1959–60 European Cup

The 1959–60 European Cup was the fifth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 in the final at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on 18 May 1960,^[1] thanks to first ever hat-tricks scored in the final of the competition by Ferenc Puskás and Alfredo Di Stéfano.^[2] It remains the record score and record attendance for the European Cup final.^[3] It was Real Madrid's fifth consecutive title, which is a feat that no other club has matched.

1959–60 European Cup

Hampden Park in Glasgow hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	26 August 1959 – 18 May 1960
Teams	27 (26 competed) (from 25 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (5th title)
Runners-up	Eintracht Frankfurt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	218 (4.19 per match)
Attendance	2,355,478 (45,298 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid) 12 goals
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

It was also the first time that a German team, Eintracht Frankfurt, reached the final. They were debutants in the competition and it wasn't until 1983–84 European Cup and AS Roma that another debutants ended up on the losing side in the final.

The tournament saw the first participation by a Greek club, Greek Champions Olympiacos, who had withdrawn from the previous season after being already placed in the bracket. It meant that no new country entered the competition for the first time since tournament inception.

Teams

A total of 27 teams were placed in the competition bracket, but finally only 26 participated since Kuopion Palloseura had withdrawn before playing first game.

Spain continued to be represented by two clubs, with Real Madrid qualifying as title holders and Barcelona as Spanish champions. CDNA Sofia appeared in the fourth edition of European Cup, with only Real Madrid having more appearances in the competition.

Červená Hviezda Bratislava, Boldklubben 1909, Kuopion Palloseura, Vorwärts Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt, Csepel, Sparta Rotterdam, Linfield, ŁKS Łódź, Porto, Barcelona and Fenerbahçe made debut in the competition.

All entrants were their respective associations champions, except for Real Madrid and ŁKS Łódź, the latter being 1958 champion and trailing by two points in spring of 1959.

Wiener Sport-Club (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)	CDNA Sofia (1st)	Červená Hviezda Bratislava (1st)
Boldklubben 1909 (1st)	Vorwärts Berlin (1st)	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st)	Kuopion Palloseura (1st)
Nice (1st)	Olympiacos (1st)	Csepel (1st)	Milan (1st)
Jeunesse Esch (1st)	Sparta Rotterdam (1st)	Linfield (1st)	ŁKS Łódź (8th)
Porto (1st)	Shamrock Rovers (1st)	Petrolul Ploiești (1st)	Rangers (1st)
Barcelona (1st)	Real Madrid (2nd)TH	IFK Göteborg (1st)	Young Boys (1st)
Fenerbahçe (1st)	Eintracht Frankfurt (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

Wiener

Anderlecht

CDNA Sofia

Červená Hviezda

Boldklubben 1909

Wolves

Kuopion Palloseura

Nice

Vorwärts Berlin

Frankfurt

Olympiacos

Csepel

Shamrock

Milan

Jeunesse Esch

Rotterdam

Linfield

ŁKS Łódź

Porto

Petrolul Ploiești

Rangers

Real Madrid

Barcelona

IFK Göteborg

Young Boys

Fenerbahçe

Red Star

Location of teams in the 1959–60 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cernobbio, Como, Italy, on 6 July 1959.^[4] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 26 teams were grouped geographically into two pots. The first two teams drawn in each pot also received byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in August, September and October.

	Pot 1 Northern Europe	Pot 2 Southern Europe
Drawn	France Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Belgium Luxembourg West Germany East Germany Poland Scotland England Finland Sweden	Austria Romania Bulgaria Turkey Czechoslovakia Hungary Greece Italy Portugal Spain
Byes	Sparta Rotterdam	Young Boys
	Boldklubben 1909	Red Star Belgrade

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nice	4–3	Shamrock Rovers	3–2	1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	(w/o)[a]	Kuopion Palloseura	–	–
CDNA Sofia	4–8	Barcelona	2–2	2–6
Wiener Sport-Club	2–1	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	2–1
Linfield	3–7	IFK Göteborg	2–1	1–6
Jeunesse Esch	6–2	ŁKS Łódź	5–0	1–2
Červená Hviezda Bratislava	4–1	Porto	2–1	2–0
Olympiacos	3–5	Milan	2–2	1–3
Fenerbahçe	4–3	Csepel	1–1	3–2
Rangers	7–2	Anderlecht	5–2	2–0
Vorwärts Berlin	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	0–2

First leg

26 August 1959

16:30 CET

Nice	3–2	Shamrock Rovers
Nurenberg 27' (pen.) Foix 30', 74'	Report	Hamilton 19' Tuohy 87'

