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1960–61 European Cup

Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961
Teams	28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	164 (3.22 per match)
Attendance	1,647,692 (32,308 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Águas (Benfica) 11 goals
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

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 beat Barcelona 3–2 in the final at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, on 31 May 1961. It was the first time that five-time winners Real Madrid did not make it to the final, when they were knocked out by eventual first-time finalists Barcelona in the first round. Benfica was the first Portuguese team to reach the final and to win the tournament.

For the first time a team from Norway participated. However, again two teams withdrew from the competition after initial draw: Romanian CCA București was fearing a shameful elimination in front of the Czechoslovakians, while Northern Irish Glenavon and East German Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt were refused visas to the other's country. UEFA authorised neutral venues but Glenavon withdrew due to the higher cost and lower revenue.

On 9 November 1960, in a first round game against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu Barcelona's Luis Suárez converted penalty to score a 1000th goal in the history of European Cup.

Teams

A total of 28 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated since Romanian CCA București and Northern Irish Glenavon withdrew from the competition.

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 fifth edition of European Cup, with only Real Madrid having more appearances in the competition.

Lierse, Spartak Hradec Králové, Burnley, IFK Helsingfors, Hamburger SV, Panathinaikos, Limerick, Újpesti Dózsa, Fredrikstad and IFK Malmö made their debut, while Rapid Wien, AGF, Reims, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, Juventus, Ajax, Legia Warsaw, Benfica, CCA București, Heart of Midlothian and Beşiktaş returned to the competition.

All entrants were their respective associations champions, except for title holders Real Madrid, as well as Swedish IFK Malmö and Polish Legia Warsaw, who were leaders of their respective leagues in spring, but later finished second.

Rapid Wien (1st)	Lierse (1st)	CDNA Sofia (1st)	Spartak Hradec Králové (1st)
AGF (1st)	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)	Burnley (1st)	IFK Helsingfors (1st)
Reims (1st)	Panathinaikos (1st)	Újpesti Dózsa (1st)	Juventus (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Ajax (1st)	Glenavon (1st)	Fredrikstad (1st)
Legia Warsaw (2nd)	Benfica (1st)	Limerick (1st)	CCA București (1st)
Heart of Midlothian (1st)	Barcelona (1st)	Real Madrid (2nd)	IFK Malmö (2nd)
Young Boys (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)	Hamburger SV (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place at UEFA headquarters in Paris, France, on 7 July 1960. 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	Hamburger SV	Burnley	Panathinaikos

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
Heart of Midlothian	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	(w/o)	Spartak Hradec Králové	–	–
Glenavon	(w/o)	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	–	–
Reims	11–1	Jeunesse Esch	6–1	5–0
Barcelona	5–0	Lierse	2–0	3–0

First leg

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

Fredrikstad	4–3	Ajax
Olsen 35' Kristoffersen 48' Pedersen 59' Borgen 70'	Report	C. Groot 26', 75' Swart 37'

IFK Helsingfors	1–3	IFK Malmö
Nevalainen 64'	Report	Olofsson 12' Ljung 41' Borg 60'

Reims	6–1	Jeunesse Esch
Vincent 4' Rustichelli 16' Dubaële 38', 59', 64' Piantoni 85'	Report	Meurisse 87'

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

AGF	3–0	Legia Warsaw
Amdisen 32' Kjær 51' Jensen 75'	Report

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

Red Star Belgrade	1–2	Újpesti Dózsa
Toplak 17'	Report	Göröcs 38' Kuharszki 68'

Barcelona	2–0	Lierse
Czibor 47' Luis Suárez 73'	Report

Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Benfica
Young 80'	Report	Águas 36' José Augusto 74'

Second leg

Ajax	0–0	Fredrikstad
	Report

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö	2–1	IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist 22' Ljung 28'	Report	Kivelä 30'

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş	1–0	Rapid Wien
Özataç 11'	Report

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw	1–0	AGF
Nowak 29'	Report

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch	0–5	Reims
	Report	Vincent 50' Moreau 58' Heinen 60' (o.g.) Rustichelli 63', 69'

Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

Lierse	0–3	Barcelona
	Report	Villaverde 7' Evaristo 26', 77'

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

Benfica	3–0	Heart of Midlothian
Águas 7', 60' José Augusto 49'	Report

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa	3–0	Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi 74' Pataki 77' Göröcs 88'	Report

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia	4–1	Juventus
Kovachev 20', 57' Panayotov 67' Tsanev 80'	Report	Nicolè 89'

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 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 (1)
	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	1	2	3 (0)
							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 (1)
													Hamburger SV	0	2	2 (0)
	Burnley	2	2	4
	Reims	0	3	3
							Burnley	3	1	4
							Hamburger SV	1	4	5
	Young Boys	0	3	3
	Hamburger SV	5	3	8

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Benfica	7–4	Újpesti Dózsa	6–2	1–2
AGF	4–0	Fredrikstad	3–0	1–0
Rapid Wien	3–3	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	3–1	0–2	1–0
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	Reims	2–0	2–3
Young Boys	3–8	Hamburger SV	0–5	3–3

