1962–63 European Cup

1962–63 European Cup

The Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	12 September 1962 – 22 May 1963
Teams	30
Final positions
Champions	Milan (1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	214 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Altafini (14 goals)

The 1962–63 season of the European Cup was won by Milan in the final at Wembley Stadium, London, against defending champions Benfica, who were appearing in a third consecutive final. Milan's victory was the first by an Italian club.

Albania entered its champion for the first time this season.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	14–0	Union Luxembourg	8–0	6–0
Floriana	1–14	Ipswich Town	1–4	0–10
Dinamo Bucureşti	1–4	Galatasaray	1–1	0–3
Polonia Bytom	6–2	Panathinaikos	2–1	4–1
CSKA Red Flag	6–2	Partizan	2–1	4–1
Real Madrid	3–4	Anderlecht	3–3	0–1
Shelbourne	1–7	Sporting	0–2	1–5
Dundee	8–5	Köln	8–1	0–4
Servette	4–4^1	Feyenoord	1–3	3–1
Fredrikstad	1–11	Vasas	1–4	0–7
Austria Wien	7–3	HIFK	5–3	2–0
Vorwärts Berlin	0–4	Dukla Prague	0–3	0–1
Linfield	1–2	Esbjerg	1–2	0–0
Norrköping	3–1	Partizani Tirana	2–0	1–1

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

Note: S.L. Benfica, and Stade de Reims received byes.

First leg

Milan v Union Luxembourg

12 September 1962

Milan	8–0	Union Luxembourg
Altafini  8', 11', 28', 44', 67' Rivera  34' Germano  43', 73'	Report

San Siro, Milan Attendance: 25,824 Referee: Joseph Heymann (Switzerland)

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Floriana v Ipswich Town

18 September 1962

Floriana	1–4	Ipswich Town
Borg  87'	Report	Crawford  7', 48' Phillips  30', 81'

Empire Stadium, Gżira Attendance: 15,784 Referee: Bruno de Marchi (Italy)

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Dinamo Bucureşti v Galatasaray

9 September 1962

Dinamo Bucureşti	1–1	Galatasaray
Pârcălab  72' (pen.)	Report	Oktay  53'

23 August Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Georgi Hristov (Bulgaria)

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Polonia Bytom v Panathinaikos

12 September 1962

Polonia Bytom	2–1	Panathinaikos
Pogrzeba  28' Jóźwiak  70'	Report	Theofanis  29'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jozef Rajcani (Czechoslovakia)

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CSKA Red Flag v Partizan

19 September 1962

CSKA Red Flag	2–1	Partizan
Rankov  14' Kolev  19'	Report	Kovačević  35' (pen.)

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 21,421 Referee: Alfred Haberfellner (Austria)

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Real Madrid v Anderlecht

5 September 1962

Real Madrid	3–3	Anderlecht
Zoco  14' Gento  27' Di Stéfano  68'	Report	Jurion  32' Janssens  41' Stockman  80'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

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Shelbourne v Sporting SP

19 September 1962

Shelbourne	0–2	Sporting SP
	Report	Morais  35' Géo  80'

Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 20,381 Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

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Dundee v Köln

5 September 1962

Dundee	8–1	Köln
Penman  8', 49' Seith  11' Robertson  12' Gilzean  26', 63', 66' Smith  45'	Report	Benthaus  72'

Dens Park, Dundee Attendance: 23,821 Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)

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Servette v Feyenoord

12 September 1962

Servette	1–3	Feyenoord
Mekhloufi  33'	Report	Kruiver  44', 49' Bennaars  71'

Stade des Charmilles, Genève Attendance: 18,133 Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)

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Fredrikstad v Vasas

5 September 1962

Fredrikstad	1–4	Vasas
Aas  11'	Report	Pál  59', 77', 78' Kékesi  89'

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad Attendance: 6,024 Referee: Bengt Lundell (Sweden)

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Austria Wien v HIFK

5 September 1962

Austria Wien	5–3	HIFK
Hirnschrodt  16' Nemec  40', 86', 88' Schleger  55'	Report	Ekman  6' Wiik  30' Kankkonen 83' (pen.)

Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 31,395 Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

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Vorwärts Berlin v Dukla Prague

26 September 1962

Vorwärts Berlin	0–3	Dukla Prague
	Report	Adamec  45', 49', 70'

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin Attendance: 19,800 Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)

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Linfield v Esbjerg

5 September 1962

Linfield	1–2	Esbjerg
Dickson  7'	Report	Christiansen  28' Bertelsen  42'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 15,674 Referee: James Ross Barclay (Scotland)

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Norrköping v Partizani Tirana

26 August 1962

Norrköping	2–0	Partizani Tirana
Bild  55' Rosander  74'	Report

Idrottsparken, Norrköping Attendance: 12,271 Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)

Second leg

Union Luxembourg v Milan

19 September 1962

Union Luxembourg	0–6	Milan
	Report	Rossano  7', 39' Altafini  34', 42', 90' Pivatelli  57'

Municipal Stadium, Luxembourg Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Milan won 14–0 on aggregate.

