1959–60 European Cup

The 1959–60 European Cup was the fifth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in the final at Hampden Park, Glasgow. It remains the record score for the European Cup final. It was Real Madrid's fifth consecutive European Cup title. It was also the first time that a German team, Eintracht Frankfurt, reached the final.

1959–60 European Cup
Hampden Park in Glasgow hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates26 August 1959 – 18 May 1960
Teams27 (26 competed)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (5th title)
Runners-up Eintracht Frankfurt
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored218 (4.19 per match)
Attendance2,355,568 (45,299 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ferenc Puskás (12 goals)

The tournament saw the first participation by a Greek club, having withdrawn from the previous season.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cernobbio, Como, Italy, on 6 July 1959.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 26 teams were grouped geographically into two pots. The first two teams drawn in each pot also received byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.

Pot 1
Northern Europe		 Pot 2
Southern Europe
Drawn

France
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Belgium
Luxembourg
West Germany
East Germany
Poland
Scotland
England
Finland
Sweden

Austria
Romania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Spain

Byes

Sparta Rotterdam

BSC Young Boys

Boldklubben 1909

Red Star Belgrade

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nice 4–3 Shamrock Rovers 3–2 1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt (w/o)1 Kuopion Palloseura – –
CDNA Sofia 4–8 Barcelona 2–2 2–6
Wiener Sportclub 2–1 Petrolul Ploiești 0–0 2–1
Linfield 3–7 IFK Göteborg 2–1 1–6
Jeunesse Esch 6–2 ŁKS Łódź 5–0 1–2
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 4–1 Porto 2–1 2–0
Olympiacos 3–5 Milan 2–2 1–3
Fenerbahçe 4–3 Csepel 1–1 3–2
Rangers 7–2 Anderlecht 5–2 2–0
ASK Vorwärts Berlin 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 0–2

1 Kuopion Palloseura withdrew after the draw, Eintracht Frankfurt walkover.

First leg
Nice 3–2 Shamrock Rovers
Foix 18', 63'
Nurenberg 36'		 Report Turner 29'
Hamilton 76'
Attendance: 13,369
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
CDNA Sofia 2–2 Barcelona
Rakarov 16'
Kolev 80'		 Report Segarra 30'
Martínez 61'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: John Clough (England)
Wiener Sportclub 0–0 Petrolul Ploiești
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Linfield 2–1 IFK Göteborg
Milburn 23', 30' Report Johansson 38'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)
Jeunesse Esch 5–0 ŁKS Łódź
Theis 6'
May 24'
Schaak 55'
Meurisse 80', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 2–1 Porto
Gajdoš 25'
Scherer 77'		 Report Teixeira 32'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)
Olympiacos 2–2 Milan
Papazoglou 20'
Yfantis 44'		 Report Altafini 33', 72'
Attendance: 20,954
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Fenerbahçe 1–1 Csepel
Bartu 73' Report Kisuczky 1'
Attendance: 26,432
Rangers 5–2 Anderlecht
Millar 1'
Scott 2'
Matthew 50'
Baird 65', 73'		 Report Stockman 52'
Dewael 64'
Attendance: 69,423
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
ASK Vorwärts Berlin 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nöldner 24'
Kohle 29'		 Report Broadbent 15'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Second leg
Petrolul Ploiești 1–2 Wiener Sportclub
Bădulescu 55' Report Horak 23', 28'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)

Wiener Sportclub won 2–1 on aggregate.

Shamrock Rovers 1–1 Nice
Hennessy 16' Report Faivre 32'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

Nice won 4–3 on aggregate.

Barcelona 6–2 CDNA Sofia
Kubala 6', 11', 45' (pen.)
Evaristo 39', 68', 78'		 Report Milanov 24'
Martinov 57'
Attendance: 80,000

Barcelona won 8–4 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg 6–1 Linfield
Ohlsson 17', 18', 50', 62', 80'
Johansson 48'		 Report Dickson 19'
Attendance: 10,475
Referee: Erich Asmussen (West Germany)

IFK Göteborg won 7–3 on aggregate.

ŁKS Łódź 2–1 Jeunesse Esch
Szymborski 61' (pen.), 85' Report Jann 42'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gösta Ackerborn (Sweden)

Jeunesse Esch won 6–2 on aggregate.

