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
Dates	13 September 1960 – 11 October 1961
Teams	16 (15 competed)
Final positions
Champions	Roma (1st title)
Runners-up	Birmingham City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	144 (4.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro Manfredini (12 goals)
← 1958–1960 1961–62 →

Teams location

Inter Milan

Hannover 96

Leipzig XI

Belgrade XI

KB

Basel XI

Birmingham City

Újpesti Dózsa

Zagreb XI

Barcelona

Hibernian

Lausanne-Sport

Lyon

Cologne XI

Union Saint-Gilloise

Roma

Location of teams in the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Bracket

	First round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Inter Milan	8	6	14
	Hannover 96	2	1	3
							Inter Milan	5	0	5
							Belgrade XI	0	1	1
	Leipzig XI	5	1	6 (0)
	Belgrade XI	2	4	6 (2)
													Inter Milan	1	1	2
													Birmingham City	2	2	4
	KB	8	3	11
	Basel XI	1	3	4
							KB	4	0	4
							Birmingham City	4	5	9
	Birmingham City	3	2	5
	Újpesti Dózsa	2	1	3
																			Birmingham City	2	0	2
																			Roma	2	2	4
	Zagreb XI	1	3	4
	Barcelona	1	4	5
							Barcelona	4	2	6
							Hibernian	4	3	7
	Hibernian	—	—	w
	Lausanne-Sport	—	—	o
													Hibernian	2	3	5 (0)
													Roma	2	3	5 (6)
	Lyon	1	2	3
	Cologne XI	3	1	4
							Cologne XI	0	2	2 (1)
							Roma	2	0	2 (4)
	U. Saint-Gilloise	0	1	1
	Roma	0	4	4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Inter Milan	14–3	Hannover 96	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-Sport	–	–
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 in a play-off match.

First leg

Inter Milan	8–2	Hannover 96
Bicicli 21' Zaglio 55' Lindskog 63' (pen.) 73' Corso 70' 76' Firmani 79' Angelillo 90'		Heiser 49' Fischer 61'

13 September 1960

San Siro, Milan

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

11 September 1960

Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig

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

19 October 1960

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

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

16 October 1960

St Andrew's, Birmingham

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

12 October 1960

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

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

12 October 1960

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

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Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	Roma

4 October 1960

Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels

Second leg

Hannover 96	1–6	Inter Milan
Heiser 4'		Angelillo 25' Corso 40' Lindskog 55' Bicchierai 75' Wieczorek 77' (o.g.) Firmani 85'

5 October 1960

Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover

Inter Milan won 14–3 on aggregate.

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Barcelona	4–3	Zagreb XI
Luis Suarez 29' Martinez 53' Gensana 65' Czibor 72'		Lamza 18' Marković 27' Pašić 83'

19 October 1960

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Barcelona FC won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Cologne XI	1–2	Lyon
Sturm 20'		Gardon 67' N'Jo Léa 80'

19 October 1960

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Cologne XI won 4–3 on aggregate.

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

19 October 1960

Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Belgrade XI 6-6 Leipzig XI on aggregate.

Belgrade XI	2–0	Leipzig XI
Skoblar 10' Kostić 49'

9 November 1960

Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Belgrade XI won 2–0 in play-off.

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

26 October 1960

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

KB won 11–4 on aggregate.

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Újpesti Dósza	1–2	Birmingham City
Szusza 63'		Rudd 87' Singer 90'

26 October 1960

Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest

Birmingham City won 5–3 on aggregate.

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

1 November 1960

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Inter Milan	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 semi-finals after beating Cologne XI 4–1 in a play-off match.

First leg

Inter Milan	5–0	Belgrade XI
Morbello 8' Bicicli 51', 80' Firmani 74', 87'

1 March 1961

San Siro, Milan

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

23 November 1960

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

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

27 December 1960

Camp Nou, Barcelona

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

18 January 1961

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Second leg

Belgrade XI	1–0	Inter Milan
Skoblar 54'

8 March 1961

Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

7 December 1960

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.

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

22 February 1961

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.

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

8 February 1961

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

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

1 March 1961

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma won 4–1 in play-off.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Inter Milan	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 in a play-off match.

First leg

Inter Milan	1–2	Birmingham City
Firmani 67'		Harris 12' Balleri 41' (o.g.)

19 April 1961

San Siro, Milan

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

19 April 1961

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Second leg

Birmingham City	2–1	Inter Milan
Harris 4', 62'		Masiero 66'

3 May 1961

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

26 April 1961

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

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

27 May 1961

Stadio Olimpico, 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'

27 September 1961

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Attendance: 21,005

Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)

Second leg

Roma	2–0	Birmingham City
Farmer 56' (o.g.) Pestrin 90'

11 October 1961

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

References

• Zea, Antonio; Haisma, Marcel (2 October 2009). "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1960-61 - Details: Fairs' Cup 1960–61". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

External links

• Corriere dello Sport match chronicle