Tournament details | |
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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.[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.
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) |
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 | |
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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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
Limerick | 0–5 | Young Boys |
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Report | Wechselberger 54', 88' Schneider 70' Dürr 76' Meier 82' |
Fredrikstad | 4–3 | Ajax |
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Olsen 35' Kristoffersen 48' Pedersen 59' Borgen 70' |
Report | C. Groot 26', 75' Swart 37' |
IFK Helsingfors | 1–3 | IFK Malmö |
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Nevalainen 64' | Report | Olofsson 12' Ljung 41' Borg 60' |
Reims | 6–1 | Jeunesse Esch |
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Vincent 4' Rustichelli 16' Dubaële 38', 59', 64' Piantoni 85' |
Report | Meurisse 87' |
Juventus | 2–0 | CDNA Sofia |
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Lojodice 5' Sívori 24' |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade | 1–2 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Toplak 17' | Report | Göröcs 38' Kuharszki 68' |
Barcelona | 2–0 | Lierse |
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Czibor 47' Luis Suárez 73' |
Report |
Heart of Midlothian | 1–2 | Benfica |
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Young 80' | Report | Águas 36' José Augusto 74' |
Ajax | 0–0 | Fredrikstad |
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Report |
Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.
IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş | 1–0 | Rapid Wien |
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Özataç 11' | Report |
Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | AGF |
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Nowak 29' | Report |
AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.
Jeunesse Esch | 0–5 | Reims |
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Report | Vincent 50' Moreau 58' Heinen 60' (o.g.) Rustichelli 63', 69' |
Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.
Lierse | 0–3 | Barcelona |
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Report | Villaverde 7' Evaristo 26', 77' |
Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.
Benfica | 3–0 | Heart of Midlothian |
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Águas 7', 60' José Augusto 49' |
Report |
Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.
Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa | 3–0 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Borsányi 74' Pataki 77' Göröcs 88' |
Report |
Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.
CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.
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 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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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 |
IFK Malmö | 1–0 | CDNA Sofia |
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Karlsson 79' | Report |
Young Boys | 0–5 | Hamburger SV |
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Report | Stürmer 24', 52' Seeler 34', 39' Neisner 72' |
Benfica | 6–2 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Cavém 1' Águas 6', 28' José Augusto 12', 87' Santana 16' |
Report | Göröcs 69' Szusza 77' |
Rapid Wien | 3–1 | Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
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Dienst 3' Milanović 52' Hanappi 61' |
Report | Wagner 16' |
Real Madrid | 2–2 | Barcelona |
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Mateos 3' Gento 33' |
Report | Luis Suárez 27', 87' (pen.) |
Fredrikstad | 0–1 | AGF |
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Report | Overby 49' |
AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.
CDNA Sofia | 1–1 | IFK Malmö |
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Tsanev 21' | Report | Olofsson 52' |
IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–0 | Rapid Wien |
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Bamberger 49' Zink 62' |
Report |
Rapid Wien 3–3 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.
Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.
Hamburger SV | 3–3 | Young Boys |
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Stürmer 13' Dörfel 72' Walker 86' (o.g.) |
Report | Bigler 21' (pen.) Meier 25' Schneiter 48' |
Hamburger SV won 8–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.
Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.
Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won play-off 1–0.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
Burnley | 3–1 | Hamburger SV |
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Pilkington 7', 59' Robson 72' |
Report | Dörfel 75' |
Rapid Wien | 2–0 | IFK Malmö |
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Dienst 44' Bertalan 87' |
Report |
Spartak Hradec Králové | 1–1 | Barcelona |
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Zikán 33' | Report | Luis Suárez 23' |
Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.
Hamburger SV won 5–4 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.
IFK Malmö | 0–2 | Rapid Wien |
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Report | Bertalan 38' Flögel 83' |
Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-off |
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Benfica | 4–1 | Rapid Wien | 3–0 | 1–1[c] | |
Barcelona | 2–2 | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
Barcelona | 1–0 | Hamburger SV |
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Evaristo 46' | Report |
Barcelona 2–2 Hamburger SV on aggregate; play-off needed.
Rapid Wien | 1–1 | Benfica |
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Skocik 71' | Report | Águas 66' |
Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona | 1–0 | Hamburger SV |
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Evaristo 42' | Report |
Barcelona won play-off 1–0.
The top scorers from the 1960–61 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows: