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 Portugal Benfica (2nd title)
Runners-up Spain Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played 55
Goals scored 222 (4.04 per match)
Top scorer(s) Spain 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 Finland Haka Turkey 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 Romania 0–2 Austria Austria Wien 0–0 0–2
Nuremberg West Germany 9–1 Republic of Ireland Drumcondra 5–0 4–1
Servette Switzerland 7–1 Malta Hibernians 5–0 2–1
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 5–6 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 4–4 1–2
IFK Göteborg Sweden 2–11 Netherlands Feyenoord 0–3 2–8
Górnik Zabrze Poland 5–10 England Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 1–8
Standard Liège Belgium 4–1 Norway Fredrikstad 2–1 2–0
Vorwärts Berlin East Germany 3–0 Northern Ireland Linfield 3–0 (w/o)
AS Monaco France 4–6 Scotland Rangers 2–3 2–3
Sporting CP Portugal 1–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 1–1 0–2
Panathinaikos Greece 2–3 Italy Juventus 1–1 1–2
Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg 2–15 Denmark Boldklubben 1913 0–6 2–9
Vasas Hungary 1–5 Spain Real Madrid 0–2 1–3

Note: Vorwärts Berlin were refused visas to enter the United Kingdom, and Linfield could not afford to travel to an alternate venue, so Vorwärts were given a bye into the next round after their 3–0 win in the first leg in Berlin.

First leg

23 August 1961
Nuremberg Germany 5–0 Republic of Ireland Drumcondra
Müller  10'
Strehl  15', 23'
Gettinger  47', 75'
Report
Städtisches Stadium, Nuremberg
Attendance: 30,645
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

5 September 1961
AS Monaco France 2–3 Scotland Rangers
Hess  61'
Douis  75' (pen.)
Report Baxter  9'
Scott  25', 85'
Stade Louis II, Monaco
Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Daniel María Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)

6 September 1961
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 4–4 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Rankov  32'
Rakarov  49'
Romanov  64', 86'
Report Jelínek  35'
Kučera  42'
Dvořák  53'
Adamec  61'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Bronisław Bilak (Poland)

6 September 1961
IFK Göteborg Sweden 0–3 Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Bouwmeester  31'
Bennaars  32'
Temming  41'
Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,431
Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

6 September 1961
Servette Switzerland 5–0 Malta Hibernians
Robbiani  2', 30'
Németh  22'
Georgy  56' (pen.), 71'
Report
Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Attendance: 14,739
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

6 September 1961
Standard Liège Belgium 2–1 Norway Fredrikstad
Dierendonck  5'
Paeschen  77'
Report Pedersen  52'

6 September 1961
Vasas Hungary 0–2 Spain Real Madrid
Report Tejada  6', 26'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

7 September 1961
Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–6 Denmark Boldklubben 1913
Report Løfqvist  6', 36'
Bruun  38', 66'
Rasmussen  50'
Grønning-Hansen  55'
Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

13 September 1961
Górnik Zabrze Poland 4–2 England Tottenham Hotspur
Norman  8' (o.g.)
Musialek  20'
Wilczek  40'
Pol  48'
Report Jones  70'
Dyson  73'
Silesian Stadium, Chorzów
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)

20 September 1961
Panathinaikos Greece 1–1 Italy Juventus
Papaemmanuil  66' Report Mora  45'

21 September 1961
Steaua Bucureşti Romania 0–0 Austria Austria Wien
Report
Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

12 September 1961
Rangers Scotland 3–2 France AS Monaco
Christie  47', 68'
Scott  84'
Report Hess  18', 77'
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 67,501
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)

Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.


13 September 1961
Drumcondra Republic of Ireland 1–4 Germany Nuremberg
Fullam  16' Report Strehl  15', 47', 52'
Healy  70' (o.g.)
Tolka Park, Dublin
Attendance: 10,997
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Nuremberg won 9–1 on aggregate.


13 September 1961
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 2–1 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Kučera  54'
Šafránek  70'
Report Rankov  44'
Na Litavce, Příbram
Attendance: 13,142
Referee: Grzegorz Placik (Poland)

Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.


13 September 1961
Feyenoord Netherlands 8–2 Sweden Gothenburg
Temming  3', 88'
Bennaars  9', 80'
Schouten  20'
Bouwmeester  44', 58', 59'
Report Danielsson  68'
Johansson  70'
Feijenoord Stadium, Rotterdam
Attendance: 33,577
Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)

Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.


