1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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

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 West 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[]

Internazionale Italy8–2West Germany Hannover
Bicicli 21'
Zaglio 55'
Lindskog 63' (pen.) 73'
Corso 70' 76'
Firmani 79'
Angelillo 90'		 49'
61'
Leipzig XI East Germany5–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI
29', 38'
Frenzel 34'
Krause 76'
87'		 33'
Mihajlović 73'
KB Denmark8–1Switzerland Basel XI
18', 44', 60'
62'
J. Sørensen 72', 76', 86'
O. Sørensen 80'		 34'
, Copenhagen
Birmingham City England3–2Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Gordon 29', 83'
Astall 62'		 Göröcs 15', 49'
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Zagreb XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Spain Barcelona
Gensana 61' (o.g.) Villaverde 25'
Lyon France1–3West Germany Cologne XI
4' (pen.) Müller 55'
Rühl 70'
76'
Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium0–0Italy Roma

Second leg[]

Hannover West Germany1–6Italy Internazionale
4' Angelillo 25'
Corso 40'
Lindskog 55'
Bicchierai 75'
77' (o.g.)
Firmani 85'

Internazionale won 14–3 on aggregate.

Barcelona Spain4–3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb XI
Luis Suarez 29'
Martinez 53'
Gensana 65'
Czibor 72'		 Lamza 18'
Markovic 27'
84'

Barcelona FC won 5–4 on aggregate.

Belgrade XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–1East Germany Leipzig XI
Tasić 12'
Mihajlović 60', 90'
Prljinčević 73' (pen.)		 24'
Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Leipzig drew 6–6 with Belgrade XI on aggregate.

Belgrade XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0East Germany Leipzig XI
Skoblar 10'
Kostić 49'		 Play-off

Beograd XI won the play-off 2–0.

Basel XI Switzerland3–3Denmark KB
11'
Siedl 28'
49'		 Ravn 44'
O. Sørensen 45'
Ravn 79'

KB won 11–4 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dósza Hungary1–2England Birmingham City
Szusza 63' Rudd 87'
Singer 90'
Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest

Birmingham City won 5–3 on aggregate.

Roma Italy4–1Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise
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 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[]

Internazionale Italy5–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI
Morbello 8'
Bicicli 51' 80'
Firmani 74' 87'
KB Denmark4–4England Birmingham City
Ravn 34'
Clausen 65', 79'
Torstensen 84'		 Gordon 36', 57'
Singer 49', 61'
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Barcelona Spain4–4Scotland Hibernian
Kocsis 36', 53', 83'
Evaristo 89'		 Baker 7', 74'
MacLeod 18'
Preston 72'
Cologne XI West Germany0–2Italy Roma
Manfredini 51'
Stollenwerk 70' (o.g.)
Mungersdorfer Stadion Germany

Second leg[]

Belgrade XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0Italy Internazionale
Skoblar 54'
Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.

Birmingham City F.C. England5–0Denmark KB
Stubbs 4', 67'
Harris 48'
Hellawell 50'
Bloomfield 53'
St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.

Hibernian Scotland3–2Spain Barcelona
Baker 10'
Preston 74'
Kinloch 85' (pen.)		 Martinez 29'
Kocsis 44'

Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.

Roma Italy0–2West Germany Cologne XI
Kremer 58'
Schnellinger 82'

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

Roma Italy4–1West 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[]

Internazionale Italy1–2England Birmingham City
Firmani 67' Harris 12'
Balleri 41' (o.g.)
Hibernian Scotland2–2Italy Roma
Baker 47'
MacLeod 82'		 Lojacono 14' 63'

Second leg[]

Birmingham City England2–1Italy Internazionale
Harris 4' 62' Masiero 66'
St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.

Roma Italy3–3Scotland Hibernian
Manfredini 23', 67'
Lojacono 72'		 Kinloch 31'
Baker 60', 63'

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

Roma Italy6–0Scotland Hibernian
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[]

Birmingham City England2–2Italy Roma
Hellawell 78'
Orritt 85'		 Manfredini 30' 56'
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 21,005
Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)

Second leg[]

Roma Italy2–0England Birmingham City
Farmer 56' (o.g.)
Pestrin 90'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: (France)

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

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