Intercontinental Cup (football) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Intercontinental Cup
European/South American Cup
Toyota Cup

Organising body	UEFA CONMEBOL
Founded	1960
Abolished	2004
Region	Europe South America
Number of teams	2
Related competitions	UEFA Champions League Copa Libertadores
Last champions	Porto (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Boca Juniors Milan Nacional Peñarol Real Madrid (3 titles each)

The Intercontinental Cup was an international football competition. It was approved by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL). Teams from these confederations played against each other. It was usually the winners of the UEFA Champions League against the South American Copa Libertadores winners. It ran from 1960 to 2004. The FIFA Club World Cup replaced it. These cups ran at the same time from 2000 to 2004. The Intercontinal Cup was also known as European/South American Cup, or the Toyota Cup from 1980 to 2004. This was because they had an agreement with the car maker Toyota.

Between 1960 and 1979, the competition was two matches between the same teams. There was a playoff if the teams were level until 1968. After this date, there were penalty kicks instead. During the 1970s, the European teams were unsure about playing due to events in the 1969 final. Some European Cup-winning teams did not play. From 1980, the competition was a single match. The teams played in Japan. The sponsor was the multinational car maker Toyota. It gave a second trophy called the Toyota Cup. The organisation of the competition was then done by the Japan Football Association. UEFA and CONMEBOL continued to approve of the tournament.

The first winner of the cup was Spanish team Real Madrid. They beat Peñarol of Uruguay in 1960. The last winner was Portuguese team Porto. They beat Colombian team Once Caldas in a penalty shoot-out in 2004. The competition ended in 2004. It merged with the FIFA Club World Cup in 2005.

Trophy

The competition trophy has the words "Coupe Européenne-Sudamericaine" ("European-South American Cup") at the top. At the bottom of the trophy, there is the round logo of UEFA and a map of South America in a circle.

During the sponsorship by Toyota, the competition gave a second trophy called the "Toyota Cup".

Results

Year	Country	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Country	Venue	Location	Refs
1960	ESP	Real Madrid	0–0	Peñarol	URU	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
			5–1			Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid, Spain
1961	URU	Peñarol	0–1	Benfica	POR	Estádio da Luz	Lisbon, Portugal
			5–0			Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
			‡2–1‡				Montevideo, Uruguay
1962	BRA	Santos	3–2	Benfica	POR	Estádio do Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
			5–2			Estádio da Luz	Lisbon, Portugal
1963	BRA	Santos	2–4	Milan	ITA	San Siro	Milan, Italy
			4–2			Estádio do Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
			‡1–0‡
1964	ITA	Internazionale	0–1	Independiente	ARG	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda, Argentina
			2–0			San Siro	Milan, Italy
			‡1–0 (aet)‡			Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid, Spain
1965	ITA	Internazionale	3–0	Independiente	ARG	San Siro	Milan, Italy
			0–0			La Doble Visera	Avellaneda, Argentina
1966	URU	Peñarol	2–0	Real Madrid	ESP	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
			2–0			Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid, Spain
1967	ARG	Racing	0–1	Celtic	SCO	Hampden Park	Glasgow, Scotland
			2–1			El Cilindro	Avellaneda, Argentina
			‡1–0‡			Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
1968	ARG	Estudiantes	1–0	Manchester United	ENG	Estadio Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
			1–1			Old Trafford	Manchester, England
1969	ITA	Milan	3–0	Estudiantes	ARG	San Siro	Milan, Italy
			1–2			Estadio Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
1970	NED	Feyenoord	2–2	Estudiantes	ARG	Estadio Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
			1–0			De Kuip	Rotterdam, Netherlands
1971	URU	Nacional	1–1	Panathinaikos#1	GRE	Karaiskakis Stadium	Piraeus, Greece
			2–1		GRE	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
1972	NED	Ajax	1–1	Independiente	ARG	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda, Argentina
			3–0			Olympic Stadium	Amsterdam, Netherlands
1973	ARG	Independiente	1–0	Juventus#2	ITA	Stadio Olimpico	Rome, Italy
	Second leg was not played. Independiente declared winner.
1974	ESP	Atlético Madrid#3	0–1	Independiente	ARG	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda, Argentina
			2–0			Estadio Vicente Calderón	Madrid, Spain
	1975	Bayern Munich and Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play.
1976	FRG	Bayern Munich	2–0	Cruzeiro	BRA	Olympiastadion	Munich, West Germany
			0–0			Mineirão	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1977	ARG	Boca Juniors	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach#4	FRG	Estadio Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires, Argentina
			3–0			Wildparkstadion	Karlsruhe, West Germany
	1978	Liverpool and Boca Juniors declined to play each other.
1979	PAR	Olimpia	1–0	Malmö FF#5	SWE	Malmö Stadion	Malmö, Sweden
			2–1			Defensores del Chaco	Asunción, Paraguay
1980	URU	Nacional	1–0	Nottingham Forest	ENG	National Stadium	Tokyo, Japan
1981	BRA	Flamengo	3–0	Liverpool
1982	URU	Peñarol	2–0	Aston Villa
1983	BRA	Grêmio	2–1 (aet)	Hamburger SV	FRG
1984	ARG	Independiente	1–0	Liverpool	ENG
1985	ITA	Juventus	2–2 (aet) (4–2 p)	Argentinos Juniors	ARG
1986	ARG	River Plate	1–0	Steaua București	ROU
1987	POR	Porto	2–1 (aet)	Peñarol	URU
1988	URU	Nacional	2–2 (aet) (7–6 p)	PSV Eindhoven	NED
1989	ITA	Milan	1–0 (aet)	Atlético Nacional	COL
1990	ITA	Milan	3–0	Olimpia	PAR
1991	YUG	Red Star Belgrade	3–0	Colo-Colo	CHI
1992	BRA	São Paulo	2–1	Barcelona	ESP
1993	BRA	São Paulo	3–2	Milan#6	ITA
1994	ARG	Vélez Sársfield	2–0	Milan
1995	NED	Ajax	0–0 (aet) (4–3 p)	Grêmio	BRA
1996	ITA	Juventus	1–0	River Plate	ARG
1997	GER	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Cruzeiro	BRA
1998	ESP	Real Madrid	2–1	Vasco da Gama
1999	ENG	Manchester United	1–0	Palmeiras
2000	ARG	Boca Juniors	2–1	Real Madrid	ESP
2001	GER	Bayern Munich	1–0 (aet)	Boca Juniors	ARG
2002	ESP	Real Madrid	2–0	Olimpia	PAR	International Stadium	Yokohama, Japan
2003	ARG	Boca Juniors	1–1 (aet) (3–1 p)	Milan	ITA
2004	POR	Porto	0–0 (aet) (8–7 p)	Once Caldas	COL

