1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The thirteenth and final Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1970–71 season. The competition was won by Leeds United for the second time, over two legs, in the final against Juventus. It was the first time the competition final had been won on the away goals rule. The competition was abolished and replaced the next season by the UEFA Cup.[1] The Inter-Cities Fairs trophy was finally won in a play-off between the first and last competition winners: CF Barcelona and Leeds United, respectively.[1]

1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Tournament details
Teams64
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Leeds United (2nd title)
Runners-upItaly Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Goals scored382 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Pietro Anastasi (10 goals)

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ilves-Kissat   4–5   Sturm Graz 4–2 0–3
Lazio   2–4   Arsenal 2–2 0–2
Cork Hibernians   1–6   Valencia 0–3[2] 1–3
Wiener Sportclub   0–5   K.S.K. Beveren 0–2 0–3
B1901   3–8   Hertha BSC 2–4 1–4
Spartak Trnava   2–2(p)   Olympique de Marseille 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Ruch Chorzów   1–3   Fiorentina 1–1 0–2
1. FC Köln   5–2   RC Paris-Sedan 5–1 0–1
Internazionale   1–3   Newcastle United 1–1 0–2
Universitatea Craiova   2–4   Pécsi Dózsa 2–1 0–3
GKS Katowice   2–4   Barcelona 0–1 2–3
Juventus   11–0   US Rumelange 7–0 4–0
Barreirense   3–6   Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 1–6
La Gantoise   1–8   Hamburger SV 0–1 1–7
Sevilla   2–3   Eskişehirspor 1–0 1–3
AEK Athens   0–4   Twente 0–1 0–3
Hibernian   9–2   Malmö FF 6–0 3–2
Vitória Guimarães   4–3   Angoulême 3–0 1–3
Liverpool   2–1   Ferencváros 1–0 1–1
Dinamo București   5–1   PAOK 5–0 0–1
Bayern Munich   2–1   Rangers 1–0 1–1
Botev Plovdiv   1–6   Coventry City 1–4 0–2
Sparta Rotterdam   15–0   ÍA 6–0 9–0
Coleraine   4–3   Kilmarnock 1–1 3–2
Sarpsborg   0–6   Leeds United 0–1 0–5
Partizan   0–6   Dynamo Dresden 0–0 0–6
Sparta Prague   3–1   Athletic Bilbao 2–0 1–1
Dundee United   3–2   Grasshopper 3–2 0–0
AB   10–2   Sliema Wanderers 7–0 3–2
Željezničar Sarajevo   7–9   Anderlecht 3–4 4–5
Lausanne Sports   1–4   Vitória Setúbal 0–2 1–2
Hajduk Split   3–1   Slavia Sofia 3–0 0–1

First leg edit

AEK Athens  0–1  Twente
Report van de Kerkhof   12'

La Gantoise  0–1  Hamburger SV
Report Nogly   25'

Željezničar Sarajevo  3–4  Anderlecht
Osim   4'
Edin Sprečo   58'
Mujkić   59'
Report Puis   34', 82'
Mulder   60'
Van Binst   89'

Sevilla  1–0  Eskişehirspor
Matute   61' Report

Liverpool  1–0  Ferencváros
Graham   17' Report
Attendance: 37,531

Sarpsborg  0–1  Leeds United
Report Lorimer   77'

Coleraine  1–1  Kilmarnock
Mullan   60' Report Mathie   56'
Attendance: 7,000

1. FC Köln  5–1  RC Paris-Sedan
Parits   26'
Thielen   35'
Rupp   47', 70'
Lex   82'
Report Pierron   69'

Lausanne Sports  0–2  Vitória Setúbal
Report Baptista   61'
João   63'

Dundee United  3–2  Grasshopper
I. Reid   65'
Markland   81'
A. Reid   90'
Report Ove Grahn   35'
Meier   50'
Attendance: 8,400

Spartak Trnava  2–0  Olympique de Marseille
Dobiaš   31' (pen.)
Masrna   48'
Report

AB  7–0  Sliema Wanderers
Mick Sultana   9' (o.g.)
F. Hansen   32', 89'
Carlsen   48', 72'
Nielsen   53'
Petersen  86'
Report

GKS Katowice  0–1  Barcelona
Report Rexach   83'
Attendance: 85,000

Lazio  2–2  Arsenal
Chinaglia   85', 89' (pen.) Report Radford   52', 56'

Cork Hibernians  0–3  Valencia
Report Claramunt   13', 22'
Barrachina   75'
Attendance: 10,500

Partizan  0–0  Dynamo Dresden
Report
Attendance: 9,600

Wiener Sportclub  0–2  K.S.K. Beveren
Report Rogiers   58'
Janssens   74'
Attendance: 1,200

