1955–1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Football tournament February 2024 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955–1958 Balón Final Copa de Ferias 1958.jpg 175px Ball used in the final (FC Barcelona Museum) 4 June 1955 – 1 May 1958 12 (10 competed) ESP 1945 Barcelona XI(Later recognized as FC Barcelona) 1 ENG London XI 23 93 BRA Evaristo (Barcelona XI)ENG Peter Murphy (Birmingham City)4 goals each 1958–1960 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 onto reach the final where they were beaten over two legs by the Barcelona XI (later recognized as FC Barcelona). Teams location Europe Europe blank laea location map before 1990.svg 650 right Location of teams in the 1955–1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.8px Brown: Group A; 8px Red: Group B; 8px Orange: Group C; 8px Yellow: Group D Europe 48.208333 16.372500 Brown pog.svg Vienna XI right Europe 55.676111 12.568333 Brown pog.svg Copenhagen XI right Europe 51.340000 12.375000 Orange pog.svg Leipzig XI right Europe 52.475833 -1.868056 Red pog.svg Birmingham City right Europe 51.507222 -0.127500 Yellow pog.svg London XI left Europe 45.478056 9.123889 Red pog.svg Inter Milan right Europe 41.382778 2.176944 Brown pog.svg Barcelona XI right Europe 47.554722 7.590556 Yellow pog.svg Basel XI right Europe 46.533333 6.624167 Orange pog.svg Lausanne-Sport left Europe 50.936389 6.952778 Orange pog.svg Cologne XI left Europe 50.110556 8.682222 Yellow pog.svg Frankfurt XI right Europe 45.813056 15.977500 Red pog.svg Zagreb XI right Group stage Group A main WDL 2 BAR ESP 1945 Barcelona XI COP DEN Copenhagen XI VIE AUT Vienna XI W 1 1 0 7 3 0 1 1 3 7 Withdrew from the competition #ccffcc C black1 WD complete 25 December 1955 Barcelona XI ESP 1945 6–2 Report DEN Copenhagen XI Areta 8 10Tejada 40 80Villaverde 40Kubala 59 Lundberg 65 75 Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona 26 April 1956 Copenhagen XI DEN 1–1 Report ESP 1945 Barcelona XI Lundberg 61 Villaverde 85 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen Group B main WDL 2 BIR ENG Birmingham City INT ITA Inter Milan ZAG YUG Zagreb XI 3 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 6 2 0 0 4 0 9 #ccffcc C complete 16 May 1956https://www.bcfc.com/page/BluesInEurope/0,,10412~2069326,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110407101729/http://www.bcfc.com/page/BluesInEurope/0%2C%2C10412~2069326%2C00.html Blues in Europe – Part One 1956–1958 Birmingham City F.C 7 April 2011 dead Inter Milan ITA 0–0 Report ENG Birmingham City Arena Civica, Milan 8,000April 2025 Paul Wyssling (Switzerland) 22 May 1956 Zagreb XI YUG 0–1 Report ENG Birmingham City Brown 8 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 6 June 1956 Zagreb XI YUG 0–1 Report ITA Inter Milan Campagnoli 74 Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb 40,000April 2025 Ezio Damiani (Yugoslavia) 3 December 1956 Birmingham City ENG 3–0 Report YUG Zagreb XI Orritt 3Brown 60Murphy 67 St Andrew's, Birmingham 19 March 1957 Inter Milan ITA 4–0 Report YUG Zagreb XI Skoglund 8 89Lorenzi 43 50 Arena Civica, Milan 5,000April 2025 Josef Gulde (Switzerland) 17 April 1957 Birmingham City ENG 2–1 Report ITA Inter Milan Govan 44 53 Lorenzi 88 St Andrew's, Birmingham 34,461April 2025 Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) Group C main WDL 2 LS SUI Lausanne-Sport LEI GDR 1949 Leipzig XI COL FRG Cologne XI W 1 0 1 10 9 1 0 1 9 10 Withdrew from the competition #ccffcc C black1 WD complete 6 March 1956 Leipzig XI GDR 1949 6–3 Report SUI Lausanne-Sport Walter 5Konzack 9 82Krause 23 36Fettke 69 Maillard 11Rey 31Eschmann 43 Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig 