1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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 →

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

~~Lausanne-Sport~~

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

13 September 1960

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'

San Siro, Milan

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

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'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

16 October 1960

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

St Andrew's, Birmingham

12 October 1960

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

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

12 October 1960

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

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

4 October 1960

Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	Roma

Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels

Second leg

5 October 1960

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

Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover

Inter Milan won 14–3 on aggregate.

19 October 1960

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

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Barcelona FC won 5–4 on aggregate.

19 October 1960

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

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Cologne XI won 4–3 on aggregate.

19 October 1960

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

Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Belgrade XI 6-6 Leipzig XI on aggregate.

9 November 1960

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

Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Belgrade XI won 2–0 in play-off.

26 October 1960

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

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

KB won 11–4 on aggregate.

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.

1 November 1960

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

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

1 March 1961

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

San Siro, Milan

23 November 1960

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

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

27 December 1960

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

Camp Nou, Barcelona

18 January 1961

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

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Second leg

8 March 1961

Belgrade XI	1–0	Inter Milan
Skoblar 54'

Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.

7 December 1960

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

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.

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.

8 February 1961

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

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

1 March 1961

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

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

19 April 1961

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

San Siro, Milan

19 April 1961

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

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Second leg

3 May 1961

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

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.

26 April 1961

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

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

27 May 1961

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

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

Final

First leg

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

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.

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

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