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	Italy Roma (1st title)
Runners-up	England Birmingham City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	144 (4.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Argentina 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

Bracket

First round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Italy Inter Milan	8	6	14

Germany Hannover 96	2	1	3
				Italy Inter Milan	5	0	5

				Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI	0	1	1
East Germany Leipzig XI	5	1	6 (0)

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI	2	4	6 (2)
								Italy Inter Milan	1	1	2

								England Birmingham City	2	2	4
Denmark KB	8	3	11

Switzerland Basel XI	1	3	4
				Denmark KB	4	0	4

				England Birmingham City	4	5	9
England Birmingham City	3	2	5

Hungary Újpesti Dózsa	2	1	3
												England Birmingham City	2	0	2

												Italy Roma	2	2	4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb XI	1	3	4

Spain Barcelona	1	4	5
				Spain Barcelona	4	2	6

				Scotland Hibernian	4	3	7
Scotland Hibernian	—	—	w

Switzerland Lausanne-Sport	—	—	o
								Scotland Hibernian	2	3	5 (0)

								Italy Roma	2	3	5 (6)
France Lyon	1	2	3

Germany Cologne XI	3	1	4
				Germany Cologne XI	0	2	2 (1)

				Italy Roma	2	0	2 (4)
Belgium U. Saint-Gilloise	0	1	1

Italy Roma	0	4	4

First round

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

First leg

13 September 1960

Inter Milan Italy	8–2	West Germany Hannover 96
Bicicli File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Zaglio File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Lindskog File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' (pen.) File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Corso File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Firmani File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Angelillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Heiser File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Fischer File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'

San Siro, Milan

11 September 1960

Leipzig XI East Germany	5–2	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI
Heydenreich File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 38' Frenzel File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Krause File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Trolitzsch File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		Kovačević File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Mihajlović File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig

19 October 1960

KB Denmark	8–1	Switzerland Basel XI
Petersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 44', 60' Clausen File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' J. Sørensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 72', 76', 86' O. Sørensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'		Hügi II File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

16 October 1960

Birmingham City England	3–2	Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 83' Astall File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'		Göröcs File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 49'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

12 October 1960

Zagreb XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	1–1	Spain Barcelona
Gensana File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' (o.g.)		Villaverde File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

12 October 1960

Lyon France	1–3	West Germany Cologne XI
Roubaud File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' (pen.)		Müller File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Rühl File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Schwier File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

4 October 1960

Union Saint-Gilloise Belgium	0–0	Italy Roma

Stade Joseph Marien, Brussels

Second leg

5 October 1960

Hannover 96 West Germany	1–6	Italy Inter Milan
Heiser File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'		Angelillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Corso File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Lindskog File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Bicchierai File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Wieczorek File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (o.g.) Firmani File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover

Inter Milan won 14–3 on aggregate.

19 October 1960

Barcelona Spain	4–3	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb XI
Luis Suarez File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Martinez File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Gensana File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Czibor File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		Lamza File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Marković File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Pašić File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Barcelona FC won 5–4 on aggregate.

19 October 1960

Cologne XI West Germany	1–2	France Lyon
Sturm File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'		Gardon File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' N'Jo Léa File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Cologne XI won 4–3 on aggregate.

19 October 1960

Belgrade XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	4–1	East Germany Leipzig XI
Tasić File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Mihajlović File:Soccerball shade.svg 60', 90' Prljinčević File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' (pen.)		Stiller File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'

Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Belgrade XI 6-6 Leipzig XI on aggregate.

9 November 1960

Belgrade XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	2–0	East Germany Leipzig XI
Skoblar File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Kostić File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'

Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Belgrade XI won 2–0 in play-off.

26 October 1960

Basel XI Switzerland	3–3	Denmark KB
Hügi II File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Siedl File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Kirchhofer File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'		Ravn File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', 79' O. Sørensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

KB won 11–4 on aggregate.

26 October 1960

Újpesti Dósza Hungary	1–2	England Birmingham City
Szusza File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'		Rudd File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' Singer File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest

Birmingham City won 5–3 on aggregate.

1 November 1960

Roma Italy	4–1	Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise
Giuliano File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Menichelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Manfredini File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Lojacono File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'		Dirickx File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 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 semi-finals after beating Cologne XI 4–1 in a play-off match.

First leg

1 March 1961

Inter Milan Italy	5–0	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade XI
Morbello File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Bicicli File:Soccerball shade.svg 51', 80' Firmani File:Soccerball shade.svg 74', 87'

San Siro, Milan

23 November 1960

KB Denmark	4–4	England Birmingham City
Ravn File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Clausen File:Soccerball shade.svg 65', 79' Torstensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		Gordon File:Soccerball shade.svg 36', 57' Singer File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 61'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

27 December 1960

Barcelona Spain	4–4	Scotland Hibernian
Kocsis File:Soccerball shade.svg 36', 53', 83' Evaristo File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		Baker File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 74' MacLeod File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Preston File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

18 January 1961

Cologne XI West Germany	0–2	Italy Roma
		Manfredini File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Stollenwerk File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' (o.g.)

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Second leg

8 March 1961

Belgrade XI Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	1–0	Italy Inter Milan
Skoblar File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'

Omladinski Stadion, Belgrade

Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.

7 December 1960

Birmingham City England	5–0	Denmark KB
Stubbs File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 67' Harris File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Hellawell File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Bloomfield File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.

22 February 1961

Hibernian Scotland	3–2	Spain Barcelona
Baker File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Preston File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Kinloch File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen.)		Martinez File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Kocsis File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.

8 February 1961

Roma Italy	0–2	West Germany Cologne XI
		Kremer File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Schnellinger File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.

1 March 1961

Roma Italy	4–1	West Germany Cologne XI
Manfredini File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 70' Lojacono File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Pestrin File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'		Müller File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 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 in a play-off match.

First leg

19 April 1961

Inter Milan Italy	1–2	England Birmingham City
Firmani File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'		Harris File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Balleri File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (o.g.)

San Siro, Milan

19 April 1961

Hibernian Scotland	2–2	Italy Roma
Baker File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' MacLeod File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		Lojacono File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 63'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Second leg

3 May 1961

Birmingham City England	2–1	Italy Inter Milan
Harris File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 62'		Masiero File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.

26 April 1961

Roma Italy	3–3	Scotland Hibernian
Manfredini File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', 67' Lojacono File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		Kinloch File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Baker File:Soccerball shade.svg 60', 63'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

27 May 1961

Roma Italy	6–0	Scotland Hibernian
Manfredini File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 9', 35', 57' Menichelli File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Selmosson File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

Final

First leg

27 September 1961

Birmingham City England	2–2	Italy Roma
Hellawell File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Orritt File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'		Manfredini File:Soccerball shade.svg 30', 56'

St Andrew's, Birmingham

Attendance: 21,005

Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)

Second leg

11 October 1961

Roma Italy	2–0	England Birmingham City
Farmer File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' (o.g.) Pestrin File:Soccerball shade.svg 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.

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