Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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association football tournament defunct European football competition

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition held from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s that is considered a precursor to the UEFA Cup/Europa League.

Aliases (2)

1955–56 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ×1
Fairs Cup ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	association football tournament → defunct European football competition →
alsoKnownAs	Fairs Cup →
competitionFormat	home-and-away legs → knockout tournament →
confederation	non-UEFA European competition →
consideredPrecursorOf	UEFA Cup → UEFA Europa League →
dissolved	1971 →
eligibility	European club teams →
endYearApproximation	early 1970s →
era	mid-20th century →
finalEditionSeason	1970–71 →
finalEditionWinner	Leeds United →
firstFinalVenue	Basel NERFINISHED →
firstSeason	1955–56 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup →
governingBodyStatus	not officially recognised as UEFA competition →
inception	1955 →
lastSeason	1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup →
laterEligibility	club sides rather than city selections →
matchType	club competition →
mostSuccessfulClub	FC Barcelona →
mostSuccessfulClubTitles	3 →
notableWinner	AS Roma → Arsenal FC → Ferencvárosi TC → Leeds United → Newcastle United → Valencia CF →
notOrganisedBy	UEFA →
numberOfEditions	13 →
organisedBy	Fairs Cup Committee →
originalEligibility	teams representing cities hosting trade fairs →
purposeAtInception	promote international trade fairs through football →
recognisedByFIFA	yes →
region	Europe →
relatedCompetition	Cup Winners' Cup → European Cup →
replacedBy	UEFA Cup →
sport	football →
startYearApproximation	mid-1950s →
successor	UEFA Cup → UEFA Europa League →
trophyPlayoff	1971 play-off between Barcelona and Leeds United for permanent trophy →
trophyPlayoffWinner	FC Barcelona →
uefaOfficialStatus	not counted in official UEFA club statistics →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ("Fairs Cup") →	alsoKnownAs
English First Division 1964–65 →	continentalQualification
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ("1955–56 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup") →	firstSeason
RC Strasbourg Alsace →	hasPlayedInCompetition
Leeds United F.C. →	majorHonour
Newcastle United →	majorTrophy
European Cup Winners’ Cup →	relatedCompetition
United →	wonCompetition