The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued after the 2008 tournament.^[1] Teams who originally would have entered the Intertoto Cup now directly enter the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League from this point.

The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995.

Any club who wished to participate had to apply for entry, with the highest placed club (by league position in their domestic league) at the end of the season entering the competition. The club didn't necessarily have to be ranked directly below the clubs which had qualified for another UEFA competition; if the club which was in that position did not apply, they would not be eligible to compete, with the place instead going to the club which did apply.

The cup billed itself as providing both an opportunity for clubs who otherwise would not get the chance to enter the UEFA Cup and as an opportunity for sports lotteries (or pools) to continue during the summer.^[2] This reflects its background, which was as a tournament solely for football pools. In 1995, the tournament came under official UEFA sanctioning^[3] and UEFA Cup qualification places were granted. Initially, two were provided; this was increased to three after one year; but in 2006, it was again increased to the final total of 11.

History[link]

The Intertoto Cup was the idea of the later FIFA vice-president and founder of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Ernst B. Thommen, and the Austrian coach Karl Rappan, who coached the Swiss national team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup and the Austrian national team at the 1954 World Cup.^[2] The "Cup for the Cupless" was also heavily promoted by the Swiss newspaper Sport. It derived its name from Toto, the German term for Football pool.

Thommen, who had set up football betting pools in Switzerland in 1932, had a major interest in having purposeful matches played in the summer break. UEFA were initially disinclined to support the tournament, finding its betting background distasteful; nevertheless they permitted the new tournament but refrained from getting officially involved.^[2] Clubs which qualified for one of the official continental competitions, such as the European Champions Cups and Cup Winners Cup, were not allowed to participate.

The first tournament was held in 1961 as the International Football Cup (IFC). Initially the Cup had a group stage, which led to knock-out matches culminating in a final. By 1967, it had become difficult to organize the games,^[3] and so the knock-out rounds and the final were scrapped, leaving the tournament without a single winner. Instead, group winners received prizes of CHF10,000-15,000.

By 1995, UEFA had reconsidered its opinion, took official control of the tournament and changed its format. Initially, two winners were given a place in the UEFA Cup. The success of one of the first winners, Bordeaux, in reaching the final of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup encouraged UEFA to add a third UEFA Cup place in 1996.^[3]

Many clubs disliked the competition and saw it as disruptive in the preparation for the new season. As a consequence, they did not nominate themselves for participation even if entitled. In particular, following its 1995 relaunch, clubs in England were skeptical about the competition; after initially being offered three places in the cup, all English top division teams rejected the chance to take part.^[4] Following the threat of bans of English teams from all UEFA competitions,^[4] the situation was eventually resolved with three English clubs entering weakened teams, and none of them qualifying.

In following years, UEFA made it possible for nations to forfeit Intertoto places. For example, in 1998, Scotland, San Marino and Moldova forfeited their places, and England, Portugal, and Greece forfeited one of their two, Crystal Palace being the sole English entrant despite finishing bottom of the Premiership.^[5] Other clubs have built upon their success in the UI Cup, following it up with great campaigns in the UEFA Cup. Furthermore, UEFA rejected this assertion that the tournament is disruptive. They point out that in the 2004–05 season, two of the three 2004 Intertoto Cup winners went on to qualify directly for the Champions League, whilst the 3rd one qualified by winning its 3rd qualifying round tie (Schalke and Lille directly, Villarreal by winning their 3rd qualifying round tie).^[3]

In December 2007, following the election of new UEFA president Michel Platini, it was announced that the Intertoto Cup would be abolished as of 2009. This was a part of a range of changes that were to be made to the UEFA Cup/Champions League System. Instead of teams qualifying for the Intertoto Cup, they will now qualify directly for the qualifying stages of the UEFA Europa League, which was expanded to four rounds to accommodate them.

Qualification[link]

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Format[link]

When the competition was taken over by UEFA in 1995, the format was both a group stage and a knock-out stage; 60 teams were split into 12 groups of five with the 16 best teams then contesting the knock-out stage with two-legged ties at each stage, the two winning finalists qualifying for the UEFA Cup. In 1996 and 1997, just the 12 group winners entered the knock-out round, with now three finalists advancing. Nations were allocated places according to their UEFA coefficients, much as with other UEFA tournaments.

