Last update April 12, 2024 by colgadosporelfutbol
The Cup Winners Cup, It was one of those old football tournaments that really rewarded the champions.. A tournament that was played purely as a knockout, without favoritism or second chances. A trophy with a special charm that we are going to remember in this article.
Who played in the European Cup Winners' Cup??
The Cup Winners Cup It was an ancient tournament organized by the UEFA facing each season Champions Cup each of the European countries.
In total, they celebrated 39 editions of this competition since the first edition won by Fiorentina In the season 1960-1961 until the last one, curiously, He also won an Italian team as Lazio in the campaign 1998-1999.
The record of the Spanish teams in the competition
Four Spanish teams have been able to lift this prestigious trophy: FC Barcelona (which it is the club that has won more times to get four times the), Atletico Madrid, Valencia Y Real Zaragoza, get last.
RCD Mallorca was on the verge of winning one by being finalists of the last European Cup Winners' Cup in history. But they lost the final against Lazio which was the last team to win the title before its extinction.
The English dominated the Cup Winners' Cup
But nevertheless, the country most times has won the title is England, who has obtained 8 occasions (Chelsea 2, Manchester United, Manchester City, West Ham, Tottenham, Arsenal Y Everton).
Spain and Italy closely follow the English in that classification by countries. Both Spanish and Italians have succeeded 7 titles each. Followed by German clubs who have won the Recopa in 5 occasions.
Big European teams remained winless this competition. Real Madrid, Benfica O Inter de Milan are some examples. For the meringues it is quite striking as they played two finals and lost both in overtime. Especially surprising was the defeat against Aberdeen Scottish final 1983.
The winners of the European Cup Winners' Cup
4 Titles: FC Barcelona.
2 Titles: Anderlecht, Milan, Dynamo Kiev and Chelsea.
1 Title: Atletico Madrid, Rangers, Fiorentina, Arsenal, West Ham, Hamburg, Ajax, Sampdoria, Parma, Paris Saint Germain, Tottenham, Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Slovan de Bratislava, Manchester City, Valencia, Dinamo Tbilisi, Aberdeen, Magdeburg, Juventus, Everton, Mechelen, Manchester United, Werder Bremen, Real Zaragoza and Lazio.
The biggest wins in the history of the Cup Winners' Cup
Anecdotally it is noteworthy that produced the biggest win in the history of the competition was a 16-1 that he Sporting Club of Portugal She endorsed him to the Apoel Nicosia Cypriot season 1963-1964.
Meanwhile, the largest global rout (taking into account the return leg) the he obtained Chelsea who managed a scandalous 21-0 against the weak Jeunesse Hautcharage Luxembourg to which won by 8-0 Y 0-13 respectively in the campaign 1971-1972.
