UEFA Intertoto Cup

The UEFA Intertoto Cup, often referred to as " UI - Cup", was a football competition for European club teams, which have direct qualification for the UEFA Cup just missed in the local championship season. These clubs were given the opportunity, but still participate in the UEFA Cup through the Intertoto Cup. Based on these last chance he was known colloquially as " straw - Cup ", " Consolation Cup" or " Cup of Good Hope ". The UI Cup was held in the 2008 /09 season for the last time.

Mode

From the season 2006/ 07, each of the 53 UEFA member associations was just a starting place. The square of the UEFA Should an association to withdraw its representative, was placed with another association. In the 2007 /08 season, Scotland, Norway, Liechtenstein and San Marino did not provide participants. Romania presented two participants, so that a field of 50 teams showed. There were three knockout rounds discharged on the basis of return game. In the first round played 27 clubs from the lower half of UEFA's five-year rating and a representative of Romania. The 14 winners and representatives of the 14 next highest associations came together in the 2nd round. The set of top eight organizations sent their representatives directly in the 3rd round. For these and the 14 winners of the second round eleven pairings were drawn. The winning team of the third round went into the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Cup winners from 2006 to 2008 was the one team that played the most rounds in the subsequent UEFA Cup.

National Qualifications

The team that finished table space directly behind the square for direct UEFA Cup qualification was allowed to start in the Intertoto Cup. If the appropriate team does not have registered for the competition, moved by the runners. Fulfilled a club sporting the requirements for participation in the competition, then the UEFA reserved the right to pre- license check and the team may not be allowed. Between 2005 and 2009 it came from licensing reasons to 28 exclusions from the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

History

The Intertoto Cup was a hand launched to in the summertime can offer games for the national football pools companies to on the other hand give smaller clubs the opportunity to contest international matches. The Intertoto Cup was the successor of 1967 the last time the discharged International Football Cup ( IFC) and existed until 1994 consisted of group games in which we have always had more than one winner. 1995 Intertoto Cup was hosted for the UEFA Intertoto Cup and since that time by the UEFA. In the course of the group matches have been added to the final games, in which the three winners (1995, there were only two) could qualify for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

In 1998, finally, the group phase was abolished. Since that time, the winners were in the Cup mode after five rounds with return game. A total of 61 teams per season from the European club football part. The stronger teams were set directly for the second or third round. After the fifth round were decided three winners, which qualify for the UEFA Cup.

The 1995 qualified by the UI-Cup club Girondins Bordeaux reached the final of the UEFA Cup.

On 30 November 2007, the abolition of the Intertoto Cup after the 2008 edition was approved by the UEFA. For more starting places for weaker countries to be created in the renamed UEFA Europa League UEFA Cup and played another qualifying round.

History of German teams in the UEFA Intertoto Cup

Until the 2004/05 season Germany received two, three or four starting positions. The clubs, the ( possibly nine ) of the table in the Bundesliga landed at the end of the season in sixth place, seven and eight were qualified for the Intertoto Cup. German teams went for the high placement of Germany in the UEFA five year ranking until the second or third round of the Intertoto Cup competition a. From the season 2006/ 07, each association only received a starting place for the winners of the third round, it went on in the UEFA Cup qualification.

The German participants in recent years:

Winner

In the years 2006 to 2008 that team was declared the Intertoto Cup winners, who came in the subsequent UEFA Cup competition most. The winners are therefore denoted in italics.

Wins by country from 1995

  • France (12 Siege/16 qualifications for the UEFA Cup)
  • Germany (8/ 10)
  • Spain ( 5/7)
  • England, Italy ( each 4 /6)
  • Denmark (1 /3)
  • Portugal (1 /2)
  • Austria ( 0/3)
  • Sweden, Switzerland, Romania ( 0/2)
  • Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Turkey, Cyprus ( each 0/1)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Thun 2008–09 UEFA Cup 1967 Intertoto Cup Lierse SK 1968 Intertoto Cup ADO Den Haag Odra Opole 1969 Intertoto Cup Szombierki Bytom 1970 Intertoto Cup FK Teplice MVV Maastricht 1971 Intertoto Cup Stal Mielec 1972 Intertoto Cup FC Nitra 1973 Intertoto Cup 1974 Intertoto Cup FC Spartak Trnava 1975 Intertoto Cup 1976 Intertoto Cup 1977 Intertoto Cup Halmstads BK 1978 Intertoto Cup Grazer AK 1979 Intertoto Cup 1980 Intertoto Cup 1981 Intertoto Cup Wiener Sport-Club Aarhus Gymnastikforening 1982 Intertoto Cup Lyngby Boldklub IK Brage 1983 Intertoto Cup 1984 Intertoto Cup 1985 Intertoto Cup Maccabi Haifa F.C. 1986 Intertoto Cup 1. FC Union Berlin 1987 Intertoto Cup 1988 Intertoto Cup Ikast FS 1989 Intertoto Cup FC Luzern FC Swarovski Tirol 1990 Intertoto Cup Odense Boldklub 1991 Intertoto Cup FC Lausanne-Sport 1992 Intertoto Cup Aalborg Boldspilklub 1993 Intertoto Cup Trelleborgs FF 1994 Intertoto Cup 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup En Avant de Guingamp Silkeborg IF 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup AJ Auxerre SC Bastia Olympique Lyonnais 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup Valencia CF 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup Montpellier HSC West Ham United F.C. 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup Aston Villa F.C. 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup Fulham F.C. 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup Villarreal CF 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup Newcastle United F.C. Ethnikos Achna FC 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Blackburn Rovers F.C. 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup SC Braga FC Vaslui Copa Rio (international tournament) Intercontinental Champions' Supercup Copa Interamericana Afro-Asian Club Championship Copa Iberoamericana Maghreb Champions Cup Maghreb Cup Winners Cup UNIFFAC Clubs Cup North African Cup Winners Cup Asian Cup Winners' Cup Asian Super Cup Copa Interclubes UNCAF Balkans Cup Copa de Honor Cousenier Supercopa de Campeones Intercontinentales Copa Ganadores de Copa Copa Conmebol Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Arab Cup Winners' Cup Arab Super Cup
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