1960–61 European Cup

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

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.

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.

Austria Rapid Wien (1st) Belgium Lierse (1st) Bulgaria CDNA Sofia (1st) Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové (1st)
Denmark AGF (1st) East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st) England Burnley (1st) Finland IFK Helsingfors (1st)
France Reims (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st) Hungary Újpesti Dózsa (1st) Italy Juventus (1st)
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch (1st) Netherlands Ajax (1st) Northern Ireland Glenavon (1st) Norway Fredrikstad (1st)
Poland Legia Warsaw (2nd) Portugal Benfica (1st) Republic of Ireland Limerick (1st) Romania CCA București (1st)
Scotland Heart of Midlothian (1st) Spain Barcelona (1st) Spain Real Madrid (2nd)TH Sweden IFK Malmö (2nd)
Switzerland Young Boys (1st) Turkey Beşiktaş (1st) West Germany Hamburger SV (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 West Germany Hamburger SV England Burnley Greece 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 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 București Romania (w/o)[a] Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové – –
Glenavon Northern Ireland (w/o)[b] East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt – –
Reims France 11–1 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 6–1 5–0
Barcelona Spain 5–0 Belgium Lierse 2–0 3–0

First leg

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Limerick Republic of Ireland0–5Switzerland Young Boys
Report Wechselberger 54', 88'
Schneider 70'
Dürr 76'
Meier 82'
Attendance: 8,000
Fredrikstad Norway4–3Netherlands Ajax
Olsen 35'
Kristoffersen 48'
Pedersen 59'
Borgen 70'		 Report C. Groot 26', 75'
Swart 37'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Reims France6–1Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Vincent 4'
Rustichelli 16'
Dubaële 38', 59', 64'
Piantoni 85'		 Report Meurisse 87'
Attendance: 8,150
Rapid Wien Austria4–0Turkey Beşiktaş
Akı 9' (o.g.)
Dienst 20'
Glechner 86' (pen.)
Bertalan 90'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
AGF Denmark3–0Poland Legia Warsaw
Amdisen 32'
Kjær 51'
Jensen 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,268
Juventus Italy2–0Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Lojodice 5'
Sívori 24'		 Report
Attendance: 20,168[6]
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–2Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Toplak 17' Report Göröcs 38'
Kuharszki 68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Barcelona Spain2–0Belgium Lierse
Czibor 47'
Luis Suárez 73'		 Report
Attendance: 42,068
Heart of Midlothian Scotland1–2Portugal Benfica
Young 80' Report Águas 36'
José Augusto 74'
Attendance: 29,500

Second leg

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Ajax Netherlands0–0Norway Fredrikstad
Report
Attendance: 35,000

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö Sweden2–1Finland IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist 22'
Ljung 28'		 Report Kivelä 30'
Attendance: 5,202

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş Turkey1–0Austria Rapid Wien
Özataç 11' Report
Attendance: 17,268

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw Poland1–0Denmark AGF
Nowak 29' Report
Attendance: 10,642[7]

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–5France Reims
Report Vincent 50'
Moreau 58'
Heinen 60' (o.g.)
Rustichelli 63', 69'
Attendance: 7,265

Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

Lierse Belgium0–3Spain Barcelona
Report Villaverde 7'
Evaristo 26', 77'
Attendance: 19,110

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal3–0Scotland Heart of Midlothian
Águas 7', 60'
José Augusto 49'		 Report
Attendance: 30,122

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Young Boys Switzerland4–2Republic of Ireland 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 Hungary3–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi 74'
Pataki 77'
Göröcs 88'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria4–1Italy 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
              
Portugal Benfica 6 1 7
Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 2 2 4
Portugal Benfica 3 4 7
Denmark AGF 1 1 2
Denmark AGF 3 1 4
Norway Fredrikstad 0 0 0
Portugal Benfica 3 1 4
Austria Rapid Wien 0 1 1
Austria Rapid Wien 3 0 3 (1)
East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 1 2 3 (0)
Austria Rapid Wien 2 2 4
Sweden IFK Malmö 0 0 0
Sweden IFK Malmö 1 1 2
Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 0 1 1
Portugal Benfica 3
Spain Barcelona 2
Spain Real Madrid 2 1 3
Spain Barcelona 2 2 4
Spain Barcelona 4 1 5
Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové 1 0 1
Greece Panathinaikos 0 0 0
Spain Barcelona 1 1 2 (1)
West Germany Hamburger SV 0 2 2 (0)
England Burnley 2 2 4
France Reims 0 3 3
England Burnley 3 1 4
West Germany Hamburger SV 1 4 5
Switzerland Young Boys 0 3 3
West Germany 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 Portugal 7–4 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 6–2 1–2
AGF Denmark 4–0 Norway Fredrikstad 3–0 1–0
Rapid Wien Austria 3–3 East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–1 0–2 1–0
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 Reims 2–0 2–3
Young Boys Switzerland 3–8 West Germany Hamburger SV 0–5 3–3

