1960–61 European Cup

1960–61 European Cup

The Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	164 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Águas (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 won 3–2 in the final against Barcelona, who had knocked out Spanish rivals Real Madrid, winners of the first five tournaments, in the first round.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place at UEFA headquarters in Paris, France, on Thursday, 7 July 1960.^[1] 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	Hamburg	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
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 Bucharest	x–wo	Spartak Hradec Králové	–	–
Glenavon	x–wo[fn 1]	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	–	–
Stade Reims	11–1	Jeunesse Esch	6–1	5–0
Barcelona	5–0	Lierse	2–0	3–0

First leg

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Second leg

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

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AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

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CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

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IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	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

¹ Rapid Wien beat Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the second round.

First leg

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Second leg

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

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AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–3 Rapid Wien on aggregate.

Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.

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IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.

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	Hamburg	3–1	1–4

First leg

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Second leg

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica	4–1	Rapid Wien	3–0	1–1
Barcelona	2–21	Hamburg	1–0	1–2

¹ Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the final.

First leg

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Second leg

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

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.

Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.

Final

Top scorers

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	José Águas	Benfica	11
2	Evaristo	Barcelona	6
	José Augusto	Benfica	6
4	Uwe Seeler	Hamburg	5
5	Santana	Benfica	4
	Klaus Stürmer	Hamburg	4
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	4
8	John Amdisen	AGF	3
	Mário Coluna	Benfica	3
	Gert Dörfel	Hamburg	3
	János Göröcs	Újpesti Dózsa	3
	Hans Olofsson	IFK Malmö	3
	Jimmy Robson	Burnley	3
	Dominique Rustichelli	Stade Reims	3
	Jean Vincent	Stade Reims	3

References

External links

• 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 + all scorers preliminary round
• 1960-61 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)