International Soccer League

Every summer from 1960 to 1965, the International Soccer League brought a dozen club sides from Europe and South America to New York. The clubs were split into two sections that played in turn, the section winners met in a final, and the champion then faced the previous year's winner for the American Challenge Cup.

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recorded 1960–1965 II most titles West Ham United (2) attendance 8,703 avg data coverage

seasons
18
games
224
clubs
60

Seasons and totals are as recorded here.

Seasons

season champion golden boot goals/game avg. attendance
1965 II Polonia Bytom
1965 I New York Americans
1965 Pogrzeba 3.25 6,402 (96%)
1964 II Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1964 I Werder Bremen
1964 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Gerd Zebrowski 3.20 8,325
1963 II Górnik Zabrze
1963 I West Ham United
1963 West Ham United Geoff Hurst 3.91 8,686 (86%)
1962 II Os Belenenses
1962 I América (RJ)
1962 América (RJ) Lars Råberg 3.70 10,155
1961 II Dukla Prague
1961 I Everton
1961 Dukla Prague Rudolf Kučera 4.36 8,214 (78%)
1960 II Bangu
1960 I Kilmarnock F.C.
1960 Bangu Brian Pilkington 4.10 10,602 (93%)

The percentage after an attendance average is the share of that season's games with a crowd on record. Seasons without one have a crowd for every game.

Clubs, season by season

1960 1960 II 1961 I 1962 1962 II 1963 I 1964 1964 II 1965 I rank by 1960rank by 1960 Irank by 1960 IIrank by 1961rank by 1961 Irank by 1961 IIrank by 1962rank by 1962 Irank by 1962 IIrank by 1963rank by 1963 Irank by 1963 IIrank by 1964rank by 1964 Irank by 1964 IIrank by 1965rank by 1965 Irank by 1965 II Kilmarnock F.C.Kilmarnock F.C.: 4 seasons, 1960-1965 Kilmarnock F.C., 1961 New York AmericansNew York Americans: 3 seasons, 1960-1965 New York Americans, 1961 West Ham UnitedWest Ham United: 2 seasons, 1963-1965 FerencvárosFerencváros: 1 season, 1965 Polonia BytomPolonia Bytom: 1 season, 1965 PortuguesaPortuguesa: 1 season, 1965 TSV 1860 MünchenTSV 1860 München: 1 season, 1965 VareseVarese: 1 season, 1965 West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich Albion: 1 season, 1965 Red Star BelgradeRed Star Belgrade: 3 seasons, 1960-1964 Red Star Belgrade, 1961 AEK AthensAEK Athens: 1 season, 1964 Blackburn RoversBlackburn Rovers: 1 season, 1964 EC BahiaEC Bahia: 1 season, 1964 Heart of MidlothianHeart of Midlothian: 1 season, 1964 SV SchwechatSV Schwechat: 1 season, 1964 Vicenza CalcioVicenza Calcio: 1 season, 1964 Vitória de GuimarãesVitória de Guimarães: 