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1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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

1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is located in Europe
Vienna XI
Copenhagen XI
Leipzig XI
Birmingham City
London XI
Inter Milan
Barcelona XI
Basel XI
Lausanne-Sport
Cologne XI
Frankfurt XI
Zagreb XI
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Location of teams in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D

Group stage

Group A

Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew from the competition
Camp de Les Corts, Barcelona
Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen

Group B

Source: [citation needed]
Arena Civica, Milan[1]
Attendance: 8,000[2]
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 40,000[3]
Referee: Ezio Damiani (Yugoslavia)
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Arena Civica, Milan
Attendance: 5,000[4]
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 34,461[5]
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Group C

Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew from the competition
Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Group D

Source: [citation needed]
St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Wembley Stadium, London
White Hart Lane, London
Stadion am Bornheimer Hang, Frankfurt
Riederwaldstadion, Frankfurt
Landhof, Basel

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

1 Barcelona beat Birmingham City 2–1 in a play-off to qualify for the Final.

First leg

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
St Andrew's, Birmingham

Second leg

Stamford Bridge, London
Camp Nou, Barcelona

Play-off

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Final

First leg

Stamford Bridge, London
Attendance: 45,466
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Second leg

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources give the final goal to Hooper.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Blues in Europe – Part One 1956–1958". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Internazionale 0-0 Birmingham City :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1957/58 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Zagreb XI 0-1 Internazionale :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1957/58 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Internazionale 4-0 Zagreb XI :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1957/58 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Birmingham City 2-1 Internazionale :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1957/58 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  6. ^ EC 1 & Fairs Cup 1595-1960. International Federation of Football History & Statistics. pp. 158–171.
  7. ^ Velasco, Santiago. "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58 (game details)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

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