European_Cup_1962–63

1962–63 European Cup

1962–63 European Cup

8th season of the UEFA club football tournament


The 1962–63 European Cup was the eighth season of the European Cup, a football competition for European clubs. The competition was won by Milan, who beat two-time defending champions Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium in London. Milan's victory was the first by an Italian club.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...

Albania entered its champion for the first time this season.

Teams

Albania Partizani (1st) Austria Austria Wien (1st) Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Bulgaria CSKA Red Flag (1st)
Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague (1st) Denmark Esbjerg (1st) England Ipswich Town (1st) Finland HIFK (1st)
France Stade Reims (1st) East Germany Vorwärts Berlin (1st) West Germany Köln (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st)
Hungary Vasas (1st) Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (1st) Italy Milan (1st) Luxembourg Union Luxembourg (1st)
Malta Floriana (1st) Netherlands Feyenoord (1st) Northern Ireland Linfield (1st) Norway Fredrikstad (3rd)
Poland Polonia Bytom (2nd) Portugal Sporting CP (1st) Portugal Benfica (3rd)TH Romania Dinamo București (1st)
Scotland Dundee (1st) Spain Real Madrid (1st) Sweden Norrköping (1st) Switzerland Servette (1st)
Turkey Galatasaray (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan (1st)

Bracket

Preliminary round First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Romania Dinamo București 1 0 1
Turkey Galatasaray 1 3 4 Turkey Galatasaray 4 0 4
Poland Polonia Bytom 2 4 6 Poland Polonia Bytom 1 1 2
Greece Panathinaikos 1 1 2 Turkey Galatasaray 1 0 1
Italy Milan 8 6 14 Italy Milan 3 5 8
Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 0 0 0 Italy Milan 3 1 4
Malta Floriana 1 0 1 England Ipswich Town 0 2 2
England Ipswich Town 4 10 14 Italy Milan 5 0 5
Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 2 4 6 Scotland Dundee 1 1 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 1 1 2 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 2 0 2
Spain Real Madrid 3 0 3 Belgium Anderlecht 2 2 4
Belgium Anderlecht 3 1 4 Belgium Anderlecht 1 1 2
Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 0 1 1 Scotland Dundee 4 2 6
Portugal Sporting CP 2 5 7 Portugal Sporting CP 1 1 2
Scotland Dundee 8 0 8 Scotland Dundee 0 4 4
West Germany Köln 1 4 5 Italy Milan 2
Austria Austria Wien 5 2 7 Portugal Benfica 1
Finland HIFK 3 0 3 Austria Austria Wien 3 0 3
France Stade Reims 2 5 7
France Stade Reims 0 1 1
Switzerland Servette 1 3 4 (3) Netherlands Feyenoord 1 1 2
Netherlands Feyenoord 3 1 4 (1) Netherlands Feyenoord 1 2 3 (1)
Norway Fredrikstad 1 0 1 Hungary Vasas 1 2 3 (0)
Hungary Vasas 4 7 11 Netherlands Feyenoord 0 1 1
Northern Ireland Linfield 1 0 1 Portugal Benfica 0 3 3
Denmark Esbjerg 2 0 2 Denmark Esbjerg 0 0 0
East Germany Vorwärts Berlin 0 0 0 Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 0 5 5
Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 3 1 4 Portugal Benfica 2 0 2
Sweden Norrköping 2 1 3 Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 1 0 1
Albania Partizani 0 1 1 Sweden Norrköping 1 1 2
Portugal Benfica 1 5 6

Preliminary round

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

1 Feyenoord beat Servette 3–1 in a play–off to qualify for the first round.

Note: Benfica and Stade Reims received byes.

