Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)

{{short description|International association football tournament for clubs}}

{{Other uses|Intercontinental Cup (disambiguation){{!}}Intercontinental Cup}}

{{Infobox football tournament

| name = Intercontinental Cup

| image = Intercontinental cup.png

| imagesize = 100

| caption = The trophy given to the winners

| organiser = UEFA
CONMEBOL

| founded = 1960

| abolished = 2004

| region = Europe and
South America
(1960–2004)
Japan (1980–2004)

| number of teams = 2

| domestic cup =

| confed cup =

| current champions = {{fbaicon|POR}} Porto
(2nd title)

| most successful club = {{fbaicon|URU}} Peñarol
{{fbaicon|URU}} Nacional
{{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan
{{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid
{{fbaicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors
(3 titles each)

}}

The Intercontinental Cup, officially the European/South American Cup and known from 1980 as the Toyota Cup for sponsorship reasons,{{efn|From 1980 to 2004, when played in Japan, the competition was known as the Toyota European/South American Cup ({{langx|ja|トヨタヨーロッパ/サウスアメリカカップ}}) due to sponsorship from Toyota. This was often shortened to Toyota Cup ({{langx|ja|トヨタカップ}}).}} was an international football competition endorsed by UEFA (Europe) and CONMEBOL (South America),{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/ucl/2010/e/e_01_md.pdf|title=Legend – UEFA club competition|work=Union des Associations Européennes de Football|page=99|year=2009|access-date=23 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111044406/http://www.uefa.com/printoutfiles/competitions/ucl/2010/e/e_01_md.pdf|archive-date=11 January 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|language=es|url=http://www.conmebol.com/books/Repasando%20la%20Historia/Repasando%20la%20Historia.html|title=Competencias oficiales de la CONMEBOL|work=Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol|pages=99, 107|year=2011|access-date=23 August 2014|archive-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519215740/http://www.conmebol.com/books/Repasando%20la%20Historia/Repasando%20la%20Historia.html|url-status=live}} contested between representative clubs from these confederations, usually the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores. It ran from 1960 to 2004, when it was succeeded by the FIFA Club World Cup, although they both ran concurrently in 2000.

From its formation in 1960 to 1979, the competition was as a two-legged tie, with a play-off if necessary until 1968, and penalty kicks later. During the 1970s, European participation in the Intercontinental Cup became a running question due to controversial events in the 1969 match,{{cite news|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1969/intro.html|title=1969: Milan prevail in tough contest|publisher=Union des Associations Européennes de Football|date=22 October 1969|access-date=21 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226061327/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season%3D1969/intro.html|archive-date=26 December 2015}} and some European Cup-winning teams withdrew.Risolo, Don (2010). [https://books.google.com/books?id=sEh7A0arS8kC&dq=intercontinental+cup+-+liverpool+refused+to+play&pg=PA109 Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326185813/https://books.google.com/books?id=sEh7A0arS8kC&dq=intercontinental+cup+-+liverpool+refused+to+play&pg=PA109 |date=26 March 2023 }} p.109. U of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 29 February 2012. From 1980, the competition was rebranded and contested as a single match played in Japan, regarded neutral territory for both contestants, and sponsored by multinational automaker Toyota, which offered a secondary trophy, the Toyota Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/01/15/71/66/fcwc2012_kit.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922125213/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/01/15/71/66/fcwc2012_kit.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2014|title=FIFA Club World Cup 2012 – Statistical Kit|page=9|work=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|date=6 November 2012|access-date=21 November 2012}} At that point, the Japan Football Association was involved at a logistical level as host,{{cite news|language=pt|url=https://pt.uefa.com/news-media/news/01ed-0f86123f3e5e-5d191fc4d62a-1000--rede-do-futebol-mundial/|title=Rede do futebol mundial|author=Union of European Football Associations|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128172943/https://pt.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/history/news/newsid%3D1587395.html?redirectFromOrg=true|url-status=live}} though it continued to be endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL.{{cite news|url=http://conmebol.com/es/19082015-1742/las-competiciones-oficiales-de-la-conmebol|title=Las competiciones oficiales de la CONMEBOL|quote=Official competitions are those recognised as valid by an organisation and not only organised by it, in fact Conmebol includes in its list of official competitions the Club World Cup that is fully organised by FIFA.|publisher=CONMEBOL|access-date=4 June 2019|archive-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822193022/http://conmebol.com/es/19082015-1742/las-competiciones-oficiales-de-la-conmebol|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50051--real-madrid/|title=Real Madrid CF|publisher=UEFA|access-date=13 March 2014|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707120950/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50051/profile/index.html|url-status=live}}

The first winner of the cup was Spanish side Real Madrid, who beat Peñarol of Uruguay in 1960. The last winner was Portuguese side Porto, defeating Colombian side Once Caldas in a penalty shoot-out in 2004. The competition ended in 2004. Since 2017, past Intercontinental Cup winners have been recognised by FIFA as club world champions.

History

=Beginnings=

According to Brazilian newspaper Tribuna de Imprensa in 1958, the idea for the Intercontinental Cup rose in 1958 in a conversation between the then president of the Brazilian FA João Havelange and French journalist Jacques Goddet.{{Cite web |url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=154083_01&pasta=ano%20195&pesq=cetro%20mundial |title=Tribuna de Imprensa, ed. 2675, p. 8, 23 October 1958. In Portuguese. |access-date=15 August 2016 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806102448/http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=154083_01&pasta=ano%20195&pesq=cetro%20mundial |url-status=live }} The first mention of the creation of the Intercontinental Cup and the Copa Libertadores was published by Brazilian and Spanish newspapers on 9 October 1958, referring to Havelange's announcement of the project to create such competitions, which he uttered during a UEFA meeting he attended as an invitee.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1958/07/25/pagina-4/637161/pdf.html?search=|title=Edición del $dateTool.format('EEEE d MMMM yyyy', $document.date), Página $document.page – Hemeroteca|website=hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184544/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1958/07/25/pagina-4/637161/pdf.html?search=|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1958/10/09/058.html|title=ABC (Madrid) – 09/10/1958, p. 58 – ABC.es Hemeroteca|website=ABC|date=8 August 2019|location=Spain|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191048/http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1958/10/09/058.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19581009&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR|title=Jornal do Brasil – Pesquisa de arquivos de notícias Google|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-date=1 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801204924/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19581009&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19581009-25595-nac-0019-999-19-not/busca/Mundial+Clubes|title=O Estado de S. Paulo – Acervo Estadão|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=27 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027052824/http://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19581009-25595-nac-0019-999-19-not/busca/Mundial+Clubes|url-status=live}} Prior to this announcement, the reigning European champions, Real Madrid, played just one intercontinental club competition, the 1957 Tournoi de Paris (they also played the 1956 Pequeña Copa, but scheduled their participation in it before becoming European champions).{{cite web|url=http://leyendablanca.galeon.com/|title=Real Madrid, la leyenda blanca|website=leyendablanca.galeon.com|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=6 September 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906052902/http://leyendablanca.galeon.com/|url-status=live}} According to a video record of the highlights of the final match of the 1957 Tournoi de Paris, a video published by Journal Les Actualités Françaises on 19 June 1957,{{cite web | url=https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/afe86003572/journal-les-actualites-francaises-emission-du-19-juin-1957 | title=Journal les Actualités Françaises : émission du 19 juin 1957 | INA | access-date=18 July 2023 | archive-date=17 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117132015/https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/afe86003572/journal-les-actualites-francaises-emission-du-19-juin-1957 | url-status=live }} that match, held between Real Madrid and Vasco da Gama, was the first match ever dubbed as "the best team of Europe vs. the best team of South America", as Madrid was the European champions and Vasco was the "Brazilian" (in fact, Rio de Janeiro) champions,The 1957 match was held amidst a CR Vasco da Gama's European trip, in which the Brazilian club, then reigning Rio de Janeiro champions (1956 league), was often presented to the European audience as being the Brazilian champion, since then there existed neither a national championship in Brazil, nor the Torneio Rio – São Paulo had been played in 1956.{{cite web|url=http://www.casaca.com.br/home/2012/06/14/ha-55-anos-o-vasco-conquistava-o-i-torneio-de-paris/.|title=CR Vasco da Gama's supporters' site "Casaca": "Há 55 anos o Vasco conquistava o I Torneio de Paris".|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=22 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422074919/http://www.casaca.com.br/home/2012/06/14/ha-55-anos-o-vasco-conquistava-o-i-torneio-de-paris/|url-status=live}} having this match been held at Parc des Princes, then managed by Jacques Goddet; moreover, the 1957 Paris match was the only defeat of Real Madrid to a non-European side since becoming European champions in 1956 and prior to the Intercontinental Cup in 1960, having Madrid's then-president Santiago Bernabéu been one of the instigators of the Intercontinental Cup (see below); for these reasons, some sources have claimed that the 1957 match and the 1958 FIFA World Cup Brazilian victory have influenced the Europeans on the importance of South American football, and thus the idea in 1958 for the creation of the Intercontinental Cup{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/vasco/noticia/2012/06/dario-lembra-vitoria-do-vasco-sobre-real-em-1957-nao-ha-clube-igual.html|title=Dario lembra vitória do Vasco sobre Real, em 1957: 'Não há clube igual'|date=14 June 2012|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205070051/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/vasco/noticia/2012/06/dario-lembra-vitoria-do-vasco-sobre-real-em-1957-nao-ha-clube-igual.html|url-status=live}} (the Madrid team declined to participate in the 1958 Paris Tournoi for it was held just 5 days before the final of the 1957/1958 European Cup).{{Cite web |url=http://acervo.folha.com.br/resultados/buscade_talhada/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&fsp=on&fdm=1&fdn=1&all_words=Real+Madri+Paris+Vasco+1957&phrase=&words=&without_words=&initial_date=&final_date=&date%5Bday%5D=&date%5Bmonth%5D=&date%5Byear%5D=&group_id=0&theme_id=0&commit.x=29&commit.y=19&commit=Enviar |title=Brazilian newspaper Folha da Manhã, 21/may/1958, pag. 13. |access-date=15 August 2020 |archive-date=30 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930123005/http://acervo.folha.com.br/resultados/buscade_talhada/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&fsp=on&fdm=1&fdn=1&all_words=Real+Madri+Paris+Vasco+1957&phrase=&words=&without_words=&initial_date=&final_date=&date%5Bday%5D=&date%5Bmonth%5D=&date%5Byear%5D=&group_id=0&theme_id=0&commit.x=29&commit.y=19&commit=Enviar |url-status=live }} The Madrid-Vasco 1957 match was described as "being like a club world cup match" by the Brazilian press,{{Cite web |url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=112518_02&pasta=ano%20195&pesq=mundial%20de%20clubes |title=Jornal dos Sports, Rio de Janeiro newspaper, ed. 8526, 18 June 1957, page 8, on Vasco da Gama's victory over Real Madrid at the 1957 Tournoi de Paris. |access-date=9 March 2017 |archive-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823075138/http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=112518_02&pasta=ano%20195&pesq=mundial%20de%20clubes |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/DocReader.aspx?bib=154083_01&PagFis=122&Pesq=Real%20Madri |title=Tribuna da Imprensa, Rio de Janeiro newspaper, 14 June 1957, ed. 2264, on the Vasco da Gama Vs. Real Madrid CF match for the 1957 Tournoi de Paris, citing Real Madrid as current European Champions and Vasco da Gama as the current Rio de Janeiro champions. |access-date=9 March 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031708/http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/DocReader.aspx?bib=154083_01&PagFis=122&Pesq=Real%20Madri |url-status=live }} as was a June 1959 friendly between Real Madrid and Torneio Rio – São Paulo champions Santos, which Real Madrid won 5–3.{{cite web|url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=386030&pasta=ano+195&pesq=Santos+e+Real+Madrid|title=Ultima Hora (RJ) – 1951 a 1984 – DocReader Web|website=memoria.bn.br|access-date=21 May 2018|archive-date=21 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521193038/http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=386030&pasta=ano+195&pesq=Santos+e+Real+Madrid|url-status=live}}

