1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Tournament details
Dates13 September 1960 – 11 October 1961
Teams16 (15 competed)
Final positions
Champions Roma (1st title)
Runners-up Birmingham City
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored144 (4.65 per match)
Top scorer(s) 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.

Teams location

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
  • Heiser 49'
  • Fischer 61'

Leipzig XI 5–2 Belgrade XI

KB 8–1 Basel XI
Hügi II 34'

Birmingham City 3–2 Újpesti Dózsa
Göröcs 15', 49'

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

Lyon 1–3 Cologne XI
Roubaud 4' (pen.)

Second leg

Hannover 96 1–6 Inter Milan
Heiser 4'

Inter Milan won 14–3 on aggregate.


Barcelona 4–3 Zagreb XI

Barcelona FC won 5–4 on aggregate.


Cologne XI 1–2 Lyon
Sturm 20'

Cologne XI won 4–3 on aggregate.


Belgrade XI 4–1 Leipzig XI
Stiller 24'

Belgrade XI 6-6 Leipzig XI on aggregate.

Belgrade XI won 2–0 in play-off.


Basel XI 3–3 KB
  • Hügi II 11'
  • Siedl 28'
  • Kirchhofer 49'

KB won 11–4 on aggregate.


Birmingham City won 5–3 on aggregate.


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

KB 4–4 Birmingham City

Barcelona 4–4 Hibernian

Second leg

Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.


Birmingham City 5–0 KB

Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.


Hibernian 3–2 Barcelona

Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.


Roma 0–2 Cologne XI

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

Roma 4–1 Cologne XI
Müller 84'

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'

Hibernian 2–2 Roma
Lojacono 14', 63'

Second leg

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.


Roma 3–3 Hibernian

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

Roma 6–0 Hibernian

Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

Final

First leg

Birmingham City 2–2 Roma
Manfredini 30', 56'
Attendance: 21,005

Second leg

Roma 2–0 Birmingham City
Attendance: 60,000

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.