1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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.

First round

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

Second leg
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.

Quarter-finals

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1 Roma progressed to the semi-finals after beating Cologne XI 4–1 in a play-off match.

Second leg
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.

Semi-finals

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

Second leg
Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.

Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.

Roma won 6–0 in play-off.

Second leg
Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.