It provided "an alternative qualifying route into the UEFA Cup".
[2] The first tournament provided two winners, both of whom therefore qualified for the UEFA Cup in the 1995–96 season, with Frenchman Jacky Duguépéroux and Yugoslavian Slavoljub Muslin as the winning managers.
From the following season to the 2005 contest, three teams were awarded Intertoto Cups, with French managers being the most successful.
[3] In 2006, the format was modified to allow eleven clubs to qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, the Intertoto Cup being awarded to the team that progressed the furthest in the competition.
This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.