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.

1962–63 European Cup
Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates12 September 1962 – 22 May 1963
Teams30
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Milan (1st title)
Runners-upPortugal Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored214 (3.63 per match)
Attendance1,782,579 (30,213 per match)
Top scorer(s)José Altafini (Milan)
14 goals

Albania entered its champion for the first time this season.

Teams

Partizani (1st) Austria Wien (1st) Anderlecht (1st) CSKA Red Flag (1st)
Dukla Prague (1st) Esbjerg (1st) Ipswich Town (1st) HIFK (1st)
Stade Reims (1st) Vorwärts Berlin (1st) Köln (1st) Panathinaikos (1st)
Vasas (1st) Shelbourne (1st) Milan (1st) Union Luxembourg (1st)
Floriana (1st) Feyenoord (1st) Linfield (1st) Fredrikstad (3rd)
Polonia Bytom (2nd) Sporting CP (1st) Benfica (3rd)TH Dinamo București (1st)
Dundee (1st) Real Madrid (1st) Norrköping (1st) Servette (1st)
Galatasaray (1st) Partizan (1st)

Bracket

Preliminary roundFirst roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Dinamo București101
Galatasaray134 Galatasaray404
Polonia Bytom246 Polonia Bytom112
Panathinaikos112 Galatasaray101
Milan8614 Milan358
Union Luxembourg000 Milan314
Floriana101 Ipswich Town022
Ipswich Town41014 Milan505
CDNA Sofia246 Dundee112
Partizan112 CDNA Sofia202
Real Madrid303 Anderlecht224
Anderlecht314 Anderlecht112
Shelbourne011 Dundee426
Sporting CP257 Sporting CP112
Dundee808 Dundee044
Köln145 Milan2
Austria Wien527 Benfica1
HIFK303 Austria Wien303
Stade Reims257
Stade Reims011
Servette134 (3) Feyenoord112
Feyenoord314 (1) Feyenoord123 (1)
Fredrikstad101 Vasas123 (0)
Vasas4711 Feyenoord011
Linfield101 Benfica033
Esbjerg202 Esbjerg000
Vorwärts Berlin000 Dukla Praha055
Dukla Praha314 Dukla Praha101
Norrköping213 Benfica202
Partizani011 Norrköping112
Benfica156

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Milan 14–0 Union Luxembourg8–06–0
Floriana 1–14 Ipswich Town1–40–10
Dinamo București 1–4 Galatasaray1–10–3
Polonia Bytom 6–2 Panathinaikos2–14–1
CSKA Red Flag 6–2 Partizan2–14–1
Real Madrid 3–4 Anderlecht3–30–1
Shelbourne 1–7 Sporting CP0–21–5
Dundee 8–5 Köln8–10–4
Servette 4–41 Feyenoord1–33–1
Fredrikstad[1] 1–11 Vasas1–40–7
Austria Wien 7–3 HIFK5–32–0
Vorwärts Berlin 0–4 Dukla Prague0–30–1
Linfield 1–2 Esbjerg1–20–0
Norrköping 3–1 Partizani2–01–1

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

Milan 8–0 Union Luxembourg
Altafini 8', 11', 28', 44', 67'
Rivera 34'
Germano 43', 73'
Report
Attendance: 25,824
Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

Floriana 1–4 Ipswich Town
Borg 87'ReportCrawford 7', 48'
Phillips 30', 81'
Attendance: 15,784
Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)

Dinamo București 1–1 Galatasaray
Pârcălab 72' (pen.)ReportOktay 53'
Attendance: 30,550[2]
Referee: Georgi Hristov (Bulgaria)

Polonia Bytom 2–1 Panathinaikos
Pogrzeba 28'
Jóźwiak 70'
ReportTheofanis 29'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jozef Rajcani (Czechoslovakia)

CSKA Red Flag 2–1 Partizan
Rankov 14'
Kolev 19'
ReportKovačević 35' (pen.)
Attendance: 21,421
Referee: Alfred Haberfellner (Austria)

Real Madrid 3–3 Anderlecht
Zoco 14'
Gento 30'
Di Stéfano 48'
ReportVan Himst 37'
Janssens 42'
Stockman 80'
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Shelbourne 0–2 Sporting CP
ReportMorais 35'
Géo 80'
Attendance: 20,381
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Dundee 8–1 Köln
Penman 8', 49'
Seith 11'
Robertson 12'
Gilzean 26', 63', 66'
Smith 45'
ReportBenthaus 72'
Attendance: 23,821
Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)

Servette 1–3 Feyenoord
Mekhloufi 33'ReportKruiver 44', 49'
Bennaars 71'
Attendance: 18,133
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

