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1961–62 European Cup

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	23 August 1961 – 2 May 1962
Teams	29 (from 28 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
Goals scored	222 (4.04 per match)
Attendance	2,009,001 (36,527 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Heinz Strehl (1. FC Nürnberg) 8 goals
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. 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, Amsterdam, on 2 May 1962. This outcome meant that Real Madrid became the first team to win and lose European Cup final. Ferenc Puskás scored his second hat-trick in the final of the competition, and as of 2024, is the only player to achieve this feat, as well as being the only final hat-trick scorer to end up on the losing side.

Malta entered its champion for the first time this season.

Teams

A total of 29 teams participated in the competition.

For the first time since European Cup inaugural season Spain was represented by only one team – ever present Real Madrid. Benfica qualified as title holders and since they were also Portuguese champions, runners-up Sporting CP were invited. CDNA Sofia appeared in the sixth edition of European Cup, with only Real Madrid having more appearances in the competition.

Austria Wien, Boldklubben 1913, Tottenham Hotspur, Valkeakosken Haka, Monaco, Hibernians, Feyenoord, Górnik Zabrze and 1. FC Nürnberg made their debut in the competition, while Juventus, Panathinaikos and Fredrikstad returned to the tournament from previous edition.

Servette and Partizan returned to the tournament for the first time since 1956, while Spora Luxembourg and Vasas returned to the competition after five and four years, respectively.

All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Boldklubben 1913, IFK Göteborg and Sporting CP. The first two were leading their respective leagues in spring, but finished third in autumn of 1961.

Austria Wien (1st)	Standard Liège (1st)	CDNA Sofia (1st)	Dukla Prague (1st)
Boldklubben 1913 (3rd)	Vorwärts Berlin (1st)	Tottenham Hotspur (1st)	Valkeakosken Haka (1st)
Monaco (1st)	Panathinaikos (1st)	Vasas (1st)	Juventus (1st)
Spora Luxembourg (1st)	Hibernians (1st)	Feyenoord (1st)	Linfield (1st)
Fredrikstad (1st)	Górnik Zabrze (1st)	Benfica (1st)	Sporting CP (2nd)
Drumcondra (1st)	Steaua București (1st)	Rangers (1st)	Real Madrid (1st)
IFK Göteborg (3rd)	Servette (1st)	Fenerbahçe (1st)	1. FC Nürnberg (1st)
Partizan (1st)

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 4 July 1961. 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	Valkeakosken Haka	Fenerbahçe

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Steaua București	0–2	Austria Wien	0–0	0–2
1. FC 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
Vorwärts Berlin	3–0	Linfield	3–0	–
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

First leg

1. FC Nürnberg	5–0	Drumcondra
Müller 10' Strehl 15', 23' Gettinger 46', 74'	Report

Vorwärts Berlin	3–0	Linfield
Kohle 10', 38' Wirth 52'	Report

Monaco	2–3	Rangers
Hess 61' Douis 75' (pen.)	Report	Baxter 9' Scott 25', 85'

Vasas	0–2	Real Madrid
	Report	Tejada 6', 28'

Standard Liège	2–1	Fredrikstad
Dierendonck 5' Paeschen 77'	Report	Bergersen 60'

IFK Göteborg	0–3	Feyenoord
	Report	Bouwmeester 31' Bennaars 32' Temming 41'

Servette	5–0	Hibernians
Robbiani 3', 30' Németh 20' Georgy 57' (pen.), 70'	Report

CDNA Sofia	4–4	Dukla Prague
Rankov 31' Rakarov 49' Romanov 63', 84'	Report	Jelínek 36' Kučera 42' Dvořák 52' Adamec 60'

Spora Luxembourg	0–6	Boldklubben 1913
	Report	Løfqvist 6' Remy 36' (o.g.) Bruun 37' Rasmussen 50', 66' Grønning 55'

