# 1961–62 International Football Cup

The 1961–62 International Football Cup was the first Intertoto Cup, a football tournament for European clubs that would otherwise not have a European competition to compete in. The inaugural tournament was won by Ajax, who defeated Feyenoord in the final. The competition was contested by 32 clubs, almost exclusively from central Europe – Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden entered four clubs each; Poland entered two; and West Germany entered six clubs. Eventually the final became a clash between Dutch rivals Ajax and Feyenoord.

## Group stage

The teams were divided into eight groups of four clubs each. The groups were themselves divided geographically as 'A' for eastern countries (Austria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Poland) and 'B' for western countries (the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland). Teams from West Germany were placed in both sections. The eight group winners (in bold in the tables below) advanced to the knock-out rounds, with the four 'A' winners being drawn against the four 'B' winners.

### Group A1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLO | VOR | ODR | WAC |
| 1 | Slovan ÚNV Bratislava | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 10 | Advanced to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 8–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Vorwärts Berlin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 5 | | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Odra Opole | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 5 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Wiener AC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | — |

### Group A2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Baník Ostrava (A) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 11 |
| 2 | Motor Jena | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 8 |
| 3 | Osnabrück | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 4 |
| 4 | GAK | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 1 |

### Group A3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Spartak Hradec Králové (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 8 |
| 2 | Górnik Zabrze | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 7 |
| 3 | Dynamo Berlin | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 7 |
| 4 | Wiener Sport-Club | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 2 |

### Group A4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | First Vienna (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Tatran Prešov | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 6 |
| 4 | Kickers Offenbach | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 3 |

### Group B1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | FEY | S04 | GÖT | CDF |
| 1 | Feyenoord (A) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 10 | — | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 8 | 1–5 | — | 4–1 | 8–0 |
| 3 | IFK Göteborg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 3 | 3–6 | 2–4 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 3 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 2–2 | — |

### Group B2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | AJA | MAL | PIR | ZÜR |
| 1 | Ajax (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 9 | — | 1–0 | 9–1 | 9–1 |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Pirmasens | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 7 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Zürich | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | — |

### Group B3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ÖRG | VVV | NEU | GRE |
| 1 | Örgryte (A) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 10 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| 2 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 7 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 4 | 1–3 | 5–3 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Grenchen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — |

### Group B4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | SPA | ELF | TAS | BAS |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam (A) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 10 | — | 4–3 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Elfsborg | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 8 | 2–5 | — | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Tasmania Berlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Basel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 3 | 0–4 | 3–6 | 1–1 | — |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 6–1 | Sparta Rotterdam |
| Ajax | 4–3 | First Vienna |
| Örgryte | 2–3 | Baník Ostrava |
| Feyenoord | 3–1 | Spartak Hradec Králové |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ajax | 5–1 | Slovan Bratislava |
| Feyenoord | 1–0 | Baník Ostrava |

## Final

Played over one leg, in Amsterdam.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ajax | 4–2 | Feyenoord |