1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The fourth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1961–62 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, three of which lost out in the first round. The final was the first European final to be contested between two clubs from the same country, namely Spain. Valencia beat Barcelona 7–3 over two legs, and also reached the next two finals in the competition.

1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Tournament details
Dates	13 September 1961 – 12 September 1962
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Valencia (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	221 (4.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Waldo (9 goals)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Teams location

Lausanne-Sport

Valencia

Nottingham Forest

Union Saint-Gilloise

Edinburgh

Köln

Milan

Iraklis

Novi Sad XI

Strasbourg

MTK

Spartak KPS Brno

Leipzig XI

Hannover

Barcelona

Birmingham City

Basel XI

Crvena Zvezda

Belenenses

Lyon

Sheffield Wednesday

Roma

West Berlin IX

Copenhagen XI

Dinamo Zagreb

Barcelona teams
Barcelona
Espanyol

Edinburgh teams
Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian

Milan teams
Inter Milan
Milan

Location of teams in the 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Bracket

	First Round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
							Lausanne	3	-	3
							Valencia	4	-	4
	Valencia	2	5	7
	Nottingham Forest	0	1	1
													Valencia	2	3	5
													Inter Milan	0	3	3
	Union Saint-Gilloise	1	0	1
	Heart of Midlothian	3	2	5
							Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0
							Inter Milan	1	4	5
	1. FC Köln	4	0	4
	Inter Milan	2	2	4
																			Valencia	3	7	10
																			MTK	0	3	3
							Iraklis	2	1	3
							Novi Sad	1	9	10
	Milan	0	0	0
	Novi Sad XI	0	2	2
													Novi Sad	1	1	2
													MTK	4	2	6
	Strasbourg	1	2	3
	MTK	3	10	13
							MTK	3	0	3
							Leipzig	0	3	3
	Spartak Brno	2	1	3
	Leipzig	2	4	6
																									Valencia	6	1	7
																									Barcelona	2	1	3
	Hannover 96	0	0	0
	Espanyol	1	2	3
							Espanyol	5	0	5
							Birmingham	2	1	3
													Espanyol	2	0	2
													Red Star Belgrade	1	5	6
	Basel	1	1	2
	Red Star Belgrade	1	4	5
							Red Star Belgrade	4	1	5
							Hibernian	0	0	0
	Hibernian	3	3	6
	Belenenses	3	1	4
																			Red Star Belgrade	0	1	1
																			Barcelona	2	4	6
	Lyon	4	2	6
	Sheffield Wednesday	2	5	7
							Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	4
							Roma	0	1	1
													Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	3
													Barcelona	2	2	4
	West Berlin	1	0	1
	Barcelona	0	3	3
							Barcelona	5	2	7
							Dinamo Zagreb	1	2	3
	Copenhagen XI	2	2	4
	Dinamo Zagreb	7	2	9

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lausanne-Sport	Bye	–	–	–
Valencia	7–1	Nottingham Forest	2–0	5–1
Union Saint-Gilloise	1–5	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	0–2
1. FC Köln	4–41	Inter Milan	4–2	0–2
Iraklis	Bye	–	–	–
Milan	0–2	Novi Sad XI	0–0	0–2
Strasbourg	3–13	MTK	1–3	2–10
Spartak KPS Brno	3–6	Leipzig XI	2–2	1–4
Hannover 96	0–3	Espanyol	0–1	0–2
Birmingham City	Bye[1]	–	–	–
Basel XI	2–5	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	1–4
Hibernian	6–4	Belenenses	3–3	3–1
Lyon	6–7	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2	2–5
Roma	Bye[1]	–	–	–
West Berlin XI	1–3	Barcelona	1–0	0–3
Copenhagen XI	4–9	Dinamo Zagreb	2–7	2–2

¹Inter Milan progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 5–3.

First leg

Valencia	2–0	Nottingham Forest
Waldo 15', 40'	Report

13 September 1961

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)

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Union Saint-Gilloise	1–3	Heart of Midlothian
van Vaerenberg 19'	Report	Blackwood 22' Davidson 30', 76'

27 September 1961

Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Pieter P Roomer (Netherlands)

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1. FC Köln	4–2	Inter Milan
Sturm 2' C. Müller 23' Hemmersbach 36' Thielen 71'		Morbello 19' Petroni 63'

27 September 1961

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Jim Finney (England)

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Milan	0–0	Novi Sad XI
	Report

30 August 1961

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)

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Strasbourg	1–3	MTK
Lachot 73'	Report	Sándor 20' Gonzalez 23' (o.g.) Kuti 90'

13 September 1961

La Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Viktor Schicker (Switzerland)

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Spartak KPS Brno	2–2	Leipzig XI
Skejbal 9', 46' (pen.)		Trölitzsch 13', 44' (pen.)

