Intercontinental Cup

The European/South American Cup, commonly refered to as the Intercontinental Cup, and also known as the World Club Championship or Toyota Cup, is a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Champions' League and the South American Copa Libertadores de Amrica in a match played each December at the Yokohama International Stadium, Japan. FIFA have announced that, starting in 2005, the Intercontinental Cup will be replaced by the FIFA Club World Championship.

History

The Intercontinental Cup was created by Henri Delauney as a way of determining who is the top club in the world (Europe and South America being the football world's top continents). Europe already had its European Champions Club Cup, but South America did not have a similar competition. Thus, South American Confederacin (CONMEBOL's predecessor) created a similar competition, and named it after the heroes of South American independence. The Copa Libertadores cup made the Intercontinental Cup viable. The first match-up was in 1960, between Spanish side Real Madrid and the Uruguayan club Pearol. Ever since the 1950s (and especially since the 1970s) many talented South Americans crossed the Atlantic to play for European teams, who also tend to be richer. Perhaps as a consequence, South American fans have always attached more importance to the Intercontinental Cup than their European counterparts. European teams often suffered from the eagerness of South American competitors, which could degenerate into aggressive playing. An especially traumatic event was the 1969 series between Estudiantes and Milan, which resulted in extremely harsh suspensions for many Estudiantes players. Out of concern for the integrity of players, and also because of the lack of financial incentive, several European champions declined to participate; in all cases, their runners-up took their place. The 1975 and 1978 editions were not disputed at all. The very viability of the competition came under fire until Toyota assumed the role of sponsor for the 1980 edition; no club has declined playing the Intercontinental Cup ever since.

Cup Format

From 1960 to 1979, the Intercontinental Cup was played in two legs. Between 1960 and 1968, the cup was decided on points only. Because of this format, a third match was needed when both teams were tied on points. From 1969 and onwards, the winner was determined on points and then on aggregate score and away goals. Since 1980 the cup is awarded to the winner of a single match. Up until 2000, the matches were held at Tokyo's National Stadium. Since 2001 they are held at the Yokohama International Stadium, venue of the 2002 World Cup final.

