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The second Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place between 1958 and 1960 and was won by Barcelona for the second consecutive time in a two-legged final against Birmingham City. Once again, a number of countries sent a representative team for one of their main cities, although London sent Chelsea instead. The Copenhagen XI was made up mostly of BK ...
Leeds United. (2nd title) Most successful club (s) Barcelona. (3 titles) The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, [2] Fairs Cities' Cup, [3] [4] or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. It is considered the predecessor to the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa ...
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Feb 19, 2021 · The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the first truly continent wide tournament for clubs in Europe. The idea had come from Ernst Thommen, a Swiss official who had led the 1954 World Cup Organising ...
Feb 16, 2017 · The forerunner of the Europa League, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a three-year slog that teams could only enter if their home city hosted an international trade fair. Nevertheless, it played a ...
Nov 1, 2019 · The rather convoluted format of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – which had begun on Christmas Day 1955 for the eventual victors with a 6-2 success over Danish representative side Stævnet – was altered to a two-legged knockout competition the following season but still took two years to complete; Barcelona retaining the trophy with a 4-1 ...
