Ball used in thefinal (FC Barcelona Museum) | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 June 1955 – 1 May 1958 |
| Teams | 12 (10 competed) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | (Later recognized asFC Barcelona) (1st title) |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 93 (4.04 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (4 goals each) |
The firstInter-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, theLondon XI, went on to reach the final where they were beaten over two legs by theBarcelona XI (later recognized asFC Barcelona).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barcelona XI | 6–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Areta Tejada Villaverde Kubala | Report | Lundberg |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| Inter Milan | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Skoglund Lorenzi | Report |
| Birmingham City | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Govan | Report | Lorenzi |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leipzig XI | 6–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Konzack Krause Fettke | Report | Maillard Rey Eschmann |
| Lausanne-Sport | 7–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tedeschi Eschmann Moser Stefano | Report | Walter Konzack Frohlich |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 4 (1) | |||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 (2) | |||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lausanne-Sport | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | ||
| Birmingham City | 4–4 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Birmingham City | 4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Eddy Brown Orritt Murphy | Report | Tejada Evaristo Martínez |
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