1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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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, the London XI, went on to reach the final where they were beaten over two legs by the Barcelona XI (later recognized as FC Barcelona).

## Teams location

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1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is located in EuropeBarcelona XICopenhagen XI~~*Vienna XI*~~Birmingham CityInter MilanZagreb XILausanne-SportLeipzig XI~~*Cologne XI*~~London XIFrankfurt XIBasel XI
## Group stage

### Group A

Source:[*citation needed*]
(W) Withdrew from the competition

### Group C

Source:[*citation needed*]
(W) Withdrew from the competition

## Knockout stage

* *Teams playing first leg at home shown first.*
* *Birmingham City and Barcelona required a play-off after their semi-final finished level on aggregate. The play-off was played in Switzerland.*

### Semi-finals

 Birmingham City  | 4–41 |  **Barcelona XI** | 4–3

1 Barcelona beat Birmingham City 2–1 in a play-off to qualify for the Final.

#### Second leg

**Play-off**

### Final

Main article: 1958 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

## Notes

1. ↑ Some sources give the final goal to Hooper.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blues in Europe – Part One 1956–1958. Birmingham City F.C.
2. ↑ *EC 1 & Fairs Cup 1595-1960*. International Federation of Football History & Statistics. pp. 158–171.
3. ↑ Velasco, Santiago. Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1955-58 (game details). *linguasport.com*.

## External links

* UEFA Inter-Cities Fair Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
* Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Seasons 1955-58 – results, protocols
* website eurocups-uefa.ru Fairs' Cup Seasons 1955-58 – results, protocols
* website Football Archive 1955–58 Fairs' Cup

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* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria '55 '56
* Czechoslovakia '55 '56
* Denmark
* England
* Finland '55 '56
* France
* East Germany '55 '56
* West Germany (Finals)
* Greece
* Hungary '55 '56
* Iceland '55 '56
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland '55 '56
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania '55 '56
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '55 '56
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
 Domestic cups
* Bulgaria
* Denmark
* England
* Finland '55 '56
* France
* East Germany '56
* West Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '55 '56
* Luxembourg
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '55 '56
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania '55 '56
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '55
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Wales

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria '56 '57
* Cyprus
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '56 '57
* Finland '56 '57
* France
* East Germany '56 '57
* West Germany (Finals)
* Greece
* Hungary '56 '57
* Iceland '56 '57
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland '56 '57
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '56 '57
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
 Domestic cups
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '56 '57
* Finland '56 '57
* France
* East Germany '56 '57
* West Germany
* Greece
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '56 '57
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '57
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Wales

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria '57 '58
* Cyprus
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '57 '58
* Finland '57 '58
* France
* East Germany '57 '58
* West Germany (Finals)
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '57 '58
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland '57 '58
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '57 '58
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
 Domestic cups
* Bulgaria
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '57 '58
* Finland '57 '58
* France
* East Germany '57 '58
* West Germany
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '57 '58
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '57 '58
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Wales