1961–62 European Cup

The 1961–62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Benfica for the second time in a row, beating Real Madrid 5–3 in the final at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam.

1961–62 European Cup
The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates23 August 1961 – 2 May 1962
Teams29
Final positions
Champions Benfica (2nd title)
Runners-up Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored222 (4.04 per match)
Attendance2,009,001 (36,527 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ferenc Puskás (7 goals)

Malta entered its champion for the first time this season.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Tuesday, 4 July 1961.[1] As title holders, Benfica received a bye, and the remaining 28 teams were grouped geographically into two pots. The first team drawn in each pot also received a bye, while the remaining clubs would play the first round in September.

Pot 1
Northern Europe		 Pot 2
Southern Europe
Drawn Northern Ireland
England
West Germany
East Germany
Poland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
France
Republic of Ireland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Scotland		 Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Austria
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Italy
Malta
Byes Haka Fenerbahçe

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Steaua București 0–2 Austria Wien 0–0 0–2
Nürnberg 9–1 Drumcondra 5–0 4–1
Servette 7–1 Hibernians 5–0 2–1
CDNA Sofia 5–6 Dukla Prague 4–4 1–2
IFK Göteborg 2–11 Feyenoord 0–3 2–8
Górnik Zabrze 5–10 Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 1–8
Standard Liège 4–1 Fredrikstad 2–1 2–0
ASK Vorwärts Berlin 3–0 1 Linfield 3–0 n/p 1
AS Monaco 4–6 Rangers 2–3 2–3
Sporting CP 1–3 Partizan 1–1 0–2
Panathinaikos 2–3 Juventus 1–1 1–2
Spora Luxembourg 2–15 Boldklubben 1913 0–6 2–9
Vasas 1–5 Real Madrid 0–2 1–3

1 The second leg was scratched and Vorwärts Berlin were advanced to the first round as Linfield were unable to arrange an alternate venue after UK immigration officials refused to issue the Vorwärts team visas to enter the country.

First leg
Nürnberg 5–0 Drumcondra
Müller 10'
Strehl 15', 23'
Gettinger 47', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 30,645
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)
AS Monaco 2–3 Rangers
Hess 61'
Douis 75' (pen.)		 Report Baxter 9'
Scott 25', 85'
Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Daniel María Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)
CDNA Sofia 4–4 Dukla Prague
Rankov 32'
Rakarov 49'
Romanov 64', 86'		 Report Jelínek 35'
Kučera 42'
Dvořák 53'
Adamec 61'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Bronisław Bilak (Poland)
IFK Göteborg 0–3 Feyenoord
Report Bouwmeester 31'
Bennaars 32'
Temming 41'
Attendance: 5,431
Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)
Servette 5–0 Hibernians
Robbiani 2', 30'
Németh 22'
Georgy 56' (pen.), 71'		 Report
Attendance: 14,739
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
Standard Liège 2–1 Fredrikstad
Dierendonck 5'
Paeschen 77'		 Report Pedersen 52'
Attendance: 23,546
Vasas 0–2 Real Madrid
Report Tejada 6', 26'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)
Spora Luxembourg 0–6 Boldklubben 1913
Report Løfqvist 6', 36'
Bruun 38', 66'
Rasmussen 50'
Grønning-Hansen 55'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)
Górnik Zabrze 4–2 Tottenham Hotspur
Norman 8' (o.g.)
Musialek 20'
Wilczek 40'
Pol 48'		 Report Jones 70'
Dyson 73'
Attendance: 55,000
Sporting Lisbon 1–1 Partizan
Lúcio 87' Report Vukelić 68'
Attendance: 16,302
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
Panathinaikos 1–1 Juventus
Papaemmanouil 66' Report Mora 45'
Attendance: 23,904
Steaua București 0–0 Austria Wien
Report
Attendance: 41,743
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

Second leg
Rangers 3–2 AS Monaco
Christie 47', 68'
Scott 84'		 Report Hess 18', 77'
Attendance: 67,501
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.

Drumcondra 1–4 Nürnberg
Fullam 16' Report Strehl 15', 47', 52'
Healy 70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,997
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Nürnberg won 9–1 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague 2–1 CDNA Sofia
Kučera 54'
Šafránek 70'		 Report Rankov 44'
Attendance: 13,142
Referee: Grzegorz Placik (Poland)

Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.