Created in 1960 at the initiative of the European confederation (UEFA), with CONMEBOL's support, the European/South American Cup, known also as the Intercontinental Cup, was contested by the holders of the European Champion Clubs' Cup and the winners of its newly established South American equivalent, the Copa Libertadores. The competition was not endorsed by FIFA,{{cite web|url=https://pt.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/01/59/87/45/1598745_DOWNLOAD.pdf|title=UEFA Direct, nº 105, 2011, page 15. Access on 04/Feb/2013.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604145649/http://pt.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/01/59/87/45/1598745_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-date=4 June 2013|url-status=live}} and in 1961 FIFA refused to allow it to take place unless the participants gave it a "private friendly match" status.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1961/06/03/pagina-2/1384381/pdf.html|title=Edición del Saturday 3 June 1961, Página 2 – Hemeroteca|website=hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-date=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126145043/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1961/06/03/pagina-2/1384381/pdf.html|url-status=live}} However, the competition went on regardless, with the endorsement of UEFA and CONMEBOL, both of whom include every edition of the competition in their records.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/50051--real-madrid/|title=Real Madrid – UEFA|last=uefa.com|publisher=UEFA|access-date=13 March 2014|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707120950/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=50051/profile/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/copa-libertadores-america-25746 |title=¿Qué es la Copa Libertadores de América? |trans-title=What is the Copa Libertadore de América? |publisher=Historia y Fútbol |date=2 September 2007 |access-date=18 May 2010 |first=Jose |last=Carluccio |language=es |archive-date=2 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002023006/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/copa-libertadores-america-25746 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=4735/news/newsid=95645.html |title=Goodbye Toyota Cup, hello FIFA Club World Championship |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430044241/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D107/edition%3D4735/news/newsid%3D95645.html |archive-date=30 April 2011 }} It was the brainchild of UEFA president Henri Delaunay, who also helped Jules Rimet in the realisation of the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2010/12/post.html |title=World Club Cup deserves respect |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328212809/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2010/12/post.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2002/020329_copa30.shtml |title=World Club Cup deserves respect |work=British Broadcasting Corporation Brasil |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=pt |archive-date=30 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530182623/http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2002/020329_copa30.shtml |url-status=live }} Initially played over two legs, with a third match if required in the early years (when goal difference did not count), the competition had a rather turbulent existence. The first winners of the competition were Spanish club Real Madrid. Real Madrid managed to hold Uruguayan side Peñarol 0–0 in Montevideo and trounce the South Americans 5–1 in Madrid to win.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512284.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201032323/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512284.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 December 2007 |title=Intercontinental Cup 1960 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub60.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1960 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910103445/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub60.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/Club/1193040475224/PalmaresTotal/Palmares.htm |title=Trofeos de Fútbol |publisher=Real Madrid CF |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091003154110/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/Club/1193040475224/PalmaresTotal/Palmares.htm |archive-date=3 October 2009 }}

After Real Madrid's victory in the first Intercontinental Cup, Barcelona newspaper Mundo Deportivo hailed the Madrid team as the first world champion club; although they pointed out that the competition "did not include Africans, Asians and other countries part to FIFA", they also expressed doubt that these regions presented football of the same quality as Europe and South America.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1960/09/05/pagina-3/1384556/pdf.html|title=Edición del Monday 5 September 1960, Página 3 – Hemeroteca|website=hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com|access-date=4 January 2016|archive-date=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126141145/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1960/09/05/pagina-3/1384556/pdf.html|url-status=live}} The Spaniards titled themselves world champions until FIFA stepped in and objected; citing that the competition did not grant the right to attempt participation to any other champions from outside Europe and South America, FIFA stated that they can only claim to be intercontinental champions of a competition played between two continental organisations{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1979/06/08/pagina-2/1055660/pdf.html?search=copa|title=La Copa Intercontinental, un perro sin amo|work=Mundo Deportivo|access-date=2 July 2010|language=es|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328020419/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1979/06/08/pagina-2/1055660/pdf.html?search=copa|url-status=live}} (in contrast to the Intercontinental Cup, the right to attempt participation at the FIFA World Cup, through FIFA invitation in 1930 and qualification process since 1934, was open to every FIFA member-country, regardless of the continent where it was located). Peñarol would appear again the following year and come out victorious after beating Portuguese club Benfica on the play-off; after a 1–0 win by the Europeans in Lisbon and a 5–0 trashing by the South Americans, a play-off at the Estadio Centenario saw the home side squeeze a 2–1 win to become the first South American side to win the competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514912.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091247/http://fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514912.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2007 |title=Intercontinental Cup 1960 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub61.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1961 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910121113/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub61.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.peñarol.org/uc_100_1.html |title=Palmarés: Resumen de títulos oficiales del Club Atlético Peñarol |work=Club Atlético Peñarol |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018050235/http://www.xn--pearol-xwa.org/uc_100_1.html |archive-date=18 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}

In 1962 the tournament grew more in worldwide attention after it was swept through the sublime football of a Santos team led by Pelé, considered by some the best club team of all times.{{cite book |last=Cunha |first=Odir |title=Time dos Sonhos |trans-title=Dream Teams |year=2003 |publisher=Códex |isbn=85-7594-020-1 |language=pt }} Os Santásticos, also known as O Balé Branco ("The White Ballet"), which dazzled the world during that time and containing stars such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, and Pepe, won the title after defeating Benfica 3–2 in Rio de Janeiro and thrashing the Europeans 2–5 in their Estádio da Luz.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512321.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302082530/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512321.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 March 2008 |title=Intercontinental Cups 1962 and 1963 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub62.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1962 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909140234/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub62.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.santosfc.com.br/historia/default.asp?id=18033&c=Hist%F3ria&st=T%EDtulos |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913112005/http://www.santosfc.com.br/historia/default.asp?id=18033&c=Hist%F3ria&st=T%EDtulos |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Títulos |publisher=Santos FC |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=pt }} Santos would successfully defend the title in 1963 after being pushed all the way by Milan. After each side won 4–2 at their respective home legs, a play-off match at the Maracanã saw Santos keep the title after a tight 1–0 victory.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub63.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1963 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930105741/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/intconclub63.html |url-status=live }} The competition attracted the interest of other continents. The North and Central American confederation, CONCACAF, was created, among other reasons, to attempt the participation of North and Central American clubs in the Copa Libertadores, and thus in the Intercontinental Cup.{{cite web |url=https://pt.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/01/59/87/45/1598745_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=European Commissioner visits UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604145649/http://pt.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/01/59/87/45/1598745_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=4 June 2013 |url-status=live }} Milan's fierce rivals, Inter Milan, would go on to win the 1964 and 1965 Intercontinental Cups, beating Argentine club Independiente on both occasions, in 1964 after a play-off match won at Santiago Bernabéu in extra time with a goal from Mario Corso, becoming the first European team to win two times in a row the competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512096.html |title=Intercontinental Cups 1964 and 1965 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212151955/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D512096.html |archive-date=12 February 2009 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub64.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1964 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602185311/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub64.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub65.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1965 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=2 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602185317/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub65.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/palmares/vitt?L=it&IDV=22 |title=Palmares: PRIMA COPPA INTERCONTINENTALE – 1964 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=it |archive-date=17 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617050829/http://www.inter.it/aas/palmares/vitt?L=it&IDV=22 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/palmares/vitt?L=it&IDV=23 |title=Palmares: SECONDA COPPA INTERCONTINENTALE – 1965 |publisher=FC Internazionale Milano |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=it |archive-date=17 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617050959/http://www.inter.it/aas/palmares/vitt?L=it&IDV=23 |url-status=dead }} Peñarol gained revenge for their loss in 1960 by crushing Real Madrid 4–0 in aggregate in 1966.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514924.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091252/http://fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514924.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2007 |title=Intercontinental Cups 1966 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub66.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1966 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910103446/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub66.html |url-status=live }}

=Rioplatense violence=

However, as a result of the violence often practised in the Copa Libertadores by Argentine and Uruguayan clubs during the 1960s,{{cite web |url=http://www.campeoesdofutebol.com.br/libertadores_historia.html |title=História da Libertadores |work=Campeones do Futebol |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=pt |archive-date=15 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615140247/http://www.campeoesdofutebol.com.br/libertadores_historia.html |url-status=live }} disagreements with CONMEBOL, the lack of financial incentives and the violent, brutal and controversial way the Brazilian national team was treated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup by European teams, Brazilian football—including its club sides—declined to participate in international competitions in the late 1960s, including the Copa Libertadores and consequently the Intercontinental Cup. During this time, the competition became dogged by foul play.{{cite web |url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/index.html |title=European-South American Cup |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208213557/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/index.html |archive-date=8 December 2013 }} Calendar problems, acts of brutality, even on the pitch, and boycotts tarnished its image, to the point of bringing into question the wisdom of organising it at all.

The 1967 games between Argentina's Racing Club and Scotland's Celtic were violent affairs, with the third decisive game being dubbed "The Battle of Montevideo" after three players from the Scottish side and two from the Argentine side were sent off. A fourth Celtic player was also dismissed near the end of the game, but amid the chaos he got away with staying on.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512264.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306222952/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512264.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2008 |title=Intercontinental Cup 1967 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub67.html |title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1967 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=10 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910121112/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub67.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.racingclub.com.ar/palmares/copa-intercontinental-1967/ |title=Copa Intercontinental 1967 |work=Racing Club de Avellaneda |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=1 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201195340/http://www.racingclub.com.ar/palmares/copa-intercontinental-1967/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/brian+belton/the+battle+of+montevideo/6023862/ |title=The Battle of Montevideo: Celtic Under Siege |work=Waterstones |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=7 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607094741/http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/brian+belton/the+battle+of+montevideo/6023862/ |url-status=live }}

File:Tato medina agredido.jpg

The following season, Argentine side Estudiantes de La Plata faced England's Manchester United in which the return leg saw Estudiantes come out on top of a bad-tempered series.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512037.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1968 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106142458/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D512037.html |archive-date=6 November 2012 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub68.html |title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1968 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909140234/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub68.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.edelpoficial.com.ar/portal/club/titulos.mfw |title=Titulos |work=Club Estudiantes de La Plata |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423114721/http://www.edelpoficial.com.ar/portal/club/titulos.mfw |archive-date=23 April 2012 |url-status=dead }} But it was the events of 1969 which damaged the competition's integrity.

