1960 Intercontinental Cup

The 1960 Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the matchup between the reigning European football champion and the reigning South American football champion. The idea was born of discussions between Pierre Delauney, UEFA secretary and José Ramón de Freitas, CONMEBOL secretary.[1]

1960 Intercontinental Cup
EventIntercontinental Cup
Peñarol Real Madrid
Real Madrid won 3–1 on points
First leg
Peñarol Real Madrid
0 0
Date3 July 1960 (1960-07-03)
VenueEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
RefereeJosé Luis Praddaude (Argentina)
Attendance71,872
Second leg
Real Madrid Peñarol
5 1
Date4 September 1960 (1960-09-04)
VenueSantiago Bernabéu, Madrid
RefereeKen Aston (England)
Attendance90,000

The two-legged tie was contested between Spanish club Real Madrid (1959–60 European Cup winner) and Uruguayan club Peñarol (1960 Copa Libertadores winner). The first match-up ended with Los Merengues holding Peñarol to a 0–0 draw in Montevideo's Estadio Centenario and soundly winning 5–1 in the return leg in Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu thanks to the marvelous performances of Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás.[2]

Match details

First leg
Peñarol 0–0 Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 71,872
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)
Peñarol
Real Madrid
GK1 Luis Maidana
DF Santiago Pino
DF William Martínez (c)
MF Walter Aguerre
MF Néstor Gonçalves
MF Salvador
FW7 Luis Cubilla
FW Carlos Linazza
FW Juan Hohberg
FW9 Alberto Spencer
FW Carlos Borges
Manager:
Roberto Scarone
GK1 Rogelio Domínguez
DF José Santamaría
DF Marquitos
MF Pachín
MF José María Zárraga (c)
MF José María Vidal
FW Luis del Sol
RW Canário
FW9 Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW10 Ferenc Puskás
FW11 Manolín
Manager:
Miguel Muñoz

Second leg
Real Madrid 5–1 Peñarol
 Report
Attendance: 90,000[3]
Referee: Ken Aston (England)
Real Madrid
Peñarol
GK1 Rogelio Domínguez
DF José Santamaría
DF Marquitos
MF Pachín
MF José María Zárraga (c)
MF José María Vidal
FW Luis del Sol
RW Chus Herrera
FW9 Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW10 Ferenc Puskás
FW11 Francisco Gento
Manager:
Miguel Muñoz
GK1 Luis Maidana
DF Santiago Pino
DF William Martínez (c)
MF Walter Aguerre
MF Francisco Majewski
MF Salvador
FW7 Luis Cubilla
FW Carlos Linazza
FW Juan Hohberg
FW9 Alberto Spencer
FW Carlos Borges
Manager:
Roberto Scarone

See also

References
  1. Aquella primera Copa Intercontinental... by Alfredo Relaño on El País, 15 Dec 2014
  2. Así se ganó el título ante el Peñarol en 1960 by Antonio Leal on Real Madrid website, 4 Sep 2014
  3. "Real Madrid v Peñarol, 4 September 1960". UEFA.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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