1959–60 European Cup

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.

1959–60 European Cup
Hampden Park in Glasgow hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates26 August 1959 – 18 May 1960
Teams27 (26 competed)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (5th title)
Runners-up Eintracht Frankfurt
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored218 (4.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ferenc Puskás (12 goals)

The tournament saw the first participation by a Greek club, having withdrawn from the previous season.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
Drawn

France
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Belgium
Luxembourg
West Germany
East Germany
Poland
Scotland
England
Finland
Sweden

Austria
Romania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Spain

Byes

Sparta Rotterdam

BSC Young Boys

Boldklubben 1909

Red Star Belgrade

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
Nice 4–3 Shamrock Rovers 3–2 1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt (w/o)1 Kuopion Palloseura – –
CDNA Sofia 4–8 Barcelona 2–2 2–6
Wiener Sportclub 2–1 Petrolul Ploiești 0–0 2–1
Linfield 3–7 IFK Göteborg 2–1 1–6
Jeunesse Esch 6–2 ŁKS Łódź 5–0 1–2
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 4–1 Porto 2–1 2–0
Olympiacos 3–5 Milan 2–2 1–3
Fenerbahçe 4–3 Csepel 1–1 3–2
Rangers 7–2 Anderlecht 5–2 2–0
Vorwärts Berlin 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 0–2

1 Kuopion Palloseura withdrew after the draw, Eintracht Frankfurt walkover.

First leg
Nice 3–2 Shamrock Rovers
Foix  18', 63'
Nurenberg  36'		 Report Turner  29'
Hamilton  76'
Attendance: 13,369
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
CDNA Sofia 2–2 Barcelona
Rakarov  16'
Kolev  80'		 Report Segarra  30'
Martínez  61'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: John Clough (England)
Wiener Sportclub 0–0 Petrolul Ploiești
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Linfield 2–1 IFK Göteborg
Milburn  23', 30' Report Johansson  38'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)
Jeunesse Esch 5–0 ŁKS Łódź
Theis  6'
May  24'
Schaak  55'
Meurisse  80', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 2–1 Porto
Gajdoš  25'
Scherer  77'		 Report Teixeira  32'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)
Olympiacos 2–2 Milan
Papazoglou  20'
Yfantis  44'		 Report Altafini  33', 72'
Attendance: 20,954
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Fenerbahçe 1–1 Csepel
Bartu  73' Report Kisuczky  1'
Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 26,432
Referee: Leo Lemesić (Yugoslavia)
Rangers 5–2 Anderlecht
Millar  1'
Scott  2'
Matthew  50'
Baird  65', 73'		 Report Stockman  52'
Dewael  64'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 69,423
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
Vorwärts Berlin 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nöldner  24'
Kohle  29'		 Report Broadbent  15'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Second leg
Petrolul Ploiești 1–2 Wiener Sportclub
Bădulescu  55' Report Horak  23', 28'
Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiești
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)

Wiener Sportclub won 2–1 on aggregate.

Shamrock Rovers 1–1 Nice
Hennessy  16' Report Faivre  32'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

Nice won 4–3 on aggregate.

Barcelona 6–2 CDNA Sofia
Kubala  6', 11', 45' (pen.)
Evaristo  39', 68', 78'		 Report Milanov  24'
Martinov  57'
Attendance: 80,000

Barcelona won 8–4 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg 6–1 Linfield
Ohlsson  17', 18', 50', 62', 80'
Johansson  48'		 Report Dickson  19'
Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 10,475
Referee: Erich Asmussen (West Germany)

IFK Göteborg won 7–3 on aggregate.

ŁKS Łódź 2–1 Jeunesse Esch
Szymborski  61' (pen.), 85' Report Jann  42'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gösta Ackerborn (Sweden)

Jeunesse Esch won 6–2 on aggregate.

Milan 3–1 Olympiacos
Danova  12', 26', 85' Report Psychos  68'
Attendance: 19,894
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Csepel 2–3 Fenerbahçe
Ughy  10'
Németh  34'		 Report Küçükandonyadis  22'
Has  47'
Kalkavan  53'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Zivko Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 0–2 Rangers
Report Matthew  67'
McMillan  72'
Stade Émile Versé, Brussels
Attendance: 27,076
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Rangers won 7–2 on aggregate.

Porto 0–2 Cervena Hviezda Bratislava
Report Kačáni  65'
Dolinský  80'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Cervena Hviezda Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Vorwärts Berlin
Mason  60'
Broadbent  75'		 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 12–2 Jeunesse Esch 7–0 5–2
Boldklubben 1909 2–5 Wiener Sportclub 0–3 2–2
Sparta Rotterdam 4–41 IFK Göteborg 3–1 1–3
Milan 1–7 Barcelona 0–2 1–5
Young Boys 2–5 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–4 1–1
Rangers 5–4 Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 4–3 1–1
Red Star Belgrade 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 0–3
Fenerbahçe 3–32 Nice 2–1 1–2

1 Sparta Rotterdam won 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.

2 Nice won 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg
Real Madrid 7–0 Jeunesse Esch
Di Stéfano  25'
Puskás  34', 62', 83'
Herrera  43', 77'
Mateos  53'		 Report
Attendance: 59,447
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)
Boldklubben 1909 0–3 Wiener Sportclub
Report Knoll  62', 75'
Horak  82'
Odense Stadion, Odense
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Wlodzmierz Storoniak (Poland)
Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 IFK Göteborg
Daniels  23', 38', 48' Report Jonsson  81'
Het Kasteel, Rotterdam
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Milan 0–2 Barcelona
Report Vergés  12'
Suárez  15'
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)
Young Boys 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt
Eugen Meier  23' Report Weilbächer  4'
Stein  72'
Bäumler  76' (pen.)
Meier  82'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui (Spain)
Rangers 4–3 Cervena Hviezda Bratislava
McMillan  1'
Scott  43'
Wilson  73'
Millar  90'		 Report Scherer  16', 68'
Dolinský  29'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 80,000
Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kostić  37' Report Deeley  29'
JNA Stadion, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)
Fenerbahçe 2–1 Nice
Bartu  37'
Has  80'		 Report Milazzo  40'
Attendance: 29,656
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Second leg
Jeunesse Esch 2–5 Real Madrid
Theis  10'
Schaak  15'		 Report Vidal  13'
Mateos  18', 31'
Di Stéfano  25'
Puskás  29'
Attendance: 20,000

Real Madrid won 12–2 on aggregate.

Wiener Sportclub 2–2 Boldklubben 1909
Hof  46', 55' Report Bassett  40'
Berg  52'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

Wiener Sportclub won 5–2 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg 3–1 Sparta Rotterdam
Ohlsson  38'
Hellmér  56' (pen.)
Johansson  69'		 Report Schilder  73'
Attendance: 6,881
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

Sparta Rotterdam and IFK Göteborg drew 4–4 on aggregate.

Play-off
Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 IFK Göteborg
Bosselaar  3'
Crossan  23'
Daniels  65'		 Report Berndtsson  35'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Sparta Rotterdam won the play-off 3–1.

Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 1–1 Rangers
Tichý  89' Report Scott  69'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Red Star Belgrade
Murray  8'
Mason  85', 89'		 Report
Attendance: 55,519
Referee: Erich Asmussen (West Germany)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona 5–1 Milan
Kubala  10', 32', 69'
Segarra  19'
Czibor  65'		 Report Ferrario  38'
Attendance: 70,000

Barcelona won 7–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Young Boys
Bäumler  68' Report Schneider  90'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: José Blanco Pérez (Spain)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–2 on aggregate.

Nice 2–1 Fenerbahçe
Foix  62'
Faivre  76'		 Report Küçükandonyadis  83'
Stade Municipal du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 15,824
Referee: Martin Macko (Czechoslovakia)

Fenerbahçe and Nice drew 3–3 on aggregate.