File:Nestor Combin 1969.jpeg's Néstor Combin was left bloodied and unconscious after a brutal series against Estudiantes de La Plata in 1969]]

{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=853334&sec=global&root=global&cc=5901 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125040650/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=853334&sec=global&root=global&cc=5901 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 January 2013 |title=Estudiantes leave their mark |work=Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Football Club |access-date=2 July 2010 }} After a 3–0 win at San Siro, Milan went to Buenos Aires to play Estudiantes at La Bombonera.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512172.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1969 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124074911/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D512172.html |archive-date=24 January 2010 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub69.html |title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1969 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817094925/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub69.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.acmilan.com/it/club/palmares/ci1969 |title=Coppa Intercontinentale 1969 |work=Associazione Calcio Milan |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=it |archive-date=27 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127182402/http://www.acmilan.com/it/club/palmares/ci1969 |url-status=live }} Estudiantes' players booted balls at the Milan team as they warmed up and hot coffee was poured on the Italians as they emerged from the tunnel by Estudiantes' fans. Estudiantes resorted to inflicting elbows and allegedly even needles at the Milanese team in order to intimidate them. Pierino Prati was knocked unconscious and continued for a further 20 minutes despite suffering from a mild concussion. Estudiantes goalkeeper Alberto Poletti also punched Gianni Rivera, but the most vicious treatment was reserved for Néstor Combin, an Argentinean-born striker, who had faced accusations of being a traitor as he was on the opposite side of the intercontinental match.{{cite web |url=http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/milan_estudiantes_1969.html |title=Coppa Intercontinentale 1969: Estudiantes-Milan, sfida selvaggia |work=Storie di Calcio |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=it |archive-date=12 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912204510/http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/milan_estudiantes_1969.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.futbolprimera.es/2009/02/10/partidos-inolvidables-estudiantes-milan-final-intercontinental-19691970 |title=Partidos inolvidables: Estudiantes – Milan (Final Intercontinental 1969/1970) |work=Fútbol Primera |date=10 February 2009 |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=25 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225094132/http://www.futbolprimera.es/2009/02/10/partidos-inolvidables-estudiantes-milan-final-intercontinental-19691970/ |url-status=live }}

Combin was kicked in the face by Poletti and later had his nose and cheekbone broken by the elbow of Ramón Aguirre Suárez. Bloodied and broken, Combin was asked to return to the pitch by the referee but fainted. While unconscious, Combin was arrested by Argentine police on a charge of draft dodging, having not undertaken military service in the country. The player was forced to spend a night in the cells, eventually being released after explaining he had fulfilled national service requirements as a French citizen. Estudiantes won the game 2–1 but Milan took the title on aggregate.

Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport dubbed it "Ninety minutes of a man-hunt". The Argentinean press responded with "The English were right" – a reference to Alf Ramsey's famous description of the Argentina national football team as "animals" during the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The Argentinean Football Association (AFA), under heavy international pressure, took stern action. Argentina's president, military dictator Juan Carlos Onganía, summoned Estudiantes delegate Oscar Ferrari and demanded "the severest appropriate measures in defence of the good name of the national sport. [It was a] lamentable spectacle which breached most norms of sporting ethics". Poletti was banned from the sport for life, Suárez was banned for 30 games, and Eduardo Manera for 20 with the former and latter serving a month in jail.

=Degradation=

Due to the brutality in the 1967 match, FIFA was called into providing penalties and regulating the tournament. However, FIFA stated that it could not stipulate regulations in a competition that it did not organise. Though the competition was endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, René Courte, FIFA's General Sub-Secretary, wrote an article shortly afterwards (1967) stating that FIFA viewed the competition as a "European-South American friendly match".{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1967/03/16/pagina-8/931136/pdf.html?search=Intercontinental |title=La FIFA rehuye el bulto |trans-title=FIFA shuns the bulge |page=8 |work=Mundo Deportivo |format=PDF |date=25 November 1967 |access-date=6 March 2013 |language=es |archive-date=6 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106193755/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1967/03/16/pagina-8/931136/pdf.html?search=Intercontinental |url-status=live }} Courte's statement was endorsed by then-FIFA president Sir Stanley Rous, who then stated that FIFA saw the Intercontinental Cup as a friendly match.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1967/11/03/pagina-6/936416/pdf.html|title=Edición del Friday 3 November 1967, Página 6 – Hemeroteca|website=hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213536/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1967/11/03/pagina-6/936416/pdf.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19671106&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR|title=The Glasgow Herald – Pesquisa de arquivos de notícias Google|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315151420/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19671106&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,ricerche/Itemid,3/|title=La Stampa – Consultazione Archivio|website=archiviolastampa.it|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-date=15 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215143232/http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,ricerche/Itemid,3/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=12 August 2019|title=ABC Madrid 03-11-1967|url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19671103-97.html|access-date=10 July 2021|website=abc.es|page=97|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224145830/https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19671103-97.html|url-status=live}} After these controversial statements, Madrid newspaper ABC then pointed out that, though the Intercontinental Cup was not endorsed by FIFA, it was endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, therefore being an "intercontinental jurisdiction" cup.{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1967/11/08/087.html|title=ABC (Madrid) – 08/11/1967, p. 87 – ABC.es Hemeroteca|website=ABC|date=12 August 2019|location=Spain|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094627/http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1967/11/08/087.html|url-status=live}} However, with the AFC and CONCACAF club competitions in place, FIFA opened the idea of supervising the Intercontinental Cup if it included those confederations, which was met with a negative response from its participating confederations, UEFA and CONMEBOL. According to Rous, CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation had requested in 1967 to participate in the Intercontinental Cup, which was rejected by UEFA and CONMEBOL. In 1970, the FIFA Executive Committee gathering put forward, unsuccessfully, a proposal for the expansion of the Intercontinental Cup into a Club World Cup with representative clubs of every existing continental confederation.{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1967/11/01/pagina-4/931628/pdf.html?search=intercontinental%20fifa |title=La Copa Intercontinental de futbol debe ser oficial |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182443/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1967/11/01/pagina-4/931628/pdf.html?search=intercontinental%20fifa |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1967/03/16/pagina-8/931136/pdf.html?search=Intercontinental |title=La FIFA rehuye el bulto |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=6 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106193755/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1967/03/16/pagina-8/931136/pdf.html?search=Intercontinental |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1966/07/27/pagina-6/936416/pdf.html?search=intercontinental |title=La FIFA, no controla la Intercontinental |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=6 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106195240/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1966/07/27/pagina-6/936416/pdf.html?search=intercontinental |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1969/07/25/pagina-10/966431/pdf.html?search= |title=El proyecto de Copa del Mundo se discutira en Méjico |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044324/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1969/07/25/pagina-10/966431/pdf.html?search= |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1970/01/08/pagina-13/949785/pdf.html?search=Copa |title=¿Nueva Copa Intercontinental? |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195258/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1970/01/08/pagina-13/949785/pdf.html?search=Copa |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1970/01/08/pagina-13/949785/pdf.html?search=Copa |title=La Copa del Mundo Inter-clubs se amplia |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195258/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1970/01/08/pagina-13/949785/pdf.html?search=Copa |url-status=live }} Nevertheless, some European champions started to decline participation in the tournament after the events of 1969.

File:Feijenoord tegen Estudiantes 1-0 Feijenoord wint World beker Kindvall probeert, Bestanddeelnr 923-8309.jpg

Estudiantes would face Dutch side Feyenoord the following season, which saw the Dutch side victorious. Oscar Malbernat ripped off Joop van Daele's glasses and trampled on them claiming that he was "not allowed to play with glasses".{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512045.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1970 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209100426/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D512045.html |archive-date=9 December 2008 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub70.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1970 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909140235/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub70.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1970/intro.html|title=1970: Feyenoord unfazed by Estudiantes|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=2 March 1980|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044325/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1970/intro.html|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/s1/10010000037178-999-10010000000003.aspx |title=Feyenoord viert veertigjarig jubileum winst Wereldbeker |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911154733/http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/s1/10010000037178-999-10010000000003.aspx |archive-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead }} Dutch side Ajax, European champions of 1971, would decline to face Uruguay's Nacional due to violence in previous matches, which resulted in European Cup runners-up, Greek side Panathinaikos, participating.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512202.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1971 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625133802/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D512202.html |archive-date=25 June 2012 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub71.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1971 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909140237/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub71.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nacional.com.uy/mvdcms/uc_3394_1.html |title=Copa Intercontinental 1971 |work=Club Nacional de Football |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=20 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220045450/http://www.nacional.com.uy/mvdcms/uc_3394_1.html |url-status=live }} Ajax fears about Nacional's brutal game were confirmed. In the first game in Athens, Uruguayan striker Julio Morales broke the leg of Yiannis Tomaras with a brutal blow. According to the Greek press of the time, the sound of the fracture was heard up to the stands. The Greek defender collapsed on the ground and was transported unconscious out of the field. The medical diagnosis was a fracture of the tibia and fibula, an injury that effectively ended his career.{{cite web|title=Όταν ο Παναθηναϊκός έγινε... παγκόσμιος (pics & video)!|url=https://agones.gr/news/22067/otan_o_panathinaikos_egine_pagkosmios_pics_amp_video|access-date=24 February 2021|website=agones.gr|language=el}} Nacional won the series 3–2 on aggregate.{{cite web |url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1971/intro.html |title=1971: Artime puts paid to Panathinaikos |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044407/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1971/intro.html |archive-date=12 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}

File:Ajax llevando la copa.jpg won the 1972 series v Argentine club Independiente]]

Ajax participated in 1972 against Independiente.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=510713.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1972 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622003141/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D510713.html |archive-date=22 June 2010 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub72.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1972 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815033402/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub72.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ajax.nl/De-Club/Erelijst-1.htm |title=Erelijst |work=Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115021953/http://www.ajax.nl/De-Club/Erelijst-1.htm |archive-date=15 November 2010 }} The team's arrival at Buenos Aires was extremely hostile: Johan Cruyff received several death threats from Independiente's local fan firms.{{cite web |url=http://footballjourney1.blogspot.com/2009/07/super-cup-was-last-trophy-ajax-won-in.html |title=The Super Cup was the last trophy Ajax... |work=Football Journey |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=3 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503041827/http://footballjourney1.blogspot.com/2009/07/super-cup-was-last-trophy-ajax-won-in.html |url-status=live }} Due to the indifference from the Argentine police, Ajax manager Ştefan Kovács appointed an organised emergency security detail for the Nederlandse meester, headed by himself and team member Barry Hulshoff, described as a big and burly man. In the first leg, Cruyff opened the scoring in Avellaneda at the 5th minute. As a result, Dante Mircoli retaliated with a vicious tackle a couple of minutes later; Cruyff was too injured to continue and the Dutch team found themselves being assaulted with tackles and punches. Kovács had to convince his team to play on during half-time as his players wanted to withdraw. Ajax squeezed a 1–1 tie and followed up with a 3–0 trounce in Amsterdam to win the Cup.{{Cite news|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1970/intro.html|title=1972: Cruyff comes good for Ajax|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=2 March 1980|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044325/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1970/intro.html|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}} Although Ajax were the defending champions, they again declined to participate in the 1973 Intercontinental Cup after Independiente won the Copa Libertadores again, leaving it to Juventus, European Cup runners-up, to play a single-match final won by the Argentines.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512084.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1973 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306222942/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D512084.html |archive-date=6 March 2008 }}{{Cite news|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1973/intro.html|title=1973: Independiente resist Juve challenge|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=2 March 1980|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044446/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season%3D1973/intro.html|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}}