Boldklubben 1913 9–2 Spora Luxembourg
Andersen 34' (pen.), 77'
Løfqvist 44', 59', 61', 87', 89'
Rasmussen 75'
Grønning-Hansen 80'		 Report Scheer 10'
Leer 29'
Attendance: 9,643
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.


Feyenoord 8–2 IFK Göteborg
Temming 3', 88'
Bennaars 9', 80'
Schouten 20'
Bouwmeester 44', 58', 59'		 Report Danielsson 70'
Svensson 73'
Attendance: 33,577
Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)

Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.

Hibernians 1–2 Servette
Sultana 60' Report Wüthrich 44'
Robbiani 78'
Attendance: 4,853
Referee: Gennaro Marchese (Italy)

Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad 0–2 Standard Liège
Report Claessen 68', 85'
Attendance: 25,074
Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 3–1 Vasas
Di Stéfano 12', 57'
Tejada 90'		 Report Pál 10'
Attendance: 70,000

Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur 8–1 Górnik Zabrze
Blanchflower 10' (pen.)
Jones 20', 26', 36'
Smith 38', 71'
Dyson 79'
White 90'		 Report Pol 28'
Attendance: 56,737
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.

Partizan 2–0 Sporting CP
Radović 18'
Vislavski 87'		 Report
Attendance: 19,755

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Juventus 2–1 Panathinaikos
Nicolè 20'
Rossano 26'		 Report Holevas 62' (pen.)
Attendance: 19,452
Referee: Alois Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia)

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

Austria Wien 2–0 Steaua București
Stotz 38' (pen.)
Nemec 41'		 Report
Attendance: 38,490
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.

Bracket
First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Fenerbahçe 1 0 1
Nürnberg 2 1 3
Nürnberg 3 0 3
Benfica 1 6 7
Austria Wien 1 1 2
Benfica 1 5 6
Benfica 3 1 4
Tottenham Hotspur 1 2 3
Servette 4 0 4
Dukla Prague 3 2 5
Dukla Prague 1 1 2
Tottenham Hotspur 0 4 4
Feyenoord 1 1 2
Tottenham Hotspur 3 1 4
Benfica 5
Real Madrid 3
Boldklubben 1913 0 0 0
Real Madrid 3 9 12
Juventus 0 1 1
Real Madrid 1 0 1
Partizan 1 0 1
Juventus 2 5 7
Real Madrid 4 2 6
Standard Liège 0 0 0
Standard Liège 5 2 7
Haka 1 0 1
Standard Liège 4 0 4
Rangers 1 2 3
Vorwärts Berlin 1 1 2
Rangers 2 4 6

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fenerbahçe 1–3 Nürnberg 1–2 0–1
Austria Vienna 2–6 Benfica 1–1 1–5
Servette 4–5 Dukla Prague 4–3 0–2
Feyenoord 2–4 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 1–1
Boldklubben 1913 0–12 Real Madrid 0–3 0–9
FK Partizan 1–7 Juventus 1–2 0–5
Standard Liège 7–1 Haka 5–1 2–0
ASK Vorwärts Berlin 2–6 Rangers 1–2 1–4

First leg
Boldklubben 1913 0–3 Real Madrid
Report Puskás 15', 84'
Tejada 86'
Attendance: 27,587
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Fenerbahçe 1–2 Nürnberg
Bartu 65' Report Flachenecker 52'
Strehl 55'
Attendance: 13,743
Referee: János Pósa Polareczki (Hungary)
Standard Liège 5–1 Valkeakosken Haka
Dierendonck 20'
Claessen 33', 61', 70'
Paeschen 78'		 Report Kumpulampi 76'
Attendance: 25,391
Austria Wien 1–1 Benfica
Stark 70' Report Águas 30'
Attendance: 78,833
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)
Feyenoord 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur
Kreijermaat 62' Report Dyson 41'
Saul 47', 76'
Attendance: 61,700
Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)
Servette 4–3 Dukla Prague
Fatton 24', 67', 88'
Robbiani 84'		 Report Adamec 6', 49'
Vacenovsky 37'
Attendance: 25,644
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)
Partizan 1–2 Juventus
Vasović 76' Report Nicolè 35'
Rosa 73'
Attendance: 23,472
Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)
ASK Vorwärts Berlin 1–2 Rangers
Kohle 26' Report Caldow 25' (pen.)
Brand 43'
Attendance: 14,268
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Second leg
Real Madrid 9–0 Boldklubben 1913
Puskás 8'
Del Sol 25', 30'
Di Stéfano 35', 42', 73'
Gento 55', 57'
Isidro Sánchez 89'		 Report
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Valkeakosken Haka 0–2 Standard Liège
Report Semmeling 78'
Niittymäki 87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,401
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.

