1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup

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.

1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates1 August 1960 – 27 May 1961
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Fiorentina (1st title)
Runners-up Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored60 (3.33 per match)

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 5–4 Ferencváros 4–2 1–2
ASK Vorwärts Berlin 2–3 Rudá Hvězda Brno 2–1 0–2

First leg
Rangers 4–2 Ferencváros
Davis 52'
Millar 57', 86'
Brand 73'		 Report
Report 2		 Orosz 17'
Friedmanszky 79'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Václav Korelus
ASK Vorwärts Berlin 2–1 Rudá Hvězda Brno
Kohle 42'
Nöldner 48'		 Report
Report 2		 Bubník 77'

Second leg
Ferencváros 2–1 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 2–0 ASK Vorwärts Berlin
Bubník 31'
Koláček 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 0–11 Rangers 0–3 0–8
Austria Wien 2–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 0–5
FC Lucerne 2–9 Fiorentina 0–3 2–6
Rudá Hvězda Brno 0–2 Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 0–2

First leg
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 Rangers
Report
Report 2		 Millar 23'
Scott 25'
McMillan 58'
Austria Wien 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Riegler 71'
Huschek 86'		 Report
Report 2
Attendance: 20,000
FC Lucerne 0–3 Fiorentina
Report
Report 2		 Petris 3'
Hamrin 35', 81'
Attendance: 11,000
Rudá Hvězda Brno 0–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Report 2

Second leg
Rangers 8–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Baxter 2'
Brand 17', 44', 51'
Pfeiffer 31' (o.g.)
Millar 45', 53'
Davis 65'		 Report
Report 2
Attendance: 38,174

Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Austria Wien
Kirkham 1', 26'
Mason 35'
Broadbent 70', 72'		 Report
Report 2

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 5–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina 6–2 FC Lucerne
Antoninho 28', 52', 75'
Hamrin 33' (pen.), 46'
Milan 38'		 Report
Report 2		 Frey 43'
Hahn 55'

Fiorentina won 9–2 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 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 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 1–1
Fiorentina 4–2 Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 1–2

First leg
Rangers 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Scott 33'
Brand 84'		 Report
Report 2
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni
Fiorentina 3–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Antoninho 40'
da Costa 69'
Petris 80'		 Report
Report 2

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

Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.

Dinamo Zagreb 2–1 Fiorentina
Matuš 15'
Haraminčić 18'		 Report
Report 2		 Petris 50'

Fiorentina won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1961 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

First leg
Rangers 0–2 Fiorentina
Report
Report 2		 Milan 12', 88'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Second leg
Fiorentina 2–1 Rangers
Milan 13'
Hamrin 86'		 Report
Report 2		 Scott 60'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vilmos Hernádi (Hungary)

Fiorentina won 4–1 on aggregate.

See also

References
  1. 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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