Fredrikstad 1–4 Vasas
Aas 11'ReportPál 59', 77', 78'
Kékesi 89'
Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

Austria Wien 5–3 HIFK
Hirnschrodt 16'
Nemec 40', 86', 88'
Schleger 55'
ReportEkman 6'
Wiik 30'
Kankkonen 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,395
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

Vorwärts Berlin 0–3 Dukla Prague
ReportAdamec 45', 49', 70'
Attendance: 19,801[3]
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

Linfield 1–2 Esbjerg
Dickson 7'ReportChristiansen 28'
Bertelsen 42'
Attendance: 15,674
Referee: James Ross Barclay (Scotland)

Norrköping 2–0 Partizani
Bild 55'
Rosander 74'
Report
Attendance: 12,271
Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)

Second leg

Union Luxembourg 0–6 Milan
ReportRossano 7', 39'
Altafini 34', 42', 90'
Pivatelli 57'
Attendance: 4,299[4]
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Milan won 14–0 on aggregate.


Ipswich Town 10–0 Floriana
Moran 8', 52'
Phillips 14', 34' (pen.)
Crawford 28', 39', 44', 60', 80'
Elsworthy 54'
Report
Attendance: 25,287
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Ipswich won 14–1 on aggregate.


Galatasaray 3–0 Dinamo București
Oktay 13' (pen.)
Köken 52'
Kutver 77'
Report
Attendance: 17,466
Referee: Atanas Kiryakov (Bulgaria)

Galatasaray won 4–1 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos 1–4 Polonia Bytom
Panakis 38'ReportLiberda 25'
Kempny 44', 47'
Pogrzeba 70'
Attendance: 23,245
Referee: Joseph Cassar-Naudi (Malta)

Polonia Bytom won 6–2 on aggregate.


Partizan 1–4 CSKA Red Flag
Galić 70'ReportTsanev 23'
Yakimov 48'
Kovachev 80' (pen.)
Panayotov 90'
Attendance: 26,890
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

CSKA Red Flag won 6–2 on aggregate.


Anderlecht 1–0 Real Madrid
Jurion 85'Report
Attendance: 64,694
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.


Sporting CP 5–1 Shelbourne
Lúcio 5' (pen.)
Mascarenhas 8', 70'
José Carlos 48'
Morais 62'
ReportHennessy 88'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)

Sporting CP won 7–1 on aggregate.


Köln 4–0 Dundee
Habig 8' (pen.)
Müller 40', 58'
Schäfer 47'
Report
Attendance: 37,998
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate.


Feyenoord 1–3 Servette
Kerkum 89' (pen.)ReportMekhloufi 26', 52'
Bosson 36'
Attendance: 30,064
Referee: Marcel Raeymaekers (Belgium)

Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate.

Feyenoord 3–1 (a.e.t.) Servette
Kruiver 54'
Bouwmeester 91'
Van der Gijp 98'
ReportNémeth 33'
Attendance: 9,737
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)

Feyenoord won 3–1 in play-off match.


Vasas 7–0 Fredrikstad
L. Pál 11', 13'
Farkas 20', 22', 65'
T. Pál 44', 53'
Report
Attendance: 6,648
Referee: Aleksandar Skorić (Yugoslavia)

Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.


HIFK 0–2 Austria Wien
ReportNemec 62'
Jacaré 80'
Attendance: 2,634
Referee: Kurt Lindberg (Sweden)

Austria Wien won 7–3 on aggregate.


Dukla Prague 1–0 Vorwärts Berlin
Adamec 30'Report
Attendance: 6,820
Referee: Włodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Dukla Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.


Esbjerg 0–0 Linfield
Report
Attendance: 13,248
Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland)

Esbjerg won 2–1 on aggregate.


Partizani 1–1 Norrköping
Kraja 50'ReportKindvall 9'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Norrköping won 3–1 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Milan 4–2 Ipswich Town3–01–2
Galatasaray 4–2 Polonia Bytom4–10–1
CSKA Red Flag 2–4 Anderlecht2–20–2
Sporting CP 2–4 Dundee1–01–4
Feyenoord 3–31 Vasas1–12–2
Austria Wien 3–7 Stade Reims3–20–5
Esbjerg 0–5 Dukla Prague0–00–5
Norrköping 2–6 Benfica1–11–5

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

First leg

Milan 3–0 Ipswich Town
Barison 8', 13'
Sani 64'
Report
Attendance: 7,607

Galatasaray 4–1 Polonia Bytom
Oktay 19', 29' (pen.), 57'
Mamat 50'
ReportPogrzeba 43'
Attendance: 23,274
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)


Sporting CP 1–0 Dundee
Géo 90'Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)

