1962–63 European Cup

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Bracket

Preliminary round

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1962–63 European Cup

1962–63 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates	12 September 1962 – 22 May 1963
Teams	30
Final positions
Champions	Milan(1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	214 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Altafini (14 goals)

The 1962–63 European Cup was the eighth season of the European Cup, a football competition for European clubs. The competition was won by Milan, who beat defending champions Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium in London. Milan's victory was the first by an Italian club.

Albania entered its champion for the first time this season.

1962–63 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates	12 September 1962 – 22 May 1963
Teams	30
Final positions
Champions	Milan(1st title)
Runners-up	Benfica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	214 (3.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Altafini (14 goals)

Bracket


First round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
Milan	3	1	4
Ipswich Town	0	2	2
Ipswich Town	0	2	2			Galatasaray	1	0	1
	Milan	3	5			Galatasaray	1	0	1		8
	Milan	3	5		Galatasaray	4	0	4			8
Polonia Bytom	1	1	2		Galatasaray	4	0	4
Polonia Bytom	1	1	2										Milan	5	0	5
	Dundee	1	1	2									Milan	5	0	5
	Dundee	1	1	2		CSKA Red Flag	2	0	2
Anderlecht	2	2	4			CSKA Red Flag	2	0	2
Anderlecht	2	2	4				Anderlecht	1	1	2
	Dundee	4	2				Anderlecht	1	1	2	6
	Dundee	4	2			Sporting CP	1	1	2		6
Dundee	0	4	4			Sporting CP	1	1	2
Dundee	0	4	4															Milan	2
	Benfica	1																Milan	2
	Benfica	1	Feyenoord	1		2	3
Vasas	1	2	Feyenoord	1		2	3		3
Vasas	1	2		Stade Reims		0	1	1	3
	Feyenoord	1		Stade Reims		0	1	1	1		2
	Feyenoord	1	Austria Wien	3		0	3		1		2
Stade Reims	2	5	Austria Wien	3		0	3	7
Stade Reims	2	5												Feyenoord	0	1	1
	Benfica	0	3	3				7						Feyenoord	0	1	1
	Benfica	0	3	3			Esbjerg	0	0	0
Dukla Prague	0	5	5				Esbjerg	0	0	0
Dukla Prague	0	5	5				Benfica	2	0	2
	Dukla Prague	1	0				Benfica	2	0	2	1
	Dukla Prague	1	0			Norrköping	1	1	2		1
S.L. Benfica	1	5	6			Norrköping	1	1	2

Preliminary round


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	14–0	Union Luxembourg	8–0	6–0
Floriana	1–14	Ipswich Town	1–4	0–10
Dinamo Bucureşti	1–4	Galatasaray	1–1	0–3
Polonia Bytom	6–2	Panathinaikos	2–1	4–1
CSKA Red Flag	6–2	Partizan	2–1	4–1
Real Madrid	3–4	Anderlecht	3–3	0–1
Shelbourne	1–7	Sporting	0–2	1–5
Dundee	8–5	Köln	8–1	0–4
Servette	4–4¹	Feyenoord	1–3	3–1
Fredrikstad	1–11	Vasas	1–4	0–7
Austria Wien	7–3	HIFK	5–3	2–0
Vorwärts Berlin	0–4	Dukla Prague	0–3	0–1
Linfield	1–2	Esbjerg	1–2	0–0
Norrköping	3–1	Partizani	2–0	1–1

1 Feyenoord beat Servette 3–1 in a play–off to qualify for the first round.

Note: Benfica and Stade Reims received byes.

First leg

Second leg

Milan won 14–0 on aggregate.

Ipswich won 14–1 on aggregate.

Galatasaray won 4–1 on aggregate.

Polonia Bytom won 6–2 on aggregate.

CDNA won 6–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.

Sporting CP won 7–1 on aggregate.

Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate.

Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 3–1 in play-off match.

Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.

Austria Wien won 7–3 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Esbjerg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Norrköping won 3–1 on aggregate.

First round


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	4–2	Ipswich Town	3–0	1–2
Galatasaray	4–2	Polonia Bytom	4–1	0–1
CSKA Red Flag	2–4	Anderlecht	2–2	0–2
Sporting CP	2–4	Dundee	1–0	1–4
Feyenoord	3–3¹	Vasas	1–1	2–2
Austria Wien	3–7	Stade Reims	3–2	0–5
Esbjerg	0–5	Dukla Prague	0–0	0–5
Norrköping	2–6	Benfica	1–1	1–5

1 Feyenoord beat Vasas 1–0 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg

Second leg

Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dundee won 4–2 on aggregate.

Feyenoord 3–3 Vasas on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 1–0 in play-off match.

Stade Reims won 7–3 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.

Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	1–8	Milan	1–3	0–5
Anderlecht	2–6	Dundee	1–4	1–2
Stade Reims	1–2	Feyenoord	0–1	1–1
Benfica	2–1	Dukla Prague	2–1	0–0

First leg

Second leg

Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.

Dundee won 6–2 on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals


Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	5–2	Dundee	5–1	0–1
Feyenoord	1–3	Benfica	0–0	1–3

First leg

Second leg

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

6 goals

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