Tournament details | |
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Teams | 64 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 382 (3.03 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the 13th and final season of theInter-Cities Fairs Cup, a European football competition for teams not qualified for theEuropean Cup or theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup. Back in 1969, UEFA determined this would be the final year of the Fairs Cup before taking over the organizational duties and evolving the competition into the UEFA Cup, which is now known as theUEFA Europa League.[1]
Thefinal was played over two legs atStadio Comunale,Turin,Italy, and atElland Road,Leeds,England. It was won byLeeds United ofEngland, who defeated the Italian teamJuventus on theaway goals rule after a 3–3 aggregate draw to claim their second Inter-Cities Fairs Cup title. It was the first time the competition final had been won on the away goals rule.
This was to be the final European title forLeeds United, which would cap off its most successful era later in the decade with two further finals in UEFA-organized tournaments. It was also the second Fairs Cup final lost byJuventus, who still had not won a European title. Notably, the first leg of the final was replayed from scratch two days later after the initially scheduled game, which was abandoned after 51 minutes of play with a score of 0–0 due to heavy rain and a waterlogged pitch.
As no team had ever managed to permanently win the Inter-Cities Fairs trophy that was to be discontinued, its destination was decided in a specialplay-off between the first and last competition winners:Barcelona and Leeds United, respectively.[1]
A total of 64 teams from 29 countries were entered in the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. For the first time, a team fromFinland entered the competition, with the allocation scheme being redrawn as follows
Scotland andYugoslavia gained a fourth berth, whichPortugal lost. These places came mainly from the loss of a second Fairs Cup berth byEast Germany,Norway andNorthern Ireland.
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
Notes
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were primarily scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays, and exceptionally on Thursdays. After the first leg of the final had to be postponed to a Friday, the return leg played in the following weekend was moved one day backwards to a Thursday. The first leg of the 1st round match-up betweenSevilla FC andEskisehirspor was played on a Saturday.
Round | First leg | Second leg |
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First round | 2–23 September 1970 | 8–30 September 1970 |
Second round | 14–28 October 1970 | 28 October – 4 November 1970 |
Third round | 25 November – 9 December 1970 | 9–23 December 1970 |
Quarter-finals | 27 January / 9–10 March 1971 | 17 February / 23–24 March 1971 |
Semi-finals | 14 April 1971 | 28 April 1971 |
Final | 26 May 1971 | 3 June 1971 |
Željezničar Sarajevo![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Osim![]() Edin Sprečo ![]() Mujkić ![]() | Report | Puis![]() Mulder ![]() Van Binst ![]() |
1. FC Köln![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Parits![]() Thielen ![]() Rupp ![]() Lex ![]() | Report | Pierron![]() |
Dundee United![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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I. Reid![]() Markland ![]() A. Reid ![]() | Report | Ove Grahn![]() Meier ![]() |
AB![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Mick Sultana![]() F. Hansen ![]() Carlsen ![]() Nielsen ![]() Petersen ![]() | Report |
Cork Hibernians![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Claramunt![]() Barrachina ![]() |
Sparta Prague![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Migas![]() Gögh ![]() | Report |
B1901![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Olsen![]() H. E. Hansen ![]() | Report | Brungs![]() Gayer ![]() Steffenhagen ![]() |
Ilves-Kissat![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Lundberg![]() Nuoranen ![]() Kalevi Nupponen ![]() | Report | Rinne![]() Kaiser ![]() |
Vitória Guimarães![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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B. da Velha![]() Peres ![]() | Report |
Botev Plovdiv![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Radkov![]() | Report | O'Rourke![]() Neil Martin ![]() |
Dinamo București![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Dumitrache![]() Popescu ![]() | Report |
Twente![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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| Report |
Twente won 4–0 on aggregate.
Eskişehirspor![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Fethi![]() | Acosta![]() |
Eskişehirspor won 3–2 on aggregate.
Barcelona![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Pujol![]() Martí Filosia ![]() Rexach ![]() | Rother![]() Nowok ![]() |
Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Radford![]() Armstrong ![]() |
Arsenal won 4–2 on aggregate.
Fiorentina![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Chiarugi![]() Mariani ![]() |
Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.
Leeds United![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Charlton![]() Bremner ![]() Lorimer ![]() |
Leeds won 6–0 on aggregate.
