1960–61 European Cup

The 1960–61 European Cup was the sixth season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Benfica, who beat Barcelona 3–2 in the final at Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, on 31 May 1961.^[1] It was the first time that five-time winners Real Madrid did not make it to the final, when they were knocked out by eventual first-time finalists Barcelona in the first round. Benfica was the first Portuguese team to reach the final and to win the tournament.

1960–61 European Cup

Wankdorf Stadium in Bern hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	29 September 1960 – 31 May 1961
Teams	28 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	164 (3.22 per match)
Attendance	1,647,692 (32,308 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Águas (Benfica) 11 goals
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

For the first time a team from Norway participated. However, again two teams withdrew from the competition after initial draw: Romanian CCA București was fearing a shameful elimination in front of the Czechoslovakians,^[2] while Northern Irish Glenavon and East German Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt were refused visas to the other's country. UEFA authorised neutral venues but Glenavon withdrew due to the higher cost and lower revenue.^[3]

On 9 November 1960, in a first round game against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu Barcelona's Luis Suárez converted penalty to score a 1000th goal in the history of European Cup.

Teams

A total of 28 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated since Romanian CCA București and Northern Irish Glenavon withdrew from the competition.

Spain continued to be represented by two clubs, with Real Madrid qualifying as title holders and Barcelona as Spanish champions. CDNA Sofia appeared in the fifth edition of European Cup, with only Real Madrid having more appearances in the competition.

Lierse, Spartak Hradec Králové, Burnley, IFK Helsingfors, Hamburger SV, Panathinaikos, Limerick, Újpesti Dózsa, Fredrikstad and IFK Malmö made their debut, while Rapid Wien, AGF, Reims, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, Juventus, Ajax, Legia Warsaw, Benfica, CCA București, Heart of Midlothian and Beşiktaş returned to the competition.

All entrants were their respective associations champions, except for title holders Real Madrid, as well as Swedish IFK Malmö^[4] and Polish Legia Warsaw, who were leaders of their respective leagues in spring, but later finished second.

Rapid Wien (1st)	Lierse (1st)	CDNA Sofia (1st)	Spartak Hradec Králové (1st)
AGF (1st)	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1st)	Burnley (1st)	IFK Helsingfors (1st)
Reims (1st)	Panathinaikos (1st)	Újpesti Dózsa (1st)	Juventus (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Ajax (1st)	Glenavon (1st)	Fredrikstad (1st)
Legia Warsaw (2nd)	Benfica (1st)	Limerick (1st)	CCA București (1st)
Heart of Midlothian (1st)	Barcelona (1st)	Real Madrid (2nd)TH	IFK Malmö (2nd)
Young Boys (1st)	Beşiktaş (1st)	Hamburger SV (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

Rapid

Lierse

CDNA Sofia

Spartak

AGF

Burnley

IFK Helsingfors

Reims

Wismut

Hamburg

Panathinaikos

Újpesti Dózsa

Limerick

Juventus

Jeunesse Esch

Ajax

Glenavon

Fredrikstad

Legia Warsaw

Benfica

CCA București

Hearts

Real Madrid

Barcelona

IFK Malmö

Young Boys

Beşiktaş

Red Star

Location of teams in the 1960–61 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place at UEFA headquarters in Paris, France, on 7 July 1960.^[5] 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.

	Pot 1 Northern Europe	Pot 2 Western Europe	Pot 3 Eastern Europe
Drawn	Northern Ireland East Germany Poland Norway Finland Sweden Denmark Netherlands	France Republic of Ireland Belgium Luxembourg Switzerland Scotland Spain Portugal	Austria Romania Bulgaria Turkey Czechoslovakia Hungary Yugoslavia Italy
Byes	Hamburger SV	Burnley	Panathinaikos

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Heart of Midlothian	1–5	Benfica	1–2	0–3
Red Star Belgrade	1–5	Újpesti Dózsa	1–2	0–3
Fredrikstad	4–3	Ajax	4–3	0–0
AGF	3–1	Legia Warsaw	3–0	0–1
Juventus	3–4	CDNA Sofia	2–0	1–4
IFK Helsingfors	2–5	IFK Malmö	1–3	1–2
Rapid Wien	4–1	Beşiktaş	4–0	0–1
Limerick	2–9	Young Boys	0–5	2–4
CCA București	(w/o)[a]	Spartak Hradec Králové	–	–
Glenavon	(w/o)[b]	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	–	–
Reims	11–1	Jeunesse Esch	6–1	5–0
Barcelona	5–0	Lierse	2–0	3–0

