The 1960–61 European Cup was the sixth season of the
European Cup
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,
UEFA's premier club
football
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tournament. The competition was won by
Benfica, who won 3–2 in the final against
Barcelona, who had knocked out Spanish rivals
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
, 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 Thursday, 7 July 1960.
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, 8 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.
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
First leg
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Second leg
''Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.''
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''Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Stade Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.''
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''Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.''
Bracket
First round
1 Rapid Wien beat Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the second round.
First leg
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Second leg
''Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.''
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''AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–3 Rapid Wien on aggregate.''
''Rapid Wien won 1–0 in a play-off.''
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''IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''Hamburg won 8–3 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.''
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''Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.''
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''Hamburg won 5–4 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
1 Barcelona beat Hamburg 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the final.
First leg
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Second leg
Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.
''Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Hamburg 2–2 Barcelona on aggregate.''
''Barcelona won 1–0 in play-off.''
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1960–61 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:
References
External links
1960–61 All matches – season at UEFA website
* All scorers 1960–61 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
protocols UEFA
– results and line-ups (archive)
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1960–61 in European football
European Champion Clubs' Cup seasons