European Cup Winners' Cup 1960/61

European Cup Winners' Cup 1960/61
Cup winners	Fiorentina (1st title)
Beginning	July 31, 1960
final	May 27, 1961
Final stadium	Comunale , Florence
Teams	10
Games	18th
Gates	55  (ø 3.06 per game)
Top scorer	Kurt Hamrin (6)
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The European Cup Winners' Cup in 1960/61 was the first edition of the competition for European football cup winners. This was of an unofficial nature, as it was not yet organized by UEFA , but by a committee made up of officials from the participating clubs. The finals took place on May 17 and 27, 1961 between Fiorentina and Glasgow Rangers . Florence won the first edition with a 2-0 win in Glasgow and a 2-1 home win 4-1. The top scorer was Kurt Hamrin with six goals, who was under contract with the victorious Italians.

Only 10 club teams took part, including 6 reigning cup winners, 2 cup finalists and 2 runner-ups. The Czechoslovak representative Spartak ZJŠ Brno was only in the final of the national cup competition at this point, Italy sent the cup finalists with Fiorentina, as Juventus Turin, as the Italian double winner, had already qualified for the European Cup of National Champions in 1960/61 . In Hungary there was no national cup competition at that time, participant Ferencváros Budapest was runner-up. The Football Association of the GDR sent instead of the cup winners Dynamo Berlin the runner-up of the season 1959 ASK forward Berlin because it was considered more appropriate representative of the GDR.

From West Germany there were DFB Cup winners Borussia Mönchengladbach , from Austria the ÖFB Cup winners FK Austria Wien and from Switzerland Cup winners FC Luzern .

mode

The participants played the winner in a pure cup mode with home and away legs (including the final). If there was a tie after extra time in the second leg, there would have been a play-off on a neutral pitch, as a penalty shoot-out was not yet planned. The away goals rule did not apply either.

1 round

The first legs took place on July 31 and September 28, the second legs on August 11 and October 12, 1960.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ASK Forward Berlin	2: 3	Spartak Brno ZJŠ	2: 1	0: 2
Glasgow Rangers	5: 4	Ferencváros Budapest	4: 2	1: 2

Quarter finals

The first legs took place from September 28 to November 23, the second legs from October 26 to December 28, 1960.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Spartak Brno ZJŠ	0: 2	Dinamo Zagreb	0-0	0: 2
FK Austria Vienna	2: 5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	0: 5
Borussia Monchengladbach	00:11	Glasgow Rangers	0: 3	0: 8
FC Luzern	2: 9	AC Florence	0: 3	2: 6

Semifinals

The first leg took place on 22./29. March, the second leg on 12./19. April 1961.

	total		First leg	Return leg
AC Florence	4: 2	Dinamo Zagreb	3-0	1: 2
Glasgow Rangers	3: 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	1: 1

final

First leg

Glasgow Rangers		AC Florence
	May 17, 1961 in Glasgow ( Ibrox Park ) Result: 0: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 80,000 Referee: Carl Erich Steiner ( Austria )
	Billy Ritchie - Bobby Shearer , Eric Caldow - Harold Davis , Bill Paterson , Jim Baxter - Davie Wilson , Ian McMillan , Alex Scott , Ralph Brand , Robert Hume Trainer: Scott Symon	Enrico Albertosi - Enzo Robotti , Sergio Castelletti - Piero Gonfiantini , Alberto Orzan , Claudio Rimbaldo - Kurt Hamrin , Dante Micheli , Dino da Costa , Luigi Milan , Gianfranco Petris Trainer: Nándor Hidegkuti ( Hungary )
		0: 1 Luigi Milan (12th) 0: 2 Luigi Milan (88th)

Return leg

AC Florence		Glasgow Rangers
	May 27, 1961 in Florence ( Comunale ) Result: 2: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 27,000 Referee: Vilmos Hernádi ( Hungary )
	Enrico Albertosi - Enzo Robotti , Sergio Castelletti - Piero Gonfiantini , Alberto Orzan , Claudio Rimbaldo - Kurt Hamrin , Dante Micheli , Dino da Costa , Luigi Milan , Gianfranco Petris Trainer: Nándor Hidegkuti ( Hungary )	Billy Ritchie - Bobby Shearer , Eric Caldow - Harold Davis , Bill Paterson , Jim Baxter - Alex Scott , Ian McMillan , Jimmy Millar , Ralph Brand , Davie Wilson Trainer: Scott Symon
	1-0 Luigi Milan (12th) 2-1 Kurt Hamrin (86th)	1: 1 Alex Scott (60th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Kurt Hamrin	AC Florence	6th
2	Jimmy Millar	Glasgow Rangers	5
	Ralph Brand	Glasgow Rangers	5
4th	Benedicto Antoninho	AC Florence	4th
	Luigi Milan	AC Florence	4th
	Alex Scott	Glasgow Rangers	4th
7th	Peter Broadbent	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1960/61
• Exhibition cities cup 1960/61

Web links

• Official website of UEFA for the 1960/61 season
• Game details on fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jörn Luther, Frank Willmann: The master club . Das Neue Berlin, 2004, ISBN 3-360-01227-5 , p. 28 .