Milan 3–1 Olympiacos
Danova 12', 26', 85' Report Psychos 68'
Attendance: 19,894
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

Csepel 2–3 Fenerbahçe
Ughy 10'
Németh 34'		 Report Küçükandonyadis 22'
Has 47'
Kalkavan 53'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Zivko Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 0–2 Rangers
Report Matthew 67'
McMillan 72'
Attendance: 27,076

Rangers won 7–2 on aggregate.

Porto 0–2 Cervena Hviezda Bratislava
Report Kačáni 65'
Dolinský 80'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Cervena Hviezda Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 ASK Vorwärts Berlin
Mason 60'
Broadbent 75'		 Report
Attendance: 55,547[2]
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid 12–2 Jeunesse Esch 7–0 5–2
Boldklubben 1909 2–5 Wiener Sportclub 0–3 2–2
Sparta Rotterdam 4–41 IFK Göteborg 3–1 1–3
Milan 1–7 Barcelona 0–2 1–5
Young Boys 2–5 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–4 1–1
Rangers 5–4 Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 4–3 1–1
Red Star Belgrade 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 0–3
Fenerbahçe 3–32 Nice 2–1 1–2

1 Sparta Rotterdam won 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.

2 Nice won 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg
Real Madrid 7–0 Jeunesse Esch
Di Stéfano 25'
Puskás 34', 62', 83'
Herrera 43', 77'
Mateos 53'		 Report
Attendance: 59,447
Boldklubben 1909 0–3 Wiener Sportclub
Report Knoll 62', 75'
Horak 82'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Wlodzmierz Storoniak (Poland)
Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 IFK Göteborg
Daniels 23', 38', 48' Report Jonsson 81'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Milan 0–2 Barcelona
Report Vergés 12'
Suárez 15'
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)
Young Boys 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt
Eugen Meier 23' Report Weilbächer 4'
Stein 72'
Bäumler 76' (pen.)
Meier 82'
Attendance: 33,322[3]
Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui (Spain)
Rangers 4–3 Cervena Hviezda Bratislava
McMillan 1'
Scott 43'
Wilson 73'
Millar 90'		 Report Scherer 16', 68'
Dolinský 29'
Attendance: 80,000
Red Star Belgrade 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kostić 37' Report Deeley 29'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)
Fenerbahçe 2–1 Nice
Bartu 37'
Has 80'		 Report Milazzo 40'
Attendance: 29,656
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Second leg
Jeunesse Esch 2–5 Real Madrid
Theis 10'
Schaak 15'		 Report Vidal 13'
Mateos 18', 31'
Di Stéfano 25'
Puskás 29'
Attendance: 20,000

Real Madrid won 12–2 on aggregate.

Wiener Sportclub 2–2 Boldklubben 1909
Hof 46', 55' Report Bassett 40'
Berg 52'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

Wiener Sportclub won 5–2 on aggregate.

IFK Göteborg 3–1 Sparta Rotterdam
Ohlsson 38'
Hellmér 56' (pen.)
Johansson 69'		 Report Schilder 73'
Attendance: 6,881
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

Sparta Rotterdam and IFK Göteborg drew 4–4 on aggregate.

Play-off
Sparta Rotterdam 3–1 IFK Göteborg
Bosselaar 3'
Crossan 23'
Daniels 65'		 Report Berndtsson 35'
Attendance: 8,000[4]
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Sparta Rotterdam won the play-off 3–1.

Cervena Hviezda Bratislava 1–1 Rangers
Tichý 89' Report Scott 69'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Red Star Belgrade
Murray 8'
Mason 85', 89'		 Report
Attendance: 55,519
Referee: Erich Asmussen (West Germany)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.

Barcelona 5–1 Milan
Kubala 10', 32', 69'
Segarra 19'
Czibor 65'		 Report Ferrario 38'
Attendance: 70,000

Barcelona won 7–1 on aggregate.

Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Young Boys
Bäumler 68' Report Schneider 90'
Attendance: 30,800[5]
Referee: José Blanco Pérez (Spain)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–2 on aggregate.

Nice 2–1 Fenerbahçe
Foix 62'
Faivre 76'		 Report Küçükandonyadis 83'
Attendance: 15,824
Referee: Martin Macko (Czechoslovakia)

Fenerbahçe and Nice drew 3–3 on aggregate.