Intercontinental Cup finals

Single match finals

idth=5%|Year width=20%|Winner width=10%|Score width=20%|Runner-up width=20%|Venue
owspan=2|2004 FC Porto
(POR)
0 - 0
aet
Once Caldas
(COL)
rowspan=2|International Stadium,
Yokohama
olspan=3|8-7 in penalty shootout
owspan=2|2003 Boca Juniors
(ARG)
1 - 1
aet
AC Milan
(ITA)
rowspan=2|International Stadium,
Yokohama
olspan=3|3-1 in penalty shootout
a href="/encyclopedia/2002" title="2002">2002 Real Madrid
(ESP)
2 - 0 Olimpia Asuncin
(PAR)
International Stadium,
Yokohama
a href="/encyclopedia/2001" title="2001">2001 Bayern Munich
(GER)
1 - 0 Boca Juniors
(ARG)
International Stadium,
Yokohama
a href="/encyclopedia/2000" title="2000">2000 Boca Juniors
(ARG)
2 - 1 Real Madrid
(ESP)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1999" title="1999">1999 Manchester United
(ENG)
1 - 0 Palmeiras
(BRA)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1998" title="1998">1998 Real Madrid
(ESP)
2 - 1 Vasco da Gama
(BRA)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1997" title="1997">1997 Borussia Dortmund
(GER)
2 - 0 Cruzeiro
(BRA)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1996" title="1996">1996 Juventus
(ITA)
1 - 0 River Plate
(ARG)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
owspan=2|1995 Ajax
(NED)
0 - 0
aet
Grmio
(BRA)
rowspan=2|National Stadium,
Tokyo
olspan=3|4-3 in penalty shootout
a href="/encyclopedia/1994" title="1994">1994 Vlez Sarsfield
(ARG)
2 - 0 AC Milan
(ITA)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
owspan=2|1993 So Paulo
(BRA)
3 - 2 AC Milan
(ITA)
rowspan=2|National Stadium,
Tokyo
olspan=3|European champions Marseille (FRA) were suspended
due to a bribery scandal
a href="/encyclopedia/1992" title="1992">1992 So Paulo
(BRA)
2 - 1 Barcelona
(ESP)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1991" title="1991">1991 Red Star Belgrade
(YUG)
3 - 0 Colo-Colo
(CHI)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1990" title="1990">1990 AC Milan
(ITA)
3 - 0 Olimpia Asuncin
(PAR)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1989" title="1989">1989 AC Milan
(ITA)
1 - 0
aet
Atltico Nacional
(COL)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
owspan=2|1988 Nacional Montevideo
(URU)
2 - 2
aet
PSV Eindhoven
(NED)
rowspan=2|National Stadium,
Tokyo
olspan=3|7-6 in penalty shootout
a href="/encyclopedia/1987" title="1987">1987 FC Porto
(POR)
2 - 1
aet
Pearol
(URU)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1986" title="1986">1986 River Plate
(ARG)
1 - 0 Steaua Bucharest
(ROM)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
owspan=2|1985 Juventus
(ITA)
2 - 2
aet
Argentinos Juniors
(ARG)
rowspan=2|National Stadium,
Tokyo
olspan=3|4-2 in penalty shootout
a href="/encyclopedia/1984" title="1984">1984 Independiente
(ARG)
1 - 0 Liverpool
(ENG)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1983" title="1983">1983 Grmio
(BRA)
2 - 1
aet
Hamburger SV
(FRG)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1982" title="1982">1982 Pearol
(URU)
2 - 0 Aston Villa
(ENG)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1981" title="1981">1981 Flamengo
(BRA)
3 - 0 Liverpool
(ENG)
National Stadium,
Tokyo
a href="/encyclopedia/1980" title="1980">1980 Nacional Montevideo
(URU)
1 - 0 Nottingham Forest
(ENG)
National Stadium,
Tokyo