Benfica 5–1 Austria Wien
Santana 5', 83'
Águas 36', 88'
Eusébio 69'		 Report Fernandes 80' (o.g.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Feyenoord
Dyson 10' Report Bennaars 7'
Attendance: 61,957
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.

Juventus 5–0 FK Partizan
Nicolè 1'
Mora 36', 65'
Rosa 61'
Stacchini 67'		 Report
Attendance: 14,347
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague 2–0 Servette
Kučera 24', 27' Report
Attendance: 9,585
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

Rangers 4–1 ASK Vorwärts Berlin
Henderson 37'
Kalinke 47' (o.g.)
McMillan 68', 81'		 Report Caldow 70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.

Nürnberg 1–0 Fenerbahçe
Wild 72' Report
Attendance: 42,641
Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)

Nürnberg won 3–1 on aggregate.

The Rangers-Vorwärts tie was scheduled to be played at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, but was moved to the Malmö Stadion in Malmö, Sweden after the East German club were again refused visas to enter the UK. The original match in Malmö was abandoned due to heavy fog with Rangers leading 1–0, and the match was replayed the following morning.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nürnberg 3–7 Benfica 3–1 0–6
Dukla Prague 2–4 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 1–4
Juventus 1–11 Real Madrid 0–1 1–0
Standard Liège 4–3 Rangers 4–1 0–2

1 Real Madrid beat Juventus 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.

First leg
Nürnberg 3–1 Benfica
Flachenecker 31', 85'
Strehl 40'		 Report Cavém 10'
Attendance: 41,010
Standard Liège 4–1 Rangers
Claessen 7'
Crossan 40', 51'
Vliers 56'		 Report Wilson 18'
Attendance: 35,891
Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)
Dukla Prague 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur
Kučera 59' Report
Attendance: 32,475
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)
Juventus 0–1 Real Madrid
Report Di Stéfano 69'
Attendance: 66,403
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Second leg
Rangers 2–0 Standard Liège
Brand 28'
Caldow 88' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 76,730

Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 0–1 Juventus
Report Sívori 39'
Attendance: 72,512

Real Madrid 1–1 Juventus on aggregate.

Real Madrid 3–1 Juventus
Felo 1'
Del Sol 65'
Tejada 83'		 Report Sívori 35'
Attendance: 36,750
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
Benfica 6–0 Nürnberg
Águas 1'
Eusébio 4', 55'
Coluna 20'
Augusto 63', 78'		 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Dukla Prague
Smith 11', 53'
Mackay 15', 54'		 Report Jelínek 44'
Attendance: 55,389
Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica 4–3 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 1–2
Real Madrid 6–0 Standard Liège 4–0 2–0

First leg
Benfica 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur
Simões 6'
Augusto 20', 64'		 Report Smith 55'
Attendance: 60,000
Real Madrid 4–0 Standard Liège
Di Stéfano 23'
Tejada 38', 78'
Casado 48'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Benfica
Smith 35'
Blanchflower 48' (pen.)		 Report Águas 15'
Attendance: 64,448

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.

Standard Liège 0–2 Real Madrid
Report Puskás 50'
Del Sol 60'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1962 European Cup Final
Benfica 5–3 Real Madrid
Águas 25'
Cavém 33'
Coluna 51'
Eusébio 64' (pen.), 69'		 Report UEFA Puskás 18', 23', 39'
Attendance: 61,257

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1961–62 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 7
Bent Løfqvist Boldklubben 1913 7
Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 7
Heinz Strehl Nürnberg 7
Justo Tejada Real Madrid 7
6 José Águas Benfica 6
Roger Claessen Standard Liège 6
Bobby Smith Tottenham Hotspur 6
9 Eusébio Benfica 5
Rudolf Kučera Dukla Prague 5

References
  1. Corriere dello Sport, 5 July 1961.
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