27 September 1961

Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská, Brno

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Hannover 96	0–1	Espanyol
	Report	Camps 52'

13 September 1961

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Jozef Casteleyn (Belgium)

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Basel XI	1–1	Red Star Belgrade
Odermatt 8'		Maravić 32'

4 September 1961

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

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Hibernian	3–3	Belenenses
Fraser 47', 53' Baird 60' (pen.)	Report	Matateu 13', 26' Yauca 15'

4 September 1961

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

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Lyon	4–2	Sheffield Wednesday
Rambert 19' N'Jo Léa 22', 38' Combin 90'		Young 48' Ellis 63'

12 September 1961

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

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West Berlin XI	1–0	Barcelona
Steinert 83'

20 September 1961

Olympiastadion, Berlin

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Copenhagen XI	2–7	Dinamo Zagreb
O. Sørensen 13' Ravn 15'		Jerković 24' Cvitković 33' Jerković 41' Cvitković 67' Šantek 69' Knez 88' Matuš 90'

7 September 1961

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg

Second leg

Nottingham Forest	1–5	Valencia
Cobb 53'		Waldo 11' 13' Núñez 30' 49' 68'

4 October 1961

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 36,158

Referee: Robert Smith (Wales)

Valencia won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Union Saint-Gilloise
Wallace 70' Stenhouse 87'

4 October 1961

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Heart of Midlothian won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Inter Milan	2–0	1. FC Köln
Suárez 4' 59' (pen.)

11 October 1961

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 21,000^[2]

Referee: Aleksandar Škorić (Yugoslavia)

Inter Milan 4–4 1. FC Köln on aggregate.

Internazionale	5–3	Köln
Humberto 2' 32' 63' Suárez 16' Morbello 40'		Regh 42' 54' Ripkens 73'

25 October 1961

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 23,000^[3]

Referee: John Kelly (England)

Internazionale won 5–3 in play-off.

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Novi Sad XI	2–0	Milan
Takač 20' Pavlić 50'

20 September 1961

Stadion Vojvodine, Novi Sad

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ernst Chebat (Austria)

Novi Sad XI won 2–0 on aggregate.

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MTK	10–2	Strasbourg
Kuti 13' 60' Sándor 17' 83' Molnár 37' 69' Szimcsák 47' 53' 68' Sas 82'	Report	Nabat 21' Hauss 75' (pen.)

4 October 1961

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Adolf Mach (Czech Republic)

MTK won 13–3 on aggregate.

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Leipzig XI	4–1	Spartak KPS Brno
Frenzel 17' 21' Zerbe 36' 51'		Skejbal 64'

4 October 1961

Zentralstadion Leipzig

Leipzig XI won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Espanyol	2–0	Hannover 96
Camps 27' Jorss 61' (o.g.)

27 September 1961

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona

Espanyol won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade	4–1	Basel XI
Stipić 6' Melić 42' 69' Rudinski 60'		Blumer 23'

27 September 1961

Stadion JNA Belgrade

Red Star won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Belenenses	1–3	Hibernian
Matateu 28'		Baxter 20' 61' Stevenson 74'

27 September 1961

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Vicente Caballero Camacho (Spain)

Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Sheffield Wednesday	5–2	Lyon
Fantham 9' 85' Griffin 14' McAnearney 20' (pen.) Dobson 78'	Report	Salen 6' Djorkaeff 81'

4 October 1961

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Referee: Arthur Crossman (Scotland)

Sheffield Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.

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Barcelona	3–0	West Berlin XI
Evaristo 8' 75' Zaldúa 90'

4 October 1961

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb	2–2	Copenhagen XI
Remete 29' Marković 70'		Rasmussen 31' Andersen 40'

4 October 1961

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lausanne-Sport	3–4	Valencia	3–4	–
Heart of Midlothian	0–5	Inter Milan	0–1	0–4
Iraklis	3–10	Novi Sad XI	2–1	1–9
MTK	3–3	Leipzig XI	3–0	0–3
Espanyol	5–3	Birmingham City	5–2	0–1
Red Star Belgrade	5–0	Hibernian	4–0	1–0
Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Roma	4–0	0–1
Barcelona	7–3	Dinamo Zagreb	5–1	2–2

¹ MTK progressed to the quarter-finals after winning a play-off match 2–0.

First leg

Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Inter Milan
		Humberto 33'

6 November 1961

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

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Iraklis	2–1	Novi Sad XI
Xilas 9' Asvestas 49'		Takač 43'

26 October 1961

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

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MTK	3–0	Leipzig XI
Povázsai 37' 59' Sándor 81'

6 November 1961

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

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Espanyol	5–2	Birmingham City
Castaños 22' Carranza 25' Camps 32' 80' 85'		Bloomfield 20' Harris 75' (pen.)

