1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Country team allocation

A total of 64 teams from 29 countries were entered in the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. For the first time, a team from Finland entered the competition, with the allocation scheme being redrawn as follows

• England have five teams qualify due to the use of the title holder berth.
• 5 countries have four teams qualify.
• 3 countries have three teams qualify.
• 10 associations have two teams qualify.
• 10 associations have one team qualify.

Scotland and Yugoslavia gained a fourth berth, which Portugal lost. These places came mainly from the loss of a second Fairs Cup berth by East Germany, Norway and Northern Ireland.

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Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

• TH: Title holders
• CW: Cup winners
• CR: Cup runners-up
• LC: League Cup winners
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
• P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
• Sum: Position at the halfway mark or the summer break in a calendar-based league

Notes

• Scotland: Kilmarnock qualified instead of Heart of Midlothian (4th), ineligible because of Hibernian also being from Edinburgh, and Dundee (6th), ineligible because of Dundee United.
• Yugoslavia: Dinamo Zagreb qualified instead of OFK Belgrade (5th), ineligible because of Partizan also being from Belgrade.
• Hungary: Pécsi Dózsa qualified instead of Budapest Honvéd (3rd), MTK Budapest (4th), Vasas (5th) and Csepel (6th), all ineligible because of Ferencváros also being from Budapest.
• Greece: PAOK qualified instead of Olympiacos (3rd), ineligible because of AEK Athens also being from Athens.}}
• West Germany: Hamburg qualified instead of Borussia Dortmund (5th), which had played previously in the Fairs Cup.
• Italy: Lazio qualified instead of Napoli (6th), which had competed in the Fairs Cup the previous season. Both Milan (4th) and Torino (7th) were ineligible because of Inter Milan and Juventus qualifying ahead of them.
• Yugoslavia: Hajduk Split qualified instead of Velež (3rd).
• Poland: GKS Katowice qualified instead of Polonia Bytom (4th), Zagłębie Sosnowiec (5th) and Gwardia Warsaw (6th).}}

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were primarily scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays, and exceptionally on Thursdays. After the first leg of the final had to be postponed to a Friday, the return leg played in the following weekend was moved one day backwards to a Thursday. The first leg of the 1st round match-up between Sevilla FC and Eskisehirspor was played on a Saturday.

First round

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First leg

Edin Sprečo Mujkić Mulder Van Binst

Thielen Rupp Lex

João

Markland A. Reid Meier

Masrna

F. Hansen Carlsen Nielsen Petersen

Barrachina

Janssens

Gögh

Câmpora

H. E. Hansen Gayer Steffenhagen

Nuoranen Kalevi Nupponen Kaiser

Peres

Joe McBride A. Duncan

Neil Martin

Strâmbeanu

Bettega Anastasi

Popescu

Pavlica Jovanić

Kowalik Koudijzer Heijerman Walbeek

Second leg

• Pahlplatz
• van de Kerkhof Twente won 4–0 on aggregate.

Eskişehirspor won 3–2 on aggregate.

Martí Filosia Rexach Nowok Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

Armstrong Arsenal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Mariani Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bremner Lorimer Leeds won 6–0 on aggregate.

Jørgen Kristensen Janusz Kowalik Jan van der Veen Hans Venneker Sparta Rotterdam won 15–0 on aggregate.

Davies Newcastle United won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Kocsis
• Máté

Sergio Valencia won 6–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dundee United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Landini Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.

• Koudas

Blockley Coventry City won 6–1 on aggregate.

• Vitória Setúbal won 4–1 on aggregate.*

Gallice

• Vitória Guimarães won 4–3 on aggregate.*

Lalić

• Dinamo Zagreb won 6–3 on aggregate.*

Second round

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First leg

Stanton

Bettega

• Lindsay
• Lawler
• Hughes

Jurkanin

Boljat

Fethi Heper Willy van de Kerkhof

Second leg

Ademir Silva

• Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.*

Kreische 2–2 on aggregate; Leeds United won on away goals.

1. FC Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.

Capello Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.

• Sălceanu
• Boersma

The referee called the end of the game three minutes before the regulation time and had to abandon the pitch escorted out by Beveren's players because of the pressure and the protests by the visiting team as a result of his decision. K.S.K. Beveren won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sparta Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.

Jørgen Kristensen Sparta Rotterdam won 4–1 on aggregate.

René van de Kerkhof Jan Streuer Antal Nagy Twente won 8–4 on aggregate.

Buljan

• Vitória Setúbal won 3–2 on aggregate.*

Third round

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First leg

Gerd Müller

Chovanec Bremner Gray Charlton

Kennedy Sammels

Rene van de Kerkhof

Mulder

Second leg

Bayern Munich won 5–2 on aggregate.

Juventus won 3–0 on aggregate.

Urban Clarke Belfitt Leeds won 9–2 on aggregate.

Twente won 3–2 on aggregate.

Baptista

• Vitória Setúbal won 4–3 on aggregate.*

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Novellini

Storey

Giles

Second leg

Drost Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.

Leeds won 3–2 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate; 1. FC Köln won on away goals.

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Second leg

Anastasi Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Leeds won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

First leg

Game abandoned in the 51st minute due to heavy rain and waterlogged pitch.

Replay

Capello Bates

Second leg

3–3 on aggregate; Leeds United won on away goals.

References

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