First leg

Limerick	0–5	Young Boys
	Report	Wechselberger 54', 88' Schneider 70' Dürr 76' Meier 82'

31 August 1960

Thomond Park, Limerick

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

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Fredrikstad	4–3	Ajax
Olsen 35' Kristoffersen 48' Pedersen 59' Borgen 70'	Report	C. Groot 26', 75' Swart 37'

31 August 1960

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

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IFK Helsingfors	1–3	IFK Malmö
Nevalainen 64'	Report	Olofsson 12' Ljung 41' Borg 60'

1 September 1960

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 1,555

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

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Reims	6–1	Jeunesse Esch
Vincent 4' Rustichelli 16' Dubaële 38', 59', 64' Piantoni 85'	Report	Meurisse 87'

7 September 1960

Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims

Attendance: 8,150

Referee: Reidar Randers-Johansen (Norway)

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Rapid Wien	4–0	Beşiktaş
Akı 9' (o.g.) Dienst 20' Glechner 86' (pen.) Bertalan 90'	Report

14 September 1960

20:30 CET

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)

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AGF	3–0	Legia Warsaw
Amdisen 32' Kjær 51' Jensen 75'	Report

21 September 1960

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus

Attendance: 10,268

Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

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Juventus	2–0	CDNA Sofia
Lojodice 5' Sívori 24'	Report

21 September 1960

22:30 CET

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 20,168^[6]

Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

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Red Star Belgrade	1–2	Újpesti Dózsa
Toplak 17'	Report	Göröcs 38' Kuharszki 68'

28 September 1960

16:00 CET

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

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Barcelona	2–0	Lierse
Czibor 47' Luis Suárez 73'	Report

28 September 1960

21:30 CET

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 42,068

Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

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Heart of Midlothian	1–2	Benfica
Young 80'	Report	Águas 36' José Augusto 74'

29 September 1960

21:30 CET

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Attendance: 29,500

Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Second leg

Ajax	0–0	Fredrikstad
	Report

7 September 1960

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Fredrikstad won 4–3 on aggregate.

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IFK Malmö	2–1	IFK Helsingfors
Lundqvist 22' Ljung 28'	Report	Kivelä 30'

28 September 1960

Malmö IP, Malmö

Attendance: 5,202

Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Beşiktaş	1–0	Rapid Wien
Özataç 11'	Report

28 September 1960

14:30 CET

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Attendance: 17,268

Referee: Kostadin Dinov (Bulgaria)

Rapid Wien won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Legia Warsaw	1–0	AGF
Nowak 29'	Report

5 October 1960

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Attendance: 10,642^[7]

Referee: Leopold Horn (Netherlands)

AGF won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Jeunesse Esch	0–5	Reims
	Report	Vincent 50' Moreau 58' Heinen 60' (o.g.) Rustichelli 63', 69'

5 October 1960

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 7,265

Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Reims won 11–1 on aggregate.

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Lierse	0–3	Barcelona
	Report	Villaverde 7' Evaristo 26', 77'

5 October 1960

19:30 CET

Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht

Attendance: 19,110

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Barcelona won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Benfica	3–0	Heart of Midlothian
Águas 7', 60' José Augusto 49'	Report

5 October 1960

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 30,122

Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Young Boys	4–2	Limerick
Allemann 40' Schneider 68', 72' Dürr 81'	Report	Lynam 36' O'Reilly 75'

5 October 1960

20:15 CET

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Young Boys won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Újpesti Dózsa	3–0	Red Star Belgrade
Borsányi 74' Pataki 77' Göröcs 88'	Report

12 October 1960

16:00 CET

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Julian Mytnik (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 5–1 on aggregate.

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CDNA Sofia	4–1	Juventus
Kovachev 20', 57' Panayotov 67' Tsanev 80'	Report	Nicolè 89'

12 October 1960

18:00 CET

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 31,629^[8]

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

CDNA Sofia won 4–3 on aggregate.

