1960–61 European Cup

1960–61 European Cup
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	José Águas (11 goals)
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

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 FC Barcelona, who had knocked out Spanish rivals Real Madrid, winners of the first five tournaments, in the first round.

1 Preliminary round
- 1.1 First leg
- 1.2 Second leg
2 First round
- 2.1 First leg
- 2.2 Second leg
3 Quarter-finals
- 3.1 First leg
- 3.2 Second leg
4 Semi-finals
- 4.1 First leg
- 4.2 Second leg
5 Final
6 Top scorers
7 External links

Preliminary round

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
HIFK	2–5	IFK Malmö	1–3	1–2
Rapid Vienna	4–1	Beşiktaş	4–0	0–1
Limerick	2–9	Young Boys	0–5	2–4
CCA Bucharest	(w/o)	Spartak Hradec Králové	–	–
Glenavon	(w/o)	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	–	–
Stade Reims	11–1	Jeunesse Esch	6–1	5–0
Barcelona	5–0	Lierse	2–0	3–0

First leg

29 September 1960	Hearts	1 – 2	Benfica	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Attendance: 29,500 Referee: Marcel Lequesne, (France)
	Young 80'	Report Gamesheet	Águas 36' José Augusto 74'

28 September 1960	Red Star Belgrade	1 – 2	Újpesti Dózsa	Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Józef Kowal, (Poland)
	Kostić 17'	Report Gamesheet	Göröcs 35' Kuharszki 68'

31 August 1960	Limerick	0 – 5	Young Boys	Thomond Park, Limerick Attendance: 8,000 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil, (Spain)
		Report Gamesheet	Wechselberger 54', 88' Willy Schneider 70' Dürr 76' Meier 82'

31 August 1960	Fredrikstad	4 – 3	Ajax	Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jarl Hansen, (Denmark)
	Olsen 35', 61' Kristoffersen 49' Pedersen 59'	Report Gamesheet	H. Groot 25' Swart 37' Muller 75'

14 September 1960	Rapid Wien	4 – 0	Beşiktaş	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Stanislav Fencl, (Czechoslovakia)
	Münir 9' (o.g.) Dienst 20' Glechner 86' Bertalan 90'	Report Gamesheet

21 September 1960	AGF	3 – 0	Legia Warsaw	Århus Stadion, Århus Attendance: 10,268 Referee: Johan Bronkhorst, (Netherlands)
	Amdisen 32' Kjær-Andersen 54' J. Jensen 75'	Report Gamesheet

21 September 1960	Juventus	2 – 0	CDNA Sofia	Stadio Comunale, Turin Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Dittmar Huber, (Switzerland)
	Lojodice 5' Sívori 24'	Report Gamesheet

1 September 1960	HIFK	1 – 3	IFK Malmö	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 1,555 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
	Nevalainen 68'	Report Gamesheet	Olofsson 25', 40' Borg 68'

7 September 1960	Stade Reims	6 – 1	Jeunesse Esch	Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims Attendance: 8,150 Referee: Reidar Randers-Johansen, (Norway)
	Vincent 4', 59' Rustichelli 16' Dubaele 38', 64' Piantoni 85'	Report Gamesheet	Meurisse 87'

28 September 1960	Barcelona	2 – 0	Lierse	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 42,068 Referee: Giuseppe Adami, (Italy)
	Czibor 17' Luis Suárez 70'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

5 October 1960	Benfica	3 – 0	Hearts	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 30,122 Referee: Joseph Barberan, (France)
	Águas 7', 60' José Augusto 49'	Report Gamesheet

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

5 October 1960	Újpesti Dózsa	3 – 0	Red Star Belgrade	Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Julian Mytnik, (Poland)
	Borsányi 70' Pataki 71' Göröcs 87'	Report Gamesheet

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

5 October 1960	Young Boys	4 – 2	Limerick	Wankdorfstadion, Bern Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay, (Spain)
	Allemann 40' Willy Schneider 68', 72' Dürr 81'	Report Gamesheet	Wallace 36' O'Reilly 75'