1 season, 1964 Werder BremenWerder Bremen: 1 season, 1964 Zagłębie SosnowiecZagłębie Sosnowiec: 1 season, 1964 Dukla PragueDukla Prague: 3 seasons, 1961-1963 Dukla Prague, 1961Dukla Prague, 1962Dukla Prague, 1963 Os BelenensesOs Belenenses: 2 seasons, 1962-1963 Wiener ACWiener AC: 2 seasons, 1962-1963 CD OroCD Oro: 1 season, 1963 Dinamo ZagrebDinamo Zagreb: 1 season, 1963 Górnik ZabrzeGórnik Zabrze: 1 season, 1963 Helsingborgs IFHelsingborgs IF: 1 season, 1963 MantovaMantova: 1 season, 1963 Preussen MunsterPreussen Munster: 1 season, 1963 Real ValladolidReal Valladolid: 1 season, 1963 SC RecifeSC Recife: 1 season, 1963 Valenciennes FCValenciennes FC: 1 season, 1963 Újpest FCÚjpest FC: 1 season, 1963 América (RJ)América (RJ): 1 season, 1962 CD GuadalajaraCD Guadalajara: 1 season, 1962 Dundee FCDundee FC: 1 season, 1962 Hajduk SplitHajduk Split: 1 season, 1962 IF ElfsborgIF Elfsborg: 1 season, 1962 MTK BudapestMTK Budapest: 1 season, 1962 PalermoPalermo: 1 season, 1962 PanathinaikosPanathinaikos: 1 season, 1962 Real OviedoReal Oviedo: 1 season, 1962 SSV Reutlingen 05SSV Reutlingen 05: 1 season, 1962 BanguBangu: 2 seasons, 1960-1961 Bangu, 1961 Rapid ViennaRapid Vienna: 2 seasons, 1960-1961 Rapid Vienna, 1961 BeşiktaşBeşiktaş: 1 season, 1961 Beşiktaş, 1961 Dinamo BucharestDinamo Bucharest: 1 season, 1961 Dinamo Bucharest, 1961 EvertonEverton: 1 season, 1961 Everton, 1961 Hapoel Petah TikvaHapoel Petah Tikva: 1 season, 1961 Hapoel Petah Tikva, 1961 Karlsruher SCKarlsruher SC: 1 season, 1961 Karlsruher SC, 1961 MonacoMonaco: 1 season, 1961 Monaco, 1961 Montreal ConcordiaMontreal Concordia: 1 season, 1961 Montreal Concordia, 1961 RCD EspanyolRCD Espanyol: 1 season, 1961 RCD Espanyol, 1961 Shamrock RoversShamrock Rovers: 1 season, 1961 Shamrock Rovers, 1961 BurnleyBurnley: 1 season, 1960 FC Bayern MunichFC Bayern Munich: 1 season, 1960 Glenavon F.C.Glenavon F.C.: 1 season, 1960 IFK NorrköpingIFK Norrköping: 1 season, 1960 OGC NiceOGC Nice: 1 season, 1960 SampdoriaSampdoria: 1 season, 1960 Sporting CPSporting CP: 1 season, 1960
Clubs by season. Ordered by last season, then by seasons played. A block marks a season the club played; a row with gaps is a club that left and came back. Where a final table is on record the block is shaded by the finish, bright green at the top of the table, dulling towards the middle, then deepening red at the bottom, and shows the record on hover; an outlined block is a season with no final table on file. Select a season at the top to rank the clubs by how they finished it, and again to restore the order.