21 October 1956 Lausanne-Sport SUI 7–3 Report GDR 1949 Leipzig XI Tedeschi 28Eschmann 37 43 55Moser 38Stefano 60 62 Walter 13Konzack 58Frohlich 70 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Group D main WDL 2 LON ENG London XI FRA FRG Frankfurt XI BAS SUI Basel XI 3 0 1 9 3 2 0 2 10 10 1 0 3 7 13 #ccffcc C complete 4 June 1955 Basel XI SUI 0–5 Report ENG London XI Firmani 35 81Some sources give the final goal to Hooper.EC 1 & Fairs Cup 1595-1960 158–171 International Federation of Football History & Statistics Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58 (game details) Santiago Velasco linguasport.com 25 May 2018 http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/clubes/c3/C3_58gd.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090210123950/http://linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/clubes/c3/C3_58gd.htm usurped 10 February 2009Holton 37 43 74 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel 26 October 1955 London XI ENG 3–2 Report FRG Frankfurt XI Jezzard 46 86Robson 60 Pfaff 25Kaufhold 30 Wembley Stadium, London 4 May 1956 London XI ENG 1–0 Report SUI Basel XI Robb 87 White Hart Lane, London 20 June 1956 Frankfurt XI FRG 5–1 Report SUI Basel XI Buchenau 19 80Pfaff 31 73Herrmann 52 Hugi 35 Stadion am Bornheimer Hang, Frankfurt 27 March 1957 Frankfurt XI FRG 1–0 Report ENG London XI Preisendorfer 72 Riederwaldstadion, Frankfurt 12 June 1957 Basel XI SUI 6–2 Report FRG Frankfurt XI Allemann 3 47 66Sanmann 33Hugi 64Burger 88 Kraus 32Mayer 65 Landhof, Basel Knockout stage 2/2 y y n Semi-finals Final SUI Lausanne-Sport 2 0 2 ENG London XI 1 2 3 ENG Birmingham City 4 0 4 (1) ESP 1945 Barcelona XI 3 1 4 (2) ENG London XI 2 0 2 ESP 1945 Barcelona XI 2 6 8 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 Play-off Lausanne-Sport SUI 2–3 London XI ENG 2–1 0–2 Birmingham City ENG 4–4 Barcelona XI ESP 1945 4–3 0–1 1–2 First leg 23 October 1957 Lausanne-Sport SUI 2–1 Report ENG London XI Vonlanden 6 74 Haverty 70 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 23 October 1957 Birmingham City ENG 4–3 Report ESP 1945 Barcelona XI Eddy Brown 2Orritt 33Murphy 35 60 Tejada 12Evaristo 27Martínez 40 St Andrew's, Birmingham Second leg 13 November 1957 London XI ENG 2–0 Report SUI Lausanne-Sport Greaves 10Holton 76 Stamford Bridge, London 13 November 1957 Barcelona XI ESP 1945 1–0 Report ENG 1945 Birmingham City Kubala 82 Camp Nou, Barcelona Play-off 26 November 1957 Barcelona XI ESP 1945 2–1 Report ENG Birmingham City Evaristo 33Kubala 83 Murphy 48 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Final 1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final First leg 5 March 1958 London XI ENG 2–2 ESP 1945 Barcelona XI Greaves 10Langley 88 pen. Martínez 7Tejada 35 Stamford Bridge, London 45,466 Albert Dusch (West Germany) Second leg 1 May 1958 Barcelona XI ESP 1945 6–0 ENG London XI Suárez 6 8Martínez 42Evaristo 52 75Vergés 63 Camp Nou, Barcelona 70,000 Albert Dusch (West Germany) Notes References External links UEFA Inter-Cities Fair Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://archive.today/20130816183001/http://www.sharkscores.com/Cups/Default.aspx?id=374&season=1955/1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Seasons 1955-1958 – results, protocols el website eurocups-uefa.ru Fairs' Cup Seasons 1955-1958 – results, protocols website Football Archive https://archive.today/20130816182952/http://71.176.213.222/uefa/html/uefa-1958.html 1955–1958 Fairs' Cup el Weltfussball 1955–1958 Category:1955–56 in European men's continental football Category:1956–57 in European men's continental football Category:1957–58 in European men's continental football