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1960–61 European Cup

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 beat Barcelona 3–2 in the final at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, on 31 May 1961.[1] It was the first time that five-time winners Real Madrid did not make it to the final, when they were knocked out by eventual first-time finalists Barcelona in the first round. Benfica was the first Portuguese team to reach the final and to win the tournament.

1960–61 European Cup
Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961
Teams28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Benfica (1st title)
Runners-upSpain Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored164 (3.22 per match)
Attendance1,647,692 (32,308 per match)
Top scorer(s)José Águas (Benfica)
11 goals

For the first time a team from Norway participated. However, again two teams withdrew from the competition after initial draw: Romanian CCA București was fearing a shameful elimination in front of the Czechoslovakians,[2] while Northern Irish Glenavon and East German Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt were refused visas to the other's country. UEFA authorised neutral venues but Glenavon withdrew due to the higher cost and lower revenue.[3]

On 9 November 1960, in a first round game against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu Barcelona's Luis Suárez converted penalty to score a 1000th goal in the history of European Cup.

Teams

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A total of 28 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated since Romanian CCA București and Northern Irish Glenavon withdrew from the competition.

Spain continued to be represented by two clubs, with Real Madrid qualifying as title holders and Barcelona as Spanish champions. CDNA Sofia appeared in the fifth edition of European Cup, with only Real Madrid having more appearances in the competition.

Lierse, Spartak Hradec Králové, Burnley, IFK Helsingfors, Hamburger SV, Panathinaikos, Limerick, Újpesti Dózsa, Fredrikstad and IFK Malmö made their debut, while Rapid Wien, AGF, Reims, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, Juventus, Ajax, Legia Warsaw, Benfica, CCA București, Heart of Midlothian and Beşiktaş returned to the competition.

All entrants were their respective associations champions, except for title holders Real Madrid, as well as Swedish IFK Malmö[4] and Polish Legia Warsaw, who were leaders of their respective leagues in spring, but later finished second.

  Rapid Wien (1st)   Lierse (1st)   CDNA Sofia (1st)   Spartak Hradec Králové (1st)
  AGF (1st)   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)   Burnley (1st)   IFK Helsingfors (1st)
  Reims (1st)   Panathinaikos (1st)   Újpesti Dózsa (1st)   Juventus (1st)
  Jeunesse Esch (1st)   Ajax (1st)   Glenavon (1st)   Fredrikstad (1st)
  Legia Warsaw (2nd)   Benfica (1st)   Limerick (1st)   CCA București (1st)
  Heart of Midlothian (1st)   Barcelona (1st)   Real Madrid (2nd)TH   IFK Malmö (2nd)
  Young Boys (1st)   Beşiktaş (1st)   Hamburger SV (1st)   Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

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Location of teams in the 1960–61 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place at UEFA headquarters in Paris, France, on 7 July 1960.[5] 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
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   Hamburger SV   Burnley   Panathinaikos

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Heart of Midlothian   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 București   (w/o)[a]   Spartak Hradec Králové – –
Glenavon   (w/o)[b]   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt – –
Reims   11–1   Jeunesse Esch 6–1 5–0
Barcelona   5–0   Lierse 2–0 3–0

First leg

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Limerick  0–5  Young Boys
Report Wechselberger   54', 88'
Schneider   70'
Dürr   76'
Meier   82'
Attendance: 8,000
Fredrikstad  4–3  Ajax
Olsen   35'
Kristoffersen   48'
Pedersen   59'
Borgen   70'		 Report C. Groot   26', 75'
Swart   37'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
IFK Helsingfors  1–3  IFK Malmö
Nevalainen   64' Report Olofsson   12'
Ljung   41'
Borg   60'
Attendance: 1,555
Reims  6–1  Jeunesse Esch
Vincent   4'
Rustichelli   16'
Dubaële   38', 59', 64'
Piantoni   85'		 Report Meurisse   87'
Attendance: 8,150
Rapid Wien  4–0  Beşiktaş
Akı   9' (o.g.)
Dienst   20'
Glechner   86' (pen.)
Bertalan   90'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
AGF  3–0  Legia Warsaw
Amdisen   32'
Kjær   51'
Jensen   75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,268
Juventus  2–0  CDNA Sofia
Lojodice   5'
Sívori   24'		 Report
Attendance: 20,168[6]
Red Star Belgrade  1–2  Újpesti Dózsa
Toplak   17' Report Göröcs   38'
Kuharszki   68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Barcelona  2–0  Lierse
Czibor   47'
Luis Suárez   73'		 Report
Attendance: 42,068
Heart of Midlothian  1–2  Benfica
Young   80' Report Águas   36'
José Augusto   74'
Attendance: 29,500

Second leg

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Ajax  0–0  Fredrikstad
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Attendance: 35,000