Clubs by season

0 5 10 15 20 1960: 12 clubs 1960 1961: 15 clubs 1961 1962: 13 clubs 1962 1963: 15 clubs 1963 1964: 10 clubs 1964 1965: 9 clubs 1965
Clubs by season. Counts every club that played at least one recorded game in the season.

League positions

1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 New York Americans, 1960: 8th of 12; 8.0 over 1960New York Americans, 1965: 1st of 9; 1.0 over 1965 New York Americans Polonia Bytom, 1965: 2nd of 9; 2.0 over 1965 Polonia Bytom Portuguesa, 1965: 3rd of 9; 3.0 over 1965 Portuguesa Ferencváros, 1965: 4th of 9; 4.0 over 1965 Ferencváros Varese, 1965: 5th of 9; 5.0 over 1965 Varese TSV 1860 München, 1965: 6th of 9; 6.0 over 1965 TSV 1860 München West Bromwich Albion, 1965: 7th of 9; 7.0 over 1965 West Bromwich Albion Kilmarnock F.C., 1960: 9th of 12; 9.0 over 1960Kilmarnock F.C., 1963: 7th of 14; 7.0 over 1963Kilmarnock F.C., 1965: 8th of 9; 8.0 over 1965 Kilmarnock F.C. West Ham United, 1963: 2nd of 14; 2.0 over 1963West Ham United, 1965: 9th of 9; 9.0 over 1965 West Ham United Werder Bremen, 1964: 1st of 10; 1.0 over 1964 Werder Bremen 1964 Zagłębie Sosnowiec, 1964: 2nd of 10; 2.0 over 1964 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1964 Heart of Midlothian, 1964: 3rd of 10; 3.0 over 1964 Heart of Midlothian 1964 Red Star Belgrade, 1960: 2nd of 12; 2.0 over 1960Red Star Belgrade, 1964: 4th of 10; 4.0 over 1964 Red Star Belgrade 1964 SV Schwechat, 1964: 5th of 10; 5.0 over 1964 SV Schwechat 1964 Vicenza Calcio, 1964: 6th of 10; 6.0 over 1964 Vicenza Calcio 1964 Vitória de Guimarães, 1964: 7th of 10; 7.0 over 1964 Vitória de Guimarães 1964 Blackburn Rovers, 1964: 8th of 10; 8.0 over 1964 Blackburn Rovers 1964 EC Bahia, 1964: 9th of 10; 9.0 over 1964 EC Bahia 1964 AEK Athens, 1964: 10th of 10; 10.0 over 1964 AEK Athens 1964 Górnik Zabrze, 1963: 1st of 14; 1.0 over 1963 Górnik Zabrze 1963 Dinamo Zagreb, 1963: 3rd of 14; 3.0 over 1963 Dinamo Zagreb 1963 Mantova, 1963: 4th of 14; 4.0 over 1963 Mantova 1963 Wiener AC, 1962: 4th of 12; 4.0 over 1962Wiener AC, 1963: 5th of 14; 4.5 over 1962-1963 Wiener AC 1963 Újpest FC, 1963: 6th of 14; 6.0 over 1963 Újpest FC 1963 Preussen Munster, 1963: 8th of 14; 8.0 over 1963 Preussen Munster 1963 SC Recife, 1963: 9th of 14; 9.0 over 1963 SC Recife 1963 Real Valladolid, 1963: 10th of 14; 10.0 over 1963 Real Valladolid 1963 Os Belenenses, 1962: 1st of 12; 1.0 over 1962Os Belenenses, 1963: 11th of 14; 6.0 over 1962-1963 Os Belenenses 1963 Valenciennes FC, 1963: 12th of 14; 12.0 over 1963 Valenciennes FC 1963 CD Oro, 1963: 13th of 14; 13.0 over 1963 CD Oro 1963 Helsingborgs IF, 1963: 14th of 14; 14.0 over 1963 Helsingborgs IF 1963 América (RJ), 1962: 2nd of 12; 2.0 over 1962 América (RJ) 1962 SSV Reutlingen 05, 1962: 3rd of 12; 3.0 over 1962 SSV Reutlingen 05 1962 Panathinaikos, 1962: 5th of 12; 5.0 over 1962 Panathinaikos 1962 CD Guadalajara, 1962: 6th of 12; 6.0 over 1962 CD Guadalajara 1962 Dundee FC, 1962: 7th of 12; 7.0 over 1962 Dundee FC 1962 MTK Budapest, 1962: 8th of 12; 8.0 over 1962 MTK Budapest 1962 Palermo, 1962: 9th of 12; 9.0 over 1962 Palermo 1962 Hajduk Split, 1962: 10th of 12; 10.0 over 1962 Hajduk Split 1962 IF Elfsborg, 1962: 11th of 12; 11.0 over 1962 IF Elfsborg 1962 Real Oviedo, 1962: 12th of 12; 12.0 over 1962 Real Oviedo 1962 Bangu, 1960: 1st of 12; 1.0 over 1960 Bangu 1960 Sampdoria, 1960: 3rd of 12; 3.0 over 1960 Sampdoria 1960 Sporting CP, 1960: 4th of 12; 4.0 over 1960 Sporting CP 1960 IFK Norrköping, 1960: 5th of 12; 5.0 over 1960 IFK Norrköping 1960 OGC Nice, 1960: 6th of 12; 6.0 over 1960 OGC Nice 1960 Glenavon F.C., 1960: 7th of 12; 7.0 over 1960 Glenavon F.C. 1960 Burnley, 1960: 10th of 12; 10.0 over 1960 Burnley 1960 FC Bayern Munich, 1960: 11th of 12; 11.0 over 1960 FC Bayern Munich 1960 Rapid Vienna, 1960: 12th of 12; 12.0 over 1960 Rapid Vienna 1960
League position by season, averaged over three seasons, 1960 to 1965. Each point is the club's mean finish over that season and the two before it, in the overall table: points, then wins. A break in a line is a season out of the league, and the count starts again after it; a season with no final table on file is left out. Names are in the order the lines end; clubs no longer in the league are listed below the current ones with their last season, most recent first. Line patterns repeat every five clubs and only tell neighbours apart; a lifted line takes the club's own color where one is on record.

