Intertoto Cup 1964-65

The 1964-65 Intertoto Cup was won by Polonia Bytom, losing finalists the previous season, who defeated Lokomotive Leipzig in the final - believed to be the first held over two legs in the tournament's history. A total of 44 clubs participated, down four on the previous season, and clubs from Bulgaria and Greece took part for the first time. The competition was also affected by the decision of UEFA to prevent clubs who were taking part in the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup continuing games in other European competitions after the end of the summer break. These clubs had to be given byes through the knock-out rounds until they were eliminated from the UEFA competitions, or withdrawn entirely.

Group Stage

The teams were divided into eleven groups of four clubs each, it proving impossible to secure enough club to fill twelve groups. The groups were divided geographically - 'A' for Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany; 'B' for Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia and one club from Sweden; while 'C' (which had only 3 groups) was for France, Greece and Sweden, as well as one club each from Czechoslovakia, Poland and West Germany, and two from Yugoslavia, to make up the numbers. The eleven group winners (shown in bold in the tables below) advanced to the knock-out rounds.

Group A1

Group A4

Group B3

Olympiacos played two matches (away to Zagreb, home to Toulouse) - their record was then taken over by Panionios, although Toulouse were awarded a 3-0 walk-over against Olympiacos/Panionios (it has also been unofficially reported that this match was actually played, and finished 5-0).

The Zagreb v Olympiacos match has also been reported as 4-0, but was officially recorded as 5-0; while the Olympiacos v Toulouse match has also been reported as 2-4, but was officially recorded as 2-3.

Group C2

Quarter-finals

* Malmö FF had by this point been eliminated from the European Cup, and so re-entered the tournament; but Door Wilskracht Sterk were still playing, so they were withdrawn.
* As a result, the remaining clubs were drawn into three ties and one bye - the club which received the bye was R.F.C. de Liège.

emi-finals

The Leipzig v Berlin tie has also been reported as 4-0 4-1 and 4-1 4-0 (first leg in Leipzig in both cases), but was officially recorded as 1-4 0-4 (first leg in Berlin).

Final (9 June & 16th)

ee also

* European Cup 1964-65
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1964-65
* Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1964-65

External links

* [http://rsssf.com/tablesi/int64.html Intertoto Cup 1964/65 by Karel Stokkermans] at RSSSF
* [http://www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1964.php] by Pawel Mogielnicki