European Champion Clubs' Cup 1961/62

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1961/62
Cup winners	Benfica Lisbon (2nd title)
Beginning	23rd August 1961
final	May 2, 1962
Final stadium	Olympic Stadium , Amsterdam
Teams	29
Games	55
Gates	222  (ø 4.04 per game)
Top scorer	Bent Løfqvist Ferenc Puskás Alfredo Di Stéfano Heinz Strehl Justo Tejada (7 each)
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The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The European Cup of National Champions 1961/62 was the 7th edition of the competition. 29 club teams took part, including 28 national champions from the previous season and the defending champions with Benfica Lisbon .

The participants played in a pure cup mode with (except for the finals) back and forth games for the crown of European club football. In the event of a tie, regardless of the number of goals scored away, there was a playoff on a neutral pitch.

The final took place on May 2, 1962 in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam in front of 65,000 spectators. The defending champions Benfica Lisbon beat Real Madrid 5-3.

Preliminary round

A bye received:

•  Benfica Lisbon
•  Fenerbahçe Istanbul
•  Haka Valkeakoski

The first legs took place from August 23 to September 21, the second legs from September 12 to 28, 1961.

	total		First leg	Return leg
1. FC Nuremberg	9: 1	Drumcondra FC	5-0	4: 1
ASK Forward Berlin	1	Linfield FC	3-0
AS Monaco	4: 6	Glasgow Rangers	2: 3	2: 3
ZDNA Sofia	5: 6	Dukla Prague	4: 4	1: 2
IFK Gothenburg	02:11	Feyenoord Rotterdam	0: 3	2: 8
Servette Geneva	7: 1	Hibernians Football Club	5-0	2: 1
Standard Liege	4: 1	Fredrikstad FK	2: 1	22: 0 2
Vasas Budapest	1: 5	real Madrid	0: 2	1: 3
Spora Luxembourg	02:15	B 1913 Odense	0: 6	2: 9
Górnik Zabrze	05:10	Tottenham Hotspur	34: 2 3	1: 8
Sporting Lisbon	1: 3	FK Partizan Belgrade	1: 1	0: 2
Panathinaikos Athens	2: 3	Juventus Turin	1: 1	1: 2
CCA Bucharest	0: 2	FK Austria Vienna	0-0	0: 2

¹ Linfield FC withdrew after the first leg, so Vorwärts Berlin continued without a fight.

²The second leg took place in Oslo .

³The first leg took place in Chorzów .

1 round

The first legs took place from October 18 to November 15, the second legs from October 25 to December 3, 1961.

	total		First leg	Return leg
B 1913 Odense	00:12	real Madrid	0: 3	0: 9
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	1: 3	1. FC Nuremberg	1: 2	0: 1
Standard Liege	7: 1	Haka Valkeakoski	5: 1	2-0
FK Austria Vienna	2: 6	Benfica Lisbon	1: 1	1: 5
Feyenoord Rotterdam	2: 4	Tottenham Hotspur	1: 3	1: 1
Servette Geneva	4: 5	Dukla Prague	4: 3	0: 2
FK Partizan Belgrade	1: 7	Juventus Turin	1: 2	0: 5
ASK Forward Berlin	2: 6	Glasgow Rangers	1: 2	31: 4 1

¹The second leg took place in Malmö ( Sweden ).

Quarter finals

The first legs took place from February 1 to 14, the second legs from February 14 to 26, 1962.

	total		First leg	Return leg
1. FC Nuremberg	3: 7	Benfica Lisbon	3: 1	0: 6
Standard Liege	4: 3	Glasgow Rangers	4: 1	0: 2
Dukla Prague	2: 4	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	1: 4
Juventus Turin	1: 1	real Madrid	0: 1	1-0

Playoff

The game took place on February 28, 1962.

	Result
real Madrid	3: 1	Juventus Turin

Semifinals

The first legs took place on 21./22. March, the second leg on 5./12. April 1962.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Benfica Lisbon	4: 3	Tottenham Hotspur	3: 1	1: 2
real Madrid	6-0	Standard Liege	4-0	2-0

final

Benfica Lisbon		real Madrid
	final May 2, 1962 in Amsterdam ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 5: 3 (2: 3) Spectators: 65,000 Referee: Leonard L. Horn ( Netherlands )
	Costa Pereira - Mário João , Germano de Figueiredo , Angelo Martins - Domiciano Cavém , Fernando Cruz - José Augusto , Eusébio , José Águas , Mário Coluna , António Simões Trainer: Béla Guttmann ( Hungary )	José Araquistáin - Pedro Casado , José Santamaría , Vicente Miera - Felo , Pachín - Justo Tejada , Luis del Sol , Alfredo Di Stéfano , Ferenc Puskás , Francisco Gento Trainer: Miguel Muñoz
	1: 2 José Águas (25th) 2: 2 Domiciano Cavém (34th) 3: 3 Mário Coluna (51st) 4: 3 Eusébio (65th, penalty) 5: 3 Eusébio (68th)	0: 1 Ferenc Puskás (17th) 0: 2 Ferenc Puskás (23rd) 2: 3 Ferenc Puskás (38th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Heinz Strehl	1. FC Nuremberg	7th
	Bent Løfqvist	B 1913 Odense	7th
	Alfredo Di Stéfano	real Madrid	7th
	Ferenc Puskás	real Madrid	7th
	Justo Tejada	real Madrid	7th
6th	Roger Claessen	Standard Liege	6th
	Bobby Smith	Tottenham Hotspur	6th
	José Águas	Benfica Lisbon	6th
9	Eusebio	Benfica Lisbon	5
	Rudolf Kučera	Dukla Prague	5
11	Rinus Bennaars	Feyenoord Rotterdam	4th
	Frans Bouwmeester	Feyenoord Rotterdam	4th
	Luis del Sol	real Madrid	4th
	Terry Dyson	Tottenham Hotspur	4th
	Cliff Jones	Tottenham Hotspur	4th
	Giuliano Robbiani	Servette Geneva	4th
	José Augusto	Benfica Lisbon	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

See also

• European Cup Winners' Cup 1961/62
• Trade fair cities cup 1961/62

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1961/62 European Cup
• Game details for the 1961/62 season at rsssf.com