Bayern Munich  1–0  Rangers
Beckenbauer   21' Report

Sparta Prague  2–0  Athletic Bilbao
Migas   19' (pen.)
Gögh   61'
Report
Attendance: 16,400

Barreirense  2–0  Dinamo Zagreb
Serafim   30'
Câmpora   89'
Report

B1901  2–4  Hertha BSC
Olsen   25'
H. E. Hansen   78'
Report Brungs   19', 28'
Gayer   68'
Steffenhagen   70'

Ilves-Kissat  4–2  Sturm Graz
Lundberg   3'
Nuoranen   40', 47'
Kalevi Nupponen   53'
Report Rinne   2' (o.g.)
Kaiser   54'
Attendance: 300

Vitória Guimarães  3–0  Angoulême
B. da Velha   46', 82'
Peres   55'
Report

Hibernian  6–0  Malmö FF
Blair   31'
Joe McBride   33', 57', 59'
A. Duncan   62', 75'
Report
Attendance: 11,165

Ruch Chorzów  1–1  Fiorentina
E. Faber   46' Report Vitali   53'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)

Botev Plovdiv  1–4  Coventry City
Radkov   75' Report O'Rourke   39', 67', 89'
Neil Martin   43'
Attendance: 10,400


Juventus  7–0  US Rumelange
Pawlowski   9' (o.g.)
Bettega   15', 74'
Anastasi   19', 27', 43', 70'
Report
Attendance: 10,700

Dinamo București  5–0  PAOK
Dumitrache   8', 49', 73'
Popescu   64', 83'
Report
Attendance: 20,000

Hajduk Split  3-0  Slavia Sofia
Jerković   22'
Pavlica   39'
Jovanić   89'
Report

Sparta Rotterdam  6-0  ÍA
Venneker   2'
Kowalik   11'
Koudijzer   44'
Heijerman   48', 57' (pen.)
Walbeek   87'
Report
Attendance: 8,000

Internazionale  1–1  Newcastle United
Cella   84' Report Davies   44'
Attendance: 14,460

Second leg edit

Twente  3–0  AEK Athens
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Twente won 4–0 on aggregate.


Eskişehirspor  3–1  Sevilla
Fethi   80', 82', 90+' Acosta   79'
Attendance: 10,700
Referee: Gerhard Kunze (West Germany)

Eskişehirspor won 3–2 on aggregate.


Barcelona  3–2 GKS Katowice
Pujol   50'
Martí Filosia   59'
Rexach   82'
Rother   9'
Nowok   41' (pen.)
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: René Vigliani (France)

Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.


Arsenal  2–0  Lazio
Radford   11'
Armstrong   73'

Arsenal won 4–2 on aggregate.


Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.


Leeds United  5–0  Sarpsborg
Charlton   22', 61'
Bremner   71', 88'
Lorimer   90'
Attendance: 19,283
Referee: Mario Gomez Alves (Portugal)

Leeds won 6–0 on aggregate.


Sparta Rotterdam won 15–0 on aggregate.


Newcastle United won 3–1 on aggregate.


Pécsi Dózsa  3–0  Universitatea Craiova
Report
Attendance: 18,000

Pécsi won 4–2 on aggregate.


Valencia  3–1  Cork Hibernians
Jara   12'
Sergio   19', 47'
Wigginton   40'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: David W. Smith (England)

Valencia won 6–1 on aggregate.


Athletic Bilbao  1–1  Sparta Prague
Uriarte   65' (pen.) Chovanec   53'
Attendance: 29,300
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Sparta Prague won 3–1 on aggregate.


Grasshopper  0–0  Dundee United
Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)

Dundee United won 3–2 on aggregate.


US Rumelange  0–4  Juventus
Novellini   30', 44', 87'
Landini   37'

Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.


PAOK  1–0  Dinamo București
Report
Attendance: 12,400

Dinamo București won 5–1 on aggregate.


Coventry City  2–0  Botev Plovdiv
Joicey   30'
Blockley   35'

Coventry City won 6–1 on aggregate.


Vitória Setúbal  2–1  Lausanne-Sport
José Maria   21', 45' Report Dufour   40'

Vitória Setúbal won 4–1 on aggregate.


Angoulême  3–1  Vitória Guimarães
Castellan   25', 39'
Gallice   67'
Report Ademir Silva   51'

Vitória Guimarães won 4–3 on aggregate.


