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The 1961 European Cup Final was held at the Wankdorf Stadium

Wankdorf Stadium

The Wankdorf Stadium was a football stadium in the Wankdorf quarter of Bern, Switzerland, and the former home of Swiss club BSC Young Boys. It was built in 1925, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several important matches, including the 1954 FIFA World Cup Final, the 1961...

, Bern, on 31 May 1961, and saw Benfica play against Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

. This was the first final not to include Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

, who had won the previous five finals. Benfica lifted the trophy for the first time, beating Barcelona 3–2.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BENFICA:
GK	1	Alberto da Costa Pereira
DF	2	Mario João Mário João Mário João was a Portuguese footballer.He played as a right-defender for SL Benfica, from 1957/58 to 1961/62, and CUF, from Barreiro, from 1962/63 to 1967/68...
DF	3	Germano de Figueiredo
DF	4	Angelo Martins Ângelo Martins Ângelo Gaspar Martins, or simply Ângelo was a former football player. He played as a defender for S.L. Benfica in the 1950s. He was known as "O Serrafeiro".-Career:...
DF	5	José Neto José Neto José Manuel Conceiçāo Neto was a Portuguese footballer who played for SL Benfica and was part of their European Cup victory in 1961....
MF	6	Fernando Cruz Fernando Cruz Fernando da Conceição Cruz was a Portuguese footballer. He played for SL Benfica as a left-back, from 1959/60 to 1969/70.-Club career:...
MF	7	José Augusto
MF	8	Joaquim Santana
FW	9	José Águas José Águas José Pinto de Carvalho Santos Águas was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.He endured a lengthy professional spell with Benfica, never scoring less than 18 goals in his first division seasons.-Football career:... (c)
MF	10	Mário Coluna Mário Coluna Mário Esteves Coluna is a former Portuguese and Mozambican footballer. He was primarily a left-half and was nicknamed the "O Monstro Sagrado" .-Career:...
FW	11	Domiciano Cavém Domiciano Cavém Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavém was a Portuguese footballer who played for SL Benfica. He played first as an extreme-forward, later as a midfielder and a right-defender...
Manager:
Béla Guttmann Béla Guttmann Béla Guttmann was a Jewish Hungarian footballer and coach. He played as a midfielder for MTK Hungária FC, SC Hakoah Wien, Hungary and several clubs in the United States. However he is perhaps best remembered as a coach and manager of some the world’s leading football teams, including AC Milan, São...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> BARCELONA: | GK 1

Antoni Ramallets

Antoni Ramallets Simón is a retired Spanish football goalkeeper and manager.He spent most of his career at FC Barcelona, during the 1950s and early 1960s, winning the Zamora Trophy as the best goalkeeper in La Liga on five occasions, and 17 major club honours...

Foncho

Alfonso Rodríguez Salas

Alfonso María Rodríguez Salas, aka Foncho , was a Spanish footballer, who played as a Defender.-International goals:-Honours:Barcelona*Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1965–66*Spanish Cup: 1962–63-External links:** *...

DF 3

Enric Gensana

Enric Gensana Merola was an important man in FC Barcelona at the end of the fifties and beginning of the sixties. A very physical player, spent eight seasons at the club and only a meniscus injury, of which he never recovered, forced him to leave the club, with which he played 131 matches and...

DF 4

Sígfrid Gràcia

Sígfrid Gràcia Royo , was a Spanish footballer who spent most of his career at FC Barcelona, In his position of left back he showed typical signs of security and regularity...

DF 5

Martí Vergés MF 6

Jesús Garay

Jesús Garay Vecino was a Spanish footballer.He earned 29 caps and scored 1 goal for the Spain national football team between 1953 and 1962...

MF 7

Ladislao Kubala

László Kubala Stecz , also referred to as Ladislav Kubala, Ladislao Kubala, was a footballer, who played as a forward with, among others, Ferencvárosi TC, ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Vasas SC, FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol. He also played for three different national teams, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and...

MF 8

Sándor Kocsis

Sándor Kocsis Péter was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars...

MF 9

Evaristo de Macedo

Evaristo de Macedo Filho is a former Brazilian footballer and coach. He was capped by Brazil 14 games scoring 8 goals. He played for Barcelona until 1962. Then, the Catalan officials tried to talk him into taking Spanish citizenship so he can play for Spain, but he refused...

FW 10

Luis Suárez

Luis Suárez Miramontes

Luis Suárez Miramontes , also known by the diminutive Luisito, is a Spanish former footballer and manager. He played as a midfielder for Deportivo de La Coruña, CD España Industrial, CF Barcelona, Internazionale, Sampdoria and Spain. Suárez is regarded as one of Spain's greatest players; as a...

FW 11

Zoltán Czibor

Zoltán Czibor Suhai , also referred to as Czibor Zoltán, was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros TC and Honvéd, and Hungary before joining CF Barcelona. Czibor played as a left-winger or striker and was notable for having a powerful shot, good...

Manager:

Enrique Orizaola

External links

1960-61 season at the UEFA website

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