1962 European Cup final
Match programme cover
Event1961–62 European Cup
Benfica Real Madrid
Portugal Spain
5 3
Date2 May 1962
VenueOlympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
RefereeLeo Horn (Netherlands)
Attendance61,257[1]

The 1962 European Cup final was a football match held at the Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, on 2 May 1962, that saw Benfica play against Real Madrid. Benfica defeated their opponents 5–3, to win the European Cup for the second successive season.

Ferenc Puskás became the first player to score a hat-trick in multiple European Cup finals, having also becoming the only one to ever score four goals in a European Cup final in 1960, and the first to score a hat-trick in the European Cup final but ended up on the losing side.

Route to the final

Portugal Benfica Round Spain Real Madrid
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Prelim. round Hungary Vasas SC 5–1 2–0 (A) 3–1 (H)
Austria Austria Wien 6–2 1–1 (A) 5–1 (H) First round Denmark Boldklubben 1913 12–0 3–0 (A) 9–0 (H)
West Germany 1. FC Nürnberg 7–3 1–3 (A) 6–0 (H) Quarter-finals Italy Juventus 1–1
(Replay: 3–1)		 1–0 (A) 0–1 (H)
England Tottenham Hotspur 4–3 3–1 (H) 1–2 (A) Semi-finals Belgium Standard Liège 6–0 4–0 (H) 2–0 (A)

Match

The referees, and captains José Águas and Francisco "Paco" Gento before kick-off

Details

Benfica Portugal5–3 Spain Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 61,257[1]
Benfica
Real Madrid
GK1Portugal Costa Pereira
RB2Portugal Mário João
CB3Portugal Germano
LB4Portugal Ângelo Martins
RH5Portugal Domiciano Cavém
LH6Portugal Fernando Cruz
OR7Portugal José Augusto
IR8Portugal Eusébio
CF9Portugal José Águas (c)
IL10Portugal Mário Coluna
OL11Portugal António Simões
Manager:
Hungary Béla Guttmann
GK1Spain José Araquistáin
RB2Spain Pedro Casado
CB5Spain[lower-alpha 1] José Santamaría
LB3Spain Vicente Miera
RH4Spain Felo
LH6Spain Pachín
OR7Spain Justo Tejada
IR8Spain Luis del Sol
CF9Spain[lower-alpha 2] Alfredo Di Stéfano
IL10Spain[lower-alpha 3] Ferenc Puskás
OL11Spain Paco Gento (c)
Manager:
Spain Miguel Muñoz

See also

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.[2]
  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.[3][4]
  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.[5] 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 129. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Alfredo di Stéfano: A god of the stadium | Inside UEFA". 7 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Football: Ferenc Puskas dies aged 79 after a long battle against pneumonia". TheGuardian.com. 17 November 2006.
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