Dinamo Zagreb  6–1  Barreirense
Novak   50', 55', 70', 84'
Lalić   72', 75'
Report Campora   38'
Attendance: 9,300

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–3 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SK Sturm Graz   1–2   Arsenal 1–0 0–2
Valencia CF   1–2   K.S.K. Beveren 0–1 1–1
Hertha BSC   2–3   FC Spartak Trnava 1–0 1–3
Fiorentina   1–3   1. FC Köln 1–2 0–1
Newcastle United   2–2(p)   Pécsi Dózsa 2–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Barcelona   2–4   Juventus 1–2 1–2
NK Dinamo Zagreb   4–1   Hamburger SV 4–0 0–1
Eskişehirspor   4–8   Twente 3–2 1–6
Hibernian   3–2   Vitória Guimarães 2–0 1–2
Liverpool   4–1   FC Dinamo București 3–0 1–1
Bayern Munich   7–3   Coventry City 6–1 1–2
Sparta Rotterdam   4–1   Coleraine 2–0 2–1
Leeds United   2–2a   Dynamo Dresden 1–0 1–2
Sparta Prague   3–2   Dundee United FC 3–1 0–1
AB   1–7   Anderlecht 1–3 0–4
Vitória Setúbal   3–2   Hajduk Split 2–0 1–2

First leg edit

Hibernian  2–0  Vitória Guimarães
Duncan   45'
Stanton   90'
Report
Attendance: 11,400

Fiorentina  1–2  1. FC Köln
Mariani   20' Flohe   25', 46'
Attendance: 10,000

Barcelona  1–2  Juventus
Marcial   74' Haller   12'
Bettega   55'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Sparta Rotterdam  2-0[4]  Coleraine F.C.
Jan Klijnjan   19', 44' Report
Attendance: 7,000

Liverpool  3–0  Dinamo București
Report
Attendance: 36,525
Referee: Roger Machin (France)

Leeds United  1–0  Dynamo Dresden
Lorimer   57' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,292
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Sparta Prague  3–1  Dundee United
Vrána   19'
Jurkanin   71', 89'
Traynor   25'
Attendance: 17,600

Vitória Setúbal  2–0  Hajduk Split
José Maria   59'
Boljat   82' (o.g)
Report

Valencia  0–1  K.S.K. Beveren
De Raeymaeker   77'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Second leg edit

Hibernian won 3–2 on aggregate.


Dynamo Dresden  2–1  Leeds United
Hemp   15'
Kreische   63'
Jones   30'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

2–2 on aggregate; Leeds United won on away goals.


1. FC Köln  1–0  Fiorentina
Biskup   33' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000

1. FC Köln won 3–1 on aggregate.


Juventus  2–1  Barcelona
Bettega   5'
Capello   23'
Pujol   83'
Attendance: 40,000

Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.


Dinamo București  1–1  Liverpool
Report

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.


K.S.K. Beveren  1–1  Valencia
De Raeymaeker   60' Forment   84'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Curt Nystrand (Sweden)

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.


Dundee United  1–0  Sparta Prague
Gordon   31' Report
Attendance: 9,000

Sparta Prague won 3–2 on aggregate.


Coleraine F.C.  1-2[6]  Sparta Rotterdam
Brian Jennings   28' Report Jan Klijnjan   15'
Jørgen Kristensen   26'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee:   Kaj Sørensen

Sparta Rotterdam won 4–1 on aggregate.


FC Twente  6–1[7]  Eskişehirspor
Jan Jeuring   2', 12', 60'
René van de Kerkhof   44'
Jan Streuer   85'
Antal Nagy   88'
Report Fethi Heper   26'

Twente won 8–4 on aggregate.


Hajduk Split  2–1  Vitória Setúbal
Nadoveza   63'
Buljan   72'
Report José Maria   23'
Attendance: 11,800

Vitória Setúbal won 3–2 on aggregate.

Third round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Arsenal   4–0   K.S.K. Beveren 4–0 0–0
FC Spartak Trnava   0–4   1. FC Köln 0–1 0–3
Pécsi Dózsa   0–3   Juventus 0–1 0–2
NK Dinamo Zagreb   2–3   Twente 2–2 0–1
Hibernian   0–3   Liverpool 0–1 0–2
Bayern Munich   5–2   Sparta Rotterdam 2–1 3–1
Leeds United   9–2   Sparta Prague 6–0 3–2
Anderlecht   3–4   Vitória Setúbal 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)

First leg edit

FC Bayern Munich  2-1[8]  Sparta Rotterdam
Edgar Schneider   56'
Gerd Müller   88'
Report Nol Heijerman   16'
Attendance: 10,300
Referee: José Rosa Nunes (Portugal)

