The third 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...

 was the first to be played over a single season, namely the 1960–61 season. 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 reached the final, but lost again over two legs, this time to Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

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

First round

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¹ Belgrade XI progressed to the Quarter finals after beating Leipzig XI 2–0 on a play-off match.

First leg

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Second leg

Internazionale won 14-3 on aggregate.
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Leipzig XI drew 6-6 with OFK Beograd on aggregate.
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OFK Beograd won the play-off 2-0.
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KB won 11-4 on aggregate.
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Birmingham City won 5-3 on aggregate.
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Roma won 4-1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

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¹ Roma progressed to the Semifinals after beating Cologne XI 4–1 on a play-off match.

First leg

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Second leg

Internazionale won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Birmingham City won 9–4 on aggregate.
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Hibernian won 7–6 on aggregate.
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Roma 2–2 Cologne XI on aggregate.
Roma won 4–1 in play-off.

Semifinals

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¹ Roma progressed to the Final after beating Hibernian 6–0 on a play-off match.

First leg

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Second leg

Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.
Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

First leg

Second leg

Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.

External links

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