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1959–60 European Cup

Hampden Park in Glasgow hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	26 August 1959 – 18 May 1960
Teams	27 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (5th title)
Runners-up	Eintracht Frankfurt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	218 (4.19 per match)
Attendance	2,355,478 (45,298 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid) 12 goals
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

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, on 18 May 1960, thanks to first ever hat-tricks scored in the final of the competition by Ferenc Puskás and Alfredo Di Stéfano. It remains the record score and record attendance for the European Cup final. It was Real Madrid's fifth consecutive title, which is a feat that no other club has matched.

It was also the first time that a German team, Eintracht Frankfurt, reached the final. They were debutants in the competition and it wasn't until 1983–84 European Cup and AS Roma that another debutants ended up on the losing side in the final.

The tournament saw the first participation by a Greek club, Greek Champions Olympiacos, who had withdrawn from the previous season after being already placed in the bracket. It meant that no new country entered the competition for the first time since tournament inception.

Teams

A total of 27 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated since Kuopion Palloseura had withdrawn before playing first game.

Spain continued to be represented by two clubs, with Real Madrid qualifying as title holders and Barcelona as Spanish champions. CDNA Sofia appeared in the fourth edition of European Cup, with only Real Madrid having more appearances in the competition.

Červená Hviezda Bratislava, Boldklubben 1909, Kuopion Palloseura, Vorwärts Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt, Csepel, Sparta Rotterdam, Linfield, ŁKS Łódź, Porto, Barcelona and Fenerbahçe made debut in the competition.

All entrants were their respective associations champions, except for Real Madrid and ŁKS Łódź, the latter being 1958 champion and trailing by two points in spring of 1959.

Wiener Sport-Club (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)	CDNA Sofia (1st)	Červená Hviezda Bratislava (1st)
Boldklubben 1909 (1st)	Vorwärts Berlin (1st)	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st)	Kuopion Palloseura (1st)
Nice (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)	Csepel (1st)	Milan (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Sparta Rotterdam (1st)	Linfield (1st)	ŁKS Łódź (8th)
Porto (1st)	Shamrock Rovers (1st)	Petrolul Ploiești (1st)	Rangers (1st)
Barcelona (1st)	Real Madrid (2nd)	IFK Göteborg (1st)	Young Boys (1st)
Fenerbahçe (1st)	Eintracht Frankfurt (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cernobbio, Como, Italy, on 6 July 1959. 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 August, September and October.

	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	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nice	4–3	Shamrock Rovers	3–2	1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	(w/o)	Kuopion Palloseura	–	–
CDNA Sofia	4–8	Barcelona	2–2	2–6
Wiener Sport-Club	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
Červená 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

First leg

Nice	3–2	Shamrock Rovers
Nurenberg 27' (pen.) Foix 30', 74'	Report	Hamilton 19' Tuohy 87'

CDNA Sofia	2–2	Barcelona
Rakarov 16' Kolev 80'	Report	Segarra 30' Martínez 61'

Wiener Sport-Club	0–0	Petrolul Ploiești
	Report

Jeunesse Esch	5–0	ŁKS Łódź
Theis 6' May 24' Schaak 55' Meurisse 80', 85'	Report

Linfield	2–1	IFK Göteborg
Milburn 23', 30'	Report	Johansson 38'

Červená Hviezda Bratislava	2–1	Porto
Gajdoš 25' Scherer 77'	Report	Teixeira 32'

Fenerbahçe	1–1	Csepel
Bartu 73'	Report	Kisuczky 1'

Olympiacos	2–2	Milan
Papazoglou 20' Yfantis 44'	Report	Altafini 33', 72'

Rangers	5–2	Anderlecht
Millar 1' Scott 2' Matthew 48' Baird 65', 73' (pen.)	Report	Stockman 52' De Wael 64'

Vorwärts Berlin	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nöldner 24' Kohle 29'	Report	Broadbent 15'

Second leg

Petrolul Ploiești	1–2	Wiener Sport-Club
Bădulescu 55'	Report	Horak 23', 28'

Wiener Sport-Club won 2–1 on aggregate.

Csepel	2–3	Fenerbahçe
Ughy 10' Németh 34'	Report	Küçükandonyadis 22' Has 47' Kalkavan 53'

Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate.

Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Nice
Hennessy 16'	Report	Faivre 32'

Nice won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg	6–1	Linfield
Ohlsson 17', 18', 50', 62', 80' Johansson 48'	Report	Dickson 19'

IFK Göteborg won 7–3 on aggregate.

ŁKS Łódź	2–1	Jeunesse Esch
Szymborski 61' (pen.), 85'	Report	Jann 42'

Jeunesse Esch won 6–2 on aggregate.

Milan	3–1	Olympiacos
Danova 12', 26', 85'	Report	Psihos 68'

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Anderlecht	0–2	Rangers
	Report	Matthew 67' McMillan 72'

Rangers won 7–2 on aggregate.

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

Barcelona won 8–4 on aggregate.

Porto	0–2	Červená Hviezda Bratislava
	Report	Kačáni 65' Dolinský 80'

Červená Hviezda Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Vorwärts Berlin
Mason 60' Broadbent 75'	Report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

	First round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Fenerbahçe	2	1	3 (1)
	Nice	1	2	3 (5)
							Nice	3	0	3
							Real Madrid	2	4	6
	Real Madrid	7	5	12
	Jeunesse Esch	0	2	2
													Real Madrid	3	3	6
													Barcelona	1	1	2
	Milan	0	1	1
	Barcelona	2	5	7
							Barcelona	4	5	9
							Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	2	2
	Red Star Belgrade	1	1	2
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	4
																			Real Madrid	7
																			Eintracht Frankfurt	3
	Young Boys	1	1	2
	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	1	5
							Eintracht Frankfurt	2	1	3
							Wiener Sport-Club	1	1	2
	Boldklubben 1909	0	2	2
	Wiener Sport-Club	3	2	5
													Eintracht Frankfurt	6	6	12
													Rangers	1	3	4
	Sparta Rotterdam	3	1	4 (3)
	IFK Göteborg	1	3	4 (1)
							Sparta Rotterdam	2	1	3 (2)
							Rangers	3	0	3 (3)
	Rangers	4	1	5
	Červená Hviezda Bratislava	3	1	4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Real Madrid	12–2	Jeunesse Esch	7–0	5–2
Boldklubben 1909	2–5	Wiener Sport-Club	0–3	2–2
Sparta Rotterdam	4–4	IFK Göteborg	3–1	1–3	3–1
Milan	1–7	Barcelona	0–2	1–5
Young Boys	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	1–1
Rangers	5–4	Červená Hviezda Bratislava	4–3	1–1
Red Star Belgrade	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	0–3
Fenerbahçe	3–3	Nice	2–1	1–2	1–5

First leg

Boldklubben 1909	0–3	Wiener Sport-Club
	Report	Knoll 62', 75' Horak 82'

Real Madrid	7–0	Jeunesse Esch
Di Stéfano 25' Puskás 34', 62', 83' Herrera 43', 77' Mateos 53'	Report

Sparta Rotterdam	3–1	IFK Göteborg
Daniëls 23', 38', 48'	Report	Jonsson 81'

Milan	0–2	Barcelona
	Report	Vergés 12' Suárez 15'

Young Boys	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
Meier 23'	Report	Weilbächer 4' Stein 72' Bäumler 76' (pen.) Meier 82'

Rangers	4–3	Červená Hviezda Bratislava
McMillan 1' Scott 43' Wilson 73' Millar 90'	Report	Scherer 16', 68' Dolinský 29'

Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kostić 37'	Report	Deeley 29'

Fenerbahçe	2–1	Nice
Bartu 37' Has 80'	Report	Milazzo 40'

Second leg

Wiener Sport-Club	2–2	Boldklubben 1909
Hof 46', 55'	Report	Bassett 40' Berg 52'

Wiener Sport-Club won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Real Madrid won 12–2 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg	3–1	Sparta Rotterdam
Ohlsson 38' Hellmér 56' (pen.) Johansson 69'	Report	Schilder 73'

Sparta Rotterdam 4–4 IFK Göteborg on aggregate; play-off needed.

Červená Hviezda Bratislava	1–1	Rangers
Tichý 89'	Report	Scott 69'

Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Red Star Belgrade
Murray 8' Mason 85', 89'	Report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Young Boys
Bäumler 68' (pen.)	Report	Schneider 90'

Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–2 on aggregate.