Leeds United  6–0  Sparta Prague
Clarke   19'
Chovanec   24' (o.g.)
Bremner   26'
Gray   28', 36'
Charlton   54'
Attendance: 25,843
Referee: Keon Brouwer (Netherlands)

Pécsi Dózsa  0–1  Juventus
Causio   31'

GNK Dinamo Zagreb  2–2[9]  FC Twente
Josip Gucmirtl   17', 36' Report Theo Pahlplatz   37'
Rene van de Kerkhof   89'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Joseph Bucek (Austria)

Anderlecht  2–1  Vitória Setúbal
Ejderstedt   9'
Mulder   66'
Report Wágner Canotilho   32'
Attendance: 16,200

Second leg edit

Sparta Rotterdam  1-3[10]  FC Bayern Munich
Jørgen Kristensen   32' Report Gerd Müller   23', 40', 66'
Attendance: 45,000

Bayern Munich won 5–2 on aggregate.


Juventus  2–0  Pécsi Dózsa
Anastasi   85', 87'

Juventus won 3–0 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague  2–3  Leeds United
Barton   65'
Urban   80'
Gray   12'
Clarke   32'
Belfitt   35'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Leeds won 9–2 on aggregate.


FC Twente  1–0[11]  GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Jan Jeuring   21' Report
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Danny Lyden (England)

Twente won 3–2 on aggregate.


Vitória Setúbal  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Anderlecht
Guerreiro   24', 120'
Baptista   70'
Report Desanghere   52'
Attendance: 14,300

Vitória Setúbal won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Arsenal   2–2a   1. FC Köln 2–1 0–1
Juventus   4–2   Twente 2–0 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Liverpool   4–1   Bayern Munich 3–0 1–1
Leeds United   3–2   Vitória Setúbal 2–1 1–1

First leg edit

Juventus  2–0  Twente
Haller   8'
Novellini   80'
Report

Arsenal  2–1  1. FC Köln
McLintock   24'
Storey   69'
Report Thielen   44'
Attendance: 40,007

Leeds United  2–1  Vitória Setúbal
Lorimer   19'
Giles   75' (pen.)
Report Baptista   2'
Attendance: 27,143

Liverpool  3–0  Bayern Munich
A. Evans   30', 50', 73' Report
Attendance: 45,616

Second leg edit

Twente  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Juventus
Pahlplatz   11'
Drost   49'
Report Anastasi   96', 98'
Attendance: 22,800

Juventus won 4–2 on aggregate.


Vitória Setúbal  1–1  Leeds United
Baptista   84' Report Lorimer   17'

Leeds won 3–2 on aggregate.


  1. FC Köln1–0  Arsenal
Biskup   4' (pen.) Report

2–2 on aggregate; 1. FC Köln won on away goals.


  Bayern Munich1–1  Liverpool
Schneider   77' Report Ross   74'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1. FC Köln   1–3   Juventus 1–1 0–2
Liverpool   0–1   Leeds United 0–1 0–0

First leg edit

1. FC Köln  1–1  Juventus
Thielen   87' Report Bettega   37'

Liverpool  0–1  Leeds United
Report Bremner   67'
Attendance: 52,577

Second leg edit

Juventus  2–0  1. FC Köln
Capello   2'
Anastasi   84'
Report
Attendance: 64,738
Referee: Roger Machin (France)

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.


Leeds United  0–0  Liverpool
Report
Attendance: 40,462

Leeds won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final edit

First leg edit

Juventus  0–0  Leeds United

Game abandoned in the 51st minute due to heavy rain and waterlogged pitch.

Replay edit

Juventus  2–2  Leeds United
Bettega   27'
Capello   55'
Report Madeley   48'
Bates   77'

Second leg edit

Leeds United  1–1  Juventus
Clarke   12' Report Anastasi   20'
Attendance: 42,483

3–3 on aggregate; Leeds United won on away goals.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Origins of the UEFA Cup" (PDF). UEFA direct. No. 85. Nyon: Union des Associations Européennes de Football. May 2009. pp. 10–11.
  2. ^ "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – Cork Hibernians v Valencia (Spain) (match programme)" (PDF). www.corkpastandpresent.ie. 16 September 1970. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. ^ "ÍA vs. Sparta". worldfootball. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Sparta vs. Coleraine". worldfootball. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Eskişehirspor vs. Twente". FC Twente. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Coleraine vs. Sparta". worldfootball. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Twente vs. Eskişehirspor". FC Twente. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Bayern Munich vs. Sparta". worldfootball. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Dinamo Zagreb vs. Twente". FC Twente. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Sparta vs. Bayern Munich". worldfootball. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Twente vs. Dinamo Zagreb". FC Twente. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

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