Feyenoord 1–1 Vasas
Van der Gijp 23'ReportPál 38'
Attendance: 53,700
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

Austria Wien 3–2 Stade Reims
Jacaré 12'
Hirnschrodt 25'
Fiala 58' (pen.)
ReportSauvage 15' (pen.), 82'
Attendance: 41,783
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Esbjerg 0–0 Dukla Prague
Report
Attendance: 14,620
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

Norrköping 1–1 Benfica
Björklund 8'ReportEusébio 31'
Attendance: 24,205
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Second leg

Ipswich Town 2–1 Milan
Crawford 79'
Blackwood 85'
ReportBarison 62'
Attendance: 25,001[5]

Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.


Polonia Bytom 1–0 Galatasaray
Jóźwiak 20'Report
Attendance: 8,462
Referee: Helmut Köhler (West Germany)

Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.


Anderlecht 2–0 CSKA Red Flag
Lippens 40' (pen.), 51' (pen.)Report
Attendance: 56,702
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.


Dundee 4–1 Sporting CP
Gilzean 21', 37', 53'
Cousin 62'
ReportFigueiredo 66'
Attendance: 30,596
Referee: Erling Rolf Olsen (Norway)

Dundee won 4–2 on aggregate.


Vasas 2–2 Feyenoord
Machos 36', 87' (pen.)ReportKruiver 44'
Kerkum 60'
Attendance: 5,041

Feyenoord 3–3 Vasas on aggregate.

Feyenoord 1–0 Vasas
Bennaars 54'Report
Attendance: 44,617
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Feyenoord won 1–0 in play-off match.


Stade Reims 5–0 Austria Wien
Kopa 12', 68'
Siatka 17'
Dubaële 36'
Akesbi 80'
Report
Attendance: 36,794
Referee: Félix Birigay Nieva (Spain)

Stade Reims won 7–3 on aggregate.


Dukla Prague 5–0 Esbjerg
Hansen 15' (o.g.)
Vacenovský 50', 68'
Masopust 57'
Brumovský 80'
Report
Attendance: 8,622
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.


Benfica 5–1 Norrköping
Águas 1'
Eusébio 16', 35', 85'
Coluna 21'
ReportBjörklund 62'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jean Tricot (France)

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Galatasaray 1–8 Milan1–30–5
Anderlecht 2–6 Dundee1–41–2
Stade Reims 1–2 Feyenoord0–11–1
Benfica 2–1 Dukla Prague2–10–0

First leg

Galatasaray 1–3 Milan
Köken 4'ReportMora 34' (pen.)
Barison 39'
Altafini 76'
Attendance: 20,952
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Anderlecht 1–4 Dundee
Lippens 36' (pen.)ReportGilzean 1', 18'
Cousin 46'
Penman 71'
Attendance: 64,703


Benfica 2–1 Dukla Prague
Coluna 54', 85'ReportVacenovský 63'
Attendance: 60,603
Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Second leg

Milan 5–0 Galatasaray
Pivatelli 11', 42'
Altafini 50', 66', 69'
Report
Attendance: 22,882
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.


Dundee 2–1 Anderlecht
Cousin 79'
Smith 82'
ReportStockman 29'
Attendance: 38,232

Dundee won 6–2 on aggregate.


Feyenoord 1–1 Stade Reims
Kruiver 40'ReportAkesbi 41'
Attendance: 52,565
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.


Dukla Prague 0–0 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 43,989

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Milan 5–2 Dundee5–10–1
Feyenoord 1–3 Benfica0–01–3

First leg

Milan 5–1 Dundee
Sani 3'
Barison 47', 76'
Mora 51', 82'
ReportCousin 23'
Attendance: 73,933
Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)

Feyenoord 0–0 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 51,826
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Austria)

Second leg

Dundee 1–0 Milan
Gilzean 81'Report
Attendance: 35,169
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.


Benfica 3–1 Feyenoord
Eusébio 18'
Augusto 43'
Santana 63'
ReportBouwmeester 81'
Attendance: 74,908
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Milan 2–1 Benfica
Altafini 58', 66'ReportEusébio 18'
Attendance: 45,715[6]

Top scorers

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

RankNameTeamGoals
1 José Altafini Milan14
2 Alan Gilzean Dundee9
3 Ray Crawford Ipswich Town8
4 Paolo Barison Milan6
Eusébio Benfica6
László Pál Vasas6
7 Piet Kruiver Feyenoord5
Metin Oktay Galatasaray5
9 Jozef Adamec Dukla Prague4
Alan Cousin Dundee4
Horst Nemec Austria Wien4
Ted Phillips Ipswich Town4

Notes and references