File:Bertoni bochini copa.jpg

Also in 1973, French newspaper L'Équipe, which helped to bring about the birth of the European Cup, volunteered to sponsor a Club World Cup contested by the champions of Europe, South America, North and Central America, and Africa, the only continental club tournaments in existence at the time; the competition was to potentially take place in Paris between September and October 1974 with an eventual final to be held at the Parc des Princes.{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1979/11/22/pagina-15/1003523/pdf.html?search=copa |title=Europa ha desvalorizado la Copa Intercontinental |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195417/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1979/11/22/pagina-15/1003523/pdf.html?search=copa |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/240459.pdf |title=European Cup: 50 Years |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909224415/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/240459.pdf |archive-date=9 September 2008 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1973/11/29/pagina-13/1002908/pdf.html?search=concacaf |title=Una ide para los cinco campeones de cada continente |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193827/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1973/11/29/pagina-13/1002908/pdf.html?search=concacaf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1968/01/06/pagina-4/989608/pdf.html?search= |title=Una copa mundial de clubs con los campeones de Europa, África, Sudamérica y América Central |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044522/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1968/01/06/pagina-4/989608/pdf.html?search= |url-status=live }} The proposal, supported by CONMEBOL, was dismissed due to the negativity of the Europeans. In 1974, João Havelange was elected president of FIFA, having made the proposal, among others, of creating a multicontinental Club World Cup. In 1975, L'Équipe once again made its 1973 proposal, again to no avail.

West German club Bayern Munich also declined to play in 1974 as Independiente again qualified to participate.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=510737.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1974 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204133633/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D510737.html |archive-date=4 December 2009 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub74.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1974 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127044939/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub74.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.clubatleticodemadrid.com/Web/gestion/museo/trofeos.htm |title=Sala de Trofeos |work=Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626233334/http://www.clubatleticodemadrid.com/Web/gestion/museo/trofeos.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1974/intro.html|title=1974: Aragonés brings joy to Atlético|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=2 March 1980|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044523/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1974/intro.html|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}} European Cup runners-up Atlético Madrid from Spain won the competition 2–1 on aggregate. Once again, Independiente qualified to participate in 1975; this time, both finalists of the European Cup declined to participate and the competition was not played.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html |title=Intercontinental Cup |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812151601/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html |url-status=live }} That same year, L'Équipe tried, once again, to create a Club World Cup, in which the participants would have been: the four semifinalists of the European Cup, both finalists of the Copa Libertadores, as well as the African and Asian champions. However, UEFA declined once again and the proposal failed.{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1973/11/29/pagina-13/1002908/pdf.html?search=concacaf |title=Una idea para los cinco campeones de cada continente |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193827/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1973/11/29/pagina-13/1002908/pdf.html?search=concacaf |url-status=live }}

In 1976, when Brazilian side Cruzeiro won the Copa Libertadores, the European champions Bayern Munich willingly participated, with the Bavarians winning 2–0 on aggregate. In an interview with Jornal do Brasil, Bayern's manager Dettmar Cramer denied that Bayern's refusal to dispute the 1974 and 1975 Intercontinental Cups were a result of the rivals being Argentine teams. He claimed it was a scheduling impossibility, rather, which kept the Germans from participating. He also stated that the competition was not economically rewarding due to the team's fan base's disinterest in the Cup. To cover the costs of playing the first leg in Munich's Olympiastadion, the organisers needed to have a minimum of 25,000 spectators. However, due to heavy snow and cold weather, only 18,000 showed up. Because of this deficit, Cramer stated that if Bayern were to win the European Cup again, they would decline to participate as it held no assurances of income, and that a friendly match, as the one Bayern Munich had scheduled in Tel Aviv, would have been more financially rewarding to them.{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19761222&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR |title=Taça não interessa mais aos alemães (page 20) |work=Jornal do Brasil |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=pt |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117040042/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19761222&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR |url-status=live }}

File:Salinas v borussia.jpg after European champions Liverpool declined to participate in the 1977 edition. In the image, José Luis Salinas carrying the ball]]

Argentine side Boca Juniors qualified for the 1977 and 1978 matches, for which the European champions, English club Liverpool, declined to participate on both occasions. In 1977, Boca Juniors defeated European Cup runners-up, German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, 5–2 on aggregate.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=510893.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1977 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530233900/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D510893.html |archive-date=30 May 2009 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub77.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1977 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909140236/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub77.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/el-club/titulos#1977_intercontinental |title=El Club: Titulos |work=Club Atlético Boca Juniors |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608184737/http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/el-club/titulos#1977_intercontinental |archive-date=8 June 2010 }}{{Cite news|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1977/intro.html|title=1977: Boca Juniors brush aside Mönchengladbach|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=2 March 1980|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044642/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1977/intro.html|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}} Boca Juniors declined to face Belgian club Brugge in 1978 leaving that year's competition undisputed. Paraguay's Olimpia won the 1979 match against European Cup runners-up, Swedish side Malmö FF, after winning both legs.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514900.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1979 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023221452/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D514900.html |archive-date=23 October 2012 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub79.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1979 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406072111/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub79.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1979/intro.html|title=1979: Club Olimpia overpower Malmö|publisher=Union des Associations Européennes de Football|date=2 March 1980|access-date=17 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112044718/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/eusa/history/season=1979/intro.html|archive-date=12 January 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=514900.html|title=Intercontinental Cup 1979|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|access-date=17 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023221452/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D514900.html|archive-date=23 October 2012}} However, the competition had greatly declined in prestige. After the 0–1 win of the South Americans in the first leg at Malmö, which saw fewer than 5,000 Swedish fans turn up, Mundo Deportivo called the Cup "a dog without an owner".

{{Quote box|align=right|width=30%|quote=The truth is that the Intercontinental Cup is an adventitious competition without foundation.{{clarify|This seems to be a literal translation from Spanish that means nothing in English.|date=July 2018}} It has no known owner, it depends on a strange consensus and the interested clubs are not tempted to risk much for so little money, as evidenced by the attendance at the game in Malmö, played, of course, in absence of this year's champion, Nottingham Forest, by the Swedish team, finalist in one of the most boring and worst games played to cap off the European Cup since 1956.|source=Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo|quoted=yes}}

According to Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, the deal for the establishment of the Interamerican Cup was made in 1968 by CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, and established that the Interamerican Cup champion club would be entitled to represent the American continent in the Intercontinental Cup.{{Cite web |url=http://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19681010-28682-nac-0028-999-28-not/busca/campe%C3%B5es+Norte+America |title=Brazilian newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, 10/10/1968, page.28 |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-date=27 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027052824/http://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19681010-28682-nac-0028-999-28-not/busca/campe%C3%B5es+Norte+America |url-status=live }} According to the Mexican newspapers, after winning the 1977 and 1980 Interamerican Cup tournaments, Mexican clubs América and PUMAS Unam, and the Mexican Football Association, demanded, unsuccessfully, to participate in the Intercontinental Cup, either by representing the American continent against the European champions or by creating a UEFA-CONMEBOL-CONCACAF tournament.[http://hemeroteca.informador.com.mx/ Mexican neswspaper El Informador, 14 and 16 April 1978, referring to Club America's claim to participate in the Intercontinental Cup.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506002334/http://hemeroteca.informador.com.mx/ |date=6 May 2016 }}[http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Skins/ElSiglo/Client.asp?Skin=ElSiglo&enter=true&AppName=2 Mexican newspaper El Siglo de Torréon. Archive. "Los Pumas Por La Copa Concacaf-EUFA" (15/May/1981, page 13).][http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Skins/ElSiglo/Client.asp?Skin=ElSiglo&enter=true&AppName=2 Mexican newspaper El Siglo de Torréon. Archive. "Mediocridad existente en el futbol del area de Concacaf." (29/August/1980, page 11).]

=Rebirth in Japan=

File:Intercontinental cup logo.jpg

Seeing the deterioration of the Intercontinental Cup, Japanese motor corporation Toyota took the competition under its wing, and created contractual obligations to have the Intercontinental Cup played in Japan once a year, with every club participating being obliged to participate or face legal consequences. This modern format breathed new air into the competition which saw a new trophy handed out along with the Intercontinental Cup, the Toyota Cup.

In order to protect themselves against the possibility of European withdrawals, Toyota, UEFA and every European Cup participant signed annual contracts requiring the eventual winners of the European Cup to participate in the Intercontinental Cup – this was added as a condition to those UEFA stipulated for clubs to participate in the European Cup – or face an international lawsuit from UEFA and Toyota. Barcelona, the winners of the 1991–92 European Cup, considered not participating in the Intercontinental Cup in 1992, and the aforementioned contractual obligation weighed in for their decision to play.{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1992/12/29/pagina-8/1259619/pdf.html?search=Intercontinental |title=La negociación será difícil |trans-title=Negotiations will be difficult |page=8 |last1=Aguilar |first1=Francesc |work=Mundo Deportivo |format=PDF |date=18 September 1992 |access-date=6 March 2013 |language=es |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061302/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1992/12/29/pagina-8/1259619/pdf.html?search=Intercontinental |url-status=live }}

File:Nacional v nottingham forest 1981.jpg (winner) v Nottingham Forest, which was the first held in Japan]]

The first Toyota Cup was held in 1980, which saw Uruguay's Nacional triumph over Nottingham Forest. The 1980s saw a domination by South American sides as Brazil's Flamengo and Grêmio, Uruguay's Nacional and Peñarol, Argentina's Independiente and River Plate take the spoils once each after Nacional's victory in 1980. Only Juventus, Porto and Milan managed to bring the trophy back to Europe.

In that decade, the English Football Association attempted to organise a Club World Cup sponsored by promoting company West Nally, only to be shot down by UEFA.{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1983/04/20/pagina-20/1441398/pdf.html?search=mundial |title=La Copa Intercontinental el 11-D en Tokio: No habra una Copa Mundial de Clubes |work=Mundo Deportivo |access-date=2 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=15 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215121537/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1983/04/20/pagina-20/1441398/pdf.html?search=mundial |url-status=live }}

The 1990s proved to be a decade dominated by European teams, as Milan, Red Star Belgrade, Ajax, Juventus, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and newcomers Borussia Dortmund of Germany were fuelled to victory by their economic powers and heavy poaching of South American stars. Only three titles went to South America, as São Paulo and Argentina's Vélez Sársfield came out the winners, each of them defeating Milan, with São Paulo's inaugural win being over Barcelona.

