The 1960 European Cup Final was the fifth final in the history of the European Cup, and was contested between Real Madrid of Spain and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest football matches ever played. Madrid won 7–3 in front of a crowd of 135,000 people at Glasgow's Hampden Park. Frankfurt reached the final through an impressive 12–4 aggregate victory over Scottish champions Rangers, whereas Madrid overcame their bitter rivals FC Barcelona 6–2 over two legs.
The match was initially in doubt as the German FA 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.
Puskás and Di Stefano are two of only three players to have scored a hat-trick in a European Cup or Champions League final, with the other being Pierino Prati for A.C. Milan in their 4–1 victory over AFC Ajax in the 1969 European Cup Final. Puskás repeated the feat in the 1962 European Cup Final.
18 May 1960
Real Madrid 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 127,621
Referee: Jack Mowatt (Scotland)
Di Stéfano 27', 30', 73'
Puskás 45+1', 56', 60', 71'
Kreß 18'
Stein 72', 75'
Real Madrid:
GK 1 Rogelio Domínguez
RB 2 Marquitos
CD 5 José Santamaría
LB 3 Pachín
MF 4 José María Vidal
MF 6 José María Zárraga (c)
RW 7 Canário
FW 8 Luis del Sol
FW 9 Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW 10 Ferenc Puskás
LW 11 Francisco Gento
Manager:
Miguel Muñoz
Eintracht Frankfurt:
GK 1 Egon Loy
DF 2 Friedel Lutz
DF 3 Hermann Höfer
MF 4 Hans Weilbächer (c)
DF 5 Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt
MF 6 Dieter Stinka
FW 7 Richard Kreß
FW 8 Dieter Lindner
FW 9 Erwin Stein
FW 10 Alfred Pfaff
FW 11 Erich Meier
Manager:
Paul Oßwald
