1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1960–61 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Italian club Fiorentina in two-legged final victory against Rangers of Scotland.

1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates1 August 1960 – 27 May 1961
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Fiorentina (1st title)
Runners-up Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored60 (3.33 per match)

Organised by the Mitropa Cup committee, this tournament's edition was recognised by UEFA in 1963, after lobbying by the Italian Football Federation.[1] This was the first season that the tournament took place for the winners of each European country's domestic cup, and was the only one to be decided in a two-legged final. Only ten sides entered the competition,[2] partially due to the low expectations for the new tournament among association football fans,[1] and also to the unofficial nature of this edition.

It is a myth that the low number of entrants was due to few countries already having a domestic cup competition:[1] as happened for the first edition of the European Cup, entrance criteria could be changed by each national federation. Fiorentina entered as runners-up to Juventus in both Coppa Italia and Serie A, Czechoslovakia sent the winners of an unofficial League Cup, and both Hungary and East Germany enrolled their league runners-up.

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers 5–4 Ferencváros 4–2 1–2
Vorwärts Berlin 2–3 Rudá Hvězda Brno 2–1 0–2

First leg
Rangers 4–2 Ferencváros
Davis  52'
Millar  57', 86'
Brand  73'		 Report
Report 2		 Orosz  17'
Friedmanszky  79'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Václav Korelus
Vorwärts Berlin 2–1 Rudá Hvězda Brno
Kohle  42'
Nöldner  48'		 Report
Report 2		 Bubník  77'

Second leg
Ferencváros 2–1 Rangers
Orosz  18'
Friedmanszky  48'		 Report
Report 2		 Wilson  61'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erich Steiner

Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.

Rudá Hvězda Brno 2–0 Vorwärts Berlin
Bubník  31'
Koláček  43'		 Report
Report 2

Rudá Hvězda Brno won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–11 Rangers 0–3 0–8
Austria Wien 2–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 0–5
FC Lucerne 2–9 Fiorentina 0–3 2–6
Rudá Hvězda Brno 0–2 Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 0–2

First leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 Rangers
Report
Report 2		 Millar  23'
Scott  25'
McMillan  58'
Austria Wien 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Riegler  71'
Huschek  86'		 Report
Report 2
Attendance: 20,000
FC Lucerne 0–3 Fiorentina
Report
Report 2		 Petris  3'
Hamrin  35', 81'
Attendance: 11,000
Rudá Hvězda Brno 0–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Report 2

Second leg
Rangers 8–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Baxter  2'
Brand  17', 44', 51'
Pfeiffer  31' (o.g.)
Millar  45', 53'
Davis  65'		 Report
Report 2
Attendance: 38,174

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Austria Wien
Kirkham  1', 26'
Mason  35'
Broadbent  70', 72'		 Report
Report 2

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 5–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 6–2 FC Lucerne
Antoninho  28', 52', 75'
Hamrin  33' (pen.), 46'
Milan  38'		 Report
Report 2		 Frey  43'
Hahn  55'

Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 Rudá Hvězda Brno
Matuš  10'
Jerković  15'		 Report
Report 2

Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 1–1
Fiorentina 4–2 Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 1–2

First leg
Rangers 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Scott  33'
Brand  84'		 Report
Report 2
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni
Fiorentina 3–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Antoninho  40'
da Costa  69'
Petris  80'		 Report
Report 2

Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Rangers
Broadbent  65' Report
Report 2		 Scott  45'
Attendance: 45,163

Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 Fiorentina
Matuš  15'
Haraminčić  18'		 Report
Report 2		 Petris  50'

Fiorentina won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1961 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

First leg
Rangers 0–2 Fiorentina
Report
Report 2		 Milan  12', 88'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Second leg
Fiorentina 2–1 Rangers
Milan  13'
Hamrin  86'		 Report
Report 2		 Scott  60'
Stadio Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vilmos Hernádi (Hungary)

Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.

See also

References
  1. Vieli, André, ed. (August 2010). "European Cup Winners' Cup makes its debut" (PDF). uefa.direct. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations (100): 15. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. The two German nations and the two major British nations were the sole non-Mitropa members to join the competition.
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