The 2000s would see Boca Juniors win the competition twice for South America, while European victories came from Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Porto.

The 2004 Intercontinental Cup proved to be the last one, as the competition was merged with the FIFA Club World Cup.

International participation

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All the winning teams from Intercontinental Cup were regarded as de facto "world club champions".{{cite journal|date=April 2004 – May 2005|title=FIFA Club World Championship TOYOTA Cup: Solidarity – the name of the game|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/68/21/16//activityreport2005en.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=FIFA Activity Report 2005|location=Zurich|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|page=60|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011001522/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/68/21/16//activityreport2005en.pdf|archive-date=11 October 2012|access-date=17 December 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=4735/news/newsid=95645.html |title=Goodbye Toyota Cup, hello FIFA Club World Championship |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=10 December 2004 |access-date=24 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430044241/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D107/edition%3D4735/news/newsid%3D95645.html |archive-date=30 April 2011 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=4735/news/newsid=99481.html |title=Ten tips on the planet's top club tournament |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=28 July 2005 |access-date=28 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430044223/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D107/edition%3D4735/news/newsid%3D99481.html |archive-date=30 April 2011 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=4735/news/newsid=101662.html |title=We are the champions |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=1 December 2005 |access-date=28 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430044235/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D107/edition%3D4735/news/newsid%3D101662.html |archive-date=30 April 2011 }} According to some texts on FIFA.com, due to the superiority at sporting level of the European and South American clubs to the rest of the world, reflected earlier in the tournament for national teams, the winning clubs of the Intercontinental Cup were named world champions and can claim to be symbolic World champions,{{cite web|date=December 2005|title=We are the Champions|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2005/m=12/news=are-the-champions-101662.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208150054/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2005/m=12/news=are-the-champions-101662.html|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=4 February 2013|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|quote=[...] clubs that have been named world champions [...]}}{{cite web|date=December 2005|title=Ten things you never knew|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2005/m=12/news=ten-things-you-never-knew-101851.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163148/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2005/m=12/news=ten-things-you-never-knew-101851.html|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=15 December 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|quote=Among this year's six representatives, Brazil's Sao Paulo are the only team that can claim to have been world champions.}} in a "symbolic" club world championship,{{cite web|date=10 December 2004|title=Goodbye Toyota Cup, hello FIFA Club World Championship|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2004/m=12/news=goodbye-toyota-cup-hello-fifa-club-world-championship-95645.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127072722/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2004/m=12/news=goodbye-toyota-cup-hello-fifa-club-world-championship-95645.html|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=8 March 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|quote=With the passage of time, it became apparent that it was unrealistic to continue to confer the symbolic title of "Club World Champion" on the basis of a single match between the European and South American champions.}} while the FIFA Club World Cup would have another dimension,{{cite web|date=10 December 2004|title=Goodbye Toyota Cup, hello FIFA Club World Championship|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2004/m=12/news=goodbye-toyota-cup-hello-fifa-club-world-championship-95645.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127072722/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2004/m=12/news=goodbye-toyota-cup-hello-fifa-club-world-championship-95645.html|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=8 March 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|quote=As of 2005, the Toyota Cup, traditionally a one-off match between the champions of Europe and South America, will take on a whole new dimension when it becomes the FIFA Club World Championship, disputed by the champion clubs from all six continents.}} as the "true" world club showdown,{{cite web|date=28 July 2005|title=Japan welcomes the world with open arms|url=http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2005/news/index%2Cpage%3D13.htmx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407142155/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2005/news/index%2Cpage%3D13.htmx|archive-date=7 April 2014|access-date=31 December 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|quote=Brought up watching the annual Europe-South America clash, Japanese fans are counting the days to the kick off of the true world club showdown.}}{{cite web|date=10 December 2004|title=Goodbye Toyota Cup, hello FIFA Club World Championship|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2004/m=12/news=goodbye-toyota-cup-hello-fifa-club-world-championship-95645.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127072722/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2004/m=12/news=goodbye-toyota-cup-hello-fifa-club-world-championship-95645.html|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=live|access-date=8 March 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|quote=According to the new format, which enters into force in 2005, once again in Japan, the respective winners of the six "champions cups" of each confederation will qualify for the FIFA Club World Championship. "I am convinced that this is the best formula for everyone", argues Michel Platini, a FIFA Executive Committee member and former Toyota Cup winner from 1985. "It won't make the clubs' trips any longer, but by playing an extra game, the club crowned this time will be true world champions" continued the former Juventus playmaker.}}{{cite web|date=28 July 2005|title=Continental champions prepare for Tokyo draw|url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2005/m=7/news=continental-champions-prepare-for-tokyo-draw-99485.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204172446/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2005/m=7/news=continental-champions-prepare-for-tokyo-draw-99485.html|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=8 March 2015|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|quote=Initially a one-off contest between the champions of South America and Europe, the Toyota Cup, which superseded the Intercontinental Cup in 1980, has been revamped by FIFA to reach out to all confederations and associations across the globe so the winners may truly be regarded as the best club side in the world.}} created because, with the passage of time and the development of football outside Europe and South America, it had become "unrealistic" to continue to confer the symbolic title of world champion upon the winners of the Intercontinental Cup,[https://web.archive.org/web/20160127072722/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2004/m=12/news=goodbye-toyota-cup-hello-fifa-club-world-championship-95645.html Goodbye Toyota Cup, hello FIFA Club World Championship, FIFA.com. Accessed on 10 December 2004. Accessed on 08/03/2015: With the passage of time, it became apparent that it was unrealistic to continue to confer the symbolic title of "club world champion" on the basis of a single match between the European and South American champions.] the idea to expand it being mentioned for the first time in 1967 by Stanley Rous as CONCACAF and the AFC had established their continental club competitions and requested the participation, an expansion that was to occur only in 2000 through the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. Nevertheless, some European champions started to decline participation in the tournament after the events of 1969. Though "symbolic" or de facto as a club world championship, the Intercontinental Cup has always been an official title at interconfederation level, with both UEFA and CONMEBOL having always considered all editions of the competition as part of their honours.

FIFA recognition

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Throughout the history of football, various attempts have been made to organise a tournament that identifies "the best club team in the world" – such as the Football World Championship, the Lipton Trophy, the Copa Rio, the Pequeña Copa del Mundo and the International Soccer League– due to FIFA's lack of interest or inability to organise club competitions,{{cite web|url=http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2004-uefa-50-years-european-cup.pdf|title=50 years of the European Cup|date=October 2004|work=Union des Associations Européennes de Football|pages=7–9|access-date=15 December 2011|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507123910/https://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2004-uefa-50-years-european-cup.pdf|url-status=dead}} – the Intercontinental Cup is considered by FIFA as the predecessor{{cite journal|date=April 2004 – May 2005|title=FIFA Club World Championship TOYOTA Cup: Solidarity – the name of the game|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/68/21/16//activityreport2005en.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=FIFA Activity Report 2005|location=Zurich|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|page=62|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011001522/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/68/21/16//activityreport2005en.pdf|archive-date=11 October 2012|access-date=17 December 2012}} to the FIFA Club World Cup, which was held for the first time in 2000.

On 27 October 2017, the FIFA Council, while not promoting statistical unification between the Intercontinental Cup and the Club World Cup, in respect to the history of the two tournaments{{cite web|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215063613/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2017|title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: Statistical Kit FIFA|pages=15, 40, 41, 42}} (which merged in 2005),{{cite journal|date=April 2004 – May 2005|title=FIFA Club World Championship TOYOTA Cup: Solidarity – the name of the game|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/68/21/16//activityreport2005en.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=FIFA Activity Report 2005|location=Zurich|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|page=60|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011001522/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/68/21/16//activityreport2005en.pdf|archive-date=11 October 2012|access-date=17 December 2012}} has made official (de jure) the world title of the Intercontinental Cup, recognising all the winners as club world champions,"While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup (merged with FIFA Club World Cup in 2005), FIFA is the only organisation with worldwide jurisdiction over continental confederations and, then, the only one that can confer a title on that level, ergo the title assigned by FIFA (with Official Documents issued after the Council decision) to the winners of the Intercontinental Cup is legally a FIFA world title." cfr. {{cite web|title=FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/19a43d5f3a4c750b/original/vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx-pdf.pdf|page=19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206042201/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/19a43d5f3a4c750b/original/vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx-pdf.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2021|url-status=live}} cfr.For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organised by FIFA or any confederation. Representative teams are usually national teams but also club teams that represent a confederation in the interconfederal competitions or a member association in a continental competition cfr. {{cite web|title=FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/19a43d5f3a4c750b/original/vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx-pdf.pdf|page=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206042201/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/19a43d5f3a4c750b/original/vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx-pdf.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2021|url-status=live}} cfr. {{cite web|date=10 December 2018|title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2d5d33a48d2c98ce/original/mkbo3nwk4btahl9gwtwl-pdf.pdf|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809010005/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2d5d33a48d2c98ce/original/mkbo3nwk4btahl9gwtwl-pdf.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2021|url-status=live}} cfr. {{cite web|title=2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations|url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/55/82/79/2558279_DOWNLOAD.pdf|page=10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512114219/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/55/82/79/2558279_DOWNLOAD.pdf|archive-date=12 May 2018|url-status=dead}}FIFA in its statute recognises as official all competitions organised by itself and by the continental confederations; indeed, on its website, it calls the competitions played under its auspices simply "FIFA Tournaments". cfr. {{cite web|author=FIFA|date=April 2016|title=FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/19a43d5f3a4c750b/original/vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx-pdf.pdf|page=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206042201/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/19a43d5f3a4c750b/original/vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx-pdf.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2021|url-status=live}} cfr. {{cite news|author=FIFA.COM|title=Fifa tournaments|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/|access-date=6 June 2020|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410070150/https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/fifa-council/media-releases/fifa-council-approves-key-organisational-elements-of-the-fifa-world-cu-2917722|access-date=7 July 2021|website=FIFA.com}}{{cite web|title=FIFA acepta propuesta de CONMEBOL de reconocer títulos de copa intercontinental como mundiales de clubes|url=http://www.conmebol.com/es/fifa-acepta-propuesta-de-conembol-de-reconocer-titulos-de-copa-intercontinental-como-mundiales-de|date=29 October 2017|publisher=conmebol.com|language=es|access-date=19 March 2019|archive-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318172257/http://conmebol.com/es/fifa-acepta-propuesta-de-conembol-de-reconocer-titulos-de-copa-intercontinental-como-mundiales-de|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2d5d33a48d2c98ce/original/mkbo3nwk4btahl9gwtwl-pdf.pdf|date=10 December 2018|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809010005/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2d5d33a48d2c98ce/original/mkbo3nwk4btahl9gwtwl-pdf.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Campo|first=Carlo|title=FIFA recognises all winners of Intercontinental Cup as club world champions|url=https://www.thescore.com/epl/news/1408193|access-date=7 July 2021|website=theScore.com|date=27 October 2017 }}{{cite web|date=27 October 2017|title=FIFA declares Man United '99 world champs|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/manchester-united/story/3246638/man-united-retrospectively-declared-1999-world-club-champions-by-fifa|access-date=7 July 2021|website=ESPN.com|archive-date=23 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223081357/https://www.espn.com/soccer/manchester-united/story/3246638/man-united-retrospectively-declared-1999-world-club-champions-by-fifa|url-status=live}} with the same title of the FIFA Club World Cup winners, or "FIFA Club World Champions".“While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup (merged with FIFA Club World Cup in 2005), the title was conferred from the world federation (with Official Documents issued after the Council decision) so it is legally a FIFA world title" cfr. {{cite web|title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/105e5661ec9f3acb/original/gqfp3nkwm0zh8ra3xgyi-pdf.pdf|page=12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717232059/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/105e5661ec9f3acb/original/gqfp3nkwm0zh8ra3xgyi-pdf.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2021|url-status=live}} cfr.{{cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2d5d33a48d2c98ce/original/mkbo3nwk4btahl9gwtwl-pdf.pdf|title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit|date=10 December 2018|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809010005/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2d5d33a48d2c98ce/original/mkbo3nwk4btahl9gwtwl-pdf.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2017/12/1-0-sixth-club-world-cup|title=Real Madrid! Sixth Club World Cup!|work=Realmadrid.com|access-date=12 September 2019|archive-date=28 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828095959/https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2017/12/1-0-sixth-club-world-cup|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.it/2017/10/28/fifa-decisione-storica-albo-oro-mondiale-per-club-va-riscritto/|title=Historical decision, register Club World Cup is rewritten.|work=Foxsports.it|language=Italian|access-date=12 September 2019|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062252/https://www.foxsports.it/2017/10/28/fifa-decisione-storica-albo-oro-mondiale-per-club-va-riscritto/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/es/noticias/la-fifa-reconocio-a-los-ganadores-de-la-intercontinental/i72nwrb7zcnp12ymz0v9trinu|title=La FIFA reconoció a los ganadores de la Intercontinental como campeones mundiales|work=Goal.com|language=Spanish|access-date=12 September 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527024938/https://www.goal.com/es/noticias/la-fifa-reconocio-a-los-ganadores-de-la-intercontinental/i72nwrb7zcnp12ymz0v9trinu|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Yoesting|first=Travis|title=Pelé Just Won A Club World Championship|url=https://the18.com/soccer-news/club-world-champions-intercontinental-cup|access-date=7 July 2021|website=The18}}

