International Football Cup 1965/66

The 5th round of the International Football Cup (IFC) took place in 1965/66 . 32 teams from eight European football associations took part in it:

• Federal Republic of Germany
• German Democratic Republic
• Yugoslavia
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Czechoslovakia

Compared to the IFC 1964/65, the number of participating associations had decreased by four. The associations from Belgium, France, Greece and Austria no longer took part in the competition.

Preliminary remarks

As in previous years, each phase played back and forth. He started with the preliminary round consisting of eight groups, divided into two main regional groups. In main group A, the western European teams played, in main group B the eastern European teams. The eight group winners qualified for the quarter-finals, and the two finals were finally reached via the semi-finals. With 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig , a German team won the cup for the first time.

The DFB had nominated the following teams:

• Eintracht Frankfurt (8th in the Bundesliga 1964/65)
• Eintracht Braunschweig (9.)
• Borussia Neunkirchen (10.)
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern (13th)

The DFV sent the following teams:

• SC Motor Jena (2nd in the Oberliga 1964/65)
• BSG Chemie Leipzig (3rd)
• SC Leipzig (4th) *
• SC Empor Rostock (5th)

* Restructured into 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig during the course of the competition

Group stage

The games took place from June 18 to July 24, 1965.

Group A1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Lugano	6th	3	2	1	009: 400	+5	08: 40
2.	Malmö FF	6th	2	2	2	007: 700	± 0	06: 60
3.	ADO The Hague	6th	2	1	3	007: 900	−2	05: 70
4th	Borussia Neunkirchen	6th	2	1	3	007:100	−3	05: 70

Game results

A1
1.	FC Lugano		1-0	3-0	1: 2
2.	Malmö FF	1: 1		2: 1	2-0
3.	ADO The Hague	0: 2	1: 1		2: 1
4th	Borussia Neunkirchen	1: 1	3: 1	0: 3

Group A2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fortuna'54 Geleen	6th	5	0	1	010: 300	+7	10: 20
2.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6th	2	2	2	008:100	−2	06: 60
3.	Djurgårdens IF	6th	2	1	3	009:110	−2	05: 70
4th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	6th	1	1	4th	010:130	−3	03: 90

Game results

A2
1.	Fortuna'54 Geleen		2-0	3-0	2: 1
2.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 1		0: 3	1: 1
3.	Djurgårdens IF	0: 1	1: 1		3: 2
4th	Grasshopper Club Zurich	0: 1	2: 4	4: 2

Group A3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	IFK Norrköping	6th	4th	1	1	016: 700	+9	09: 30
2.	PSV Eindhoven	6th	4th	0	2	015:120	+3	08: 40
3.	Eintracht Frankfurt	6th	2	0	4th	011:110	± 0	04: 80
4th	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	6th	1	1	4th	008:200	−12	03: 90

Game results

A3
1.	IFK Norrköping		2: 3	1-0	7: 1
2.	PSV Eindhoven	1: 3		3-0	2: 1
3.	Eintracht Frankfurt	1: 2	4: 2		4-0
4th	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	1: 1	2: 4	3: 2

Group A4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Örgryte IS	6th	3	2	1	016: 900	+7	08: 40
2.	Sparta Rotterdam	6th	2	4th	0	010: 600	+4	08: 40
3.	Eintracht Braunschweig	6th	2	1	3	016:120	+4	05: 70
4th	FC Luzern	6th	0	3	3	008:230	−15	03: 90

Game results

A4
1.	Örgryte IS		1: 1	3: 1	8: 1
2.	Sparta Rotterdam	2: 2		3-0	0-0
3.	Eintracht Braunschweig	3-0	1: 2		7-0
4th	FC Luzern	1: 2	2: 2	4: 4

Group B1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SC Motor Jena	6th	4th	1	1	010: 400	+6	09: 30
2.	1. FC Tatran Prešov	6th	3	2	1	005: 200	+3	08: 40
3.	Szombierki Bytom	6th	2	0	4th	006: 600	± 0	04: 80
4th	NK Rijeka	6th	1	1	4th	003:120	−9	03: 90

Game results

B1
1.	SC Motor Jena		0-0	2-0	3: 1
2.	1. FC Tatran Prešov	0: 1		1-0	3: 1
3.	Szombierki Bytom	3: 1	0: 1		0: 1
4th	NK Rijeka	0: 3	0-0	0: 3

Group B2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SC Empor Rostock	6th	4th	0	2	012: 400	+8	08: 40
2.	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	6th	3	1	2	013:100	+3	07: 50
3.	FK Radnički Niš	6th	2	1	3	011:130	−2	05: 70
4th	VSS Kosice	6th	2	0	4th	008:170	−9	04: 80

Game results

Scores are not right, these are the Gruppe B1 ones

B2
1.	SC Empor Rostock		0-0	2-0	3: 1
2.	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	0: 1		1-0	3: 1
3.	FK Radnički Niš	3: 1	0: 1		0: 1
4th	VSS Kosice	0: 3	0-0	0: 3

Group B3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FK Željezničar Sarajevo	6th	2	3	1	009: 700	+2	07: 50
2.	SC Leipzig *	6th	2	2	2	010:110	−1	06: 60
3.	Gwardia Warsaw	6th	3	0	3	010:130	−3	06: 60
4th	Baník Ostrava	6th	2	1	3	013:110	+2	05: 70

* Since Željezničar Sarajevo was taken out of the competition by the Yugoslav Association, the second-placed SC Leipzig advanced to the quarter-finals.

