1959–60 European Cup
Hampden Park in Glasgow hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 26 August 1959 – 18 May 1960 |
Teams | 27 (26 competed) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 218 (4.19 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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The 1959–60 European Cup was the fifth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in the final at Hampden Park, Glasgow. It remains the record score for the European Cup final. It was Real Madrid's fifth consecutive European Cup title. It was also the first time that a German team, Eintracht Frankfurt, reached the final.
The tournament saw the first participation by a Greek club, having withdrawn from the previous season.
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cernobbio, Como, Italy, on 6 July 1959.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 26 teams were grouped geographically into two pots. The first two teams drawn in each pot also received byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.
Pot 1 Northern Europe |
Pot 2 Southern Europe | |
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Drawn |
France |
Austria |
Byes | ||
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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Nice ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–2 | 1–1 |
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
(w/o)1 | ![]() |
– | – |
CDNA Sofia ![]() |
4–8 | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–6 |
Wiener Sportclub ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–1 |
Linfield ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–6 |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
5–0 | 1–2 |
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–0 |
Olympiacos ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–3 |
Fenerbahçe ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–2 |
Rangers ![]() |
7–2 | ![]() |
5–2 | 2–0 |
Vorwärts Berlin ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–2 |
1 Kuopion Palloseura withdrew after the draw, Eintracht Frankfurt walkover.
First leg
Linfield ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Milburn ![]() |
Report | Johansson ![]() |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
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Theis ![]() May ![]() Schaak ![]() Meurisse ![]() |
Report |
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Gajdoš ![]() Scherer ![]() |
Report | Teixeira ![]() |
Olympiacos ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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Papazoglou ![]() Yfantis ![]() |
Report | Altafini ![]() |
Fenerbahçe ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Bartu ![]() |
Report | Kisuczky ![]() |
Vorwärts Berlin ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Nöldner ![]() Kohle ![]() |
Report | Broadbent ![]() |
Second leg
Petrolul Ploiești ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Bădulescu ![]() |
Report | Horak ![]() |
Wiener Sportclub beat Petrolul Ploiești 2–1 on aggregate.
Shamrock Rovers ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Hennessy ![]() |
Report | Faivre ![]() |
Nice beat Shamrock Rovers 4–3 on aggregate.
Barcelona ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
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Kubala ![]() Evaristo ![]() |
Report | Milanov ![]() Martinov ![]() |
Barcelona beat CDNA Sofia 8–4 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg beat Linfield 7–3 on aggregate.
ŁKS Łódź ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Szymborski ![]() |
Report | Jann ![]() |
Jeunesse Esch beat ŁKS Łódź 6–2 on aggregate.
Milan ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Danova ![]() |
Report | Psychos ![]() |
Milan beat Olympiacos 5–3 on aggregate.
Csepel ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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Ughy ![]() Németh ![]() |
Report | Küçükandonyadis ![]() Has ![]() Kalkavan ![]() |
Fenerbahçe beat Csepel 4–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Matthew ![]() McMillan ![]() |
Rangers beat Anderlecht 7–2 on aggregate.
Porto ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Kačáni ![]() Dolinský ![]() |
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava beat Porto 4–1 on aggregate.
Wolverhampton Wanderers ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
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Mason ![]() Broadbent ![]() |
Report |
Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Vorwärts Berlin 3–2 on aggregate.
Round of 16
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Real Madrid ![]() |
12–2 | ![]() |
7–0 | 5–2 |
Boldklubben 1909 ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
0–3 | 2–2 |
Sparta Rotterdam ![]() |
4–41 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–3 |
Milan ![]() |
1–7 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–5 |
Young Boys ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
1–4 | 1–1 |
Rangers ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
4–3 | 1–1 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–3 |
Fenerbahçe ![]() |
3–32 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–2 |
1 Sparta Rotterdam beat IFK Göteborg 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
2 Nice beat Fenerbahçe 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
First leg
Real Madrid ![]() |
7–0 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Puskás ![]() Herrera ![]() Mateos ![]() |
Report |
Boldklubben 1909 ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Knoll ![]() Horak ![]() |
Sparta Rotterdam ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Daniels ![]() |
Report | Jonsson ![]() |
Young Boys ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
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Eugen Meier ![]() |
Report | Weilbächer ![]() Stein ![]() Bäumler ![]() Meier ![]() |
Rangers ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
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McMillan ![]() Scott ![]() Wilson ![]() Millar ![]() |
Report | Scherer ![]() Dolinský ![]() |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Kostić ![]() |
Report | Deeley ![]() |
Fenerbahçe ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Bartu ![]() Has ![]() |
Report | Milazzo ![]() |
Second leg
Jeunesse Esch ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
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Theis ![]() Schaak ![]() |
Report | Vidal ![]() Mateos ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() Puskás ![]() |
Real Madrid beat Jeunesse Esch 12–2 on aggregate.
