The 1960–61 season of the

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club

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tournament was won by Italian club

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in two-legged final victory against Rangers of Scotland. Organised by the

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committee, this tournament's edition was recognised by

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in 1963, after lobbying by the

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. 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, partially due to the low expectations for the new tournament among association football fans, and also to the unofficial nature of this edition.

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was the winner of the 1959 FDGB-Pokal and should naturally have represented

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in the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup. However, the

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(german: Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR) (DFV) found local rival and league runners-up

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to be a more suitable representative of East Germany in the competition. It is a myth that the low number of entrants was due to few countries already having a domestic cup competition: as happened for the first edition of the

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, entrance criteria could be changed by each national federation. Fiorentina entered as runners-up to

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in both

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and

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sent the winners of an unofficial League Cup, and both

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and

enrolled their league runners-up.

Preliminary round

First leg

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Second leg

''Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rudá Hvězda Brno won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Wolverhampton Wanderers won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fiorentina won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Final

First leg

Second leg

''Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.''

References

External links

1960-61 season at UEFA website

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Cup Winners' Cup 1960/61
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Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

See also

References

External links