Two-legged finals

idth=5%|Year width=20%|Home Team width=10%|Score width=20%|Away Team width=20%|Venue
owspan=3|1979 Malm FF
(SWE)
0 - 1 Olimpia Asuncin
(PAR)
Malm Stadion,
Malm
b>Olimpia Asuncin
(PAR)
2 - 1 Malm FF
(SWE)
Defensores del Chaco,
Asuncin
olspan=3|Olimpia Asuncin won 3-1 on aggregate
Note: European champions Nottingham Forest (ENG) declined to play
owspan=2|1978 colspan="4" align="center"|NOT HELD
Liverpool (ENG) vs Boca Juniors (ARG)
olspan=4|Both teams declined to play
owspan=3|1977 Boca Juniors
(ARG)
2 - 2 Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
La Bombonera,
Buenos Aires
a href="/encyclopedia/Borussia-Mnchengladbach" title="Borussia Mnchengladbach">Borussia M'gladbach
(FRG)
0 - 3 Boca Juniors
(ARG)
Wildpark,
Karlsruhe
olspan=3|Boca Juniors won 5-2 on aggregate
Note: European champions Liverpool (ENG) declined to play
owspan=3|1976 Bayern Munich
(FRG)
2 - 0 Cruzeiro
(BRA)
Olympiastadion,
Munich
a href="/encyclopedia/Cruzeiro" title="Cruzeiro">Cruzeiro
(BRA)
0 - 0 Bayern Munich
(FRG)
Mineiro,
Belo Horizonte
olspan=3|Bayern Munich won 2-0 on aggregate
owspan=2|1975 colspan=4 align=center|NOT HELD
Bayern Munich (FRG) vs Independiente (ARG)
olspan=4|Both teams could not agree on dates to play
owspan=3|1974 Independiente
(ARG)
1 - 0 Atltico de Madrid
(ESP)
La Doble Visera,
Avellaneda
b>Atltico de Madrid
(ESP)
2 - 0 Independiente
(ARG)
Vicente Caldern,
Madrid
olspan=3|Atltico de Madrid won 2-1 on aggregate
Note: European champions Bayern Munich (FRG) declined to play
owspan=2|1973 Juventus
(ITA)
0 - 1 Independiente
(ARG)
rowspan=2|Stadio Olimpico,
Rome
olspan=3|Single match played
Note: European champions Ajax (NED) declined to play
owspan=3|1972 Independiente
(ARG)
1 - 1 Ajax
(NED)
La Doble Visera,
Avellaneda
b>Ajax
(NED)
3 - 0 Independiente
(ARG)
Olympic Stadium,
Amsterdam
olspan=3|Ajax won 4-1 on aggregate
owspan=3|1971 Panathinaikos
(GRE)
1 - 1 Nacional Montevideo
(URU)
Karaiskakis,
Athens
b>Nacional Montevideo
(URU)
2 - 1 Panathinaikos
(GRE)
Centenario Stadium,
Montevideo
olspan=3|Nacional Montevideo won 3-2 on aggregate
Note: European champions Ajax (NED) declined to play
owspan=3|1970 Estudiantes La Plata
(ARG)
2 - 2 Feyenoord
(NED)
La Bombonera,
Buenos Aires
b>Feyenoord
(NED)
1 - 0 Estudiantes La Plata
(ARG)
De Kuip,
Rotterdam
olspan=3|Feyenoord won 3-2 on aggregate
owspan=3|1969 AC Milan
(ITA)
3 - 0 Estudiantes La Plata
(ARG)
San Siro,
Milan
a href="/encyclopedia/Estudiantes-La-Plata" title="Estudiantes La Plata">Estudiantes La Plata
(ARG)
2 - 1 AC Milan
(ITA)
La Bombonera,
Buenos Aires
olspan=3|AC Milan won 4-2 on aggregate
owspan=3|1968 Estudiantes La Plata
(ARG)
1 - 0 Manchester United
(ENG)
La Bombonera,
Buenos Aires
a href="/encyclopedia/Manchester-United-F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United
(ENG)
1 - 1 Estudiantes La Plata
(ARG)
Old Trafford,
Manchester
olspan=3|Estudiantes La Plata won with 3 points
owspan=4|1967 Celtic
(SCO)
1 - 0 Racing Club
(ARG)
Hampden Park,
Glasgow
b>Racing Club
(ARG)
2 - 1 Celtic
(SCO)
El Cilindro,
Avellaneda
b>Racing Club
(ARG)
1 - 0 Celtic
(SCO)
Centenario Stadium,
Montevideo
olspan=3|Both teams tied with 2 points each
Racing Club won the decisive playoff match
owspan=3|1966 Pearol
(URU)
2 - 0 Real Madrid
(ESP)
Centenario Stadium,
Montevideo
a href="/encyclopedia/Real-Madrid" title="Real Madrid">Real Madrid
(ESP)
0 - 2 Pearol
(URU)
Santiago Bernabu,
Madrid
olspan=3|Pearol won with 4 points
owspan=3|1965 Inter Milan
(ITA)
3 - 0 Independiente
(ARG)
Giuseppe Meazza,
Milan
a href="/encyclopedia/Independiente" title="Independiente">Independiente
(ARG)
0 - 0 Inter Milan
(ITA)
La Doble Visera,
Avellaneda
olspan=3|Inter Milan won with 3 points
owspan=4|1964 Independiente
(ARG)
1 - 0 Inter Milan
(ITA)
La Doble Visera,
Avellaneda
b>Inter Milan
(ITA)
2 - 0 Independiente
(ARG)
Giuseppe Meazza,
Milan
b>Inter Milan
(ITA)
1 - 0
aet
Independiente
(ARG)
Santiago Bernabu,
Madrid
olspan=3|Both teams tied with 2 points each
Inter Milan won the decisive playoff match
owspan=4|1963 AC Milan
(ITA)
4 - 2 Santos
(BRA)
San Siro,
Milan
b>Santos
(BRA)
4 - 2 AC Milan
(ITA)
Maracan,
Rio de Janeiro
b>Santos
(BRA)
1 - 0 AC Milan
(ITA)
Maracan,
Rio de Janeiro
olspan=3|Both teams tied with 2 points each
Santos won the decisive playoff match
owspan=3|1962 Santos
(BRA)
3 - 2 Benfica
(POR)
Maracan,
Rio de Janeiro
a href="/encyclopedia/Benfica" title="Benfica">Benfica
(POR)
2 - 5 Santos
(BRA)
Estdio da Luz,
Lisbon
olspan=3|Santos won with 4 points
owspan=4|1961 Benfica
(POR)
1 - 0 Pearol
(URU)
Estdio da Luz,
Lisbon
b>Pearol
(URU)
5 - 0 Benfica
(POR)
Centenario Stadium,
Montevideo
b>Pearol
(URU)
2 - 1 Benfica
(POR)
Centenario Stadium,
Montevideo
olspan=3|Both teams tied with 2 points each
Pearol won the decisive playoff match
owspan=3|1960 Pearol
(URU)
0 - 0 Real Madrid
(ESP)
Centenario Stadium,
Montevideo
b>Real Madrid
(ESP)
5 - 1 Pearol
(URU)
Santiago Bernabu,
Madrid
olspan=3|Real Madrid won with 3 points
aet - after extra time

