Intercontinental Cup (football)

Intercontinental Cup
European-South American Cup

Founded	1960
Abolished	2004
Region	Europe (UEFA) South America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams	2
Last champions	Porto
Most successful club	Boca Juniors Peñarol Nacional Milan Real Madrid (Three cups each)

Rubén Suñé of Boca Juniors holds the trophy after their success in 1977.

The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or (since 1980) Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores. The cup trophy brings the words "Coupe Européenne-Sudamericaine" ("European-South American Cup") at the top, which involve the ball. At the base of the trophy, there is a drawing of two maps, one from Europe, another from South America.

From its formation in 1960 to 1979, the competition was contested over a two legged tie, with a playoff if necessary until 1968, and penalty kicks later. From 1980 until 2004, the competition was contested over a single match held in Japan and organized byToyota, which offered a secondary trophy, the Toyota Cup. The last winner of the cup was Portuguese side Porto, defeating Colombian side Once Caldas in a penalty shootout in 2004.

History

Europe already had its European Champions Club Cup, but South America did not have a similar competition. Thus, South American Confederación (CONMEBOL's predecessor) created a similar competition, and named it after the heroes of South American independence. The Copa Libertadores made the European/South American Cup viable.

The first match-up was in 1960, between Spanish side Real Madrid and the Uruguayan club Peñarol.

Ever since the 1950s (and especially since the 1970s) many talented South Americans have crossed the Atlantic to play for European teams, who also tend to be richer. Perhaps as a consequence, South American fans always attached more importance to the Intercontinental Cup than their European counterparts.

Out of concern for the integrity of players, and also because of the lack of financial incentive, several European champions declined to participate; in all cases, their runners-up took their place. The 1975 and 1978 tournaments were not played at all.

The viability of the competition came under fire until Toyota assumed the role of sponsor for the 1980 tournament; for the remainder of the competition's history, no club declined playing in the Intercontinental Cup, and the competition always took the form of a single match held on neutral ground, in Toyota's home country Japan. The sponsor created a new trophy, the Toyota Cup, which was coupled with the original one: if the Intercontinental Cup was give to winners' captain, the Toyota Cup was given to the vice-captain.^[1]

This cup was played for the last time in 2004. However, as of December 2005 there are talks of restoring it soon but this time featuring the winners of the Recopa Sudamericana against the European Supercup champions.

Cup format

From 1960 to 1979, the Intercontinental Cup was played in two legs. Between 1960 and 1968, the cup was decided on points only, the same format used by CONMEBOL to determine the winner of the Copa Libertadores final through 1987. Because of this format, a third match was needed when both teams were equal on points. Commonly this match was host by the continent where the last game of the series was played. From 1969 through 1979, the competition adopted the European standard method of aggregate score, with away goals.

Starting in 1980, the final became a single match. Up until 2000, the matches were held at Tokyo's National Stadium. Finals since 2002 were held at the Yokohama International Stadium, also the venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup final.

