1959 FFC Champions Cup

The **1959 FFC Champions Cup** was the 4th season of Fadia's premier club football tournament organised by FFC.

Real Malheibagos were the defending champions, but were unable to defend their title after they lost in the final.

The final was played in Rifjornes, Ekionia, between Real Malheibagos and ST Nateszapany. ST Nateszapany won 3–1 in the penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 draw to claim their first ever Champions Cup title. They also became the second Kokolor side to win the title, the first team to win both the Champions Cup and the Fadian Cup and the first team to win the title without having ever won their domestic league.

## Association team allocation

27 teams from the 12 FFC member associations participated in the 1959 FFC Champions Cup. The association ranking, which takes into account their performance in continental competitions in from 1956 to 1957, was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

* Associations 1–2 each had four teams qualify.
* Associations 3–4 each had three teams qualify.
* Associations 5–9 each had two teams qualify.
* Associations 10–12 each had one team qualify.

## First round

A total of 6 teams were involved in the First round.

### Seeding

Seedings were based on the FFC Club Ranking, which considers all points obtained in continental competitions over the last five seasons.

### Summary

The losers entered the 1959 Fadian Cup First round.

  Pronhesk Futbol | 1–5
  **Gamevebeme Kolores** | 5–5 (a)

## Second round

A total of 16 teams were involved in the Second round, including 3 teams qualified from the First round.

### Seeding

Seedings were based on the FFC Club Ranking, which considers all points obtained in continental competitions over the last five seasons.

### Summary

The losers entered the 1959 Fadian Cup Group stage.

## Group stage

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

A total of 10 national associations are represented in the group stage.

### Seeding

Seedings were based on the FFC Club Rankings, which considers all points obtained in continental competitions over the last five seasons.

## Knockout stages

The group winners and runners-up of the group stage qualified for the knockout stages. The eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home, except for the one-match final. The eight qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners seeded 1–4, and the group runners-up seeded 5–8. The teams were ranked by:

* 1. Points
* 2. Goal difference
* 3. Goals scored
* 4. Matches won
* 5. Drawing of lots

### Quarter-finals

  **Real Malheibagos** | 3–1
  Királyi Tasiharpalok | 2–3
  Warlis Dynamo | 5–5 (a)

### See also

Bartadilia - Birtal - Coulesigia - Depania - Ekionia - Graierbia - Kokolorszag - Lera - Lil - Turelosia - Valia - Yeonland
**International Competitions**
**Champions Cup** - Fadian Cup