UEFA Intertoto Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup (in English: UEFA Intertoto Cup) was an official international football competition organized by the European Union of Football Associations. Soccer (UEFA) for European clubs that had not qualified to play continental tournaments. It was qualifying for the UEFA Cup and there were several champions in each edition. Its antecedents date back to 1961 with the International Soccer Cup or Karl Rappan Piano Cup, as an initiative to fill the calendar in summer. In 1995, UEFA decided to restructure it into an independent qualifying tournament for the UEFA Cup until its demise in 2008.

Teams entered the tournament based on their ranking in their respective national leagues immediately behind those entering the UEFA Cup or Europa League. After his disappearance, these quotas were directly integrated into the qualifying phase of the Europa League.

The most successful clubs in the competition are, with two titles, Hamburger, Villarreal, Stuttgart, Schalke 04, followed with one by the Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise, Olympique de Marseille, Karlsruher, Lens or Aston Villa.

History

The Intertoto Cup replaced the International Football Cup (IFC), which was a competition organized by the Central European football federations to provide matches for their teams during the summer months. This existed from 1962 to 1967 and, in that year, the format was changed. The group stage prevailed over the knockout rounds, which were scrapped. This is how this competition without a trophy was born. In 1995 UEFA took over its organization and opened it to clubs from all over Europe. The championship did not have a single champion, but there was a set number of finals and their winners entered the following season of the UEFA Cup. This made the competition attractive to many clubs, who saw it as their only chance to qualify for international tournaments.

Competition system

Until 2006, the Intertoto Cup consisted of three preliminary rounds, a semifinal and a final. In the first three rounds, the teams were entered according to the position in their league and the country they represented. Once the 3 rounds were over, came the semifinals, played by twelve teams, and finally the three finals, from which the 3 teams that participated in the next edition of the UEFA Europa League came out.

In the 2006 season, the Intertoto Cup changed its format: it was reduced to three double-round rounds and the number of teams that were proclaimed Intertoto Cup champions and qualified for the Europa League increased to eleven, although starting in the second previous round. Among these champions of the competition, those who went the furthest in the UEFA Cup were awarded the Intertoto Cup trophy.

On November 30, 2007, the UEFA Executive Committee decided to dispense with the Intertoto Cup with the change in competition format of the UEFA Cup applicable from the 2009-10 season. Thus, in the summer of 2008 the last edition of the Intertoto Cup was held.

History

For a better detail of the finals together with the predecessor competition see Finalists of the Intertoto Cup and the International Cup

UEFA Intertote Cup
Temp.	Champions	Outcome	Subcamps	Notes / Multiple Champions (2006-09)
1995	R. C. Strasbourg	1-1, 6-1	F. C. Tirol Innsbruck
	F. C. Girondins de Bordeaux	2-0, 2-2	Karlsruher S. C.
1996	S. C. Karlsruher	0-1, 3-1	Standard Liège
	EA Guingamp	1-2, 1-0 (v.)	F. K. Rotor Volgograd
	Silkeborg I. F.	2-1, 0-1 (v.)	H. N. K. Segesta
1997	S. C. Bastiais	1-0, 1-1 (pro.)	Halmstads B. K.
	Olympique Lyonnais	1-0, 3-2	Montpellier H. S. C.
	A. J. Auxerre	0-0, 2-0	M. S. V. Duisburg
1998	Valencia C. F.	2-0, 2-1	S. V. Wüstenrot Salzburg
	S. V. Werder Bremen	1-0, 1-1	F. K. Vojvodina
	Bologna F. C.	1-0, 2-0	K. S. Ruch Chorzów
1999	Juventus F. C.	2-0, 2-2	Stade Rennais F. C.
	West Ham United F. C.	1-0, 3-1	Metz F.C.
	Montpellier H. S. C.	1-1, 1-1 (3-0 pen.)	Hamburger S. V.
2000	Udinese Calcio	2-2, 4-2 (pro.)	S. K. Sigma Olomouc
	R. C. Vigo Celt	2-1, 2-2	F. K. Zenit
	VfB Stuttgart	2-0, 1-1	A. J. Auxerre
2001	Aston Villa F. C.	1-1, 4-1	F. C. Basel
	Paris Saint-Germain F. C.	0-0, 1-1 (v.)	Brescia Calcio
	E. S. Troyes A. C.	0-0, 4-4 (v.)	Newcastle United F. C.
2002	Málaga C. F.	1-0, 1-1	Villarreal C. F.
	Fulham F. C.	2-2, 3-1	Bologna F. C.
	VfB Stuttgart	0-1, 2-0	Lille O. S. C.
2003	F. C. Gelsenkirchen-Schalke	2-0, 0-0	ASKÖ Pasching
	Villarreal C. F.	2-1, 0-0	S. C. Heerenveen
	A. C. Perugia Calcio	1-0, 2-0	VfL Wolfsburg
2004	Lille O. S. C.	0-0, 2-0	U. E. Leiria
	F. C. Gelsenkirchen-Schalke	2-1, 1-0	F. C. Slovan Liberec
	Villarreal C. F.	2-0, 0-2 (3-1 p.m.)	Atletico de Madrid
2005	Hamburger S. V.	1-0, 0-0	Valencia C. F.
	R. C. Lens	1-1, 3-1	F. C. CFR Cluj
	Olympique de Marseille	0-2, 5-1	R. C. Deportivo de La Coruña
2006	Newcastle United F. C.	-	Multiple champions	A. J. Auxerre, Ethnikos Achnas F. C., F. C. Twente, Grasshopper C. Z., Hertha B. S. C., Kayserispor S. K., N. K. Maribor, Odense B. K., Olympique de Marseille, S. V. Ried
2007	Hamburger S. V.	-	Multiple champions	Atlético de Madrid, Aalborg B. K., Blackburn Rovers F. C., F. C. Oțelul Galați, F. C. Tobol Kostanay, Hammarby I. F., R. C. Lens, S. K. Rapid Wien, U. C. Sampdoria, U. E. Leiria
2008	S. C. Braga	-	Multiple champions	R. C. Deportivo de La Coruña, Aston Villa F. C., Grasshopper C. Z., I. F. Elfsborg, Rosenborg B. K., F. C. Vaslui, S. K. Sturm Graz, S. S. C. Napoli, Stade Rennais F. C., VfB Stuttgart