Finals

Key

Two-legged finals

Year	Country	Home team	Score	Away team	Country	Venue	Location	Refs
1960	URU	Peñarol	0–0	Real Madrid	ESP	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
	ESP	Real Madrid	5–1	Peñarol	URU	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid, Spain
	Real Madrid won 3–1 on points.
1961	POR	Benfica	1–0	Peñarol	URU	Estádio da Luz	Lisbon, Portugal
	URU	Peñarol	5–0	Benfica	POR	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
	2–2 on points; Peñarol won 2–1 in the playoff at Estadio Centenario.
1962	BRA	Santos	3–2	Benfica	POR	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	POR	Benfica	2–5	Santos	BRA	Estádio da Luz	Lisbon, Portugal
	Santos won 4–0 on points.
1963	ITA	Milan	4–2	Santos	BRA	San Siro	Milan, Italy
	BRA	Santos	4–2	Milan	ITA	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	2–2 on points; Santos won 1–0 in the playoff at Maracanã.
1964	ARG	Independiente	1–0	Internazionale	ITA	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda, Argentina
	ITA	Internazionale	2–0	Independiente	ARG	San Siro	Milan, Italy
	2–2 on points; Internazionale won 1–0 in a playoff at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid. †
1965	ITA	Internazionale	3–0	Independiente	ARG	San Siro	Milan, Italy
	ARG	Independiente	0–0	Internazionale	ITA	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda, Argentina
	Internazionale won 3–1 on points.
1966	URU	Peñarol	2–0	Real Madrid	ESP	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
	ESP	Real Madrid	0–2	Peñarol	URU	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid, Spain
	Peñarol won 4–0 on points.
1967	SCO	Celtic	1–0	Racing Club	ARG	Hampden Park	Glasgow, Scotland
	ARG	Racing Club	2–1	Celtic	SCO	El Cilindro	Avellaneda, Argentina
	2–2 on points; Racing Club won 1–0 in the playoff at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo.
1968	ARG	Estudiantes	1–0	Manchester United	ENG	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	ENG	Manchester United	1–1	Estudiantes	ARG	Old Trafford	Manchester, England
	Estudiantes won 3–1 on points.
1969	ITA	Milan	3–0	Estudiantes	ARG	San Siro	Milan, Italy
	ARG	Estudiantes	2–1	Milan	ITA	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.
1970	ARG	Estudiantes	2–2	Feyenoord	NED	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	NED	Feyenoord	1–0	Estudiantes	ARG	De Kuip	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Feyenoord won 3–2 on aggregate.
1971	GRE	Panathinaikos	1–1	Nacional	URU	Karaiskakis Stadium	Athens, Greece
	URU	Nacional	2–1	Panathinaikos	GRE	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Nacional won 3–2 on aggregate.
1972	ARG	Independiente	1–1	Ajax	NED	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda, Argentina
	NED	Ajax	3–0	Independiente	ARG	Olympic Stadium	Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.
1973	ITA	Juventus	0–1	Independiente	ARG	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, Italy
1974	ARG	Independiente	1–0	Atlético Madrid	ESP	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda, Argentina
	ESP	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Independiente	ARG	Vicente Calderón Stadium	Madrid, Spain
	Atlético Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.
1976	FRG	Bayern Munich	2–0	Cruzeiro	BRA	Olympiastadion	Munich, Germany
	BRA	Cruzeiro	0–0	Bayern Munich	FRG	Mineirão	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Bayern Munich won 2–0 on aggregate.
1977	ARG	Boca Juniors	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	FRG	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	FRG	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	Boca Juniors	ARG	Wildparkstadion	Karlsruhe, Germany
	Boca Junirors won 5–2 on aggregate
1979	SWE	Malmö FF	0–1	Olimpia	PAR	Malmö Stadion	Malmö, Sweden
	PAR	Olimpia	2–1	Malmö FF	SWE	Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Asuncíon, Paraguay
	Olimpia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Single match finals

Year	Country	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Country	Venue	Notes
1980	URU	Nacional	1–0	Nottingham Forest	ENG	National Stadium, Tokyo
1981	BRA	Flamengo	3–0	Liverpool	ENG	National Stadium, Tokyo
1982	URU	Peñarol	2–0	Aston Villa	ENG	National Stadium, Tokyo
1983	BRA	Grêmio	†2–1†	Hamburger SV	FRG	National Stadium, Tokyo
1984	ARG	Independiente	1–0	Liverpool	ENG	National Stadium, Tokyo
1985	ITA	Juventus	*2–2*	Argentinos Juniors	ARG	National Stadium, Tokyo	[a]
1986	ARG	River Plate	1–0	Steaua Bucureşti	ROM	National Stadium, Tokyo
1987	POR	Porto	†2–1†	Peñarol	URU	National Stadium, Tokyo
1988	URU	Nacional	*2–2*	PSV Eindhoven	NED	National Stadium, Tokyo	[b]
1989	ITA	Milan	1–0	Atlético Nacional	COL	National Stadium, Tokyo
1990	ITA	Milan	3–0	Olimpia	PAR	National Stadium, Tokyo
1991	YUG	Red Star Belgrade	3–0	Colo-Colo	CHI	National Stadium, Tokyo
1992	BRA	São Paulo	2–1	Barcelona	ESP	National Stadium, Tokyo
1993	BRA	São Paulo	3–2	Milan	ITA	National Stadium, Tokyo	[c]
1994	ARG	Vélez Sársfield	2–0	Milan	ITA	National Stadium, Tokyo
1995	NED	Ajax	*0–0*	Grêmio	BRA	National Stadium, Tokyo	[d]
1996	ITA	Juventus	1–0	River Plate	ARG	National Stadium, Tokyo
1997	GER	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Cruzeiro	BRA	National Stadium, Tokyo
1998	ESP	Real Madrid	2–1	Vasco da Gama	BRA	National Stadium, Tokyo
1999	ENG	Manchester United	1–0	Palmeiras	BRA	National Stadium, Tokyo
2000	ARG	Boca Juniors	2–1	Real Madrid	ESP	National Stadium, Tokyo
2001	GER	Bayern Munich	†1–0†	Boca Juniors	ARG	National Stadium, Tokyo
2002	ESP	Real Madrid	2–0	Olimpia	PAR	International Stadium, Tokyo
2003	ARG	Boca Juniors	*1–1*	Milan	ITA	International Stadium, Tokyo	[e]
2004	POR	Porto	*0–0*	Once Caldas	COL	International Stadium, Tokyo	[f]

Notes

• ^a Juventus won 4–2 in a penalty shootout
• ^b Nacional won 7–6 in a penalty shootout
• ^c European champions Marseille were suspended due to a match fixing and bribery scandal
• ^d Ajax won 4–3 in a penalty shootout
• ^e Boca Juniors won 3–1 in a penalty shootout
• ^f Porto won 8–7 in a penalty shootout

Statistics

By team

Team	Cups	Years
Real Madrid	3	(1960, 1998, 2002)
Boca Juniors	3	(1977, 2000, 2003)
Nacional	3	(1971, 1980, 1988)
Peñarol	3	(1961, 1966, 1982)
Milan	3	(1969, 1989, 1990)
São Paulo	2	(1992, 1993)
Porto	2	(1987, 2004)
Santos	2	(1962, 1963)
Internazionale	2	(1964, 1965)
Independiente	2	(1973, 1984)
Ajax	2	(1972, 1995)
Juventus	2	(1985, 1996)
Bayern Munich	2	(1976, 2001)
Manchester United	1	(1999)
Estudiantes La Plata	1	(1968)
Feyenoord	1	(1970)
Racing Club	1	(1967)
Atlético Madrid	1	(1974)
Olimpia	1	(1979)
Flamengo	1	(1981)
Grêmio	1	(1983)
River Plate	1	(1986)
Red Star Belgrade	1	(1991)
Vélez Sársfield	1	(1994)
Borussia Dortmund	1	(1997)

By country

Country	Teams	Cups	Years
Argentina	6	9	(1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1994, 2000, 2003)
Italy	3	7	(1964, 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1996)
Brazil	4	6	(1962, 1963, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1993)
Uruguay	2	6	(1961, 1966, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1988)
Spain	2	4	(1960, 1974, 1998, 2002)
Germany	2	3	(1976, 1997, 2001)
Netherlands	2	3	(1970, 1972, 1995)
Portugal	1	2	(1987, 2004)
England	1	1	(1999)
Paraguay	1	1	(1979)
Yugoslavia	1	1	(1991)

By continent

Coaches

Carlos Bianchi won three editions as coach: one with Vélez Sársfield in 1994, and 2 with Boca Juniors in 2000 and 2003.

Luis Cubilla and Juan Mujica, 2 Uruguayans won cups both as a player and coaching:

• Luis Cubilla (played for Peñarol in 1961 and for Nacional in 1971; then coached Olimpia Asunción in 1979)
• Juan Mujica (played for Nacional in 1971; and coached it in 1980)

Players

• Alessandro Costacurta and Paolo Maldini played 5 times in the competition, always with Milan (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2003).
• Estudiantes (1968, 1969 and 1970) and Independiente (1972, 1973 and 1974) played 3 in consecutive years. Of these teams a few players played the three years, including Carlos Salvador Bilardo and Juan Ramón Verón.

Man of the Match

Since 1980

Year	Player	Club
2004	Maniche	Porto
2003	Matías Donnet	Boca Juniors
2002	Ronaldo	Real Madrid
2001	Samuel Kuffour	Bayern Munich
2000	Martín Palermo	Boca Juniors
1999	Ryan Giggs	Manchester United
1998	Raúl	Real Madrid
1997	Andreas Möller	Borussia Dortmund
1996	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus
1995	Danny Blind	Ajax
1994	Omar Asad	Vélez Sársfield
1993	Cerezo	São Paulo
1992	Raí	São Paulo
1991	Vladimir Jugović	Red Star Belgrade
1990	Frank Rijkaard	Milan
1989	Alberigo Evani	Milan
1988	Santiago Ostolaza	Nacional
1987	Rabah Madjer	Porto
1986	Antonio Alzamendi	River Plate
1985	Michel Platini	Juventus
1984	José Percudani	Independiente
1983	Renato Gaúcho	Grêmio
1982	Jair	Peñarol
1981	Zico	Flamengo
1980	Waldemar Victorino	Nacional

See also

• Afro-Asian Club Championship
• FIFA Club World Cup
• Copa Libertadores
• UEFA Champions League
• List of world club champions
• International club competition records

References

1. ↑ The two trophies can be seen in this picture: [1].

External links

• Official Competition website
• UEFA website
• International Clubs Cup - The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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