1960 European Cup final

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{{Infobox football match

| title = 1960 European Cup final

| image = 200px

| caption = Match programme cover

| event = 1959–60 European Cup

| team1 = Real Madrid

| team1association = {{fbaicon|ESP|1945|size=30px}}

| team1score = 7

| team2 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| team2association = {{fbaicon|FRG|size=30px}}

| team2score = 3

| details =

| date = 18 May 1960

| stadium = Hampden Park

| city = Glasgow

| man_of_the_match1a =

| referee = Jack Mowat (Scotland)

| attendance = 127,621{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/18/real-madrid-eintracht-frankfurt-60-years-european-cup-hampden |title='We marked an era' – 60 years on from when Real won 7–3 at Hampden |work=The Guardian |date=18 May 2020 |access-date=18 May 2020 |first=Sid |last=Lowe }}

| weather =

| previous = 1959

| next = 1961

}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/15/championsleague.sport |title=Hampden dazzled by white magic |work=The Guardian |date=15 May 2002 |access-date=14 May 2020 |first=Frank |last=Keating }} 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,{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2317064/The-greatest-matches-of-all-time.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=The greatest matches of all time |date=4 July 2007 |access-date=25 February 2013 |location=London}} it also remains the highest-scoring final in the history of the competition.{{Cite web |url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2018/05/on-this-day-in-1960-our-fifth-european-cup-was-won |title=On this day in 1960, our fifth European Cup was won |publisher=Real Madrid CF |date=18 May 2018 |accessdate=17 June 2022 }}

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.{{cite web |title=1959/60: Dazzling Madrid crush Frankfurt |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1959/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225114810/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/season=1959/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 February 2010 |work=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=25 February 2013}}

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.{{cite book |last=Hesse-Lichtenburger |first=Ulrich |title=Tor! The Story of German Football |year=2003 |page=141 |publisher=WSC Books Limited |isbn= 978-0-9540134-5-5}}

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.