The fifth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...

 was played over the 1962–63 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, four of which lost out in the first round. Valencia CF

Valencia CF

Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

 beat NK Dinamo Zagreb over two legs to defend their title.

First round

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¹ Barcelona progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 3–2.

First leg

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Second leg

Sampdoria won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Dunfermline won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Roma won 13–3 on aggregate.

Second round

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¹ Petrolul Ploieşti progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.

² NK Dinamo progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 3–2.

³ Valencia progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.

⁴ Red Star Belgrade progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.

First leg

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Second leg

Ferencváros won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Aggregate 6–6
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Roma's Giulio Corsini

Giulio Corsini

Giulio Corsini was an Italian professional football player and coach.He played for 15 seasons in the Serie A for Atalanta B.C., A.S. Roma and A.C. Mantova....

 was injured in the 85th minute and had to leave the pitch as substitutions were not yet allowed.

Roma won 5–4 on aggregate.

Play-off

Quarterfinals

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First leg

Second leg

Roma won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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First leg

Second leg

Valencia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Winner of Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1962–63
Valencia CF Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the... Second title

External links

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation