Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
European annual club football tournament (1955–1971)
Summary
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, most commonly referred to as the Fairs Cup and sometimes as the European Fairs Cup or Fairs Cities' Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The Fairs Cup was the idea of FIFA vice-president and executive committee member Ernst Thommen, Italian Football Federation president and FIFA executive committee member Ottorino Barassi and English Football Association general secretary, Stanley Rous. As the name suggests, the competition was set up to promote international trade fairs. UEFA refers to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as the forerunner to the UEFA Cup, although they don't include it in their official resume. FIFA also considers the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as a predecessor tournament to the UEFA Cup, even counting it together with the tournament that succeeded it; La Liga, in turn, simply calls it the Europa League.
Originally created by Bornintheguz
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per [[Special:Permalink/1353430525#Requested move 3 May 2026]]: Changed link from [[R.S.C. Anderlecht]] to [[RSC Anderlecht]] (×2) using [[User:BilledMammal/Move+|Move+]]
Reverted [[WP:AGF|good faith]] edits by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-27304-59|~2026-27304-59]] ([[User talk:~2026-27304-59|talk]]): Seems irrelevant? lmk if i'm wrong
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Clarified that the Fairs Cup was not sanctioned by FIFA or UEFA.
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Do you read? It was organised by an independent committee composed of some indiviuals who are also FIFA executives, doesn't mean that it is organised by FIFA. It's totally different.
it a major european honour that has always been included you are just trying to rewrite history, did you read the competitions page ? it says it was created by members of FIFA
it was never organised by FIFA, do not create the history
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