1960–61 European Cup

6th season of the UEFA club football tournament

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 ->

International football competition

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

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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)

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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

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Rapid

Lierse

CDNA Sofia

Spartak

AGF

Burnley

IFK Helsingfors

Reims

Wismut

Hamburg

Panathinaikos

Újpesti Dózsa

Limerick

Juventus

Jeunesse Esch

Ajax

Glenavon

Fredrikstad

Legia Warsaw

Benfica

CCA București

Hearts

Real Madrid

Barcelona

IFK Malmö

Young Boys

Beşiktaş

Red Star

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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

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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

### First leg

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31 August 1960

Limerick | 0–5|  Young Boys

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| Report | Wechselberger 54', 88'
Schneider 70'
Dürr 76'
Meier 82'

Thomond Park, Limerick

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

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31 August 1960

Fredrikstad | 4–3|  Ajax

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Olsen 35'
Kristoffersen 48'
Pedersen 59'
Borgen 70' | Report | C. Groot 26', 75'
Swart 37'

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

* * *

1 September 1960

IFK Helsingfors | 1–3|  IFK Malmö

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Nevalainen 64' | Report | Olofsson 12'
Ljung 41'
Borg 60'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 1,555

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

* * *

7 September 1960

Reims | 6–1|  Jeunesse Esch

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Vincent 4'
Rustichelli 16'
Dubaële 38', 59', 64'
Piantoni 85' | Report | Meurisse 87'

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 8,150

Referee: Reidar Randers-Johansen (Norway)

* * *

14 September 1960

20:30 CET

Rapid Wien | 4–0|  Beşiktaş

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Akı 9' (o.g.)
Dienst 20'
Glechner 86' (pen.)
Bertalan 90' | Report |

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)

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21 September 1960

AGF | 3–0|  Legia Warsaw

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Amdisen 32'
Kjær 51'
Jensen 75' | Report |

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus

Attendance: 10,268

Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

* * *

21 September 1960

22:30 CET

Juventus | 2–0|  CDNA Sofia

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Lojodice 5'
Sívori 24' | Report |

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 20,168[6]

Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

* * *

28 September 1960

16:00 CET

Red Star Belgrade | 1–2|  Újpesti Dózsa

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Toplak 17' | Report | Göröcs 38'
Kuharszki 68'

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

* * *

28 September 1960

21:30 CET

Barcelona | 2–0|  Lierse

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Czibor 47'
Luis Suárez 73' | Report |

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 42,068

Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

* * *

29 September 1960

21:30 CET

Heart of Midlothian | 1–2|  Benfica

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Young 80' | Report | Águas 36'
José Augusto 74'

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 29,500

Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

### Second leg

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7 September 1960

Ajax | 0–0|  Fredrikstad

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Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

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28 September 1960

IFK Malmö | 2–1|  IFK Helsingfors

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Lundqvist 22'
Ljung 28' | Report | Kivelä 30'

Malmö IP, Malmö

Attendance: 5,202

Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

* * *

28 September 1960

14:30 CET

Beşiktaş | 1–0|  Rapid Wien

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Özataç 11' | Report |

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Attendance: 17,268

Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

* * *

5 October 1960

Legia Warsaw | 1–0|  AGF

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Nowak 29' | Report |

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Attendance: 10,642[7]

Referee: Leopold Horn (Netherlands)

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

* * *

5 October 1960

Jeunesse Esch | 0–5|  Reims

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| Report | Vincent 50'
Moreau 58'
Heinen 60' (o.g.)
Rustichelli 63', 69'

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 7,265

Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

* * *

5 October 1960

19:30 CET

Lierse | 0–3|  Barcelona

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| Report | Villaverde 7'
Evaristo 26', 77'

Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht

Attendance: 19,110

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

* * *

5 October 1960

Benfica | 3–0|  Heart of Midlothian

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Águas 7', 60'
José Augusto 49' | Report |

