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. 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.

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

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.

Austria Rapid Wien (1st) Belgium Lierse (1st) Bulgaria CDNA Sofia (1st) Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové (1st)
Denmark AGF (1st) England Burnley (1st) Finland IFK Helsingfors (1st) France Stade Reims (1st)
East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st) West Germany Hamburg (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st) Republic of Ireland Limerick (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)
Romania CCA București (1st) Scotland Hearts (1st) Spain Barcelona (1st) Spain Real Madrid (2nd)TH
Sweden IFK Malmö (2nd) Switzerland Young Boys (1st) Turkey Beşiktaş (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

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 West Germany Hamburg 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
Hearts 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 x–wo[fn 1] Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové – –
Glenavon Northern Ireland x–wo[fn 2] East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt – –
Stade Reims France 11–1 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 6–1 5–0
Barcelona Spain 5–0 Belgium 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

Hearts Scotland1–2Portugal Benfica
Young 80' Report Águas 36'
José Augusto 74'
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–2Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Kostić 17' Report Göröcs 35'
Kuharszki 68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Limerick Republic of Ireland0–5Switzerland Young Boys
Report Wechselberger 54', 88'
Willy Schneider 70'
Dürr 76'
Meier 82'
Attendance: 8,000
Fredrikstad Norway4–3Netherlands 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 Austria4–0Turkey Beşiktaş
Münir 9' (o.g.)
Dienst 20'
Glechner 86'
Bertalan 90'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)
AGF Denmark3–0Poland Legia Warsaw
Amdisen 32'
Kjær-Andersen 54'
Jensen 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,268
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Juventus Italy2–0Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Lojodice 5'
Sívori 24'		 Report
Attendance: 20,168[4]
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)
IFK Helsingfors Finland1–3Sweden IFK Malmö
Nevalainen 64' Report Olofsson 12'
Ljung 41'
Borg 60'
Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Stade Reims France6–1Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Vincent 4', 59'
Rustichelli 16'
Dubaele 38', 64'
Piantoni 85'		 Report Meurisse 87'
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Reidar Randers-Johansen (Norway)
Barcelona Spain2–0Belgium Lierse
Czibor 17'
Luis Suárez 70'		 Report
Attendance: 42,068

Second leg

Benfica Portugal3–0Scotland Hearts
Águas 7', 60'
José Augusto 49'		 Report
Attendance: 30,122
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary3–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi 70'
Pataki 71'
Göröcs 87'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Julian Mytnik (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

Young Boys Switzerland4–2Republic of Ireland Limerick
Allemann 40'
Willy Schneider 68', 72'
Dürr 81'		 Report Wallace 36'
O'Reilly 75'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

Ajax Netherlands0–0Norway Fredrikstad
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw Poland1–0Denmark AGF
H. Nowak 29' Report
Attendance: 10,642[5]

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö Sweden2–1Finland IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist 22'
Ljung 24'		 Report Kivelä 29'
Attendance: 5,202
Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş Turkey1–0Austria Rapid Wien
Ahmet 11' Report
Attendance: 17,268
Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg0–5France Stade Reims
Report Vincent 50'
Moreau 54'
Heinen 60' (o.g.)
Rustichelli 63', 69'
Attendance: 7,265
Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Stade 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.

Bracket

Preliminary round First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Scotland Hearts 1 0 1
Portugal Benfica 2 3 5 Portugal Benfica 6 1 7
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 1 0 1 Hungary Újpest 2 2 4
Hungary Újpest 2 3 5 Portugal Benfica 3 4 7
Denmark AGF Aarhus 3 0 3 Denmark AGF Aarhus 1 1 2
Poland Legia Warszawa 0 1 1 Denmark AGF Aarhus 3 1 4
Norway Fredrikstad 4 0 4 Norway Fredrikstad 0 0 0
Netherlands Ajax 3 0 3 Portugal Benfica 3 1 4
Austria Rapid Wien 4 0 4 Austria Rapid Wien 0 1 1
Turkey Beşiktaş 0 1 1 Austria Rapid Wien 3 0 3 (1)
Northern Ireland Glenavon — — w/o East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 1 2 3 (0)
East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt — — — Austria Rapid Wien 2 2 4
Finland IFK Helsingfors 1 1 2 Sweden IFK Malmö 0 0 0
Sweden IFK Malmö 3 2 5 Sweden IFK Malmö 1 1 2
Italy Juventus 2 1 3 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 0 1 1
Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 0 4 4 Portugal Benfica 3
Spain Barcelona 2
Spain Real Madrid 2 1 3
Spain Barcelona 2 3 5 Spain Barcelona 2 2 4
Belgium Lierse 0 0 0 Spain Barcelona 4 1 5
Romania CCA București — — w/o Czechoslovakia Hradec Králové 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia Hradec Králové — — — Czechoslovakia Hradec Králové 1 0 1
Greece Panathinaikos 0 0 0
Spain Barcelona 1 1 2 (1)
West Germany Hamburg 0 2 2 (0)
England Burnley 2 2 4
France Stade Reims 6 5 11 France Stade Reims 0 3 3
Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 1 0 1 England Burnley 3 1 4
Republic of Ireland Limerick 0 2 2 West Germany Hamburg 1 4 5
Switzerland Young Boys 5 4 9 Switzerland Young Boys 0 3 3
West Germany Hamburg 5 3 8

