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.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internazionale Italy 14–3 West Germany Hannover 8–2 6–1
Leipzig XI East Germany 6–61 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI 5–2 1–4
KB Denmark 11–4 Switzerland Basel XI 8–1 3–3
Birmingham City England 5–3 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 3–2 2–1
Zagreb XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–5 Spain Barcelona 1–1 3–4
Hibernian Scotland (w/o) Switzerland Lausanne Sports
Lyon France 3–4 Germany Cologne XI 1–3 2–1
Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium 1–4 Italy 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 Italy 8–2 West Germany Hannover
Bicicli  21'
Zaglio  55'
Lindskog  63' (pen.)  73'
Corso  70'  76'
Firmani  79'
Angelillo  90'
Heiser  49'
Fischer  61'

11 September 1960
Leipzig XI East Germany 5–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI
Heydenreich  29', 38'
Frenzel  34'
Krause  76'
Trolitzsch  87'
Kovačević  33'
Mihajlović  73'

19 October 1960
KB Denmark 8–1 Switzerland Basel XI
Petersen  18', 44', 60'
Clausen  62'
J. Sørensen  72', 76', 86'
O. Sørensen  80'
Hügi II  34'
Frederiksberg I P Opvisning, Copenhagen



12 October 1960
Lyon France 1–3 Germany Cologne XI
Roubaud  4' (pen.) Müller  55'
Rühl  70'
Schwier  76'

Second leg

5 October 1960
Hannover West Germany 1–6 Italy Internazionale
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
Belgrade XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–1 East Germany Leipzig XI
Tasić  12'
Mihajlović  60', 90'
Prljinčević  73' (pen.)
Stiller  24'

Leipzig XI drew 6–6 with Belgrade XI on aggregate.


9 November 1960
Belgrade XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–0 East Germany Leipzig XI
Skoblar  10'
Kostić  49'
Play-off

Beograd XI won the play-off 2–0.


26 October 1960
Basel XI Switzerland 3–3 Denmark 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 Italy 5–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI 5–0 0–1
KB Denmark 4–9 England Birmingham City 4–4 0–5
Barcelona Spain 6–7 Scotland Hibernian 4–4 2–3
Cologne XI West Germany 2–21 Italy 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 Italy 5–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI
Morbello  8'
Bicicli  51'  80'
Firmani  74'  87'

23 November 1960
KB Denmark 4–4 England Birmingham City
Ravn  34'
Clausen  65', 79'
Torstensen  84'
Gordon  36', 57'
Singer  49', 61'

27 December 1960
Barcelona Spain 4–4 Scotland Hibernian
Kocsis  36', 53', 83'
Evaristo  89'
Baker  7', 74'
MacLeod  18'
Preston  72'

18 January 1961
Cologne XI West Germany 0–2 Italy Roma
Manfredini  51'
Stollenwerk  70' (o.g.)

Second leg

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.


Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.


22 February 1961
Hibernian Scotland 3–2 Spain Barcelona
Baker  10'
Preston  74'
Kinloch  85' (pen.)
Martinez  29'
Kocsis  44'

Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.


8 February 1961
Roma Italy 0–2 West Germany Cologne XI
Kremer  58'
Schnellinger  82'

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

1 March 1961
Roma Italy 4–1 West Germany 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 Italy 2–4 England Birmingham City 1–2 1–2
Hibernian Scotland 5–51 Italy 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
Hibernian Scotland 2–2 Italy Roma
Baker  47'
MacLeod  82'
Lojacono  14'  63'

Second leg

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.


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

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

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

Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

Final

First leg

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

Second leg

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

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

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