First leg

AGF	3–0	Fredrikstad
Amdisen 70' Overby 85' Jensen 86'	Report

IFK Malmö	1–0	CDNA Sofia
Karlsson 79'	Report

Young Boys	0–5	Hamburger SV
	Report	Stürmer 24', 52' Seeler 34', 39' Neisner 72'

Benfica	6–2	Újpesti Dózsa
Cavém 1' Águas 6', 28' José Augusto 12', 87' Santana 16'	Report	Göröcs 69' Szusza 77'

Spartak Hradec Králové	1–0	Panathinaikos
Šonka 89'	Report

Rapid Wien	3–1	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dienst 3' Milanović 52' Hanappi 61'	Report	Wagner 16'

Real Madrid	2–2	Barcelona
Mateos 3' Gento 33'	Report	Luis Suárez 27', 87' (pen.)

Burnley	2–0	Reims
Robson 1' McIlroy 22'	Report

Second leg

Fredrikstad	0–1	AGF
	Report	Overby 49'

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

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

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–0	Rapid Wien
Bamberger 49' Zink 62'	Report

Rapid Wien 3–3 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.

Barcelona	2–1	Real Madrid
Vergés 33' Evaristo 82'	Report	Canário 87'

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

Hamburger SV	3–3	Young Boys
Stürmer 13' Dörfel 72' Walker 86' (o.g.)	Report	Bigler 21' (pen.) Meier 25' Schneiter 48'

Hamburger SV won 8–3 on aggregate.

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

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

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

Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos	0–0	Spartak Hradec Králové
	Report

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

Play-off

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

Rapid Wien won play-off 1–0.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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	Hamburger SV	3–1	1–4

First leg

Burnley	3–1	Hamburger SV
Pilkington 7', 59' Robson 72'	Report	Dörfel 75'

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

Benfica	3–1	AGF
Águas 20', 58' José Augusto 49' (pen.)	Report	Amdisen 51'

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

Second leg

Spartak Hradec Králové	1–1	Barcelona
Zikán 33'	Report	Luis Suárez 23'

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hamburger SV	4–1	Burnley
Stürmer 8' Seeler 42', 61' Dörfel 57'	Report	Harris 55'

Hamburger SV won 5–4 on aggregate.

AGF	1–4	Benfica
Jensen 75'	Report	José Augusto 1', 43' Águas 23' Santana 76'

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö	0–2	Rapid Wien
	Report	Bertalan 38' Flögel 83'

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Benfica	4–1	Rapid Wien	3–0	1–1
Barcelona	2–2	Hamburger SV	1–0	1–2	1–0

First leg

Barcelona	1–0	Hamburger SV
Evaristo 46'	Report

Benfica	3–0	Rapid Wien
Coluna 19' Águas 24' Cavém 61'	Report

Second leg

Hamburger SV	2–1	Barcelona
Wulf 58' Seeler 68'	Report	Kocsis 90'

Barcelona 2–2 Hamburger SV on aggregate; play-off needed.

Rapid Wien	1–1	Benfica
Skocik 71'	Report	Águas 66'

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

Barcelona	1–0	Hamburger SV
Evaristo 42'	Report

Barcelona won play-off 1–0.

Final

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

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1960–61 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Águas	Benfica	11
2	José Augusto	Benfica	7
3	Evaristo	Barcelona	6
4	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	5
5	Klaus Stürmer	Hamburger SV	4
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
7	John Amdisen	AGF	3
	Josef Bertalan	Rapid Wien
	Robert Dienst	Rapid Wien
	Charly Dörfel	Hamburger SV
	Claude Dubaële	Reims
	János Göröcs	Újpesti Dózsa
	John Jensen	AGF
	Jimmy Robson	Burnley
	Dominique Rustichelli	Reims
	Santana	Benfica
	Willy Schneider	Young Boys

Notes

1. Following Romania's national team loss with 5–0 on aggregate against Czechoslovakia in the 1960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals, when the communist authorities saw that CCA București had to play with the champion of Czechoslovakia in the European Cup, they withdrew the team from the competition, fearing a shameful elimination in front of the Czechoslovakians.
2. 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.
3. Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.

References

1. "Benfica end Madrid's golden age". UEFA.com. UEFA. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
2. ^ "FRF a interzis două echipe în cupele europene de frica unei eliminări rușinoase și din cauza "destrăbălării bulevardiste", acum altele nu aplică să joace în Europa și bulversează competiția" [The FRF banned two teams from the European Cups for fear of a shameful elimination and because of "boulevardist disorganization", now others are not applying to play in Europe and are disrupting the competition] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
3. ^ 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.
4. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
5. Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.
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7. "Legia Warsaw v AGF, 5 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
8. "CDNA Sofia v Juventus, 12 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
9. "AGF v Fredrikstad, 19 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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12. "Benfica v AGF, 8 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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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
• 1960-61 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)

• 1960–61 in European football
• 1960–61 European Cup
• UEFA Champions League seasons