• After the events of the 1969 Intercontinental Cup, many European Cup Champions refused to play in the Intercontinental Cup.
• ^#1 1970–71 European Cup finalists Panathinaikos replaced the champions Ajax who declined to participate.
• ^#2 1972–73 European Cup finalists Juventus replaced the champions Ajax who declined to contest the meeting in South America, officially for financial reasons.
• ^#3 1973–74 European Cup finalists Atlético Madrid replaced the champions Bayern Munich who declined to participate.
• ^#4 1976–77 European Cup finalists Borussia Mönchengladbach replaced the champions Liverpool who declined to participate.
• ^#5 1978–79 European Cup finalists Malmö FF replaced the champions Nottingham Forest who declined to participate.
• ^#6 1992–93 Champions League finalists Milan replaced the champions Marseille who were suspended due to a match fixing and bribery scandal.

Performances

The performance of various clubs is shown in the following tables:

Performance by club

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

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

Coaches

• Carlos Bianchi won three times as a coach: once with Vélez Sársfield in 1994, and twice with Boca Juniors in 2000 and 2003.
• Luis Cubilla and Juan Mujica won cups both as players and coaches:
  • Luis Cubilla (played for Peñarol in 1961 and for Nacional in 1971, then coached Olimpia in 1979)
  • Juan Mujica (played for Nacional in 1971, and coached it in 1980)

Players

• Alessandro Costacurta and Paolo Maldini played five times in the competition, all with Milan (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2003).
• Estudiantes (1968, 1969 and 1970) and Independiente (1972, 1973 and 1974) played in three consecutive years. A few players in those teams played in all three, including Carlos Bilardo and Juan Ramón Verón.

All-time top scorers

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).
  • In 1963, he scored two goals in one match (against Milan).
• Only six players scored at least three goals in the Intercontinental Cup.

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

• 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

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.

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

Images for kids

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  Some of the rough moments in the 1968 edition, between Manchester United and Estudiantes LP in Old Trafford, José Medina (covering his face), being sent off after a fight with George Best

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  A moment of the Feyenoord v Estudiantes match, 9 Sep 1970

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  Dutch team Ajax won the 1972 series v. Argentine club Independiente

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  Daniel Bertoni (left) and Ricardo Bochini with the Intercontinental trophy won in 1973 v Juventus

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  Argentine Boca Juniors played West German Borussia Mönchengladbach after European champions Liverpool declined to participate in the 1977 edition. In the image, José Luis Salinas carrying the ball

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  Waldemar Victorino shoting during the 1980 edition, Nacional (winner) v Nottingham Forest, which was the first held in Japan

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  Argentine Independiente celebrating their victory over Liverpool in 1984

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  Omar Asad (left) and José Luis Chilavert with the trophy after Vélez Sarsfield defeated Milan in 1994

See also

In Spanish: Copa Intercontinental para niños