The 1960 European Cup final was the fifth final in the history of the
European Cup, and was contested by
Real Madrid of Spain and
Eintracht Frankfurt of
West Germany.[2] Real won 7–3 in front of a crowd of over 127,000 people at Glasgow's
Hampden Park stadium, still the highest attendance for a European Cup final. There were an estimated 70 million television viewers around Europe. Widely regarded as one of the greatest football matches ever played,[3] it also remains the highest-scoring final in the history of the competition.[4]
Frankfurt reached the final through an impressive 12–4 aggregate victory over Scottish champions
Rangers, whereas Madrid overcame their bitter rivals
Barcelona 6–2 over two legs.[5]
The match was initially in doubt as the
German Football Association had banned their clubs from taking part in matches with any team containing
Ferenc Puskás after the Hungarian had alleged the
West German team had used drugs in
1954. Puskás had to make a formal written apology before the match could take place.[6]
Puskás and Di Stefano were two of only three players to have scored a
hat-trick in a European Cup final, with Puskás being the only one to ever score four goals. The other was
Pierino Prati for
Milan in their 4–1 victory over
Ajax in
1969. Puskás repeated the feat in
1962 but ended up losing to holders
Benfica.
^Although Santamaría had amassed 20 caps for his native Uruguay from 1952 to 1957, he had been representing Spain in international play since 1958.[7]
^Di Stéfano, a native Argentine, had represented both Argentina and Colombia earlier in his international career; however, he became a naturalised citizen of Spain in 1956, and began playing for the Spanish national team in 1957.[8][9]
The 1960 European Cup final was the fifth final in the history of the
European Cup, and was contested by
Real Madrid of Spain and
Eintracht Frankfurt of
West Germany.[2] Real won 7–3 in front of a crowd of over 127,000 people at Glasgow's
Hampden Park stadium, still the highest attendance for a European Cup final. There were an estimated 70 million television viewers around Europe. Widely regarded as one of the greatest football matches ever played,[3] it also remains the highest-scoring final in the history of the competition.[4]
Frankfurt reached the final through an impressive 12–4 aggregate victory over Scottish champions
Rangers, whereas Madrid overcame their bitter rivals
Barcelona 6–2 over two legs.[5]
The match was initially in doubt as the
German Football Association had banned their clubs from taking part in matches with any team containing
Ferenc Puskás after the Hungarian had alleged the
West German team had used drugs in
1954. Puskás had to make a formal written apology before the match could take place.[6]
Puskás and Di Stefano were two of only three players to have scored a
hat-trick in a European Cup final, with Puskás being the only one to ever score four goals. The other was
Pierino Prati for
Milan in their 4–1 victory over
Ajax in
1969. Puskás repeated the feat in
1962 but ended up losing to holders
Benfica.
^Although Santamaría had amassed 20 caps for his native Uruguay from 1952 to 1957, he had been representing Spain in international play since 1958.[7]
^Di Stéfano, a native Argentine, had represented both Argentina and Colombia earlier in his international career; however, he became a naturalised citizen of Spain in 1956, and began playing for the Spanish national team in 1957.[8][9]