The 1960–61 season of the
European Cup Winners' Cup club
football
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tournament was won by Italian club
Fiorentina
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in two-legged final victory against
Rangers of Scotland.
Organised by the
Mitropa Cup committee, this tournament's edition was recognised by
UEFA
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in 1963, after lobbying by the
Italian Football Federation
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It manages a ...
.
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.
SC Dynamo Berlin
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was the winner of the
1959 FDGB-Pokal and should naturally have represented
East Germany
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in the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup. However, the
German Football Association of the GDR () (DFV) found
army-sponsored local rival and league runners-up
ASK Vorwärts Berlin 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
European Cup
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, entrance criteria could be changed by each national federation. Fiorentina entered as runners-up to
Juventus
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in both
Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since.
Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
and
Serie A
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,
Czechoslovakia
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sent the winners of an unofficial League Cup, and both
Hungary
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and
East Germany
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enrolled their league runners-up.
Teams
Bracket
Qualifying phase
Preliminary round
Summary
Matches
''Rudá Hvězda Brno won 3–2 on aggregate.''
----
''Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.''
Tournament phase
Quarter-finals
Summary
Matches
''Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Wolverhampton Wanderers won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.''
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''Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
Summary
Matches
''Fiorentina won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Final
Summary
Matches
''Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.''
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:
See also
*
1960–61 European Cup
*
1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
References
External links
1960-61 season at UEFA website*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20141129015317/http://www.sharkscores.com/Cups/Default.aspx?id=375&season=1960%2F1961 Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1960-61 – results, protocols* website History Eurocup (Russian
Cup Winners' Cup 1960/61- protocols games
* website RS Football Archiv
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons