Intertoto Cup 1965-66
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The 1965–66 Intertoto Cup
was won by Lokomotive Leipzig
, who had lost the previous season's final (under their previous name of SC Leipzig
). They defeated IFK Norrköping
. After experimenting with twelve groups totalling 48 clubs for two years (although latterly only 44 clubs were recruited to fill eleven groups), the competition returned to its original format with 32 clubs divided into eight groups. As a result, the clubs went straight to the Quarter-finals after the Group Stage, while in previous seasons a First Round had also been required.
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1 Chemie Leipzig progressed to the Semi-finals on a coin toss.
The Chemie Leipzig v Rostock match has also been reported as 3–2, but was officially recorded as 4–3.
1 Norrköping progressed to the Final on a coin toss.
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UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
was won by Lokomotive Leipzig
Lokomotive Leipzig
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig is a German football club based in the city of Leipzig in Saxony and may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Leipzig, the first national champions of Germany...
, who had lost the previous season's final (under their previous name of SC Leipzig
Lokomotive Leipzig
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig is a German football club based in the city of Leipzig in Saxony and may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Leipzig, the first national champions of Germany...
). They defeated IFK Norrköping
IFK Norrköping
IFK Norrköping is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed on 29 May 1897, is currently playing in the first division of Swedish football, Allsvenskan...
. After experimenting with twelve groups totalling 48 clubs for two years (although latterly only 44 clubs were recruited to fill eleven groups), the competition returned to its original format with 32 clubs divided into eight groups. As a result, the clubs went straight to the Quarter-finals after the Group Stage, while in previous seasons a First Round had also been required.
Group stage
The teams were divided into eight groups of four clubs each. Clubs from the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and West Germany were placed in 'A' groups; while clubs from Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland and Yugoslavia were placed in 'B' groups. The eight group winners advanced to the knock-out rounds.Group A1
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- Željezničar became prohibited from international competition by the Yugoslav FA, so SC Leipzig advanced to the knock-out rounds instead
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Group B4
|}Quarter-finals
|}1 Chemie Leipzig progressed to the Semi-finals on a coin toss.
The Chemie Leipzig v Rostock match has also been reported as 3–2, but was officially recorded as 4–3.
Semi-finals
|}1 Norrköping progressed to the Final on a coin toss.
Final
- SC Leipzig were renamed Lokomotive Leipzig before the Final
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See also
- European Cup 1965–66
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1965–66
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66
External links
- Intertoto Cup 1965–66 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF
- http://www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1965.php by Pawel Mogielnicki