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 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. Benfica was the first Portuguese team to reach the final and to win the tournament. For the first time a Norwegian club participated.
Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961 |
Teams | 28 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Benfica (1st title) |
Runners-up | Barcelona |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 164 (3.22 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | José Águas (11 goals) |
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 București | 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 | 5–0 | Lierse | 2–0 | 3–0 |
- 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.[2]
First leg
Red Star Belgrade | 1–2 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Kostić 17' | Report | Göröcs 35' Kuharszki 68' |
Limerick | 0–5 | Young Boys |
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Report | Wechselberger 54', 88' Willy Schneider 70' Dürr 76' Meier 82' |
Fredrikstad | 4–3 | Ajax |
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Olsen 35', 61' Kristoffersen 49' Pedersen 59' |
Report | H. Groot 25' Swart 37' Muller 75' |
AGF | 3–0 | Legia Warsaw |
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Amdisen 32' Kjær-Andersen 54' J. Jensen 75' |
Report |
Juventus | 2–0 | CDNA Sofia |
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Lojodice 5' Sívori 24' |
Report |
IFK Helsingfors | 1–3 | IFK Malmö |
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Nevalainen 64' | Report | Olofsson 12' Ljung 41' Borg 60' |
Stade Reims | 6–1 | Jeunesse Esch |
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Vincent 4', 59' Rustichelli 16' Dubaele 38', 64' Piantoni 85' |
Report | Meurisse 87' |
Barcelona | 2–0 | Lierse |
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Czibor 17' Luis Suárez 70' |
Report |
Second leg
Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa | 3–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Borsányi 70' Pataki 71' Göröcs 87' |
Report |
Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.
Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.
Ajax | 0–0 | Fredrikstad |
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Report |
Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | AGF |
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H. Nowak 29' | Report |
AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.
CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
IFK Malmö | 2–1 | IFK Helsingfors |
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Lundqvist 22' Ljung 24' |
Report | Kivelä 29' |
IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş | 1–0 | Rapid Wien |
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Ahmet 11' | Report |
Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
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.
Lierse | 0–3 | Barcelona |
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Report | Villaverde 7' Evaristo 26', 77' |
Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.
Bracket
First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
Benfica | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||
Hamburg | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Burnley | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Stade Reims | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Burnley | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Hamburg | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Young Boys | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Hamburg | 5 | 3 | 8 |
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 | 3–4 | 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
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' |
AGF | 3–0 | Fredrikstad |
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Amdisen 74' Overby 83' Rou Jensen 85' |
Report |
Rapid Wien | 3–1 | Wismut Karl Marx Stadt |
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Dienst 5' Milanović 52' Hanappi 61' |
Report | Wagner 17' |
IFK Malmö | 1–0 | CDNA Sofia |
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Karlsson 80' | Report |
Real Madrid | 2–2 | Barcelona |
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Mateos 1' Gento 33' |
Report | Luis Suárez 27', 88' (pen.) |
Spartak Hradec Králové | 1–0 | Panathinaikos |
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Šonka 89' | Report |
Burnley | 2–0 | Stade Reims |
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McIlroy 25' Robson 40' |
Report |
Young Boys | 0–5 | Hamburg |
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Report | Stürmer 24', 51' Seeler 35', 39' Neisner 74' |
Second leg
Újpesti Dózsa | 2–1 | Benfica |
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Halapi 55' Szusza 61' |
Report | Santana 5' |
Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.
Fredrikstad | 0–1 | AGF |
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Report | Overby 49' |
AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt | 2–0 | Rapid Wien |
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Bamberger 49' Zink 61' |
Report |
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–3 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.
CDNA Sofia | 1–1 | IFK Malmö |
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Tsanev 21' | Report | Olofsson 52' |
IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.
Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.
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 | 5–1 | Spartak Hradec Králové | 4–0 | 1–1 |
Burnley | 4–5 | Hamburg | 3–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
Rapid Wien | 2–0 | IFK Malmö |
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Dienst 44' Bertalan 87' |
Report |
Second leg
Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.
IFK Malmö | 0–2 | Rapid Wien |
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Report | Bertalan 39' Flögel 83' |
Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
Spartak Hradec Králové | 1–1 | Barcelona |
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Zikán 33' | Report | Luis Suárez 24' |
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 | 2–21 | Hamburg | 1–0 | 1–2 |
1 Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the final.
Second leg
Rapid Wien | 1–1 | Benfica |
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Skocik 70' | Report | Águas 66' |
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.
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 | Barcelona | 6 |
José Augusto | Benfica | 6 | |
4 | Uwe Seeler | Hamburg | 5 |
5 | Santana | Benfica | 4 |
Klaus Stürmer | Hamburg | 4 | |
Luis Suárez | 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.
- 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.
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
- 1960-61 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)