Play-off
Nice 5–1 Fenerbahçe
Foix 7', 63'
Milazzo 17'
Faivre 31'
De Bourgoing 59'		 Report Has 47'
Attendance: 9,166
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Nice won the play-off 5–1.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nice 3–6 Real Madrid 3–2 0–4
Barcelona 9–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 5–2
Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 Wiener Sportclub 2–1 1–1
Sparta Rotterdam 3–31 Rangers 2–3 1–0

1 Rangers won 3–2 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.

First leg
Nice 3–2 Real Madrid
Nurenberg 54', 67' (pen.), 72' Report Herrera 15'
Rial 30'
Attendance: 21,422
Referee: Abel da Costa (Portugal)
Barcelona 4–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villaverde 8', 80'
Kubala 16'
Evaristo 65'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Wiener Sportclub
Lindner 15'
Meier 60'		 Report Skerlan 50'
Attendance: 32,867[6]
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)
Sparta Rotterdam 2–3 Rangers
De Vries 41', 87' Report Wilson 4'
Haggarty 36'
Murray 63'
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)

Second leg
Real Madrid 4–0 Nice
Pepillo 21'
Gento 40'
Di Stéfano 45'
Puskás 51'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Eduardo Rosa Gouveia (Portugal)

Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–5 Barcelona
Murray 35'
Mason 78'		 Report Kocsis 29', 44', 49', 74'
Villaverde 85'
Attendance: 55,535
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Barcelona won 9–2 on aggregate.

Wiener Sportclub 1–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Hof 31' Report Stein 59'
Attendance: 47,423[7]
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rangers 0–1 Sparta Rotterdam
Report Van Ede 82'
Attendance: 85,000

Sparta Rotterdam and Rangers drew 3–3 on aggregate.

Rangers 3–2 Sparta Rotterdam
Verhoeven 28' (o.g.)
Haggarty 57'
Van der Lee 64' (o.g.)		 Report Verhoeven 6'
Bosselaar 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,178

Rangers won the play-off 3–2.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Eintracht Frankfurt 12–4 Rangers 6–1 6–3
Real Madrid 6–2 Barcelona 3–1 3–1

First leg
Eintracht Frankfurt 6–1 Rangers
Stinka 29'
Pfaff 51', 55'
Lindner 73', 84'
Stein 86'		 Report Caldow 31' (pen.)
Attendance: 75,069[8]
Referee: Gösta Lindberg (Sweden)
Real Madrid 3–1 Barcelona
Di Stéfano 17', 84'
Puskás 28'		 Report Martínez 37'
Attendance: 120,000

Second leg
Barcelona 1–3 Real Madrid
Kocsis 89' Report Puskás 25', 75'
Gento 68'
Attendance: 80,000
Rangers 3–6 Eintracht Frankfurt
McMillan 10', 54'
Wilson 74'		 Report Lindner 6'
Pfaff 20', 88'
Kreß 28'
Meier 58', 71'
Attendance: 68,578[9]
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Final
Main article: 1960 European Cup Final
Real Madrid 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Di Stéfano 27', 30', 73'
Puskás 46', 56' (pen.), 60', 71'		 Report Kreß 18'
Stein 72', 75'
Attendance: 127,621
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1959–60 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 12
2 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 8
3 László Kubala Barcelona 7
4 Owe Ohlsson IFK Göteborg 6
5 Jacques Foix Nice 5
Sándor Kocsis Barcelona 5
Erwin Stein Eintracht Frankfurt 5
8 Sammy Baird Rangers 4
Joop Daniels Sparta Rotterdam 4
Evaristo Barcelona 4
Dieter Lindner Eintracht Frankfurt 4
Bobby Mason Wolverhampton Wanderers 4
Ian McMillan Rangers 4
Erich Meier Eintracht Frankfurt 4
Victor Nurenberg Nice 4
Alfred Pfaff Eintracht Frankfurt 4

References
  1. Corriere dello Sport, 7 July 1959.
  2. "Wolverhampton Wanderers v ASK Vorwärts Berlin, 7 October 1959". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. "Young Boys v Eintracht Frankfurt, 4 November 1959". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  4. "Sparta Rotterdam v IFK Göteborg, 25 November 1959". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  5. "Eintracht Frankfurt v Young Boys, 25 November 1959". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  6. "Eintracht Frankfurt v Wiener Sportclub, 3 March 1960". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. "Wiener Sportclub v Eintracht Frankfurt, 16 March 1960". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  8. "Eintracht Frankfurt v Rangers, 13 April 1960". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  9. "Rangers v Eintracht Frankfurt, 5 May 1960". UEFA.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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