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 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.

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
Champions Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up 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

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.

Rapid Wien (1st) Lierse (1st) CDNA Sofia (1st) Spartak Hradec Králové (1st)
AGF (1st) Burnley (1st) IFK Helsingfors (1st) Stade Reims (1st)
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st) Hamburg (1st) Panathinaikos (1st) Újpesti Dózsa (1st)
Limerick (1st) Juventus (1st) Jeunesse Esch (1st) Ajax (1st)
Glenavon (1st) Fredrikstad (1st) Legia Warsaw (2nd) Benfica (1st)
CCA București (1st) Hearts (1st) Barcelona (1st) Real Madrid (2nd)TH
IFK Malmö (2nd) Young Boys (1st) Beşiktaş (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round
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.[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 Hamburg Burnley 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 1–5 Benfica 1–2 0–3
Red Star Belgrade 1–5 Újpesti Dózsa 1–2 0–3
Fredrikstad 4–3 Ajax 4–3 0–0
AGF 3–1 Legia Warsaw 3–0 0–1
Juventus 3–4 CDNA Sofia 2–0 1–4
IFK Helsingfors 2–5 IFK Malmö 1–3 1–2
Rapid Wien 4–1 Beşiktaş 4–0 0–1
Limerick 2–9 Young Boys 0–5 2–4
CCA București x–wo[fn 1] Spartak Hradec Králové – –
Glenavon x–wo[fn 2] Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt – –
Stade Reims 11–1 Jeunesse Esch 6–1 5–0
Barcelona 5–0 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 1–2 Benfica
Young 80' Report Águas 36'
José Augusto 74'
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)
Red Star Belgrade 1–2 Újpesti Dózsa
Kostić 17' Report Göröcs 35'
Kuharszki 68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Limerick 0–5 Young Boys
Report Wechselberger 54', 88'
Schneider 70'
Dürr 76'
Meier 82'
Attendance: 8,000
Fredrikstad 4–3 Ajax
Olsen 35'
Kristoffersen 48'
Pedersen 59'
Borgen 70'		 Report C. Groot 26', 75'
Swart 37'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Rapid Wien 4–0 Beşiktaş
Münir 9' (o.g.)
Dienst 20'
Glechner 86'
Bertalan 90'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)
AGF 3–0 Legia Warsaw
Amdisen 32'
Kjær-Andersen 54'
Jensen 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,268
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Juventus 2–0 CDNA Sofia
Lojodice 5'
Sívori 24'		 Report
Attendance: 20,168[4]
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)
IFK Helsingfors 1–3 IFK Malmö
Nevalainen 64' Report Olofsson 12'
Ljung 41'
Borg 60'
Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Stade Reims 6–1 Jeunesse Esch
Vincent 4', 59'
Rustichelli 16'
Dubaële 38', 64'
Piantoni 85'		 Report Meurisse 87'
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Reidar Randers-Johansen (Norway)
Barcelona 2–0 Lierse
Czibor 17'
Luis Suárez 70'		 Report
Attendance: 42,068
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Second leg
Benfica 3–0 Hearts
Águas 7', 60'
José Augusto 49'		 Report
Attendance: 30,122
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa 3–0 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 4–2 Limerick
Allemann 40'
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 0–0 Fredrikstad
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw 1–0 AGF
H. Nowak 29' Report
Attendance: 10,642[5]

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia 4–1 Juventus
Rakarov 19'
Kovachev 56'
Panayotov 68'
Tsanev 75'		 Report Nicolè 88'
Attendance: 31,629[6]

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö 2–1 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 1–0 Rapid Wien
Ahmet 11' Report
Attendance: 17,268
Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch 0–5 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 0–3 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
Hearts 1 0 1
Benfica 2 3 5 Benfica 6 1 7
Crvena Zvezda 1 0 1 Újpest 2 2 4
Újpest 2 3 5 Benfica 3 4 7
AGF Aarhus 3 0 3 AGF Aarhus 1 1 2
Legia Warszawa 0 1 1 AGF Aarhus 3 1 4
Fredrikstad 4 0 4 Fredrikstad 0 0 0
Ajax 3 0 3 Benfica 3 1 4
Rapid Wien 4 0 4 Rapid Wien 0 1 1
Beşiktaş 0 1 1 Rapid Wien 3 0 3 (1)
Glenavon — — w/o Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 1 2 3 (0)
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt — — — Rapid Wien 2 2 4
IFK Helsingfors 1 1 2 IFK Malmö 0 0 0
IFK Malmö 3 2 5 IFK Malmö 1 1 2
Juventus 2 1 3 CDNA Sofia 0 1 1
CDNA Sofia 0 4 4 Benfica 3
Barcelona 2
Real Madrid 2 1 3
Barcelona 2 3 5 Barcelona 2 2 4
Lierse 0 0 0 Barcelona 4 1 5
CCA București — — w/o Hradec Králové 0 1 1
Hradec Králové — — — Hradec Králové 1 0 1
Panathinaikos 0 0 0
Barcelona 1 1 2 (1)
Hamburg 0 2 2 (0)
Burnley 2 2 4
Stade Reims 6 5 11 Stade Reims 0 3 3
Jeunesse Esch 1 0 1 Burnley 3 1 4
Limerick 0 2 2 Hamburg 1 4 5
Young Boys 5 4 9 Young Boys 0 3 3
Hamburg 5 3 8

