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1961 International Soccer League

International Soccer League
Official programme for the final
Season1961
Teams16
ChampionsCzechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Top goalscorerRudolf Kučera (15 goals)[1]
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The 1961 season was the second edition of the International Soccer League. Played in the United States and Canada by teams invited from Europe, the tournament featured two groups of eight teams, who played a round-robin format. The final, held in August, was a two-legged tie between the winner of each group to decide the overall champion.

League standings

Section I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 England Everton 7 6 0 1 22 5 +17 12
2 Brazil Bangu 7 4 1 2 18 8 +10 9
3 United States New York Americans 7 4 0 3 13 18 −5 8
4 Germany Karlsruher SC 7 3 1 3 16 17 −1 7
5 Scotland Kilmarnock 7 2 2 3 12 13 −1 6
6 Canada Montreal Concordia 7 2 1 4 7 11 −4 5
7 Romania Dinamo București 7 1 3 3 8 14 −6 5
8 Turkey Beşiktaş 7 1 2 4 8 19 −11 4
Source: [2] [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
17 May Beşiktaş 3–1 Karlsruhe New York, NY
Şenol Birol [2] Reinhold Wischnowsky Stadium: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 9538
Referee: Peter Rhodes
25 May Everton 2–1 Kilmarnock FC Montreal, QC
news [3] 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
23 May Montreal Concordia 0–1 Everton Montreal, QC
Hector LopezRed card 87' Preview[4]
post[5]		 Billy BinghamRed card 22'
Alec Young 72'		 Stadium: Molson Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cameron McShane
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
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

Section II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 7 6 1 0 36 6 +30 13
2 Canada Montreal Concordia 7 3 4 0 17 10 +7 10
3 Monaco AS Monaco 7 4 0 3 18 13 +5 8
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 7 3 1 3 24 17 +7 7
5 Spain RCD Español 7 3 1 3 15 19 −4 7
6 Austria Rapid Wien 7 2 1 4 12 18 −6 5
7 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 7 1 2 4 12 26 −14 4
8 Israel Hapoel Petah Tikva 7 0 2 5 6 31 −25 2
Source: [9]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
15 June Shamrock Rovers 2–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva New York, NY
Frank O'Neill Zaharia Ratzabi
Nahum Stelmach		 Stadium: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 12,244
Referee: Nels Dahlquist
27 June Dukla Prague 4–2 Red Star Belgrade Montreal, QC
Josef Masopust 24'
Rudolf Kučera 81', 84'
Svatopluk Pluskal 88'		 [10] Vojislav Melić 14'
Branko Zebec 90'		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Bel Betts
27 June Montreal Concordia 4–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva Montreal, QC
Humberto Gambaro 40', 44'
Ken Leek 51'
Sam Lawrie 88'		 [11] Stadium: Molson Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
2 July Dukla Prague 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva New York, NY
Svatopluk Pluskal
Rudolf Kučera
Jaroslav Borovička
Josef Vacenovský		 [12] Zecharia Ratzabi Referee: Mohl
2 July AS Monaco 3–2 Rapid Wien
[13]
4 July Montreal Concordia 1–1 RCD Español Montreal, QC
Sam Lawrie 67' [14] Antonio Camps 7' Stadium: Molson Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
4 July Shamrock Rovers 1–4 AS Monaco 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
4 July Dukla Prague 6–0 Rapid Wien
[15]
6 July RCD Español 3–1 AS Monaco
José Sastre
Ramón Carranza
Índio Da Luz		 [16] Claude Peretti
6 July Montreal Concordia 2–2 Dukla Prague Montreal, QC
Tommy Barrett 26' (pen.)
Ken Leek 42'		 [16] Josef Jelínek 25'
Josef Vacenovský 65'
9 July Montreal Concordia 2–2 Red Star Belgrade
[17]
9 July Shamrock Rovers 1–4 RCD Español New York, NY
Liam Tuohy (footballer) 68' Índio Da Luz 18', 28'
Ramón Carranza 61'
Ronnie Nolan 69' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 10,208
Referee: Nels Dahlquist
11 July Montreal Concordia 3–2 Rapid Wien Montreal, QC
Humberto Gambaro 21'
Tommy Barrett 31' (pen.)
Ron Heckman 87'		 [18] Rudi Flögel 4'
Walter Seitl 9'		 Stadium: Molson Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mike Devine
12 July Red Star Belgrade 7–2 RCD Español New York, NY
[19] Attendance: 17,000
12 July Dukla Prague 2–0 AS Monaco New York, NY
Josef Vacenovský 6'
Josef Jelínek 41'		 [19] Attendance: 17,000
16 July Shamrock Rovers 5–1 Red Star Belgrade New York, NY
Tony Byrne
Paddy Ambrose
Frank O'Neill
Liam Tuohy		 Novak Tomić Stadium: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 10,701[20]
Referee: William Peters
16 July Dukla Prague 5–1 RCD Español New York, NY
Josef Vacenovský 31'
Josef Masopust 64'
Rudolf Kučera 67', 78'
Josef Jelínek 89'		 [21] Índio Da Luz 8' Stadium: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 10,701
Referee: George Mohl
18 July Montreal Concordia 3–1 AS Monaco Montreal, QC
Humberto Gambaro
Jose Sanches		 [9] 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
20 July Red Star Belgrade 7–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva
[22]
23 July AS Monaco 3–0 Hapoel Petah Tikva
[23]
23 July SK Rapid Wien 3–0 RCD Español
[23]
24 July Montreal Concordia 2–2 Shamrock Rovers Montreal, QC
Olivio Lacerdo 38'
José Sanches 51'		 [24] Liam Hennessy 29'
Tommy Hamilton 59'		 Stadium: Molson Stadium
Attendance: 400
30 July Shamrock Rovers 0–10 Dukla Prague New York, NY
[25] Rudolf Kučera
Josef Vacenovský
Josef Masopust
Jan Brumovský
Jaroslav Borovička		 Stadium: Polo Grounds
Attendance: 5,180
Referee: Leo Goldstein
30 July Rapid Wien 2–2 Hapoel Petah Tikva Fall River, MA
[25]
30 July AS Monaco 4–2 Red Star Belgrade Fall River, MA
[25]

Championship finals

First leg

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia7–2England Everton
Rudolf Kučera
Josef Jelínek
Jaroslav Borovička
Jan Brumovský
Josef Masopust		 [26] Roy Vernon
Alex Young

Second leg

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia2–0England Everton
Rudolf Kučera
Jan Brumovský		 [27]

Dukla Prague won 9–2 on aggregate.

References

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  24. ^ Norman Gillespie: Concordia, Shamrock Rovers Tie, The Montreal Gazette, 25 July 1961, p. 21
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  27. ^ "DUKLA Praha vítězem turnaje v USA". Rudé právo (in Czech). 7 August 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
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