13 September 1961
Boldklubben 1913 Denmark 9–2 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Andersen  34' (pen.), 77'
Løfqvist  44', 59', 61', 87', 89'
Rasmussen  75'
Grønning-Hansen  80'
Report Scheer  10'
Leer  29'
Odense Stadion, Odense
Attendance: 9,643
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.


20 September 1961
Hibernians Malta 1–2 Switzerland Servette
Sultana  60' Report Wüthrich  44'
Robbiani  78'
Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 4,853
Referee: Gennaro Marchese (Italy)

Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.


20 September 1961
Fredrikstad Norway 0–2 Belgium Standard Liège
Report Claessen  68', 85'
Bislett Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 25,074
Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.


20 September 1961
Real Madrid Spain 3–1 Hungary Vasas
Di Stéfano  12', 57'
Tejada  90'
Report Pál I  10'

Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.


20 September 1961
Tottenham Hotspur England 8–1 Poland Górnik Zabrze
Blanchflower  10' (pen.)
Jones  20', 26', 36'
Smith  38', 71'
Dyson  79'
White  90'
Report Pol  28'
White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 56,737
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.


20 September 1961
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–0 Portugal Sporting CP
Radović  18'
Vislavski  87'
Report
JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 19,755
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.


27 September 1961
Juventus Italy 2–1 Greece Panathinaikos
Nicolè  20'
Rossano  26'
Report Holevas  62' (pen.)
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 19,452
Referee: Alois Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia)

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.


28 September 1961
Austria Wien Austria 2–0 Romania Steaua Bucureşti
Stotz  38' (pen.)
Němec  41'
Report
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 38,490
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–3 West Germany Nuremberg 1–2 0–1
Austria Vienna Austria 2–6 Portugal Benfica 1–1 1–5
Servette Switzerland 4–5 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 4–3 0–2
Feyenoord Netherlands 2–4 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 1–1
Boldklubben 1913 Denmark 0–12 Spain Real Madrid 0–3 0–9
FK Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–7 Italy Juventus 1–2 0–5
Standard Liège Belgium 7–1 Finland Haka 5–1 2–0
Vorwärts Berlin East Germany 2–6 Scotland Rangers 1–2 1–4

First leg

18 October 1961
Boldklubben 1913 Denmark 0–3 Spain Real Madrid
Report Puskás  15', 84'
Tejada  86'
Odense Stadion, Odense
Attendance: 27,587
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

18 October 1961
Fenerbahçe Turkey 1–2 West Germany Nuremberg
Bartu  65' Report Flachenecker  52'
Strehl  55'
Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 13,743
Referee: János Pósa Polareczki (Hungary)

24 October 1961
Standard Liège Belgium 5–1 Finland Valkeakosken Haka
Dierendonck  20'
Claessen  33', 61', 70'
Paeschen  78'
Report Kumpulampi  76'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 25,391
Referee: Valdemar Hansen (Denmark)

31 October 1961
Austria Wien Austria 1–1 Portugal Benfica
Stark  70' Report Águas  30'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 78,833
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

1 November 1961
Feyenoord Netherlands 1–3 England Tottenham Hotspur
Kreijermaat  62' Report Dyson  41'
Saul  47', 76'
Feijenoord Stadium, Rotterdam
Attendance: 61,700
Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)

5 November 1961
Servette Switzerland 4–3 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Fatton  24', 67', 88'
Robbiani  84'
Report Adamec  6', 49'
Vacenovsky  37'
Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Attendance: 25,644
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

8 November 1961
Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–2 Italy Juventus
Vasović  76' Report Nicolè  35'
Rosa  73'
JNA Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 23,472
Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)

15 November 1961
Vorwärts Berlin East Germany 1–2 Scotland Rangers
Kohle  26' Report Caldow  25' (pen.)
Brand  43'
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 14,268
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Second leg

25 October 1961
Real Madrid Spain 9–0 Denmark Boldklubben 1913
Puskás  8'
Del Sol  25', 30'
Di Stéfano  35', 42', 73'
Gento  55', 57'
Isidro Sánchez  89'
Report
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.


2 November 1961
Valkeakosken Haka Finland 0–2 Belgium Standard Liège
Report Semmeling  78'
Myttimäki  87' (o.g.)
Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski
Attendance: 2,401
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.


8 November 1961
Benfica Portugal 5–1 Austria Austria Wien
Santana  5', 83'
Águas  36', 88'
Eusébio  69'
Report Fernandes  80' (o.g.)
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.