Górnik Zabrze	4–2	Tottenham Hotspur
Norman 8' (o.g.) Musiałek 20' Wilczek 40' Pohl 48'	Report	Jones 70' Dyson 73'

Sporting CP	1–1	Partizan
Lúcio 87'	Report	Vukelić 68'

Panathinaikos	1–1	Juventus
Papaemmanouil 64'	Report	Mora 42'

Steaua București	0–0	Austria Wien
	Report

Second leg

Rangers	3–2	Monaco
Christie 47', 68' Scott 84'	Report	Hess 18', 77'

Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague	2–1	CDNA Sofia
Kučera 53' Šafránek 69'	Report	Rankov 43'

Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

Feyenoord	8–2	IFK Göteborg
Temming 3', 88' Bennaars 9', 80' Schouten 20' Bouwmeester 44', 58', 59'	Report	Danielsson 70' Svensson 73'

Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.

Drumcondra	1–4	1. FC Nürnberg
Fullam 16'	Report	Strehl 15', 47', 52', 65'

1. FC Nürnberg won 9–1 on aggregate.

Boldklubben 1913	9–2	Spora Luxembourg
Andersen 38' (pen.), 76', 77' Løfqvist 45', 56', 61', 82', 86' Rasmussen 63'	Report	Bruns 10' Leer 30'

Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.

Partizan	2–0	Sporting CP
Radović 18' Vislavski 87'	Report

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fredrikstad	0–2	Standard Liège
	Report	Claessen 68', 79'

Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid	3–1	Vasas
Di Stéfano 11', 57' Tejada 89'	Report	Pál 10'

Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.

Hibernians	1–2	Servette
Sultana 60'	Report	Wüthrich 42' Robbiani 78'

Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur	8–1	Górnik Zabrze
Blanchflower 8' (pen.) Jones 20', 41', 43' Smith 45', 70' Dyson 78' White 85'	Report	Pohl 28'

Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.

Juventus	2–1	Panathinaikos
Nicolè 20' Rossano 25'	Report	Holevas 62' (pen.)

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

Austria Wien	2–0	Steaua București
Stotz 38' (pen.) Nemec 40'	Report

Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.

Linfield	Cancelled	Vorwärts Berlin
	Report

Vorwärts Berlin won 3–0 on aggregate.

Bracket

	First round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Fenerbahçe	1	0	1
	1. FC Nürnberg	2	1	3
							1. FC 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
	Partizan	1	0	1
	Juventus	2	5	7
							Juventus	0	1	1 (1)
							Real Madrid	1	0	1 (3)
	Boldklubben 1913	0	0	0
	Real Madrid	3	9	12
													Real Madrid	4	2	6
													Standard Liège	0	0	0
	Standard Liège	5	2	7
	Valkeakosken 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fenerbahçe	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	0–1
Austria Wien	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
Partizan	1–7	Juventus	1–2	0–5
Standard Liège	7–1	Valkeakosken Haka	5–1	2–0
Vorwärts Berlin	2–6	Rangers	1–2	1–4

First leg

Boldklubben 1913	0–3	Real Madrid
	Report	Puskás 15', 83' Tejada 87'

Fenerbahçe	1–2	1. FC Nürnberg
Bartu 65'	Report	Flachenecker 53' Strehl 56'

Standard Liège	5–1	Valkeakosken Haka
Dierendonck 12' Claessen 33', 61', 75' Paeschen 78'	Report	Kumpulampi 76'

Austria Wien	1–1	Benfica
Stark 69'	Report	Águas 31'

Feyenoord	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur
Kreijermaat 61'	Report	Dyson 42' Saul 48', 73'

Servette	4–3	Dukla Prague
Fatton 19', 67', 88' Robbiani 84'	Report	Adamec 7', 50' Vacenovský 37'

Partizan	1–2	Juventus
Vasović 76'	Report	Nicolè 35' Rosa 73'

Vorwärts Berlin	1–2	Rangers
Kohle 27'	Report	Caldow 28' (pen.) Brand 43'

Second leg

Real Madrid	9–0	Boldklubben 1913
Puskás 7' Del Sol 25', 43' Di Stéfano 29', 35', 75' Gento 55', 57' Sánchez 88'	Report

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

Valkeakosken Haka	0–2	Standard Liège
	Report	Semmeling 78' Niittymäki 87' (o.g.)

Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.

Benfica	5–1	Austria Wien
Santana 4', 82' Águas 36', 44' Eusébio 68'	Report	Fernandes 80' (o.g.)

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

Juventus	5–0	Partizan
Nicolè 1' Mora 36', 61' Rosa 55' Stacchini 67'	Report

Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Feyenoord
Dyson 10'	Report	Bennaars 7'

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague	2–0	Servette
Kučera 24', 27'	Report

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

Rangers	4–1	Vorwärts Berlin
Henderson 37' Kalinke 51' (o.g.) McMillan 65', 81'	Report	Caldow 67' (o.g.)

Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.

1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	Fenerbahçe
Wild 72'	Report

1. FC Nürnberg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Paly-off
1. FC Nürnberg	3–7	Benfica	3–1	0–6
Dukla Prague	2–4	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	1–4
Juventus	1–1	Real Madrid	0–1	1–0	1–3
Standard Liège	4–3	Rangers	4–1	0–2

First leg

1. FC Nürnberg	3–1	Benfica
Flachenecker 31', 85' Strehl 40'	Report	Cavém 10'

Standard Liège	4–1	Rangers
Claessen 7' Crossan 40', 51' Vliers 56'	Report	Wilson 18'

Juventus	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Di Stéfano 79'

Dukla Prague	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Kučera 59'	Report

Second leg

Rangers	2–0	Standard Liège
Brand 28' Caldow 89' (pen.)	Report

Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.

Real Madrid	0–1	Juventus
	Report	Sívori 38'

Juventus 1–1 Real Madrid on aggregate; play-off needed.

Benfica	6–0	1. FC Nürnberg
Águas 3' Eusébio 4', 55' Coluna 21' Augusto 63', 78'	Report

Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Dukla Prague
Smith 11', 53' Mackay 15', 54'	Report	Jelínek 46'

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.

Play-off

Real Madrid	3–1	Juventus
Felo 1' Del Sol 65' Tejada 82'	Report	Sívori 33'

Real Madrid won 3–1 in play-off.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 5' Augusto 19', 64'	Report	Smith 54'

Real Madrid	4–0	Standard Liège
Di Stéfano 24' Tejada 38', 79' Casado 47'	Report

Second leg

Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Benfica
Smith 34' Blanchflower 48' (pen.)	Report	Águas 16'

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.

Standard Liège	0–2	Real Madrid
	Report	Puskás 50' Del Sol 59'

Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

Final

Benfica	5–3	Real Madrid
Águas 25' Cavém 33' Coluna 50' Eusébio 64' (pen.), 69'	Report UEFA	Puskás 18', 23', 39'

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Heinz Strehl	1. FC Nürnberg	8
2	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	7
	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid
	Justo Tejada	Real Madrid
5	José Águas	Benfica	6
	Roger Claessen	Standard Liège
	Bent Løfqvist	Boldklubben 1913
	Bobby Smith	Tottenham Hotspur
9	Eusébio	Benfica	5
	Rudolf Kučera	Dukla Prague

Notes

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 East German team visas to enter the country.
2. The Rangers–Vorwärts Berlin tie was scheduled to be played at Ibrox Park 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.

References

1. "Eusébio stars in Benfica's second triumph". UEFA.com. UEFA. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. Segar, David (23 May 2024). "Who Has Scored a Champions League Final Hat-Trick?". TheAnalyst.com. Opta Analyst. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
3. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
4. Corriere dello Sport, 5 July 1961.

External links

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

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