Stade du Ray, Nice

Attendance: 13,369

Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

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3 September 1959

19:00 CET

CDNA Sofia	2–2	Barcelona
Rakarov 16' Kolev 80'	Report	Segarra 30' Martínez 61'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: John Clough (England)

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9 September 1959

20:15 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	0–0	Petrolul Ploiești
	Report

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

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9 September 1959

21:00 CET

Jeunesse Esch	5–0	ŁKS Łódź
Theis 6' May 24' Schaak 55' Meurisse 80', 85'	Report

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

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9 September 1959

22:00 CET

Linfield	2–1	IFK Göteborg
Milburn 23', 30'	Report	Johansson 38'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

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10 September 1959

21:00 CET

Červená Hviezda Bratislava	2–1	Porto
Gajdoš 25' Scherer 77'	Report	Teixeira 32'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

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13 September 1959

16:00 CET

Fenerbahçe	1–1	Csepel
Bartu 73'	Report	Kisuczky 1'

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Attendance: 26,432

Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)

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13 September 1959

20:00 CET

Olympiacos	2–2	Milan
Papazoglou 20' Yfantis 44'	Report	Altafini 33', 72'

Neo Phaliron Velodrome, Athens

Attendance: 20,954

Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

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16 September 1959

21:30 CET

Rangers	5–2	Anderlecht
Millar 1' Scott 2' Matthew 48' Baird 65', 73' (pen.)	Report	Stockman 52' De Wael 64'

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 69,423

Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

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30 September 1959

21:00 CET

Vorwärts Berlin	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nöldner 24' Kohle 29'	Report	Broadbent 15'

Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, Berlin

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Second leg

16 September 1959

16:30 CET

Petrolul Ploiești	1–2	Wiener Sport-Club
Bădulescu 55'	Report	Horak 23', 28'

Stadionul Petrolul, Ploiești

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)

Wiener Sport-Club won 2–1 on aggregate.

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23 September 1959

16:45 CET

Csepel	2–3	Fenerbahçe
Ughy 10' Németh 34'	Report	Küçükandonyadis 22' Has 47' Kalkavan 53'

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Zivko Bajić (Yugoslavia)

Fenerbahçe won 4–3 on aggregate.

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23 September 1959

19:45 CET

Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Nice
Hennessy 16'	Report	Faivre 32'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

Nice won 4–3 on aggregate.

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23 September 1959

21:00 CET

IFK Göteborg	6–1	Linfield
Ohlsson 17', 18', 50', 62', 80' Johansson 48'	Report	Dickson 19'

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 10,475

Referee: Erich Asmussen (West Germany)

IFK Göteborg won 7–3 on aggregate.

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23 September 1959

21:00 CET

ŁKS Łódź	2–1	Jeunesse Esch
Szymborski 61' (pen.), 85'	Report	Jann 42'

Stadion ŁKS, Łódź

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gösta Ackerborn (Sweden)

Jeunesse Esch won 6–2 on aggregate.

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23 September 1959

21:00 CET

Milan	3–1	Olympiacos
Danova 12', 26', 85'	Report	Psihos 68'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 19,894

Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Milan won 5–3 on aggregate.

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23 September 1959

21:00 CET

Anderlecht	0–2	Rangers
	Report	Matthew 67' McMillan 72'

Stade Émile Versé, Brussels

Attendance: 27,076

Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Rangers won 7–2 on aggregate.

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23 September 1959

23:30 CET

Barcelona	6–2	CDNA Sofia
Kubala 6', 11' (pen.), 45' (pen.) Evaristo 39', 68', 78'	Report	Milanov 24' Martinov 57'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Barcelona won 8–4 on aggregate.

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29 September 1959

22:00 CET

Porto	0–2	Červená Hviezda Bratislava
	Report	Kačáni 65' Dolinský 80'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Červená Hviezda Bratislava won 4–1 on aggregate.

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7 October 1959

21:00 CET

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Vorwärts Berlin
Mason 60' Broadbent 75'	Report

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 55,547^[5]

