1960–61 European Cup

1960–61 European Cup
Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961
Teams28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
Champions Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored164 (3.22 per match)
Attendance1,647,692 (32,308 per match)
Top scorer(s)José Águas (Benfica)
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 beat Barcelona 3–2 in the final at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, on 31 May 1961.[1] 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,[2] 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.[3]

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[4] 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)TH IFK Malmö (2nd)
Young Boys (1st) Beşiktaş (1st) Hamburger SV (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

Location of teams in the 1960–61 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place at UEFA headquarters in Paris, France, on 7 July 1960.[5] 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)[a] Spartak Hradec Králové – –
Glenavon (w/o)[b] 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'
Attendance: 8,000
Fredrikstad 4–3 Ajax
Olsen 35'
Kristoffersen 48'
Pedersen 59'
Borgen 70'		 Report C. Groot 26', 75'
Swart 37'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
IFK Helsingfors 1–3 IFK Malmö
Nevalainen 64' Report Olofsson 12'
Ljung 41'
Borg 60'
Attendance: 1,555
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Reims 6–1 Jeunesse Esch
Vincent 4'
Rustichelli 16'
Dubaële 38', 59', 64'
Piantoni 85'		 Report Meurisse 87'
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Reidar Randers-Johansen (Norway)
Rapid Wien 4–0 Beşiktaş
Akı 9' (o.g.)
Dienst 20'
Glechner 86' (pen.)
Bertalan 90'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)
AGF 3–0 Legia Warsaw
Amdisen 32'
Kjær 51'
Jensen 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,268
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Juventus 2–0 CDNA Sofia
Lojodice 5'
Sívori 24'		 Report
Attendance: 20,168[6]
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)
Red Star Belgrade 1–2 Újpesti Dózsa
Toplak 17' Report Göröcs 38'
Kuharszki 68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)
Barcelona 2–0 Lierse
Czibor 47'
Luis Suárez 73'		 Report
Attendance: 42,068
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Benfica
Young 80' Report Águas 36'
José Augusto 74'
Attendance: 29,500
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Second leg

Ajax 0–0 Fredrikstad
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö 2–1 IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist 22'
Ljung 28'		 Report Kivelä 30'
Attendance: 5,202
Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

Beşiktaş 1–0 Rapid Wien
Özataç 11' Report
Attendance: 17,268
Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw 1–0 AGF
Nowak 29' Report
Attendance: 10,642[7]
Referee: Leopold Horn (Netherlands)

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

Jeunesse Esch 0–5 Reims
Report Vincent 50'
Moreau 58'
Heinen 60' (o.g.)
Rustichelli 63', 69'
Attendance: 7,265
Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

Lierse 0–3 Barcelona
Report Villaverde 7'
Evaristo 26', 77'
Attendance: 19,110

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

Benfica 3–0 Heart of Midlothian
Águas 7', 60'
José Augusto 49'		 Report
Attendance: 30,122
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

Young Boys 4–2 Limerick
Allemann 40'
Schneider 68', 72'
Dürr 81'		 Report Lynam 36'
O'Reilly 75'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa 3–0 Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi 74'
Pataki 77'
Göröcs 88'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Julian Mytnik (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia 4–1 Juventus
Kovachev 20', 57'
Panayotov 67'
Tsanev 80'		 Report Nicolè 89'
Attendance: 31,629[8]

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
Attendance: 9,123[9]
Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden)
IFK Malmö 1–0 CDNA Sofia
Karlsson 79' Report
Attendance: 7,707
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)
Young Boys 0–5 Hamburger SV
Report Stürmer 24', 52'
Seeler 34', 39'
Neisner 72'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Benfica 6–2 Újpesti Dózsa
Cavém 1'
Águas 6', 28'
José Augusto 12', 87'
Santana 16'		 Report Göröcs 69'
Szusza 77'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)
Spartak Hradec Králové 1–0 Panathinaikos
Šonka 89' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)
Rapid Wien 3–1 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dienst 3'
Milanović 52'
Hanappi 61'		 Report Wagner 16'
Attendance: 25,000
Real Madrid 2–2 Barcelona
Mateos 3'
Gento 33'		 Report Luis Suárez 27', 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 84,358
Burnley 2–0 Reims
Robson 1'
McIlroy 22'		 Report
Attendance: 37,404
Referee: José González Echevarría (Spain)

Second leg

Fredrikstad 0–1 AGF
Report Overby 49'
Attendance: 10,334
Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

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.

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–0 Rapid Wien
Bamberger 49'
Zink 62'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

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'
Attendance: 90,000[10]

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'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Hamburger SV won 8–3 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa 2–1 Benfica
Halapi 55'
Szusza 61'		 Report Santana 5'
Attendance: 35,000[11]
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

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.

Panathinaikos 0–0 Spartak Hradec Králové
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

Play-off

Rapid Wien 1–0 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Flögel 4' Report
Attendance: 10,000

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'
Attendance: 46,237
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)
Barcelona 4–0 Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada 11', 64'
Evaristo 39'
Kubala 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
Benfica 3–1 AGF
Águas 20', 58'
José Augusto 49' (pen.)		 Report Amdisen 51'
Attendance: 57,100[12]
Rapid Wien 2–0 IFK Malmö
Dienst 44'
Bertalan 87'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

Second leg

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hamburger SV 4–1 Burnley
Stürmer 8'
Seeler 42', 61'
Dörfel 57'		 Report Harris 55'
Attendance: 74,000[13]
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Hamburger SV won 5–4 on aggregate.

AGF 1–4 Benfica
Jensen 75' Report José Augusto 1', 43'
Águas 23'
Santana 76'
Attendance: 22,577[14]
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.

IFK Malmö 0–2 Rapid Wien
Report Bertalan 38'
Flögel 83'
Attendance: 18,842
Referee: Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

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[c]
Barcelona 2–2 Hamburger SV 1–0 1–2 1–0

First leg

Barcelona 1–0 Hamburger SV
Evaristo 46' Report
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)
Benfica 3–0 Rapid Wien
Coluna 19'
Águas 24'
Cavém 61'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000

Second leg

Hamburger SV 2–1 Barcelona
Wulf 58'
Seeler 68'		 Report Kocsis 90'
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

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

Rapid Wien 1–1 Benfica
Skocik 71' Report Águas 66'
Attendance: 63,000

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

Barcelona 1–0 Hamburger SV
Evaristo 42' Report
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Barcelona won play-off 1–0.

Final

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Benfica 3–2 Barcelona
Águas 31'
Ramallets 32' (o.g.)
Coluna 55'		 Report Kocsis 21'
Czibor 75'
Attendance: 26,732

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]
  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]
  3. ^ Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.

References

  1. ^ "Benfica end Madrid's golden age". UEFA. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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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