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1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Tournament details
Dates	13 September 1961 – 12 September 1962
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Valencia (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	221 (4.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Waldo (9 goals)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The fourth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1961–62 season. There were five representative teams for some major European cities, three of which lost out in the first round. The final was the first European final to be contested between two clubs from the same country, namely Spain. Valencia beat Barcelona 7–3 over two legs, and also reached the next two finals in the competition.

Teams location

Bracket

	First Round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
							Lausanne	3	-	3
							Valencia	4	-	4
	Valencia	2	5	7
	Nottingham Forest	0	1	1
													Valencia	2	3	5
													Inter Milan	0	3	3
	Union Saint-Gilloise	1	0	1
	Heart of Midlothian	3	2	5
							Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0
							Inter Milan	1	4	5
	1. FC Köln	4	0	4
	Inter Milan	2	2	4
																			Valencia	3	7	10
																			MTK	0	3	3
							Iraklis	2	1	3
							Novi Sad	1	9	10
	Milan	0	0	0
	Novi Sad XI	0	2	2
													Novi Sad	1	1	2
													MTK	4	2	6
	Strasbourg	1	2	3
	MTK	3	10	13
							MTK	3	0	3
							Leipzig	0	3	3
	Spartak Brno	2	1	3
	Leipzig	2	4	6
																									Valencia	6	1	7
																									Barcelona	2	1	3
	Hannover 96	0	0	0
	Espanyol	1	2	3
							Espanyol	5	0	5
							Birmingham	2	1	3
													Espanyol	2	0	2
													Red Star Belgrade	1	5	6
	Basel	1	1	2
	Red Star Belgrade	1	4	5
							Red Star Belgrade	4	1	5
							Hibernian	0	0	0
	Hibernian	3	3	6
	Belenenses	3	1	4
																			Red Star Belgrade	0	1	1
																			Barcelona	2	4	6
	Lyon	4	2	6
	Sheffield Wednesday	2	5	7
							Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	4
							Roma	0	1	1
													Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	3
													Barcelona	2	2	4
	West Berlin	1	0	1
	Barcelona	0	3	3
							Barcelona	5	2	7
							Dinamo Zagreb	1	2	3
	Copenhagen XI	2	2	4
	Dinamo Zagreb	7	2	9

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lausanne-Sport	Bye	–	–	–
Valencia	7–1	Nottingham Forest	2–0	5–1
Union Saint-Gilloise	1–5	Heart of Midlothian	1–3	0–2
1. FC Köln	4–41	Inter Milan	4–2	0–2
Iraklis	Bye	–	–	–
Milan	0–2	Novi Sad XI	0–0	0–2
Strasbourg	3–13	MTK	1–3	2–10
Spartak KPS Brno	3–6	Leipzig XI	2–2	1–4
Hannover 96	0–3	Espanyol	0–1	0–2
Birmingham City	Bye [1]	–	–	–
Basel XI	2–5	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	1–4
Hibernian	6–4	Belenenses	3–3	3–1
Lyon	6–7	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2	2–5
Roma	Bye [1]	–	–	–
West Berlin XI	1–3	Barcelona	1–0	0–3
Copenhagen XI	4–9	Dinamo Zagreb	2–7	2–2

¹Inter Milan progressed to the Second round after winning a play-off match 5–3.

First leg

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Second leg

Valencia won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Heart of Midlothian won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Inter Milan 4–4 1. FC Köln on aggregate.

Internazionale won 5–3 in play-off.

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Novi Sad XI won 2–0 on aggregate.

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MTK won 13–3 on aggregate.

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Leipzig XI won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Espanyol won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Red Star won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Hibernian won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Sheffield Wednesday won 7–6 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lausanne-Sport	3–4	Valencia	3–4	–
Heart of Midlothian	0–5	Inter Milan	0–1	0–4
Iraklis	3–10	Novi Sad XI	2–1	1–9
MTK	3–3	Leipzig XI	3–0	0–3
Espanyol	5–3	Birmingham City	5–2	0–1
Red Star Belgrade	5–0	Hibernian	4–0	1–0
Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Roma	4–0	0–1
Barcelona	7–3	Dinamo Zagreb	5–1	2–2

¹ MTK progressed to the quarter-finals after winning a play-off match 2–0.

First leg

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Second leg

Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Inter Milan won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Novi Sad XI won 10–3 on aggregate.

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Leipzig XI 3–3 MTK on aggregate.

MTK won 2–0 in play-off.

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Espanyol won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Red Star won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Sheffield Wednesday won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 7–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	5–3	Inter Milan	2–0	3–3
Novi Sad XI	2–6	MTK	1–4	1–2
Espanyol	2–6	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	0–5
Sheffield Wednesday	3–4	Barcelona	3–2	0–2

First leg

Second leg

Internazionale goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon complained of an injury at halftime and was replaced by Ottavio Bugatti, substitutions were not officially allowed at the time. Valencia won 5–3 on aggregate.

First leg

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Second leg

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate. Barcelona advance to the Semi-Final

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	10–3	MTK	3–0	7–3
Red Star Belgrade	1–6	Barcelona	0–2	1–4

Final

First leg

Second leg

References

External links

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Seasons 1961-62 – results, protocols
• website eurocups-uefa.ru Fairs' Cup Seasons 1961-62 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1961–62 Fairs' Cup