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International Soccer League
	Official programme for the final
Season	1961
Teams	16
Champions	Dukla Prague
Top goalscorer	Rudolf Kučera (15 goals)
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1961 International Soccer League

Last updated March 28, 2026

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

Beşiktaş v Karlsruhe

17 May	Beşiktaş	3–1	Karlsruhe	New York, NY
	Şenol Birol		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'			Stadium: Polo Grounds Attendance: 7130

23 May	Montreal Concordia	0–1	Everton	Montreal, QC
	Hector Lopez 87'	Preview^[4] post^[5]	Billy Bingham 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			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'		Şenol Birol 15'	Stadium: Molson Stadium Attendance: 5500 Referee: Peter Rhodes

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

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

18 June	Dinamo București	5–2	Beşiktaş	New York, NY
	Constantin David Iosif Varga Constantin Frățilă		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	Dukla Prague	7	6	1	0	36	6	+30	13
2	Montreal Concordia	7	3	4	0	17	10	+7	10
3	AS Monaco	7	4	0	3	18	13	+5	8
4	Red Star Belgrade	7	3	1	3	24	17	+7	7
5	RCD Español	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	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 [ es ] Ramón Carranza Índio Da Luz	^[16]	Claude Peretti

6 July	Montreal Concordia	2–2	Dukla Prague	Montreal, QC
	Tommy Barrett26' (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 Barrett31' (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 Höltl3' 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

2 August 1961

16:30

Dukla Prague	7–2	Everton
Rudolf Kučera Josef Jelínek Jaroslav Borovička Jan Brumovský Josef Masopust	^[26]	Roy Vernon Alex Young

Polo Grounds , New York City

Second leg

6 August 1961

Dukla Prague	2–0	Everton
Rudolf Kučera Jan Brumovský	^[27]

Polo Grounds , New York City

Team details

Dukla Prague

Everton

Dukla Prague won 9–2 on aggregate .

References

↑ Holroyd, Steve (24 October 1999). "The Year in American Soccer - 1961". sover.net. Archived from the original on 13 November 1999.
↑ "Concordia Blanks Ulster". The Montreal Gazette. 13 May 1961. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
↑ Gillespie, Norman (26 May 1961). "Collins Paces Everton Over Kilmarnock". The Montreal Gazette. p. 30. Retrieved 13 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 (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.
1 2 "Concordia Rallies To Beat Monaco". The Montreal Gazette. 19 July 1961. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
↑ "Dukla zahájila v Americe vítězně". Rudé právo (in Czech). 29 June 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ Gillespie, Norman (28 June 1961). "Concordia Blanks Israel Dukla Upsets Yugoslavia". The Montreal Gazette. p. 24. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ "Vysoké vítězství fotbalistů DUKLY". Rudé právo (in Czech). 4 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ "Soccer". The Montreal Gazette. 3 July 1961. p. 18. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
↑ Gillespie, Norman (5 July 1961). "Sam Lawrie Gets Equalizer As Concordia Holds Espanol To 1-1 Deadlock". The Montreal Gazette. p. 22. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ Briordy, William J. (5 July 1961). "Dukla, Monaco Triumph in Soccer Games Here" . New York Times. p. 44. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
1 2 "Čtvrté utkání nerozhodně". Rudé právo (in Czech). 8 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ "Soccer Record". The Montreal Gazette. 10 July 1961. p. 21. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
↑ Gillespie, Norman (12 July 1961). "Concordia Wins Over Rapid 3-2". The Montreal Gazette. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
1 2 "New York: čtvrté vítězství fotbalistů Dukly". Rudé právo (in Czech). 14 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ Note: The match was a double header with Dukla Prague vs. RCD Español following.
↑ Briordy, William J. (17 July 1961). "Dukla Wins, 5-1, Clinches Tie for Soccer Title". New York Times. p. 18. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ "Soccer Record". The Montreal Gazette. 21 July 1961. p. 22. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
1 2 "Soccer Record". The Montreal Gazette. 24 July 1961. p. 18. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
↑ Norman Gillespie: Concordia, Shamrock Rovers Tie , The Montreal Gazette, 25 July 1961, p. 21
1 2 3 "Dukla Praha-Shamrock Rovers 10:0!". Rudé právo (in Czech). 8 July 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
↑ "Vysoké vítězství Dukly Praha". Rudé právo (in Czech). 4 August 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ "DUKLA Praha vítězem turnaje v USA". Rudé právo (in Czech). 7 August 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

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[1] Holroyd, Steve (24 October 1999). "The Year in American Soccer - 1961". sover.net. Archived from the original on 13 November 1999.

[2] "Concordia Blanks Ulster". The Montreal Gazette. 13 May 1961. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

[3] Gillespie, Norman (26 May 1961). "Collins Paces Everton Over Kilmarnock". The Montreal Gazette. p. 30. Retrieved 13 June 2011.

[4] Gillespie, Norman (23 May 1961). "International League Makes Debut Concordia Meets Everton Tonight". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

[5] Gillespie, Norman (24 May 1961). "Everton Eleven Defeats Concordia 1–0". The Montreal Gazette. 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.

[tmg2-9] 1 2 "Concordia Rallies To Beat Monaco". The Montreal Gazette. 19 July 1961. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

[10] "Dukla zahájila v Americe vítězně". Rudé právo (in Czech). 29 June 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[11] Gillespie, Norman (28 June 1961). "Concordia Blanks Israel Dukla Upsets Yugoslavia". The Montreal Gazette. p. 24. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[12] "Vysoké vítězství fotbalistů DUKLY". Rudé právo (in Czech). 4 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[13] "Soccer". The Montreal Gazette. 3 July 1961. p. 18. Retrieved 30 January 2026.

[14] Gillespie, Norman (5 July 1961). "Sam Lawrie Gets Equalizer As Concordia Holds Espanol To 1-1 Deadlock". The Montreal Gazette. p. 22. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[15] Briordy, William J. (5 July 1961). "Dukla, Monaco Triumph in Soccer Games Here" . New York Times. p. 44. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[RP8Jul-16] 1 2 "Čtvrté utkání nerozhodně". Rudé právo (in Czech). 8 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[17] "Soccer Record". The Montreal Gazette. 10 July 1961. p. 21. Retrieved 30 January 2026.

[18] Gillespie, Norman (12 July 1961). "Concordia Wins Over Rapid 3-2". The Montreal Gazette. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[RP14Jul-19] 1 2 "New York: čtvrté vítězství fotbalistů Dukly". Rudé právo (in Czech). 14 July 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[20] Note: The match was a double header with Dukla Prague vs. RCD Español following.

[21] Briordy, William J. (17 July 1961). "Dukla Wins, 5-1, Clinches Tie for Soccer Title". New York Times. p. 18. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[22] "Soccer Record". The Montreal Gazette. 21 July 1961. p. 22. Retrieved 30 January 2026.

[MG24Jul-23] 1 2 "Soccer Record". The Montreal Gazette. 24 July 1961. p. 18. Retrieved 30 January 2026.

[24] Norman Gillespie: Concordia, Shamrock Rovers Tie , The Montreal Gazette, 25 July 1961, p. 21

[RP31Jul-25] 1 2 3 "Dukla Praha-Shamrock Rovers 10:0!". Rudé právo (in Czech). 8 July 1961. p. 8. Retrieved 30 January 2026.

[26] "Vysoké vítězství Dukly Praha". Rudé právo (in Czech). 4 August 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

[27] "DUKLA Praha vítězem turnaje v USA". Rudé právo (in Czech). 7 August 1961. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026.

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