Game results

B3
1.	FK Željezničar Sarajevo		2: 2	2: 1	3: 1
2.	SC Leipzig	0-0		2: 1	4: 1
3.	Gwardia Warsaw	2: 1	3: 2		1: 5
4th	Baník Ostrava	1: 1	4-0	1: 2

Group B4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Chemistry Leipzig	6th	4th	2	0	010: 500	+5	10: 20
2.	Slovnaft Bratislava	6th	3	1	2	014:100	+4	07: 50
3.	NK Zagreb	6th	2	1	3	009:110	−2	05: 70
4th	Pogoń Szczecin	6th	1	0	5	006:130	−7	02:10

Game results

B4
1.	Chemistry Leipzig		2: 2	1: 1	1-0
2.	Slovnaft Bratislava	0: 1		3: 1	4-0
3.	NK Zagreb	1: 2	4: 2		2-0
4th	Pogoń Szczecin	1: 3	2: 3	3-0

Quarter finals

The games took place from September 22nd to October 27th, 1965.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Örgryte IS	5: 7	SC Leipzig	4: 3	1: 4
IFK Norrköping	3: 2	Motor Jena	1: 1	2: 1
Fortuna'54 Geleen	1: 2	FC Lugano	1: 1	0: 1
SC Empor Rostock	(M)5: 5 ( M )	Chemistry Leipzig	2: 1	3: 4

Semifinals

The games took place from December 15, 1965 - April 11, 1966.

	total		First leg	Return leg
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig *	2: 1	Chemistry Leipzig	1: 1	1-0
FC Lugano	(M)1: 1 ( M )	IFK Norrköping	0-0	1: 1 a.d.

* The SC Leipzig has since been renamed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.

final

IFK Norrköping		1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig *
	Final (first leg) May 10, 1966 in Norrköping (Idrottsparken) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 13,012
	Lindström - P. Jansson, Pressfeld - B. Björklund, Björn Nordqvist , La Fleur - U. Jansson, C. Hult, Ove Kindvall , Örjan Martinsson , Berglund	Horst Weigang - Michael Faber , Peter Gießner , Manfred Geisler - Karl Drößler , Volker Franke - Dieter Engelhardt , Rainer Trölitzsch , Henning Frenzel , Wolfram Löwe , Arno Zerbe
	1-0 Martinsson (62nd)

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig *		IFK Norrköping
	Final (second leg) May 30, 1966 in Leipzig ( Bruno Plache Stadium ) Result: 4: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 18,000
	Horst Weigang - Michael Faber, Peter Gießner, Manfred Geisler - Karl Drößler, Arno Zerbe - Dieter Engelhardt, Reinhard Trölitzsch, Henning Frenzel, Volker Franke, Jörg Berger	Lindström - P. Jansson, La Fleur - B. Björklund, Björn Nordqvist, Örjan Martinsson - U. Jansson, Ove Kindvall, Hultberg, C. Hult, Berglund
	1: 0 Frenzel (7th) 2: 0 V. Franke (13th) 3: 0 Frenzel (50th) 4: 0 Frenzel (73th)

After the narrow 1-0 defeat in the first leg, Lok Leipzig had the best chances to win the cup. The Leipziger, who had to replace Löwe with Jörg Berger compared to the first encounter, immediately took over the reins of the trade and were already in the lead after seven minutes through Frenzel's goal on presentation of Engelhardt. With both players, the best players on the field have already been named. Engelhardt shone with his urgent dribbles and impressed with his game overview, he was significantly involved in three goals. National center forward Frenzel proved his goal instinct and was the hero of the day with his three goals. Also on Volker Franke's 2-0 in the 13th minute, Frenzel had a share, he initiated the early preliminary decision with his pass to Engelhardt. Although the Leipzig team went through a phase of lack of concentration and disorientation after their two goals, the Swedes never really got into the game with their cumbersome game structure. Only now and then did they get to Weigang's goal with quick acceleration and direct play, but dangerous shots on goal were only registered three times. The Leipzig defense was ultimately secure, and with Geisler as their best man, with every successful defensive action immediately steered the game of their own team forward. Two headers from Frenzel in the 50th and 73rd round made the deserved victory perfect, with which a GDR team won an international cup for the first time.

* The SC Leipzig has since been renamed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.

Web links

• www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1965