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1955–1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Football tournament
Football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| year | 1955–1958 |
| image | Balón Final Copa de Ferias 1958.jpg |
| image_size | 175px |
| caption | Ball used in the final (FC Barcelona Museum) |
| dates | 4 June 1955 – 1 May 1958 |
| num_teams | 12 (10 competed) |
| champion_other | ESP Barcelona XI |
| (Later recognized as FC Barcelona) | |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | ENG London XI |
| matches | 23 |
| goals | 93 |
| top_scorer | BRA Evaristo |
| ENG Peter Murphy | |
| (4 goals each) | |
| nextseason | 1958–1960 |
(Later recognized as FC Barcelona) ENG Peter Murphy (4 goals each)
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).
Teams location
Group stage
Group A
Tejada Villaverde Kubala
Group B
Brown Murphy
Lorenzi
Group C
Konzack Krause Fettke Rey Eschmann
Eschmann Moser Stefano Konzack Frohlich
Group D
Holton
Robson Kaufhold
Pfaff Herrmann
Sanmann Hugi Burger Mayer
Knockout stage
| RD1-team01=SUI Lausanne-Sport | RD1-score01-1=2 | RD1-score01-2=0 | RD1-score01-agg=2 | RD1-team02=ENG London XI | RD1-score02-1=1 | RD1-score02-2=2 | RD1-score02-agg=3
| RD1-team03=ENG Birmingham City | RD1-score03-1=4 | RD1-score03-2=0 | RD1-score03-agg=4 (1) | RD1-team04=ESP Barcelona XI | RD1-score04-1=3 | RD1-score04-2=1 | RD1-score04-agg=4 (2)
| RD2-team01=ENG London XI | RD2-score01-1=2 | RD2-score01-2=0 | RD2-score01-agg=2 | RD2-team02=ESP Barcelona XI | RD2-score02-1=2 | RD2-score02-2=6 | RD2-score02-agg=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
First leg
Orritt Murphy Evaristo Martínez
Second leg
Holton
Play-off Kubala
Final
Main article: 1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
First leg
Langley Tejada
Second leg
Martínez Evaristo Vergés
Notes
References
References
- "Blues in Europe – Part One 1956–1958". Birmingham City F.C.
- "EC 1 & Fairs Cup 1595-1960". International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
- Velasco, Santiago. "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58 (game details)". linguasport.com.
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