Intercontinental Cup

international association football tournament for clubs

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.

Intercontinental Cup
European/South American Cup
Toyota Cup
Founded1960
Abolished2004
RegionEurope
South America
Number of teams2
Related competitionsUEFA Champions League
Copa Libertadores
Last championsPortugal Porto
(2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Argentina Boca Juniors
Italy Milan
Uruguay Nacional
Uruguay Peñarol
Spain Real Madrid
(3 titles each)

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

See also: Clubs of football world champions

Year Winner
1960   Real Madrid
1961   Peñarol
1962   Santos
1963   Santos
1964   Internazionale
1965   Internazionale
1966   Peñarol
1967   Racing Club
1968   Estudiantes
1969   Milan
1970   Feyenoord
1971   Nacional
1972   Ajax
1973   Independiente
1974   Atlético Madrid
 
Year Winner
1975 Not held
1976   Bayern München
1977   Boca Juniors
1978 Not held
1979   Olimpia Asunción
1980   Nacional
1981   Flamengo
1982   Peñarol
1983   Grêmio
1984   Independiente
1985   Juventus
1986   River Plate
1987   Porto
1988   Nacional
1989   Milan
 
Year Winner
1990   Milan
1991   Red Star Belgrado
1992   São Paulo
1993   São Paulo
1994   Vélez Sarsfield
1995   Ajax
1996   Juventus
1997   Borussia Dortmund
1998   Real Madrid
1999   Manchester United
2000   Boca Juniors
2001   Bayern München
2002   Real Madrid
2003   Boca Juniors
2004   Porto

Since 2005: FIFA Club World Cup


Performances change

The performance of various clubs is shown in the following tables:[9][10]

Performance by club change

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runner-up years
  Milan
3
4
1969, 1989, 1990 1963, 1993, 1994, 2003
  Peñarol
3
2
1961, 1966, 1982 1960, 1987
  Real Madrid
3
2
1960, 1998, 2002 1966, 2000
  Boca Juniors
3
1
1977, 2000, 2003 2001
  Nacional
3
1971, 1980, 1988
  Independiente
2
4
1973, 1984 1964, 1965, 1972, 1974
  Juventus
2
1
1985, 1996 1973
  Santos
2
1962, 1963
  Internazionale
2
1964, 1965
  São Paulo
2
1992, 1993
  Ajax
2
1972, 1995
  Bayern Munich
2
1976, 2001
  Porto
2
1987, 2004
  Estudiantes
1
2
1968 1969, 1970
  Olimpia
1
2
1979 1990, 2002
  Grêmio
1
1
1983 1995
  River Plate
1
1
1986 1996
  Manchester United
1
1
1999 1968
  Racing
1
1967
  Feyenoord
1
1970
  Atlético Madrid
1
1974
  Flamengo
1
1981
  Red Star Belgrade
1
1991
  Vélez Sarsfield
1
1994
  Borussia Dortmund
1
1997
  Benfica
2
1961, 1962
  Liverpool
2
1981, 1984
  Cruzeiro
2
1976, 1997
  Celtic
1
1967
  Panathinaikos
1
1971
  Borussia Mönchengladbach
1
1977
  Malmö FF
1
1979
  Nottingham Forest
1
1980
  Aston Villa
1
1982
  Hamburger SV
1
1983
  Argentinos Juniors
1
1985
  Steaua București
1
1986
  PSV Eindhoven
1
1988
  Atlético Nacional
1
1989
  Colo-Colo
1
1991
  Barcelona
1
1992
  Vasco da Gama
1
1998
  Palmeiras
1
1999
  Once Caldas
1
2004

Performance by country change

Country Winners Runners-up Winning clubs Winning years
  Argentina
9
9
Boca, Independiente, Estudiantes, River Plate, Racing Club, Vélez Sarsfield 1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1994, 2000, 2003
  Italy
7
5
Milan, Juventus, Internazionale 1964, 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1996
  Brazil
6
5
Santos, São Paulo, Grêmio, Flamengo 1962, 1963, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1993
  Uruguay
6
2
Peñarol, Nacional 1961, 1966, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1988
  Spain
4
3
Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid 1960, 1974, 1998, 2002
  Germany
3
2
Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund 1976, 1997, 2001
  Netherlands
3
1
Ajax, Feyenoord 1970, 1972, 1995
  Portugal
2
2
Porto 1987, 2004
  England
1
5
Manchester United 1999
  Paraguay
1
2
Olimpia 1979
  Yugoslavia
1
Red Star Belgrade 1991
  Colombia
2
  Scotland
1
  Greece
1
  Sweden
1
  Romania
1
  Chile
1

Performance by confederation change

Confederation Winners Runners-up Winning clubs Winning countries
CONMEBOL
22
21
13
4
UEFA
21
22
12
7

Coaches change

Players change

All-time top scorers change

 
Pelé is the all-time top goalscorer in Intercontinental Cup's history with 7 goals in 3 matches
  • Pelé is the all-time top scorer in the competition. He scored seven goals in three matches.
    • In 1962, he scored five goals in two matches against   Benfica. This included a hat-trick (three goals) in the second match played in Lisbon (the only hat trick in competition's history).[11]
    • In 1963, he scored two goals in one match (against Milan).[12][13][14]
  • Only six players scored at least three goals in the Intercontinental Cup.[15]
Player Club Goals Apps Years
  Pelé   Santos
7
3
1962, 1963
  Alberto Spencer   Peñarol
6
6
1960, 1961, 1966
  Luis Artime   Nacional
3
2
1971
  José Sasía   Peñarol
3
3
1961
  Santana   Benfica
3
4
1961, 1962
  Sandro Mazzola   Internazionale
3
4
1964, 1965

Hat-tricks change

  • 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

 
Martín Palermo, the Man of the Match in 2000.

The man of the match was selected from 1980. Here is the list of the winners.[16]

Year Player Club
1980
  Waldemar Victorino   Nacional
1981
  Zico   Flamengo
1982
  Jair   Peñarol
1983
  Renato Gaúcho   Grêmio
1984
  José Percudani   Independiente
1985
  Michel Platini   Juventus
1986
  Antonio Alzamendi   River Plate
1987
  Rabah Madjer   Porto
1988
  Santiago Ostolaza   Nacional
1989
  Alberigo Evani   Milan
1990
  Frank Rijkaard   Milan
1991
  Vladimir Jugović   Red Star Belgrade
1992
  Raí   São Paulo
1993
  Toninho Cerezo   São Paulo
1994
  Omar Asad   Vélez Sársfield
1995
  Danny Blind   Ajax
1996
  Alessandro Del Piero   Juventus
1997
  Andreas Möller   Borussia Dortmund
1998
  Raúl   Real Madrid
1999
  Ryan Giggs   Manchester United
2000
  Martín Palermo   Boca Juniors
2001
  Samuel Kuffour   Bayern Munich
2002
  Ronaldo   Real Madrid
2003
  Matías Donnet   Boca Juniors
2004
  Maniche   Porto


Related pages change

Bibliography change

  • 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

  1. "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)
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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  6. ""Balance that no longer exists; in today's globalised market the best players South Americans are representing the European champions teams"". ESPN. December 2017.
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