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 7–4 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 6–2 1–2
AGF Denmark 4–0 Norway Fredrikstad 3–0 1–0
Rapid Wien Austria 3–31 East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–1 0–2
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 Stade Reims 2–0 2–3
Young Boys Switzerland 3–8 West Germany 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

Benfica Portugal6–2Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Cavém 1'
Águas 5', 28'
José Augusto 12', 88'
Santana 16'		 Report Göröcs 70'
Pataki 77'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)
AGF Denmark3–0Norway Fredrikstad
Amdisen 74'
Overby 83'
Jensen 85'		 Report
Attendance: 9,123[7]
Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden)
Rapid Wien Austria3–1East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dienst 5'
Milanović 52'
Hanappi 61'		 Report Wagner 17'
Attendance: 25,000
IFK Malmö Sweden1–0Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Karlsson 80' Report
Attendance: 7,707
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)
Real Madrid Spain2–2Spain Barcelona
Mateos 1'
Gento 33'		 Report Luis Suárez 27', 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 84,358
Spartak Hradec Králové Czechoslovakia1–0Greece Panathinaikos
Šonka 89' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)
Burnley England2–0France Stade Reims
Robson 1'
McIlroy 22'		 Report
Attendance: 37,404
Referee: José González Echevarría (Spain)
Young Boys Switzerland0–5West Germany Hamburg
Report Stürmer 24', 51'
Seeler 35', 39'
Neisner 74'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Second leg

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary2–1Portugal Benfica
Halapi 55'
Szusza 61'		 Report Santana 5'
Attendance: 35,000[8]
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad Norway0–1Denmark AGF
Report Overby 49'
Attendance: 10,334
Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany2–0Austria Rapid Wien
Bamberger 49'
Zink 61'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

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

Rapid Wien Austria1–0East Germany Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Flögel 4' Report
Attendance: 10,000

Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria1–1Sweden IFK Malmö
Tsanev 21' Report Olofsson 52'
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona Spain2–1Spain Real Madrid
Vergés 33'
Evaristo 81'		 Report Canário 87'
Attendance: 90,000[9]

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos Greece0–0Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

Stade Reims France3–2England Burnley
Piantoni 50'
Rodzik 56', 75'		 Report Robson 33'
Connelly 57'
Attendance: 36,831
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hamburg West Germany3–3Switzerland Young Boys
Stürmer 12'
Dörfel 68'
Walker 86' (o.g.)		 Report Bigler 21' (pen.)
Meier 25'
Schneiter 48'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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 Hamburg 3–1 1–4

First leg

Benfica Portugal3–1Denmark AGF
Águas 20', 60'
José Augusto 50' (pen.)		 Report Amdisen 52'
Attendance: 57,100[10]
Rapid Wien Austria2–0Sweden IFK Malmö
Dienst 44'
Bertalan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)
Barcelona Spain4–0Czechoslovakia Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada 11', 64'
Evaristo 39'
Kubala 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
Burnley England3–1West Germany Hamburg
Pilkington 8', 60'
Robson 74'		 Report Dörfel 76'
Attendance: 46,237
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Second leg

AGF Denmark1–4Portugal 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 Sweden0–2Austria Rapid Wien
Report Bertalan 39'
Flögel 83'
Attendance: 18,842
Referee: Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hamburg West Germany4–1England Burnley
Stürmer 8'
Seeler 41', 75'
Dörfel 56'		 Report Harris 55'
Attendance: 74,000[12]

Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 4–1 Austria Rapid Wien 3–0 1–1
Barcelona Spain 2–21 West Germany Hamburg 1–0 1–2

1 Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off.

First leg

Benfica Portugal3–0Austria Rapid Wien
Coluna 15'
Águas 25'
Cavém 63'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000
Barcelona Spain1–0West Germany Hamburg
Evaristo 46' Report
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

Second leg

Rapid Wien Austria1–1Portugal 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 West Germany2–1Spain Barcelona
Wulf 59'
Seeler 68'		 Report Kocsis 90'
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.

Barcelona Spain1–0West Germany Hamburg
Evaristo 43' Report
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.

Final

Benfica Portugal3–2Spain Barcelona
Águas 31'
Ramallets 32' (o.g.)
Coluna 55'		 Report Kocsis 21'
Czibor 75'
Attendance: 26,732

Top scorers

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

Rank Name 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 Hamburg 5
5 West Germany Klaus Stürmer West Germany Hamburg 4
Spain Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 4
7 Denmark John Amdisen Denmark AGF 3
Austria Josef Bertalan Austria Rapid Wien 3
Austria Robert Dienst Austria Rapid Wien 3
West Germany Gert Dörfel West Germany Hamburg 3
Hungary János Göröcs Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 3
Denmark John Jensen Denmark AGF 3
England Jimmy Robson England Burnley 3
France Dominique Rustichelli France Stade Reims 3
Portugal Santana Portugal Benfica 3
Switzerland Willy Schneider Switzerland Young Boys 3
France Jean Vincent France Stade Reims 3

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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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