1960–61 European Cup
The Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961 |
Teams | 28 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Benfica (1st title) |
Runners-up | 23x15px Barcelona |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 164 (3.22 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | José Águas (11 goals) |
The 1960–61 European Cup was the sixth season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Benfica, who won 3–2 in the final against Barcelona, who had knocked out Spanish rivals Real Madrid, winners of the first five tournaments, in the first round.
Contents
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place at UEFA headquarters in Paris, France, on Thursday, 7 July 1960.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 27 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first team drawn in each pot also received a bye, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.
Pot 1 Northern Europe |
Pot 2 Western Europe |
Pot 3 Eastern Europe |
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Drawn | Northern Ireland East Germany Poland Norway Finland Sweden Denmark Netherlands |
France Republic of Ireland Belgium Luxembourg Switzerland Scotland Spain Portugal |
Austria Romania Bulgaria Turkey Czechoslovakia Hungary Yugoslavia Italy |
Byes | Hamburg | Burnley | Panathinaikos |
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Hearts | 1–5 | Benfica | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Red Star Belgrade | 1–5 | Újpesti Dózsa | 1–2 | 0–3 |
Fredrikstad | 4–3 | Ajax | 4–3 | 0–0 |
AGF | 3–1 | Legia Warsaw | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Juventus | 3–4 | CDNA Sofia | 2–0 | 1–4 |
IFK Helsingfors | 2–5 | IFK Malmö | 1–3 | 1–2 |
Rapid Wien | 4–1 | Beşiktaş | 4–0 | 0–1 |
Limerick | 2–9 | Young Boys | 0–5 | 2–4 |
CCA Bucharest | x–wo | Spartak Hradec Králové | – | – |
Glenavon | x–wo[fn 1] | Wismut Karl Marx Stadt | – | – |
Stade Reims | 11–1 | Jeunesse Esch | 6–1 | 5–0 |
Barcelona 23x15px | 5–0 | Lierse | 2–0 | 3–0 |
First leg
31 August 1960
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Limerick | 0–5 | Young Boys |
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Report | Wechselberger 54', 88' Willy Schneider 70' Dürr 76' Meier 82' |
31 August 1960
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Fredrikstad | 4–3 | Ajax |
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Olsen 35', 61' Kristoffersen 49' Pedersen 59' |
Report | H. Groot 25' Swart 37' Muller 75' |
14 September 1960
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Rapid Wien | 4–0 | Beşiktaş |
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Münir 9' (o.g.) Dienst 20' Glechner 86' Bertalan 90' |
Report |
7 September 1960
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Stade Reims | 6–1 | Jeunesse Esch |
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Vincent 4', 59' Rustichelli 16' Dubaele 38', 64' Piantoni 85' |
Report | Meurisse 87' |
Second leg
Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.
5 October 1960
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Young Boys | 4–2 | Limerick |
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Allemann 40' Willy Schneider 68', 72' Dürr 81' |
Report | Wallace 36' O'Reilly 75' |
Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.
Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.
AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.
12 October 1960
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CDNA Sofia | 4–1 | Juventus |
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Rakarov 19' Kovachev 56' Panayotov 68' Tsanev 75' |
Report | Nicolè 88' |
CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
5 October 1960
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Jeunesse Esch | 0–5 | Stade Reims |
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Report | Vincent 50' Moreau 54' Heinen 60' (o.g.) Rustichelli 63', 69' |
Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Benfica | 7–4 | Újpesti Dózsa | 6–2 | 1–2 |
AGF | 4–0 | Fredrikstad | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Rapid Wien | 3–31 | Wismut Karl Marx Stadt | 3–1 | 0–2 |
IFK Malmö | 2–1 | CDNA Sofia | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Real Madrid 23x15px | 3–4 | 23x15px Barcelona | 2–2 | 1–2 |
Spartak Hradec Králové | 1–0 | Panathinaikos | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Burnley | 4–3 | Stade Reims | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Young Boys | 3–8 | Hamburg | 0–5 | 3–3 |
1 Rapid Wien beat Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the second round.
First leg
6 November 1960
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Benfica | 6–2 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Coluna 1' Águas 5', 11' Santana 16', 28' José Augusto 88' |
Report | Göröcs 70' Pataki 77' |
9 November 1960
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Rapid Wien | 3–1 | Wismut Karl Marx Stadt |
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Dienst 5' Milanović 52' Hanappi 61' |
Report | Wagner 17' |
9 November 1960
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Real Madrid 23x15px | 2–2 | 23x15px Barcelona |
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Mateos 1' Gento 33' |
Report | Luis Suárez 27', 88' (pen.) |
Second leg
Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.
AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–3 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.
IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.
23 November 1960
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Barcelona 23x15px | 2–1 | 23x15px Real Madrid |
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Vergés 33' Evaristo 81' |
Report | Canário 87' |
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.
30 November 1960
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Stade Reims | 3–2 | Burnley |
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Piantoni 50' Rodzik 56', 75' |
Report | Robson 33' Connelly 57' |
Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.
27 November 1960
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Hamburg | 3–3 | Young Boys |
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Stürmer 12' Dörfel 68' Walker 86' (o.g.) |
Report | Bigler 21' (pen.) Meier 25' Schneiter 48' |
Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Benfica | 7–2 | AGF | 3–1 | 4–1 |
Rapid Wien | 4–0 | IFK Malmö | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Barcelona 23x15px | 5–1 | Spartak Hradec Králové | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Burnley | 4–5 | Hamburg | 3–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
8 March 1961
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Barcelona 23x15px | 4–0 | Spartak Hradec Králové |
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Tejada 11', 64' Evaristo 39' Kubala 90' (pen.) |
Report |
Second leg
Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Benfica | 4–1 | Rapid Wien | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Barcelona 23x15px | 2–21 | Hamburg | 1–0 | 1–2 |
1 Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the final.
First leg
Second leg
Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.
Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.
Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.
Final
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Benfica | 3–2 | 23x15px Barcelona |
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Águas 31' Ramallets 32' (o.g.) Coluna 55' |
Report | Kocsis 21' Czibor 75' |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1960–61 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | José Águas | Benfica | 11 |
2 | Evaristo | 23x15px Barcelona | 6 |
José Augusto | Benfica | 6 | |
4 | Uwe Seeler | Hamburg | 5 |
5 | Santana | Benfica | 4 |
Klaus Stürmer | Hamburg | 4 | |
23x15px Luis Suárez | 23x15px Barcelona | 4 | |
8 | John Amdisen | AGF | 3 |
Mário Coluna | Benfica | 3 | |
Gert Dörfel | Hamburg | 3 | |
János Göröcs | Újpesti Dózsa | 3 | |
Hans Olofsson | IFK Malmö | 3 | |
Jimmy Robson | Burnley | 3 | |
Dominique Rustichelli | Stade Reims | 3 | |
Jean Vincent | Stade Reims | 3 |
References
- ↑ Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.
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External links
- 1960–61 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1960–61 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
- 1960-61 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)