15 November 1961
Tottenham Hotspur England 1–1 Netherlands Feyenoord
Dyson  10' Report Bennaars  7'
White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 61,957
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.


15 November 1961
Juventus Italy 5–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Partizan
Nicolè  1'
Mora  36', 65'
Rosa  61'
Stacchini  67'
Report
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 14,347
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.


22 November 1961
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 2–0 Switzerland Servette
Kučera  24', 27' Report
Na Litavce, Pribram
Attendance: 9,585
Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.


23 November 1961
Rangers Scotland 4–1 East Germany Vorwärts Berlin
Henderson  37'
Kalinke  47' (o.g.)
McMillan  68', 81'
Report Caldow  70' (o.g.)
Malmö Stadion, Malmö
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.


3 December 1961
Nuremberg Germany 1–0 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Wild  72' Report
Städtisches Stadium, Nuremberg
Attendance: 42,641
Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)

Nuremberg won 3–1 on aggregate.

The Rangers-Vorwärts tie scheduled to be played at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow was finally staged at the Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden, the East German side having again been refused visas to enter Britain. The original match in Malmö was abandoned due to heavy fog (Rangers were winning 1-0) and the match was replayed the following morning.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nuremberg West Germany 3–7 Portugal Benfica 3–1 0–6
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 2–4 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 1–4
Juventus Italy 1–11 Spain Real Madrid 0–1 1–0
Standard Liège Belgium 4–3 Scotland Rangers 4–1 0–2

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

First leg

1 February 1962
Nuremberg Germany 3–1 Portugal Benfica
Flachenecker  31', 85'
Strehl  40'
Report Cavém  10'

7 February 1962
Standard Liège Belgium 4–1 Scotland Rangers
Claessen  7'
Crossan  40', 51'
Vliers  56'
Report Wilson  18'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 35,891
Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)

14 February 1962
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 1–0 England Tottenham Hotspur
Kučera  59' Report
Stadion Dr.Václava Vacka, Prague
Attendance: 32,475
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

14 February 1962
Juventus Italy 0–1 Spain Real Madrid
Report Di Stéfano  69'
Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 66,403
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Second leg

14 February 1962
Rangers Scotland 2–0 Belgium Standard Liège
Brand  28'
Caldow  88' (pen.)
Report
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 76,730
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.


21 February 1962
Real Madrid Spain 0–1 Italy Juventus
Report Sívori  39'

Real Madrid 1–1 Juventus on aggregate.

28 February 1962
Real Madrid Spain 3–1 Italy Juventus
Felo  1'
Del Sol  65'
Tejada  83'
Report Sívori  35'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 36,750
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

22 February 1962
Benfica Portugal 6–0 West Germany Nuremberg
Águas  1'
Eusébio  4', 55'
Coluna  20'
Augusto  63', 78'
Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.


26 February 1962
Tottenham Hotspur England 4–1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Smith  11', 53'
Mackay  15', 54'
Report Jelínek  44'
White Hart Lane, London
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 Portugal 4–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 1–2
Real Madrid Spain 6–0 Belgium Standard Liège 4–0 2–0

First leg

21 March 1962
Benfica Portugal 3–1 England Tottenham Hotspur
Simões  6'
Augusto  20', 64'
Report Smith  55'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

22 March 1962
Real Madrid Spain 4–0 Belgium Standard Liège
Di Stéfano  23'
Tejada  38', 78'
Casado  48'
Report
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Second leg

5 April 1962
Tottenham Hotspur England 2–1 Portugal Benfica
Smith  35'
Blanchflower  48' (pen.)
Report Águas  15'
White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 64,448
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.


12 April 1962
Standard Liège Belgium 0–2 Spain Real Madrid
Report Puskás  50'
Del Sol  60'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

Final

2 May 1962
Benfica Portugal 5–3 Spain Real Madrid
Águas  25'
Cavém  34'
Coluna  51'
Eusébio  65', 68'
Report

UEFA

Puskás  17', 23', 38'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 61,257
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 7
Denmark Bent Løfqvist Denmark Boldklubben 1913 7
Hungary Ferenc Puskás Spain Real Madrid 7
West Germany Heinz Strehl West Germany Nuremberg 7
Spain Justo Tejada Spain Real Madrid 7
6 Portugal José Águas Portugal Benfica 6
Belgium Roger Claessen Belgium Standard Liège 6
England Bobby Smith England Tottenham Hotspur 6
9 Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica 5
Czechoslovakia Rudolf Kučera Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 5

References

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