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Rudolf Kučera 16
  2. Borivoje Kostic 9
  3. Gerd Zebrowski 6
  4. Pogrzeba 6
  5. Vacenovsky 6
  6. Alex Young 5
  7. Andy Kerr 5
  8. Brian Pilkington 5
  9. Ferenc Bene 5
  10. Flogel 5

Assists

  1. ck 2
  2. Collins 2
  3. Norbert Pogrzeba 2
  4. Valter dos Santos 2
  5. Almir DaSilva 1
  6. Andrzej Jarosik 1
  7. Antonio Camps 1
  8. Billy Muir 1
  9. Bob Neubauer 1
  10. Eugeniusz Faber 1

Appearances

  1. Beattie 18
  2. Novak 17
  3. Watson 15
  4. Brown 14
  5. Hamilton 14
  6. Pereira 14
  7. Pinto 12
  8. Horvath 11
  9. Kennedy 11
  10. Lucas 11

All-time club records

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
New York Americans 18 9 6 3 19 32 39 1.06 0.82
Kilmarnock F.C. 24 9 8 7 17 45 40 0.71 1.13
Red Star Belgrade 18 8 7 3 21 49 34 1.17 1.44
Bangu 12 8 3 1 18 32 11 1.50 2.91
Dukla Prague 7 6 0 1 13 36 6 1.86 6.00
Everton 7 6 1 0 12 22 5 1.71 4.40
Montreal Concordia 14 5 4 5 15 24 21 1.07 1.14
Wiener AC 11 5 3 3 13 23 30 1.18 0.77
Os Belenenses 11 5 4 2 14 21 14 1.27 1.50
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 6 4 2 0 10 16 7 1.67 2.29
Monaco 7 4 3 0 8 18 13 1.14 1.38
Werder Bremen 6 4 2 0 10 18 10 1.67 1.80
West Ham United 12 4 3 5 11 23 26 0.92 0.88
Górnik Zabrze 6 4 1 1 9 17 6 1.50 2.83
Portuguesa 6 4 0 2 8 18 11 1.33 1.64
Heart of Midlothian 6 4 1 1 9 7 5 1.50 1.40
Preussen Munster 6 3 0 3 6 13 16 1.00 0.81
Burnley 5 3 1 1 1 16 7 0.20 2.29
Polonia Bytom 6 3 3 0 9 13 4 1.50 3.25
Ferencváros 6 3 2 1 8 10 6 1.33 1.67
Karlsruher SC 7 3 3 1 7 16 17 1.00 0.94
RCD Espanyol 7 3 3 1 7 15 19 1.00 0.79
Újpest FC 6 3 0 3 7 10 10 1.17 1.00
América (RJ) 5 3 2 0 8 11 8 1.60 1.38
SSV Reutlingen 05 5 3 1 1 7 6 1 1.40 6.00
Dinamo Zagreb 6 3 1 2 7 14 11 1.17 1.27
Mantova 6 3 1 2 7 15 10 1.17 1.50
SC Recife 6 2 2 2 6 13 13 1.00 1.00
Sampdoria 5 2 1 2 5 11 13 1.00 0.85
Sporting CP 4 2 0 2 4 7 12 1.00 0.58
Rapid Vienna 11 2 4 5 5 19 32 0.45 0.59
Valenciennes FC 6 2 0 4 4 8 13 0.67 0.62
Real Valladolid 6 2 1 3 5 9 15 0.83 0.60
Vicenza Calcio 6 2 2 2 6 12 11 1.00 1.09
SV Schwechat 6 2 3 1 7 11 10 1.17 1.10
Varese 6 2 2 2 6 11 9 1.00 1.22
TSV 1860 München 6 2 0 4 4 8 13 0.67 0.62
Palermo 5 1 2 2 4 7 8 0.80 0.88
IFK Norrköping 5 1 1 3 3 10 15 0.60 0.67
CD Oro 6 1 2 3 4 13 18 0.67 0.72
Dundee FC 5 1 2 2 4 9 11 0.80 0.82
CD Guadalajara 5 1 2 2 4 7 7 0.80 1.00
Vitória de Guimarães 6 1 3 2 5 5 6 0.83 0.83
MTK Budapest 5 1 2 2 4 10 12 0.80 0.83
Panathinaikos 5 1 3 1 5 9 12 1.00 0.75
Hajduk Split 5 1 3 1 3 8 10 0.60 0.80
OGC Nice 5 1 3 1 3 7 10 0.60 0.70
Glenavon F.C. 5 1 0 4 2 8 13 0.40 0.62
Helsingborgs IF 6 1 1 4 3 10 14 0.50 0.71
Shamrock Rovers 7 1 4 2 4 12 26 0.57 0.46