The group stage was scrapped for the 1998 tournament, which became a straight knock-out tournament, with clubs from more successful nations entering at a later stage. This arrangement lasted until 2005.

From the 2006 tournament, the format for the Cup changed. There were three rounds instead of the previous five, and the 11 winning teams from the third round went through to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup.^[6] The clubs which were furthest in the UEFA Cup would each be awarded with a trophy.^[7] The first club that received that trophy (a plaque) was Newcastle United.^[8]

Only one team from each national association was allowed to enter. However, if one or more nations did not take up their place, the possibility was left open for nations to have a second entrant. Seedings and entry were determined by each association.^[6] Teams from the weakest federations entered at the first round stage, while those from mid-level federations entered in the second round, and those from the strongest federations entered in the third round.

Winners[link]

Winners by years[link]

2006–2008[link]

Listed are all 11 teams that won the Intertoto Cup, qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Year	Winners
2008	Braga	Aston Villa	Deportivo La Coruña	Stuttgart	Rosenborg	Napoli
	Rennes	Vaslui	Elfsborg	Grasshopper	Sturm Graz
2007	Hamburger SV	Atlético Madrid	AaB	Sampdoria	Blackburn Rovers	Lens
	Leiria	Rapid Wien	Hammarby	Oţelul Galaţi	Tobol
2006	Newcastle United	Auxerre	Grasshopper	OB	Marseille	Hertha BSC
	Kayserispor	Ethnikos Achna	Twente	Ried	Maribor

1995–2005[link]

The results shown are the aggregate total over three legs. Listed are all 2-3 teams that won the final matches, qualifying them for the UEFA Cup.

Year	Winners	Runners-Up	Result
2005	Hamburg	Valencia	1 – 0
	Lens	CFR Cluj	4 – 2
	Marseille	Deportivo La Coruña	5 – 3
2004	Lille	Leiria	2 – 0 (after extra time)
	Schalke 04	Slovan Liberec	3 – 1
	Villarreal	Atlético Madrid	2 – 2 (3 – 1 on penalties)
2003	Schalke 04	Pasching	2 – 0
	Villarreal	Heerenveen	2 – 1
	Perugia	Wolfsburg	3 – 0
2002	Málaga	Villarreal	2 – 1
	Fulham	Bologna	5 – 3
	Stuttgart	Lille	2 – 1
2001	Aston Villa	Basel	5 – 2
	Paris Saint-Germain	Brescia	1 – 1 (away goals)
	Troyes	Newcastle United	4 – 4 (away goals)
2000	Udinese	Sigma Olomouc	6 – 4
	Celta de Vigo	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 – 3
	Stuttgart	Auxerre	3 – 1
1999	Montpellier	Hamburg	2 – 2 (3 – 0 on penalties)
	Juventus	Rennes	4 – 2
	West Ham United	Metz	3 – 2
1998	Valencia	Austria Salzburg	4 – 1
	Werder Bremen	Vojvodina	2 – 1
	Bologna	Ruch Chorzów	3 – 0
1997	Bastia	Halmstad	2 – 1
	Lyon	Montpellier	4 – 2
	Auxerre	Duisburg	2 – 0
1996	Karlsruhe	Standard Liège	3 – 2
	Guingamp	Rotor Volgograd	2 – 2 (away goals)
	Silkeborg	Segesta	2 – 2 (away goals)
1995	Strasbourg	Tirol Innsbruck	7 – 2
	Bordeaux	Karlsruhe	4 – 2

1967–94[link]

During this time there were no competition winners, as only group stages were contested. The outright winners (determined by their best champions) are marked in bold

Non-Region System (1969 1971-94)[link]

