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.
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961 |
Teams | 28 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 164 (3.22 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–3 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–3 |
Fredrikstad ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
4–3 | 0–0 |
AGF ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Juventus ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–4 |
IFK Helsingfors ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
1–3 | 1–2 |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–1 |
Limerick ![]() |
2–9 | ![]() |
0–5 | 2–4 |
CCA București ![]() |
x–wo | ![]() |
– | – |
Glenavon ![]() |
x–wo[fn 1] | ![]() |
– | – |
Stade Reims ![]() |
11–1 | ![]() |
6–1 | 5–0 |
Barcelona ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Kostić ![]() |
Report | Göröcs ![]() Kuharszki ![]() |
Limerick ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Wechselberger ![]() Willy Schneider ![]() Dürr ![]() Meier ![]() |
Fredrikstad ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Olsen ![]() Kristoffersen ![]() Pedersen ![]() |
Report | H. Groot ![]() Swart ![]() Muller ![]() |
AGF ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Amdisen ![]() Kjær-Andersen ![]() J. Jensen ![]() |
Report |
Juventus ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Lojodice ![]() Sívori ![]() |
Report |
IFK Helsingfors ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Nevalainen ![]() |
Report | Olofsson ![]() Ljung ![]() Borg ![]() |
Stade Reims ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Vincent ![]() Rustichelli ![]() Dubaele ![]() Piantoni ![]() |
Report | Meurisse ![]() |
Barcelona ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Czibor ![]() Luis Suárez ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Borsányi ![]() Pataki ![]() Göröcs ![]() |
Report |
Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.
Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.
Ajax ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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H. Nowak ![]() |
Report |
AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.
CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
IFK Malmö ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Lundqvist ![]() Ljung ![]() |
Report | Kivelä ![]() |
IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ahmet ![]() |
Report |
Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
Jeunesse Esch ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Vincent ![]() Moreau ![]() Heinen ![]() Rustichelli ![]() |
Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.
Lierse ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Villaverde ![]() Evaristo ![]() |
Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.
Bracket
First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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5 | 3 | 8 |
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Benfica ![]() |
7–4 | ![]() |
6–2 | 1–2 |
AGF ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–0 |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
3–31 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–2 |
IFK Malmö ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–2 |
Spartak Hradec Králové ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Burnley ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–3 |
Young Boys ![]() |
3–8 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Coluna ![]() Águas ![]() Santana ![]() José Augusto ![]() |
Report | Göröcs ![]() Pataki ![]() |
AGF ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Amdisen ![]() Overby ![]() Rou Jensen ![]() |
Report |
Rapid Wien ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Dienst ![]() Milanović ![]() Hanappi ![]() |
Report | Wagner ![]() |
IFK Malmö ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Karlsson ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Mateos ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report | Luis Suárez ![]() |
Spartak Hradec Králové ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Šonka ![]() |
Report |
Burnley ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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McIlroy ![]() Robson ![]() |
Report |
Young Boys ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Stürmer ![]() Seeler ![]() Neisner ![]() |
Second leg
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Halapi ![]() Szusza ![]() |
Report | Santana ![]() |
Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.
Fredrikstad ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Overby ![]() |
AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Bamberger ![]() Zink ![]() |
Report |
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–3 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.
CDNA Sofia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Tsanev ![]() |
Report | Olofsson ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Stürmer ![]() Dörfel ![]() Walker ![]() |
Report | Bigler ![]() Meier ![]() Schneiter ![]() |
Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Benfica ![]() |
7–2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 4–1 |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 |
Barcelona ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 1–1 |
Burnley ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
Rapid Wien ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Dienst ![]() Bertalan ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.
IFK Malmö ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Bertalan ![]() Flögel ![]() |
Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
Spartak Hradec Králové ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Zikán ![]() |
Report | Luis Suárez ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–1 |
Barcelona ![]() |
2–21 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Skocik ![]() |
Report | Águas ![]() |
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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11 |
2 | ![]() |
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6 |
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4 | ![]() |
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5 |
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4 |
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3 |
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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)