Overall Statistics

By Team

gcolor=#efefef width=50%|Team bgcolor=#efefef width=10%|Cups bgcolor=#efefef width=40%|Years
0px Boca Juniors 3 (2003 2000 1977)
0px AC Milan 3 (1990 1989 1969)
0px Nacional Montevideo 3 (1988 1980 1971)
0px Pearol 3 (1982 1966 1961)
0px Real Madrid 3 (2002 1998 1960)
0px Ajax 2 (1995 1972)
0px Bayern Munich 2 (2001 1976)
0px Independiente 2 (1984 1973)
0px Inter Milan 2 (1965 1964)
0px Juventus 2 (1996 1985)
0px FC Porto 2 (1987 2004)
0px Santos F.C. 2 (1963 1962)
0px So Paulo 2 (1993 1992)
0px Atltico de Madrid 1 (1974)
0px Borussia Dortmund 1 (1997)
0px Estudiantes La Plata 1 (1968)
0px Feyenoord 1 (1970)
0px Flamengo 1 (1981)
0px Grmio 1 (1983)
0px Manchester United 1 (1999)
0px Olimpia Asuncin 1 (1979)
0px Racing Club 1 (1967)
0px Red Star Belgrade 1 (1991)
0px River Plate 1 (1986)
0px Vlez Srsfield 1 (1994)

By countries

gcolor=#efefef width=23%|Country bgcolor=#efefef width=9%|Teams bgcolor=#efefef width=9%|Cups bgcolor=#efefef width=59%|Years
0px Argentina 6 9 (2003 2000 1994 1986 1984 1977 1973 1967 1968)
0px Italy 3 7 (1996 1990 1989 1985 1969 1965 1964)
0px Brazil 4 6 (1993 1992 1983 1981 1963 1962)
0px Uruguay 2 6 (1988 1982 1980 1971 1966 1961)
0px Spain 2 4 (2002 1998 1974 1960)
0px Germany 2 3 (2001 1997 1976)
0px Netherlands 2 3 (1995 1970 1972)
0px Portugal 1 2 (1987 2004)
0px Paraguay 1 1 (1979)
0px England 1 1 (1999)
0px Yugoslavia 1 1 (1991)

By Continent

gcolor=#efefef width=40%|Continent bgcolor=#efefef width=19%|Teams bgcolor=#efefef width=22%|Countries bgcolor=#efefef width=19%|Cups
0px South America 13 4 22
0px Europe 12 7 21

Coaches

Carlos Bianchi won three editions as coach: one with Vlez Srsfield in 1994, and 2 with Boca Juniors in 2000 and 2003. Luis Cubilla and Juan Mugica, 2 Uruguayans won cups both as a player and coaching:

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