UEFA Amateur Cup 1973/74

The 1973/74 UEFA Amateur Cup was the third edition of the competition for European amateur football teams. It was played in four qualifying groups of three teams each. The group winners qualified for the finals. The DFB-Elf was declared European champions together with host Yugoslavia in Rijeka. The final could not be played after heavy rainfall.

Group 1

April 17th 1973	Sneek	Netherlands	-	Scotland	2-0
May 31, 1973	Epinal	France	-	Netherlands	0: 2
October 10, 1973	Ayr	Scotland	-	France	0: 3
November 21, 1973	Dunfermline	Scotland	-	Netherlands	1: 3
20th February 1974	Sète	France	-	Scotland	1: 1
March 13, 1974	Rijswijk	Netherlands	-	France	2-0

Group 2

June 13, 1973	Offenbach	Germany	-	Malta	4-0
October 31, 1973	London	England	-	Germany	1-0
5th December 1973	Gżira	Malta	-	England	0: 3
February 13, 1974	Gżira	Malta	-	Germany	0: 3
March 6, 1974	Reading	England	-	Malta	2-0
March 13, 1974	Bielefeld	Germany	-	England	3: 1

Group 3

June 13, 1973	Maribor	Yugoslavia	-	Austria	4-0
5th July 1973	Braunau am Inn	Austria	-	Italy	2: 1
October 10, 1973	Mannersdorf	Austria	-	Yugoslavia	1-0
October 31, 1973	Gorizia	Italy	-	Yugoslavia	2: 2
8th December 1973	Alassio	Italy	-	Austria	1-0
March 27, 1974	Rijeka	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	1-0

Group 4

1st November 1973	Santa Cruz	Spain	-	Greece	3-0
5th December 1973	Athens	Greece	-	Turkey	2: 3
January 9, 1974	Athens	Greece	-	Spain	0: 1
23rd January 1974	Istanbul	Turkey	-	Greece	2-0
March 7th 1974	Valladolid	Spain	-	Turkey	3: 1
March 27, 1974	Ankara	Turkey	-	Spain	0: 1

Finals

Semifinals

April 26, 1974	Rijeka	Netherlands	-	Germany	1: 1 n.v. 2: 4 i. E.
April 26, 1974	Rijeka	Yugoslavia	-	Spain	2: 1

3rd place match

April 28, 1974

Rijeka

Spain

-

Netherlands

2: 2 n.v. 5: 3 i. E.

final

April 28, 1974

Rijeka

Yugoslavia

-

Germany

-: - (1)

⁽¹⁾ Both teams were declared winners because the final was not playable due to the swampy playing field under previous rain showers.

The winning teams

Yugoslavia
team	Dugalic - Zekanovic, Kocijancic, Cukon, Karadzic, Radin, Cordas, Lukacevic, Pejovic, Paunovic, Gligorovski, Olarevic, Tatovic

Germany
team	Muche ( Koitka ) - Helmut Müller , Heinz Traser , Schmitt , Ernst Traser , Körbel , Hammes ( Hiestermann ), Kalb - Seliger , Krause , Schneider

Web links

• Details on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jürgen Bitter : Germany's football. The encyclopedia. Sports publishing house Berlin. Berlin 2000. ISBN 3-328-00857-8 . P. 18