Champions Benfica (2nd title) Champion S.L. Benfica Top scorer Ferenc Puskás Goals scored 222 | Runners-up Real Madrid Dates 23 Aug 1961 – 2 May 1962 Teams 29 Matches played 55 | |
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Similar 1968–69 European Cup, 1972–73 European Cup, 1980–81 European Cup, 1962 European Cup Final, 1958 European Cup Final | ||
The 1961–62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Benfica for the second time in a row, beating Real Madrid 5–3 at the Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam.
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Malta entered its champion for the first time this season.
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Tuesday, 4 July 1961. 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.
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.
Note: Vorwärts Berlin were refused visas to enter the United Kingdom, and Linfield could not afford to travel to an alternate venue, so Vorwärts were given a bye into the next round after their 3–0 win in the first leg in Berlin.
Second leg
Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.
Nuremberg won 9–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.
Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.
Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.
Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.
Second leg
Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.
Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.
Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.
Nuremberg won 3–1 on aggregate.
The Rangers-Vorwärts tie scheduled to be played at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow was finally staged at the Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden, the East German side having again been refused visas to enter Britain. The original match in Malmö was abandoned due to heavy fog (Rangers were winning 1-0) and the match was replayed the following morning.
Quarter-finals
1 Real Madrid beat Juventus 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.
Second leg
Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.
Real Madrid 1–1 Juventus on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second leg
Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1961–62 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows: