1961 European Cup Final

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The 1961 European Cup Final was held at the Wankdorf Stadium, Berne, on 31 May 1961, that saw S.L. Benfica play against FC Barcelona. This was the first final not to include Real Madrid, who had won the previous five finals. Benfica went on to lift the trophy for the first time, beating Barcelona 3–2.

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May 31, 1961 Flag of Portugal Benfica 3 – 2 FC Barcelona Flag of Spain Wankdorf Stadium, Berne
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst Flag of Switzerland
Águas Scored after 30 minutes 30'
Ramallets Scored after 32 minutes 32' (o.g.)
Coluna Scored after 55 minutes 55'
Kocsis Scored after 20 minutes 20'
Czibor Scored after 75 minutes 75'
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Benfica
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Barcelona
SL BENFICA:
GK 1 Flag of Portugal Alberto da Costa Pereira
DF 2 Flag of Portugal Mario João
DF 3 Flag of Portugal Germano de Figueiredo
DF 4 Flag of Portugal Angelo Martins
DF 5 Flag of Portugal José Neto
MF 6 Flag of Portugal Fernando Cruz
MF 7 Flag of Portugal José Augusto
MF 8 Flag of Portugal Joaquim Santana
MF 9 Flag of Portugal José Águas (c)
FW 10 Flag of Portugal Mário Coluna
FW 11 Flag of Portugal Domiciano Cavém
Manager:
Flag of Hungary Béla Guttmann


Assistant referees:
Fourth official:

FC BARCELONA:
GK 1 Flag of Spain Antoni Ramallets (c)
DF 2 Flag of Spain Alfonso "Foncho" Rodriguez
DF 3 Flag of Spain Enric Gensana
DF 4 Flag of Spain Sigfrido Gracia
DF 5 Flag of Spain Martín Vergés
MF 6 Flag of Spain Jesús Garay
MF 7 Flag of Spain Flag of Hungary Ladislao Kubala
MF 8 Flag of Hungary Sándor Kocsis
MF 9 Flag of Brazil Evaristo de Macedo
FW 10 Flag of Spain Luis Suárez
FW 11 Flag of Hungary Zoltán Czibor
Manager:
Flag of Spain Enrique Orizaola

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Preceded by
European Cup
Final 1960
European Cup
Final 1961
S.L. Benfica
Succeeded by
European Cup
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