Final games

date season round group team score team venue sources
Aug. 4, 1965 1965 f II New York Americans 1 - 2 Polonia Bytom Downing Stadium 1
Aug. 1, 1965 1965 f II New York Americans 0 - 3 Polonia Bytom Downing Stadium 1
July 25, 1965 1965 II Ferencváros 4 - 1 Kilmarnock F.C. Downing Stadium 1
July 25, 1965 1965 II Polonia Bytom 6 - 0 West Bromwich Albion Downing Stadium 1
July 21, 1965 1965 II Kilmarnock F.C. 0 - 2 Polonia Bytom Downing Stadium 1
July 21, 1965 1965 II Ferencváros 2 - 1 West Bromwich Albion Downing Stadium 1
July 18, 1965 1965 II Kilmarnock F.C. 0 - 2 West Bromwich Albion Downing Stadium 1
July 18, 1965 1965 II Ferencváros 1 - 2 Polonia Bytom Downing Stadium 1
July 14, 1965 1965 II Polonia Bytom 2 - 2 West Bromwich Albion Downing Stadium 1
July 11, 1965 1965 II Kilmarnock F.C. 1 - 1 Polonia Bytom Downing Stadium 1
July 11, 1965 1965 II Ferencváros 1 - 1 West Bromwich Albion Downing Stadium 1
July 7, 1965 1965 II Kilmarnock F.C. 2 - 0 West Bromwich Albion Downing Stadium 1
July 7, 1965 1965 II Ferencváros 0 - 0 Polonia Bytom Chicago, IL 1
July 4, 1965 1965 II Ferencváros 2 - 1 Kilmarnock F.C. Downing Stadium 1
June 28, 1965 1965 I Portuguesa 2 - 0 West Ham United Downing Stadium 1
June 28, 1965 1965 I New York Americans 0 - 0 Varese Downing Stadium 1
June 23, 1965 1965 I Varese 2 - 2 West Ham United Downing Stadium 1
June 20, 1965 1965 I Portuguesa 3 - 1 Varese Downing Stadium 1
June 20, 1965 1965 I New York Americans 3 - 1 West Ham United Downing Stadium 1
June 17, 1965 1965 I Portuguesa 6 - 3 West Ham United Shea Stadium 1
June 13, 1965 1965 I New York Americans 2 - 1 Varese Downing Stadium 1
June 13, 1965 1965 I Portuguesa 4 - 2 TSV 1860 München Downing Stadium 1
June 9, 1965 1965 I TSV 1860 München 0 - 2 Varese Downing Stadium 1
June 6, 1965 1965 I TSV 1860 München 1 - 2 West Ham United Downing Stadium 1
June 6, 1965 1965 I New York Americans 4 - 3 Portuguesa Downing Stadium 1

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Awards

award seasons winners most recent
Champion 1960–1965 II 17
MVP 1960–1965 6 Uwe Schwart 1965