Exhibition cities cup 1960/61

Exhibition cities cup 1960/61
Cup winners	AS Roma (1st title)
Beginning	September 11, 1960
The End	October 11, 1961
Teams	16
Games	31
Gates	144  (ø 4.65 per game)
Top scorer	Pedro Manfredini (12)
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The 3rd Messestädte-Pokal was the first to be played in a single season, namely 1960/61. Birmingham City reached the final as in the previous competition, but lost again, this time against AS Roma . Again, most cities were represented by clubs rather than city selections. Pedro Manfredini from AS Roma was top scorer with twelve goals.

In the event of a tie after the return leg, a playoff was played.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Inter Milan	14: 30	Hannover 96	8: 2	6: 1
Leipzig	6: 6	Belgrade	5: 2	1: 4
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	11: 40	Basel	8: 1	3: 3
Birmingham City	5: 3	Újpest Budapest	3: 2	2: 1
Zagreb	4: 5	CF Barcelona	1: 1	3: 4
Hibernian Edinburgh	1	FC Lausanne Sports
Olympique Lyon	3: 4	Cologne	1: 3	2: 1
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	1: 4	AS Roma	0-0	1: 4

¹ The FC Lausanne-Sport withdrew.

Playoff

	Result
Leipzig	0: 2	Belgrade

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Inter Milan	5: 1	Belgrade	5-0	0: 1
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	4: 9	Birmingham City	4: 4	0: 5
CF Barcelona	6: 7	Hibernian Edinburgh	4: 4	2: 3
Cologne	2: 2	AS Roma	0: 2	2-0

Playoff

	Result
Cologne	1: 4	AS Roma

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Inter Milan	2: 4	Birmingham City	1: 2	1: 2
Hibernian Edinburgh	5: 5	AS Roma	2: 2	3: 3

Playoff

	Result
Hibernian Edinburgh	0: 6	AS Roma

final

First leg

Birmingham City		AS Roma
	March 27, 1961 in Birmingham ( St. Andrew's Stadium ) Result: 2: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 21,000 Referee: Robert Davidson ( Scotland )
	Johnny Schofield - Brian Farmer , Graham Sissons - Terrence Hennessey , Winston Foster , Malcolm Beard - Mike Hellawell , James Bloomfield , James Harris , Bryan Oritt , Bertie Auld Trainers: Gil Merrick	Fabio Cudicini - Alfio Fontana , Giulio Corsini - Luigi Guiliano , Giacomo Losi , Sergio Carpanesi - Alberto Orlando , Dino da Costa , Pedro Manfredini , Antonio Angelillo , Giampaolo Menichelli Trainer: Luis Carniglia ( Argentina )
	1: 2 Hellawell (78th) 2: 2 Oritt (85th)	0: 1 Manfredini (30th) 0: 2 Manfredini (56th)

Return leg

AS Roma		Birmingham City
	October 11, 1961 in Rome ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 2: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Pierre Schwinté ( France )
	Fabio Cudicini - Alfio Fontana , Giulio Corsini - Paolo Pestrin , Giacomo Losi , Sergio Carpanesi - Alberto Orlando , Francisco Lojacono , Pedro Manfredini , Antonio Angelillo , Giampaolo Menichelli Trainer: Luis Carniglia ( Argentina )	Johnny Schofield - Brian Farmer , Graham Sissons - Terrence Hennessey , Trevor Smith , Malcolm Beard - Mike Hellawell , James Bloomfield , James Harris , Bryan Oritt , James Singer Trainers: Gil Merrick
	1-0 Brian Farmer (56th, own goal) 2-0 Paolo Pestrin (90th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Pedro Manfredini	AS Roma	12
2	Eddie Firmani	Inter Milan	5
	Francisco Lojacono	AS Roma	5
4th	Joe Baker	Hibernian Edinburgh	4th
	Johnny Gordon	Birmingham City	4th
	Johnny Harris	Birmingham City	4th
	Sándor Kocsis	CF Barcelona	4th

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1960/61
• European Cup Winners' Cup 1960/61

Web links

• Game details at rsssf.com
• Game details on weltfussball.de
• Game details on fussball-history.npage.de