15 November 1961

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona

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Red Star Belgrade	4–0	Hibernian
Maravić 17' 55' Melić 24' Tasić 42'

1 November 1961

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

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Sheffield Wednesday	4–0	Roma
Fantham 6' Young 33' 35' 79'

29 November 1961

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

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Barcelona	5–1	Dinamo Zagreb
Pereda 15' Evaristo 19' 28' 33' Kocsis 68'		Jerković 87'

13 December 1961

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Second leg

Valencia	4–3	Lausanne-Sport
Ribelles 20' (pen.) 39' Coll 54' Waldo 81'		Vonlanden 48' (pen.) Glišović 62' 68'

23 December 1961

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Inter Milan	4–0	Heart of Midlothian
Hitchens 11' 86' Morbello 31' Humberto 75'

22 November 1961

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 12,000^[4]

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Inter Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Novi Sad XI	9–1	Iraklis
Radović 8' 46' 54' Aleksić 23' Pavlić 38' 57' 58' Mijatović 55' 77'		Hasekidis 23'

15 November 1961

Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad

Novi Sad XI won 10–3 on aggregate.

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Leipzig XI	3–0	MTK
Frenzel 18' 81' Engelhardt 76'

22 November 1961

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Leipzig XI 3–3 MTK on aggregate.

MTK	2–0	Leipzig XI
Sándor 39' Bödör 57'

30 November 1961

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

MTK won 2–0 in play-off.

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Birmingham City	1–0	Espanyol
Auld 59'

7 December 1961

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Espanyol won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Hibernian	0–1	Red Star Belgrade
		Prljinčević 77'

4 September 1961

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Red Star won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Roma	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday
Swan 80' (o.g.)

13 December 1961

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Sheffield Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb	2–2	Barcelona
Lamza 24' 47'		Evaristo 37' Zaballa 69'

20 December 1961

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	5–3	Inter Milan	2–0	3–3
Novi Sad XI	2–6	MTK	1–4	1–2
Espanyol	2–6	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	0–5
Sheffield Wednesday	3–4	Barcelona	3–2	0–2

First leg

Valencia	2–0	Inter Milan
Guillot 3' Waldo 7'

14 February 1962

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Jim Finney (England)

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Second leg

Inter Milan	3–3	Valencia
Bettini 7' 52' Suárez 23' (pen.)		Chicão 3' Recaman 34' Ficha 86'

21 March 1962

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Internazionale goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon complained of an injury at halftime and was replaced by Ottavio Bugatti, substitutions were not officially allowed at the time. Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

First leg

Sheffield Wednesday	3–2	Barcelona
Fantham 28' 50' Finney 43'		Villaverde 14' Evaristo 30'

28 February 1962

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Attendance: 52,353

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Second leg

Barcelona	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday
Evaristo 11' Kocsis 23'

28 March 1962

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 75,000

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate. Barcelona advance to the Semi-Final

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	10–3	MTK	3–0	7–3
Red Star Belgrade	1–6	Barcelona	0–2	1–4

First leg

Valencia	3–0	MTK
Guillot 55' Coll 69' Waldo 73'

24 April 1962

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

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Second leg

MTK	3–7	Valencia
Machos 28' 52' Bödör 82'		Núñez 6' 60' 75' Guillot 25' 46' Waldo 32' 49'

1 May 1962

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Albert Dusch (German)

Valencia won 10–3 on aggregate.

First leg

Red Star Belgrade	0–2	Barcelona
		Zaldúa 81' Pereda 87'

17 April 1962

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Swiss)

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Second leg

Barcelona	4–1	Red Star Belgrade
Kocsis 8' Zaldúa 36' 70' González 57' (pen.)		Maravic 27' (pen.)

24 April 1962

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Barcelona won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Valencia	6–2	Barcelona
Yosu 14', 42' Guillot 35', 54', 67' Núñez 74'		Kocsis 4', 20'

8 September 1962

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)

Second leg

Barcelona	1–1	Valencia
Kocsis 46'		Guillot 87'

12 September 1962

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

References

1. Roma and Birmingham had to play the previous season final.
2. "Internazionale 2-0 FC Köln :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961/62 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
3. "Internazionale 5-3 FC Köln :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961/62 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
4. "Internazionale 4-0 Hearts :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961/62 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

External links

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Seasons 1961-62 – results, protocols
• website eurocups-uefa.ru Fairs' Cup Seasons 1961-62 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1961–62 Fairs' Cup