FIFA recognises the Intercontinental Cup as the sole direct predecessor of the Club World Cup, and the champions of both competitions are the only ones uncontroversially officially recognised by FIFA as Club World Champions, as seen in the FIFA Club World Cup Statistical Kit, the official document of FIFA's club competition.

Trophy

The competition trophy bears the words "Coupe Européenne-Sudamericaine" ("European-South American Cup") at the top. At the base 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 awarded an additional trophy, entitled "Toyota Cup", usually given to the winning team's vice-captain.

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, the same format used by CONMEBOL to determine the winner of the Copa Libertadores final through 1987. Because of this format, a third match was needed when both teams were equal on points. Commonly this match was host by the continent where the last game of the series was played. From 1969 through 1979, the competition adopted the European standard method of aggregate score, with away goals.

Starting in 1980, the final became a single match. Up until 2001, the matches were held at Tokyo's National Stadium. Finals since 2002 were held at the Yokohama International Stadium, also the venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup final.

Results

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From 1960 to 1967 the winner was defined by points (2 per win, 1 per draw), with a third match if necessary.
From 1968 to 1979, the winner was defined by goal difference, with no play-off held.
From 1980 to 2004, the cup was played as a single match in neutral venue.

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{{color box|#D0F0C0|border=silver}} Play-off result
{{color box|#FCFDC9|border=silver}} Aggregate score
{{color box|#BAF5FA|border=silver}} Defined on penalty shoot-out

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Year ! Winners ! 1st. leg ! 2nd. leg ! {{tooltip\|Play-off/ Agg.\|Play-off match (if necessary) – since 1968, it was defined by average goal}} ! Runners-up ! Venue (1st leg) ! City (1st leg) ! Venue (2nd leg) ! City (2nd leg) ! Venue (Play-off) ! City (Play-off)
class="wikitable sortable"
1960	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Real Madrid	style="text-align:center"\| 0–0	style="text-align:center"\| 5–1	style="text-align:center"\| –	{{flagicon\|URU}} Peñarol	Centenario	Montevideo	Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1961	{{flagicon\|URU}} Peñarol	style="text-align:center"\| 0–1	style="text-align:center"\| 5–0	style="text-align:center;background:#d0f0c0"\| 2–1	{{flagicon\|POR}} Benfica	Estádio da Luz	Lisbon	Centenario	Montevideo	Centenario	Montevideo
1962	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1960}} Santos	style="text-align:center"\| 3–2	style="text-align:center"\| 5–2	style="text-align:center"\| –	{{flagicon\|POR}} Benfica	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro	Estádio da Luz	Lisbon	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1963	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1960}} Santos	style="text-align:center"\| 2–4	style="text-align:center"\| 4–2	style="text-align:center;background:#d0f0c0"\| 1–0	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Milan	San Siro	Milan	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro
1964	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Inter Milan	style="text-align:center"\| 0–1	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	style="text-align:center;background:#d0f0c0"\| 1–0 (a.e.t.)	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Independiente	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda	San Siro	Milan	Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid
1965	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Inter Milan	style="text-align:center"\| 3–0	style="text-align:center"\| 0–0	style="text-align:center"\| –	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Independiente	San Siro	Milan	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1966	{{flagicon\|URU}} Peñarol	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	style="text-align:center"\| –	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Real Madrid	Centenario	Montevideo	Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1967	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Racing	style="text-align:center"\| 0–1	style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	style="text-align:center;background:#d0f0c0"\| 1–0	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Celtic	Hampden Park	Glasgow	El Cilindro	Avellaneda	Centenario	Montevideo
1968	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Estudiantes	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	style="text-align:center"\| 1–1	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 2–1	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Manchester United	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires	Old Trafford	Manchester	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1969	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Milan	style="text-align:center"\| 3–0	style="text-align:center"\| 1–2	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 4–2	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Estudiantes	San Siro	Milan	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1970	{{flagicon\|NED}} Feyenoord	style="text-align:center"\| 2–2	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 3–2	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Estudiantes	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires	De Kuip	Rotterdam	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1971	{{flagicon\|URU}} Nacional	style="text-align:center"\| 1–1	style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 3–2	{{flagicon\|GRE\|1970}} Panathinaikos	Karaiskakis	Piraeus	Centenario	Montevideo	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1972	{{flagicon\|NED}} Ajax	style="text-align:center"\| 1–1	style="text-align:center"\| 3–0	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 4–1	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Independiente	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda	Olympic Stadium	Amsterdam	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1973	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Independiente	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Juventus	Olimpico	Rome	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1974	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Atlético Madrid	style="text-align:center"\| 0–1	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 2–1	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Independiente	La Doble Visera	Avellaneda	Vicente Calderón	Madrid	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1975	colspan=11 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| (not held)
1976	{{flagicon\|GER}} Bayern Munich	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	style="text-align:center"\| 0–0	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 2–0	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} Cruzeiro	Olympiastadion	Munich	Mineirão	Belo Horizonte	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1977	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Boca Juniors	style="text-align:center"\| 2–2	style="text-align:center"\| 3–0	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 5–2	{{flagicon\|GER}} Borussia Mönchengladbach	La Bombonera	Buenos Aires	Wildparkstadion	Karlsruhe	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1978	colspan=11 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| (not held)
1979	{{flagicon\|PAR\|1954}} Olimpia	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	style="text-align:center;background:#fcfdc9"\| 3–1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Malmö	Malmö Stadion	Malmö	Def. del Chaco	Asunción	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1980	{{flagicon\|URU}} Nacional	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Nottingham Forest	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1981	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} Flamengo	style="text-align:center"\| 3–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Liverpool	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1982	{{flagicon\|URU}} Peñarol	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Aston Villa	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1983	{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} Grêmio	style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| (a.e.t.)	{{flagicon\|GER}} Hamburger SV	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1984	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Independiente	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Liverpool	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1985	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Juventus	style="text-align:center"\| 2–2	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#BAF5FA"\| a.e.t., 4–2p	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Argentinos Juniors	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1986	{{flagicon\|ARG}} River Plate	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Steaua București	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1987	{{flagicon\|POR}} Porto	style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|URU}} Peñarol	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1988	{{flagicon\|URU}} Nacional	style="text-align:center"\| 2–2	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#BAF5FA"\| a.e.t., 7–6p	{{flagicon\|NED}} PSV	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1989	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Milan	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|COL}} Atlético Nacional	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1990	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Milan	style="text-align:center"\| 3–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|PAR\|1990}} Olimpia	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1991	{{flagicon\|YUG}} Red Star	style="text-align:center"\| 3–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|CHI}} Colo-Colo	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1992	{{flagicon\|BRA}} São Paulo	style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Barcelona	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1993	{{flagicon\|BRA}} São Paulo	style="text-align:center"\| 3–2	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Milan	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1994	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Vélez Sarsfield	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Milan	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1995	{{flagicon\|NED}} Ajax	style="text-align:center"\| 0–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#BAF5FA"\| a.e.t., 4–3p	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Grêmio	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1996	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Juventus	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ARG}} River Plate	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1997	{{flagicon\|GER}} Borussia Dortmund	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Cruzeiro	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1998	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Vasco da Gama	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
1999	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Manchester United	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Palmeiras	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
2000	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Boca Juniors	style="text-align:center"\| 2–1	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
2001	{{flagicon\|GER}} Bayern Munich	style="text-align:center"\| 1–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| (a.e.t.)	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Boca Juniors	National Stad.	Tokyo	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
2002	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid	style="text-align:center"\| 2–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –	{{flagicon\|PAR\|1990}} Olimpia	International	Yokohama	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
2003	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Boca Juniors	style="text-align:center"\| 1–1	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#BAF5FA"\| a.e.t., 3–1p	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Milan	International	Yokohama	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –
2004	{{flagicon\|POR}} Porto	style="text-align:center"\| 0–0	colspan=2 style="text-align:center;background:#BAF5FA"\| a.e.t., 8–7p	{{flagicon\|COL}} Once Caldas	International	Yokohama	colspan=4 style="text-align:center;background:#efefef"\| –

