1960–61 European Cup

1960–61 European Cup

The Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961
Teams 28
Final positions
Champions Portugal Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up Spain Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played 51
Goals scored 164 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s) Portugal 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.

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
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 West Germany Hamburg England Burnley Greece 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
Hearts Scotland 1–5 Portugal Benfica 1–2 0–3
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–5 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 1–2 0–3
Fredrikstad Norway 4–3 Netherlands Ajax 4–3 0–0
AGF Denmark 3–1 Poland Legia Warsaw 3–0 0–1
Juventus Italy 3–4 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 2–0 1–4
IFK Helsingfors Finland 2–5 Sweden IFK Malmö 1–3 1–2
Rapid Wien Austria 4–1 Turkey Beşiktaş 4–0 0–1
Limerick Republic of Ireland 2–9 Switzerland Young Boys 0–5 2–4
CCA Bucharest Romania x–wo Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové
Glenavon Northern Ireland x–wo[fn 1] East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Stade Reims France 11–1 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 6–1 5–0
Barcelona Spain 5–0 Belgium Lierse 2–0 3–0
  1. 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

29 September 1960
Hearts Scotland 1–2 Portugal Benfica
Young  80' Report Águas  36'
José Augusto  74'
Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

28 September 1960
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–2 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Kostić  17' Report Göröcs  35'
Kuharszki  68'
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

31 August 1960
Limerick Republic of Ireland 0–5 Switzerland Young Boys
Report Wechselberger  54', 88'
Willy Schneider  70'
Dürr  76'
Meier  82'

31 August 1960
Fredrikstad Norway 4–3 Netherlands Ajax
Olsen  35', 61'
Kristoffersen  49'
Pedersen  59'
Report H. Groot  25'
Swart  37'
Muller  75'
Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

14 September 1960
Rapid Wien Austria 4–0 Turkey Beşiktaş
Münir  9' (o.g.)
Dienst  20'
Glechner  86'
Bertalan  90'
Report
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)

21 September 1960
AGF Denmark 3–0 Poland Legia Warsaw
Amdisen  32'
Kjær-Andersen  54'
J. Jensen  75'
Report
Århus Stadion, Århus
Attendance: 10,268
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

21 September 1960
Juventus Italy 2–0 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Lojodice  5'
Sívori  24'
Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

1 September 1960
IFK Helsingfors Finland 1–3 Sweden IFK Malmö
Nevalainen  68' Report Olofsson  25', 40'
Borg  68'
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

7 September 1960
Stade Reims France 6–1 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Vincent  4', 59'
Rustichelli  16'
Dubaele  38', 64'
Piantoni  85'
Report Meurisse  87'
Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Reidar Randers-Johansen (Norway)

28 September 1960
Barcelona Spain 2–0 Belgium Lierse
Czibor  17'
Luis Suárez  70'
Report
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 42,068
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Second leg

5 October 1960
Benfica Portugal 3–0 Scotland Hearts
Águas  7', 60'
José Augusto  49'
Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 30,122
Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.


5 October 1960
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 3–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi  70'
Pataki  71'
Göröcs  87'
Report
Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Julian Mytnik (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.


5 October 1960
Young Boys Switzerland 4–2 Republic of Ireland Limerick
Allemann  40'
Willy Schneider  68', 72'
Dürr  81'
Report Wallace  36'
O'Reilly  75'
Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.


7 September 1960
Ajax Netherlands 0–0 Norway Fredrikstad
Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.


5 October 1960
Legia Warsaw Poland 1–0 Denmark AGF
H. Nowak  29' Report

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.


12 October 1960
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 4–1 Italy Juventus
Rakarov  19'
Kovachev  56'
Panayotov  68'
Tsanev  75'
Report Nicolè  88'

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.


28 September 1960
IFK Malmö Sweden 2–1 Finland IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist  22'
Ljung  24'
Report Kivelä  29'
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 5,202
Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.


28 September 1960
Beşiktaş Turkey 1–0 Austria Rapid Wien
Ahmet  11' Report
Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 17,268
Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.


5 October 1960
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 0–5 France Stade Reims
Report Vincent  50'
Moreau  54'
Heinen  60' (o.g.)
Rustichelli  63', 69'
Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 7,265
Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.


5 October 1960
Lierse Belgium 0–3 Spain Barcelona
Report Villaverde  7'
Evaristo  26', 77'
Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht
Attendance: 19,110
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 7–4 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 6–2 1–2
AGF Denmark 4–0 Norway Fredrikstad 3–0 1–0
Rapid Wien Austria 3–31 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–1 0–2
IFK Malmö Sweden 2–1 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 1–0 1–1
Real Madrid Spain 3–4 Spain Barcelona 2–2 1–2
Spartak Hradec Králové Czechoslovakia 1–0 Greece Panathinaikos 1–0 0–0
Burnley England 4–3 France Stade Reims 2–0 2–3
Young Boys Switzerland 3–8 West Germany 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
Benfica Portugal 6–2 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Coluna  1'
Águas  5', 11'
Santana  16', 28'
José Augusto  88'
Report Göröcs  70'
Pataki  77'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)

19 October 1960
AGF Denmark 3–0 Norway Fredrikstad
Amdisen  74'
Overby  83'
Rou Jensen  85'
Report
Århus Stadion, Århus
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden)

9 November 1960
Rapid Wien Austria 3–1 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Dienst  5'
Milanović  52'
Hanappi  61'
Report Wagner  17'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)

