1961 European Cup final

December 2021 1961 European Cup final 1961 European Cup Final programme.jpg Match programme cover 1960–61 European Cup Barcelona ESP 1945 30px 2 Benfica POR 30px 3 31 May 1961 Wankdorf Stadium Bern Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) 26,732https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Statistics/01/85/99/80/1859980_DOWNLOAD.pdf UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 129 22 September 2013 1960 1962 The 1961 European Cup final was held at the Wankdorf Stadium, Bern on 31 May 1961, and was contested by Spanish side Barcelona against Portuguese side Benfica. This was the first final not to include Real Madrid, who had won the previous five finals. Benfica lifted the trophy for the first time, beating Barcelona 3–2. Route to the final Five-time defending champions Real Madrid were knocked out in the first round by Barcelona, their bitter domestic rivals. After defeating Czechoslovak champions Hradec Králové in the quarter-finals, Barcelona initially drew 2–2 on aggregate with West German champions Hamburger SV in the semi-finals. Since this was before UEFA competitions began using the away goals rule, in order to determine who would advance to the final, a replay was scheduled to be played at a neutral site on 3 May. Barça would qualify for the final by winning the replay 1–0 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, with Evaristo scoring the decisive goal.https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/68423--barcelona-vs-hamburg/ Barcelona-Hamburg 1960 History Meanwhile, Benfica reached the final of the competition by eliminating Austrian champions Rapid Wien in a 4–1 semi-final aggregate win. This marked the first time that a team from Portugal had ever progressed this far into the competition. ESP 1945 BarcelonaRoundPOR BenficaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legBEL Lierse5–02–0 (H)3–0 (A)Prelim. roundSCO Heart of Midlothian5–12–1 (A)3–0 (H)ESP 1945 Real Madrid4–32–2 (A)2–1 (H)First roundHUN Újpesti Dózsa7–46–2 (H)1–2 (A)TCH Spartak Hradec Králové5–14–0 (H)1–1 (A)Quarter-finalsDEN AGF Aarhus7–23–1 (H)4–1 (A)FRG Hamburger SV2–2(Replay: 1–0)1–0 (H)1–2 (A)Semi-finalsAUT Rapid Wien4–13–0 (H)1–1 (A) Match Summary Prior to the European Cup final at Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, on 31 May 1961, Barcelona were labelled as the heavy favourites in the media. Sándor Kocsis gave the Catalan side the lead in the 21st minute of the match. With Benfica having just tied the game 1–1 in the 31st minute with José Águas, referee Gottfried Dienst awarded a controversial own goal to Benfica a minute later, when a misplaced defensive header drifted back towards Barcelona's goalkeeper and captain Antoni Ramallets, who pushed the ball against the crossbar, and it subsequently appeared to bounce along his goal line.Obituary: Gottfried Dienst https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-gottfried-dienst-1166872.html 2 September 2026 The Independent 22 June 1998 enHistory: Benfica 3-2 Barcelona: UEFA Champions League 1960/61 Final https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61595--benfica-vs-barcelona/ UEFA.com 2 September 2026 en Benfica midfielder Mario Coluna broke his nose in the eighth minute of the match; not wanting to risk further damage, when Domiciano Cavém put over a cross in the 55th minute, Coluna hung back outside the penalty area. The ball was cleared directly to him and he volleyed it home for Benfica's third goal of the match.Simpson Paul Hesse-Lichtenberger Uli October 2005 50 Things You Never Knew About... The European Cup FourFourTwo 134 101 Teddington Haymarket Consumer Hugh Sleight 1355-0276 In the 75th minute, Zoltán Czibor scored the final goal of the match for Barcelona to bring the score to 3–2. Benfica went on to lift the trophy for the first time. Details 31 May 1961 19:00 CEST Barcelona ESP 1945 2–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1960/matches/round=919/match=61595/index.html POR Benfica Kocsis 21 Czibor 75 Águas 31 Ramallets 32 o.g. Coluna 55 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern 26,732 Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) _blue3 _3bluestripes _blue3 _hoops blue2 a60042 a60042 a60042 3D69AA A60042 Barcelona _whiteborder _benfica5465 _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF DD0000 Benfica GK 1 ESP 1945 Antoni Ramallets (c)RB 2 ESP 1945 FonchoCB 3 ESP 1945 Enric GensanaLB 4 ESP 1945 Sígfrid GràciaRH 5 ESP 1945 Martí VergésLH 6 ESP 1945 Jesús GarayOR 7 ESP 1945Along with Kocsis and Czibor, Kubala was one of three Hungarian-born players in Barcelona's line-up. However, Kubala was the only one to adopt Spanish nationality, having fled communist rule in his homeland in 1948 and subsequently taken refuge in Spain. He had begun representing Spain in international play in 1953.https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/21/guardianobituaries.brianglanville Obituary: Ladislao Kubala The Guardian 21 May 2002 Glanville Brian László KubalaIR 8 HUN Sándor KocsisCF 9 BRA 1960 EvaristoIL 10ESP 1945 Luis SuárezOL 11HUN Zoltán Czibor Manager:ESP 1945 Enrique Orizaola300px GK 1 POR Costa PereiraRB 2 POR Mário JoãoCB 3 POR GermanoLB 4 POR Ângelo MartinsRH 5 POR José Neto LH 6 POR Fernando CruzOR 7 POR José AugustoIR 8 POR SantanaCF 9 POR José Águas (c)IL 10POR Mário ColunaOL 11POR Domiciano CavémManager:HUN Béla Guttmann See also 1960–61 FC Barcelona season 1960–61 S.L. Benfica season 1961 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final 1961 Intercontinental Cup FC Barcelona in international football S.L. Benfica in international football Notes References External links 1960–61 season at the UEFA website 1 Final European Cup Final 1961 European Cup Final 1961 1961 European Cup Final 1961 European Euro Category:Sports competitions in Bern Category:May 1961 sports events in Europe Category:20th century in Bern 1961