1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Dates 13 September 1960 – 11 October 1961 Teams 16 (15 competed) Champions Roma (1st title) Runners-up Birmingham City Matches played 31 Goals scored 144 (4.65 per match) Top scorer(s) Pedro Manfredini (12 goals)
International football competition
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.
Location of teams in the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
1 Belgrade XI progressed to the quarter-finals after beating Leipzig XI 2–0 in a play-off match.
Inter Milan won 14–3 on aggregate.
Barcelona FC won 5–4 on aggregate.
Cologne XI won 4–3 on aggregate.
Belgrade XI 6-6 Leipzig XI on aggregate.
Belgrade XI won 2–0 in play-off.
KB won 11–4 on aggregate.
Birmingham City won 5–3 on aggregate.
Roma won 4–1 on aggregate.
1 Roma progressed to the semi-finals after beating Cologne XI 4–1 in a play-off match.
Inter Milan won 5–1 on aggregate.
Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.
Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.
Roma won 4–1 in play-off.
1 Roma progressed to the final after beating Hibernian 6–0 in a play-off match.
Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.
Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.
Roma won 6–0 in play-off.
Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.
Seasons Finals Trophy Play-Off
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