1959–60 European Cup

1959–60 European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	26 August 1959 – 18 May 1960
Teams	27
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (5th title)
Runners-up	Eintracht Frankfurt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	218 (4.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ferenc Puskás (12 goals)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 European Cup was the fifth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in the final at Hampden Park, Glasgow. It remains the record score for the European Cup final. It was Real Madrid's fifth consecutive European Cup title.

The tournament saw the first participation by a Greek club, having withdrawn from the previous season.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cernobbio, Como, Italy, on Monday, 6 July 1959.^[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 26 teams were grouped geographically into two pots. The first two teams drawn in each pot also received byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.

	Pot 1 Northern Europe	Pot 2 Southern Europe
Drawn	France Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Belgium Luxembourg West Germany East Germany Poland Scotland England Finland Sweden	Austria Romania Bulgaria Turkey Czechoslovakia Hungary Greece Italy Portugal Spain
Byes	Sparta Rotterdam	BSC Young Boys
	Boldklubben 1909	Red Star Belgrade

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
Nice	4–3	Shamrock Rovers	3–2	1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	(w/o)1	Kuopion Palloseura	– (Report)(page in German)	– (Report) (page in German)
CDNA Sofia	4–8	Barcelona	2–2	2–6
Wiener Sportclub	2–1	Petrolul Ploieşti	0–0	2–1
Linfield	3–7	IFK Göteborg	2–1	1–6
Jeunesse Esch	6–2	ŁKS Łódź	5–0	1–2
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava	4–1	Porto	2–1	2–0
Olympiacos	3–5	Milan	2–2	1–3
Fenerbahçe	4–3	Csepel	1–1	3–2
Rangers	7–2	Anderlecht	5–2	2–0
Vorwärts Berlin	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	0–2

¹ Kuopion Palloseura withdrew after the draw, Eintracht Frankfurt walkover.

First leg

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Second leg

Wiener Sportclub beat Petrolul Ploieşti 2–1 on aggregate.

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Nice beat Shamrock Rovers 4–3 on aggregate.

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Barcelona beat CDNA Sofia 8–4 on aggregate.

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IFK Göteborg beat Linfield 7–3 on aggregate.

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Jeunesse Esch beat ŁKS Łódź 6–2 on aggregate.

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Milan beat Olympiacos 5–3 on aggregate.

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Fenerbahçe beat Csepel 4–3 on aggregate.

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Rangers beat Anderlecht 7–2 on aggregate.

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Cervena Hviezda Bratislava beat Porto 4–1 on aggregate.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Vorwärts Berlin 3–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	12–2	Jeunesse Esch	7–0	5–2
Boldklubben 1909	2–5	Wiener Sportclub	0–3	2–2
Sparta Rotterdam	4–41	IFK Göteborg	3–1	1–3
Milan	1–7	Barcelona	0–2	1–5
Young Boys	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	1–1
Rangers	5–4	Cervena Hviezda Bratislava	4–3	1–1
Red Star Belgrade	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	0–3
Fenerbahçe	3–32	Nice	2–1	1–2

¹ Sparta Rotterdam beat IFK Göteborg 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.

² Nice beat Fenerbahçe 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid beat Jeunesse Esch 12–2 on aggregate.

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Wiener Sportclub beat Boldklubben 1909 5–2 on aggregate.

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Sparta Rotterdam and IFK Göteborg drew 4–4 on aggregate.

Play-off

Sparta Rotterdam won the play-off 3–1.

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Rangers beat Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 5–4 on aggregate.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Red Star Belgrade 4–1 on aggregate.

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Barcelona beat Milan 7–1 on aggregate.

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Eintracht Frankfurt beat Young Boys 5–2 on aggregate.

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Fenerbahçe and Nice drew 3–3 on aggregate.

Play-off

Nice won the play-off 5–1.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nice	3–6	Real Madrid	3–2	0–4
Barcelona	9–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	5–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Wiener Sportclub	2–1	1–1
Sparta Rotterdam	3–31	Rangers	2–3	1–0

¹ Rangers beat Sparta Rotterdam 3–2 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.

First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid beat Nice 6–3 on aggregate.

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Barcelona beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 9–2 on aggregate.

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Eintracht Frankfurt beat Wiener Sportclub 3–2 on aggregate.

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Sparta Rotterdam and Rangers drew 3–3 on aggregate.

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Rangers won the play-off 3–2.

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	12–4	Rangers	6–1	6–3
Real Madrid	6–2	Barcelona	3–1	3–1

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1959–60 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	12
2	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	8
3	László Kubala	Barcelona	7
4	Ove Ohlsson	IFK Göteborg	6
5	Jacques Foix	Nice	5
	Sándor Kocsis	Barcelona	5
	Erwin Stein	Eintracht Frankfurt	5
8	Sammy Baird	Rangers	4
	Joop Daniels	Sparta Rotterdam	4
	Evaristo	Barcelona	4
	Dieter Lindner	Eintracht Frankfurt	4
	Bobby Mason	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4
	Ian McMillan	Rangers	4
	Erich Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	4
	Victor Nurenberg	Nice	4
	Alfred Pfaff	Eintracht Frankfurt	4
17	Giancarlo Danova	Milan	3
	Jacques Faivre	Nice	3
	Jesús Herrera	Real Madrid	3
	Erich Hof	Wiener Sportclub	3
	Walter Horak	Wiener Sportclub	3
	Eulogio Martínez	Barcelona	3
	Enrique Mateos	Real Madrid	3
	Adolf Scherer	Cervena Hviezda Bratislava	3
	Alex Scott	Rangers	3
	Şeref	Fenerbahçe	3
	Ramón Villaverde	Barcelona	3
	Davie Wilson	Rangers	3

External links

• 1959–60 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1959–60 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
• 1959-60 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1959-60 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1959-60 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1959–60 European Cup

References

1. ↑ Corriere dello Sport, 7 July 1959.

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