Exhibition cities cup
The Coupe des villes de foires (in Germany officially Messestädte-Pokal as well as in Austria and Switzerland Messestädte-Cup , alternatively also Cup of the Messestädte , Internationaler Messepokal or especially the exhibition cup ) was an international soccer competition , which promoted international trade fairs between 1955 and 1955 1971 was held a total of 13 times.
Participants were city teams or clubs representing commercial cities that played for the Noel-Beard Trophy between 1955 and 1971 . The Messestädte-Pokal had no relation to UEFA , so it was initially still possible to take part in the European Cup . As UEFA after adjusting the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup directly to the UEFA Cup brought into being, the competition is now often dubbed by associations also called "UEFA Cup", in order to increase the value.
history
The Messestädte-Pokal was launched on April 18, 1955 in Basel on the initiative of the FIFA Executive Committee members Ernst Thommen and Ottorino Barassi, as well as Stanley Rous , in order to develop international sporting relationships and “contribute to friendship among nations”. Friendlies had already taken place between trade fair cities in previous years, which gave rise to the idea of a competition. The first participants were the trade fair cities of Barcelona , Basel , Birmingham , Frankfurt am Main , Copenhagen , Lausanne , Leipzig , London , Milan , Vienna and Zagreb . Initially, these cities were partially represented by city selections made up of several clubs, but from the 1964/65 season onwards, only top division clubs officially played as representatives of the respective trade fair cities. The regulations were only precisely defined in the course of the first competition.
After the first two editions had dragged on for two and three years due to the difficulty in finding a date among the irregularly meeting selections, a winning city was determined annually from the 1960/61 season onwards. The finals were played with a home and return leg, only in the seasons 1963/64 and 1964/65 there was only one final. After the promotion of trade fairs had faded into the background more and more in the last years and most cities had already sent several representatives into the race, the competition was discontinued in 1971. The UEFA led subsequently the UEFA Cup one, in contrast to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was open to all clubs and the clubs were able to qualify through their performance in the national league for.
In the quarter-finals of the 1965/66 season there was a city derby in which FC Barcelona twice beat Espanyol 1-0 .
In the last edition, the final first leg between Juventus Turin and Leeds United had to be canceled on May 26, 1971 at the Stadio Comunale in Turin in the 51st minute due to pouring rain. The re-match on May 28th ended 2-2. Since the second leg ended 1-1 a week later, Leeds was the last winner of this competition due to the away goals rule.
Fair city cup finals
A German, Austrian or Swiss team could never qualify for the final.
| season | Final pairing (winner in bold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Results | |||
| 1955-58 |
 London
|
2: 2/0: 6 |
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| 1958-60 |
Birmingham City
|
0: 0/1: 4 |
CF Barcelona
|
| 1960/61 |
Birmingham City
|
2: 2/0: 2 |
 AS Roma
|
| 1961/62 | Valencia CF |
6: 2/1: 1 |
CF Barcelona
|
| 1962/63 |
.svg){kind=small} Dinamo Zagreb
|
1: 2/0: 2 |
Valencia CF
|
| 1963/64 | Real Zaragoza |
2: 1 (1) |
Valencia CF
|
| 1964/65 |  Ferencváros Budapest |
1: 0 (1) |
Juventus Turin
|
| 1965/66 | CF Barcelona |
0: 1/4: 2 n.v. |
Real Zaragoza
|
| 1966/67 | Dinamo Zagreb |
2-0 / 0-0 |
Leeds United
|
| 1967/68 | Leeds United |
1: 0/0: 0 |
Ferencváros Budapest
|
| 1968/69 | Newcastle United |
3: 0/3: 2 |
Újpest Budapest
|
| 1969/70 |
 RSC Anderlecht
|
3: 1/0: 3 |
Arsenal FC
|
| 1970/71 |
Juventus Turin
|
2: 2/1: 1 ( a ) |
Leeds United
|
(1) Only one final game at a time.
Decision game for the final possession of the trophy
Following the last season of the Messestädte Cup, a decisive match for the final award of the trophy between the first and the last winner took place. With FC Barcelona , the winner of the first edition won this game and was allowed to take possession of the trophy. It was exhibited in the FC Barcelona Museum . FC Barcelona is also the record winner of the competition with 3 cup wins.
| date | venue | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd September 1971 | Barcelona | CF Barcelona |
2: 1 |
Leeds United
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Leaderboards / records
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Individual evidence
- ↑ exemplary: Matthias Weinrich: The European Cup. Volume 1: 1955 to 1974. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2007, ISBN 978-3-89784-252-6
- ^ Tottenham Hotspur : "Official Program London v Basle" (VOL. XLVIII, No. 58)
- ↑ "Canceled due to rain" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna May 28, 1971, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).