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

7 September 1960	Ajax	0 – 0	Fredrikstad	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Frede Hansen, (Denmark)
		Report Gamesheet

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

5 October 1960	Legia Warsaw	1 – 0	AGF	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn, Netherlands
	H. Nowak 29'	Report Gamesheet

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

12 October 1960	CDNA Sofia	4 – 1	Juventus	Vassil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst, Switzerland
	Rakarov 19' Kovachev 56' Panayotov 68' Tsanev 75'	Report Gamesheet	Nicolè 88'

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

28 September 1960	IFK Malmö	2 – 1	HIFK	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 5,202 Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)
	Lundqvist 22' Ljung 24'	Report Gamesheet	Kivelä 29'

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

28 September 1960	Beşiktaş	1 – 0	Rapid Wien	Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 17,268 Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)
	Ahmet 11'	Report Gamesheet

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

5 October 1960	Jeunesse Esch	0 – 5	Stade Reims	Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette Attendance: 7,265 Referee: Raymond Lespineux, (Belgium)
		Report Gamesheet	Vincent 50' Moreau 54' Heinen 60' (o.g.) Rustichelli 63', 69'

Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

5 October 1960	Lierse	0 – 3	Barcelona	Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht Attendance: 19,110 Referee: Giulio Campanati, (Italy)
		Report Gamesheet	Villaverde 7' Evaristo 26', 77'

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 Vienna	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

6 November 1960	Benfica	6 – 2	Újpesti Dózsa	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Victor Schicker, (Switzerland)
	Coluna 1' Águas 5', 11' Santana 16', 28' José Augusto 88'	Report Gamesheet	Göröcs 70' Pataki 77'

19 October 1960	AGF	3 – 0	Fredrikstad	Århus Stadion, Århus Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Erik Johansson, (Sweden)
	Amdisen 74' Overby 83' Rou Jensen 85'	Report Gamesheet

9 November 1960	Rapid Wien	3 – 1	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gaston Grandain, (Belgium)
	Dienst 5' Milanović 52' Hanappi 61'	Report Gamesheet	Wagner 17'

2 November 1960	IFK Malmö	1 – 0	CDNA Sofia	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 7,707 Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)
	Karlsson 80'	Report Gamesheet

9 November 1960	Real Madrid	2 – 2	Barcelona	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 84,358 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Mateos 1' Gento 33'	Report Gamesheet	Luis Suárez 27', 88' (pen.)

6 November 1960	Spartak Hradec Králové	1 – 0	Panathinaikos	Hradec Králové Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Branko Tesanić, Yugoslavia
	Šonka 89'	Report Gamesheet

16 November 1960	Burnley	2 – 0	Stade Reims	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 37,404 Referee: José González Echevarría, Spain
	McIlroy 25' Robson 40'	Report Gamesheet

2 November 1960	Young Boys	0 – 5	Hamburg	Wankdorfstadion, Bern Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Johan Bronkhorst, Netherlands
		Report Gamesheet	Stürmer 24', 51' Seeler 35', 39' Neisner 74'

Second leg

30 November 1960	Újpesti Dózsa	2 – 1	Benfica	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Albert Guinnard, (Switzerland)
	Halapi 55' Szusza 61'	Report Gamesheet	Santana 5'

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

26 October 1960	Fredrikstad	0 – 1	AGF	Bislett Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 10,334 Referee: Bengt Lundell, (Sweden)
		Report Gamesheet	Overby 49'

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

23 November 1960	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	2 – 0	Rapid Wien	Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, Aue Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gérard Versyp, (Belgium)
	Bamberger 49' Zink 61'	Report Gamesheet

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

21 December 1960	Rapid Wien	1 – 0	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst, (Switzerland)
	Flögel 4'	Gamesheet

Rapid Wien won 1–0 in play-off.

