| Tourney Name: | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| Year: | 1960–61 |
| Dates: | 13 September 1960 – 11 October 1961 |
| Num Teams: | 16 (15 competed) |
| Champion Other: |  Roma |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | Birmingham City |
| Matches: | 31 |
| Goals: | 144 |
| Top Scorer: |  Pedro Manfredini (12 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1958–60 |
| Nextseason: | 1961–62 |
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.
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1 Belgrade XI progressed to the quarter-finals after beating Leipzig XI 2–0 in a play-off match.
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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.
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1 Roma progressed to the semi-finals after beating Cologne XI 4–1 in a play-off match.
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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.
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1 Roma progressed to the final after beating Hibernian 6–0 in a play-off match.
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Birmingham City won 4–2 on aggregate.----Roma 5–5 Hibernian on aggregate.
Roma won 6–0 in play-off.
See main article: 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final.
Roma won 4–2 on aggregate.
