International Football Cup 1966/67

The 6th and final competition for the International Football Cup (IFC) was held between June 1966 and May 1967 . The following eleven European football associations took part:

Belgium  BR Germany  GDR  France

Italy  Yugoslavia  Netherlands  Poland

Sweden  Switzerland  Czechoslovakia

After only eight associations took part in the previous year, the IFC, with the new associations from Belgium, France and Italy and now with 40 participating teams, found greater interest this time. The last edition of this competition was won by Eintracht Frankfurt . As the last winner of the competition, Eintracht could keep the trophy of the international soccer championship forever.

Preliminary remarks

As usual, the preliminary round, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were played back and forth. Two departments had been formed, department A was divided into four groups and department B into six groups, each with four teams playing. There was no regional division this time, as in the previous year, so there were duels between the DFB and DFV again. The group winners each progressed one round. Since with Gornik Zabrze and Vorwärts Berlin two group winners were qualified for the European Champions Cup, they had to be eliminated from the competition according to IFC regulations. This brought the remaining eight teams to a regular quarter-finals. The cup winner was traditionally determined after the semi-finals in two finals. With Eintracht Frankfurt another German team won the cup. Since the UEFA meanwhile organized three other competitions in addition to the IFC with the championship, cup winners and trade fair cups, the participating associations increasingly ran into scheduling difficulties. Therefore, instead of the IFC for the 1967/68 season, the new Intertoto Cup was launched, which was only played in group games without an overall winner being determined.

The DFB had nominated the following five teams for the 1966/67 competition:

• Eintracht Frankfurt (7th in the Bundesliga 1965/66)
• Eintracht Braunschweig (10.)
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern (15th)
• Karlsruher SC (16.)
• Borussia Neunkirchen (17.)

The DVF also competed with five teams:

• FC Vorwärts Berlin (1st of the Oberliga 1965/66)
• FC Carl Zeiss Jena (2nd)
• 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (3rd)
• Hansa Rostock (4th)
• Dynamo Dresden (5th)

Group stage

(May 29 - July 23, 1966)

Group A1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Eintracht Frankfurt	6th	5	0	1	015: 900	+6	10: 20
2.	Lanerossi Vicenza	6th	2	1	3	010:110	−1	05: 70
3.	Feijenoord Rotterdam	5	2	0	3	008: 900	−1	04: 60
4th	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	5	1	1	3	010:140	−4	03: 70

Game results

A1
1.	Eintracht Frankfurt		1: 5	2-0	3: 1
2.	Lanerossi Vicenza	0: 1		2: 1	2: 2
3.	Feijenoord Rotterdam	1: 4	2-0		4: 1
4th	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	2: 4	4: 1	*

* The game FC La Chaux-de-Fonds - Feijenoord Rotterdam was abandoned when the score was 1: 2 due to fog.

Group A2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	DWS Amsterdam	6th	6th	0	0	017: 700	+10	12: 00
2.	Atalanta Bergamo	6th	3	0	3	014: 700	+7	06: 60
3.	FC Grenchen	6th	2	0	4th	014:200	−6	04: 80
4th	Racing Strasbourg	6th	1	0	5	009:200	−11	02:10

Game results

A2
1.	DWS Amsterdam		1-0	4: 2	4: 1
2.	Atalanta Bergamo	0: 1		4-0	6: 1
3.	FC Grenchen	3: 5	3: 2		4: 2
4th	Racing Strasbourg	1: 2	1: 2	3: 2

Group A3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Go Ahead Deventer	6th	6th	0	0	024: 800	+16	12: 00
2.	US Foggia	6th	4th	0	2	006: 300	+3	08: 40
3.	FC Tilleur	6th	2	0	4th	010:130	−3	04: 80
4th	FC Sion	6th	0	0	6th	006:220	−16	00:12

Game results

A3
1.	Go Ahead Deventer		2-0	3: 2	6: 4
2.	US Foggia	0: 1		1-0	3-0
3.	FC Tilleur	0: 8	0: 1		6-0
4th	FC Sion	2: 4	0: 1	0: 2

Group A4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	ADO The Hague	6th	5	1	0	016: 800	+8	11: 10
2.	AC Brescia	6th	3	1	2	009: 500	+4	07: 50
3.	RFC Liege	6th	3	0	3	013: 600	+7	06: 60
4th	FC Biel	6th	0	0	6th	007:260	−19	00:12

Game results

A4
1.	ADO The Hague		2-0	2: 1	4: 2
2.	AC Brescia	1: 1		1-0	3: 1
3.	RFC Liege	1: 2	1-0		7-0
4th	FC Biel	3: 5	0: 4	1: 3

Group B1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	6th	5	0	1	014: 700	+7	10: 20
2.	Karlsruher SC	6th	3	0	3	008: 700	+1	06: 60
3.	Hansa Rostock	6th	3	0	3	013:130	± 0	06: 60
4th	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	6th	1	0	5	007:150	−8	02:10

Game results

B1
1.	Zagłębie Sosnowiec		2: 1	6: 2	2: 1
2.	Karlsruher SC	0: 1		2: 1	2: 1
3.	Hansa Rostock	3-0	0: 2		3-0
4th	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	0: 3	2: 1	3: 4

Group B2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	IFK Gothenburg	6th	4th	1	1	013:140	−1	09: 30
2.	Szombierki Bytom	6th	3	0	3	017: 900	+8	06: 60
3.	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	6th	2	2	2	008: 800	± 0	06: 60
4th	Sklo Union Teplice	6th	1	1	4th	006:130	−7	03: 90

