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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. 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

It was the first time that 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,[1] 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.[2]

Teams edit

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, Hamburg, Panathinaikos, Limerick, Újpesti Dózsa, Fredrikstad and IFK Malmö made their debut, while Rapid Wien, AGF, Stade Reims, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, Juventus, Ajax, Legia Warsaw, Benfica, CCA București, Hearts 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 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)   Burnley (1st)   IFK Helsingfors (1st)   Stade Reims (1st)
  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)   Hamburg (1st)   Panathinaikos (1st)   Újpesti Dózsa (1st)
  Limerick (1st)   Juventus (1st)   Jeunesse Esch (1st)   Ajax (1st)
  Glenavon (1st)   Fredrikstad (1st)   Legia Warsaw (2nd)   Benfica (1st)
  CCA București (1st)   Hearts (1st)   Barcelona (1st)   Real Madrid (2nd)TH
  IFK Malmö (2nd)   Young Boys (1st)   Beşiktaş (1st)   Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round edit

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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.[3] 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   Hamburg   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
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[fn 1]   Spartak Hradec Králové – –
Glenavon   x–wo[fn 2]   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt – –
Stade Reims   11–1   Jeunesse Esch 6–1 5–0
Barcelona   5–0   Lierse 2–0 3–0
  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.[1]
  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.[2]

First leg edit

Hearts  1–2  Benfica
Young   80' Report Águas   36'
José Augusto   74'
Attendance: 29,500
Red Star Belgrade  1–2  Újpesti Dózsa
Kostić   17' Report Göröcs   35'
Kuharszki   68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Limerick  0–5  Young Boys
Report Wechselberger   54', 88'
Willy Schneider   70'
Dürr   76'
Meier   82'
Attendance: 8,000
Fredrikstad  4–3  Ajax
Olsen   35', 61'
Kristoffersen   49'
Pedersen   59'		 Report H. Groot   25'
Swart   37'
Muller   75'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Rapid Wien  4–0  Beşiktaş
Münir   9' (o.g.)
Dienst   20'
Glechner   86'
Bertalan   90'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
AGF  3–0  Legia Warsaw
Amdisen   32'
Kjær-Andersen   54'
Jensen   75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,268
Juventus  2–0  CDNA Sofia
Lojodice   5'
Sívori   24'		 Report
Attendance: 20,168[4]
IFK Helsingfors  1–3  IFK Malmö
Nevalainen   64' Report Olofsson   12'
Ljung   41'
Borg   60'
Attendance: 1,555
Stade Reims  6–1  Jeunesse Esch
Vincent   4', 59'
Rustichelli   16'
Dubaele   38', 64'
Piantoni   85'		 Report Meurisse   87'
Attendance: 8,150
Barcelona  2–0  Lierse
Czibor   17'
Luis Suárez   70'		 Report
Attendance: 42,068

Second leg edit

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

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa  3–0  Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi   70'
Pataki   71'
Göröcs   87'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

Ajax  0–0  Fredrikstad
Report
Attendance: 35,000

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw  1–0  AGF
H. Nowak   29' Report
Attendance: 10,642[5]

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia  4–1  Juventus
Rakarov   19'
Kovachev   56'
Panayotov   68'
Tsanev   75'		 Report Nicolè   88'
Attendance: 31,629[6]

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö  2–1  IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist   22'
Ljung   24'		 Report Kivelä   29'
Attendance: 5,202

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch  0–5  Stade Reims
Report Vincent   50'
Moreau   54'
Heinen   60' (o.g.)
Rustichelli   63', 69'
Attendance: 7,265

Stade 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.

Bracket edit

Preliminary round First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Hearts 1 0 1
  Benfica 2 3 5   Benfica 6 1 7
  Crvena Zvezda 1 0 1   Újpest 2 2 4
  Újpest 2 3 5   Benfica 3 4 7
  AGF Aarhus 3 0 3   AGF Aarhus 1 1 2
  Legia Warszawa 0 1 1   AGF Aarhus 3 1 4
  Fredrikstad 4 0 4   Fredrikstad 0 0 0
  Ajax 3 0 3   Benfica 3 1 4
  Rapid Wien 4 0 4   Rapid Wien 0 1 1
  Beşiktaş 0 1 1   Rapid Wien 3 0 3 (1)
  Glenavon — — w/o   Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 1 2 3 (0)
  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt — — —   Rapid Wien 2 2 4
  IFK Helsingfors 1 1 2   IFK Malmö 0 0 0
  IFK Malmö 3 2 5   IFK Malmö 1 1 2
  Juventus 2 1 3   CDNA Sofia 0 1 1
  CDNA Sofia 0 4 4   Benfica 3
  Barcelona 2
  Real Madrid 2 1 3
  Barcelona 2 3 5   Barcelona 2 2 4
  Lierse 0 0 0   Barcelona 4 1 5
  CCA București — — w/o   Hradec Králové 0 1 1
  Hradec Králové — — —   Hradec Králové 1 0 1
  Panathinaikos 0 0 0
  Barcelona 1 1 2 (1)
  Hamburg 0 2 2 (0)
  Burnley 2 2 4
  Stade Reims 6 5 11   Stade Reims 0 3 3
  Jeunesse Esch 1 0 1   Burnley 3 1 4
  Limerick 0 2 2   Hamburg 1 4 5
  Young Boys 5 4 9   Young Boys 0 3 3
  Hamburg 5 3 8