First leg

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AGF Denmark3–0Norway Fredrikstad
Amdisen 70'
Overby 85'
Jensen 86'		 Report
Attendance: 9,123[9]
IFK Malmö Sweden1–0Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Karlsson 79' Report
Attendance: 7,707
Young Boys Switzerland0–5West Germany Hamburger SV
Report Stürmer 24', 52'
Seeler 34', 39'
Neisner 72'
Attendance: 45,000
Benfica Portugal6–2Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Cavém 1'
Águas 6', 28'
José Augusto 12', 87'
Santana 16'		 Report Göröcs 69'
Szusza 77'
Attendance: 55,000
Rapid Wien Austria3–1East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dienst 3'
Milanović 52'
Hanappi 61'		 Report Wagner 16'
Attendance: 25,000
Real Madrid Spain2–2Spain Barcelona
Mateos 3'
Gento 33'		 Report Luis Suárez 27', 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 84,358
Burnley England2–0France Reims
Robson 1'
McIlroy 22'		 Report
Attendance: 37,404

Second leg

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Fredrikstad Norway0–1Denmark AGF
Report Overby 49'
Attendance: 10,334

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria1–1Sweden IFK Malmö
Tsanev 21' Report Olofsson 52'
Attendance: 52,000

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany2–0Austria Rapid Wien
Bamberger 49'
Zink 62'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

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

Barcelona Spain2–1Spain Real Madrid
Vergés 33'
Evaristo 82'		 Report Canário 87'
Attendance: 90,000[10]

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hamburger SV West Germany3–3Switzerland 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 Hungary2–1Portugal Benfica
Halapi 55'
Szusza 61'		 Report Santana 5'
Attendance: 35,000[11]

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

Reims France3–2England 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 Austria1–0East Germany 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 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 Hamburger SV 3–1 1–4

First leg

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Burnley England3–1West Germany Hamburger SV
Pilkington 7', 59'
Robson 72'		 Report Dörfel 75'
Attendance: 46,237
Barcelona Spain4–0Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada 11', 64'
Evaristo 39'
Kubala 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Benfica Portugal3–1Denmark AGF
Águas 20', 58'
José Augusto 49' (pen.)		 Report Amdisen 51'
Attendance: 57,100[12]
Rapid Wien Austria2–0Sweden IFK Malmö
Dienst 44'
Bertalan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000

Second leg

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Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hamburger SV West Germany4–1England Burnley
Stürmer 8'
Seeler 42', 61'
Dörfel 57'		 Report Harris 55'
Attendance: 74,000[13]

Hamburger SV won 5–4 on aggregate.

AGF Denmark1–4Portugal 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 Sweden0–2Austria 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 Portugal 4–1 Austria Rapid Wien 3–0 1–1[c]
Barcelona Spain 2–2 West Germany Hamburger SV 1–0 1–2 1–0

First leg

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Barcelona Spain1–0West Germany Hamburger SV
Evaristo 46' Report
Attendance: 48,000
Benfica Portugal3–0Austria Rapid Wien
Coluna 19'
Águas 24'
Cavém 61'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000

Second leg

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Hamburger SV West Germany2–1Spain Barcelona
Wulf 58'
Seeler 68'		 Report Kocsis 90'
Attendance: 71,000

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

Rapid Wien Austria1–1Portugal Benfica
Skocik 71' Report Águas 66'
Attendance: 63,000

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

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Barcelona Spain1–0West Germany Hamburger SV
Evaristo 42' Report
Attendance: 44,000

Barcelona won play-off 1–0.

Final

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Benfica Portugal3–2Spain 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 Portugal José Águas Portugal Benfica 11
2 Portugal José Augusto Portugal Benfica 7
3 Brazil Evaristo Spain Barcelona 6
4 West Germany Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV 5
5 West Germany Klaus Stürmer West Germany Hamburger SV 4
Spain Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona
7 Denmark John Amdisen Denmark AGF 3
Austria Josef Bertalan Austria Rapid Wien
Austria Robert Dienst Austria Rapid Wien
West Germany Charly Dörfel West Germany Hamburger SV
France Claude Dubaële France Reims
Hungary János Göröcs Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Denmark John Jensen Denmark AGF
England Jimmy Robson England Burnley
France Dominique Rustichelli France Reims
Portugal Santana Portugal Benfica
Switzerland Willy Schneider Switzerland 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.
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  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.
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