1961 International Soccer League

1961 International Soccer League

Official programme for the final
Season	1961
Champions	Dukla Prague
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Statistics of International Soccer League II in season 1961.

League standings

Section I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	7	6	0	1	22	5	+17	12
2	Bangu	7	4	1	2	18	8	+10	9
3	New York Americans	7	4	0	3	13	18	−5	8
4	Karlsruher SC	7	3	1	3	16	17	−1	7
5	Kilmarnock	7	2	2	3	12	13	−1	6
6	Montreal Concordia	7	2	1	4	7	11	−4	5
7	Dinamo București	7	1	3	3	8	14	−6	5
8	Beşiktaş	7	1	2	4	8	19	−11	4

Source: ^[1] [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Section II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dukla Prague	7	6	1	0	36	6	+30	13
2	Montreal Concordia	7	3	4	0	17	10	+7	10
3	Monaco	7	4	0	3	18	13	+5	8
4	Red Star Belgrade	7	3	1	3	24	17	+7	7
5	Espanyol	7	3	1	3	15	19	−4	7
6	Rapid Wien	7	2	1	4	12	18	−6	5
7	Shamrock Rovers	7	1	2	4	12	26	−14	4
8	Maccabi Petah Tikva	7	0	2	5	6	31	−25	2

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Beşiktaş v Karlsruhe

17 May	Beşiktaş	3–1	Karlsruhe	New York, NY
	Şenol Birol	[2]	Reinhold Wischnowsky	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 9538 Referee: Peter Rhodes

Montreal Concordia v Everton FC

23 May	Montreal Concordia	0–1	Everton FC	Montreal, QC
	Hector Lopez 87'	Preview[3] post[4]	Billy Bingham 22' Alec Young 72'	Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cameron McShane

Everton FC v Kilmarnock FC

25 May	Everton FC	2–1	Kilmarnock FC	Montreal, QC
		news [5]		Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 6,000

Bangu v Beşiktaş

28 May	Bangu	6–1	Beşiktaş	New York, NY
	Zé Maria 30' Valter dos Santos 8' 28' Ademir da Guia 34'	[3]		Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 7130

Montreal Concordia v Dinamo Bucharest

30 May	Montreal Concordia	2–0	Dinamo Bucharest	Montreal, QC
	Tito Maule 25' Apard Kiraly 50'	news[6]		Stadium: Molson Stadium Referee: Peter Rhodes

New York Americans v Beşiktaş

30 May	New York Americans	1–0	Beşiktaş	New York, NY
	Raul Seoane	[4]		Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 10212

Karlsruher SC v Kilmarnock FC

30 May

Karlsruher SC

3–2

Kilmarnock FC

Kilmarnock FC v New York Americans

1 June	Kilmarnock FC	4–0	New York Americans	Montreal, QC
7:00pm	Hughie Brown (31') Andy Kerr (43') Bert Black (65') Matt Watson (84')	news [7]		Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 7000[8]

Montreal Concordia v Beşiktaş

1 June	Montreal Concordia	1–1	Beşiktaş	Montreal, QC
9:00pm	José Sanches 48'	[5]	Şenol Birol 15'	Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 5500 Referee: Peter Rhodes

Kilmarnock v Beşiktaş

8 June	Kilmarnock	1–1	Beşiktaş	Montreal, QC
	Billy Muir 12'	[6] [7]	Selim Soydan 7'	Stadium: Molson Stadium Referee: Tom Cuthbert

Everton v Beşiktaş

14 June	Everton	4–0	Beşiktaş	New York, NY
	Bobby Collins Frank Wignall Alex Young	[8]		Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 5000 Referee: John Best

Shamrock Rovers v Hapoel Petah Tikva

15 June	Shamrock Rovers	2–2	Hapoel Petah Tikva	New York, NY
	Frank O'Neill (2)		Zaharia Ratzabi Nahum Stelmach	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 12,244 Referee: Nels Dahlquist

Dinamo București v Beşiktaş

18 June	Dinamo București	5–2	Beşiktaş	New York, NY
	Constantin David Iosif Varga Constantin Frățilă	[9]	Şenol Birol Arif Özataç	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 7331 Referee: Peter Rhodes

