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.
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.
SC Dynamo Berlin was the winner of the 1959 FDGB-Pokal and should naturally have represented East Germany in the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup. However, the German Football Association of the GDR (German: Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR) (DFV) found army-sponsored local rival and league runners-up ASK Vorwärts Berlin to be a more suitable representative of East Germany in the competition.[3]
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.
^ abcVieli, André, ed. (August 2010). "European Cup Winners' Cup makes its debut" (PDF). uefa.direct (100). Nyon: Union of European Football Associations: 15. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
^ The two German nations and the two major British nations were the sole non-Mitropa members to join the competition.
^Luther, Jörn; Willmann, Frank (2003). BFC Dynamo – Der Meisterclub (in German) (1st ed.). Berlin: Das Neue Berlin. p. 28. ISBN 3-360-01227-5.
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^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"JSON Report". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^"Report". worldfootball.net. WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
External links
1960-61 season at UEFA website
Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1960-61 – results, protocols
website History Eurocup (Russian) Cup Winners' Cup 1960/61 - protocols games
website RS Football Archive 1960–61 Cup Winners Cup