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;Notes

After the events of the 1969 Intercontinental Cup, many European Cup champions refused to play in the Intercontinental Cup.{{cite news|title=THE DECLINE, FALL AND REBIRTH OF THE INTERCONTINENTAL CUP|url=http://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/02/11/the-decline-fall-and-rebirth-of-the-intercontinental-cup/|access-date=21 December 2015|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929213455/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/02/11/the-decline-fall-and-rebirth-of-the-intercontinental-cup/|url-status=live}}
1970–71 European Cup finalists Panathinaikos (Greece) replaced the champions Ajax (Netherlands) who declined to participate.{{cite news|title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1971|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub71.html|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405224509/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub71.html|url-status=live}}
1972–73 European Cup finalists Juventus (Italy) replaced the champions Ajax (Netherlands) who declined to contest the meeting in South America, officially for financial reasons.{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid=512084.html |title=Intercontinental Cup 1973 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=5 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306222942/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/matchreport/newsid%3D512084.html |archive-date=6 March 2008 }}{{cite news|title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1973|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub73.html|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=21 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221073610/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub73.html|url-status=live}}
1973–74 European Cup finalists Atlético Madrid (Spain) replaced the champions Bayern Munich (West Germany) who declined to participate.{{cite news|title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1974|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub74.html|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127044939/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub74.html|url-status=live}}
1974–75 European Cup champions Bayern Munich (West Germany) and runners-up Leeds United (England) both declined to participate, so the 1975 edition was not held.
1976–77 European Cup finalists Borussia Mönchengladbach (West Germany) replaced the champions Liverpool (England) who declined to participate.{{cite news|title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1977|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub77.html|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127104137/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub77.html|url-status=live}}
1977–78 European Cup champions Liverpool (England) and runners-up Club Brugge (Belgium) both declined to participate, so the 1978 edition was not held.
1978–79 European Cup finalists Malmö FF (Sweden) replaced the champions Nottingham Forest (England) who declined to participate.{{cite news|title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1979|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub79.html|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406072111/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub79.html|url-status=live}}
1992–93 Champions League finalists AC Milan (Italy) replaced the champions Marseille (France) who were suspended due to a match fixing and bribery scandal.{{cite news|title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1993|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota93.html|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127044931/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota93.html|url-status=live}}

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Performances

The performance of various clubs is shown in the following tables:{{cite news|title=Intercontinental Club Cup|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html|access-date=9 September 2022|archive-date=12 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812151601/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Hall of Honour|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota-honour.html|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927074018/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota-honour.html|url-status=live}}

=Performance by club=

class="wikitable sortable"
Club !Winners !Runners-up !Winning years !Runner-up years
{{flagicon\|ITA}} AC Milan \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|4 \|1969, 1989, 1990 \|1963, 1993, 1994, 2003
{{flagicon\|URU}} Peñarol \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|1961, 1966, 1982 \|1960, 1987
{{flagicon\|ESP}} Real Madrid \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|1960, 1998, 2002 \|1966, 2000
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Boca Juniors \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|1977, 2000, 2003 \|2001
{{flagicon\|URU}} Nacional \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1971, 1980, 1988 \|—
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Independiente \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|4 \|1973, 1984 \|1964, 1965, 1972, 1974
{{flagicon\|ITA}} Juventus \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|1985, 1996 \|1973
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Santos \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1962, 1963 \|—
{{flagicon\|ITA}} Inter Milan \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1964, 1965 \|—
{{flagicon\|BRA}} São Paulo \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1992, 1993 \|—
{{flagicon\|NED}} Ajax \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1972, 1995 \|—
{{flagicon\|GER}} Bayern Munich \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1976, 2001 \|—
{{flagicon\|POR}} Porto \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1987, 2004 \|—
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Estudiantes \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|1968 \|1969, 1970
{{flagicon\|PAR}} Olimpia \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|1979 \|1990, 2002
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Grêmio \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|1983 \|1995
{{flagicon\|ARG}} River Plate \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|1986 \|1996
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Manchester United \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|1999 \|1968
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Racing \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1967 \|—
{{flagicon\|NED}} Feyenoord \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1970 \|—
{{flagicon\|ESP}} Atlético Madrid \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1974 \|—
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Flamengo \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1981 \|—
{{flagicon\|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1991 \|—
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Vélez Sarsfield \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1994 \|—
{{flagicon\|GER}} Borussia Dortmund \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|1997 \|—
{{flagicon\|POR}} Benfica \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|— \|1961, 1962
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Liverpool \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|— \|1981, 1984
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Cruzeiro \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|— \|1976, 1997
{{flagicon\|SCO}} Celtic \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1967
{{flagicon\|GRE}} Panathinaikos \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1971
{{flagicon\|GER}} Borussia Mönchengladbach \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1977
{{flagicon\|SWE}} Malmö FF \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1979
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Nottingham Forest \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1980
{{flagicon\|ENG}} Aston Villa \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1982
{{flagicon\|GER}} Hamburger SV \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1983
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Argentinos Juniors \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1985
{{flagicon\|ROU}} Steaua București \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1986
{{flagicon\|NED}} PSV Eindhoven \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1988
{{flagicon\|COL}} Atlético Nacional \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1989
{{flagicon\|CHI}} Colo-Colo \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1991
{{flagicon\|ESP}} Barcelona \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1992
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Vasco da Gama \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1998
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Palmeiras \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|1999
{{flagicon\|COL}} Once Caldas \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|2004

class="wikitable sortable"

Club

!Winners

!Runners-up

!Winning years

!Runner-up years

{{flagicon|ITA}} AC Milan

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|4

|1969, 1989, 1990

|1963, 1993, 1994, 2003

{{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|2

|1961, 1966, 1982

|1960, 1987

{{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|2

|1960, 1998, 2002

|1966, 2000

{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|1

|1977, 2000, 2003

|2001

{{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1971, 1980, 1988

|—

{{flagicon|ARG}} Independiente

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|4

|1973, 1984

|1964, 1965, 1972, 1974

{{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|1

|1985, 1996

|1973

{{flagicon|BRA}} Santos

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1962, 1963

|—

{{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1964, 1965

|—

{{flagicon|BRA}} São Paulo

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1992, 1993

|—

{{flagicon|NED}} Ajax

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1972, 1995

|—

{{flagicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1976, 2001

|—

{{flagicon|POR}} Porto

|style="text-align:center"|2

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1987, 2004

|—

{{flagicon|ARG}} Estudiantes

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|2

|1968

|1969, 1970

{{flagicon|PAR}} Olimpia

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|2

|1979

|1990, 2002

{{flagicon|BRA}} Grêmio

|style="text-align:center"|1

|1983

|1995

{{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate

|style="text-align:center"|1

|1986

|1996

{{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United

|style="text-align:center"|1

|1999

|1968

{{flagicon|ARG}} Racing

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1967

|—

{{flagicon|NED}} Feyenoord

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1970

|—

{{flagicon|ESP}} Atlético Madrid

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1974

|—

{{flagicon|BRA}} Flamengo

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1981

|—

{{flagicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1991

|—

{{flagicon|ARG}} Vélez Sarsfield

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1994

|—

{{flagicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|—

|1997

|—

{{flagicon|POR}} Benfica

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|2

|—

|1961, 1962

{{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|2

|—

|1981, 1984

{{flagicon|BRA}} Cruzeiro

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|2

|—

|1976, 1997

{{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1967

{{flagicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1971

{{flagicon|GER}} Borussia Mönchengladbach

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1977

{{flagicon|SWE}} Malmö FF

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1979

{{flagicon|ENG}} Nottingham Forest

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1980

{{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1982

{{flagicon|GER}} Hamburger SV

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1983

{{flagicon|ARG}} Argentinos Juniors

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1985

{{flagicon|ROU}} Steaua București

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1986

{{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1988

{{flagicon|COL}} Atlético Nacional

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1989

{{flagicon|CHI}} Colo-Colo

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1991

{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1992

{{flagicon|BRA}} Vasco da Gama

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1998

{{flagicon|BRA}} Palmeiras

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|1999

{{flagicon|COL}} Once Caldas

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|2004

=Performance by country=

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
width=11%\|Country !width=10%\|Winners !width=10%\|Runners-up !width=36%\|Winning clubs !width=33%\|Winning years
{{ARG}} \|style="text-align:center"\|9 \|style="text-align:center"\|9 \|Boca Juniors, Independiente, Estudiantes, River Plate, Racing, Vélez Sarsfield \|1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1994, 2000, 2003
{{ITA}} \|style="text-align:center"\|7 \|style="text-align:center"\|5 \|AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan \|1964, 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1996
{{BRA}} \|style="text-align:center"\|6 \|style="text-align:center"\|5 \|Santos, São Paulo, Grêmio, Flamengo \|1962, 1963, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1993
{{URU}} \|style="text-align:center"\|6 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|Peñarol, Nacional \|1961, 1966, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1988
{{ESP}} \|style="text-align:center"\|4 \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid \|1960, 1974, 1998, 2002
{{GER}} \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund \|1976, 1997, 2001
{{NED}} \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|Ajax, Feyenoord \|1970, 1972, 1995
{{POR}} \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|Porto \|1987, 2004
{{ENG}} \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|5 \|Manchester United \|1999
{{PAR}} \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|Olimpia \|1979
{{YUG}} \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|Red Star Belgrade \|1991
{{COL}} \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|— \|—
{{SCO}} \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|—
{{GRE}} \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|—
{{SWE}} \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|—
{{ROU}} \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|—
{{CHI}} \|style="text-align:center"\|— \|style="text-align:center"\|1 \|— \|—

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"

width=11%|Country

!width=10%|Winners

!width=10%|Runners-up

!width=36%|Winning clubs

!width=33%|Winning years

|style="text-align:center"|9

|Boca Juniors, Independiente, Estudiantes, River Plate, Racing, Vélez Sarsfield

|1967, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1994, 2000, 2003

|style="text-align:center"|7

|style="text-align:center"|5

|AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan

|1964, 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1996

|style="text-align:center"|6

|style="text-align:center"|5

|Santos, São Paulo, Grêmio, Flamengo

|1962, 1963, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1993

|style="text-align:center"|6

|style="text-align:center"|2

|Peñarol, Nacional

|1961, 1966, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1988

|style="text-align:center"|4

|style="text-align:center"|3

|Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid

|1960, 1974, 1998, 2002

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|2

|Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund

|1976, 1997, 2001

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|1

|Ajax, Feyenoord

|1970, 1972, 1995

|style="text-align:center"|2

|Porto

|1987, 2004

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|5

|Manchester United

|1999

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|2

|Olimpia

|1979

|style="text-align:center"|1

|style="text-align:center"|—

|Red Star Belgrade

|1991

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|2

|—

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

|style="text-align:center"|—

|style="text-align:center"|1

|—

=Performance by confederation=

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:65%"
width=15%\|Confederation !width=10%\|Winners !width=10%\|Runners-up !width=10%\|Winning clubs !width=10%\|Winning countries
CONMEBOL \|style="text-align:center"\|22 \|style="text-align:center"\| 21 \|style="text-align:center"\|13 \|style="text-align:center"\|4
UEFA \|style="text-align:center"\|21 \|style="text-align:center"\| 22 \|style="text-align:center"\|12 \|style="text-align:center"\|7

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:65%"

width=15%|Confederation

!width=10%|Winners

!width=10%|Runners-up

!width=10%|Winning clubs

!width=10%|Winning countries

CONMEBOL

|style="text-align:center"|22

|style="text-align:center"| 21

|style="text-align:center"|13

|style="text-align:center"|4

UEFA

|style="text-align:center"|21

|style="text-align:center"| 22

|style="text-align:center"|12

|style="text-align:center"|7

==Notes==

After the events of the 1969 Intercontinental Cup, many European Cup champions refused to play in the Intercontinental Cup. On five occasions, they were replaced by the tournaments' runners-up. Additionally, two Intercontinental Cups were called off after runners-up, too, declined to participate.