Game results

B2
1.	IFK Gothenburg		4-0	2: 2	2: 1
2.	Szombierki Bytom	8-0		1: 2	5: 1
3.	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	1: 2	2: 1		1: 1
4th	Sklo Union Teplice	2: 3	0: 2	1-0

Group B3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Górnik Zabrze	6th	4th	1	1	017:100	+7	09: 30
2.	Eintracht Braunschweig	6th	3	0	3	012:130	−1	06: 60
3.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	6th	2	1	3	009:120	−3	05: 70
4th	AIK Solna	6th	1	2	3	007:100	−3	04: 80

Game results

B3
1.	Górnik Zabrze		2: 4	2-0	3: 2
2.	Eintracht Braunschweig	2: 4		2: 3	1-0
3.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1: 5	1: 2		4: 1
4th	AIK Solna	1: 1	3: 1	0-0

Group B4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Inter Bratislava	6th	4th	0	2	018:100	+8	08: 40
2.	Wisła Krakow	6th	3	1	2	013:100	+3	07: 50
3.	Malmö FF	6th	2	1	3	009:130	−4	05: 70
4th	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6th	2	0	4th	012:190	−7	04: 80

Game results

B4
1.	Inter Bratislava		3-0	4-0	5: 2
2.	Wisła Krakow	3: 2		4-0	1: 2
3.	Malmö FF	1: 2	1: 1		4-0
4th	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4: 2	2: 4	2: 3

Group B5

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Forward Berlin	6th	5	0	1	013: 800	+5	10: 20
2.	VSS Kosice	6th	3	1	2	012:110	+1	07: 50
3.	IF Elfsborg	6th	3	0	3	010: 800	+2	06: 60
4th	Borussia Neunkirchen	6th	0	1	5	006:140	−8	01:11

Game results

B5
1.	FC Forward Berlin		3: 1	2-0	2: 1
2.	VSS Kosice	4-0		3-0	2-0
3.	IF Elfsborg	0: 2	6-0		1-0
4th	Borussia Neunkirchen	2: 4	2: 2	1: 3

Group B6

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	IFK Norrköping	6th	4th	0	2	017:100	+7	08: 40
2.	Dynamo Dresden	6th	3	1	2	013: 700	+6	07: 50
3.	Polonia Bytom	6th	1	3	2	005:130	−8	05: 70
4th	Spartak Hradec Králové	6th	1	2	3	003: 800	−5	04: 80

Game results

B6
1.	IFK Norrköping		4: 1	5: 1	2-0
2.	Dynamo Dresden	3: 1		7: 1	2-0
3.	Polonia Bytom	3: 1	0-0		0-0
4th	Spartak Hradec Králové	2: 4	1-0	0-0

Quarter finals

According to a UEFA rule, clubs that have competed in UEFA competitions (European Champion Clubs 'Cup; European Cup Winners' Cup) are not allowed to participate in any other tournament that exceeds the summer break. For this reason, Górnik Zabrze and FC Vorwärts Berlin were eliminated from the competition.

(September 13 - November 9, 1966)

	total		First leg	Return leg
IFK Norrköping	3: 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	2: 1	1: 3
ADO The Hague	3-0	IFK Gothenburg	1-0	2-0
Inter Bratislava	4: 3	Go Ahead Deventer	3-0	1: 3
DWS Amsterdam	2: 5	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2: 2	0: 3

Semifinals

(February 28 - March 28, 1967)

	total		First leg	Return leg
ADO The Hague	2: 4	Inter Bratislava	1-0	1: 3 a.d.
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	5: 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	4: 1	1: 6

final

Inter Bratislava		Eintracht Frankfurt
	Final (first leg) May 16, 1967 in Bratislava Result: 2: 3 (2: 1) Spectators: 4,000
	Peter Fülle - Ottmar Deutsch , Vladimír Weiss , Titus Buberník , Ivan Daňo - Pavol Molnár , Eduard Gáborík - Milan Levický , Mikuláš Krnáč , Anton Obložinský , Ján Ondrášek	Peter Kunter - Helmut Kraus , Dieter Lindner , Peter Blusch , Lothar Schämer - István Sztani , Jürgen Friedrich , Jürgen Grabowski , Ernst Abbé , Walter Bechtold , Oskar Lotz
	1-0 Levický (10th) 2-1 Obložinský (27th)	1: 1 Friedrich (22nd) 2: 2 Blusch (63rd) 2: 3 Grabowski (66th)

Eintracht Frankfurt		Inter Bratislava
	Final (second leg) June 17, 1967 in Frankfurt am Main Result: 1: 1 n.v. (0: 1, 0: 0) Spectators: 10,000
	Peter Kunter - Helmut Kraus , Dieter Lindner , Jürgen Friedrich , Lothar Schämer - István Sztani , Wilhelm Huberts - Jürgen Grabowski , Siegfried Bronnert (46th Ernst Abbé ), Wolfgang Solz , Oskar Lotz	Peter Fülle (41st Justin Javorek) - Milan Hrica , Vladimír Weiss , Ottmar Deutsch , Ivan Daňo - Eduard Gáborík , Titus Buberník - Milan Levický , Anton Obložinský , Mikuláš Krnáč , Ján Ondrášek
	1: 1 Solz (106th)	0: 1 Krnáč (65th)

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