European Champion Clubs' Cup 1959/60

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1959/60
Cup winners	Real Madrid (5th title)
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	Ferenc Puskás (12)
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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:

•  Sparta Rotterdam
•  BSC Young Boys
•  Red Star Belgrade
•  Boldklubben 1909

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
OGC Nice	4: 3	Shamrock Rovers	3: 2	1: 1
Eintracht Frankfurt	1	Kuopion PS
ZDNA Sofia	4: 8	CF Barcelona	2: 2	2: 6
Viennese sports club	2: 1	Petrolul Ploiesti	0-0	2: 1
Linfield FC	3: 7	IFK Gothenburg	2: 1	1: 6
Jeunesse Esch	6: 2	ŁKS Łódź	5-0	1: 2
Iskra Slovnaft Bratislava	4: 1	FC Porto	2: 1	2-0
Olympiacos Piraeus	3: 5	AC Milan	2: 2	1: 3
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	4: 3	Csepeli SC	1: 1	3: 2
Glasgow Rangers	7: 2	RSC Anderlecht	5: 2	2-0
ASK Forward Berlin	2: 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2: 1	0: 2

¹ KuPS Kuopio withdrew its registration.

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
real Madrid	12: 20	Jeunesse Esch	7-0	5: 2
Boldklubben 1909	2: 5	Viennese sports club	0: 3	2: 2
Sparta Rotterdam	4: 4	IFK Gothenburg	3: 1	1: 3
AC Milan	1: 7	CF Barcelona	0: 2	1: 5
BSC Young Boys	2: 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	1: 4	1: 1
Glasgow Rangers	5: 4	Iskra Slovnaft Bratislava	4: 3	1: 1
Red Star Belgrade	1: 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 1	0: 3
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	3: 3	OGC Nice	2: 1	1: 2

Playoffs

The games took place on November 25th / 23rd. December 1959.

	Result
Sparta Rotterdam	3: 1	IFK Gothenburg
OGC Nice	5: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul

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
OGC Nice	3: 6	real Madrid	3: 2	0: 4
CF Barcelona	9: 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4-0	5: 2
Eintracht Frankfurt	3: 2	Viennese sports club	2: 1	1: 1
Sparta Rotterdam	3: 3	Glasgow Rangers	2: 3	1-0

Playoff

The game took place on March 30, 1960.

	Result
Glasgow Rangers	3: 2	Sparta Rotterdam

Semifinals

The first legs took place from 13./21. April, the second leg on May 5th / 27th April 1960.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	12: 40	Glasgow Rangers	6: 1	6: 3
real Madrid	6: 2	CF Barcelona	3: 1	3: 1

final

→ Main article : Final of the 1960 European Cup

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
	final May 18, 1960 in Glasgow ( Hampden Park ) Result: 7: 3 (3: 1) Spectators: 135,000 Referee: John Mowat ( Scotland )
	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
	1: 1 Alfredo Di Stéfano (27th) 2: 1 Alfredo Di Stéfano (30th) 3: 1 Ferenc Puskás (45th) 4: 1 Ferenc Puskás (56th, penalty) 5: 1 Ferenc Puskás (60th) 6th : 1 Ferenc Puskás (71.) 7: 2 Alfredo Di Stéfano (73.)	0: 1 Richard Kreß (18th) 6: 2 Erwin Stein (72nd) 7: 3 Erwin Stein (75th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Ferenc Puskás	real Madrid	12
2	Alfredo Di Stéfano	real Madrid	8th
3	László Kubala	CF Barcelona	7th
4th	Owe Ohlsson	IFK Gothenburg	6th
5	Erwin Stein	Eintracht Frankfurt	5
	Jacques Foix	OGC Nice	5
7th	Joseph Daniels	Sparta Rotterdam	4th
	Sándor Kocsis	CF Barcelona	4th
	Evaristo de Macedo	CF Barcelona	4th
	Bobby Mason	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4th
	Erich Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	4th
	Victor Nurenberg	OGC Nice	4th
	Dieter Lindner	Eintracht Frankfurt	4th
	Alfred Pfaff	Eintracht Frankfurt	4th
	Ian McMillan	Glasgow Rangers	4th
	Sammy Baird	Glasgow Rangers	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

See also

• Exhibition Cities Cup 1958–1960

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

1. ↑ Football as if from another planet - one day . Einestages.spiegel.de. May 18, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
2. ↑ Quotes from Jörg Heinisch: The game of the century - Eintracht Frankfurt and Real Madrid in the European championship in 1960. Agon, Kassel, p. 146f.
3. ↑ 11 Friends , # 142, page 35.

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1959/60 European Cup
• Game details for the 1959/60 season at rsssf.com
• Sports History: "1959/60: Real Madrid destroy Eintracht Frankfurt and win the Fifth consecutive European Cup" (English)