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica 7–4 Újpesti Dózsa 6–2 1–2
AGF 4–0 Fredrikstad 3–0 1–0
Rapid Wien 3–31 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–1 0–2
IFK Malmö 2–1 CDNA Sofia 1–0 1–1
Real Madrid 3–4 Barcelona 2–2 1–2
Spartak Hradec Králové 1–0 Panathinaikos 1–0 0–0
Burnley 4–3 Stade Reims 2–0 2–3
Young Boys 3–8 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 6–2 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 3–0 Fredrikstad
Amdisen 74'
Overby 83'
Jensen 85'		 Report
Attendance: 9,123[7]
Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden)
Rapid Wien 3–1 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dienst 5'
Milanović 52'
Hanappi 61'		 Report Wagner 17'
Attendance: 25,000
IFK Malmö 1–0 CDNA Sofia
Karlsson 80' Report
Attendance: 7,707
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)
Real Madrid 2–2 Barcelona
Mateos 1'
Gento 33'		 Report Luis Suárez 27', 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 84,358
Spartak Hradec Králové 1–0 Panathinaikos
Šonka 89' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)
Burnley 2–0 Stade Reims
Robson 1'
McIlroy 22'		 Report
Attendance: 37,404
Referee: José González Echevarría (Spain)
Young Boys 0–5 Hamburg
Report Stürmer 24', 51'
Seeler 35', 39'
Neisner 74'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Second leg
Újpesti Dózsa 2–1 Benfica
Halapi 55'
Szusza 61'		 Report Santana 5'
Attendance: 35,000[8]
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad 0–1 AGF
Report Overby 49'
Attendance: 10,334
Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–0 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 1–0 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Flögel 4' Report
Attendance: 10,000

Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.

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

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona 2–1 Real Madrid
Vergés 33'
Evaristo 81'		 Report Canário 87'
Attendance: 90,000[9]

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

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

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

Stade Reims 3–2 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 3–3 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 7–2 AGF 3–1 4–1
Rapid Wien 4–0 IFK Malmö 2–0 2–0
Barcelona 5–1 Spartak Hradec Králové 4–0 1–1
Burnley 4–5 Hamburg 3–1 1–4

First leg
Benfica 3–1 AGF
Águas 20', 60'
José Augusto 50' (pen.)		 Report Amdisen 52'
Attendance: 57,100[10]
Rapid Wien 2–0 IFK Malmö
Dienst 44'
Bertalan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)
Barcelona 4–0 Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada 11', 64'
Evaristo 39'
Kubala 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
Burnley 3–1 Hamburg
Pilkington 8', 60'
Robson 74'		 Report Dörfel 76'
Attendance: 46,237
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Second leg
AGF 1–4 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 0–2 Rapid Wien
Report Bertalan 39'
Flögel 83'
Attendance: 18,842
Referee: Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Hradec Králové 1–1 Barcelona
Zikán 33' Report Luis Suárez 24'
Attendance: 45,000

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hamburg 4–1 Burnley
Stürmer 8'
Seeler 41', 75'
Dörfel 56'		 Report Harris 55'
Attendance: 74,000[12]
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica 4–1 Rapid Wien 3–0 1–1
Barcelona 2–21 Hamburg 1–0 1–2

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

First leg
Benfica 3–0 Rapid Wien
Coluna 15'
Águas 25'
Cavém 63'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000
Barcelona 1–0 Hamburg
Evaristo 46' Report
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

Second leg
Rapid Wien 1–1 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 2–1 Barcelona
Wulf 59'
Seeler 68'		 Report Kocsis 90'
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.

Barcelona 1–0 Hamburg
Evaristo 43' Report
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.

Final
Main article: 1961 European Cup final
Benfica 3–2 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 José Águas Benfica 11
2 José Augusto Benfica 7
3 Evaristo Barcelona 6
4 Uwe Seeler Hamburg 5
5 Klaus Stürmer Hamburg 4
Luis Suárez Barcelona 4
7 John Amdisen AGF 3
Josef Bertalan Rapid Wien 3
Robert Dienst Rapid Wien 3
Gert Dörfel Hamburg 3
János Göröcs Újpesti Dózsa 3
John Jensen AGF 3
Jimmy Robson Burnley 3
Dominique Rustichelli Stade Reims 3
Santana Benfica 3
Willy Schneider Young Boys 3
Jean Vincent Stade Reims 3

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