Year	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Group 10	Group 11	Group 12
1994	Halmstads	Young Boys	AIK	Hamburg	Békéscsaba	Slovan Bratislava	Grasshopper	Austria Wien	–	–	–	–
1993	Rapid Wien	Trelleborgs	Norrköping	Malmö	Slavia Prague	Zürich	Young Boys	Dynamo Dresden	–	–	–	–
1992	Copenhagen	Siófok	Bayer Uerdingen	Karlsruher SC	Rapid Wien	Lyngby	Slovan Bratislava	Aalborg	Slavia Prague	Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	–	–
1991	Neuchâtel Xamax	Lausanne-Sports	Austria Salzburg	Dukla Banská Bystrica	Boldklubben 1903	Grasshopper	Bayer Uerdingen	Dunajská Streda	Tirol Innsbruck	Örebro	–	–
1990	Neuchâtel Xamax	Tirol Innsbruck	Lech Poznań	Slovan Bratislava	Malmö	GAIS	Luzern	First Vienna	Chemnitzer	Bayer Uerdingen	Odense	–
1989	Luzern	Boldklubben 1903	Tirol Innsbruck	Grasshopper	Tatabánya	Næstved	Örebro	Sparta Prague	Baník Ostrava	Örgryte	Kaiserslautern	–
1988	Malmö	Gothenburg	Baník Ostrava	Austria Wien	Young Boys	Kaiserslautern	Ikast FS	Carl Zeiss Jena	Grasshopper	Karlsruher SC	Bayer Uerdingen	–
1987	Carl Zeiss Jena	Pogoń Szczecin	Wismut Aue	Tatabánya	Malmö	AIK	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	Brøndby	–	–	–	–
1986	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Union Berlin	Malmö	Rot-Weiss Erfurt	Sigma Olomouc	Újpesti Dózsa	Brøndby	Lyngby	Lech Poznań	Gothenburg	Slavia Prague	Carl Zeiss Jena
1985	Werder Bremen	Rot-Weiss Erfurt	Gothenburg	AIK	Wismut Aue	Sparta Prague	Górnik Zabrze	Maccabi Haifa	Baník Ostrava	Újpesti Dózsa	MTK Hungária	–
1984	Bohemians Prague	AGF	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Standard Liège	AIK	Malmö	Videoton	Maccabi Netanya	Zürich	GKS Katowice	–	–
1983	Twente	Young Boys	Pogoń Szczecin	Maccabi Netanya	Sloboda Tuzla	Bohemians Prague	Gothenburg	Hammarby	Fehérvár	Vítkovice	–	–
1982	Standard Liège	Widzew Łódź	AGF	Lyngby	Admira Wacker Mödling	Bohemians Prague	Brage	Öster	Gothenburg	–	–	–
1981	Wiener Sportclub	Standard Liège	Werder Bremen	Budućnost	AGF	Molenbeek	Gothenburg	Stuttgarter Kickers	Cheb	–	–	–
1980	Standard Liège	Bohemians Prague	Maccabi Netanya	Sparta Prague	Nitra	Halmstad	Malmö FF	Gothenburg	Elfsborg	–	–	–
1979	Werder Bremen	Grasshopper	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bohemians Prague	Spartak Trnava	Zbrojovka Brno	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Baník Ostrava	–	–	–	–
1978	Duisburg	Slavia Prague	Hertha Berlin	Eintracht Braunschweig	Malmö FF	Lokomotiva Košice	Tatran Prešov	Maccabi Netanya	Grazer AK	–	–	–
1977	Halmstad	Duisburg	Internacionál Bratislava	Slavia Sofia	Slavia Prague	Frem	Jednota Trenčín	Slovan Bratislava	Öster	Pogoń Szczecin	–	–
1976	Young Boys	Hertha Berlin	Union Teplice	Baník Ostrava	Zbrojovka Brno	Spartak Trnava	Internacionál Bratislava	Öster	Djurgården	Vojvodina	Widzew Łódź	–
1975	Tirol Innsbruck	VÖEST Linz	Eintracht Braunschweig	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Zbrojovka Brno	Rybnik	Åtvidaberg	Kaiserslautern	Belenenses	Čelik Zenica	–	–
1974	Zürich	Hamburg	Malmö FF	Standard Liège	Slovan Bratislava	Spartak Trnava	Duisburg	Baník Ostrava	Košice	CUF	–	–
1973	Hannover	Slovan Bratislava	Hertha Berlin	Zürich	Rybnik	Union Teplice	Feyenoord	Wisła Kraków	Nitra	Öster	–	–
1972	Nitra	Norrköping	Saint-Étienne	Slavia Prague	Slovan Bratislava	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hannover	VÖEST Linz	–	–	–	–
1971	Hertha Berlin	Stal Mielec	Servette	Třinec	Åtvidaberg	Eintracht Braunschweig	Austria Salzburg	–	–	–	–	–
1969	Malmö FF	Szombierki Bytom	SpVgg Fürth	Žilina	Norrköping	Jednota Trenčín	Frem	Wisła Kraków	Odra Opole	–	–	–