Note: pen. = Penalties; v. = Away goal rule; pro. = Extension.
Note: During the last three seasons (2006-09), the tournament has crowned eleven champions each edition, although the trophy (consisting of a commemorative plaque since 2003) was only awarded to the club or clubs that they went further in the UEFA Cup the following season.

Honours of Prizes

Equipment	Titles	Subcamp.	Years championships	Years underfield
Hamburg	2	1	2005, 2007	1999
Villarreal C. F.	2	1	2003, 2004	2002
VfB Stuttgart	2	-	2000, 2002
F. C. Gelsenkirchen-Schalke	2	-	2003, 2004
Karlsruher	1	1	1996	1995
Bologna	1	1	1998	2002
Valencia C. F.	1	1	1998	2005
Montpellier	1	1	1999	1997
Lille	1	1	2004	2002
Newcastle United	1	1	2006	2001
Racing Strasbourg	1	-	1995
Girondins Bordeaux	1	-	1995
Guingamp	1	-	1996
Silkeborg IF	1	-	1996
Bastia	1	-	1997
Olympique de Lyon	1	-	1997
S. V. Werder Bremen	1	-	1998
Juventus	1	-	1999
West Ham United	1	-	1999
Udinese	1	-	2000
Vigo Celt	1	-	2000
Paris Saint-Germain	1	-	2001
Troyes	1	-	2001
Malaga	1	-	2002
Fulham	1	-	2002
Perugia	1	-	2003
Sporting Braga	1	-	2008
Auxerre	1	-	1997
Lens	1	-	2005
Aston Villa F. C.	1	-	2001
Olympique de Marseille	1	-	2005

Titles by country

Country	Titles	Subtitles	Clubs champions
France	12	5	Montpellier, Lille, Strasbourg, Girondins de Bordeaux, Guingamp, Bastia, Olympique de Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain, Troyes, Auxerre, Racing Lens, Olympique de Marseille
GermanyGermany	8	4	VfB Stuttgart, Hamburg, Schalke 04, Karlsruher, Werder Bremen
SpainSpain	5	4	Villarreal, Valencia,Celta de Vigo, Malaga
ItalyItaly	4	2	Juventus, Bologna, Udinese, Perugia
EnglandEngland	4	1	Newcastle United, West Ham United, Fulham, Aston Villa
Portugal	1	1	Sporting Braga
DenmarkDenmark	1	-	Silkeborg IF
AustriaAustria	-	3
Russia Russia	-	2
Czech RepublicCzech Republic	-	2
Sweden Sweden	-	1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland	-	1
Romania Romania	-	1
NetherlandsNetherlands	-	1
BelgiumBelgium	-	1
CroatiaCroatia	-	1
Serbia and Montenegro	-	1
PolandPoland	-	1

Statistics

Historical classification

Pos	Club	Temp.	Points	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif.	Pts.%	Titles	Subcamp.
1	N. K. Slaven Koprivnica	5	58	34	17	7	10	50	29	+21	56.9
2	Hamburg S. V.	5	52	26	15	7	4	47	22	+25	66.7	2	1
3	S. V. Werder Bremen	5	46	22	14	4	4	36	20	+16	69.7	1
4	Villarreal C. F.	4	44	24	12	8	4	31	16	+15	61.1	2	1
=	VfB Stuttgart	4	44	22	14	2	6	40	16	+24	66.7	2
6	A. J. Auxerroise	4	41	20	12	5	3	47	14	+33	68.3	1	1
=	F. C. Basel	4	41	22	12	5	5	50	28	+22	62.1		1
8	S. C. Heerenveen	6	39	28	12	3	13	52	29	+23	46.4		1
9	VfL Wolfsburg	5	37	24	10	7	7	36	29	+7	51.4		1
=	F. C. Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt	4	37	19	11	4	4	31	19	+12	64.9