Exhibition Cities Cup 1958–1960

Exhibition Cities Cup 1958–1960
Cup winners	CF Barcelona (2nd title)
Beginning	September 24, 1958
The End	May 4th 1960
Teams	16
Games	30th
Gates	120  (ø 4 per game)
Top scorer	Bora Kostic (6)
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The 2nd Exhibition Cities Cup was held from 1958 to 1960 . CF Barcelona defeated Birmingham City in the final and won the trade fair cup for the second time.

1 round

The games took place between September 24, 1958 and March 4, 1959.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	6: 2	Leipzig	6: 1	0: 1
Hannover 96	2: 4	AS Roma	1: 3	1: 1
Cologne	2: 4	Birmingham City	2: 2	0: 2
Zagreb	4: 3	Újpesti Dózsa SC	4: 2	0: 1
Copenhagen	2: 7	Chelsea FC	1: 3	1: 4
Belgrade	11: 40	FC Lausanne Sports	6: 1	5: 3
Basel	3: 7	CF Barcelona	1: 2	2: 5
Inter Milan	8: 1	Olympique Lyon	7-0	1: 1

Quarter finals

The Games took place between April 22, 1958 and September 30, 1959.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	3: 1	AS Roma	2-0	1: 1
Birmingham City	4: 3	Zagreb	1-0	3: 3
Chelsea FC	2: 4	Belgrade	1-0	1: 4
CF Barcelona	8: 2	Inter Milan	4-0	4: 2

Semifinals

The first leg took place on 7/28. October, the second leg on November 11th / 9th December 1959.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	4: 8	Birmingham City	2: 4	2: 4
Belgrade	2: 4	CF Barcelona	1: 1	1: 3

final

First leg

Birmingham City		CF Barcelona
	March 29, 1960 in Birmingham ( St. Andrew's Stadium ) Result : 0-0 Spectators: 40,524 Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel ( Belgium )
	Johnny Schofield - Brian Farmer , George Allen - Johnny Watts , Trevor Smith , Richard Neal - Gordon Astall , John Gorden , Donald Weston , Bryan Orritt , Harry Hooper Trainers: Albert Beasley	Antoni Ramallets - Ferran Olivella , Rodri , Sígfrid Gràcia - Joan Segarra , Enrique Gensana - Luis Coll , Sándor Kocsis , Eulogio Martínez , Enrique Ribelles , Ramón Villaverde Trainer: Helenio Herrera ( Argentina )

Return leg

CF Barcelona		Birmingham City
	May 4th 1960 in Barcelona ( Camp Nou ) Result: 4: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 70,000 Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel ( Belgium )
	Antoni Ramallets - Ferran Olivella , Rodri , Sígfrid Gràcia - Martín Vergés , Joan Segarra - Luis Coll , Enrique Ribelles , Eulogio Martínez , László Kubala , Zoltán Czibor Trainer: Helenio Herrera ( Argentina )	Johnny Schofield - Brian Farmer , George Allen - Johnny Watts , Trevor Smith , Richard Neal - Gordon Astall , John Gorden , Donald Weston , Peter Murphy , Harry Hooper Trainers: Albert Beasley
	1-0 Eulogio Martínez (3rd) 2-0 Zoltán Czibor (7th) 3-0 Zoltán Czibor (51st) 4-0 Luis Coll (80th)	4: 1 Harry Hooper (83rd)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Bora Kostic	Belgrade	6th
2	Eddie Firmani	Inter Milan	5
	Bernard Larkin	Birmingham City	5
	Harry Hooper	Birmingham City	5
5	Zoltán Czibor	CF Barcelona	4th
	Evaristo de Macedo	CF Barcelona	4th
	Eulogio Martínez	CF Barcelona	4th

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1958/59
• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1959/60

literature

• IFFHS : European Cup Book Series [1] (1955–1960), Wiesbaden

Web links

• Game details at rsssf.com
• Game details on weltfussball.de