1960 Intercontinental Cup

The 1960 Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the matchup between the reigning European football champion and the reigning South American football champion. The idea was born of discussions between Pierre Delauney, UEFA secretary and José Ramón de Freitas, CONMEBOL secretary.

The two-legged tie was contested between Hungarian club Budapest Honvéd (1959–60 European Cup winner) and Argentinan club San Lorenzo (1960 Copa Libertadores winner). The first match-up ended with San Lorenzo beating Budapest Honved with a 1–0 victory at Buenos Aires's Estadio Gasómetro. scoring the winning goal of the game. They would also take out the second leg 2–0 in the return leg at Budapest's Santiago Bernabéu thanks to goals from and.

Background
Budapest Honvéd qualified through to the Intercontinental Cup by taking out the 1959–60 European Cup title after they had defeated Romanian club Petrolul Ploiesti in the final 3–0 in what was also the first title by a Hungarian team. The opponents was Argentinean club San Lorenzo who took home the 1960 Copa Libertadores title after they defeated Uruguayan club Nacional in two legs by a score of 2-1.

Heading into the series, Budapest had a pre-season tour of Argentina which would lead to the first leg of the match at the Estadio Gasómetro with four matches being played within two weeks. Their record being one win, one draw and two losses. For San Lorenzo, their 1960 season wasn't going the best that they were hoping for with the team being eleven points behind the leaders with 40% of the season completed which did include a 4-0 loss to Argentinos Juniors in their final match before the Intercontinental Cup.