UEFA Cup
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The UEFA Cup is a knock-out football competition for European club teams. It was founded in May 1955 as the Inter-Cities' Fairs Cup. It is the second most important competition for European club teams, the first being the UEFA Champions League. Qualification for the competition varies from country to country, with more places being offered to the more successful nations. Usually places are awarded to teams who finish in various runners-up places in the top-flight leagues of Europe, and winners of the main cup competitions; for example in England the team finishing 5th in the Premiership and the winners of the FA Cup and League Cup qualify. If the FA Cup winner has qualified for the Champions League via its league position, the runner-up will go to the UEFA Cup. However, if the League Cup winner qualifies for European play via its league position or the results of the FA Cup, the League Cup runner-up does not receive a UEFA Cup berth; the berth instead goes to the 6th-place team in the Premiership.
The only countries which send their League Cup winners to the UEFA Cup are England and France. In all other countries, UEFA Cup places can be earned only by league placement or through the main cup competition.
Three UEFA Cup berths each year are set aside for the three winners of the final matches in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Three more berths are given to federations that finish above a certain level in UEFA's Fair Play table. The top-placed federation automatically receives a Fair Play entry, and two other federations gain berths via a draw among all other federations that meet qualifying criteria. In all cases, the recipient of the Fair Play entry is the highest-placed team in the Fair Play table of that federation's top league that has not already qualified for Europe.
Competition format
The competition was traditionally a pure knockout tournament. All ties were two-legged, including the final. Starting with the 1998 event, the final became a one-off match, but all other ties remained two-legged.
Before the 2004-05 season, the tournament consisted of two qualifying rounds, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The 16 losers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League entered at an appropriate stage; later in the tournament, the survivors would be joined by third-place finishers in the group phase of the Champions League.
For the 2004-05 event, a new format will be introduced. The qualifying rounds remain intact. After the first round proper, the 40 survivors will enter a group phase, with the clubs being drawn into eight groups of five each. Unlike the Champions League group phase, the UEFA Cup group phase will be played in a single round-robin format, with each club playing two home and two away games. The top three teams in each group will advance, where they will be joined by the eight third-place teams in the Champions League group phase. From this point, knockout play resumes through the final.
UEFA Cup Finals
Single match finals
Two-legged finals
| Season
| Home Team
| Score
| Away Team
| Venue
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| 1996/97
| FC Schalke 04
(GER)
| 1 - 0
| Inter Milan
(ITA)
| Parkstadion,
Gelsenkirchen
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Inter Milan
(ITA)
| 1 - 0
aet
| FC Schalke 04
(GER)
| Giuseppe Meazza,
Milan
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Aggregate: 1-1
FC Schalke 04 won 4-1 in penalty shootout
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| 1995/96
| Bayern Munich
(GER)
| 2 - 0
| Bordeaux
(FRA)
| Olympiastadion,
Munich
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Bordeaux
(FRA)
| 1 - 3
| Bayern Munich
(GER)
| Parc Lesure,
Bordeaux
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| Bayern Munich won 5-1 on aggregate
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| 1994/95
| Parma
(ITA)
| 1 - 0
| Juventus
(ITA)
| Ennio Tardini,
Parma
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Juventus
(ITA)
| 1 - 1
| Parma
(ITA)
| San Siro,
Milan
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| Parma won 2-1 on aggregate
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| 1993/94
| SV Casino Salzburg
(AUT)
| 0 - 1
| Inter Milan
(ITA)
| Ernst Happel,
Vienna
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Inter Milan
(ITA)
| 1 - 0
| SV Casino Salzburg
(AUT)
| Giuseppe Meazza,
Milan
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| Inter Milan won 2-0 on aggregate
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| 1992/93
| Borussia Dortmund
(GER)
| 1 - 3
| Juventus
(ITA)
| Westfalenstadion,
Dortmund
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Juventus
(ITA)
| 3 - 0
| Borussia Dortmund
(GER)
| Delle Alpi,
Turin
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| Juventus won 6-1 on aggregate
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| 1991/92
| Torino
(ITA)
| 2 - 2
| Ajax
(NED)
| Delle Alpi,
Turin
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Ajax
(NED)
| 0 - 0
| Torino
(ITA)
| Olympisch Stadion,
Amsterdam
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Aggregate: 2-2
Ajax won on away goals
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| 1990/91
| Inter Milan
(ITA)
| 2 - 0
| Roma
(ITA)
| Giuseppe Meazza,
Milan
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Roma
(ITA)
| 1 - 0
| Inter Milan
(ITA)
| Stadio Olimpico,
Rome
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| Inter Milan won 2-1 on aggregate
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| 1989/90
| Juventus
(ITA)
| 3 - 1