Region System (1967-68, 1970)[link]

Year	Group A1	Group A2	Group A3	Group A4	Group A5	Group A6	Group B1	Group B2	Group B3	Group B4	Group B5	Group B6	Group B7	Group B8
1970	Slovan Bratislava	Hamburg	Union Teplice	MVV	Košice	–	Eintracht Braunschweig	Slavia Prague	Marseille	Öster	Wisła Kraków	Austria Salzburg	Baník Ostrava	Polonia Bytom
1968	Nuremberg	Ajax	Sporting	Feyenoord	Español	ADO Den Haag	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Empor Rostock	Slovan Bratislava	Košice	Lokomotíva Košice	Odra Opole	Eintracht Braunschweig	Legia Warsaw
1967	Lugano	Feyenoord	Lille	Lierse	–	–	Hannover	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Polonia Bytom	Gothenburg	Ruch Chorzów	Košice	KB	Fortuna Düsseldorf

1961–67[link]

The results shown are the aggregate total over two legs unless otherwise noted.

Season	Winners	Runner-Up	Results
1966–67	Eintracht Frankfurt	Inter Bratislava	4 – 3
1965–66	Lokomotive Leipzig	IFK Norrköping	4 – 1
1964–65	Polonia Bytom	SC Leipzig	5 – 4
1963–64	Inter Bratislava	Polonia Bytom	1 – 0*
1962–63	Inter Bratislava	Padova	1 – 0*
1961–62	Ajax	Feyenoord	4 – 2*
* - Single match finals (although 1962–63 has been unofficially reported (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/intertoto.html) as over two legs)

Winners by nation[link]

From 2006 onwards, the final round was no longer termed as the "Final", but instead simply as the "Third Round". In addition, there were 11 winners, compared to three under the old system. The clubs which progressed furthest in the UEFA Cup were awarded with a trophy (plaque).

