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1962–63 European Cup

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.

Albania entered its champion for the first time this season.

Teams

Bracket

Preliminary round

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

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 25,824
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)
Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 15,784
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)
23 August Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 30,550[2]
Referee: Georgi Hristov (Bulgaria)
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jozef Rajcani (Czechoslovakia)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 21,421
Referee: Alfred Haberfellner (Austria)
Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 20,381
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)
Dens Park, Dundee
Attendance: 23,821
Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)
Stade des Charmilles, Genève
Attendance: 18,133
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad
Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 31,395
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 19,801[3]
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 15,674
Referee: James Ross Barclay (Scotland)
Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 12,271
Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)

Second leg

Municipal Stadium, Luxembourg
Attendance: 4,299[4]
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Milan won 14–0 on aggregate.

Portman Road, Ipswich
Attendance: 25,287
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Ipswich won 14–1 on aggregate.

Mithat Paşa Stadyumu, Istanbul
Attendance: 17,466
Referee: Atanas Kiryakov (Bulgaria)

Galatasaray won 4–1 on aggregate.

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 23,245
Referee: Joseph Cassar-Naudi (Malta)

Polonia Bytom won 6–2 on aggregate.

JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 26,890
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

CSKA Red Flag won 6–2 on aggregate.

Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 64,694
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.

José Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)

Sporting CP won 7–1 on aggregate.

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
Attendance: 37,998
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate.

De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 30,064
Referee: Marcel Raeymaekers (Belgium)

Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate.

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 9,737
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

Feyenoord won 3–1 in play-off match.

Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 6,648
Referee: Aleksandar Skorić (Yugoslavia)

Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,634
Referee: Kurt Lindberg (Sweden)

Austria Wien won 7–3 on aggregate.

Stadion Juliska, Prague
Attendance: 6,820
Referee: Włodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Dukla Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Esbjerg Stadion, Esbjerg
Attendance: 13,248
Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland)

Esbjerg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Norrköping won 3–1 on aggregate.

First round

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

First leg

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 7,607
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Mithat Paşa Stadyumu, Istanbul
Attendance: 23,274
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 22,230
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
José Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 53,700
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 41,783
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)
Vejle Stadion (1924), Vejle
Attendance: 14,620
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)
Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 24,205
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Second leg

Portman Road, Ipswich
Attendance: 25,001[5]
Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)

Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 8,462
Referee: Helmut Köhler (West Germany)

Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.

Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 56,702
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dens Park, Dundee
Attendance: 30,596
Referee: Erling Rolf Olsen (Norway)

Dundee won 4–2 on aggregate.

Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 5,041
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Feyenoord 3–3 Vasas on aggregate.

Bosuil Stadium, Antwerp
Attendance: 44,617
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Feyenoord won 1–0 in play-off match.

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 36,794
Referee: Félix Birigay Nieva (Spain)

Stade Reims won 7–3 on aggregate.

Stadion Juliska, Prague
Attendance: 8,622
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

Mithat Paşa Stadyumu, Istanbul
Attendance: 20,952
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 64,703
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 30,733
Referee: Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,603
Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Second leg

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 22,882
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.

Dens Park, Dundee
Attendance: 38,232
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Dundee won 6–2 on aggregate.

De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 52,565
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

Strahov Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 43,989
Referee: Arthur Holland (England)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 73,933
Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 51,826
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Austria)

Second leg

Dens Park, Dundee
Attendance: 35,169
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 74,908
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 45,715[6]
Referee: Arthur Holland (England)

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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