Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was established on 18 April 1955, two weeks after the European Cup, to promote trade fairs by playing various cities against each other. From 1958 onwards, the organisers reverted to club participation, but the teams still had to come from cities staging trade fairs. Real Madrid never participated in Fairs Cup before it was subsumed into the UEFA Cup in 1971.
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered to be the forerunner of the UEFA Europa League, but it is not recognized as a UEFA competition. As such, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup wins do not count toward the tally of Europa League wins. This list tallies the Inter–Cities Fairs Cup together with the Europa League tournament. In the UEFA Cup – Europa League, Real Madrid has won the trophy twice in a row, in 1984–85 and in 1985–86.
| Season | Round | Opposition | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971–72 | First round | FC Basel | 2–1 (A), 2–1 (H) |
| Second round | PSV Eindhoven | 3–1 (H), 0–2 (A) | |
| 1973–74 | First round | Ipswich Town | 0–1 (A), 0–0 (H) |
| 1981–82 | First round | Tatabánya | 1–2 (A), 1–0 (H) |
| Second round | Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–2 (H), 0–0 (A) | |
| Third round | Rapid Wien | 1–0 (A), 0–0 (H) | |
| Quarter-final | Kaiserlautern | 3–1 (H), 0–5 (A) | |
| 1983–84 | First round | Sparta Prague | 2–3 (A), 1–1 (H) |
| 1984–85 | First round | Wacker Innsbruck | 5–0 (H), 0–2 (A) |
| Second round | NK Rijeka | 1–3 (A), 3–0 (H) | |
| Third round | Anderlecht | 0–3 (A), 6–1 (H) | |
| Quarter-final | Tottenham | 1–0 (A), 0–0 (H) | |
| Semi-final | Internazionale | 0–2 (A), 3–0 (H) | |
| Final | Videoton FC | 3–0 (A), 0–1 (H) | |
| 1985–86 | First round | AEK Athens | 0–1 (A), 5–0 (H) |
| Second round | Chornomorets Odessa | 2–1 (H), 0–0 (A) | |
| Third round | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–5 (A), 4–0 (H) | |
| Quarter-final | Neuchâtel | 3–0 (H), 0–2 (A) | |
| Semi-final | Internazionale | 1–3 (A), 5–1 (H) | |
| Final | 1. FC Köln | 5–1 (H), 0–2 (A) | |
| 1991–92 | First round | Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 (A), 1–1 (H) |
| Second round | F.C. Utrecht | 3–1 (A), 1–0 (H) | |
| Third round | Neuchâtel | 0–1 (A), 4–0 (H) | |
| Quarter-final | Sigma Olomouc | 1–1 (A), 1–0 (H) | |
| Semi-final | Torino | 2–1 (H), 0–2 (A) | |
| 1992–93 | First round | FC Timişoara | 1–1 (A), 4–0 (H) |
| Second round | Torpedo Moscow | 5–2 (H), 2–3 (A) | |
| Third round | Vitesse | 1–0 (A), 1–0 (H) | |
| Quarter-final | PSG | 3–1 (H), 1–4 (H) | |
| 1994–95 | First round | Sporting CP | 1–0 (H), 1–2 (A) |
| Second round | Dynamo Moscow | 2–2 (A), 4–0 (H) | |
| Third round | Odense Boldklub | 3–2 (A), 0–2 (H) |
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