Exhibition Cities Cup 1955–1958
Exhibition Cities Cup 1955–1958 | |
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Cup winners | CF Barcelona (1st title) |
Beginning | 4th June 1955 |
The End | May 1, 1958 |
Teams | 12 |
Games | 23 |
Gates | 93 (ø 4.04 per game) |
Top scorer |
Norbert Eschmann Cliff Holton Evaristo de Macedo Justo Tejada (4 each)
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The 1st Exhibition Cities Cup was held from 1955 to 1958 . The competition began with a group stage in which each team played a home and an away game against every other team in the group. There were two points for a win and one point for a draw. The first of the four groups qualified for the semi-finals. Subsequently, the semi-finals and final were played in the first and second leg. If no winner was then determined, a replay was played.
Although the trade fair trophy was intended as a competition for city selections from European trade fair cities, some cities sent club teams. One of these club teams, CF Barcelona , won the final of the first-ever cup against the London city selection .
Group stage
Group A
The first leg took place on December 25, 1955, the second leg on April 26, 1956.
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | CF Barcelona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7: 3 | +4 | 3: 1 |
2. | Copenhagen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3: 7 | −4 | 1: 3 |
3. | Vienna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | ± 0 | 0-0 |
Result | ||
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CF Barcelona | 6: 2 | Copenhagen |
Copenhagen | 1: 1 | CF Barcelona |
Copenhagen refused to play against Vienna, because they only wanted to send a B-Elf and not the Austrian national team, identical to the Viennese selection, which was third in the World Cup a year earlier. Since the Austrian national team played an international match in Wrexham against Wales (2-1) on the same day, the game was canceled and Vienna was eliminated from the trade fair cup.
Group B
The games took place between May 15, 1956 and April 7, 1957.
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Birmingham City | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6: 1 | +5 | 7: 1 |
2. | Inter Milan | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6: 2 | +4 | 5: 3 |
3. | Zagreb | 4th | 0 | 0 | 4th | 0: 9 | −9 | 0: 8 |
Result | ||
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Inter Milan | 0-0 | Birmingham City |
Birmingham City | 2: 1 | Inter Milan |
Zagreb | 0: 1 | Birmingham City |
Birmingham City | 3-0 | Zagreb |
Zagreb | 0: 1 | Inter Milan |
Inter Milan | 4-0 | Zagreb |
Group C
The first leg took place on March 6, 1956, the second leg on October 21, 1956.
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | FC Lausanne Sports | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10: 9 | +1 | 2: 2 |
2. | Leipzig | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:10 | −1 | 2: 2 |
3. | Cologne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | ± 0 | 0-0 |
Result | ||
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Leipzig | 6: 3 | FC Lausanne Sports |
FC Lausanne Sports | 7: 3 | Leipzig |
Cologne withdrew.
Group D
The Games took place between June 4, 1955 and June 12, 1957.
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | London | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9: 3 | +6 | 6: 2 |
2. | Frankfurt / M. | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10:10 | ± 0 | 4: 4 |
3. | Basel | 4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7:13 | −6 | 2: 6 |
Result | ||
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Basel | 0: 5 | London |
London | 1-0 | Basel |
London | 3: 2 | Frankfurt |
Frankfurt / M. | 1-0 | London |
Frankfurt / M. | 5: 1 | Basel |
Basel | 6: 2 | Frankfurt / M. |
The 3-2 success of the London city selection at Wembley Stadium on October 26, 1955 against the Frankfurt national team was the first floodlit match in the stadium.
Semifinals
The first leg took place on September 16/23. October, the second leg on October 23/13. November 1957.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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FC Lausanne Sports | 2: 3 | London | 2: 1 | 0: 2 |
Birmingham City | 4: 4 | CF Barcelona | 4: 3 | 0: 1 |
Playoff
The game took place on November 26, 1957.
Result | ||
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Birmingham City | 1: 2 | CF Barcelona |
final
First leg
London | CF Barcelona | |||||||
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Jack Kelsey ( Arsenal FC ) - Peter Sillett ( Chelsea FC ), Jim Langley ( Fulham FC ) - Danny Blanchflower ( Tottenham Hotspur ), Maurice Norman (Tottenham Hotspur), Ken Coote ( Brentford FC ) - Vic Groves (Arsenal FC), Jimmy Greaves ( Chelsea FC ), Bobby Smith (Tottenham Hotspur), Johnny Haynes (Fulham FC), George Robb (Tottenham Hotspur) Coach: Joe Mears |
Pedro Estrems - Ferran Olivella , Enrique Gensana - Joan Segarra , Sígfrid Gràcia , Enrique Ribelles - Justo Tejada , Ramón Villaverde , Eulogio Martínez , Evaristo , Estanislao Basora Trainer: Domènec Balmanya |
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1: 1 Jimmy Greaves (10th) 2: 2 Jim Langley (88th, Penalty ) |
0: 1 Justo Tejada (7th) 1: 2 Eulogio Martínez (35th) |
Return leg
CF Barcelona | London | |||||||
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Antoni Ramallets - Ferran Olivella , Joaquín Brugué - Joan Segarra , Martín Vergés , Enrique Gensana - Justo Tejada , Evaristo , Eulogio Martínez , Luis Suárez , Estanislao Basora Trainer: Domènec Balmanya *
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Jack Kelsey ( Arsenal FC ) - George Wright ( West Ham United ), Noel Cantwell (West Ham United) - Danny Blanchflower ( Tottenham Hotspur ), Ken Brown (West Ham United), Dave Bowen ( Arsenal FC ) - Terry Medwin (Tottenham Hotspur ), Vic Groves (Arsenal FC), Bobby Smith (Tottenham Hotspur), Jimmy Bloomfield (Arsenal FC), Jim Lewis ( Chelsea FC ) Coach: Joe Mears |
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1-0 Luis Suarez (6th) 2-0 Luis Suarez (8th) 3-0 Eulogio Martínez (43rd) 4-0 Evaristo (52nd) 5-0 Martín Vergés (63rd) 6-0 Evaristo (75th) .) |
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* Helenio Herrera has been training the team since April 22nd. However, his contract did not officially begin until June 1, 1958, so that Domènec Balmanya still acted as the coach in charge of the second leg. |
Best goal scorers
rank | player | club | Gates |
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1 | Norbert Eschmann | FC Lausanne Sports | 4th |
Clifford Holton | London | 4th | |
Evaristo de Macedo | CF Barcelona | 4th | |
Justo Tejada | CF Barcelona | 4th | |
5 | Anton Allemann | Basel | 3 |
László Kubala | CF Barcelona | 3 | |
Benito Lorenzi | Inter Milan | 3 | |
Alfred Pfaff | Frankfurt / M. | 3 |
See also
- European Champion Clubs' Cup 1955/56
- European Champion Clubs' Cup 1956/57
- European Champion Clubs' Cup 1957/58
literature
- IFFHS : European Cup Book Series [1] (1955–1960), Wiesbaden
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tottenham Hotspur : "Official Program London v Basle" (VOL. XLVIII, No. 58)