Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe Last updated: Jul 6,2000
6. European Champions' Cup
SL Benfica Lisboa
Final - 31 March 1961 - Bern SL Benfica Lisboa POR 3-2 ESP Barcelona CF
Semi-Finals Barcelona CF ESP 1-0 2-2 1-2 GER Hamburger SV a SL Benfica Lisboa POR 3-0 4-1 1-1 AUT SK Rapid Wien b a - ESP Barcelona CF won the third game 1-0 in Bruxelles(Belgium). b - Second leg abandoned after 88th min.
Quarter-Finals Burnley FC ENG 3-1 4-5 1-4 GER Hamburger SV Barcelona CF ESP 4-0 5-1 1-1 TCH RH Spartak ZVU Hradec Králové SK Rapid Wien AUT 2-0 4-0 2-0 SWE Malmö IFK SL Benfica Lisboa POR 3-1 7-2 4-1 DEN ÅGF Århus
First Round SK Rapid Wien AUT 3-1 3-3 0-2 GDR SC Wismut Karl-Marx Stadt c Real Madrid CF ESP 2-2 3-4 1-2 ESP Barcelona CF Burnley FC ENG 2-0 4-3 2-3 FRA Stade Reims d Malmö IFK SWE 1-0 2-1 1-1 BUL CDNA Sofija RH Spartak ZVU Hradec Králové TCH 1-0 1-0 0-0 GRE Panathinaïkos AO Áthína SL Benfica Lisboa POR 6-2 7-4 1-2 HUN Újpesti Dózsa SC Budapest ÅGF Århus DEN 3-0 4-0 1-0 NOR Fredrikstad FK e BSC Young Boys Bern SUI 0-5 3-8 3-3 GER Hamburger SV Underlined team started at R1. Real Madrid CF as title holder, others drew bye for QR. c - AUT SK Rapid Wien won the third game 1-0 in Basel(Switzerland). d - Second leg in Paris. e - Second leg in Oslo.
Preliminary Round 4-0 0-1 Juventus FC Torino ITA 2-0 3-4 1-4 BUL CDNA Sofija Fredrikstad FK NOR 4-3 4-3 0-0 NED AFC Ajax Amsterdam ÅGF Århus DEN 3-0 3-1 0-1 POL CWKS Legia Warszawa f HIFK Helsinki FIN 1-3 2-5 1-2 SWE Malmö IFK SK Rapid Wien AUT 4-0 4-1 0-1 TUR Beşiktaş JK İstanbul FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd JUG 1-2 1-5 0-3 HUN Újpesti Dózsa SC Budapest Heart of Middlothian Edinburgh SCO 1-2 1-5 0-3 POR SL Benfica Lisboa Barcelona CF ESP 2-0 5-0 3-0 BEL K Lierse SK g Limerick AFC IRL 0-5 2-9 2-4 SUI BSC Young Boys Bern Stade Reims FRA 6-1 11-1 5-0 LUX AS La Jeunesse d'Esch-sur-Alzette CCA Bucureşti ROM - WD - TCH RH Spartak ZVU Hradec Králové h SC Wismut Karl-Marx Stadt GDR - WO - NIR Glenavon FC Lurgan i f - POL CWKS Legia Warszawa played as POL CWKS Warszawa before. g - Second leg in Bruxelles. h - ROM CCA Bucureşti withdrew. i - NIR Glenavon FC Lurgan withdrew.
Game Details
The Format The teams played two games at home and away. The aggregate score(score in the middle) defined the winner. Tie-breaker rule: 1 - A third game at a third country. 2 - Coin toss. Final was played as one game play-off in a pre-determined city. No seeding done.