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 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. Benfica was the first Portuguese team to reach the final and to win the tournament. For the first time a Norwegian club participated.

1960–61 European Cup
Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961
Teams28
Final positions
Champions Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored164 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s) José Águas (11 goals)

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
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. 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 Spartak Hradec Králové – –
Glenavon x–wo[fn 1] Wismut Karl Marx Stadt – –
Stade Reims 11–1 Jeunesse Esch 6–1 5–0
Barcelona 5–0 Lierse 2–0 3–0
  1. 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'
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Limerick 0–5 Young Boys
Report Wechselberger  54', 88'
Willy Schneider  70'
Dürr  76'
Meier  82'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)
Fredrikstad 4–3 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 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'
J. Jensen  75'		 Report
Århus Stadion, Århus
Attendance: 10,268
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Juventus 2–0 CDNA Sofia
Lojodice  5'
Sívori  24'		 Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 55,000
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'
Dubaele  38', 64'
Piantoni  85'		 Report Meurisse  87'
Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Reidar Randers-Johansen (Norway)
Barcelona 2–0 Lierse
Czibor  17'
Luis Suárez  70'		 Report
Attendance: 42,068

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

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa 3–0 Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi  70'
Pataki  71'
Göröcs  87'		 Report
Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Julian Mytnik (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

Young Boys 4–2 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 0–0 Fredrikstad
Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw 1–0 AGF
H. Nowak  29' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia 4–1 Juventus
Rakarov  19'
Kovachev  56'
Panayotov  68'
Tsanev  75'		 Report Nicolè  88'
Vassil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000

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
Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
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'
Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht
Attendance: 19,110
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

Bracket
  First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
  Benfica 6 1 7  
  Újpesti Dózsa 2 2 4  
    Benfica 3 4 7  
    AGF 1 1 2  
  AGF 3 1 4
  Fredrikstad 0 0 0  
    Benfica 3 1 4  
    Rapid Wien 0 1 1  
  Rapid Wien 3 0 3  
  Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 1 2 3  
    Rapid Wien 2 2 4
    IFK Malmö 0 0 0  
  IFK Malmö 1 1 2
  CDNA Sofia 0 1 1  
    Benfica 3
    Barcelona 2
  Real Madrid 2 1 3  
  Barcelona 2 2 4  
    Barcelona 4 1 5
    Spartak Hradec Králové 0 1 1  
  Spartak Hradec Králové 1 0 1
  Panathinaikos 0 0 0  
    Barcelona 1 1 2
    Hamburg 0 2 2  
  Burnley 2 2 4  
  Stade Reims 0 3 3  
    Burnley 3 1 4
    Hamburg 1 4 5  
  Young Boys 0 3 3
  Hamburg 5 3 8  

First round
Team 1 Agg. 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
Coluna  1'
Águas  5', 11'
Santana  16', 28'
José Augusto  88'		 Report Göröcs  70'
Pataki  77'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)
AGF 3–0 Fredrikstad
Amdisen  74'
Overby  83'
Rou Jensen  85'		 Report
Århus Stadion, Århus
Attendance: 10,000
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
McIlroy  25'
Robson  40'		 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: 20,000
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad 0–1 AGF
Report Overby  49'
Bislett Stadion, Oslo
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: 120,000
Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos 0–0 Spartak Hradec Králové
Report
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
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: 40,000
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. 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: 65,000
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
Germano  77' (o.g.) Report José Augusto  2', 42'
Águas  32'
Santana  81'
Århus Stadion, Århus
Attendance: 22,000
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: 47,000
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. 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 to qualify for the final.

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
Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

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
Heysel Stadium, Brussels
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 Evaristo Barcelona 6
José Augusto Benfica 6
4 Uwe Seeler Hamburg 5
5 Santana Benfica 4
Klaus Stürmer Hamburg 4
Luis Suárez Barcelona 4
8 John Amdisen AGF 3
Mário Coluna Benfica 3
Gert Dörfel Hamburg 3
János Göröcs Újpesti Dózsa 3
Hans Olofsson IFK Malmö 3
Jimmy Robson Burnley 3
Dominique Rustichelli Stade Reims 3
Jean Vincent Stade Reims 3

References
  1. Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.
  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.
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