1960 European Cup Final

The 1960 European Cup Final was the fifth final in the history of the European Cup, and was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Eintracht Frankfurt of West Germany.[2] Los Blancos won 7–3 in front of a crowd of over 127,000 people at Glasgow's Hampden Park stadium, still the biggest attendance for a European Cup final. There were an estimated 70 million television viewers around Europe. Widely regarded as one of the greatest football matches ever played,[3] as of 2020 it also remains the highest-scoring final in the history of the competition.[4]

1960 European Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1959–60 European Cup
Real Madrid Eintracht Frankfurt
7 3
Date18 May 1960
VenueHampden Park, Glasgow
RefereeJack Mowat (Scotland)
Attendance127,621[1]

Frankfurt reached the final through an impressive 12–4 aggregate victory over Scottish champions Rangers, whereas Madrid overcame their bitter rivals Barcelona 6–2 over two legs.[5]

The match was initially in doubt as the West German FA had banned their clubs from taking part in matches with any team containing Ferenc Puskás after the Hungarian had alleged the West German team had used drugs in 1954. Puskás had to make a formal written apology before the match could take place.[6]

Puskás and Di Stefano are two of only three players to have scored a hat-trick in a European Cup final (Puskas being the only one to ever score four goals), with the other being Pierino Prati for Milan in their 4–1 victory over Ajax in the 1969 European Cup Final. Puskás repeated the feat in the 1962 European Cup Final.

Route to the final
Real Madrid Round Eintracht Frankfurt
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Jeunesse Esch 12–2 7–0 (H) 5–2 (A) First round Young Boys 5–2 4–1 (A) 1–1 (H)
Nice 6–3 2–3 (A) 4–0 (H) Quarter-finals Wiener Sport-Club 3–2 2–1 (H) 1–1 (A)
Barcelona 6–2 3–1 (H) 3–1 (A) Semi-finals Rangers 12–4 6–1 (H) 6–3 (A)

Match

Details
Real Madrid 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Di Stéfano  20', 23', 73'
Puskás  45+1', 56' (pen.), 60', 71'		 Report Kress  18'
Stein  72', 75'
Attendance: 127,621
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)
Real Madrid
Eintracht Frankfurt
GK1 Rogelio Domínguez
RB2 Marquitos
LB3 Pachín
RH4 José María Vidal
CB5[lower-alpha 1] José Santamaría
LH6 José María Zárraga (c)
OR7 Canário
IR8 Luis del Sol
CF9[lower-alpha 2] Alfredo Di Stéfano
IL10 Ferenc Puskás
OL11 Francisco Gento
Manager:
Miguel Muñoz
GK1 Egon Loy
RB2 Friedel Lutz
LB3 Hermann Höfer
RH4 Hans Weilbächer (c)
CB5 Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt
LH6 Dieter Stinka
OR7 Richard Kress
IR8 Dieter Lindner
CF9 Erwin Stein
IL10 Alfred Pfaff
OL11 Erich Meier
Manager:
Paul Oßwald

See also

Notes
  1. Although Santamaría had amassed 20 caps for his native Uruguay from 1952 to 1957, he had been representing Spain in international play since 1958.[7]
  2. Di Stéfano, a native Argentine, had represented both Argentina and Colombia earlier in his international career; however, he became a naturalised citizen of Spain in 1956, and began playing for the Spanish national team in 1957.[8][9]

References
  1. Lowe, Sid (18 May 2020). "'We marked an era' – 60 years on from when Real won 7–3 at Hampden". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. Keating, Frank (15 May 2002). "Hampden dazzled by white magic". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. "The greatest matches of all time". The Daily Telegraph. London. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. "1959/60: Dazzling Madrid crush Frankfurt". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. Hesse-Lichtenburger, Ulrich (2003). Tor! The Story of German Football. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-9540134-5-5.
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