The second Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...

 took place between 1958 and 1960 and was won by Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

 for the second consecutive time in a two-legged final against Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

. Once again, a number of countries sent a representative team for one of their main cities, although London sent Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

 instead. The Copenhagen XI was made up mostly of BK Frem players, and played in their colours.

First round

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First leg

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Second leg

Union Saint-Gilloise won 6-2 on aggregate.
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Roma won 4-2 on aggregate.
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Birmingham City won 4-2 on aggregate.
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Zagreb XI won 4-3 on aggregate.
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Chelsea won 7-2 on aggregate.
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Beograd XI won 11-4 on aggregate.
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Barcelona won 7-3 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 8-1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

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First leg

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Second leg

Union Saint-Gilloise won 3-1 on aggregate.
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Birmingham City won 4-3 on aggregate.
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Beograd XI won 4-2 on aggregate.
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Barcelona won 8-2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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First leg

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Second leg

Birmingham City won 8-4 on aggregate
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Barcelona won 4-2 on aggregate

Final

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External links

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