| Fiorentina
(ITA)
| Stadio Comunale,
Turin
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Fiorentina
(ITA)
| 0 - 0
| Juventus
(ITA)
| Stadio Partenio,
Avellino
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| Juventus won 3-1 on aggregate
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| 1988/89
| Napoli
(ITA)
| 2 - 1
| Stuttgart
(FRG)
| San Paolo Stadium,
Naples
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Stuttgart
(FRG)
| 3 - 3
| Napoli
(ITA)
| Neckarstadion,
Stuttgart
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| Napoli won 5-4 on aggregate
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| 1987/88
| Espanyol
(ESP)
| 3 - 0
| Bayer Leverkusen
(FRG)
| Sarria Stadium,
Barcelona
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Bayer Leverkusen
(FRG)
| 3 - 0
aet
| Espanyol
(ESP)
| Ulrich Haberland Stadion,
Leverkusen
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Aggregate: 3-3
Bayer Leverkusen won 3-2 in penalty shootout
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| 1986/87
| IFK Göteborg
(SWE)
| 1 - 0
| Dundee United
(SCO)
| Ullevi,
Gothenburg
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Dundee United
(SCO)
| 1 - 1
| IFK Göteborg
(SWE)
| Tannadice Park,
Dundee
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| IFK Göteborg won 2-1 on aggregate
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| 1985/86
| Real Madrid
(ESP)
| 5 - 1
| 1. FC Köln
(FRG)
| Santiago Bernabéu,
Madrid
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1. FC Köln
(FRG)
| 2 - 0
| Real Madrid
(ESP)
| Olympiastadion,
Berlin
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| Real Madrid won 5-3 on aggregate
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| 1984/85
| Videoton
(HUN)
| 0 - 3
| Real Madrid
(ESP)
| Sóstói,
Székesfehérvár
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Real Madrid
(ESP)
| 0 - 1
| Videoton
(HUN)
| Santiago Bernabéu,
Madrid
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| Real Madrid won 3-1 on aggregate
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| 1983/84
| Anderlecht
(BEL)
| 1 - 1
| Tottenham
(ENG)
| Parc Astride,
Brussels
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Tottenham
(ENG)
| 1 - 1
aet
| Anderlecht
(BEL)
| White Hart Lane,
London
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Aggregate: 2-2
Tottenham won 4-3 in penalty shootout
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| 1982/83
| Anderlecht
(BEL)
| 1 - 0
| Benfica
| Heysel Stadium,
Brussels
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Benfica
| 1 - 1
| Anderlecht
(BEL)
| Estádio da Luz,
Lisbon
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| Anderlecht won 2-1 on aggregate
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| 1981/82
| IFK Göteborg
(SWE)
| 1 - 0
| Hamburg
(FRG)
| Ullevi,
Gothenburg
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Hamburg
(FRG)
| 0 - 3
| IFK Göteborg
(SWE)
| Volksparkstadion,
Hamburg
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| IFK Göteborg won 4-0 on aggregate
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| 1980/81
| Ipswich Town
(ENG)
| 3 - 0
| AZ Alkmaar
(NED)
| Portman Road,
Ipswich
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AZ Alkmaar
(NED)
| 4 - 2
| Ipswich Town
(ENG)
| Olympisch Stadion,
Amsterdam
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| Ipswich Town won 5-4 on aggregate
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| 1979/80
| Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
| 3 - 2
| Eintracht Frankfurt
(FRG)
| Bökelbergstadion,
Mönchengladbach
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Eintracht Frankfurt
(FRG)
| 1 - 0
| Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
| Mainstadion,
Frankfurt
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Aggregate: 3-3
Eintracht Frankfurt won on away goals
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| 1978/79
| Red Star Belgrade
(YUG)
| 1 - 1
| Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
| Red Star Stadium,
Belgrade
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Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
| 1 - 0
| Red Star Belgrade
(YUG)
| Rheinstadion,
Düsseldorf
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| Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2-1 on aggregate
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| 1977/78
| Bastia
(FRA)
| 0 - 0
| PSV Eindhoven
(NED)
| Furiani Stadium,
Bastia
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PSV Eindhoven
(NED)
| 3 - 0
| Bastia
(FRA)
| Philips Stadion,
Eindhoven
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| PSV Eindhoven won 3-0 on aggregate
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| 1976/77
| Juventus
(ITA)
| 1 - 0
| Athletic Bilbao
(ESP)
| Stadio Comunale,
Turin
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Athletic Bilbao
(ESP)
| 2 - 1
| Juventus
(ITA)
| San Mamés stadium,
Bilbao
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Aggregate: 2-2
Juventus won on away goals
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| 1975/76
| Liverpool
(ENG)
| 3 - 2
| Club Brugge
(BEL)
| Anfield,
Liverpool
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Club Brugge
(BEL)
| 1 - 1
| Liverpool
(ENG)
| Olympiastadion,
Brugge
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| Liverpool won 4-3 on aggregate
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| 1974/75
| Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
| 0 - 0
| Twente
(NED)
| Rheinstadion,
Düsseldorf
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Twente
(NED)
| 1 - 5
| Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
