1961–62 International Football Cup

The 1961–62 International Football Cup was the first Intertoto Cup, a football tournament for European clubs that would otherwise not have a European competition to compete in. The inaugural tournament was won by Ajax, who defeated Feyenoord in the final. The competition was contested by 32 clubs, almost exclusively from central Europe – Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden entered four clubs each; Poland entered two; and West Germany entered six clubs. Eventually the final became a clash between Dutch rivals Ajax and Feyenoord.

1961–62 International Football Cup

Tournament details
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (1st title)
Runners-up	Feyenoord
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Teams location

Vienna

Grazer AK

Slovan

Baník

Spartak

Tatran

Berlin

Motor

Lokomotive

Rotterdam

Ajax

VVV-Venlo

Odra

Górnik

Gothenburg

Malmö FF

Elfsborg

La Chaux

Zürich

Grenchen

Basel

Osnabrück

Offenbach

Schalke 04

Pirmasens

Neunkirchen

Berlin teams
Dynamo
Tasmania (FRG)
Vorwärts

Gothenburg teams
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte

Rotterdam teams
Feyenoord
Sparta

Vienna teams
First Vienna
Wiener AC
Wiener Sport-Club

Location of teams of the 1961–62 International Football Cup group stage.
Brown: Group A1; Red: Group A2; Orange: Group A3; Yellow: Group A4;
Green: Group B1; Blue: Group B2; Purple: Group B3; Pink: Group B4.

Group stage

The teams were divided into eight groups of four clubs each. The groups were themselves divided geographically as 'A' for eastern countries (Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Poland) and 'B' for western countries (the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland). Teams from West Germany were placed in both sections. The eight group winners (in bold in the tables below) advanced to the knock-out rounds, with the four 'A' winners being drawn against the four 'B' winners.

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SLO	VOR	ODR	WAC
1	Slovan ÚNV Bratislava	6	4	2	0	16	4	+12	10	Advanced to quarter-finals		—	2–1	8–1	3–0
2	Vorwärts Berlin	6	2	1	3	13	10	+3	5			0–1	—	2–1	6–1
3	Odra Opole	6	2	1	3	8	16	−8	5			1–1	2–1	—	2–0
4	Wiener AC	6	1	2	3	9	16	−7	4			1–1	3–3	4–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Baník Ostrava (A)	6	5	1	0	24	7	+17	11
2	Motor Jena	6	3	2	1	14	12	+2	8
3	Osnabrück	6	2	0	4	9	14	−5	4
4	GAK	6	0	1	5	9	23	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spartak Hradec Králové (A)	6	3	2	1	15	12	+3	8
2	Górnik Zabrze	6	3	1	2	17	14	+3	7
3	Dynamo Berlin	6	3	1	2	13	14	−1	7
4	Wiener Sport-Club	6	1	0	5	15	20	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	First Vienna (A)	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8	9
2	Tatran Prešov	6	2	2	2	15	14	+1	6
3	Lokomotive Leipzig	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	6
4	Kickers Offenbach	6	1	1	4	13	18	−5	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advanced to quarter-finals

Group B1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FEY	S04	GÖT	CDF
1	Feyenoord (A)	6	5	0	1	24	12	+12	10		—	1–3	4–1	3–2
2	Schalke 04	6	4	0	2	22	12	+10	8		1–5	—	4–1	8–0
3	IFK Göteborg	6	1	1	4	12	22	−10	3		3–6	2–4	—	3–2
4	La Chaux-de-Fonds	6	1	1	4	11	23	−12	3		2–5	3–2	2–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AJA	MAL	PIR	ZÜR
1	Ajax (A)	6	4	1	1	26	8	+18	9		—	1–0	9–1	9–1
2	Malmö FF	6	3	2	1	15	10	+5	8		1–1	—	4–2	4–1
3	Pirmasens	6	3	1	2	17	19	−2	7		4–2	3–3	—	5–0
4	Zürich	6	0	0	6	6	27	−21	0		1–4	2–3	1–2	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ÖRG	VVV	NEU	GRE
1	Örgryte (A)	6	4	2	0	15	7	+8	10		—	2–1	3–1	2–2
2	VVV-Venlo	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1	7		2–2	—	3–2	1–0
3	Borussia Neunkirchen	6	2	0	4	12	15	−3	4		1–3	5–3	—	2–0
4	Grenchen	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	3		0–3	1–3	3–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.
(A) Advance to a further round

Group B4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SPA	ELF	TAS	BAS
1	Sparta Rotterdam (A)	6	5	0	1	23	12	+11	10		—	4–3	4–1	5–2
2	Elfsborg	6	4	0	2	21	17	+4	8		2–5	—	5–2	2–1
3	Tasmania Berlin	6	1	1	4	11	16	−5	3		4–1	2–3	—	1–2
4	Basel	6	1	1	4	9	19	−10	3		0–4	3–6	1–1	—

Source: mogiel.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Draw.
(A) Advance to a further round

