List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winners

The UEFA Intertoto Cup is a European association football competition, held during the summer for European clubs that have failed to qualify for either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Cup. It provides "an alternative qualifying route into the UEFA Cup".cite web|url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/format/index.html |title = Competition format | accessdate = 2008-04-04 | date = 2007-12-01 | publisher = UEFA] The tournament did not come under official UEFA sanction until 1995, and will be abolished in 2009. [Cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=630602.html | title = Champions League changes agreed
publisher = UEFA | accessdate = 2008-04-04 | date = 2007-12-01]

The first tournament provided two winners, both of whom therefore qualified for the UEFA Cup in the 1995–96 season, with Strasbourg and Bordeaux as the winning teams. From the following season to the 2005 contest, three teams were awarded Intertoto Cups, with French teams being the most successful. [Cite web | url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/history/index.html | title = UEFA Intertoto Cup History | publisher = UEFA | accessdate = 2008-04-06 | date = 2005-07-13] In 2006, the format was modified to allow eleven clubs to qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, with the Intertoto Cup being awarded to the team that progressed the furthest in the competition. [Cite web | url = http://www.uefaintertotocup.com/documents/UIC-2007-final-e.pdf | title = Regulations of the Intertoto Cup, p.5 | publisher = UEFA |format=PDF | accessdate = 2008-04-06] The competition was originally played over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium.

Hamburg, Villarreal, Schalke 04 and Stuttgart hold the record for the most victories, with each team winning the competition twice. The only teams to retain the UEFA Intertoto Cup are Villarreal and Schalke 04, who both retained the cup in 2004 after winning the previous year. Teams from France have won the competition on the most occasions, with 12 winners coming from the country.

Key

Results by team

Results by country

ee also

* List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winning managers

Notes

A. Newcastle United won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2006, after progressing the furthest out of the 11 teams that qualified for the UEFA Cup via the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The match shown represents the final match in the Intertoto Cup.

B. Hamburg won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2007, after progressing the furthest out of the 11 teams that qualified for the UEFA Cup via the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The match shown represents their final match in the Intertoto Cup.

References

;General
*cite web |url=http://www.uefaintertotocup.com/pastwinners.html |title=Past Winners |work=UEFAIntertotoCup.com |accessdate=2008-04-02

;Specific

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/history/index.html UEFA Intertoto Cup official history]