1961 International Soccer League

1961 International Soccer League
	Official programme for the final
Season	1961
Champions	Dukla Prague
	← 1960 1962 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30 May

Karlsruher SC

3–2

Kilmarnock FC

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Series on "Pitch Invasion" by Tom Dunmore from 2011:
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[1] "Concordia Blanks Ulster". The Montreal Gazette. 13 May 1961. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

[tmg2-2] "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.

[tmg-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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