Nation		Winners And Group Champions	Runners-Up And Group Runners-Up	Winning And Group Champion Clubs	Runner-Up And Group Runners-Up Clubs
	Czechoslovakia	47	18	Banik Ostrava (5), Inter Bratislava (4), Košice (5), Slovan Bratislava (7), Nitra (3), Slavia Prague (4), Lokomotiva Kosice (2), Union Teplice (3), Zilina, Jednota Trencin (2), Spartak Trnava (4), Zbrojovka Brno (3), Tatran Prešov, Bohemnians Prague (2), Sparta Prague	Inter Bratislava (3), Jednota Trencin, Union Teplice, Dukla Prague, Košice, Zilina (2), Slavia Prague (3), Bohemnians Prague (4), Spartak Trnava, Zbrojovka Brno
	West Germany	24	22	Eintracht Braunschweig (5), Eintracht Frankfurt (2), Fortuna Düsseldorf, Hamburg (3), Hertha Berlin (3), Hannover (3), Nuremberg, Duisburg (4), Kaiserslatuern, Werder Bremen	Borussia Dortmund, Kaiserslatuern (5), Schalke 04, SpVgg Fürth, Werder Bremen (3), 1860 Münich, Hannover, Hertha Berlin (3), Duisburg (3), Kickers Offenbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf
	France	19	8	Auxerre (2), Bastia, Bordeaux, Guingamp, Lens (2), Lille (2), Lyon, Marseille (3), Montpellier, Paris Saint-Germain, Rennes, Strasbourg, Troyes, Saint-Etienne	Auxerre, Lille, Metz, Montpellier, RCF Paris, Rennes, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne
	Poland	18	20	Legia Warsaw, Odra Opole (2), Polonia Bytom (3), Ruch Chorzów, Szombierki Bytom, Wisla Kraków (3), Zaglebie Sosnowiec (3), Rybnik (2), Widzew Lodz, Pogoń Szczecin	Gwardia Warsaw, Katowice (2), Polonia Bytom (2), Ruch Chorzów (2), Szombierki Bytom, Zaglebie Sosnowiec (3), Odra Opole, Wisla Kraków, Gornik Zabrze (2), Legia Warsaw (3), LKS Lodz (2)
	Sweden	18	14	Elfsborg (2), Gothenburg (2), Hammarby, Malmö FF (5), Norrköpping (2), Öster (4), Atvidaberg, Djurgarden, Halmstad (2)	Atvidaberg (2), Halmstad, Norrköping, Kalmar, Örebro, Öster (2), Malmö FF (4), Landskroma (2), Gothenburg
	Germany	10	4	Hamburg (2), Hertha BSC, Karlsruhe, Schalke 04 (2), Stuttgart (3), Werder Bremen	Duisburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Wolfsburg
	Austria	8	22	Rapid Wien, Ried, Sturm Graz, Austria Salzburg, VÖEST Linz (2), Tirol Innsbruck, Grazer AK	Tirol Innsbruck (5), Pasching, Austria Salzburg (3), LASK Linz (3), Wiener Sportclub, Rapid Vienna, Austria Vienna, First Vienna (2), VÖEST Linz (2), Austria Klafengurt, Sturm Graz (2)
	Portugal	8	12	Braga, Belenenses (2), CUF (3), Leiria, Sporting	Belenenses (2), CUF (2), Leiria, Vitória Guimarães (5), Vitória Setúbal (2)
	Netherlands	8	11	ADO Den Haag, Ajax (2), Feyenoord (3), MVV, Twente	ADO Den Haag (3), Armsterdam, Feyenoord, Groningen, Heerenveen, NAC Breda, Utrecht, PSV, Twente
	Switzerland	8	8	Grasshopper (3), Lugano, Zürich (3), Young Boys	Basel, Grasshopper (3), Grenchen, Lausanne Sports, Sion, Zürich
	Spain	7	5	Celta de Vigo, Málaga, Valencia, Villarreal (2), Atlético Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña, Español	Atlético Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña, Valencia, Villarreal
	Denmark	6	9	AaB, Frem (2), KB, OB, Silkeborg	OB, Frem, KB (3), Hvidovre, Esbjerg (2),Vejle
	Italy	6	4	Bologna, Juventus, Napoli, Perugia, Sampdoria, Udinese	Bologna, Brescia, Padova, Torino
	England	6	1	Aston Villa (2), Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Newcastle United, West Ham United	Newcastle United
	Israel	5	2	Maccabi Netanya (4), Maccabi Haifa (1)	Maccabi Petah Tikva, Bnei Sakhnin
	Belgium	3	12	Lierse, Standard Liège (2)	Anderlecht, Beveren-Waas, Gent (2), RCD Molenbeek, Standard Liège (7)
	Bulgaria	3	6	Slavia Sofia, Pirin Blagoevgrad, Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa	Cherno More Varna, Chernomorets Burgas, Slavia Sofia (3), Marek Dupnitsa
	East Germany	3	5	Lokomotive Leipzig, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Empor Rostock	Carl Zeiss Jena (2), Dynamo Dresden, Lokomotive Leipzig (2)
	Romania	2	4	Oţelul Galaţi, Vaslui	CFR Cluj, Farul Constanţa, Gloria Bistriţa, Rapid Bucureşti
	Yugoslavia	2	3	Celik Zenica, Vojvodina	Vojvodina (2), Sloboda Tuzla
	Turkey	1	2	Kayserispor	Sivasspor, Trabzonspor
	Norway	1	2	Rosenborg	Lillestrøm, Bryne IL
	Cyprus	1		Ethnikos Achna
	Kazakhstan	1		Tobol Kostanay
	Slovenia	1		Maribor
	Russia		5		FC Moscow, Saturn, Rotor Volgograd, Rubin Kazan, Zenit St. Petersburg
	Greece		3		Larisa, OFI Crete, Panionios
	Ukraine		3		Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Chornomorets Odessa, Tavriya Simferopol
	Czech Republic		2		Sigma Olomouc, Slovan Liberec
	Moldova		2		Dacia Chişinău, Tiraspol
	Croatia		1		Segesta
	FR Yugoslavia		1		Vojvodina
	Hungary		1		Budapest Honvéd
	Lithuania		1		Vėtra
	Latvia		1		Riga
	Scotland		1		Hibernian
	Serbia		1		Hajduk Kula

See also[link]

• List of UEFA Intertoto Cup winning managers
• List of confederation and inter-confederation club competition winners
• UEFA club competition records
• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Europa League

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official UEFA site
• Official lotteries site
• Soccernet guide to Intertoto Cup: Part 1 and Part 2
• (Italian) Enrico Siboni Web Site - Winners of UEFA Intertoto Cup