1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the 12th Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The competition was won by Arsenal over two legs in the final against Anderlecht. It was the first of Arsenal's two European trophies, the other being the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1993–94.

1969–1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Arsenal (1st title)
Runners-upBelgium Anderlecht
Tournament statistics
Matches played126
Top scorer(s)Belgium Paul Van Himst (10 goals)

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Valur   0–8   Anderlecht 0–6 0–2
Jeunesse Esch   3–6   Coleraine 3–2 0–4
Dunfermline Athletic   4–2   Bordeaux 4–0 0–2
Vojvodina   1–2   Gwardia Warszawa 0–1 1–1
Hvidovre   1–4   Porto 1–2 0–2
Dundee United   1–3   Newcastle United 1–2 0–1
Vitória de Guimarães   2–1   Baník Ostrava 1–0 1–1
Rosenborg   1–2   Southampton 1–0 0–2
Vitória de Setúbal   7–2   Rapid București 3–1 4–1
Liverpool   14–0   Dundalk 10–0 4–0
Las Palmas   0–1   Hertha BSC 0–0 0–1
Juventus   5–2   Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–1 2–1
Lausanne-Sport   2–4   Győr 1–2 1–2
Barcelona   6–0   B 1913 4–0 2–0
Hansa Rostock   3–2   Panionios 3–0 0–2
Internazionale   4–0   Sparta Prague 3–0 1–0
Zürich   4–5   Kilmarnock 3–2 1–3
Slavia Sofia   3–1   Valencia 2–0 1–1
1860 Munich   3–4   Skeid 2–2 1–2
Dinamo Bacău   7–0   Floriana 6–0 1–0
Charleroi   5–2   Zagreb 2–1 3–1
Rouen   2–1   Twente 2–0 0–1
Sporting CP   6–2   LASK Linz 4–0 2–2
Arsenal   3–1   Glentoran 3–0 0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena   1–0   Altay 1–0 0–0
Aris   1–4   Cagliari 1–1 0–3
Sabadell   3–5   Club Brugge 2–0 1–5
Partizan   2–3   Újpest 2–1 0–2
Stuttgart   4–1   Malmö FF 3–0 1–1
Metz   2–3   Napoli 1–1 1–2
Hannover 96   2–4   Ajax 2–1 0–3
Wiener SC   5–6   Ruch Chorzów 4–2 1–4

First leg edit

Vitória de Guimarães  1 – 0  Baník Ostrava
Manuel   10' (Report)

Dundee United  1–2  Newcastle United
Mitchell   76' Report Davies   56'   62'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Peter Coates (Ireland)

Liverpool  10–0  Dundalk
Evans   1'   38'
Lawler   10'
Smith   24'   67'
Graham   36'   82'
Lindsay   56'
Thompson   69'
Callaghan   76'
Report
Attendance: 32,656
Referee: John Lewis (Wales)

Juventus  3–1  Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Vieri   27' (pen.)
Leonardi   31'
Castano   71'
Vasilev   1'

Internazionale  3–0  Sparta Prague
Boninsegna   68'   79'
Reif   84'
Attendance: 20,000[1]

Dinamo Bacău  6–0  Floriana
Report
Attendance: 8,000

Aris  1–1  Cagliari
Spiridon   12' Martiradonna   82'

Metz  1–1  Napoli
Szczepaniak   67' Bosdaves   8'

Slavia Sofia  2–0  Valencia
Grigorov   42'
T. Kolev   68' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tibor Wotava (Hungary)

Vitória de Setúbal  3–1  Rapid București
José Maria   41', 87'
Guerreiro   64'
(Report) Neagu   71'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniel Zariquiegi (Spain)

Hvidovre  1–2  Porto
Sørensen   29' (pen.) (Report) Ernesto   62', 70'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Karl Keller (Switzerland)

Sporting CP  4–0  LASK Linz
Pedras   8'
Gonçalves   60'
Peres   72' (pen.)
Lourenço   75'
(Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: David Smith (England)

Second leg edit

  Dundalk0–4Liverpool  
Report Thompson   13'   31'
Graham   48'
Callaghan   81'
Attendance: 6,000

Liverpool won 14–0 on aggregate.


Lokomotiv Plovdiv  1–2  Juventus
Vasilev   62' Leonardi   21'
Anastasi   75'

Juventus won 5–2 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague  0–1  Internazionale
Boninsegna   6'
Attendance: 25,000[2]

Internazionale won 4–0 on aggregate.


