1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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 →

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.

Teams location

Edinburgh

Milan

Barcelona

Barcelona teams

Espanyol

Edinburgh teams

Heart of Midlothian

Hibernian

Milan teams

Inter Milan

Milan

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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

13 September 1961

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

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)

27 September 1961

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

Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Pieter P Roomer (Netherlands)

27 September 1961

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

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Jim Finney (England)

30 August 1961

Milan	0–0	Novi Sad XI
	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)

13 September 1961

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

La Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Viktor Schicker (Switzerland)

27 September 1961

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

Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská, Brno

13 September 1961

Hannover 96	0–1	Espanyol
	Report	Camps 52'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Jozef Casteleyn (Belgium)

4 September 1961

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

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

4 September 1961

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

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

12 September 1961

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

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

20 September 1961

West Berlin XI	1–0	Barcelona
Steinert 83'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

7 September 1961

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'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg

Second leg

4 October 1961

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

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 36,158

Referee: Robert Smith (Wales)

Valencia won 7–1 on aggregate.

4 October 1961

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

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Heart of Midlothian won 5–1 on aggregate.

11 October 1961

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

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 21,000^[2]

Referee: Aleksandar Škorić (Yugoslavia)

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

25 October 1961

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

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 23,000^[3]

Referee: John Kelly (England)

Internazionale won 5–3 in play-off.

20 September 1961

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

Stadion Vojvodine, Novi Sad

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Viktor Chebat (Austria)

Novi Sad XI won 2–0 on aggregate.

4 October 1961

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.)

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Adolf Mach (Czech Republic)

MTK won 13–3 on aggregate.

4 October 1961

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

Zentralstadion Leipzig

Leipzig XI won 6–3 on aggregate.

27 September 1961

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

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona

Espanyol won 3–0 on aggregate.

27 September 1961

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

Stadion JNA Belgrade

Red Star won 5–2 on aggregate.

27 September 1961

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

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Vicente Caballero Camacho (Spain)

Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.

4 October 1961

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

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Referee: Arthur Crossman (Scotland)

Sheffield Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.

4 October 1961

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

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.

4 October 1961

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

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

6 November 1961

Heart of Midlothian	0–1	Inter Milan
		Humberto 33'

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

26 October 1961

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

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

6 November 1961

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

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

15 November 1961

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

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona

1 November 1961

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

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

29 November 1961

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

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

13 December 1961

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

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Second leg

23 December 1961

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

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.

22 November 1961

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

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 12,000^[4]

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Inter Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.

15 November 1961

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

Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad

Novi Sad XI won 10–3 on aggregate.

22 November 1961

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

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Leipzig XI 3–3 MTK on aggregate.

30 November 1961

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

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

MTK won 2–0 in play-off.

7 December 1961

Birmingham City	1–0	Espanyol
Auld 59'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Espanyol won 5–3 on aggregate.

4 September 1961

Hibernian	0–1	Red Star Belgrade
		Prljinčević 77'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Red Star won 5–0 on aggregate.

13 December 1961

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

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Sheffield Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.

20 December 1961

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

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

14 February 1962

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

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Jim Finney (England)

Second leg

21 March 1962

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

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

28 February 1962

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

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Attendance: 52,353

Second leg

28 March 1962

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

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

24 April 1962

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

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Second leg

1 May 1962

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

Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, Budapest

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Albert Dusch (German)

Valencia won 10–3 on aggregate.

First leg

17 April 1962

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

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Swiss)

Second leg

24 April 1962

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

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Barcelona won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

8 September 1962

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

Estadio Mestalla, Valencia

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)

Second leg

12 September 1962

Barcelona	1–1	Valencia
Kocsis 46'		Guillot 87'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

References

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

[Roma-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.

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