 6Ben Bosma 22Ad Vermolen 30 54 Het Kasteel Rotterdam GER Willi Thier 7,000 11 June 1967 Waregem BEL 2-0 NED Sparta Rotterdam Pierre Vandevelde 49Jószef Frivaldi 74 pen. Regenboogstadion Waregem SUI Eugen Boller 4,000 17 June 1967 Sparta Rotterdam NED 0-1 FRA Bordeaux Gabriel Abossolo 22 Het Kasteel Rotterdam BEL Franz Geluck 8,000 24 June 1967 Lugano SUI 2-0 NED Sparta Rotterdam Flavio Signorelli 34Otto Luttrop 78 Cornaredo Stadium Lugano FRA René Vigliani 4,000 1 July 1967 Bordeaux FRA 1-4 NED Sparta Rotterdam Karounga Keïta 55 Ad Vermolen 10Henk Bosveld 20 83Ole Madsen 41 Stade du Parc Lescure Bordeaux BEL Vital Loraux 2,000 8 July 1967 Sparta Rotterdam NED 1-0 SUI Lugano Henk Bosveld 3 Het Kasteel Rotterdam GER Alfred Ott 4,000 Group A2 main WDL Q 2 FEY NED Feyenoord RDC BEL RDC Molenbeek STR FRA Strasbourg LS SUI Lausanne-Sports 5 0 1 17 6 3 1 2 8 9 1 2 3 6 11 1 1 4 8 13 5–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–2 2–4 1–4 2–2 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Group A3 main WDL Q 2 LIL FRA Lille SIO SUI Sion BEE BEL Beerschot GRO NED Groningen 3 2 1 10 6 3 1 2 10 7 1 3 2 6 9 1 2 3 5 9 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 5–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Group A4 main WDL Q 2 LIE BEL Lierse GRE SUI Grenchen ROU FRA Rouen GAE NED Go Ahead Eagles 4 1 1 13 7 2 2 2 8 9 1 3 2 9 15 2 0 4 12 11 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 4–3 1–2 3–1 5–0 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Group B1 main WDL A 2 HAN FRG Hannover LOK DDR 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig NOR SWE Norrköping RWI AUT Rapid Wien 4 1 1 10 6 3 1 2 10 5 2 0 4 12 16 1 2 3 9 14 complete Group B2 main WDL A 2 ZSO POL Zagłębie Sosnowiec S04 FRG Schalke 04 WAC AUT Wacker Innsbruck DJU SWE Djurgården 5 0 1 14 7 3 1 2 7 7 2 1 3 15 10 1 0 5 6 18 complete Group B3 main WDL Q 2 BYT POL Polonia Bytom BRE FRG Werder Bremen ELF SWE Elfsborg GCZ SUI Grasshopper Club 5 0 1 16 6 3 2 1 12 7 1 1 4 10 16 1 1 4 9 18 2–1 3–0 5–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 5–2 1–4 1–2 3–1 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Group B4 main WDL Q 2 GÖT SWE Gothenburg JEN DDR FC Carl Zeiss Jena B05 CSK Bohemians Prague YFZ SUI Young Fellows Zürich 4 1 1 16 7 4 1 1 10 9 2 1 3 12 8 0 1 5 6 20 4–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 4–0 0–4 1–2 1–5 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Group B5 main WDL Q 2 RUC POL Ruch Chorzów FRE DEN Frem YB SUI Young Boys FIR AUT First Vienna 6 0 0 18 6 2 1 3 11 11 1 2 3 8 12 1 1 4 6 14 5–1 4–3 2–0 1–2 4–1 4–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 y noflag 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Draw. complete mogiel.net Group B6 main WDL A 2 KOŠ CSK Košice DRE DDR SG Dynamo Dresden AIK SWE AIK AGF DEN AGF 3 3 0 11 4 3 1 2 10 7 3 1 2 7 11 0 1 5 5 11 complete Group B7 main WDL A 2 KB DEN KB TEP CSK Union Teplice BER DDR 1. FC Union Berlin KAT POL Katowice 5 0 1 10 4 4 1 1 9 4 1 1 4 4 7 1 0 5 4 12 complete Group B8 main WDL A 2 DÜS FRG Fortuna Düsseldorf LIN AUT LASK VEJ DEN Vejle ŽIL CSK Žilina 4 0 2 12 10 2 3 1 7 6 2 2 2 12 11 0 3 3 3 7 complete See also 1967–68 European Cup 1967–68 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup External links by Pawel Mogielnicki 1967 Category:1967 in European men's continental football