1960–61 European Cup
![]() The Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961 |
Teams | 28 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | 23x15px Barcelona |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 51 |
Goals scored | 164 (3.22 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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.
Contents
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 Bucharest ![]() |
x–wo | ![]() |
– | – |
Glenavon ![]() |
x–wo[fn 1] | ![]() |
– | – |
Stade Reims ![]() |
11–1 | ![]() |
6–1 | 5–0 |
Barcelona 23x15px | 5–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–0 |
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First leg
31 August 1960
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Limerick ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Wechselberger ![]() Willy Schneider ![]() Dürr ![]() Meier ![]() |
31 August 1960
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Fredrikstad ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
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Olsen ![]() Kristoffersen ![]() Pedersen ![]() |
Report | H. Groot ![]() Swart ![]() Muller ![]() |
14 September 1960
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Rapid Wien ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Münir ![]() Dienst ![]() Glechner ![]() Bertalan ![]() |
Report |
7 September 1960
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Stade Reims ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
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Vincent ![]() Rustichelli ![]() Dubaele ![]() Piantoni ![]() |
Report | Meurisse ![]() |
Second leg
Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.
5 October 1960
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Young Boys ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Allemann ![]() Willy Schneider ![]() Dürr ![]() |
Report | Wallace ![]() O'Reilly ![]() |
Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.
Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.
AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.
12 October 1960
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CDNA Sofia ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Rakarov ![]() Kovachev ![]() Panayotov ![]() Tsanev ![]() |
Report | Nicolè ![]() |
CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
5 October 1960
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Jeunesse Esch ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Vincent ![]() Moreau ![]() Heinen ![]() Rustichelli ![]() |
Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.
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 23x15px | 3–4 | 23x15px Barcelona | 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
6 November 1960
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Benfica ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
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Coluna ![]() Águas ![]() Santana ![]() José Augusto ![]() |
Report | Göröcs ![]() Pataki ![]() |
9 November 1960
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Rapid Wien ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Dienst ![]() Milanović ![]() Hanappi ![]() |
Report | Wagner ![]() |
9 November 1960
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Real Madrid 23x15px | 2–2 | 23x15px Barcelona |
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Mateos ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report | Luis Suárez ![]() |
Second leg
Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.
AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–3 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.
IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.
23 November 1960
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Barcelona 23x15px | 2–1 | 23x15px Real Madrid |
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Vergés ![]() Evaristo ![]() |
Report | Canário ![]() |
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.
30 November 1960
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Stade Reims ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Piantoni ![]() Rodzik ![]() |
Report | Robson ![]() Connelly ![]() |
Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.
27 November 1960
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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 23x15px | 5–1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 1–1 |
Burnley ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
8 March 1961
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Barcelona 23x15px | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Tejada ![]() Evaristo ![]() Kubala ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
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 23x15px | 2–21 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
1 Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the final.
First leg
Second leg
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.
Final
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Benfica ![]() |
3–2 | 23x15px Barcelona |
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Águas ![]() Ramallets ![]() Coluna ![]() |
Report | Kocsis ![]() Czibor ![]() |
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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23x15px Barcelona | 6 |
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23x15px Luis Suárez | 23x15px Barcelona | 4 | |
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References
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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 + all scorers preliminary round
- 1960-61 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- ↑ Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.
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