The 1963–64 Intertoto Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...

was won by Slovnaft Bratislava

FK Inter Bratislava

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 who retained the trophy they had won the previous season, defeating Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

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 in the final. The tournament was expanded for this season, with 48 clubs entering compared to 32 in previous years, including the first clubs from Belgium

Belgium

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 to play in the Intertoto Cup - this meant an additional knock-out round was added between the Group Stage and the Quarter-Finals.

Group stage

The teams were divided into twelve groups of four clubs each. The groups were divided geographically as 'A', for Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland; 'B' for Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and West Germany; and 'C' for Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland and Yugoslavia. The twelve group winners (shown in bold in the tables below) advanced to the knock-out rounds - where clubs from each of the three zones, 'A' 'B' and 'C', were kept apart.

Group A1

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Group A2

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Group A3

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Group A4

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Group B1

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Group B2

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Group B3

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Group B4

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Group C1

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The Sosnowiec v Jena match was abandoned after Jena ended up with too few players (due to injuries and sendings-offs), the score at the time was allowed to stand.

Group C2

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Group C3

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The Trencin v Vorwarts match has also been reported as 2–2, but was officially recorded as 2–1.

Group C4

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First round

• The best two losing teams also qualified for the Quarter-finals - they were Modena (3–4) and Örgryte (1–2).

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¹ The Rapid Vienna v Standard Liège tie has also been reported as 2–0 0–1, 2–1 1–0 and 2–0 1–0 (first leg in Liege in all cases), but was officially recorded as 0–1 0–2 (first leg in Vienna).

Quarter-finals

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¹ Odra Opole progressed to the Semi-finals on a coin toss.

²The Odra Opole v Slovan Bratislava tie has also been erroneously reported (i.e. by RSSSF) as 1–1 1–1.

³The Rouen v Standard Liège tie has also been reported as 0–0 3–3, but was officially recorded as 3–0 3–3.

Semi-finals

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Final

Played over 1 leg, in Vienna (neutral venue).
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See also

• European Cup 1963–64
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1963–64
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64

External links

• Intertoto Cup 1963–64 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF
• http://www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1963.php by Pawel Mogielnicki