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bracket

	First round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Fenerbahçe	2	1	3 (1)
	Nice	1	2	3 (5)
							Nice	3	0	3
							Real Madrid	2	4	6
	Real Madrid	7	5	12
	Jeunesse Esch	0	2	2
													Real Madrid	3	3	6
													Barcelona	1	1	2
	Milan	0	1	1
	Barcelona	2	5	7
							Barcelona	4	5	9
							Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	2	2
	Red Star Belgrade	1	1	2
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	4
																			Real Madrid	7
																			Eintracht Frankfurt	3
	Young Boys	1	1	2
	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	1	5
							Eintracht Frankfurt	2	1	3
							Wiener Sport-Club	1	1	2
	Boldklubben 1909	0	2	2
	Wiener Sport-Club	3	2	5
													Eintracht Frankfurt	6	6	12
													Rangers	1	3	4
	Sparta Rotterdam	3	1	4 (3)
	IFK Göteborg	1	3	4 (1)
							Sparta Rotterdam	2	1	3 (2)
							Rangers	3	0	3 (3)
	Rangers	4	1	5
	Červená Hviezda Bratislava	3	1	4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Real Madrid	12–2	Jeunesse Esch	7–0	5–2
Boldklubben 1909	2–5	Wiener Sport-Club	0–3	2–2
Sparta Rotterdam	4–4	IFK Göteborg	3–1	1–3	3–1
Milan	1–7	Barcelona	0–2	1–5
Young Boys	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–4	1–1
Rangers	5–4	Červená Hviezda Bratislava	4–3	1–1
Red Star Belgrade	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	0–3
Fenerbahçe	3–3	Nice	2–1	1–2	1–5

First leg

21 October 1959

20:00 CET

Boldklubben 1909	0–3	Wiener Sport-Club
	Report	Knoll 62', 75' Horak 82'

Atletikstadion, Odense

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Włodzmierz Storoniak (Poland)

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21 October 1959

20:30 CET

Real Madrid	7–0	Jeunesse Esch
Di Stéfano 25' Puskás 34', 62', 83' Herrera 43', 77' Mateos 53'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 59,447

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

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25 October 1959

20:00 CET

Sparta Rotterdam	3–1	IFK Göteborg
Daniëls 23', 38', 48'	Report	Jonsson 81'

Het Kasteel, Rotterdam

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

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4 November 1959

15:00 CET

Milan	0–2	Barcelona
	Report	Vergés 12' Suárez 15'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 54,000

Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

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4 November 1959

20:00 CET

Young Boys	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
Meier 23'	Report	Weilbächer 4' Stein 72' Bäumler 76' (pen.) Meier 82'

Wankdorf, Bern

Attendance: 33,322^[6]

Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui (Spain)

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11 November 1959

20:30 CET

Rangers	4–3	Červená Hviezda Bratislava
McMillan 1' Scott 43' Wilson 73' Millar 90'	Report	Scherer 16', 68' Dolinský 29'

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

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11 November 1959

19:30 CET

Red Star Belgrade	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kostić 37'	Report	Deeley 29'

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)

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19 November 1959

13:15 CET

Fenerbahçe	2–1	Nice
Bartu 37' Has 80'	Report	Milazzo 40'

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Attendance: 29,656

Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Second leg

4 November 1959

19:15 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	2–2	Boldklubben 1909
Hof 46', 55'	Report	Bassett 40' Berg 52'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

Wiener Sport-Club won 5–2 on aggregate.

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4 November 1959

19:30 CET

Jeunesse Esch	2–5	Real Madrid
Theis 10' Schaak 15'	Report	Vidal 13' Mateos 18', 31' Di Stéfano 25' Puskás 29'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

Real Madrid won 12–2 on aggregate.

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5 November 1959

20:00 CET

IFK Göteborg	3–1	Sparta Rotterdam
Ohlsson 38' Hellmér 56' (pen.) Johansson 69'	Report	Schilder 73'

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 6,881

Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

Sparta Rotterdam 4–4 IFK Göteborg on aggregate; play-off needed.

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18 November 1959

20:00 CET

Červená Hviezda Bratislava	1–1	Rangers
Tichý 89'	Report	Scott 69'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Rangers won 5–4 on aggregate.

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24 November 1959

20:15 CET

Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Red Star Belgrade
Murray 8' Mason 85', 89'	Report

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 55,519

Referee: Erich Asmussen (West Germany)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.

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25 November 1959

20:00 CET

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	Young Boys
Bäumler 68' (pen.)	Report	Schneider 90'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt-am-Main

Attendance: 30,800^[7]

Referee: José Blanco Pérez (Spain)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 5–2 on aggregate.

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25 November 1959

20:30 CET

Barcelona	5–1	Milan
Martínez 10' Segarra 19' Kubala 32', 69' Czibor 65'	Report	Ferrario 38'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

Barcelona won 7–1 on aggregate.

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3 December 1959

14:30 CET

Nice	2–1	Fenerbahçe
Foix 62' Faivre 76'	Report	Küçükandonyadis 83' (pen.)

Stade du Ray, Nice

Attendance: 15,824

Referee: Martin Macko (Czechoslovakia)

Fenerbahçe 3–3 Nice on aggregate; play-off needed.

Play-off

25 November 1959

20:00 CET

Sparta Rotterdam	3–1	IFK Göteborg
Bosselaar 3' Crossan 23' Daniëls 65'	Report	Berndtsson 35'

Weserstadion, Bremen

Attendance: 8,000^[8]

Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Sparta Rotterdam won the play-off 3–1.

