1960–61 European Cup

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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. Benfica was the first Portuguese team to reach the final and to win the tournament. For the first time a Norwegian club participated.

## Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place at UEFA headquarters in Paris, France, on 7 July 1960. 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.

 Byes

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.

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 Steaua 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.

### Second leg

*Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.*

*Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.*

*Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.*

*Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.*

*Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.*

## First round

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

### Second leg

*Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.*

*AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.*

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

*Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.*

*IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.*

*Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.*

*Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.*

## Quarter-finals

 **Rapid Wien**  | 4–0
 **Barcelona**  | 5–1
 Burnley  | 4–5

### Second leg

*Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.*

*Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.*

*Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.*

## Semi-finals

 **Barcelona**  | 2–21 |  Hamburg | 1–0

1 Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off.

### Second leg

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

*Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.*

*Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.*

*Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.*

## Top scorers

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

## References

1. ↑ *Corriere dello Sport*, 8 July 1960.
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 (Romanian). Prosport.ro (2 May 2023).
3. ↑ 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. ↑ "Juventus v CDNA Sofia, 21 September 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
5. ↑ "Legia Warsaw v AGF, 5 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
6. ↑ "CDNA Sofia v Juventus, 12 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
7. ↑ "AGF v Fredrikstad, 19 October 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
8. ↑ "Újpesti Dózsa v Benfica, 30 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
9. ↑ "Barcelona v Real Madrid, 23 November 1960" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
10. ↑ "Benfica v AGF, 8 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
11. ↑ "AGF v Benfica, 30 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
12. ↑ "Hamburg v Burnley, 15 March 1961" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

## 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
* 1960-61 European Cup – results and line-ups (archive)

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