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö  2–1  IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist   22'
Ljung   28'		 Report Kivelä   30'
Attendance: 5,202

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş  1–0  Rapid Wien
Özataç   11' Report
Attendance: 17,268

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw  1–0  AGF
Nowak   29' Report
Attendance: 10,642[7]

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch  0–5  Reims
Report Vincent   50'
Moreau   58'
Heinen   60' (o.g.)
Rustichelli   63', 69'
Attendance: 7,265

Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

Lierse  0–3  Barcelona
Report Villaverde   7'
Evaristo   26', 77'
Attendance: 19,110

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

Benfica  3–0  Heart of Midlothian
Águas   7', 60'
José Augusto   49'		 Report
Attendance: 30,122

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Young Boys  4–2  Limerick
Allemann   40'
Schneider   68', 72'
Dürr   81'		 Report Lynam   36'
O'Reilly   75'
Attendance: 21,000

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa  3–0  Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi   74'
Pataki   77'
Göröcs   88'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia  4–1  Juventus
Kovachev   20', 57'
Panayotov   67'
Tsanev   80'		 Report Nicolè   89'
Attendance: 31,629[8]

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Bracket

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
  Benfica 6 1 7
  Újpesti Dózsa 2 2 4
  Benfica 3 4 7
  AGF 1 1 2
  AGF 3 1 4
  Fredrikstad 0 0 0
  Benfica 3 1 4
  Rapid Wien 0 1 1
  Rapid Wien 3 0 3 (1)
  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 1 2 3 (0)
  Rapid Wien 2 2 4
  IFK Malmö 0 0 0
  IFK Malmö 1 1 2
  CDNA Sofia 0 1 1
  Benfica 3
  Barcelona 2
  Real Madrid 2 1 3
  Barcelona 2 2 4
  Barcelona 4 1 5
  Spartak Hradec Králové 0 1 1
  Spartak Hradec Králové 1 0 1
  Panathinaikos 0 0 0
  Barcelona 1 1 2 (1)
  Hamburger SV 0 2 2 (0)
  Burnley 2 2 4
  Reims 0 3 3
  Burnley 3 1 4
  Hamburger SV 1 4 5
  Young Boys 0 3 3
  Hamburger SV 5 3 8

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Benfica   7–4   Újpesti Dózsa 6–2 1–2
AGF   4–0   Fredrikstad 3–0 1–0
Rapid Wien   3–3   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–1 0–2 1–0
IFK Malmö   2–1   CDNA Sofia 1–0 1–1
Real Madrid   3–4   Barcelona 2–2 1–2
Spartak Hradec Králové   1–0   Panathinaikos 1–0 0–0
Burnley   4–3   Reims 2–0 2–3
Young Boys   3–8   Hamburger SV 0–5 3–3

First leg

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AGF  3–0  Fredrikstad
Amdisen   70'
Overby   85'
Jensen   86'		 Report
Attendance: 9,123[9]
IFK Malmö  1–0  CDNA Sofia
Karlsson   79' Report
Attendance: 7,707
Young Boys  0–5  Hamburger SV
Report Stürmer   24', 52'
Seeler   34', 39'
Neisner   72'
Attendance: 45,000
Benfica  6–2  Újpesti Dózsa
Cavém   1'
Águas   6', 28'
José Augusto   12', 87'
Santana   16'		 Report Göröcs   69'
Szusza   77'
Attendance: 55,000
Rapid Wien  3–1  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dienst   3'
Milanović   52'
Hanappi   61'		 Report Wagner   16'
Attendance: 25,000
Real Madrid  2–2  Barcelona
Mateos   3'
Gento   33'		 Report Luis Suárez   27', 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 84,358
Burnley  2–0  Reims
Robson   1'
McIlroy   22'		 Report
Attendance: 37,404

Second leg

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Fredrikstad  0–1  AGF
Report Overby   49'
Attendance: 10,334

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia  1–1  IFK Malmö
Tsanev   21' Report Olofsson   52'
Attendance: 52,000

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  2–0  Rapid Wien
Bamberger   49'
Zink   62'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

Rapid Wien 3–3 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.