Bracket

	First round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Benfica	6	1	7
	Újpesti Dózsa	2	2	4
							Benfica	3	4	7
							AGF	1	1	2
	AGF	3	1	4
	Fredrikstad	0	0	0
													Benfica	3	1	4
													Rapid Wien	0	1	1
	Rapid Wien	3	0	3 (1)
	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	1	2	3 (0)
							Rapid Wien	2	2	4
							IFK Malmö	0	0	0
	IFK Malmö	1	1	2
	CDNA Sofia	0	1	1
																			Benfica	3
																			Barcelona	2
	Real Madrid	2	1	3
	Barcelona	2	2	4
							Barcelona	4	1	5
							Spartak Hradec Králové	0	1	1
	Spartak Hradec Králové	1	0	1
	Panathinaikos	0	0	0
													Barcelona	1	1	2 (1)
													Hamburger SV	0	2	2 (0)
	Burnley	2	2	4
	Reims	0	3	3
							Burnley	3	1	4
							Hamburger SV	1	4	5
	Young Boys	0	3	3
	Hamburger SV	5	3	8

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Benfica	7–4	Újpesti Dózsa	6–2	1–2
AGF	4–0	Fredrikstad	3–0	1–0
Rapid Wien	3–3	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	3–1	0–2	1–0
IFK Malmö	2–1	CDNA Sofia	1–0	1–1
Real Madrid	3–4	Barcelona	2–2	1–2
Spartak Hradec Králové	1–0	Panathinaikos	1–0	0–0
Burnley	4–3	Reims	2–0	2–3
Young Boys	3–8	Hamburger SV	0–5	3–3

First leg

AGF	3–0	Fredrikstad
Amdisen 70' Overby 85' Jensen 86'	Report

19 October 1960

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus

Attendance: 9,123^[9]

Referee: Erik Johansson (Sweden)

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IFK Malmö	1–0	CDNA Sofia
Karlsson 79'	Report

2 November 1960

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 7,707

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Germany)

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Young Boys	0–5	Hamburger SV
	Report	Stürmer 24', 52' Seeler 34', 39' Neisner 72'

2 November 1960

20:15 CET

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

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Benfica	6–2	Újpesti Dózsa
Cavém 1' Águas 6', 28' José Augusto 12', 87' Santana 16'	Report	Göröcs 69' Szusza 77'

6 November 1960

16:00 CET

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)

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Spartak Hradec Králové	1–0	Panathinaikos
Šonka 89'	Report

6 November 1960

Všesportovní stadion, Hradec Králové

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

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Rapid Wien	3–1	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Dienst 3' Milanović 52' Hanappi 61'	Report	Wagner 16'

9 November 1960

19:30 CET

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)

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Real Madrid	2–2	Barcelona
Mateos 3' Gento 33'	Report	Luis Suárez 27', 87' (pen.)

9 November 1960

20:30 CET

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 84,358

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

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Burnley	2–0	Reims
Robson 1' McIlroy 22'	Report

16 November 1960

20:30 CET

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 37,404

Referee: José González Echevarría (Spain)

Second leg

Fredrikstad	0–1	AGF
	Report	Overby 49'

26 October 1960

Bislett Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 10,334

Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

AGF won 4–0 on aggregate.

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CDNA Sofia	1–1	IFK Malmö
Tsanev 21'	Report	Olofsson 52'

13 November 1960

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

IFK Malmö won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–0	Rapid Wien
Bamberger 49' Zink 62'	Report

23 November 1960

14:00 CET

Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, Aue

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Rapid Wien 3–3 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt on aggregate; play-off needed.

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Barcelona	2–1	Real Madrid
Vergés 33' Evaristo 82'	Report	Canário 87'

23 November 1960

21:00 CET

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 90,000^[10]

Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Barcelona won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Hamburger SV	3–3	Young Boys
Stürmer 13' Dörfel 72' Walker 86' (o.g.)	Report	Bigler 21' (pen.) Meier 25' Schneiter 48'

27 November 1960

17:30 CET

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Hamburger SV won 8–3 on aggregate.

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Újpesti Dózsa	2–1	Benfica
Halapi 55' Szusza 61'	Report	Santana 5'

30 November 1960

17:30 CET

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 35,000^[11]

Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Benfica won 7–4 on aggregate.

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Reims	3–2	Burnley
Piantoni 50' Rodzik 56', 75'	Report	Robson 33' Connelly 57'

30 November 1960

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 36,831

Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Burnley won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos	0–0	Spartak Hradec Králové
	Report

7 December 1960

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

Spartak Hradec Králové won 1–0 on aggregate.