Shamrock Rovers v AS Monaco FC

4 July	Shamrock Rovers	1-4	AS Monaco FC	New York, NY
	Frank O'Neill (23')		Bart Carlier (53') Lucien Cossou (60') Henri Biancheri (64') Claude Peretti (72')	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 8,615 Referee: Nels Dahlquist

Shamrock Rovers v RCD Espanyol

9 July	Shamrock Rovers	1-4	RCD Espanyol	New York, NY
	Liam Tuohy (footballer) (68')		Índio (footballer, born 1931) (18'), (28') Ramón Carranza (61') Ronnie Nolan (69') (own goal)	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 10,208 Referee: Nels Dahlquist

Shamrock Rovers v Hapoel Petah Tikva

11 July	Shamrock Rovers	3-1	Hapoel Petah Tikva	St Louis, MO
	Paddy Ambrose (2) Liam Tuohy (footballer)		Jehoshua Glazer	Stadium: Public Schools Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bill Tatlock

Shamrock Rovers v Red Star Belgrade

16 July	Shamrock Rovers	5-1	Red Star Belgrade	New York, NY
	Tony Byrne (2) Paddy Ambrose Frank O'Neill Liam Tuohy		Novak Tomić	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 10,701 Referee: William Peters

Montreal Concordia v AS Monaco

18 July	Montreal Concordia	3–1	AS Monaco	Montreal, QC
	Humberto Gambaro Jose Sanches	[2]	Bert Carlier	Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 4,500

Shamrock Rovers v SK Rapid Wien

19 July	Shamrock Rovers	1-3	SK Rapid Wien	New York, NY
	Frank O'Neill (79')		Josef Höltl (3') Walter Seitl (35') Rudi Flögel (74')	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 10,701 Referee: Jim McLean

Shamrock Rovers v Dukla Prague

22 July	Shamrock Rovers	3-4	Dukla Prague	Chicopee, Massachusetts
	Liam Tuohy (55') Johnny Fullam (78') Tony Byrne (82')		Rudolf Kučera (4'), (35') Jiří Sůra (57') Josef Jelínek (62')	Stadium: Szot Park Attendance: 3,000

Montreal Concordia v Shamrock Rovers

24 July	Montreal Concordia	2–2	Shamrock Rovers	Montreal, QC
	Olivio Lacerdo (38') José Sanches (51')	[9]	Liam Hennessy (29') Tommy Hamilton (59')	Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 400

Shamrock Rovers v Dukla Prague

30 July	Shamrock Rovers	0-10	Dukla Prague	New York, NY
			Rudolf Kučera (5) Josef Vacenovský (2) Josef Masopust Jan Brumovský Jaroslav Borovička	Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Leo Goldstein

Championship finals

First leg

2 August 1961

Dukla Prague	7–2	Everton
	Report

Polo Grounds, New York City

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Second leg

6 August 1961

Dukla Prague	2–0	Everton
	Report

Polo Grounds, New York City

Team details
Dukla Prague Everton

Dukla Prague won 9–2 on aggregate.

References

1. "Concordia Blanks Ulster". The Montreal Gazette. 13 May 1961. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
2. "Concordia Rallies To Beat Monaco". The Montreal Gazette. 19 July 1961. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
3. Gillespie, Norman (23 May 1961). "International League Makes Debut Concordia Meets Everton Tonight". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
4. Gillespie, Norman (24 May 1961). "Everton Eleven Defeats Concordia 1–0". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
5. Gillespie, Norman (26 May 1961). "Collins Paces Everton Over Kilmarnock". The Montreal Gazette. p. 30. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
6. Gillespie, Norman (31 May 1961). "Concordia Beats Dynamo". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
7. Gillespie, Norman (2 June 1961). "Kilmarnock Wins, Concordia, Besiktas Tie 1-1". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
8. Note: The match was a double header with Montreal Concordia vs. Beşiktaş following.
9. Norman Gillespie: Concordia, Shamrock Rovers Tie, The Montreal Gazette, 25 July 1961, p. 21

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