Floriana  0–1  Dinamo Bacău
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)

Dinamo Bacău won 7–0 on aggregate.


Cagliari  3–0  Aris
Domenghini   10'
Riva   13'
Gori   76' (pen.)

The game was abandoned after Cagliari's third goal because three Greek players refused to return to the pitch after they were expelled by the police. UEFA ruled the 3–0 score as final.

Cagliari won 4–1 on aggregate.


Napoli  2–1  Metz
Bianchi   41'
Improta   60' (pen.)
Hausser   70'

Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate.


Valencia  1–1  Slavia Sofia
Ansola   75' Report Grigorov   33'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Roger Mouton (France)

Slavia Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.


Rapid București  1–4  Vitória de Setúbal
Stelian   78' (Report) Wágner   23' (pen.), 61' (pen.)
José Maria   34'
Figueiredo   64'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

Vitória de Setúbal won 7–2 on aggregate.


Porto  2–0  Hvidovre
Salim   24'
Rolando   74'
(Report)
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)

Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.


LASK Linz  2–2  Sporting CP
Leitner   81' (Report) Gonçalves   40'
Lourenço   77'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Helmut Bader (East Germany)

Sporting CP won 6–2 on aggregate.


Newcastle United  1–0  Dundee United
Dyson   90' (Report)

Newcastle United won 3–1 on aggregate.


Baník Ostrava  1–1  Vitória de Guimarães
Guzik   73' (Report) Artur   80'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Constantin Bărbulescu (Romania)

Vitória de Guimarães won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht   13–4   Coleraine 6–1 7–3
Dunfermline Athletic   3–1   Gwardia Warszawa 2–1 1–0
Porto   0–1   Newcastle United 0–0 0–1
Vitória de Guimarães   4–8   Southampton 3–3 1–5
Vitória de Setúbal   (a) 3–3   Liverpool 1–0 2–3
Hertha BSC   3–1   Juventus 3–1 0–0
Győr   2–5   Barcelona 2–3 0–2
Hansa Rostock   2–4   Internazionale 2–1 0–3
Kilmarnock   4–3   Slavia Sofia 4–1 0–2
Skeid   0–2   Dinamo Bacău 0–0 0–2
Charleroi   3–3 (a)   Rouen 3–1 0–2
Sporting CP   0–3   Arsenal 0–0 0–3
Carl Zeiss Jena   3–0   Cagliari 2–0 1–0
Club Brugge   5–5 (a)   Újpest 5–2 0–3
Stuttgart   0–1   Napoli 0–0 0–1
Ajax   9–1   Ruch Chorzów 7–0 2–1

First leg edit

Sporting CP  0–0  Arsenal
(Report)
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Vitória de Guimarães  3–3  Southampton
Mendes   12', 58'
Pinto   88' (pen.)
(Report) Channon   13'
Davies   63'
Paine   83'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Pius Kamber (Switzerland)

Hertha BSC  3–1  Juventus
Gayer   16'
Wild   31'
Steffenhagen   79'
Anastasi   14'

Hansa Rostock  2–1  Internazionale
Hergesell   63'
Sackritz   89'
Boninsegna   1'
Attendance: 30,000[3]

Skeid  0–0  Dinamo Bacău
Report
Attendance: 7,250

Carl Zeiss Jena  2–0  Cagliari
Rock   63'
Irmscher   73' (pen.)

Stuttgart  0–0  Napoli

Vitória de Setúbal  1–0  Liverpool
Tomé   40' (Report)
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

Porto  0–0  Newcastle United
(Report)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Roland Marendaz (Switzerland)

Second leg edit

Southampton  5–1  Vitória de Guimarães
Costeado   13' (o.g.)
Davies   54', pen.', 87'
Gabriel   55'
Channon   85'
(Report) Ademir   68'
Attendance: 21,414
Referee: Robert Frauciel (France)

Southampton won 8–4 on aggregate.


Juventus  0–0  Hertha BSC

Hertha BSC won 3–1 on aggregate.


Internazionale  3–0  Hansa Rostock
Jair   5'
Suárez   23'
Mazzola   32'
Attendance: 48,000[4]

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.


Dinamo Bacău  2–0  Skeid
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Dinamo Bacău won 2–0 on aggregate.


Cagliari  0–1  Carl Zeiss Jena
Stein   8'

Carl Zeiss Jena won 3–0 on aggregate.