Barcelona	5–1	Milan
Martínez 10' Segarra 19' Kubala 32', 69' Czibor 65'	Report	Ferrario 38'

Barcelona won 7–1 on aggregate.

Nice	2–1	Fenerbahçe
Foix 62' Faivre 76'	Report	Küçükandonyadis 83' (pen.)

Fenerbahçe 3–3 Nice on aggregate; play-off needed.

Play-off

Sparta Rotterdam	3–1	IFK Göteborg
Bosselaar 3' Crossan 23' Daniëls 65'	Report	Berndtsson 35'

Sparta Rotterdam won the play-off 3–1.

Nice	5–1	Fenerbahçe
Foix 7', 63' Milazzo 17' Faivre 31' De Bourgoing 59'	Report	Has 47'

Nice won the play-off 5–1.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Nice	3–6	Real Madrid	3–2	0–4
Barcelona	9–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	5–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Wiener Sport-Club	2–1	1–1
Sparta Rotterdam	3–3	Rangers	2–3	1–0	2–3

First leg

Nice	3–2	Real Madrid
Nurenberg 54', 67' (pen.), 72'	Report	Herrera 15' Rial 30'

Barcelona	4–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villaverde 8', 80' Kubala 16' Evaristo 65'	Report

Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Wiener Sport-Club
Lindner 15' Meier 60'	Report	Skerlan 50'

Sparta Rotterdam	2–3	Rangers
De Vries 41', 87'	Report	Wilson 4' Baird 36' Murray 63'

Second leg

Real Madrid	4–0	Nice
Pepillo 21' Gento 40' Di Stéfano 45+5' Puskás 51'	Report

Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–5	Barcelona
Murray 35' Mason 78'	Report	Kocsis 29', 44', 61', 74' Villaverde 79'

Barcelona won 9–2 on aggregate.

Wiener Sport-Club	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
Hof 31'	Report	Stein 59'

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rangers	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam
	Report	Van Ede 82'

Sparta Rotterdam 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.

Play-off

Rangers	3–2	Sparta Rotterdam
Verhoeven 28' (o.g.) Baird 57' Van der Lee 64' (o.g.)	Report	Verhoeven 6' Bosselaar 76' (pen.)

Rangers won the play-off 3–2.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.)

Real Madrid	3–1	Barcelona
Di Stéfano 17', 84' Puskás 28'	Report	Martínez 37'

Second leg

Barcelona	1–3	Real Madrid
Kocsis 89'	Report	Puskás 25', 75' Gento 68'

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Rangers	3–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
McMillan 10', 54' Wilson 74'	Report	Lindner 6' Pfaff 20', 88' Kreß 28' Meier 58', 71'

Eintracht Frankfurt won 12–4 on aggregate.

Final

Real Madrid	7–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
Di Stéfano 27', 30', 73' Puskás 45+1', 56' (pen.), 60', 71'	Report	Kreß 18' Stein 72', 75'

Top goalscorers

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

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

Notes

1. Kuopion Palloseura withdrew after the draw, Eintracht Frankfurt advanced to the next round.

References

1. "Madrid win a fifth consecutive title". UEFA.com. UEFA. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. Segar, David (23 May 2024). "Who Has Scored a Champions League Final Hat-Trick?". TheAnalyst.com. Opta Analyst. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
3. Lowe, Sid (18 May 2020). "'We marked an era' – 60 years on from when Real won 7–3 at Hampden". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
4. Corriere dello Sport, 7 July 1959.
5. "Wolverhampton Wanderers v Vorwärts Berlin, 7 October 1959" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
6. "Young Boys v Eintracht Frankfurt, 4 November 1959" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
7. "Eintracht Frankfurt v Young Boys, 25 November 1959" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
8. "Sparta Rotterdam v IFK Göteborg, 25 November 1959" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
9. "Eintracht Frankfurt v Wiener Sport-Club, 3 March 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
10. "Wiener Sport-Club v Eintracht Frankfurt, 16 March 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
11. "Eintracht Frankfurt v Rangers, 13 April 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
12. "Rangers v Eintracht Frankfurt, 5 May 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

External links

• 1959–60 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Top scorers 1959–60 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
• – results and line-ups (archive)

• 1959–60 in European football
• 1959–60 European Cup
• UEFA Champions League seasons