European Champion Clubs' Cup 1959/60
European Champion Clubs' Cup 1959/60 | |
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Cup winners |
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Beginning | August 26, 1959 |
final | May 18, 1960 |
Final stadium | Hampden Park , Glasgow |
Teams | 26th |
Games | 52 |
Gates | 218 (ø 4.19 per game) |
Top scorer |
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← European Champion Clubs' Cup 1958/59 |
The 1959/60 European Champion Clubs' Cup was the 5th edition of the competition. 27 club teams took part, including 26 national champions from the previous season and the defending champions with Real Madrid .
The participants played in a pure cup mode with (except for the finals) back and forth games for the crown of European club football. In the event of a tie, there was a playoff in a neutral place. With the exception of Real Madrid , Red Star Belgrade , Sparta Rotterdam , B 1909 Odense and BSC Young Boys , the clubs had to start in the preliminary round.
The final took place on May 18, 1960 in Hampden Park in Glasgow in front of 135,000 spectators, the highest number of spectators at a European Cup final to date. Real Madrid won 7-3 against Eintracht Frankfurt for the fifth time in a row. Real Madrid's Ferenc Puskás was the top scorer with twelve goals.
Preliminary round
A bye received:
The first leg took place from August 26 to September 30, the second leg from September 16 to October 7, 1959.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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OGC Nice ![]() |
4: 3 |
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3: 2 | 1: 1 |
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
1 |
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ZDNA Sofia ![]() |
4: 8 |
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2: 2 | 2: 6 |
Viennese sports club ![]() |
2: 1 |
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0-0 | 2: 1 |
Linfield FC ![]() |
3: 7 |
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2: 1 | 1: 6 |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() |
6: 2 |
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5-0 | 1: 2 |
Iskra Slovnaft Bratislava ![]() |
4: 1 |
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2: 1 | 2-0 |
Olympiacos Piraeus ![]() |
3: 5 |
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2: 2 | 1: 3 |
Fenerbahçe Istanbul ![]() |
4: 3 |
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1: 1 | 3: 2 |
Glasgow Rangers ![]() |
7: 2 |
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5: 2 | 2-0 |
ASK Forward Berlin ![]() |
2: 3 |
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2: 1 | 0: 2 |
1 round
The first legs took place from October 21 to November 19, the second legs from November 4 to December 3, 1959.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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real Madrid ![]() |
12: 2 |
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7-0 | 5: 2 |
Boldklubben 1909 ![]() |
2: 5 |
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0: 3 | 2: 2 |
Sparta Rotterdam ![]() |
4: 4 |
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3: 1 | 1: 3 |
AC Milan ![]() |
1: 7 |
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0: 2 | 1: 5 |
BSC Young Boys ![]() |
2: 5 |
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1: 4 | 1: 1 |
Glasgow Rangers ![]() |
5: 4 |
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4: 3 | 1: 1 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
1: 4 |
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1: 1 | 0: 3 |
Fenerbahçe Istanbul ![]() |
3: 3 |
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2: 1 | 1: 2 |
Playoffs
The games took place on November 25th / 23rd. December 1959.
Result | ||
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Sparta Rotterdam ![]() |
3: 1 |
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OGC Nice ![]() |
5: 1 |
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Quarter finals
The first legs took place from February 4th to March 9th, the second legs on February 2nd and 16th. March 1960.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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OGC Nice ![]() |
3: 6 |
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3: 2 | 0: 4 |
CF Barcelona ![]() |
9: 2 |
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4-0 | 5: 2 |
Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
3: 2 |
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2: 1 | 1: 1 |
Sparta Rotterdam ![]() |
3: 3 |
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2: 3 | 1-0 |
Playoff
The game took place on March 30, 1960.
Result | ||
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Glasgow Rangers ![]() |
3: 2 |
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Semifinals
The first legs took place from 13./21. April, the second leg on May 5th / 27th April 1960.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Eintracht Frankfurt ![]() |
12: 4 |
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6: 1 | 6: 3 |
real Madrid ![]() |
6: 2 |
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3: 1 | 3: 1 |
final
This game is considered to be one of the best games ever. Sir Bobby Charlton gave the following verdict on the game: "My first thought was, this game is a hoax, edited, a movie because these players did things that are not possible!"
The then Danish UEFA President Ebbe Schwartz on that Endgame: “The best of the five finals so far! That includes two things, which is a credit to unity. ”
The then England international Jimmy Greaves , who followed the game with the England team in Budapest in front of the TV screen, praised: “ We have never seen anything like that. Real was like from another planet. We have followed everything with their mouths open. "
The long-time coach of Manchester United , Alex Ferguson , then the game in Glasgow attended Hampden Park at the age of 18 years. According to his own statement, this game convinced him so much that he decided to pursue the profession of footballer.
The BBC repeats the game every year.
real Madrid | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||||||
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Rogelio Domínguez - Marquitos , José Santamaría , Pachín - José María Zárraga , José María Vidal - Canario , Luis del Sol , Alfredo Di Stéfano , Ferenc Puskás , Francisco Gento Trainer: Miguel Muñoz![]() |
Egon Loy - Friedel Lutz , Hermann Höfer - Hans Weilbächer , Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt , Dieter Stinka - Richard Kreß , Dieter Lindner , Erwin Stein , Alfred Pfaff , Erich Meier Trainer: Paul Oßwald![]() |
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Best goal scorers
rank | player | club | Gates |
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1 |
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real Madrid | 12 |
2 |
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real Madrid | 8th |
3 |
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CF Barcelona | 7th |
4th |
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IFK Gothenburg | 6th |
5 |
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Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 |
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OGC Nice | 5 | |
7th |
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Sparta Rotterdam | 4th |
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CF Barcelona | 4th | |
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CF Barcelona | 4th | |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4th | |
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Eintracht Frankfurt | 4th | |
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OGC Nice | 4th | |
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Eintracht Frankfurt | 4th | |
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Eintracht Frankfurt | 4th | |
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Glasgow Rangers | 4th | |
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Glasgow Rangers | 4th |
See also
literature
- The game of the century: Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid in the European Champions' Cup 1960, AGON, 2004, ISBN 3-89784-248-3
- IFFHS : European Cup Book Series [1], Wiesbaden
Individual evidence
- ↑ Football as if from another planet - one day . Einestages.spiegel.de. May 18, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ↑ Quotes from Jörg Heinisch: The game of the century - Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid in the European championship in 1960. Agon, Kassel, p. 146f.
- ↑ 11 Friends , # 142, page 35.