1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup

1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates 1 August 1960 – 27 May 1961
Teams 10
Final positions
Champions Italy Fiorentina (1st title)
Runners-up Scotland Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 60 (3.33 per match)

The 1960-61 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Italian club Fiorentina in two-legged final victory against Rangers of Scotland.

Organised by the Mitropa Cup committee, this tournament's edition was recognised by UEFA in 1963, after lobbying by the Italian Football Federation.[1] This was the first season that the tournament took place for the winners of each European country's domestic cup, and was the only one to be decided in a two-legged final. Only ten sides entered the competition,[2] partially due to the low expectations for the new tournament among association football fans,[1] and also to the unofficial nature of this edition.

It is a myth that the low number of entrants was due to few countries already having a domestic cup competition:[1] as happened for the first edition of the European Cup, entrance criteria could be changed by each national federation. Fiorentina entered as runners-up to Juventus in both Coppa Italia and Serie A, Czechoslovakia sent the winners of an unofficial League Cup, and both Hungary and East Germany enrolled their league runners-up.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers Scotland 5–4 Hungary Ferencváros 4–2 1–2
Vorwärts Berlin East Germany 2–3 Czechoslovakia Rudá Hvězda Brno 2–1 0–2

First leg

1 August 1960
Rangers Scotland 4 – 2 Hungary Ferencváros
Davis  52'
Millar  57', 86'
Brand  73' 		Report

Report 2

 Orosz  17'
Friedmanszky  79'

Second leg

Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.

Rudá Hvězda Brno won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 0–11 Scotland Rangers 0–3 0–8
FK Austria Wien Austria 2–5 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 0–5
FC Lucerne Switzerland 2–9 Italy Fiorentina 0–3 2–6
Rudá Hvězda Brno Czechoslovakia 0–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 0–2

First leg

23 November 1960
FC Lucerne Switzerland 0 – 3 Italy Fiorentina
Report

Report 2

 Petris  3'
Hamrin  35', 81'

Second leg

30 November 1960
Rangers Scotland 8 – 0 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Baxter  2'
Brand  17', 44', 51'
Pfeiffer  31' (o.g.)
Millar  45', 53'
Davis  65' 		Report

Report 2

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 5–2 on aggregate.

28 December 1960
Fiorentina Italy 6 – 2 Switzerland FC Lucerne
Antoninho  28', 52', 75'
Hamrin  33' (pen.), 46'
Milan  38' 		Report

Report 2

 Frey  43'
Hahn  55'

Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers Scotland 3–1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 1–1
Fiorentina Italy 4–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 1–2

First leg

Second leg

Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.

12 April 1961
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2 – 1 Italy Fiorentina
Matuš  15'
Haraminčić  18' 		Report

Report 2

 Petris  50'

Fiorentina won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

17 May 1961
19:30
Rangers Scotland 0 – 2 Italy Fiorentina
Report

Report 2

 Milan  12', 88'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Second leg

27 May 1961
15:30
Fiorentina Italy 2 – 1 Scotland Rangers
Milan  13'
Hamrin  86' 		Report

Report 2

 Scott  60'
Stadio Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vilmos Hernádi (Hungary)

Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vieli, André, ed. (August 2010). "European Cup Winners' Cup makes its debut" (PDF). uefa.direct (Nyon: Union of European Football Associations) (100): 15. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. ↑ The two German nations and the two major British nations were the sole non-Mitropa members to join the competition.

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