1961–62 European Cup

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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	56
Goals scored	222 (3.96 per match)
Attendance	2,009,001 (35,875 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Heinz Strehl (1. FC Nürnberg) 8 goals
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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.^[3]

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)TH	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

Austria

Standard Liège

CDNA Sofia

Dukla

B 1913

Vorwärts

Tottenham

Haka

Monaco

Panathinaikos

Vasas

Juventus

Spora

Hibernians

Feyenoord

Linfield

Fredrikstad

Górnik Zabrze

Lisbon

Drumcondra

Steaua București

Rangers

Real Madrid

IFK Göteborg

Servette

Fenerbahçe

Nuremberg

Partizan

Lisbon teams
Benfica
Sporting CP

Location of teams in the 1961–62 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 4 July 1961.^[4] 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	– [a]
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

23 August 1961

18:30 CET

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

Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 30,645

Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)

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30 August 1961

18:00 CET

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

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin

Attendance: 15,626

Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

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5 September 1961

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

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 6,024

Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)

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6 September 1961

17:30 CET

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

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

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6 September 1961

20:30 CET

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

Stade de Sclessin, Liège

Attendance: 23,546

Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)

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6 September 1961

21:00 CET

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

Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 5,431

Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

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6 September 1961

21:30 CET

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

Stade des Charmilles, Geneva

Attendance: 14,739

Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

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6 September 1961

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

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Bronisław Bilak (Poland)

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7 September 1961

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

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

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13 September 1961

18:00 CET

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

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Arthur Blavier (Belgium)

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13 September 1961

23:45 CET

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

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 16,302

Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

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20 September 1961

16:30 CET

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

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 23,904

Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)

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21 September 1961

16:00 CET

Steaua București	0–0	Austria Wien
	Report

Stadionul August 23, Bucharest

Attendance: 41,743

Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

12 September 1961

21:30 CET

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

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 67,501

Referee: Juan Gardeazábal (Spain)

Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.

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13 September 1961

15:45 CET

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

Stadion Juliska, Prague

Attendance: 13,142

Referee: Grzegorz Placik (Poland)

Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.

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13 September 1961

21:15 CET

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

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 33,577

Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)

Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.

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13 September 1961

21:45 CET

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

Tolka Park, Dublin

Attendance: 10,997

Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

1. FC Nürnberg won 9–1 on aggregate.

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13 September 1961

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

Odense Stadion, Odense

Attendance: 9,643

Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.

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20 September 1961

16:45 CET

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

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 19,755

Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.

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20 September 1961

20:30 CET

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

Bislett Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,074

Referee: Ken Aston (England)

Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.

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20 September 1961

21:30 CET

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

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.

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20 September 1961

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

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 4,853

Referee: Gennaro Marchese (Italy)

Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.

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20 September 1961

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

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 56,737

Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.

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27 September 1961

22:30 CET

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

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 19,452

Referee: Alois Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia)

Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.

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28 September 1961

21:30 CET

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

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 38,490

Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.

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28 September 1961

Linfield	Cancelled	Vorwärts Berlin
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

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

18 October 1961

19:30 CET

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

Odense Stadion, Odense

Attendance: 27,587

Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

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18 October 1961

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

Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Attendance: 13,743

Referee: János Pósa Polareczki (Hungary)

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24 October 1961

19:00 CET

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

Stade de Sclessin, Liège

Attendance: 25,391

Referee: Valdemar Hansen (Denmark)

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31 October 1961

19:30 CET

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

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 78,833

Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

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1 November 1961

20:15 CET

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

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 61,700

Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)

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5 November 1961

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

Stade des Charmilles, Geneva

Attendance: 25,644

Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

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8 November 1961

14:15 CET

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

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 23,472

Referee: Victor Schicker (Switzerland)

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15 November 1961

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

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin

Attendance: 14,268

Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Second leg

25 October 1961

20:45 CET

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

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 54,000

Referee: Raymond Lespineux (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.

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2 November 1961

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

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

Attendance: 2,401

Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.

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8 November 1961

22:45 CET

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

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

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15 November 1961

15:00 CET

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

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 14,347

Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.

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15 November 1961

20:45 CET

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

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 61,957

Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.

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22 November 1961

13:30 CET

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

Stadion Juliska, rague

Attendance: 9,585

Referee: Giuseppe Adami (Italy)

Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.

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23 November 1961

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

Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden^[b]

Attendance: 3,012

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.

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3 December 1961

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

Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 42,641

Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)

1. FC Nürnberg won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-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 February 1962

15:00 CET

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

Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 41,010

Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

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7 February 1962

19:30 CET

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

Stade de Sclessin, Liège

Attendance: 35,891

Referee: Vicente Caballero (Spain)

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14 February 1962

15:00 CET

Juventus	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Di Stéfano 79'

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 66,403

Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

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14 February 1962

Dukla Prague	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Kučera 59'	Report

Stadion Dr. Václava Vacka, Prague

Attendance: 32,475

Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Second leg

14 February 1962

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

Ibrox Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 76,730

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.

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21 February 1962

20:30 CET

Real Madrid	0–1	Juventus
	Report	Sívori 38'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 72,512

Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

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

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22 February 1962

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

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)

Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.

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26 February 1962

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

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 55,389

Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.

Play-off

28 February 1962

20:30 CET

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

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 36,750

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

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

21 March 1962

Benfica	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Simões 5' Augusto 19', 64'	Report	Smith 54'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

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22 March 1962

20:30 CET

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

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 110,000

Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Second leg

5 April 1962

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

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 64,448

Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.

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12 April 1962

19:30 CET

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

Stade de Sclessin, Liège

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1962 European Cup final

2 May 1962

19:30 CET

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

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 61,257

Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

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.