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Ipswich Town v Floriana

25 September 1962

Ipswich Town	10–0	Floriana
Moran  8', 52' Phillips  14', 34' (pen.) Crawford  28', 39', 44', 60', 80' Elsworthy  54'	Report

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

Ipswich won 14–1 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray v Dinamo Bucureşti

16 September 1962

Galatasaray	3–0	Dinamo Bucureşti
Oktay  13' (pen.) Köken  52' Kutver  77'	Report

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 17,466 Referee: Atanas Kiryakov (Bulgaria)

Galatasaray won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos v Polonia Bytom

19 September 1962

Panathinaikos	1–4	Polonia Bytom
Panakis  38'	Report	Liberda  25' Kempny  44', 47' Pogrzeba  70'

Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 23,245 Referee: Joseph Cassar-Naudi (Malta)

Polonia Bytom won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Partizan v CSKA Red Flag

3 October 1962

Partizan	1–4	CSKA Red Flag
Galić  70'	Report	Tsanev  23' Yakimov  48' Kovachev  80' (pen.) Panayotov  90'

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

CDNA won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht v Real Madrid

26 September 1962

Anderlecht	1–0	Real Madrid
Jurion  85'	Report

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

Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Sporting CP v Shelbourne

26 September 1962

Sporting CP	5–1	Shelbourne
Lúcio  5' (pen.) Mascarenhas  8', 70' José Carlos  48' Morais  62'	Report	Hennessy  88'

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

Sporting CP won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Köln v Dundee

26 September 1962

Köln	4–0	Dundee
Habig  8' (pen.) Müller  40', 58' Schäfer  47'	Report

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

Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord v Servette

19 September 1962

Feyenoord	1–3	Servette
Kerkum  89' (pen.)	Report	Mekhloufi  26', 52' Bosson  36'

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

Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate.

Feyenoord v Servette

17 October 1962

Feyenoord	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Servette
Kruiver  54' Bouwmeester  91' van der Gijp  98'	Report	Németh  33'

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

Feyenoord won 3–1 in play-off match.

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Vasas v Fredrikstad

19 September 1962

Vasas	7–0	Fredrikstad
L. Pál  11', 13' Farkas  20', 22', 65' T. Pál  44', 53'	Report

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

Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.

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HIFK v Austria Wien

26 September 1962

HIFK	0–2	Austria Wien
	Report	Nemec  62' Jacaré  80'

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

Austria Wien won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Dukla Prague v Vorwärts Berlin

3 October 1962

Dukla Prague	1–0	Vorwärts Berlin
Adamec  30'	Report

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

Dukla Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Esbjerg v Linfield

19 September 1962

Esbjerg	0–0	Linfield
	Report

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

Esbjerg won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Partizani Tirana v Norrköping

12 September 1962

Partizani Tirana	1–1	Norrköping
Kraja  50'	Report	Kindvall  9'

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

Norrköping won 3–1 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	4–2	Ipswich Town	3–0	1–2
Galatasaray	4–2	Polonia Bytom	4–1	0–1
CSKA Red Flag	2–4	Anderlecht	2–2	0–2
Sporting	2–4	Dundee	1–0	1–4
Feyenoord	3–3^1	Vasas	1–1	2–2
Austria Wien	3–7	Stade Reims	3–2	0–5
Esbjerg	0–5	Dukla Prague	0–0	0–5
Norrköping	2–6	Benfica	1–1	1–5

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

First leg

Milan v Ipswich Town

19 November 1962

Milan	3–0	Ipswich Town
Barison  8', 13' Sani  64'	Report

San Siro, Milan Attendance: 7,607 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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Galatasaray v Polonia Bytom

7 November 1962

Galatasaray	4–1	Polonia Bytom
Oktay  19', 29' (pen.), 57' Mamat  50'	Report	Pogrzeba  43'

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 23,274 Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)

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CSKA Red Flag v Anderlecht

24 October 1962

CSKA Red Flag	2–2	Anderlecht
Kolev  57' Yakimov  85'	Report	Jurion  62', 76'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 22,230 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

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Sporting v Dundee

24 October 1962

Sporting	1–0	Dundee
Géo  90'	Report

José Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Henri Faucheux (France)

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Feyenoord v Vasas

14 November 1962

Feyenoord	1–1	Vasas
Van der Gijp  23'	Report	Pál  38'

De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 53,700 Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

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Austria Wien v Stade Reims

18 October 1962

Austria Wien	3–2	Stade Reims
Jacaré  12' Hirnschrodt  25' Fiala  58' (pen.)	Report	Sauvage  15' (pen.), 82'

Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 41,783 Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

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Esbjerg v Dukla Prague

7 November 1962

Esbjerg	0–0	Dukla Prague
	Report

Esbjerg Stadion, Esbjerg Attendance: 14,620 Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

