1960–61 European Cup

1960–61 European Cup
Tournament details
The Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
Dates	29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	164 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Águas (11 goals)

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.

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 Bucharest	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

↑ 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 v Benfica

29 September 1960

Hearts	1–2	Benfica
Young 80'	Report	Águas 36' José Augusto 74'

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Red Star Belgrade v Újpesti Dózsa

28 September 1960

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 v Young Boys

31 August 1960

Limerick	0–5	Young Boys
	Report	Wechselberger 54', 88' Willy Schneider 70' Dürr 76' Meier 82'

Thomond Park, Limerick
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

Fredrikstad v Ajax

31 August 1960

Fredrikstad	4–3	Ajax
Olsen 35', 61' Kristoffersen 49' Pedersen 59'	Report	H. Groot 25' Swart 37' Muller 75'

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

Rapid Wien v Beşiktaş

14 September 1960

Rapid Wien	4–0	Beşiktaş
Münir 9' (o.g.) Dienst 20' Glechner 86' Bertalan 90'	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)

AGF v Legia Warsaw

21 September 1960

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 v CDNA Sofia

21 September 1960

Juventus	2–0	CDNA Sofia
Lojodice 5' Sívori 24'	Report

Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

IFK Helsingfors v IFK Malmö

1 September 1960

IFK Helsingfors	1–3	IFK Malmö
Nevalainen 68'	Report	Olofsson 25', 40' Borg 68'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Stade Reims v Jeunesse Esch

7 September 1960

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 v Lierse

28 September 1960

Barcelona	2–0	Lierse
Czibor 17' Luis Suárez 70'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 42,068
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Second leg

Benfica v Hearts

5 October 1960

Benfica	3–0	Hearts
Águas 7', 60' José Augusto 49'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 30,122
Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa v Red Star Belgrade

5 October 1960

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 v Limerick

5 October 1960

Young Boys	4–2	Limerick
Allemann 40' Willy Schneider 68', 72' Dürr 81'	Report	Wallace 36' O'Reilly 75'

Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

Ajax v Fredrikstad

7 September 1960

Ajax	0–0	Fredrikstad
	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw v AGF

5 October 1960

Legia Warsaw	1–0	AGF
H. Nowak 29'	Report

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia v Juventus

12 October 1960

CDNA Sofia	4–1	Juventus
Rakarov 19' Kovachev 56' Panayotov 68' Tsanev 75'	Report	Nicolè 88'

Vassil Levski Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö v IFK Helsingfors

28 September 1960

IFK Malmö	2–1	IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist 22' Ljung 24'	Report	Kivelä 29'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 5,202
Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş v Rapid Wien

28 September 1960

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 v Stade Reims

5 October 1960

Jeunesse Esch	0–5	Stade Reims
	Report	Vincent 50' Moreau 54' Heinen 60' (o.g.) Rustichelli 63', 69'

Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 7,265
Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

Lierse v Barcelona

5 October 1960

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.

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 v Újpesti Dózsa

6 November 1960

Benfica	6–2	Újpesti Dózsa
Coluna 1' Águas 5', 11' Santana 16', 28' José Augusto 88'	Report	Göröcs 70' Pataki 77'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)

AGF v Fredrikstad

19 October 1960

AGF	3–0	Fredrikstad
Amdisen 74' Overby 83' Rou Jensen 85'	Report

Århus Stadion, Århus
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden)

Rapid Wien v Wismut Karl Marx Stadt

9 November 1960

Rapid Wien	3–1	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Dienst 5' Milanović 52' Hanappi 61'	Report	Wagner 17'

Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)

IFK Malmö v CDNA Sofia

2 November 1960

IFK Malmö	1–0	CDNA Sofia
Karlsson 80'	Report

Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 7,707
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)

Real Madrid v Barcelona

9 November 1960

Real Madrid	2–2	Barcelona
Mateos 1' Gento 33'	Report	Luis Suárez 27', 88' (pen.)

