1960-61_European_Cup

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
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1960–61 European Cup

6th season of the UEFA club football tournament

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.

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It was the first time that 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,^[1] 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.^[2]

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[4] [F 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.^[1]

[5] [F 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.^[2]

[CCA-1] [1]
"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.

[Wismut-2] [2]
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.

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Corriere dello Sport, 8 July 1960.

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"Juventus v CDNA Sofia, 21 September 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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"Legia Warsaw v AGF, 5 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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"CDNA Sofia v Juventus, 12 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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"AGF v Fredrikstad, 19 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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"Újpesti Dózsa v Benfica, 30 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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"Barcelona v Real Madrid, 23 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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"Benfica v AGF, 8 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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"AGF v Benfica, 30 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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"Hamburg v Burnley, 15 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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

	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	Hamburg	Burnley	Panathinaikos

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hearts	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	x–wo^{[fn 1]}	Spartak Hradec Králové	–	–
Glenavon	x–wo^{[fn 2]}	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	–	–
Stade Reims	11–1	Jeunesse Esch	6–1	5–0
Barcelona	5–0	Lierse	2–0	3–0

Preliminary round				First round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Hearts	1	0	1
Benfica	2	3	5	Benfica	6	1	7
Crvena Zvezda	1	0	1	Újpest	2	2	4
Újpest	2	3	5					Benfica	3	4	7
AGF Aarhus	3	0	3					AGF Aarhus	1	1	2
Legia Warszawa	0	1	1	AGF Aarhus	3	1	4
Fredrikstad	4	0	4	Fredrikstad	0	0	0
Ajax	3	0	3									Benfica	3	1	4
Rapid Wien	4	0	4									Rapid Wien	0	1	1
Beşiktaş	0	1	1	Rapid Wien	3	0	3 (1)
Glenavon	—	—	w/o	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	1	2	3 (0)
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	—	—	—					Rapid Wien	2	2	4
IFK Helsingfors	1	1	2					IFK Malmö	0	0	0
IFK Malmö	3	2	5	IFK Malmö	1	1	2
Juventus	2	1	3	CDNA Sofia	0	1	1
CDNA Sofia	0	4	4													Benfica	3
																Barcelona	2
				Real Madrid	2	1	3
Barcelona	2	3	5	Barcelona	2	2	4
Lierse	0	0	0					Barcelona	4	1	5
CCA București	—	—	w/o					Hradec Králové	0	1	1
Hradec Králové	—	—	—	Hradec Králové	1	0	1
				Panathinaikos	0	0	0
												Barcelona	1	1	2 (1)
												Hamburg	0	2	2 (0)
				Burnley	2	2	4
Stade Reims	6	5	11	Stade Reims	0	3	3
Jeunesse Esch	1	0	1					Burnley	3	1	4
Limerick	0	2	2					Hamburg	1	4	5
Young Boys	5	4	9	Young Boys	0	3	3
				Hamburg	5	3	8

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica	7–4	Újpesti Dózsa	6–2	1–2
AGF	4–0	Fredrikstad	3–0	1–0
Rapid Wien	3–3¹	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	3–1	0–2
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	Stade Reims	2–0	2–3
Young Boys	3–8	Hamburg	0–5	3–3

1960-61_European_Cup

1960–61 European Cup

Teams

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

Bracket

First round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

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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	Hamburg	3–1	1–4

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