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 30,122

Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

* * *

5 October 1960

20:15 CET

Young Boys | 4–2|  Limerick

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Allemann 40'
Schneider 68', 72'
Dürr 81' | Report | Lynam 36'
O'Reilly 75'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

* * *

12 October 1960

16:00 CET

Újpesti Dózsa | 3–0|  Red Star Belgrade

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Borsányi 74'
Pataki 77'
Göröcs 88' | Report |

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Julian Mytnik (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

* * *

12 October 1960

18:00 CET

CDNA Sofia | 4–1|  Juventus

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Kovachev 20', 57'
Panayotov 67'
Tsanev 80' | Report | Nicolè 89'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 31,629[8]

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

## Bracket

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| First round | | | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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|  Benfica | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | |
|  Újpesti Dózsa | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| |  Benfica | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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| | |  AGF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
|  AGF | 3 | 1 | 4 |

|  Fredrikstad | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |  Benfica | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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| | |  Rapid Wien | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|  Rapid Wien | 3 | 0 | 3 (1) | |

|  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1 | 2 | 3 (0) |
| |  Rapid Wien | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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| | |  IFK Malmö | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|  IFK Malmö | 1 | 1 | 2 |

|  CDNA Sofia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| |  Benfica | 3 |
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| | |  Barcelona | 2 |
|  Real Madrid | 2 | 1 | 3 | | |

|  Barcelona | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| |  Barcelona | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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| | |  Spartak Hradec Králové | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|  Spartak Hradec Králové | 1 | 0 | 1 |

|  Panathinaikos | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |  Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) |
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|  Burnley | 2 | 2 | 4 | |

|  Reims | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| |  Burnley | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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| | |  Hamburger SV | 1 | 4 | 5 |
|  Young Boys | 0 | 3 | 3 |

|  Hamburger SV | 5 | 3 | 8 |

## First round

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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

### First leg

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19 October 1960

AGF | 3–0|  Fredrikstad

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Amdisen 70'
Overby 85'
Jensen 86' | Report |

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus

Attendance: 9,123[9]

Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden)

* * *

2 November 1960

IFK Malmö | 1–0|  CDNA Sofia

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Karlsson 79' | Report |

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 7,707

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)

* * *

2 November 1960

20:15 CET

Young Boys | 0–5|  Hamburger SV

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| Report | Stürmer 24', 52'
Seeler 34', 39'
Neisner 72'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

* * *

6 November 1960

16:00 CET

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'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)

* * *

6 November 1960

Spartak Hradec Králové | 1–0|  Panathinaikos

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Šonka 89' | Report |

Všesportovní stadion, Hradec Králové

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

* * *

9 November 1960

19:30 CET

Rapid Wien | 3–1|  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt

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Dienst 3'
Milanović 52'
Hanappi 61' | Report | Wagner 16'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)

* * *

9 November 1960

20:30 CET

Real Madrid | 2–2|  Barcelona

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Mateos 3'
Gento 33' | Report | Luis Suárez 27', 87' (pen.)

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 84,358

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

* * *

16 November 1960

20:30 CET

Burnley | 2–0|  Reims

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Robson 1'
McIlroy 22' | Report |

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 37,404

Referee: José González Echevarría (Spain)

### Second leg

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26 October 1960

Fredrikstad | 0–1|  AGF

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| Report | Overby 49'

Bislett Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 10,334

Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

* * *

13 November 1960

CDNA Sofia | 1–1|  IFK Malmö

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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.

* * *

23 November 1960

14:00 CET

Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–0|  Rapid Wien

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Bamberger 49'
Zink 62' | Report |

Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, Aue

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

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

* * *

23 November 1960

21:00 CET

Barcelona | 2–1|  Real Madrid

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Vergés 33'
Evaristo 82' | Report | Canário 87'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 90,000[10]

Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

* * *

27 November 1960

17:30 CET

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'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Hamburger SV won 8–3 on aggregate.