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 84,358
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

6 November 1960

Spartak Hradec Králové	1–0	Panathinaikos
Šonka 89'	Report

Hradec Králové
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

Burnley v Stade Reims

16 November 1960

Burnley	2–0	Stade Reims
McIlroy 25' Robson 40'	Report

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 37,404
Referee: José González Echevarría (Spain)

Young Boys v Hamburg

2 November 1960

Young Boys	0–5	Hamburg
	Report	Stürmer 24', 51' Seeler 35', 39' Neisner 74'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Second leg

Újpesti Dózsa v Benfica

30 November 1960

Újpesti Dózsa	2–1	Benfica
Halapi 55' Szusza 61'	Report	Santana 5'

Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad v AGF

26 October 1960

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 v Rapid Wien

23 November 1960

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	2–0	Rapid Wien
Bamberger 49' Zink 61'	Report

Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–3 Rapid Wien on aggregate.

Rapid Wien v Wismut Karl Marx Stadt

21 December 1960

Rapid Wien	1–0	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Flögel 4'	Report

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.

CDNA Sofia v IFK Malmö

13 November 1960

CDNA Sofia	1–1	IFK Malmö
Tsanev 21'	Report	Olofsson 52'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona v Real Madrid

23 November 1960

Barcelona	2–1	Real Madrid
Vergés 33' Evaristo 81'	Report	Canário 87'

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

7 December 1960

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 v Burnley

30 November 1960

Stade Reims	3–2	Burnley
Piantoni 50' Rodzik 56', 75'	Report	Robson 33' Connelly 57'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 36,831
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hamburg v Young Boys

27 November 1960

Hamburg	3–3	Young Boys
Stürmer 12' Dörfel 68' Walker 86' (o.g.)	Report	Bigler 21' (pen.) Meier 25' Schneiter 48'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
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 v AGF

8 March 1961

Benfica	3–1	AGF
Águas 20', 60' José Augusto 50' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre	Amdisen 52'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

Rapid Wien v IFK Malmö

22 March 1961

Rapid Wien	2–0	IFK Malmö
Dienst 44' Bertalan 87'	Report MatchCentre

Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

Barcelona v Spartak Hradec Králové

8 March 1961

Barcelona	4–0	Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada 11', 64' Evaristo 39' Kubala 90' (pen.)	Report MatchCentre

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Burnley v Hamburg

18 January 1961

Burnley	3–1	Hamburg
Pilkington 8', 60' Robson 74'	Report MatchCentre	Dörfel 76'

Turf Moor, Burnley
Attendance: 46,237
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Second leg

AGF v Benfica

30 March 1961

AGF	1–4	Benfica
Germano 77' (o.g.)	Report MatchCentre	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 v Rapid Wien

3 April 1961

IFK Malmö	0–2	Rapid Wien
	Report MatchCentre	Bertalan 39' Flögel 83'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 18,842
Referee: Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

Spartak Hradec Králové v Barcelona

15 March 1961

Spartak Hradec Králové	1–1	Barcelona
Zikán 33'	Report MatchCentre	Luis Suárez 24'

Strahov Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hamburg v Burnley

15 March 1961

Hamburg	4–1	Burnley
Stürmer 8' Seeler 41', 75' Dörfel 56'	Report MatchCentre	Harris 55'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
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 v Rapid Wien

26 April 1961

Benfica	3–0	Rapid Wien
Coluna 15' Águas 25' Cavém 63'	Report MatchCentre

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Barcelona v Hamburg

12 April 1961

Barcelona	1–0	Hamburg
Evaristo 46'	Report MatchCentre

Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

Second leg

Rapid Wien v Benfica

4 May 1961

Rapid Wien	1–1	Benfica
Skocik 70'	Report MatchCentre	Águas 66'

Praterstadion, Vienna
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 v Barcelona

26 April 1961

Hamburg	2–1	Barcelona
Wulf 59' Seeler 68'	Report MatchCentre	Kocsis 90'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.

Barcelona v Hamburg

3 May 1961

Barcelona	1–0	Hamburg
Evaristo 43'	Report MatchCentre

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 v Barcelona

31 May 1961
19:00 CEST

Benfica	3–2	Barcelona
Águas 31' Ramallets 32' (o.g.) Coluna 55'	Report UEFA	Kocsis 21' Czibor 75'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 26,732
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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
2	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

↑ Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.
↑ 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.

External links

1960–61 All matches – season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1960–61 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
1960-61 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

European Cup and UEFA Champions League

European Cup era, 1955–1992

Seasons	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Finals	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Champions League era, 1992–present

Seasons	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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International club football

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See also: International women's club football

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