Play-off
Nice 5–1 Fenerbahçe
Foix  7', 63'
Milazzo  17'
Faivre  31'
De Bourgoing  59'		 Report Has  47'
Stade des Charmilles, Geneva
Attendance: 9,166
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Nice won the play-off 5–1.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nice 3–6 Real Madrid 3–2 0–4
Barcelona 9–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 5–2
Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 Wiener Sportclub 2–1 1–1
Sparta Rotterdam 3–31 Rangers 2–3 1–0

1 Rangers won 3–2 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.

First leg
Nice 3–2 Real Madrid
Nurenberg  54', 67' (pen.), 72' Report Herrera  15'
Rial  30'
Stade Municipal du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 21,422
Referee: Abel da Costa (Portugal)
Barcelona 4–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villaverde  8', 80'
Kubala  16'
Evaristo  65'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Wiener Sportclub
Lindner  15'
Meier  60'		 Report Skerlan  50'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)
Sparta Rotterdam 2–3 Rangers
De Vries  41', 87' Report Wilson  4'
Haggarty  36'
Murray  63'
Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)

Second leg
Real Madrid 4–0 Nice
Pepillo  21'
Gento  40'
Di Stéfano  45'
Puskás  51'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Eduardo Rosa Gouveia (Portugal)

Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–5 Barcelona
Murray  35'
Mason  78'		 Report Martínez  29'
Kocsis  44', 49', 74'
Villaverde  85'
Attendance: 55,535
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Barcelona won 9–2 on aggregate.

Wiener Sportclub 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Hof  31' Report Stein  59'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rangers 0–1 Sparta Rotterdam
Report Van Ede  82'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 85,000

Sparta Rotterdam and Rangers drew 3–3 on aggregate.

Rangers 3–2 Sparta Rotterdam
Verhoeven  28' (o.g.)
Haggarty  57'
Van der Lee  64' (o.g.)		 Report Verhoeven  6'
Bosselaar  76' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,178
Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Rangers won the play-off 3–2.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eintracht Frankfurt 12–4 Rangers 6–1 6–3
Real Madrid 6–2 Barcelona 3–1 3–1

First leg
Eintracht Frankfurt 6–1 Rangers
Stinka  29'
Pfaff  51', 55'
Lindner  73', 84'
Stein  86'		 Report Caldow  31' (pen.)
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Gösta Lindberg (Sweden)
Real Madrid 3–1 Barcelona
Di Stéfano  17', 84'
Puskás  28'		 Report Martínez  37'
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Second leg
Barcelona 1–3 Real Madrid
Kocsis  89' Report Puskás  25', 75'
Gento  68'
Attendance: 80,000
Rangers 3–6 Eintracht Frankfurt
McMillan  10', 54'
Wilson  74'		 Report Lindner  6'
Pfaff  20', 88'
Kreß  28'
Meier  58', 71'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Final
Main article: 1960 European Cup Final
Real Madrid 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Di Stéfano  27', 30', 73'
Puskás  46', 56' (pen.), 60', 71'		 Report Kreß  18'
Stein  72', 75'
Attendance: 127,621
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1959–60 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 12
2 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 8
3 László Kubala Barcelona 7
4 Owe Ohlsson IFK Göteborg 6
5 Jacques Foix Nice 5
Sándor Kocsis Barcelona 5
Erwin Stein Eintracht Frankfurt 5
8 Sammy Baird Rangers 4
Joop Daniels Sparta Rotterdam 4
Evaristo Barcelona 4
Dieter Lindner Eintracht Frankfurt 4
Bobby Mason Wolverhampton Wanderers 4
Ian McMillan Rangers 4
Erich Meier Eintracht Frankfurt 4
Victor Nurenberg Nice 4
Alfred Pfaff Eintracht Frankfurt 4

References
  1. Corriere dello Sport, 7 July 1959.
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