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	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 v Hannover

13 September 1960

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

Nuovo Stadio Calcistico San Siro, Milan

Leipzig XI v Belgrade XI

11 September 1960

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

Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig

KB v Basel XI

19 October 1960

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

Frederiksberg I P Opvisning, Copenhagen

Birmingham City v Újpesti Dózsa

16 October 1960

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

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Zagreb XI v Barcelona

12 October 1960

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

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Lyon v Cologne XI

12 October 1960

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

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Union Saint-Gilloise v Roma

4 October 1960

Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	Roma

Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels

Second leg

Hannover v Internazionale

5 October 1960

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

Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover

Internazionale won 14–3 on aggregate.

Belgrade XI v Leipzig XI

19 October 1960

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

Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

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

Belgrade XI v Leipzig XI

9 November 1960

Belgrade XI	2–0	Leipzig XI
Skoblar 10' Kostić 49'	Play-off

Beograd XI won the play-off 2–0.

Basel XI v KB

26 October 1960

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

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

KB won 11–4 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dósza v Birmingham City

26 October 1960

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

Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest

Birmingham City won 5–3 on aggregate.

Roma v Union Saint-Gilloise

1 November 1960

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 v Belgrade XI

1 March 1961

Internazionale	5–0	Belgrade XI
Morbello 8' Bicicli 51' 80' Firmani 74' 87'

San Siro, Milan

KB v Birmingham City

23 November 1960

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

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Barcelona v Hibernian

27 December 1960

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

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Cologne XI v Roma

18 January 1961

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

Cologne

Second leg

Belgrade XI v Internazionale

8 March 1961

Belgrade XI	1–0	Internazionale
Skoblar 54'

Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.

Birmingham City F.C. v KB

7 December 1960

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

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.

Hibernian v Barcelona

22 February 1961

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

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.

Roma v Cologne XI

8 February 1961

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

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

Roma v Cologne XI

1 March 1961

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 v Birmingham City

19 April 1961

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

Milan

Hibernian v Roma

19 April 1961

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

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Second leg

Birmingham City v Internazionale

3 May 1961

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

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.

Roma v Hibernian

26 April 1961

Roma	3–3	Hibernian
Manfredini 23', 67' Lojacono 72'		Kinloch 31', 64' Baker 81'

Rome

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

Roma v Hibernian

27 May 1961

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 v Roma

27 September 1961

Birmingham City	2–2	Roma
Hellawell 78' Orritt 85'		Manfredini 30' 56'

St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 21,005
Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)

Second leg

Roma v Birmingham City

11 October 1961

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

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

External links

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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