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'
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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'
Union Saint-Gilloise 0–0 Roma

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

Barcelona FC drew 5–4 with Zagreb XI on aggregate.

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

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.

Újpesti Dósza 1–2 Birmingham City
Szusza  63' Rudd  87'
Singer  90'
Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest

Birmingham City won 5–3 on aggregate.

Roma 4–1 Union Saint-Gilloise
Giuliano  6'
Menichelli  21'
Manfredini  39'
Lojacono  76'		 Dirickx  81' (pen.)
Rome

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'
Cologne XI 0–2 Roma
Manfredini  51'
Stollenwerk  70' (o.g.)

Second leg
Belgrade XI 1–0 Internazionale
Skoblar  54'
Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.

Birmingham City F.C. 5–0 KB
Stubbs  4', 67'
Harris  48'
Hellawell  50'
Bloomfield  53'

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'
Rome

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
Internazionale 1–2 Birmingham City
Firmani  67' Harris  12'
Balleri  41' (o.g.)
Hibernian 2–2 Roma
Baker  47'
MacLeod  82'		 Lojacono  14'  63'

Second leg
Birmingham City 2–1 Internazionale
Harris  4'  62' Masiero  66'

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.

Roma 3–3 Hibernian
Manfredini  23', 67'
Lojacono  72'		 Kinloch  31'
Baker  60', 63'
Rome

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

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

Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

Final
Main article: 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

First leg
Birmingham City 2–2 Roma
Hellawell  78'
Orritt  85'		 Manfredini  30'  56'
Attendance: 21,005
Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)

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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