Barcelona  2–1  Real Madrid
Vergés   33'
Evaristo   82'		 Report Canário   87'
Attendance: 90,000[10]

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hamburger SV  3–3  Young Boys
Stürmer   13'
Dörfel   72'
Walker   86' (o.g.)		 Report Bigler   21' (pen.)
Meier   25'
Schneiter   48'
Attendance: 45,000

Hamburger SV won 8–3 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa  2–1  Benfica
Halapi   55'
Szusza   61'		 Report Santana   5'
Attendance: 35,000[11]

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

Reims  3–2  Burnley
Piantoni   50'
Rodzik   56', 75'		 Report Robson   33'
Connelly   57'
Attendance: 36,831

Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

Play-off

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Rapid Wien  1–0  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Flögel   4' Report
Attendance: 10,000

Rapid Wien won play-off 1–0.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica   7–2   AGF 3–1 4–1
Rapid Wien   4–0   IFK Malmö 2–0 2–0
Barcelona   5–1   Spartak Hradec Králové 4–0 1–1
Burnley   4–5   Hamburger SV 3–1 1–4

First leg

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Burnley  3–1  Hamburger SV
Pilkington   7', 59'
Robson   72'		 Report Dörfel   75'
Attendance: 46,237
Barcelona  4–0  Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada   11', 64'
Evaristo   39'
Kubala   90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Benfica  3–1  AGF
Águas   20', 58'
José Augusto   49' (pen.)		 Report Amdisen   51'
Attendance: 57,100[12]
Rapid Wien  2–0  IFK Malmö
Dienst   44'
Bertalan   87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000

Second leg

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Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hamburger SV  4–1  Burnley
Stürmer   8'
Seeler   42', 61'
Dörfel   57'		 Report Harris   55'
Attendance: 74,000[13]

Hamburger SV won 5–4 on aggregate.

AGF  1–4  Benfica
Jensen   75' Report José Augusto   1', 43'
Águas   23'
Santana   76'
Attendance: 22,577[14]
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö  0–2  Rapid Wien
Report Bertalan   38'
Flögel   83'
Attendance: 18,842

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Benfica   4–1   Rapid Wien 3–0 1–1[c]
Barcelona   2–2   Hamburger SV 1–0 1–2 1–0

First leg

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Barcelona  1–0  Hamburger SV
Evaristo   46' Report
Attendance: 48,000
Benfica  3–0  Rapid Wien
Coluna   19'
Águas   24'
Cavém   61'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000

Second leg

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Hamburger SV  2–1  Barcelona
Wulf   58'
Seeler   68'		 Report Kocsis   90'
Attendance: 71,000

Barcelona 2–2 Hamburger SV on aggregate; play-off needed.

Rapid Wien  1–1  Benfica
Skocik   71' Report Águas   66'
Attendance: 63,000

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

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Barcelona  1–0  Hamburger SV
Evaristo   42' Report
Attendance: 44,000

Barcelona won play-off 1–0.

Final

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Benfica  3–2  Barcelona
Águas   31'
Ramallets   32' (o.g.)
Coluna   55'		 Report Kocsis   21'
Czibor   75'
Attendance: 26,732

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 1960–61 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Player Team Goals
1   José Águas   Benfica 11
2   José Augusto   Benfica 7
3   Evaristo   Barcelona 6
4   Uwe Seeler   Hamburger SV 5
5   Klaus Stürmer   Hamburger SV 4
  Luis Suárez   Barcelona
7   John Amdisen   AGF 3
  Josef Bertalan   Rapid Wien
  Robert Dienst   Rapid Wien
  Charly Dörfel   Hamburger SV
  Claude Dubaële   Reims
  János Göröcs   Újpesti Dózsa
  John Jensen   AGF
  Jimmy Robson   Burnley
  Dominique Rustichelli   Reims
  Santana   Benfica
  Willy Schneider   Young Boys

Notes

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  1. ^ Following Romania's national team loss with 5–0 on aggregate against Czechoslovakia in the 1960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals, when the communist authorities saw that CCA București had to play with the champion of Czechoslovakia in the European Cup, they withdrew the team from the competition, fearing a shameful elimination in front of the Czechoslovakians.[2]
  2. ^ Each team was refused visas to the other's country. UEFA authorised neutral venues but Glenavon withdrew due to the higher cost and lower revenue.[3]
  3. ^ Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.

References

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  1. ^ "Benfica end Madrid's golden age". UEFA.com. UEFA. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "FRF a interzis două echipe în cupele europene de frica unei eliminări rușinoase și din cauza "destrăbălării bulevardiste", acum altele nu aplică să joace în Europa și bulversează competiția" [The FRF banned two teams from the European Cups for fear of a shameful elimination and because of "boulevardist disorganization", now others are not applying to play in Europe and are disrupting the competition] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b Laporte, Norman (2005). The Other Germany: Perceptions and Influences in British-East German Relations, 1945–1990 (1st ed.). Wissner. pp. 91–106. ISBN 978-3-89639-485-9.
  4. ^ "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.
  6. ^ "Juventus v CDNA Sofia, 21 September 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Legia Warsaw v AGF, 5 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  8. ^ "CDNA Sofia v Juventus, 12 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  9. ^ "AGF v Fredrikstad, 19 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Barcelona v Real Madrid, 23 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Újpesti Dózsa v Benfica, 30 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Benfica v AGF, 8 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Hamburg v Burnley, 15 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  14. ^ "AGF v Benfica, 30 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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