Play-off

Rapid Wien	1–0	Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Flögel 4'	Report

21 December 1960

20:30 CET

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Rapid Wien won play-off 1–0.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica	7–2	AGF	3–1	4–1
Rapid Wien	4–0	IFK Malmö	2–0	2–0
Barcelona	5–1	Spartak Hradec Králové	4–0	1–1
Burnley	4–5	Hamburger SV	3–1	1–4

First leg

Burnley	3–1	Hamburger SV
Pilkington 7', 59' Robson 72'	Report	Dörfel 75'

18 January 1961

20:30 CET

Turf Moor, Burnley

Attendance: 46,237

Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

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Barcelona	4–0	Spartak Hradec Králové
Tejada 11', 64' Evaristo 39' Kubala 90' (pen.)	Report

8 March 1961

21:00 CET

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

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Benfica	3–1	AGF
Águas 20', 58' José Augusto 49' (pen.)	Report	Amdisen 51'

8 March 1961

22:30 CET

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 57,100^[12]

Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

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Rapid Wien	2–0	IFK Malmö
Dienst 44' Bertalan 87'	Report

22 March 1961

19:30 CET

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

Second leg

Spartak Hradec Králové	1–1	Barcelona
Zikán 33'	Report	Luis Suárez 23'

15 March 1961

15:00 CET

Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Barcelona won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Hamburger SV	4–1	Burnley
Stürmer 8' Seeler 42', 61' Dörfel 57'	Report	Harris 55'

15 March 1961

16:30 CET

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 74,000^[13]

Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Hamburger SV won 5–4 on aggregate.

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AGF	1–4	Benfica
Jensen 75'	Report	José Augusto 1', 43' Águas 23' Santana 76'

30 March 1961

13:30 CET

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus

Attendance: 22,577^[14]

Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 7–2 on aggregate.

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IFK Malmö	0–2	Rapid Wien
	Report	Bertalan 38' Flögel 83'

3 April 1961

13:30 CET

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 18,842

Referee: Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Rapid Wien won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Benfica	4–1	Rapid Wien	3–0	1–1[c]
Barcelona	2–2	Hamburger SV	1–0	1–2	1–0

First leg

Barcelona	1–0	Hamburger SV
Evaristo 46'	Report

12 April 1961

21:00 CET

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

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Benfica	3–0	Rapid Wien
Coluna 19' Águas 24' Cavém 61'	Report

26 April 1961

22:45 CET

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Second leg

Hamburger SV	2–1	Barcelona
Wulf 58' Seeler 68'	Report	Kocsis 90'

26 April 1961

17:30 CET

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 71,000

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Barcelona 2–2 Hamburger SV on aggregate; play-off needed.

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Rapid Wien	1–1	Benfica
Skocik 71'	Report	Águas 66'

4 May 1961

19:30 CET

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 63,000

Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Benfica won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

Barcelona	1–0	Hamburger SV
Evaristo 42'	Report

3 May 1961

17:00 CET

Heysel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Barcelona won play-off 1–0.

Final

Main article: 1961 European Cup final

Benfica	3–2	Barcelona
Águas 31' Ramallets 32' (o.g.) Coluna 55'	Report	Kocsis 21' Czibor 75'

31 May 1961

20:00 CET

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 26,732

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1960–61 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Águas	Benfica	11
2	José Augusto	Benfica	7
3	Evaristo	Barcelona	6
4	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	5
5	Klaus Stürmer	Hamburger SV	4
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
7	John Amdisen	AGF	3
	Josef Bertalan	Rapid Wien
	Robert Dienst	Rapid Wien
	Charly Dörfel	Hamburger SV
	Claude Dubaële	Reims
	János Göröcs	Újpesti Dózsa
	John Jensen	AGF
	Jimmy Robson	Burnley
	Dominique Rustichelli	Reims
	Santana	Benfica
	Willy Schneider	Young Boys

Notes

1. Following Romania's national team loss with 5–0 on aggregate against Czechoslovakia in the 1960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals, when the communist authorities saw that CCA București had to play with the champion of Czechoslovakia in the European Cup, they withdrew the team from the competition, fearing a shameful elimination in front of the Czechoslovakians.^[2]
2. Each team was refused visas to the other's country. UEFA authorised neutral venues but Glenavon withdrew due to the higher cost and lower revenue.^[3]
3. Game abandoned with two minutes to play due to crowd riots and pitch invasion.