Napoli  1–0  Stuttgart
Canzi   75'

Napoli won 1–0 on aggregate.


Newcastle United  1–0  Porto
Scott   22' (Report)
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)

Newcastle United won 1–0 on aggregate.


Arsenal  3–0  Sporting CP
Graham   43' (53)
Radford   20'
(Report)
Attendance: 35,253
Referee: Heinz Siebert (West Germany)

Arsenal won 3–0 on aggregate.


Liverpool  3 – 2  Vitória de Setúbal
Smith   60' (pen.)
Evans   88'
Hunt   90'
(Report) Wágner   23' (pen.)
Strong   56' (o.g.)
Attendance: 41,633
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Vitória de Setúbal won on the away goals rule.

Third round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht   (a) 3–3   Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 2–3
Newcastle United   (a) 1–1   Southampton 0–0 1–1
Vitória de Setúbal   1–2   Hertha BSC 1–1 0–1
Barcelona   2–3   Internazionale 1–2 1–1
Kilmarnock   1–3   Dinamo Bacău 1–1 0–2
Rouen   0–1   Arsenal 0–0 0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena   4–0   Újpest 1–0 3–0
Napoli   1–4   Ajax 1–0 0–4 (aet)

First leg edit

Napoli  1–0  Ajax
Manservisi   37'

Kilmarnock  1–1  Dinamo Bacău
Report
Attendance: 25,000

Vitória de Setúbal  1–1  Hertha BSC
Tomé   10' (Report) Horr   3'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Barcelona  1–2  Internazionale
Fusté   21' Boninsegna   9'
Bertini   34'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Second leg edit

Hertha BSC  1–0  Vitória de Setúbal
Steffenhagen   59' (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jim Finney (England)

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate.


Dinamo Bacău  2–0  Kilmarnock
  • Ene   27', 79'
Report
Attendance: 7,000

Dinamo Bacău won 3–1 on aggregate.


Internazionale  1–0  Barcelona
Boninsegna   15'
Attendance: 10,000

The game was abandoned in the 33rd minute due to low visibility and fog. It was replayed.

Internazionale  1–1  Barcelona
Boninsegna   18' Rexach   29'
Attendance: 10,000

Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.


Ajax  4–0 (a.e.t.)  Napoli
Swart   35'
Suurendonk   109', 113', 116'

The game was originally scheduled for 7 January, but was postponed due to fog in Amsterdam.

Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht   (a) 3–3   Newcastle United 2–0 1–3
Hertha BSC   1–2   Internazionale 1–0 0–2
Dinamo Bacău   1–9   Arsenal 0–2 1–7
Carl Zeiss Jena   4–6   Ajax 3–1 1–5

First leg edit

Hertha BSC  1–0  Internazionale
Horr   22'
Attendance: 40,000[5]

Dinamo Bacău  0–2  Arsenal
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Second leg edit

Internazionale  2–0  Hertha BSC
Boninsegna   47', 60' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000[6]

Internazionale won 2–1 on aggregate.


Arsenal  7–1  Dinamo Bacău
Report
Attendance: 35,342

Arsenal won 9–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht   2–1   Internazionale 0–1 2–0
Arsenal   3–1   Ajax 3–0 0–1

First leg edit

Anderlecht  0–1  Internazionale
Boninsegna   49'

Second leg edit

Internazionale  0–2  Anderlecht
Bergholtz   3', 45'
Attendance: 25,000[8]

Anderlecht won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Anderlecht   3–4   Arsenal 3–1 0–3

First leg edit

Anderlecht  3–1  Arsenal
Devrindt   25'
Mulder   30', 74'
Kennedy   82'

Second leg edit

Arsenal  3–0  Anderlecht
Kelly   25'
Radford   75'
Sammels   76'
Attendance: 51,612

Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate.

References edit

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  2. ^ "TJ Spartak Praha 0-1 Internazionale :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969/70 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Spielinfo | Hansa Rostock - Inter Mailand 2:1 | 2. Runde | Messepokal 1969/70".
  4. ^ "Internazionale 3-0 Hansa Rostock :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969/70 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Spielereignisse | Hertha BSC - Inter Mailand 1:0 | Viertelfinale | Messepokal 1969/70".
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  7. ^ "Anderlecht 0-1 Internazionale :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969/70 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Internazionale 0-2 Anderlecht :: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969/70 :: Match Events :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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