13 November 1960	CDNA Sofia	1 – 1	IFK Malmö	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)
	Tsanev 21'	Report Gamesheet	Olofsson 52'

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

23 November 1960	Barcelona	2 – 1	Real Madrid	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)
	Vergés 33' Evaristo 81'	Report Gamesheet	Canário 87'

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

7 December 1960	Panathinaikos	0 – 0	Spartak Hradec Králové	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Gino Rigato, (Italy)
		Report Gamesheet

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

30 November 1960	Stade Reims	3 – 2	Burnley	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 36,831 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín, (Spain)
	Piantoni 50' Rodzik 56', 75'	Report Gamesheet	Robson 33' Connelly 57'

Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.

27 November 1960	Hamburg	3 – 3	Young Boys	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer, (Netherlands)
	Stürmer 12' Dörfel 68' Walker 86' (o.g.)	Report Gamesheet	Bigler 21' (pen.) Meier 25' Schneiter 48'

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

8 March 1961	Benfica	3 – 1	AGF	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Maurice Guigue, (France)
	Águas 20', 60' José Augusto 50' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Amdisen 52'

22 March 1961	Rapid Wien	2 – 0	IFK Malmö	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)
	Dienst 44' Bertalan 87'	Report Gamesheet

8 March 1961	Barcelona	4 – 0	Spartak Hradec Králové	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)
	Tejada 11', 64' Evaristo 39' Kubala 90' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

18 January 1961	Burnley	3 – 1	Hamburg	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 46,237 Referee: Tage Sørensen, (Denmark)
	Pilkington 8', 60' Robson 74'	Report Gamesheet	Dörfel 76'

Second leg

30 March 1961	AGF	1 – 4	Benfica	Århus Stadion, Århus Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Marcel Bois, (France)
	Germano 77' (o.g.)	Report Gamesheet	José Augusto 2', 42' Águas 32' Santana 81'

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.

3 April 1961	IFK Malmö	0 – 2	Rapid Wien	Malmö Stadion, Malmö Attendance: 18,842 Referee: Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)
		Report Gamesheet	Bertalan 39' Flögel 83'

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

15 March 1961	Spartak Hradec Králové	1 – 1	Barcelona	Strahov Stadium, Prague Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
	Zikán 33'	Report Gamesheet	Luis Suárez 24'

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

15 March 1961	Hamburg	4 – 1	Burnley	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Aage Poulsen, (Denmark)
	Stürmer 8' Seeler 41', 75' Dörfel 56'	Report Gamesheet	Harris 55'

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

26 April 1961	Benfica	3 – 0	Rapid Wien	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Kevin Howley, (England)
	Coluna 15' Águas 25' Cavém 63'	Report Gamesheet

12 April 1961	Barcelona	1 – 0	Hamburg	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)
	Evaristo 46'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

4 May 1961	Rapid Wien	1 – 1	Benfica	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Reginald Leafe, (England
	Skocik 70'	Report Gamesheet	Águas 66'

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

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

26 April 1961	Hamburg	2 – 1	Barcelona	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
	Wulf 59' Seeler 68'	Report Gamesheet	Kocsis 90'

Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.

3 May 1961	Barcelona	1 – 0	Hamburg	Heysel Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)
	Evaristo 43'	Gamesheet

Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.

Final

Main article: 1961 European Cup Final

31 May 1961	Benfica	3 – 2	Barcelona	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Águas 30' Ramallets 32' (o.g.) Coluna 55'	Report Gamesheet	Kocsis 20' Czibor 75'

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
2	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

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

European Cup and UEFA Champions League

European Cup era, 1955–1992

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League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)

International club football

FIFA · Club World Cup (stats) · Intercontinental Cup (defunct) (stats) · Confederation and inter-confederation competition winners · Teams

Asia	AFC – Champions League · AFC Cup · President's Cup · Top-division clubs

Africa	CAF – Champions League · Confederation Cup · Super Cup · Top-division clubs

Europe	UEFA – Champions League · Europa League · Super Cup · Top-division clubs

North, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions League · Top-division clubs

Oceania	OFC – Champions League · Top-division clubs

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores · Copa Sudamericana · Recopa Sudamericana · Top-division clubs

See also International club women's football.

1960–61 European Cup

Contents

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

External links