1961–62 European Cup
The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 23 August 1961 – 2 May 1962 |
Teams | 29 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 55 |
Goals scored | 222 (4.04 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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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 | |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 |
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Steaua Bucureşti ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–2 |
Nuremberg ![]() |
9–1 | ![]() |
5–0 | 4–1 |
Servette ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
5–0 | 2–1 |
CDNA Sofia ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() |
4–4 | 1–2 |
IFK Göteborg ![]() |
2–11 | ![]() |
0–3 | 2–8 |
Górnik Zabrze ![]() |
5–10 | ![]() |
4–2 | 1–8 |
Standard Liège ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–0 |
Vorwärts Berlin ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | (w/o) |
AS Monaco ![]() |
4–6 | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–3 |
Sporting CP ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 |
Spora Luxembourg ![]() |
2–15 | ![]() |
0–6 | 2–9 |
Vasas ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
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
6 September 1961 |
CDNA Sofia ![]() |
4–4 | ![]() |
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Rankov ![]() Rakarov ![]() Romanov ![]() |
Report | Jelínek ![]() Kučera ![]() Dvořák ![]() Adamec ![]() |
7 September 1961 |
Spora Luxembourg ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | Løfqvist ![]() Bruun ![]() Rasmussen ![]() Grønning-Hansen ![]() |
13 September 1961 |
Górnik Zabrze ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Norman ![]() Musialek ![]() Wilczek ![]() Pol ![]() |
Report | Jones ![]() Dyson ![]() |
Second leg
Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.
Nuremberg won 9–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.
13 September 1961 |
Feyenoord ![]() |
8–2 | ![]() |
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Temming ![]() Bennaars ![]() Schouten ![]() Bouwmeester ![]() |
Report | Danielsson ![]() Johansson ![]() |
Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1961 |
Boldklubben 1913 ![]() |
9–2 | ![]() |
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Andersen ![]() Løfqvist ![]() Rasmussen ![]() Grønning-Hansen ![]() |
Report | Scheer ![]() Leer ![]() |
Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.
Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.
20 September 1961 |
Tottenham Hotspur ![]() |
8–1 | ![]() |
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Blanchflower ![]() Jones ![]() Smith ![]() Dyson ![]() White ![]() |
Report | Pol ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.
Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Fenerbahçe ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Austria Vienna ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–5 |
Servette ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() |
4–3 | 0–2 |
Feyenoord ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 1–1 |
Boldklubben 1913 ![]() |
0–12 | ![]() |
0–3 | 0–9 |
FK Partizan ![]() |
1–7 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–5 |
Standard Liège ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
5–1 | 2–0 |
Vorwärts Berlin ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–4 |
First leg
24 October 1961 |
Standard Liège ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
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Dierendonck ![]() Claessen ![]() Paeschen ![]() |
Report | Kumpulampi ![]() |
5 November 1961 |
Servette ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
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Fatton ![]() Robbiani ![]() |
Report | Adamec ![]() Vacenovsky ![]() |
15 November 1961 |
Vorwärts Berlin ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Kohle ![]() |
Report | Caldow ![]() Brand ![]() |
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin Attendance: 14,268 Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands) |
Second leg
25 October 1961 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
9–0 | ![]() |
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Puskás ![]() Del Sol ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() Gento ![]() Isidro Sánchez ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.
8 November 1961 |
Benfica ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
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Santana ![]() Águas ![]() Eusébio ![]() |
Report | Fernandes ![]() |
Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.
23 November 1961 |
Rangers ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Henderson ![]() Kalinke ![]() McMillan ![]() |
Report | Caldow ![]() |
Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.
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 |
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Nuremberg ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–6 |
Dukla Prague ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–4 |
Juventus ![]() |
1–11 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–0 |
Standard Liège ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–2 |
1 Real Madrid beat Juventus 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.
First leg
Second leg
Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.
Real Madrid 1–1 Juventus on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.
26 February 1962 |
Tottenham Hotspur ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Smith ![]() Mackay ![]() |
Report | Jelínek ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Benfica ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 2–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.
Final
2 May 1962 |
Benfica ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
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Águas ![]() Cavém ![]() Coluna ![]() Eusébio ![]() |
Report | Puskás ![]() |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1961–62 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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7 |
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7 | |
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7 | |
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6 |
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6 | |
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9 | ![]() |
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5 |
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References
- ↑ 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 + all scorers preliminary round
- 1961–62 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation