1960–61 European Cup

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.

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

## Teams

|Rapid Wien|Lierse|CDNA Sofia|Spartak Hradec Králové|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|AGF|Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt|Burnley|IFK Helsingfors|
|Reims|Panathinaikos|Újpesti Dózsa|Juventus|
|Jeunesse Esch|Ajax|Glenavon|Fredrikstad|
|Legia Warsaw|Benfica|Limerick|CCA București|
|Heart of Midlothian|Barcelona|Real Madrid <sup>TH</sup>|IFK Malmö|
|Young Boys|Beşiktaş|Hamburger SV|Red Star Belgrade|

## Preliminary round

||Pot 1 Northern Europe|Pot 2 Western Europe|Pot 3 Eastern Europe|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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||
|Hamburger SV|Burnley|Panathinaikos||

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## First round

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## Quarter-finals

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## Semi-finals

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### First leg

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### Second leg

_Barcelona 2–2 Hamburger SV on aggregate; play-off needed._
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_Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate._

### Play-off

_Barcelona won play-off 1–0._

## Top goalscorers

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

|Rank|Player|Team|Goals|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|José Águas|align="left"|Benfica|11|||
|2|align="left"|José Augusto|align="left"|Benfica|7|||
|3|align="left"|Evaristo|align="left"|Barcelona|6|||
|4|align="left"|Uwe Seeler|align="left"|Hamburger SV|5|||
|rowspan="2"|5|align="left"|Klaus Stürmer|align="left"|Hamburger SV|rowspan="2"|4|
|align="left"|Luis Suárez|align="left"|Barcelona|||||
|rowspan="11"|7|align="left"|John Amdisen|align="left"|AGF|rowspan="11"|3|
|align="left"|Josef Bertalan|align="left"|Rapid Wien|||||
|align="left"|Robert Dienst|align="left"|Rapid Wien|||||
|align="left"|Charly Dörfel|align="left"|Hamburger SV|||||
|align="left"|Claude Dubaële|align="left"|Reims|||||
|align="left"|János Göröcs|align="left"|Újpesti Dózsa|||||
|align="left"|John Jensen|align="left"|AGF|||||
|align="left"|Jimmy Robson|align="left"|Burnley|||||
|align="left"|Dominique Rustichelli|align="left"|Reims|||||
|align="left"|Santana|align="left"|Benfica|||||
|align="left"|Willy Schneider|align="left"|Young Boys|||||

## 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)

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: European Cup
- **year**: 1960–61
- **image**: ETH-BIB-Bern, Wankdorf-Stadion, Fussballspiel-LBS H1-016069.tif
- **size**: 275px
- **caption**: Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
- **num teams**: 28 (26 competed)
- **associations**: 25
- **champion other**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **count**: 1
- **second other**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **matches**: 51
- **goals**: 164
- **attendance**: 1647692
- **top scorer**: José Águas (Benfica)
11 goals
- **prevseason**: 1959–60 European Cup, 1959–60
- **nextseason**: 1961–62 European Cup, 1961–62