Wiener Sportclub ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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Hof ![]() |
Report | Bassett ![]() Berg ![]() |
Wiener Sportclub beat Boldklubben 1909 5–2 on aggregate.
IFK Göteborg ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Ohlsson ![]() Hellmér ![]() Johansson ![]() |
Report | Schilder ![]() |
Sparta Rotterdam and IFK Göteborg drew 4–4 on aggregate.
- Play-off
Sparta Rotterdam ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Bosselaar ![]() Crossan ![]() Daniels ![]() |
Report | Berndtsson ![]() |
Sparta Rotterdam won the play-off 3–1.
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Tichý ![]() |
Report | Scott ![]() |
Rangers beat Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 5–4 on aggregate.
Wolverhampton Wanderers ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
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Murray ![]() Mason ![]() |
Report |
Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Red Star Belgrade 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona beat Milan 7–1 on aggregate.
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Bäumler ![]() |
Report | Schneider ![]() |
Eintracht Frankfurt beat Young Boys 5–2 on aggregate.
Nice ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Foix ![]() Faivre ![]() |
Report | Küçükandonyadis ![]() |
Fenerbahçe and Nice drew 3–3 on aggregate.
- Play-off
Nice ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
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Foix ![]() Milazzo ![]() Faivre ![]() De Bourgoing ![]() |
Report | Has ![]() |
Nice won the play-off 5–1.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Nice ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–4 |
Barcelona ![]() |
9–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 5–2 |
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–1 |
Sparta Rotterdam ![]() |
3–31 | ![]() |
2–3 | 1–0 |
1 Rangers beat Sparta Rotterdam 3–2 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.
First leg
Barcelona ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Villaverde ![]() Kubala ![]() Evaristo ![]() |
Report |
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Lindner ![]() Meier ![]() |
Report | Skerlan ![]() |
Sparta Rotterdam ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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De Vries ![]() |
Report | Wilson ![]() Haggarty ![]() Murray ![]() |
Second leg
Real Madrid ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Pepillo ![]() Gento ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() Puskás ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid beat Nice 6–3 on aggregate.
Wolverhampton Wanderers ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
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Murray ![]() Mason ![]() |
Report | Martínez ![]() Kocsis ![]() Villaverde ![]() |
Barcelona beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–2 on aggregate.
Wiener Sportclub ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Hof ![]() |
Report | Stein ![]() |
Eintracht Frankfurt beat Wiener Sportclub 3–2 on aggregate.
Rangers ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Van Ede ![]() |
Sparta Rotterdam and Rangers drew 3–3 on aggregate.
Rangers ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Verhoeven ![]() Haggarty ![]() Van der Lee ![]() |
Report | Verhoeven ![]() Bosselaar ![]() |
Rangers won the play-off 3–2.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
12–4 | ![]() |
6–1 | 6–3 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–1 |
First leg
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
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Stinka ![]() Pfaff ![]() Lindner ![]() Stein ![]() |
Report | Caldow ![]() |
Real Madrid ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Puskás ![]() |
Report | Martínez ![]() |
Second leg
Final
Real Madrid ![]() |
7–3 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Puskás ![]() |
Report | Kreß ![]() Stein ![]() |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1959–60 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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External links
- 1959–60 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1959–60 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
- - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup 1959-60 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1959-60 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1959–60 European Cup archive
References
- ↑ Corriere dello Sport, 7 July 1959.