1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1960–61 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Italian club Fiorentina in two-legged final victory against Rangers of Scotland.

1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates1 August 1960 – 27 May 1961
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Fiorentina (1st title)
Runners-upScotland Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored60 (3.33 per match)
Attendance511,459 (28,414 per match)

Organised by the Mitropa Cup committee, this tournament's edition was recognised by UEFA in 1963, after lobbying by the Italian Football Federation.[1] 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,[2] partially due to the low expectations for the new tournament among association football fans,[1] and also to the unofficial nature of this edition.

SC Dynamo Berlin was the winner of the 1959 FDGB-Pokal and should naturally have represented East Germany in the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup. However, the German Football Association of the GDR (German: Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR) (DFV) found local rival and league runners-up ASK Vorwärts Berlin to be a more suitable representative of East Germany in the competition.[3]

It is a myth that the low number of entrants was due to few countries already having a domestic cup competition:[1] as happened for the first edition of the European Cup, entrance criteria could be changed by each national federation. Fiorentina entered as runners-up to Juventus in both Coppa Italia and Serie A, Czechoslovakia sent the winners of an unofficial League Cup, and both Hungary and East Germany enrolled their league runners-up.

Bracket
Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 0 0
Scotland Rangers 4 1 5 Scotland Rangers 3 8 11
Hungary Ferencváros 2 2 4 Scotland Rangers 2 1 3
England Wolverhampton 0 1 1
Austria Austria Wien 2 0 2
England Wolverhampton 0 5 5
Scotland Rangers 0 1 1
Italy Fiorentina 2 2 4
Switzerland FC Luzern 0 2 2
Italy Fiorentina 3 6 9
Italy Fiorentina 3 1 4
East Germany ASK Vorwärts Berlin 2 0 2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 0 2 2
Czech Republic Rudá Hvězda Brno 1 2 3 Czech Republic Rudá Hvězda Brno 0 0 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 0 2 2

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers Scotland 5–4 Hungary Ferencváros 4–2 1–2
ASK Vorwärts Berlin East Germany 2–3 Czechoslovakia Rudá Hvězda Brno 2–1 0–2

First leg
Rangers Scotland4–2Hungary Ferencváros
Davis 52'
Millar 57', 86'
Brand 73'		 Report Orosz 17'
Friedmanszky 79'
Attendance: 36,024
Referee: Václav Korelus
ASK Vorwärts Berlin East Germany2–1Czechoslovakia Rudá Hvězda Brno
Kohle 42'
Nöldner 48'		 Report Bubník 77'
Attendance: 8,000

Second leg
Ferencváros Hungary2–1Scotland Rangers
Orosz 18'
Friedmanszky 48'		 Report Wilson 61'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erich Steiner

Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.

Rudá Hvězda Brno Czechoslovakia2–0East Germany ASK Vorwärts Berlin
Bubník 31'
Koláček 43'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000

Rudá Hvězda Brno won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 0–11 Scotland Rangers 0–3 0–8
Austria Wien Austria 2–5 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 0–5
FC Lucerne Switzerland 2–9 Italy Fiorentina 0–3 2–6
Rudá Hvězda Brno Czechoslovakia 0–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 0–2

First leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany0–3Scotland Rangers
Report Millar 23'
Scott 25'
McMillan 58'
Attendance: 45,000
Austria Wien Austria2–0England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Riegler 71'
Huschek 86'		 Report
Attendance: 23,000
FC Lucerne Switzerland0–3Italy Fiorentina
Report Petris 3'
Hamrin 35', 81'
Attendance: 11,000
Rudá Hvězda Brno Czechoslovakia0–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 7,000

Second leg
Rangers Scotland8–0West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Baxter 2'
Brand 17', 44', 51'
Pfeiffer 31' (o.g.)
Millar 45', 53'
Davis 65'		 Report
Attendance: 38,174

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers England5–0Austria Austria Wien
Kirkham 1', 26'
Mason 35'
Broadbent 70', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 31,699

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 5–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina Italy6–2Switzerland FC Lucerne
Antoninho 28', 52', 75'
Hamrin 33' (pen.), 46'
Milan 38'		 Report Frey 43'
Hahn 55'
Attendance: 5,000

Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Czechoslovakia Rudá Hvězda Brno
Matuš 10'
Jerković 15'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000

Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rangers Scotland 3–1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 1–1
Fiorentina Italy 4–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 1–2

First leg
Rangers Scotland2–0England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Scott 33'
Brand 84'		 Report
Attendance: 79,229
Referee: Cesare Jonni
Fiorentina Italy3–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Antoninho 40'
da Costa 69'
Petris 80'		 Report
Attendance: 3,200

Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers England1–1Scotland Rangers
Broadbent 65' Report Scott 45'
Attendance: 45,163

Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–1Italy Fiorentina
Matuš 15'
Haraminčić 18'		 Report Petris 50'
Attendance: 20,000

Fiorentina won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1961 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

First leg
Rangers Scotland0–2Italy Fiorentina
Report Milan 12', 88'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Second leg
Fiorentina Italy2–1Scotland Rangers
Milan 13'
Hamrin 86'		 Report Scott 60'
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Vilmos Hernádi (Hungary)

Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.

See also

References
  1. Vieli, André, ed. (August 2010). "European Cup Winners' Cup makes its debut" (PDF). uefa.direct. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations (100): 15. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. The two German nations and the two major British nations were the sole non-Mitropa members to join the competition.
  3. Luther, Jörn; Willmann, Frank (2003). BFC Dynamo – Der Meisterclub (in German) (1st ed.). Berlin: Das Neue Berlin. p. 28. ISBN 3-360-01227-5.
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