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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 edit

Benfica  6–2  Újpesti Dózsa
Cavém   1'
Águas   5', 28'
José Augusto   12', 88'
Santana   16'		 Report Göröcs   70'
Pataki   77'
Attendance: 55,000
AGF  3–0  Fredrikstad
Amdisen   74'
Overby   83'
Jensen   85'		 Report
Attendance: 9,123[7]
Rapid Wien  3–1  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dienst   5'
Milanović   52'
Hanappi   61'		 Report Wagner   17'
Attendance: 25,000
IFK Malmö  1–0  CDNA Sofia
Karlsson   80' Report
Attendance: 7,707
Real Madrid  2–2  Barcelona
Mateos   1'
Gento   33'		 Report Luis Suárez   27', 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 84,358
Spartak Hradec Králové  1–0  Panathinaikos
Šonka   89' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Burnley  2–0  Stade Reims
Robson   1'
McIlroy   22'		 Report
Attendance: 37,404
Young Boys  0–5  Hamburg
Report Stürmer   24', 51'
Seeler   35', 39'
Neisner   74'
Attendance: 45,000

Second leg edit

Újpesti Dózsa  2–1  Benfica
Halapi   55'
Szusza   61'		 Report Santana   5'
Attendance: 35,000[8]

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

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

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  2–0  Rapid Wien
Bamberger   49'
Zink   61'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

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

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

Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.

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

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona  2–1  Real Madrid
Vergés   33'
Evaristo   81'		 Report Canário   87'
Attendance: 90,000[9]

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos  0–0  Spartak Hradec Králové
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hamburg  3–3  Young Boys
Stürmer   12'
Dörfel   68'
Walker   86' (o.g.)		 Report Bigler   21' (pen.)
Meier   25'
Schneiter   48'
Attendance: 45,000

Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

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   Hamburg 3–1 1–4

First leg edit

Benfica  3–1  AGF
Águas   20', 60'
José Augusto   50' (pen.)		 Report Amdisen   52'
Attendance: 57,100[10]
Rapid Wien  2–0  IFK Malmö
Dienst   44'
Bertalan   87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Barcelona  4–0  Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada   11', 64'
Evaristo   39'
Kubala   90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Burnley  3–1  Hamburg
Pilkington   8', 60'
Robson   74'		 Report Dörfel   76'
Attendance: 46,237

Second leg edit

AGF  1–4  Benfica
Jensen   77' Report José Augusto   2', 42'
Águas   32'
Santana   81'
Attendance: 22,577[11]
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö  0–2  Rapid Wien
Report Bertalan   39'
Flögel   83'
Attendance: 18,842

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Hradec Králové  1–1  Barcelona
Zikán   33' Report Luis Suárez   24'
Attendance: 45,000

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hamburg  4–1  Burnley
Stürmer   8'
Seeler   41', 75'
Dörfel   56'		 Report Harris   55'
Attendance: 74,000[12]

Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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.

First leg edit

Benfica  3–0  Rapid Wien
Coluna   15'
Águas   25'
Cavém   63'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000
Barcelona  1–0  Hamburg
Evaristo   46' Report
Attendance: 48,000

Second leg edit

Rapid Wien  1–1  Benfica
Skocik   70' Report Águas   66'
Attendance: 63,000

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

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

Hamburg  2–1  Barcelona
Wulf   59'
Seeler   68'		 Report Kocsis   90'
Attendance: 71,000

Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.

Barcelona  1–0  Hamburg
Evaristo   43' Report
Attendance: 44,000

Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.

Final edit

Main article: 1961 European Cup final
Benfica  3–2  Barcelona
Águas   31'
Ramallets   32' (o.g.)
Coluna   55'		 Report Kocsis   21'
Czibor   75'
Attendance: 26,732

Top scorers edit

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

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

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.
  4. ^ "Juventus v CDNA Sofia, 21 September 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Legia Warsaw v AGF, 5 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  6. ^ "CDNA Sofia v Juventus, 12 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. ^ "AGF v Fredrikstad, 19 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Újpesti Dózsa v Benfica, 30 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Barcelona v Real Madrid, 23 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Benfica v AGF, 8 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  11. ^ "AGF v Benfica, 30 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Hamburg v Burnley, 15 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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