1964 European Cup final

The 1964 European Cup final was a football match played at the Prater Stadium in Vienna, Austria on 27 May 1964 as the conclusion to the 1963–64 European Cup.

1964 European Cup final

Match programme
Event	1963–64 European Cup
Inter Milan Real Madrid 3 1
Date	27 May 1964 (1964-05-27)
Venue	Prater Stadium, Vienna
Referee	Josef Stoll (Austria)
Attendance	71,333[1]
← 1963 1965 →

The match was contested by Inter Milan of Italy and five-time former winners Real Madrid of Spain.

A brace from Sandro Mazzola alongside a goal from Aurelio Milani helped Inter Milan to a 3–1 victory as they won the trophy for the first time.

Background

Real Madrid had won the first five editions of the European Cup in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960. They had also made the final in 1962 but lost to Benfica.^[2]

Inter Milan, who had never previously qualified for the European Cup, reached the final at the first attempt.^[2]

Route to the final

Further information: 1963–64 European Cup

Inter Milan				Round	Real Madrid
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Prelim. round	Rangers	7–0	1–0 (A)	6–0 (H)
Monaco	4–1	1–0 (H)	3–1 (A)	First round	Dinamo București	8–4	3–1 (A)	5–3 (H)
Partizan	4–1	2–0 (A)	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Milan	4–3	4–1 (H)	0–2 (A)
Borussia Dortmund	4–2	2–2 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Zürich	8–1	2–1 (A)	6–0 (H)

Inter Milan

Inter Milan qualified for the competition as winners of the 1962–63 Serie A.^[3]

Everton of England were Inter Milan's opponents in the preliminary round. After a goalless draw away from home in the first leg, Inter Milan won the second leg 1–0 at home to advance.^[4]

In the first round, Inter Milan faced AS Monaco who represented France in the competition. Inter Milan won the first leg 1–0 at home and the second leg 3–1 away to advance 4–1 on aggregate.^[4]

Inter Milan then faced Partizan of Yugoslavia in the quarter-finals. Inter Milan won the first leg 2–0 away from home and the second leg 2–1 at home to advance 4–1 on aggregate.^[4]

In the semi-finals, Inter Milan faced Borussia Dortmund of Germany. After a 2–2 draw in the first leg in Dortmund, Inter Milan won the second leg 2–0 at home to advance to the final 4–2 on aggregate.^[4]

Real Madrid

Real Madrid qualified for the competition as winners of the 1962–63 La Liga.^[5]

In the preliminary round, Real Madrid defeated Rangers of Scotland 1–0 away in the first leg and 6–0 at home in the second leg to advance 7–0 on aggregate.^[4]

Dinamo București of Romania were Real Madrid's opponents in the first round. After winning the first leg 3–1 away from home, Real Madrid won the second leg at home 5–3 to advance 8–4 on aggregate.^[4]

Real Madrid then faced defending champions AC Milan of Italy in the quarter-finals. After winning the first leg 4–1 at home, Real Madrid lost the second leg 2–0 away from home to advance 4–3 on aggregate.^[4]

In the semi-finals, Real Madird defeated Zürich of Switzerland 2–1 in the first leg away from home and 6–0 in the second leg at home to advance to the final 8–1 on aggregate.^[4]

Match

1963–64 Inter Milan team

Details

27 May 1964 (1964-05-27)

19:30 CET

Inter Milan	3–1	Real Madrid
Mazzola 43', 76' Milani 61'	Report	Felo 70'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 71,333^[1]

Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Inter Milan

Real Madrid

GK 1 Giuliano Sarti RB 2 Tarcisio Burgnich LB 3 Giacinto Facchetti DM 4 Carlo Tagnin CB 5 Aristide Guarneri SW 6 Armando Picchi (c) RW 7 Jair da Costa CM 8 Sandro Mazzola CF 9 Aurelio Milani CM 10 Luis Suárez LW 11 Mario Corso Manager: Helenio Herrera

GK 1 José Vicente RB 2 Isidro LB 3 Pachín DM 4 Lucien Muller CB 5 José Santamaría[a] DM 6 Ignacio Zoco RW 7 Amancio CM 8 Felo CF 9 Alfredo Di Stéfano[b] AM 10 Ferenc Puskás[c] LW 11 Paco Gento (c) Manager: Miguel Muñoz

See also

• List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals
• 1963–64 European Cup
• Inter Milan in European football
• Real Madrid CF in international football competitions

Notes

1. Although Santamaría had amassed 20 caps for his native Uruguay from 1952 to 1957, he had been representing Spain in international play since 1958.^[6]
2. Di Stéfano, a native Argentine, had represented both Argentina and Colombia earlier in his international career. He became a naturalised citizen of Spain in 1956, and began playing for the Spain national football team in 1957.^[6][7]
3. Though more famous for representing his native Hungary in international play during the 1950s, Puskás became a naturalised a citizen of Spain in 1962.^[8] He appeared in four matches for Spain during his time at Real Madrid and was named in Spain's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.