Íþróttabandalag Akraness![]() | 0-9[3] | ![]() |
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Report | Jan Klijnjan![]() Jørgen Kristensen ![]() Janusz Kowalik ![]() Jan van der Veen ![]() Hans Venneker ![]() |
Sparta Rotterdam won 15–0 on aggregate.
Newcastle United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Pécsi won 4–2 on aggregate.
Valencia![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Jara![]() Sergio ![]() | Wigginton![]() |
Valencia won 6–1 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Uriarte![]() | Chovanec![]() |
Sparta Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dundee United won 3–2 on aggregate.
US Rumelange![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Novellini![]() Landini ![]() |
Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.
Dinamo București won 5–1 on aggregate.
Coventry City won 6–1 on aggregate.
Vitória Setúbal![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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José Maria![]() | [citation needed] | Dufour![]() |
Vitória Setúbal won 4–1 on aggregate.
Angoulême![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Castellan![]() Gallice ![]() | [citation needed] | Ademir Silva![]() |
Vitória Guimarães won 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Novak![]() Lalić ![]() | [citation needed] | Campora![]() |
Dinamo Zagreb won 6–3 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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SK Sturm Graz![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Valencia CF![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Hertha BSC![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–3 |
Fiorentina![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Newcastle United![]() | 2–2(p) | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
Barcelona![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–2 |
NK Dinamo Zagreb![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 4–0 | 0–1 |
Eskişehirspor![]() | 4–8 | ![]() | 3–2 | 1–6 |
Hibernian![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Liverpool![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Bayern Munich![]() | 7–3 | ![]() | 6–1 | 1–2 |
Sparta Rotterdam![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Leeds United![]() | 2–2a | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Sparta Prague![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 0–1 |
AB![]() | 1–7 | ![]() | 1–3 | 0–4 |
Vitória Setúbal![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Fiorentina![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Mariani![]() | Flohe![]() |
Sparta Prague![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Vrána![]() Jurkanin ![]() | Traynor![]() |
Vitória Setúbal![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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José Maria![]() Boljat ![]() | [citation needed] |
Eskişehirspor![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Halil Güngördü![]() Fethi Heper ![]() | Report[5] | Theo Pahlplatz![]() Willy van de Kerkhof ![]() |
Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Hemp![]() Kreische ![]() | Jones![]() |
2–2 on aggregate; Leeds United won on away goals.
1. FC Köln![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Biskup![]() |
1. FC Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.
The referee called the end of the game three minutes before the regulation time and had to abandon the pitch escorted out by Beveren's players because of the pressure and the protests by the visiting team as a result of his decision. K.S.K. Beveren won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.
Coleraine F.C.![]() | 1-2[6] | ![]() |
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Brian Jennings![]() | Report | Jan Klijnjan![]() Jørgen Kristensen ![]() |
Sparta Rotterdam won 4–1 on aggregate.
FC Twente![]() | 6–1[7] | ![]() |
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Jan Jeuring![]() René van de Kerkhof ![]() Jan Streuer ![]() Antal Nagy ![]() | Report | Fethi Heper![]() |
Twente won 8–4 on aggregate.
Vitória Setúbal won 3–2 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Arsenal![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | 4–0 | 0–0 |
FC Spartak Trnava![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Pécsi Dózsa![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–2 |
NK Dinamo Zagreb![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Hibernian![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Bayern Munich![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 |
Leeds United![]() | 9–2 | ![]() | 6–0 | 3–2 |
Anderlecht![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |
Spartak Trnava![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Dobiaš![]() |
Leeds United![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Clarke![]() Chovanec ![]() Bremner ![]() Gray ![]() Charlton ![]() | Report |
Bayern Munich won 5–2 on aggregate.
Juventus![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Anastasi![]() |
Juventus won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Barton![]() Urban ![]() | Gray![]() Clarke ![]() Belfitt ![]() |
Leeds won 9–2 on aggregate.
Twente won 3–2 on aggregate.
Vitória Setúbal![]() | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Guerreiro![]() Baptista ![]() | [citation needed] | Desanghere![]() |
Vitória Setúbal won 4–3 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Arsenal![]() | 2–2a | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Juventus![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) |
Liverpool![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Leeds United![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Liverpool![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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A. Evans![]() | Report |
Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.
Leeds won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; 1. FC Köln won on away goals.
Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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1. FC Köln![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Liverpool![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Leeds won 1–0 on aggregate.
Game abandoned in the 51st minute due to heavy rain and waterlogged pitch.
3–3 on aggregate; Leeds United won on away goals.