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23 December 1959

20:15 CET

Nice	5–1	Fenerbahçe
Foix 7', 63' Milazzo 17' Faivre 31' De Bourgoing 59'	Report	Has 47'

Stade des Charmilles, Geneva

Attendance: 9,166

Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)

Nice won the play-off 5–1.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Nice	3–6	Real Madrid	3–2	0–4
Barcelona	9–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	5–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	Wiener Sport-Club	2–1	1–1
Sparta Rotterdam	3–3	Rangers	2–3	1–0	2–3

First leg

4 February 1960

15:00 CET

Nice	3–2	Real Madrid
Nurenberg 54', 67' (pen.), 72'	Report	Herrera 15' Rial 30'

Stade du Ray, Nice

Attendance: 21,422

Referee: Abel da Costa (Portugal)

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10 February 1960

20:30 CET

Barcelona	4–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Villaverde 8', 80' Kubala 16' Evaristo 65'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

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3 March 1960

20:00 CET

Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Wiener Sport-Club
Lindner 15' Meier 60'	Report	Skerlan 50'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt-am-Main

Attendance: 32,867^[9]

Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

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9 March 1960

20:00 CET

Sparta Rotterdam	2–3	Rangers
De Vries 41', 87'	Report	Wilson 4' Baird 36' Murray 63'

Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: John Kelly (England)

Second leg

2 March 1960

20:30 CET

Real Madrid	4–0	Nice
Pepillo 21' Gento 40' Di Stéfano 45+5' Puskás 51'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Eduardo Rosa Gouveia (Portugal)

Real Madrid won 6–3 on aggregate.

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2 March 1960

20:30 CET

Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–5	Barcelona
Murray 35' Mason 78'	Report	Kocsis 29', 44', 61', 74' Villaverde 79'

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 55,535

Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Barcelona won 9–2 on aggregate.

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16 March 1960

19:15 CET

Wiener Sport-Club	1–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
Hof 31'	Report	Stein 59'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 47,423^[10]

Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 3–2 on aggregate.

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16 March 1960

20:30 CET

Rangers	0–1	Sparta Rotterdam
	Report	Van Ede 82'

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Kevin Howley (England)

Sparta Rotterdam 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.

Play-off

30 March 1960

20:00 CET

Rangers	3–2	Sparta Rotterdam
Verhoeven 28' (o.g.) Baird 57' Van der Lee 64' (o.g.)	Report	Verhoeven 6' Bosselaar 76' (pen.)

Highbury, London

Attendance: 34,178

Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Rangers won the play-off 3–2.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eintracht Frankfurt	12–4	Rangers	6–1	6–3
Real Madrid	6–2	Barcelona	3–1	3–1

First leg

13 April 1960

21:00 CET

Eintracht Frankfurt	6–1	Rangers
Stinka 29' Pfaff 51', 55' Lindner 73', 84' Stein 86'	Report	Caldow 31' (pen.)

Waldstadion, Frankfurt-am-Main

Attendance: 75,069^[11]

Referee: Gösta Lindberg (Sweden)

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21 April 1960

21:30 CET

Real Madrid	3–1	Barcelona
Di Stéfano 17', 84' Puskás 28'	Report	Martínez 37'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 120,000

Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

Second leg

27 April 1960

21:30 CET

Barcelona	1–3	Real Madrid
Kocsis 89'	Report	Puskás 25', 75' Gento 68'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

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5 May 1960

21:30 CET

Rangers	3–6	Eintracht Frankfurt
McMillan 10', 54' Wilson 74'	Report	Lindner 6' Pfaff 20', 88' Kreß 28' Meier 58', 71'

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 68,578^[12]

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Eintracht Frankfurt won 12–4 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1960 European Cup final

18 May 1960

21:30 CET

Real Madrid	7–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
Di Stéfano 27', 30', 73' Puskás 45+1', 56' (pen.), 60', 71'	Report	Kreß 18' Stein 72', 75'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 127,621

Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1959–60 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	12
2	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	8
3	László Kubala	Barcelona	6
	Owe Ohlsson	IFK Göteborg
5	Jacques Foix	Nice	5
	Sándor Kocsis	Barcelona
	Erwin Stein	Eintracht Frankfurt
8	Sammy Baird	Rangers	4
	Joop Daniëls	Sparta Rotterdam
	Evaristo	Barcelona
	Dieter Lindner	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Bobby Mason	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Ian McMillan	Rangers
	Erich Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Victor Nurenberg	Nice
	Alfred Pfaff	Eintracht Frankfurt

Notes

1. Kuopion Palloseura withdrew after the draw, Eintracht Frankfurt advanced to the next round.