Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the predecessor to the UEFA Cup was founded on April 18, 1955, exactly two weeks after the creation of the European Champion Clubs' Cup. The first Fairs Cup participation of teams from Barcelona, Basel, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Lausanne, Leipzig, London, Milan and Zagreb. Initially, the tournament lasted three years, with matches timed to coincide with the Trade Fair. Barcelona, using players exclusively from FC Barcelona, beat the London representative side 8-2 in the final. For the second tournament organizers returned to the club participation, but these groups are still coming from the cities of the fairs. Sixteen clubs took part in the 1958-60 tournament, after which it was put on an annual basis. By 1962 the number of participants grew to 32, there are now more than 100. In the first years of its existence, the team from southern Europe dominated, in particular, Barcelona, which won three times, and Valencia CF, who won it twice. In 1968, Leeds United AFC became the first northern European club to win the trophy, heralding a run of six consecutive victories of the English clubs.
Italian clubs took control in the 1990's. Since SSC Napoli's victory in 1989, Italian sides have won the UEFA Cup eight times in eleven seasons with FC Internazionale victory it three times before Galatasaray SK claimed that it is Turkey's first European club prize in 2000. With the exception of 1964 and 1965, the final was, as in previous rounds, always a two-legged, case. Format changed for ever in 1998 when Inter beat SS Lazio 3-0 in the Parc des Princes in Paris. Inter, Juventus and Liverpool share the record of three UEFA Cup final successes apiece. Sevilla FC, however, is catching up after their victory in 2006 and 2007 - .The Uefa trophy which weighs 15 kg made of silver on a yellow marble plinth, was designed and created by working Bertoni in Milan in the 1972 final at an estimated costs of € 23000. You can watch All UEFA cup gamestoday online freeat the link below. Login here If you Like to
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