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.

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First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Internazionale 14–3 Hannover 8–2 6–1
Leipzig XI 6–61 OFK Beograd 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

13 September 1960
 Internazionale 8 - 2 Hannover Nuovo Stadio Calcistico San Siro, Milan
Bicicli  21'
Zaglio  55'
Lindskog  63' (pen.)  73'
Corso  70'  76'
Firmani  79'
Angelillo  90'		 Heiser  49'
Fischer  61'
11 September 1960
 Leipzig XI 5 - 2 OFK Beograd Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig
Heydenreich  29', 38'
Frenzel  34'
Krause  76'
Trolitzsch  87'		 Kovacevic  33'
Mihajlovic  73'
19 October 1960
 KB 8 - 1 Basel XI Frederiksberg I P Opvisning, Copenhagen
Petersen  18', 44', 60'
Clausen  62'
J. Sørensen  72', 76', 86'
O. Sørensen  80'		 Hügi II  34'
16 October 1960
 Birmingham City 3 - 2 Újpesti Dózsa St Andrew's, Birmingham
Gordon  29', 83'
Astall  62'		 Göröcs  15', 49'
12 October 1960
 Zagreb XI 1 - 1 Barcelona Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Gensana  61' (o.g.) Villaverde  25'
12 October 1960
 Lyon 1 - 3 Cologne XI Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Roubaud  4' (pen.) Müller  55'
Rühl  70'
Schwier  76'
4 October 1960
 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 - 0 Roma Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels

Second leg

5 October 1960
 Hannover 1 – 6 Internazionale Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
Heiser  4' Angelillo  25'
Corso  40'
Lindskog  55'
Bicchierai  75'
Wieczorek  77' (o.g.)
Firmani  85'

Internazionale won 14-3 on aggregate.

19 October 1960
 OFK Beograd 4 - 1 Leipzig XI Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade
Tasić  12'
Mihajlović  60', 90'
Prljincević  73' (pen.)		 Stiller  24'

Leipzig XI drew 6-6 with OFK Beograd on aggregate.

9 November 1960
 OFK Beograd 2 - 0 Leipzig XI
Skoblar  10'
Kostić  49'		 Play-off

OFK Beograd won the play-off 2-0.

26 October 1960
 Basel XI 3 - 3 KB St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Hügi II
Kirchhofer
Siedl		 Ravn  (2)'
Sørensen

KB won 11-4 on aggregate.

26 October 1960
 Újpesti Dósza 1 - 2 Birmingham City Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest
Szusza  63' Rudd  87'
Singer  90'

Birmingham City won 5-3 on aggregate.

1 November 1960
 Roma 4 - 1 Union Saint-Gilloise Rome
Giuliano  6'
Menichelli  21'
Manfredini  39'
Lojacono  76'		 Dirickx  81' (pen.)

Roma won 4-1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Internazionale 5–1 OFK Beograd 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

1 March 1961
 Internazionale 5 – 0 OFK Beograd San Siro, Milan
Morbello  8'
Bicicli  51'  80'
Firmani  74'  87'
23 November 1960
 KB 4 – 4 Birmingham City Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Ravn  34'
Clausen  65', 79'
Torstensen  84'		 Gordon  36', 57'
Singer  49', 61'
27 December 1960
 Barcelona 4 – 4 Hibernian Camp Nou, Barcelona
Kocsis  36', 53', 83'
Evaristo  89'		 Baker  7', 74'
MacLeod  18'
Preston  72'
18 January 1961
 Cologne XI 0 – 2 Roma Cologne
Manfredini  51'
Stollenwerk  70' (o.g.)

Second leg

8 March 1961
 OFK Beograd 1 – 0 Internazionale Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade
Skoblar  54'

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.

7 December 1960
 Birmingham City F.C. 5 – 0 KB St Andrew's, Birmingham
Stubbs  4', 67'
Harris  48'
Hellawell  50'
Bloomfield  53'

Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.

22 February 1961
 Hibernian 3 – 2 Barcelona Easter Road, Edinburgh
Baker  10'
Preston  74'
Kinloch  85' (pen.)		 Martinez  29'
Kocsis  44'

Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.

8 February 1961
 Roma 0 – 2 Cologne XI Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kremer  58'
Schnellinger  82'

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

1 March 1961
 Roma 4 – 1 Cologne XI Rome
Manfredini  42'  70'
Lojacono  60'
Pestrin  71'		 Müller  84'

Roma won 4–1 in play-off.

Semifinals

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

19 April 1961
 Internazionale 1 – 2 Birmingham City Milan
Firmani  67' Harris  12'
Balleri  41' (o.g.)
19 April 1961
 Hibernian 2 – 2 Roma Easter Road, Edinburgh
Baker  47'
MacLeod  82'		 Lojacono  14'  63'

Second leg

3 May 1961
 Birmingham City 2 – 1 Internazionale St Andrew's, Birmingham
Harris  4'  62' Masiero  66'

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.

26 April 1961
 Roma 3 – 3 Hibernian Rome
Manfredini  23'  67'
Lojacono  72'		 Kinloch  31'  64'
Baker  81'

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

27 May 1961
 Roma 6 – 0 Hibernian Rome
Manfredini  1'  9'  35'  57'
Menichelli  69'
Selmosson  72'

Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

Final

Main article: 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

First leg

27 September 1961
 Birmingham City 2 – 2 Roma St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 21,005
Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)
Hellawell  78'
Orritt  85'		 Manfredini  30'  56'

Second leg

11 October 1961
 Roma 2 – 0 Birmingham City Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
Farmer  56' (o.g.)
Pestrin  90'

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

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