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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).

1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Ball used in the final (FC Barcelona Museum)
Tournament details
Dates4 June 1955 – 1 May 1958
Teams12 (10 competed)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona XI
(Later recognized as FC Barcelona) (1st title)
Runners-upEngland London XI
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored93 (4.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Evaristo
England Peter Murphy
(4 goals each)

Teams location

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Location of teams in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Brown: Group A; 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Red: Group B; 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Orange: Group C; 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Yellow: Group D

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Barcelona XI 2 1 1 0 7 3 +4 3
2 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Copenhagen XI 2 0 1 1 3 7 −4 1
3 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Vienna XI (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew from the competition
Barcelona XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 6–21955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Copenhagen XI
Areta 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  8', 10'
Tejada 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  40', 80'
Villaverde 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  40'
Kubala 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  59'		 Report Lundberg 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  65', 75'
Copenhagen XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1–11955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Barcelona XI
Lundberg 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  61' Report Villaverde 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  85'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Birmingham City 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5 7
2 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Inter Milan 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 5
3 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Zagreb XI 4 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Inter Milan 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 0–01955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Birmingham City
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)
Zagreb XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 0–11955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Birmingham City
Report Brown 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  8'
Zagreb XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 0–11955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Inter Milan
Report Campagnoli 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  74'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ezio Damiani (Yugoslavia)
Birmingham City 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 3–01955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Zagreb XI
Orritt 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  3'
Brown 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  60'
Murphy 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  67'		 Report
Inter Milan 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 4–01955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Zagreb XI
Skoglund 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  8', 89'
Lorenzi 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  43', 50'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
Birmingham City 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2–11955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Inter Milan
Govan 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  44', 53' Report Lorenzi 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  88'
Attendance: 34,461

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Lausanne-Sport 2 1 0 1 10 9 +1 2
2 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Leipzig XI 2 1 0 1 9 10 −1 2
3 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Cologne XI (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew from the competition
Leipzig XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 6–31955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Lausanne-Sport
Walter 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  5'
Konzack 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  9', 82'
Krause 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  23', 36'
Fettke 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  69'		 Report Maillard 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  11'
Rey 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  31'
Eschmann 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  43'
Lausanne-Sport 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 7–31955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Leipzig XI
Tedeschi 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  28'
Eschmann 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  37', 43', 55'
Moser 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  38'
Stefano 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  60', 62'		 Report Walter 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  13'
Konzack 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  58'
Frohlich 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  70'

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  London XI 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6 6
2 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Frankfurt XI 4 2 0 2 10 10 0 4
3 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Basel XI 4 1 0 3 7 13 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]
Basel XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 0–51955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  London XI
Report Firmani 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  35', 81'
Holton 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  37', 43', 74'
London XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 3–21955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Frankfurt XI
Jezzard 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  46', 86'
Robson 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  60'		 Report Pfaff 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  25'
Kaufhold 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  30'
London XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1–01955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Basel XI
Robb 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  87' Report
Frankfurt XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 5–11955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Basel XI
Buchenau 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  19', 80'
Pfaff 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  31', 73'
Herrmann 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  52'		 Report Hugi 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  35'
Frankfurt XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1–01955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  London XI
Preisendorfer 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  72' Report
Basel XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 6–21955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Frankfurt XI
Allemann 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  3', 47', 66'
Sanmann 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  33'
Hugi 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  64'
Burger 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  88'		 Report Kraus 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  32'
Mayer 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  65'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
        
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Lausanne-Sport 2 0 2
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  London XI 1 2 3
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  London XI 2 0 2
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Barcelona XI 2 6 8
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Birmingham City 4 0 4 (1)
1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Barcelona XI 3 1 4 (2)
  • Teams playing first leg at home shown first.
  • Birmingham City and Barcelona required a play-off after their semi-final finished level on aggregate. The play-off was played in Switzerland.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lausanne-Sport 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  2–3 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  London XI 2–1 0–2
Birmingham City 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  4–41 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Barcelona XI 4–3 0–1

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

First leg

Lausanne-Sport 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2–11955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  London XI
Vonlanden 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  6', 74' Report Haverty 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  70'
Birmingham City 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 4–31955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Barcelona XI
Eddy Brown 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  2'
Orritt 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  33'
Murphy 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  35', 60'		 Report Tejada 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  12'
Evaristo 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  27'
Martínez 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  40'

Second leg

London XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2–01955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Lausanne-Sport
Greaves 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  10'
Holton 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  76'		 Report
Barcelona XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1–01955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Birmingham City
Kubala 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  82' Report

Play-off

Barcelona XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2–11955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Birmingham City
Evaristo 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  33'
Kubala 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  83'		 Report Murphy 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  48'

Final

First leg

London XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 2–21955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  Barcelona XI
Greaves 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  10'
Langley 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  88' (pen.)		 Martínez 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  7'
Tejada 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  35'
Attendance: 45,466

Second leg

Barcelona XI 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 6–01955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  London XI
Suárez 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  6', 8'
Martínez 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  42'
Evaristo 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  52', 75'
Vergés 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup  63'
Attendance: 70,000

Notes

References

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