2 November 1960
IFK Malmö Sweden 1–0 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Karlsson  80' Report
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 7,707
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)

9 November 1960
Real Madrid Spain 2–2 Spain Barcelona
Mateos  1'
Gento  33'
Report Luis Suárez  27', 88' (pen.)

6 November 1960
Spartak Hradec Králové Czechoslovakia 1–0 Greece Panathinaikos
Šonka  89' Report
Hradec Králové
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

16 November 1960
Burnley England 2–0 France Stade Reims
McIlroy  25'
Robson  40'
Report
Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 37,404
Referee: José González Echevarría (Spain)

2 November 1960
Young Boys Switzerland 0–5 West Germany Hamburg
Report Stürmer  24', 51'
Seeler  35', 39'
Neisner  74'
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Second leg

30 November 1960
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 2–1 Portugal Benfica
Halapi  55'
Szusza  61'
Report Santana  5'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.


26 October 1960
Fredrikstad Norway 0–1 Denmark AGF
Report Overby  49'
Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 10,334
Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.


23 November 1960
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 2–0 Austria Rapid Wien
Bamberger  49'
Zink  61'
Report
Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–3 Rapid Wien on aggregate.

Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.


13 November 1960
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 Sweden IFK Malmö
Tsanev  21' Report Olofsson  52'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.


23 November 1960
Barcelona Spain 2–1 Spain Real Madrid
Vergés  33'
Evaristo  81'
Report Canário  87'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.


Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.


30 November 1960
Stade Reims France 3–2 England Burnley
Piantoni  50'
Rodzik  56', 75'
Report Robson  33'
Connelly  57'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 36,831
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.


27 November 1960
Hamburg West Germany 3–3 Switzerland Young Boys
Stürmer  12'
Dörfel  68'
Walker  86' (o.g.)
Report Bigler  21' (pen.)
Meier  25'
Schneiter  48'
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 7–2 Denmark AGF 3–1 4–1
Rapid Wien Austria 4–0 Sweden IFK Malmö 2–0 2–0
Barcelona Spain 5–1 Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové 4–0 1–1
Burnley England 4–5 West Germany Hamburg 3–1 1–4

First leg

8 March 1961
Benfica Portugal 3–1 Denmark AGF
Águas  20', 60'
José Augusto  50' (pen.)
Report

MatchCentre

Amdisen  52'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

22 March 1961
Rapid Wien Austria 2–0 Sweden IFK Malmö
Dienst  44'
Bertalan  87'
Report

MatchCentre

Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

8 March 1961
Barcelona Spain 4–0 Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada  11', 64'
Evaristo  39'
Kubala  90' (pen.)
Report

MatchCentre

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

18 January 1961
Burnley England 3–1 West Germany Hamburg
Pilkington  8', 60'
Robson  74'
Report

MatchCentre

Dörfel  76'
Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 46,237
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Second leg

30 March 1961
AGF Denmark 1–4 Portugal Benfica
Germano  77' (o.g.) Report

MatchCentre

José Augusto  2', 42'
Águas  32'
Santana  81'
Århus Stadion, Århus
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.


3 April 1961
IFK Malmö Sweden 0–2 Austria Rapid Wien
Report

MatchCentre

Bertalan  39'
Flögel  83'
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 18,842
Referee: Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.


Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.


15 March 1961
Hamburg West Germany 4–1 England Burnley
Stürmer  8'
Seeler  41', 75'
Dörfel  56'
Report

MatchCentre

Harris  55'
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 4–1 Austria Rapid Wien 3–0 1–1
Barcelona Spain 2–21 West Germany Hamburg 1–0 1–2

1 Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the final.

First leg

26 April 1961
Benfica Portugal 3–0 Austria Rapid Wien
Coluna  15'
Águas  25'
Cavém  63'
Report

MatchCentre

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

12 April 1961
Barcelona Spain 1–0 West Germany Hamburg
Evaristo  46' Report

MatchCentre

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

Second leg

4 May 1961
Rapid Wien Austria 1–1 Portugal Benfica
Skocik  70' Report

MatchCentre

Águas  66'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.


26 April 1961
Hamburg West Germany 2–1 Spain Barcelona
Wulf  59'
Seeler  68'
Report

MatchCentre

Kocsis  90'
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.

3 May 1961
Barcelona Spain 1–0 West Germany Hamburg
Evaristo  43' Report

MatchCentre

Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.

Final

31 May 1961
19:00 CEST
Benfica Portugal 3–2 Spain Barcelona
Águas  31'
Ramallets  32' (o.g.)
Coluna  55'
Report

UEFA

Kocsis  21'
Czibor  75'
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 26,732
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Portugal José Águas Portugal Benfica 11
2 Brazil Evaristo Spain Barcelona 6
Portugal José Augusto Portugal Benfica 6
4 West Germany Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburg 5
5 Portugal Santana Portugal Benfica 4
West Germany Klaus Stürmer West Germany Hamburg 4
Spain Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 4
8 Denmark John Amdisen Denmark AGF 3
Portugal Mário Coluna Portugal Benfica 3
West Germany Gert Dörfel West Germany Hamburg 3
Hungary János Göröcs Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 3
Sweden Hans Olofsson Sweden IFK Malmö 3
England Jimmy Robson England Burnley 3
France Dominique Rustichelli France Stade Reims 3
France Jean Vincent France Stade Reims 3

References

  1. Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.
  2. 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.

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