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
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 European Cup was the sixth season of the European Cup. The tournament was won by Benfica, who beat Barcelona 3–2 in the final at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, on 31 May 1961.^[1]

This was the first European Cup where five-time winners Real Madrid did not make it to the final.

Teams

Location of teams in the 1960–61 European Cup

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

	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

Team 1	Agg.	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

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.	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

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	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

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	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

12 April 1961

21:00 CET

Barcelona	1–0	Hamburger SV
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
Coluna 19' Águas 24' Cavém 61'	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Second leg

26 April 1961

17:30 CET

Hamburger SV	2–1	Barcelona
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
Skocik 71'	Report	Águas 66'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

3 May 1961

17:00 CET

Barcelona	1–0	Hamburger SV
Evaristo 42'	Report

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Barcelona won play-off 1–0.

Final

31 May 1961

20:00 CET

Benfica	3–2	Barcelona
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

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
5	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	4
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

↑ 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

↑ "Benfica end Madrid's golden age". UEFA. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.

Other websites

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)

[3] 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]

[5] 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]

[6] Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.

[1] "Benfica end Madrid's golden age". UEFA. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

[CCA-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.

[Wismut-4] 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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