* * *

30 November 1960

17:30 CET

Újpesti Dózsa | 2–1|  Benfica

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Halapi 55'
Szusza 61' | Report | Santana 5'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 35,000[11]

Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

* * *

30 November 1960

Reims | 3–2|  Burnley

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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.

* * *

7 December 1960

Panathinaikos | 0–0|  Spartak Hradec Králové

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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

### Play-off

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21 December 1960

20:30 CET

Rapid Wien | 1–0|  Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt

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Flögel 4' | Report |

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Rapid Wien won play-off 1–0.

## Quarter-finals

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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

### First leg

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18 January 1961

20:30 CET

Burnley | 3–1|  Hamburger SV

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Pilkington 7', 59'
Robson 72' | Report | Dörfel 75'

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 46,237

Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

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8 March 1961

21:00 CET

Barcelona | 4–0|  Spartak Hradec Králové

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Tejada 11', 64'
Evaristo 39'
Kubala 90' (pen.) | Report |

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

* * *

8 March 1961

22:30 CET

Benfica | 3–1|  AGF

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Águas 20', 58'
José Augusto 49' (pen.) | Report | Amdisen 51'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 57,100[12]

Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

* * *

22 March 1961

19:30 CET

Rapid Wien | 2–0|  IFK Malmö

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Dienst 44'
Bertalan 87' | Report |

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

### Second leg

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15 March 1961

15:00 CET

Spartak Hradec Králové | 1–1|  Barcelona

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Zikán 33' | Report | Luis Suárez 23'

Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

* * *

15 March 1961

16:30 CET

Hamburger SV | 4–1|  Burnley

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Stürmer 8'
Seeler 42', 61'
Dörfel 57' | Report | Harris 55'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 74,000[13]

Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Hamburger SV won 5–4 on aggregate.

* * *

30 March 1961

13:30 CET

AGF | 1–4|  Benfica

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Jensen 75' | Report | José Augusto 1', 43'
Águas 23'
Santana 76'

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus

Attendance: 22,577[14]

Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.

* * *

3 April 1961

13:30 CET

IFK Malmö | 0–2|  Rapid Wien

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| Report | Bertalan 38'
Flögel 83'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 18,842

Referee: Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

* * *

## Semi-finals

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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

### First leg

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12 April 1961

21:00 CET

Barcelona | 1–0|  Hamburger SV

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Evaristo 46' | Report |

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

* * *

26 April 1961

22:45 CET

Benfica | 3–0|  Rapid Wien

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Coluna 19'
Águas 24'
Cavém 61' | Report |

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

### Second leg

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26 April 1961

17:30 CET

Hamburger SV | 2–1|  Barcelona

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Wulf 58'
Seeler 68' | Report | Kocsis 90'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 71,000

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

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

* * *

4 May 1961

19:30 CET

Rapid Wien | 1–1|  Benfica

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Skocik 71' | Report | Águas 66'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

### Play-off

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3 May 1961

17:00 CET

Barcelona | 1–0|  Hamburger SV

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Evaristo 42' | Report |

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Barcelona won play-off 1–0.

## Final

[edit]

Main article: 1961 European Cup final

31 May 1961

20:00 CET

Benfica | 3–2|  Barcelona

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Águas 31'
Ramallets 32' (o.g.)
Coluna 55' | Report | Kocsis 21'
Czibor 75'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 26,732

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

## Top goalscorers

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

Rank  | Player  | Team  | Goals

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Benfica end Madrid's golden age". UEFA.com. 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.
6. ^ "Juventus v CDNA Sofia, 21 September 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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.
10. ^ "Barcelona v Real Madrid, 23 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
11. ^ "Újpesti Dózsa v Benfica, 30 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
12. ^ "Benfica v AGF, 8 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
13. ^ "Hamburg v Burnley, 15 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
14. ^ "AGF v Benfica, 30 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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