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Football match
The
1961 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
was an
association football
match contested between
Fiorentina
of
Italy
and
Rangers
of
Scotland
. It was the final match of the
1960?61 European Cup Winners' Cup
and the first
European Cup Winners' Cup
final. It was the only time that the final was played over
two legs
. The first leg was played at
Ibrox Park
,
Glasgow
and the second leg at the
Stadio Comunale
in
Florence
. It was Rangers first European final and in doing so became the first Scottish team to reach the final of a European football competition. It was Fiorentina's second European final having previously reached the
1957 European Cup Final
.
Fiorentina won the final 4?1 on aggregate.
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Route to the final
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Rangers
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Rangers were required to play a preliminary round in the competition where they beat Ferencvaros from Hungary 5-4 on aggregate. They were then drawn against Borussia Monchengladbach from Germany who they then defeated 11-0 on aggregate. In the semi-final Rangers were then required to play English team Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rangers won the tie 3-1 on aggregate to reach their first ever European final.
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Fiorentina
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Fiorentina went straight into the quarter-finals where they played FC Luzern from Switzerland. They subsequently defeated them and Dinamo Zagreb to reach the final.
Background
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The 1961 final was the only time that it had been played over two legs until the competition was merged with the
UEFA Cup
in 1999.
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Fiorentina, who were managed by Hungarian
Nandor Hidegkuti
, were the recent
Coppa Italia
winners and had reached the final of the
European Cup
four years earlier. Their team included many Italian internationals including goalkeeper
Enrico Albertosi
and Swedish star player
Kurt Hamrin
.
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Rangers were managed by
Scot Symon
and had reached the semi-final of the European Cup the previous year. Since the start of the 1960-61 season , the all-Scottish Rangers team also included
Jim Baxter
who would go on to become a legendary figure of the club. Rangers top scorer
Jimmy Millar
missed the first leg through injury but featured in the return match.
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Match details
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First leg
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Second leg
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See also
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References
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