Intercontinental Cup
| Founded | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Abolished | 2004 |
| Region | Europe South America |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Related competitions | UEFA Champions League Copa Libertadores |
| Last champions |  Porto (2nd title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  Boca Juniors Milan Nacional Peñarol Real Madrid(3 titles each) |
The European/South American Cup, commonly called the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition by UEFA and CONMEBOL. The competition was between the winners of the European Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores in a match played each year.
The Cup was called the World Club Championship until the first FIFA Club World Cup was held in 2000. It was played by representatives clubs of most developed continents in the football world.
From 2005, the Intercontinental Cup was replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup. The FIFA Club World Cup also includes North American, Asian, African and Oceanian winners. In 2017 FIFA officially recognized all of them as club world champions (de jure) with the same status to the FIFA Club World Cup winners or official[1][2] world champions FIFA. In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions, those deriving from the Intercontinental Cup and those deriving from the Club World Cup, the two competitions confer the same title.[3][4][5] The football experts agree that the intercontinental cup is the most fascinating football competition ever existed thanks to the great balance in the field given by the lower economic gap of the time and rules on foreign players who gradually favored the European teams and weakened the South American teams;[6][7] also the statistics confirm this.[8]
Champions[change | change source]
See also: Clubs of football world champions
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Since 2005: FIFA Club World Cup
Performances[change | change source]
The performance of various clubs is shown in the following tables:[9][10]
Performance by club[change | change source]
Performance by country[change | change source]
| Country | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
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Boca, Independiente, Estudiantes, River Plate, Racing Club, Vélez Sarsfield | 1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1994, 2000, 2003 | ||
| Italy
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Milan, Juventus, Internazionale | 1964, 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1996 | ||
 Brazil
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Santos, São Paulo, Grêmio, Flamengo | 1962, 1963, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1993 | ||
| Uruguay
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Peñarol, Nacional | 1961, 1966, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1988 | ||
| Spain
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Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid | 1960, 1974, 1998, 2002 | ||
 Germany
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Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund | 1976, 1997, 2001 | ||
 Netherlands
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Ajax, Feyenoord | 1970, 1972, 1995 | ||
| Portugal
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Porto | 1987, 2004 | ||
 England
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Manchester United | 1999 | ||
 Paraguay
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Olimpia | 1979 | ||
 Yugoslavia
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Red Star Belgrade | 1991 | ||
 Colombia
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— | — | ||
 Scotland
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— | — | ||
 Greece
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— | — | ||
 Sweden
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— | — | ||
 Romania
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— | — | ||
 Chile
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— | — |
Performance by confederation[change | change source]
| Confederation | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs | Winning countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONMEBOL | ||||
| UEFA |
Coaches[change | change source]
- Carlos Bianchi won three times as a coach: once with
Vélez Sársfield in 1994, and twice with Boca Juniors in 2000 and 2003. - Luis Cubilla and Juan Mujica won cups both as players and coaches:
Players[change | change source]
- Alessandro Costacurta and Paolo Maldini played five times in the competition, all with
Milan (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2003). - Estudiantes (1968, 1969 and 1970) and Independiente (1972, 1973 and 1974) played in three consecutive years. A few players in those teams played in all three, including Carlos Bilardo and Juan Ramón Verón.
All-time top scorers[change | change source]
- Pelé is the all-time top scorer in the competition. He scored seven goals in three matches.
- Only six players scored at least three goals in the Intercontinental Cup.[15]
| Player | Club | Goals | Apps | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelé
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Santos
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1962, 1963 | ||
 Alberto Spencer
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Peñarol
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1960, 1961, 1966 | ||
| Luis Artime
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Nacional
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1971 | ||
| José Sasía
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Peñarol
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1961 | ||
| Santana
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Benfica
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1961, 1962 | ||
| Sandro Mazzola
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Internazionale
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1964, 1965 |
Hat-tricks[change | change source]
- Pelé is the only player in the history of the competition to score a hat-trick (Lisbon, 1962, second leg, against Benfica).
| Player | Nation | Club | Opponent | Goals | Goal Times | Score | Tournament | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelé | Brazil |
Santos |
Benfica |
3 | 15'; 25'; 64' | 5–2 | 1962 Intercontinental Cup | Second leg | 11 October 1962 |
Man of the Match[change | change source]
The man of the match was selected from 1980. Here is the list of the winners.[16]
Related pages[change | change source]
- FIFA Club World Championship
- Copa Toyota Libertadores
- UEFA Champions League
- Clubs of football world champions
Bibliography[change | change source]
- Amorim, Luís (1 December 2005). Intercontinental Cup 1960-2004. LuísAmorimEditions. ISBN 978-989-95672-5-2.
- Amorim, Luís (1 September 2005). Taça Intercontinental 1960-2004. Multinova. ISBN 989-551-040-3.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Official (plural officials), from the Latin officiālis.1. The official word is also used to refer to what is recognized or derives from an authority. cfr. dictionary.com. "Official, definition".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) 2. Approved by the government or someone in power. cfr. dictionary.cambridge.org. "official".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) It is synonymous with legal, legitimate, approved. cfr. thesaurus.com. "Synonyms for official".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organized by FIFA or any confederation. Representative teams are usually national teams but also club teams that represent a confederation or a member association in a continental competition. cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). p. 5. cfr. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit" (PDF). 10 December 2018. p. 13. cfr. "2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations" (PDF). p. 10.
- ↑ While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, it has not changed its name to the Intercontinental Cup, FIFA is the only organization with worldwide jurisdiction over continental confederations and, then, the only one that can confer a title on that level, indeed the title was assigned by FIFA and therefore, the title awarded by the same world federation to the winners of the Intercontinental Cup is legally a FIFA world title. cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). p. 19. cfr.
- ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Report 2017. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 15, 40, 41, 42. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ↑ FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup Archived 2017-10-27 at the Wayback Machine - Recognition of all European and South American teams that won the Intercontinental Cup – played between 1960 and 2004 – as club world champions./ www.fifa.com
- ↑ ""Balance that no longer exists; in today's globalised market the best players South Americans are representing the European champions teams"". ESPN. December 2017.
- ↑ Giovanni Fiderio (9 January 2018). ""La Coppa Intercontinentale, il trofeo più prestigioso"" (in Italian).
- ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association. December 2017. p. 15, 40, 41, 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Club Cup".
- ↑ "Hall of Honour".
- ↑ "Intercontinental Club Cup 1962".
- ↑ "Intercontinental Club Cup 1963".
- ↑ "Extraordinary Pele crowns Santos in Lisbon". FIFA. 11 October 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ↑ "King-less Santos retain throne in style". FIFA. 16 November 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ↑ "Trivia on Intercontinental (Toyota) Cup".
- ↑ "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.