First leg

More information Milan, 8–0 ...
Attendance: 25,824
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

More information Floriana, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 15,784
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)

More information Dinamo București, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 30,550[2]
Referee: Georgi Hristov (Bulgaria)

More information Polonia Bytom, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jozef Rajcani (Czechoslovakia)

More information CSKA Red Flag, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 21,421
Referee: Alfred Haberfellner (Austria)

More information Real Madrid, 3–3 ...
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

More information Shelbourne, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 20,381
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

More information Dundee, 8–1 ...
Attendance: 23,821
Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)

More information Servette, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 18,133
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

More information Fredrikstad, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

More information Austria Wien, 5–3 ...
Attendance: 31,395
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

More information Vorwärts Berlin, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 19,801[3]
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

More information Linfield, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 15,674
Referee: James Ross Barclay (Scotland)

More information Norrköping, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 12,271
Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)

Second leg

More information Union Luxembourg, 0–6 ...
Attendance: 4,299[4]
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Milan won 14–0 on aggregate.


More information Ipswich Town, 10–0 ...
Attendance: 25,287
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Ipswich won 14–1 on aggregate.


More information Galatasaray, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 17,466
Referee: Atanas Kiryakov (Bulgaria)

Galatasaray won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Panathinaikos, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 23,245
Referee: Joseph Cassar-Naudi (Malta)

Polonia Bytom won 6–2 on aggregate.


More information Partizan, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 26,890
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

CSKA Red Flag won 6–2 on aggregate.


More information Anderlecht, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 64,694
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.


More information Sporting CP, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)

Sporting CP won 7–1 on aggregate.


More information Köln, 4–0 ...
Attendance: 37,998

Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate.


More information Feyenoord, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 30,064
Referee: Marcel Raeymaekers (Belgium)

Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate.

More information Feyenoord, 3–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 9,737
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

Feyenoord won 3–1 in play-off match.


More information Vasas, 7–0 ...
Attendance: 6,648
Referee: Aleksandar Skorić (Yugoslavia)

Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.


More information HIFK, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 2,634
Referee: Kurt Lindberg (Sweden)

Austria Wien won 7–3 on aggregate.


More information Dukla Prague, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 6,820
Referee: Włodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Dukla Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.


More information Esbjerg, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 13,248
Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland)

Esbjerg won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Partizani, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Norrköping won 3–1 on aggregate.

First round

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

1 Feyenoord beat Vasas 1–0 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg

More information Milan, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 7,607

More information Galatasaray, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 23,274
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)

More information CSKA Red Flag, 2–2 ...

More information Sporting CP, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)

More information Feyenoord, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 53,700
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

More information Austria Wien, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 41,783
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

More information Esbjerg, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 14,620
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

More information Norrköping, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 24,205
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Second leg

More information Ipswich Town, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 25,001[5]

Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Polonia Bytom, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 8,462
Referee: Helmut Köhler (West Germany)

Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Anderlecht, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 56,702
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Dundee, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 30,596
Referee: Erling Rolf Olsen (Norway)

Dundee won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Vasas, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 5,041

Feyenoord 3–3 Vasas on aggregate.

More information Feyenoord, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 44,617
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Feyenoord won 1–0 in play-off match.


More information Stade Reims, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 36,794
Referee: Félix Birigay Nieva (Spain)

Stade Reims won 7–3 on aggregate.


More information Dukla Prague, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 8,622
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.


More information Benfica, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Galatasaray, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 20,952
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

More information Anderlecht, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 64,703

More information Stade Reims, 0–1 ...

More information Benfica, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 60,603
Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Second leg

More information Milan, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 22,882
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.


More information Dundee, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 38,232

Dundee won 6–2 on aggregate.


More information Feyenoord, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 52,565
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information Dukla Prague, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 43,989

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Milan, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 73,933
Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)

More information Feyenoord, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 51,826
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Austria)

Second leg

More information Dundee, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 35,169
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.


More information Benfica, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 74,908
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

More information Milan, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 45,715[6]

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1962–63 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:[7]


Notes and references

  1. Not national champion. Qualified due to leading the 1961–62 Norwegian Main League standings at the summer break on 1 July 1962, after 21 of 30 matches had been played.
  2. "Dinamo București v Galatasaray, 9 September 1962" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  3. "Vorwärts Berlin v Dukla Prague, 26 September 1962" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. "Union Luxembourg v Milan, 19 September 1962" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. "Ipswich Town v Milan, 28 November 1962". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. "Milan v Benfica, 22 May 1963" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. "Season 1962/63 Player stats". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

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