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FC Basel	0-4	Sparta Rotterdam
	Summary	Piet van Miert 40' Piet de Vries 40' Tonny van Ede 78' Tinus Bosselaar 88'

18 June 1961

18:00

Round 1

Landhof, Basel

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Erich Steiner (Wien)

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Elfsborg	2 – 1	Basel
Raaberg (1x) Larsson (1x)	Summary	(1x) Hügi (II)

25 June 1961

Round 2

Ryavallen, Borås, Sweden

Attendance: 3,300

Referee: Johannes Malka Herten

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Sparta Rotterdam	4-1	SV Tasmania Berlin
Piet van Miert 30' Henk Janssen 32' Tonny van Ede 36' Cees Doesburg 75'

25 June 1961

Round 2

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 998

Referee: Bertil Lööw

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Tasmania Berlin	1 – 2	Basel
Rosenfeldt 7' (1:0)	Summary	35' (1:1) Hügi (II) 46' (1:2) Stocker

2 July 1961

Round 3

Poststadion, Berlin

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Johanesson

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Sparta Rotterdam	4-3	IF Elfsborg
Tinus Bosselaar 16', 65', 89' (pen.) Henk Janssen 58'		Henry Larsson 30' Leif Pettersson 34' Wigar Bartholdsson 45'

2 July 1961

Round 3

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 9,808

Referee: Günther Baumgärtl

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Basel	1 – 1	Tasmania Berlin
Speidel (1x)	Summary	(1x o.g.)

8 July 1961

18:30

Round 4

Landhof, Basel

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Friedrich Seipelt

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IF Elfsborg	2-5	Sparta Rotterdam
Wigar Bartholdsson 55' Henry Larsson 58'		Henk Janssen 17', 21' Piet van Miert 30', 38', 51'

9 July 1961

Round 4

Borås Arena, Borås

Attendance: 3,852

Referee: Günter Sparing

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Basel	3 – 6	Elfsborg
Hügi (II) (1x) Von Krannichfeldt (1x) Walther (1x)	Summary	(3x) Larsson (2x) Raberg (1x) Bartholdsson

15 July 1961

18:30

Round 5

Landhof, Basel

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Friedrich Mayer

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SV Tasmania Berlin	4-1	Sparta Rotterdam
Peter Engler 3' Friedrich Schlichting 14', 41' Wolfgang Neumann 18'		Piet de Vries 28'

16 July 1961

Round 5

Sportpark Neukölln, Neukölln

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Roland Bäckström

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Sparta Rotterdam	5-2	FC Basel
Willem van Buuren 3' Piet de Vries 19' Ad Verhoeven 49' Tinus Bosselaar 58' Henk Janssen 73'	Summary	Josef Hügi 2' (pen.) René Burri 31'

23 July 1961

Round 6

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Gösta Ackeborn

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Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Slovan Bratislava	6–1	Sparta Rotterdam
Ajax	4–3	First Vienna
Örgryte	2–3	Baník Ostrava
Feyenoord	3–1	Spartak Hradec Králové

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Slovan Bratislava	6-1	Sparta Rotterdam
Anton Moravčík 19', 75' Milan Balazik 35', 71' Pavol Molnár 37' Ján Popluhár 69'		Joop Daniëls 47'

14 September 1961

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Eduard Babauczek

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Ajax	4–3 (a.e.t.)	First Vienna
Henk Groot 12', 115' Piet Keizer 26', 46'		Hans Buzek 43', 62', 81'

27 September 1961

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gunther Ternieden

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Örgryte	2-3	Baník Ostrava
Stig Andersson 16' Rolf Wetterlind 21'		Milan Siry 7' Miroslav Wiecek 60' Zdenek Stanczo 80'

25 October 1961

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 2,144

Referee: Werner Bergmann

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Feyenoord	3-1	Spartak Hradec Králové
Rinus Bennaars 56' Reinier Kreijermaat 69', 90'		Rudolf Tauchen 48'

22 November 1961

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ajax	5–1	Slovan Bratislava
Feyenoord	1–0	Baník Ostrava

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Ajax	5-1	Slovan Bratislava
Co Prins 45', 71', 82' Donald Feldmann 72', 88'		Jozef Vengloš 15'

8 March 1962

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 9,551

Referee: Johannes Malka

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Feyenoord	1-0	Baník Ostrava
Frans Bouwmeester 89'

8 March 1962

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 32,575

Referee: Erik Johansson

Final

Played over one leg, in Amsterdam.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ajax	4–2	Feyenoord

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Ajax	4-2	Feyenoord
Cees Groot 10' Henk Groot 26', 62', 90'		Frans Bouwmeester 11' Cor van der Gijp 43'

26 April 1962

Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Attendance: 40,260

Referee: Joop Martens

See also

• 1961–62 European Cup
• 1961–62 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
• 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

External links

• Intertoto Cup 1961/62 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF
• Intertoto Cup 1961/62 on mogiel.net by Pawel Mogielnicki