1961–62 European Cup

1961–62 European Cup

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	23 August 1961 – 2 May 1962
Teams	29
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	222 (4.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ferenc Puskás (7 goals)

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 at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam.

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 Bucureşti	0–2	Austria Wien	0–0	0–2
Nuremberg	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
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

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Second leg

Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Nuremberg won 9–1 on aggregate.

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Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.

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Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.

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Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.

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Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	1–3	Nuremberg	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
Vorwärts Berlin	2–6	Rangers	1–2	1–4

First leg

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Second leg

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Nuremberg 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
Nuremberg	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

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Second leg

Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid 1–1 Juventus on aggregate.

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Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.

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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

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Second leg

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	7
	Bent Løfqvist	Boldklubben 1913	7
	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	7
	Heinz Strehl	Nuremberg	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

External links

• 1961–62 All matches – season at UEFA website
• All scorers 1961–62 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
• 1961–62 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation