Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58

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The first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup took place over three seasons from 1955 to 1958. The competition began with a group stage with each team playing home and away against each other. Due to the competition rules which stated only one side from each city was allowed to compete, many cities with several football clubs picked the best players from those teams to create a city representative side. One of these, a London XI, went on to reach the final where they were beaten over two legs by CF Barcelona.

1 Group Stage
2 Semifinals
3 Final
4 External links

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. CF Barcelona	3	2	1	1	0	7	3	+4
2. Copenhagen XI	1	2	0	1	1	3	7	-4
3. Wien XI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


Matchday One
CF Barcelona	6–2	Copenhagen XI
Matchday Two
Copenhagen XI	1–1	CF Barcelona

Wien XI Withdrew

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Birmingham City	7	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5
2. Internazionale	5	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4
3. Zagreb XI	0	4	0	0	4	0	9	-9


Matchday One
Internazionale	0–0	Birmingham City
Matchday Two
Birmingham City	2–1	Internazionale
Matchday Three
Zagreb XI	0–1	Birmingham City
Matchday Four
Birmingham City	3–0	Zagreb XI
Matchday Five
Zagreb XI	0–1	Internazionale
Matchday Six
Internazionale	4–0	Zagreb XI

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Lausanne Sports	2	2	1	1	10	9	+1
2. Leipzig XI	2	2	1	1	9	10	-1
3. Cologne XI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


Matchday One
Leipzig XI	6–3	Lausanne Sports
Matchday Two
Lausanne Sports	7–3	Leipzig XI

Cologne XI Withdrew

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1. London XI	6	4	3	1	9	3	+6
2. Frankfurt XI	4	4	2	2	10	10	0
3. Basel XI	2	4	1	3	7	13	-6


Matchday One
Basel XI	0–5	London XI
Matchday Two
London XI	1–0	Basel XI
Matchday Three
London XI	3–2	Franfurt XI
Matchday Four
Frankfurt XI	1–0	London XI
Matchday Five
Franfurt XI	5–1	Basel XI
Matchday Six
Basel XI	6–2	Frankfurt XI