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Norrköping v Benfica

31 October 1962

Norrköping	1–1	Benfica
Björklund  8'	Report	Eusébio  31'

Idrottsparken, Norrköping Attendance: 24,205 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Second leg

Ipswich Town v Milan

28 November 1962

Ipswich Town	2–1	Milan
Crawford  79' Blackwood  85'	Report	Barison  62'

Portman Road, Ipswich Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)

Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Polonia Bytom v Galatasaray

18 November 1962

Polonia Bytom	1–0	Galatasaray
Jóźwiak  20'	Report

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

Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Anderlecht v CSKA Red Flag

14 November 1962

Anderlecht	2–0	CSKA Red Flag
Lippens  40' (pen.), 51' (pen.)	Report

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

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Dundee v Sporting

31 October 1962

Dundee	4–1	Sporting
Gilzean  21', 37', 53' Cousin  62'	Report	Figueiredo  66'

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

Dundee won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Vasas v Feyenoord

18 November 1962

Vasas	2–2	Feyenoord
Machos  36', 87' (pen.)	Report	Kruiver  44' Kerkum  60'

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

Feyenoord 3–3 Vasas on aggregate.

Feyenoord v Vasas

12 December 1962

Feyenoord	1–0	Vasas
Bennaars  54'	Report

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

Feyenoord won 1–0 in play-off match.

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Stade Reims v Austria Wien

14 November 1962

Stade Reims	5–0	Austria Wien
Kopa  12', 68' Siatka  17' Dubaële  36' Akesbi  80'	Report

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

Stade Reims won 7–3 on aggregate.

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Dukla Prague v Esbjerg

14 November 1962

Dukla Prague	5–0	Esbjerg
Hansen  15' (o.g.) Vacenovský  50', 68' Masopust  57' Brumovský  80'	Report

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

Dukla Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Benfica v Norrköping

22 November 1962

Benfica	5–1	Norrköping
Águas  1' Eusébio  16', 35', 85' Coluna  21'	Report	Björklund  62'

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

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	1–8	Milan	1–3	0–5
Anderlecht	2–6	Dundee	1–4	1–2
Stade Reims	1–2	Feyenoord	0–1	1–1
Benfica	2–1	Dukla Prague	2–1	0–0

First leg

Galatasaray v Milan

23 January 1963

Galatasaray	1–3	Milan
Uğur  4'	Report	Mora  34' (pen.) Barison  39' Altafini  76'

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 20,952 Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

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Anderlecht v Dundee

6 March 1963

Anderlecht	1–4	Dundee
Lippens  36' (pen.)	Report	Gilzean  1', 18' Cousin  46' Penman  71'

Heysel Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 64,703 Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

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Stade Reims v Feyenoord

6 February 1963

Stade Reims	0–1	Feyenoord
	Report	Kreijermaat  27'

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 30,733 Referee: Kurt Waldemar Tschenscher (West Germany)

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Benfica v Dukla Prague

6 March 1963

Benfica	2–1	Dukla Prague
Coluna  54', 85'	Report	Vacenovský  63'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 60,603 Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Second leg

Milan v Galatasaray

13 March 1963

Milan	5–0	Galatasaray
Pivatelli  11', 42' Altafini  50', 66', 69'	Report

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

Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.

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Dundee v Anderlecht

13 March 1963

Dundee	2–1	Anderlecht
Cousin  79' Smith  82'	Report	Stockman  29'

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

Dundee won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord v Stade Reims

13 March 1963

Feyenoord	1–1	Stade Reims
Kruiver  40'	Report	Akesbi  41'

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

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Dukla Prague v Benfica

13 March 1963

Dukla Prague	0–0	Benfica
	Report

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

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	5–2	Dundee	5–1	0–1
Feyenoord	1–3	Benfica	0–0	1–3

First leg

Milan v Dundee

24 April 1963

Milan	5–1	Dundee
Sani  3' Barison  47', 76' Mora  51', 82'	Report	Cousin  23'

San Siro, Milan Attendance: 73,933 Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)

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Feyenoord v Benfica

10 April 1963

Feyenoord	0–0	Benfica
	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 51,826 Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (Austria)

Second leg

Dundee v Milan

1 May 1963

Dundee	1–0	Milan
Gilzean  81'	Report

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

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica v Feyenoord

8 May 1963

Benfica	3–1	Feyenoord
Eusébio  18' Torres  43' Santana  63'	Report	Bouwmeester  81'

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

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Milan v Benfica

22 May 1963

Milan	2–1	Benfica
Altafini  58', 66'	Report MatchCentre	Eusébio  18'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 45,700 Referee: Arthur Holland (England)

Top scorers

14 goals

• José Altafini ( Milan)

External links

• European Champions Clubs' Cup 1962–63 All matches – season UEFA.com
• All scorers 1962–63 European Cup (Tournament phase) UEFA.com + All scorers (qualifying phase) UEFA.com
• European Cups Archive Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• 1962-63 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1962-63 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1962-63 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1962–63 European Cup