1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The third Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the first to be played over a single season, namely the 1960–61 season. Birmingham City once again reached the final, but lost again over two legs, this time to Roma. Once again, a number of countries sent a representative team for one of their main cities.

1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Tournament details
Dates13 September 1960 – 11 October 1961
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Roma (1st title)
Runners-up Birmingham City
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored144 (4.65 per match)
Top scorer(s) Pedro Manfredini (12 goals)

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internazionale 14–3 Hannover 8–2 6–1
Leipzig XI 6–61 Belgrade XI 5–2 1–4
KB 11–4 Basel XI 8–1 3–3
Birmingham City 5–3 Újpesti Dózsa 3–2 2–1
Zagreb XI 4–5 Barcelona 1–1 3–4
Hibernian (w/o) Lausanne Sports
Lyon 3–4 Cologne XI 1–3 2–1
Union Saint-Gilloise 1–4 Roma 0–0 1–4

1 Belgrade XI progressed to the Quarter finals after beating Leipzig XI 2–0 on a play-off match.

First leg

Internazionale 8–2 Hannover
Bicicli 21'
Zaglio 55'
Lindskog 63' (pen.) 73'
Corso 70' 76'
Firmani 79'
Angelillo 90'
Heiser 49'
Fischer 61'

Leipzig XI 5–2 Belgrade XI
Heydenreich 29', 38'
Frenzel 34'
Krause 76'
Trolitzsch 87'
Kovačević 33'
Mihajlović 73'

KB 8–1 Basel XI
Petersen 18', 44', 60'
Clausen 62'
J. Sørensen 72', 76', 86'
O. Sørensen 80'
Hügi II 34'
Frederiksberg I P Opvisning, Copenhagen

Birmingham City 3–2 Újpesti Dózsa
Gordon 29', 83'
Astall 62'
Göröcs 15', 49'

Zagreb XI 1–1 Barcelona
Gensana 61' (o.g.) Villaverde 25'

Lyon 1–3 Cologne XI
Roubaud 4' (pen.) Müller 55'
Rühl 70'
Schwier 76'

Second leg

Hannover 1–6 Internazionale
Heiser 4' Angelillo 25'
Corso 40'
Lindskog 55'
Bicchierai 75'
Wieczorek 77' (o.g.)
Firmani 85'

Internazionale won 14–3 on aggregate.


Barcelona 4–3 Zagreb XI
Luis Suarez 29'
Martinez 53'
Gensana 65'
Czibor 72'
Lamza 18'
Markovic 27'
Conc 84'

Barcelona FC won 5–4 on aggregate.


Belgrade XI 4–1 Leipzig XI
Tasić 12'
Mihajlović 60', 90'
Prljinčević 73' (pen.)
Stiller 24'

Leipzig drew 6–6 with Belgrade XI on aggregate.


Belgrade XI 2–0 Leipzig XI
Skoblar 10'
Kostić 49'
Play-off

Beograd XI won the play-off 2–0.


Basel XI 3–3 KB
Hügi II 11'
Siedl 28'
Kirchhofer 49'
Ravn 44'
O. Sørensen 45'
Ravn 79'

KB won 11–4 on aggregate.


Birmingham City won 5–3 on aggregate.


Roma won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internazionale 5–1 Belgrade XI 5–0 0–1
KB 4–9 Birmingham City 4–4 0–5
Barcelona 6–7 Hibernian 4–4 2–3
Cologne XI 2–21 Roma 0–2 2–0

1 Roma progressed to the Semifinals after beating Cologne XI 4–1 on a play-off match.

First leg

Internazionale 5–0 Belgrade XI
Morbello 8'
Bicicli 51' 80'
Firmani 74' 87'

KB 4–4 Birmingham City
Ravn 34'
Clausen 65', 79'
Torstensen 84'
Gordon 36', 57'
Singer 49', 61'

Barcelona 4–4 Hibernian
Kocsis 36', 53', 83'
Evaristo 89'
Baker 7', 74'
MacLeod 18'
Preston 72'

Second leg

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.


Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.


Hibernian 3–2 Barcelona
Baker 10'
Preston 74'
Kinloch 85' (pen.)
Martinez 29'
Kocsis 44'

Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.


Roma 0–2 Cologne XI
Kremer 58'
Schnellinger 82'

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

Roma 4–1 Cologne XI
Manfredini 42' 70'
Lojacono 60'
Pestrin 71'
Müller 84'

Roma won 4–1 in play-off.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internazionale 2–4 Birmingham City 1–2 1–2
Hibernian 5–51 Roma 2–2 3–3

1 Roma progressed to the Final after beating Hibernian 6–0 on a play-off match.

First leg


Hibernian 2–2 Roma
Baker 47'
MacLeod 82'
Lojacono 14' 63'

Second leg

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.


Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

Roma 6–0 Hibernian
Manfredini 1', 9', 35', 57'
Menichelli 69'
Selmosson 72'

Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

Final

First leg

Birmingham City 2–2 Roma
Hellawell 78'
Orritt 85'
Manfredini 30' 56'
Attendance: 21,005

Second leg

Roma 2–0 Birmingham City
Farmer 56' (o.g.)
Pestrin 90'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

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