1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup

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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)

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.

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.

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.

Preliminary round[]

Team 1 Agg. 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
Report 2		 Orosz 17'
Friedmanszky 79'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Václav Korelus
ASK Vorwärts Berlin East Germany2–1Czechoslovakia Rudá Hvězda Brno
Kohle 42'
Nöldner 48'		 Report
Report 2		 Bubník 77'

Second leg[]

Ferencváros Hungary2–1Scotland Rangers
Orosz 18'
Friedmanszky 48'		 Report
Report 2		 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'
43'		 Report
Report 2

Rudá Hvězda Brno won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. 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
Report 2		 Millar 23'
Scott 25'
McMillan 58'
Austria Wien Austria2–0England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Riegler 71'
86'		 Report
Report 2
Attendance: 20,000
FC Lucerne Switzerland0–3Italy Fiorentina
Report
Report 2		 Petris 3'
Hamrin 35', 81'
Attendance: 11,000
Rudá Hvězda Brno Czechoslovakia0–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Report 2

Second leg[]

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

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers England5–0Austria Austria Wien
Kirkham 1', 26'
Mason 35'
Broadbent 70', 72'		 Report
Report 2

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 5–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina Italy6–2Switzerland FC Lucerne
Antoninho 28', 52', 75'
Hamrin 33' (pen.), 46'
38'		 Report
Report 2		 43'
55'
Florence

Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Czechoslovakia Rudá Hvězda Brno
Matuš 10'
Jerković 15'		 Report
Report 2

Dinamo Zagreb won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. 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
Report 2
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni
Fiorentina Italy3–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Antoninho 40'
da Costa 69'
Petris 80'		 Report
Report 2

Second leg[]

Wolverhampton Wanderers England1–1Scotland Rangers
Broadbent 65' Report
Report 2		 Scott 45'
Attendance: 45,163

Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–1Italy Fiorentina
Matuš 15'
18'		 Report
Report 2		 Petris 50'

Fiorentina won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final[]

Main article: 1961 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

First leg[]

Rangers Scotland0–2Italy Fiorentina
Report
Report 2		 12', 88'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: (Austria)

Second leg[]

Fiorentina Italy2–1Scotland Rangers
13'
Hamrin 86'		 Report
Report 2		 Scott 60'
Stadio Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (Hungary)

Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c 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.

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