1962–63 European Cup

Teams

A total of 30 teams participated in the competition.

Portugal continued to be represented by two clubs, with Benfica qualifying as title holders and Sporting CP as Portuguese champions. CSKA Red Flag appeared in the seventh edition of European Cup, with only Real Madrid having more appearances in the competition.

Partizani, Esbjerg, Ipswich Town, Union Luxembourg, Floriana, Shelbourne, Dundee and 1. FC Köln made their debut in the competition.

Galatasaray returned to the tournament for the first time since 1957, while IFK Norrköping, Polonia Bytom, Anderlecht and eventual winners Milan returned to the competition after five, four, three and three years, respectively.

All participants were their respective associations champions, except for Benfica and Fredrikstad. The latter was leading Hovedserien at the summer break on 1 July 1962, after 21 of 30 matches had been played, but finished third in autumn of 1962.

Preliminary round

Lisbon teams

Due to the number of participating teams only Reims (apart from title holders Benfica) received a bye to the first round. The remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.

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First leg

Gento Di Stéfano Janssens Stockman

Rosander

Bertelsen

Wishart Robertson Gilzean Smith Penman

Kékesi

Nemec Schleger Wiik Kankkonen

Bennaars

Rivera Germano

Jóźwiak

Phillips

Kolev

Géo

Second leg

IFK Norrköping won 3–1 on aggregate.

Köken Kutver Galatasaray won 4–1 on aggregate.

Esbjerg won 2–1 on aggregate.

Kempny Pogrzeba Polonia Bytom won 6–2 on aggregate.

Altafini Pivatelli Milan won 14–0 on aggregate.

Heuri Desbiolles Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate; play-off needed.

Farkas T. Pál Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.

Phillips Crawford Elsworthy Ipswich Town won 14–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.

Jacaré Austria Wien won 7–3 on aggregate.

Mascarenhas José Carlos Morais Sporting CP won 7–1 on aggregate.

Müller Schäfer Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate.

Yakimov Kovachev Panayotov CSKA Red Flag won 6–2 on aggregate.

Dukla Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.

Play-off

Bouwmeester Van der Gijp Feyenoord won play-off 3–1.

Bracket

| RD1-team01= Galatasaray | RD1-score01-1=4 | RD1-score01-2=0 | RD1-score01-agg=4 | RD1-team02= Polonia Bytom | RD1-score02-1=1 | RD1-score02-2=1 | RD1-score02-agg=2

| RD1-team03= Milan | RD1-score03-1=3 | RD1-score03-2=1 | RD1-score03-agg=4 | RD1-team04= Ipswich Town | RD1-score04-1=0 | RD1-score04-2=2 | RD1-score04-agg=2

| RD1-team05= CSKA Red Flag | RD1-score05-1=2 | RD1-score05-2=0 | RD1-score05-agg=2 | RD1-team06= Anderlecht | RD1-score06-1=2 | RD1-score06-2=2 | RD1-score06-agg=4

| RD1-team07= Sporting CP | RD1-score07-1=1 | RD1-score07-2=1 | RD1-score07-agg=2 | RD1-team08= Dundee | RD1-score08-1=0 | RD1-score08-2=4 | RD1-score08-agg=4

| RD1-team09= Austria Wien | RD1-score09-1=3 | RD1-score09-2=0 | RD1-score09-agg=3 | RD1-team10= Reims | RD1-score10-1=2 | RD1-score10-2=5 | RD1-score10-agg=7

| RD1-team11= Feyenoord | RD1-score11-1=1 | RD1-score11-2=2 | RD1-score11-agg=3 (1) | RD1-team12= Vasas | RD1-score12-1=1 | RD1-score12-2=2 | RD1-score12-agg=3 (0)

| RD1-team13= Esbjerg | RD1-score13-1=0 | RD1-score13-2=0 | RD1-score13-agg=0 | RD1-team14= Dukla Prague | RD1-score14-1=0 | RD1-score14-2=5 | RD1-score14-agg=5

| RD1-team15= IFK Norrköping | RD1-score15-1=1 | RD1-score15-2=1 | RD1-score15-agg=2 | RD1-team16= Benfica | RD1-score16-1=1 | RD1-score16-2=5 | RD1-score16-agg=6

| RD2-team01= Galatasaray | RD2-score01-1=1 | RD2-score01-2=0 | RD2-score01-agg=1 | RD2-team02= Milan | RD2-score02-1=3 | RD2-score02-2=5 | RD2-score02-agg=8

| RD2-team03= Anderlecht | RD2-score03-1=1 | RD2-score03-2=1 | RD2-score03-agg=2 | RD2-team04= Dundee | RD2-score04-1=4 | RD2-score04-2=2 | RD2-score04-agg=6

| RD2-team05= Reims | RD2-score05-1=0 | RD2-score05-2=1 | RD2-score05-agg=1 | RD2-team06= Feyenoord | RD2-score06-1=1 | RD2-score06-2=1 | RD2-score06-agg=2

| RD2-team07= Dukla Prague | RD2-score07-1=1 | RD2-score07-2=0 | RD2-score07-agg=1 | RD2-team08= Benfica | RD2-score08-1=2 | RD2-score08-2=0 | RD2-score08-agg=2

| RD3-team01= Milan | RD3-score01-1=5 | RD3-score01-2=0 | RD3-score01-agg=5 | RD3-team02= Dundee | RD3-score02-1=1 | RD3-score02-2=1 | RD3-score02-agg=2

| RD3-team03= Feyenoord | RD3-score03-1=0 | RD3-score03-2=1 | RD3-score03-agg=1 | RD3-team04= Benfica | RD3-score04-1=0 | RD3-score04-2=3 | RD3-score04-agg=3

| RD4-team01= Milan | RD4-score01=2 | RD4-team02= Benfica | RD4-score02=1

First round

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First leg

Hirnschrodt Fiala

Yakimov

Mamat

Sani

Second leg

Cousin Dundee won 4–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.

Siatka Dubaële Akesbi Reims won 7–3 on aggregate.

Frandsen Masopust Vacenovský Dukla Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.

Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.

Eusébio Coluna Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.

Kerkum Feyenoord 3–3 Vasas on aggregate; play-off needed.

Blackwood Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Play-off

Feyenoord won play-off 1–0.

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Barison Altafini

Cousin Penman

Second leg

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

Altafini Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.

Smith Dundee won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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First leg

Barison Mora

Second leg

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Augusto Santana Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1963 European Cup final

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1962–63 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:

Notes

References

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