=Coaches=

Carlos Bianchi won three Intercontinental Cups as coach: one with {{flagicon|ARG}} Vélez Sársfield in 1994, and two with {{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors in 2000 and 2003.
Luis Cubilla and Juan Mujica won cups both as players and coaches:
Luis Cubilla (played for {{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol in 1961 and for {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional in 1971, then coached {{flagicon|PAR|1954}} Olimpia in 1979)
Juan Mujica (played for {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional in 1971, and coached it in 1980)

=Players=

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

All-time top scorers

File:Pelé_Mar_del_Plata_1965.PNG is the all-time top goalscorer in Intercontinental Cup's history with 7 goals in 3 matches]]{{main|List of Intercontinental Cup goalscorers}}

Pelé is the all-time top scorer in the competition having scored seven goals in three matches.
In 1962, he scored five goals in two matches against {{flagicon|POR}} Benfica, including a hat-trick in the second leg played in Lisbon (the only hat trick in competition's history).{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub62.html |title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1962 |publisher=Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=14 April 1999 |accessdate=14 February 2022 |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909140234/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub62.html |url-status=live }}
In 1963, he scored two goals in the first leg (vs AC Milan).{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/intconclub63.html |title=Intercontinental Club Cup 1963 |publisher=Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=14 April 1999 |accessdate=14 February 2022 |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930105741/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/intconclub63.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Extraordinary Pele crowns Santos in Lisbon|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2012/m=10/news=extraordinary-pele-crowns-santos-lisbon-1782903.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909200243/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2012/m=10/news=extraordinary-pele-crowns-santos-lisbon-1782903.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 September 2015|date=11 October 2012|publisher=FIFA|access-date=14 June 2018}}{{cite news|title=King-less Santos retain throne in style|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2013/m=11/news=king-less-santos-retain-throne-style-2224094.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906021359/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2013/m=11/news=king-less-santos-retain-throne-style-2224094.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2015|date=16 November 2013|publisher=FIFA|access-date=14 June 2018}}
Only six players scored at least three goals in the Intercontinental Cup.{{cite news|title=Trivia on Intercontinental (Toyota) Cup|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyotatrivia.html|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=25 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125215847/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyotatrivia.html|url-status=live}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:65%"
width=20%\|Player !width=20%\|Club !width=5%\|Goals !width=5%\|Apps !width=15%\|Years
{{flagicon\|BRA}} Pelé \|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Santos \|style="text-align:center"\|7 \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|1962, 1963
{{flagicon\|ECU}} Alberto Spencer \|{{flagicon\|URU}} Peñarol \|style="text-align:center"\|6 \|style="text-align:center"\|6 \|1960, 1961, 1966
{{flagicon\|ARG}} Luis Artime \|{{flagicon\|URU}} Nacional \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|2 \|1971
{{flagicon\|URU}} José Sasía \|{{flagicon\|URU}} Peñarol \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|1961
{{flagicon\|POR}} Santana \|{{flagicon\|POR}} Benfica \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|4 \|1961, 1962
{{flagicon\|ITA}} Sandro Mazzola \|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Inter Milan \|style="text-align:center"\|3 \|style="text-align:center"\|4 \|1964, 1965

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:65%"

width=20%|Player

!width=20%|Club

!width=5%|Goals

!width=5%|Apps

!width=15%|Years

{{flagicon|BRA}} Pelé

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Santos

|style="text-align:center"|7

|style="text-align:center"|3

|1962, 1963

{{flagicon|ECU}} Alberto Spencer

|{{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol

|style="text-align:center"|6

|1960, 1961, 1966

{{flagicon|ARG}} Luis Artime

|{{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|2

|1971

{{flagicon|URU}} José Sasía

|{{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol

|style="text-align:center"|3

|1961

{{flagicon|POR}} Santana

|{{flagicon|POR}} Benfica

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|4

|1961, 1962

{{flagicon|ITA}} Sandro Mazzola

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

|style="text-align:center"|3

|style="text-align:center"|4

|1964, 1965

Hat-tricks

Pelé is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in an Intercontinental Cup match (1962 second leg, vs Benfica in Lisbon).

class="wikitable"
Player !Nation !Club !Opponent !Goals !Goal times !Score !Tournament !Round !Date
Pelé	{{Flagicon\|BRA}} Brazil	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Santos	{{flagicon\|POR}} Benfica	style="text-align:center"\| 3	{{goal\|15	25	64}}	style="text-align:center"\| 5–2	1962 Intercontinental Cup	Second leg	11 October 1962

class="wikitable"

Player

!Nation

!Club

!Opponent

!Goals

!Goal times

!Score

!Tournament

!Round

!Date

Pelé

{{Flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

{{flagicon|BRA}} Santos

{{flagicon|POR}} Benfica

style="text-align:center"| 3

{{goal|15

64}}

style="text-align:center"| 5–2

1962 Intercontinental Cup

Second leg

11 October 1962

Man of the Match

The man of the match was selected from 1980.{{cite news|title=Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyotamvp.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224143201/http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/toyotamvp.html |archive-date=24 December 2008 }}

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|total_width = 300

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|caption2 = Frank Rijkaard (1990)

|image3 = Alessandro Del Piero 2008 cropped.jpg

|caption3 = Alessandro Del Piero (1996)

|image4 = Raul Gonzalez 10mar2007 (cropped).jpg

|caption4 = Raúl (1998)

|image5 = Martin Palermo 2008.jpg

|caption5 = Martín Palermo (2000)

|image6 = Ronaldo_2002_cropped.jpg

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class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Player !Club
style="text-align:center"\|1980 \|{{flagicon\|Uruguay}} Waldemar Victorino \|{{flagicon\|Uruguay}} Nacional
style="text-align:center"\|1981 \|{{flagicon\|Brazil\|1968}} Zico \|{{flagicon\|Brazil\|1968}} Flamengo
style="text-align:center"\|1982 \|{{flagicon\|Brazil\|1968}} Jair \|{{flagicon\|Uruguay}} Peñarol
style="text-align:center"\|1983 \|{{flagicon\|Brazil\|1968}} Renato Gaúcho \|{{flagicon\|Brazil\|1968}} Grêmio
style="text-align:center"\|1984 \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} José Percudani \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} Independiente
style="text-align:center"\|1985 \|{{flagicon\|France}} Michel Platini \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} Juventus
style="text-align:center"\|1986 \|{{flagicon\|Uruguay}} Antonio Alzamendi \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} River Plate
style="text-align:center"\|1987 \|{{flagicon\|Algeria}} Rabah Madjer \|{{flagicon\|Portugal}} Porto
style="text-align:center"\|1988 \|{{flagicon\|Uruguay}} Santiago Ostolaza \|{{flagicon\|Uruguay}} Nacional
style="text-align:center"\|1989 \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} Alberigo Evani \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} AC Milan
style="text-align:center"\|1990 \|{{flagicon\|Netherlands}} Frank Rijkaard \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} AC Milan
style="text-align:center"\|1991 \|{{flagicon\|Yugoslavia}} Vladimir Jugović \|{{flagicon\|Yugoslavia}} Red Star Belgrade
style="text-align:center"\|1992 \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} Raí \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} São Paulo
style="text-align:center"\|1993 \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} Toninho Cerezo \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} São Paulo
style="text-align:center"\|1994 \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} Omar Asad \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} Vélez Sársfield
style="text-align:center"\|1995 \|{{flagicon\|Netherlands}} Danny Blind \|{{flagicon\|Netherlands}} Ajax
style="text-align:center"\|1996 \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} Alessandro Del Piero \|{{flagicon\|Italy}} Juventus
style="text-align:center"\|1997 \|{{flagicon\|Germany}} Andreas Möller \|{{flagicon\|Germany}} Borussia Dortmund
style="text-align:center"\|1998 \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} Raúl \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} Real Madrid
style="text-align:center"\|1999 \|{{flagicon\|Wales}} Ryan Giggs \|{{flagicon\|England}} Manchester United
style="text-align:center"\|2000 \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} Martín Palermo \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} Boca Juniors
style="text-align:center"\|2001 \|{{flagicon\|Ghana}} Samuel Kuffour \|{{flagicon\|Germany}} Bayern Munich
style="text-align:center"\|2002 \|{{flagicon\|Brazil}} Ronaldo \|{{flagicon\|Spain}} Real Madrid
style="text-align:center"\|2003 \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} Matías Donnet \|{{flagicon\|Argentina}} Boca Juniors
style="text-align:center"\|2004 \|{{flagicon\|Portugal}} Maniche \|{{flagicon\|Portugal}} Porto

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Player

!Club

style="text-align:center"|1980

|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Waldemar Victorino

|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Nacional

style="text-align:center"|1981

|{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Zico

|{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Flamengo

style="text-align:center"|1982

|{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Jair

|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Peñarol

style="text-align:center"|1983

|{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Renato Gaúcho

|{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Grêmio

style="text-align:center"|1984

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} José Percudani

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Independiente

style="text-align:center"|1985

|{{flagicon|France}} Michel Platini

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Juventus

style="text-align:center"|1986

|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Antonio Alzamendi

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} River Plate

style="text-align:center"|1987

|{{flagicon|Algeria}} Rabah Madjer

|{{flagicon|Portugal}} Porto

style="text-align:center"|1988

|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Santiago Ostolaza

|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Nacional

style="text-align:center"|1989

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Alberigo Evani

|{{flagicon|Italy}} AC Milan

style="text-align:center"|1990

|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Frank Rijkaard

|{{flagicon|Italy}} AC Milan

style="text-align:center"|1991

|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Vladimir Jugović

|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Red Star Belgrade

style="text-align:center"|1992

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Raí

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} São Paulo

style="text-align:center"|1993

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Toninho Cerezo

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} São Paulo

style="text-align:center"|1994

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Omar Asad

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Vélez Sársfield

style="text-align:center"|1995

|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Danny Blind

|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Ajax

style="text-align:center"|1996

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Alessandro Del Piero

|{{flagicon|Italy}} Juventus

style="text-align:center"|1997

|{{flagicon|Germany}} Andreas Möller

|{{flagicon|Germany}} Borussia Dortmund

style="text-align:center"|1998

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Raúl

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Real Madrid

style="text-align:center"|1999

|{{flagicon|Wales}} Ryan Giggs

|{{flagicon|England}} Manchester United

style="text-align:center"|2000

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Martín Palermo

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Boca Juniors

style="text-align:center"|2001

|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Samuel Kuffour

|{{flagicon|Germany}} Bayern Munich

style="text-align:center"|2002

|{{flagicon|Brazil}} Ronaldo

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Real Madrid

style="text-align:center"|2003

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Matías Donnet

|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Boca Juniors

style="text-align:center"|2004

|{{flagicon|Portugal}} Maniche

|{{flagicon|Portugal}} Porto

Notes

References

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html Intercontinental Club Cup] at the RSSSF
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040916084936/http://www.toyotacup.com/index_e.html |title=Official website |date=16 September 2004}}