Iberian Cup

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The Iberian Cup - Copa Ibérica de fútbol in Spanish , or Taça Ibérica in Portuguese - was a cup competition for club football teams that was played between 1935 and 2005. Only teams from the Iberian Peninsula , Portugal and Spain participated. The teams must have won a national title. It took place five times in total. The first meeting took place on July 7, 1935. The FC Porto and Real Betis were both national champions and played in only one game - unofficially - for the trophy.

48 years after the first cup, the second competition took place, this time with two games. Benfica Lisbon and Athletic Bilbao met - this time officially. In 1991 the Portuguese champions Benfica and the Spanish Copa del Rey winner Atlético de Madrid met . In 2000, the European Cup winners of the national champions Real Madrid met Portuguese champions Sporting Lisbon - this time again in just one final game. Finally, in 2005, the cup winners of both countries Vitória Setúbal and Betis Sevilla met.

Games

output year winner Competition * result Second Competition *
Iberian Cup I 1935 PortugalPortugal FC Porto Primeira League 4-2 SpainSpain Betis Seville Primera División
Iberian Cup II 1983 PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon Primeira League 1-2 / 3-1 SpainSpain Athletic Bilbao Primera División
Iberian Cup III 1991 SpainSpain Atlético Madrid Copa del Rey 1-1 / 3-2 PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon Primeira League
Peninsula Cup 2000 PortugalPortugal Sporting Lisbon Primeira League 2–1 SpainSpain real Madrid Champions League
Iberian Supercup 2005 PortugalPortugal Vitória Setúbal Taça de Portugal 2–1 SpainSpain Betis Seville Copa del Rey
  • * The competitions they won

Finalists

Club winner Second
PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon 1 (1983) 1 (1991)
PortugalPortugal FC Porto 1 (1935)
SpainSpain Atlético Madrid 1 (1991)
PortugalPortugal Sporting Lisbon 1 (2000)
PortugalPortugal Vitória Setúbal 1 (2005)
SpainSpain Betis Seville 2 (1935, 2005)
SpainSpain Athletic Bilbao 1 (1983)
SpainSpain real Madrid 1 (2000)

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