| Diekman,
Enschede
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| Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5-1 on aggregate
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| 1973/74
| Tottenham
(ENG)
| 2 - 2
| Feyenoord
(NED)
| White Hart Lane,
London
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Feyenoord
(NED)
| 2 - 0
| Tottenham
(ENG)
| De Kuip,
Rotterdam
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| Feyenoord won 4-2 on aggregate
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| 1972/73
| Liverpool
(ENG)
| 3 - 0
| Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
| Anfield,
Liverpool
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Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
| 2 - 0
| Liverpool
(ENG)
| Bökelbergstadion,
Mönchengladbach
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| Liverpool won 3-2 on aggregate
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| 1971/72
| Wolverhampton
(ENG)
| 1 - 2
| Tottenham
(ENG)
| Molineux,
Wolverhampton
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Tottenham
(ENG)
| 1 - 1
| Wolverhampton
(ENG)
| White Hart Lane,
London
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| Tottenham won 3-2 on aggregate
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Inter-Cities Fairs' Cup finals
| Season
| Home Team
| Score
| Away Team
| Venue
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| 1970/71
| Juventus
(ITA)
| 2 - 2
| Leeds United
(ENG)
| Stadio Comunale,
Turin
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Leeds United
(ENG)
| 1 - 1
| Juventus
(ITA)
| Elland Road,
Leeds
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Aggregate: 3-3
Leeds United won on away goals
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| 1969/70
| Anderlecht
(BEL)
| 3 - 1
| Arsenal
(ENG)
| Parc Astrid,
Brussels
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Arsenal
(ENG)
| 3 - 0
| Anderlecht
(BEL)
| Highbury,
London
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| Arsenal won 4-3 on aggregate
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| 1968/69
| Newcastle
(ENG)
| 3 - 0
| Ujpest
(HUN)
| St. James' Park,
Newcastle
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Ujpest
(HUN)
| 2 - 3
| Newcastle
(ENG)
| Dozsa Stadium,
Budapest
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| Newcastle won 6-2 on aggregate
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| 1967/68
| Leeds United
(ENG)
| 1 - 0
| Ferencvaros
(HUN)
| Elland Road,
Leeds
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Ferencvaros
(HUN)
| 0 - 0
| Leeds United
(ENG)
| Nepstadion,
Budapest
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| Leeds United won 1-0 on aggregate
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| 1966/67
| Dinamo Zagreb
(CRO)
| 2 - 0
| Leeds United
(ENG)
| Dinamo Stadium,
Zagreb
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Leeds United
(ENG)
| 0 - 0
| Dinamo Zagreb
(CRO)
| Elland Road,
Leeds
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| Dinamo Zagreb won 2-0 on aggregate
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| 1965/66
| Barcelona
(ESP)
| 0 - 1
| Zaragoza
(ESP)
| Camp Nou,
Barcelona
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Zaragoza
(ESP)
| 2 - 4
aet
| Barcelona
(ESP)
| La Romareda,
Zaragoza
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| Barcelona won 4-3 on aggregate
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| 1964/65
| Juventus
(ITA)
| 0 - 1
| Ferencvaros
(HUN)
| Stadio Comunale,
Turin
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| Single match played
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| 1963/64
| Zaragoza
(ESP)
| 2 - 1
| Valencia
(ESP)
| Camp Nou,
Barcelona
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| Single match played
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| 1962/63
| Dinamo Zagreb
(CRO)
| 1 - 2
| Valencia
(ESP)
| Dinamo Stadium,
Zagreb
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Valencia
(ESP)
| 2 - 0
| Dinamo Zagreb
(CRO)
| Luis Casanova Stadium,
Valencia
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| Valencia won 4-1 on aggregate
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| 1961/62
| Valencia
(ESP)
| 6 - 2
| Barcelona
(ESP)
| Luis Casanova Stadium,
Valencia
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Barcelona
(ESP)
| 1 - 1
| Valencia
(ESP)
| Camp Nou,
Barcelona
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| Valencia won 7-3 on aggregate
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| 1960/61
| Birmingham City
(ENG)
| 2 - 2
| Roma
(ITA)
| St. Andrews,
Birmingham
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Roma
(ITA)
| 2 - 0
| Birmingham City
(ENG)
| Stadio Olimpico,
Rome
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| Roma won 4-2 on aggregate
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| 1958/60
| Birmingham City
(ENG)
| 0 - 0
| Barcelona
(ESP)
| St. Andrews,
Birmingham
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Barcelona
(ESP)
| 4 - 1
| Birmingham City
(ENG)
| Camp Nou,
Barcelona
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| Barcelona won 4-1 on aggregate
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| 1956/58
| London XI
(ENG)
| 2 - 2
| Barcelona
(ESP)
| Stamford Bridge,
London
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Barcelona
(ESP)
| 6 - 0
| London XI
(ENG)
| Camp Nou,
Barcelona
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| Barcelona won 8-2 on aggregate
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aet - after extra time
- See also: List of sporting events
