1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup

July 2023 European Cup Winners' Cup 1962–63 Spurs team with the Cup Winners' Cup trophy 1963.jpg Spurs captain Danny Blanchflower holding the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup trophy ENG Tottenham Hotspur 1 ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid 48 159 Georgi Asparuhov (Botev Plovdiv)Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)6 goals each 1961–62 1963–64 The 1962–63 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur in a crushing final victory over holders Atlético Madrid. It was the first time a European cup went to an English club. The so-called "winner's curse" continued as Spurs failed to retain the cup in 1964. Teams AUT GAK (CR)BUL 1948 Botev Plovdiv (CW)TCH Slovan Bratislava (CW)DEN B 1909 (CW)ENG Tottenham Hotspur (CW)FRA 1830 Saint-Étienne (CW)GDR Chemie Halle-Leuna (CW)FRG Nürnberg (CW)GRE old Olympiacos (2nd)HUN Újpest (2nd)IRL Shamrock Rovers (CW)ITA Napoli (CW)LUX Alliance Dudelange (CW)MLT 1943 Hibernians (CW)NED Sparta Rotterdam (CW)NIR Portadown (CR)POL Zagłębie Sosnowiec (CW)POR Vitória Setúbal (CR)ROU 1952 Steaua București (CW)SCO Rangers (CW)ESP 1945 Sevilla (CR)ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid (3rd)THSUI Lausanne Sports (CW)WAL Bangor City (CW)YUG OFK Beograd (CW) Bracket 2/2/2/2/1 y n n 1 y Preliminary round First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final LUX Alliance Dudelange 1 1 2 DEN B 1909 1 8 9 FRA 1830 Saint-Étienne 1 3 4 POR Vitória Setúbal 1 0 1 ROU 1952 Steaua București 3 1 4 BUL 1948 Botev Plovdiv 2 5 7 MLT 1943 Hibernians - - w GRE old Olympiacos - - o YUG OFK Beograd 2 3 5 GDR Chemie Halle-Leuna 0 3 3 HUN Újpest 5 0 5 POL Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0 0 0 WAL Bangor City 2 1 3 (1) ITA Napoli 0 3 3 (2) SUI Lausanne Sports 3 2 5 NED Sparta Rotterdam 0 4 4 SCO Rangers 4 0 4 ESP 1945 Sevilla 0 2 2 AUT GAK 1 3 4 DEN B 1909 1 5 6 FRA 1830 Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 FRG Nürnberg 0 3 3 IRL Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0 BUL 1948 Botev Plovdiv 4 1 5 ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid 4 1 5 MLT 1943 Hibernians 0 0 0 YUG OFK Beograd 5 2 7 NIR Portadown 1 3 4 HUN Újpest 1 1 2 (1) ITA Napoli 1 1 2 (3) SUI Lausanne Sports 1 0 1 TCH Slovan Bratislava 1 1 2 ENG Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 8 SCO Rangers 2 2 4 DEN B 1909 0 0 0 FRG Nürnberg 1 6 7 BUL 1948 Botev Plovdiv 1 0 1 ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid 1 4 5 YUG OFK Beograd 2 1 3 (3) ITA Napoli 0 3 3 (1) TCH Slovan Bratislava 2 0 2 ENG Tottenham Hotspur 0 6 6 FRG Nürnberg 2 0 2 ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid 1 2 3 YUG OFK Beograd 1 1 2 ENG Tottenham Hotspur 2 3 5 ENG Tottenham Hotspur 5 ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid 1 Preliminary round OFK Beograd SFR Yugoslavia 5–3 Chemie Halle-Leuna GDR 2–0 (Report) (Report 2) 3–3 (Report) (Report 2) Bangor City WAL 3–31 Napoli ITA 2–0 (Report) (Report 2) 1–3 (Report) (Report 2) Lausanne Sports SUI 5–4 Sparta Rotterdam NED 3–0 (Report) (Report 2) 2–4 (Report) (Report 2) Rangers SCO 4–2 Sevilla ESP 1945 4–0 (Report) (Report 2) 0–2 (Report) (Report 2) Saint-Étienne FRA 4–1 Vitória Setúbal POR 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) 3–0 (Report) (Report 2) Alliance Dudelange LUX 2–9 B 1909 DEN 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) 1–8 (Report) (Report 2) Steaua București ROU 1952 4–7 Botev Plovdiv BUL 1946 3–2 (Report) (Report 2) 1–5 (Report) (Report 2) Újpest HUN 5–0 Zagłębie Sosnowiec POL 1928 5–0 (Report) (Report 2) 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) Hibernians MLT 1943 (w/o) Olympiacos GRE old – – |} 1 Won play-off 2–1 First leg 5 September 1962 OFK Beograd YUG 2–0 GDR Chemie Halle-Leuna Milošev 27Antić 55 Omladinski Stadium, Belgrade Lajos Aranyosi (Hungary) 5 September 1962 Bangor City WAL 2–0 ITA Napoli Matthews 43Birch 52 pen. Farrar Road, Bangor Joop Martens (Netherlands) 19 September 1962 Lausanne Sports SUI 3–0 NED Sparta Rotterdam Vonlanthen 12Frigerio 55ter Horst 64 o.g. Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Henri Faucheux (France) 5 September 1962 Rangers SCO 4–0 ESP 1945 Sevilla Millar 14 17 63Brand 64 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Tage Sørensen (Denmark) 20 September 1962 Saint-Étienne FRA 1–1 April 2025 POR Vitória Setúbal Mitoraj 72 Mateus 57 pen. Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne 11,983 Gennaro Marchese (Italy) 5 September 1962 Alliance Dudelange LUX 1–1 DEN B 1909 Zambon 55 Petersen 50 Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette Joseph Hannet (Belgium) 1962 9 13 y Steaua București ROU 1952 3–2 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1962_63/steaua_botev_01.shtml BUL 1946 Botev Plovdiv Voinea 43 Constantin 67 Crişan 86 Asparuhov 33 48 Stadionul 23 August Bucharest 35,000 Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia) 1962 9 12 y Újpest HUN 5–0 POL 1928 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Bene 3 Göröcs 41 64 Solymosi 66 Sóvári 87 Megyeri úti Stadium Budapest Josef Stoll (Austria) Second leg 19 September 1962 Chemie Halle-Leuna GDR 3–3 YUG OFK Beograd Busch 15 87 pen.Stein 28 Antić 5Hoffmann 17 o.g.Skoblar 35 Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia) OFK Beograd won 5–3 on aggregate. 26 September 1962 Napoli ITA 3–1 WAL Bangor City Mariani 29Tacchi 54Fanello 84 McAllister 71 Stadio San Paolo, Naples Daniel Mellet (Switzerland) Napoli 3–3 Bangor City on aggregate. 3 October 1962 Sparta Rotterdam NED 4–2 SUI Lausanne Sports Wilson 42 51 57van Miert 87 Dürr 78 pen.Hertig 83 De Kuip, Rotterdam Kevin Howley (England) Lausanne Sports won 5–4 on aggregate. 26 September 1962 Sevilla ESP 1945 2–0 SCO Rangers Diéguez 16Mateos 48 Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville Décio Freitas (Portugal) Rangers won 4–2 on aggregate. 23 September 1962 Vitória Setúbal POR 0–3 April 2025 FRA Saint-Étienne Faivre 44 55Baulu 72 Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal 5,346 Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain) Saint-Étienne won 4–1 on aggregate. 18 September 1962 B 1909 DEN 8–1 LUX Alliance Dudelange Madsen 10Danielsen 43 71Christensen 60Hansen 74 90Nielsen 80Berg 87 Zambon 10 Odense Stadium, Odense Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany) B 1909 won 9–2 on aggregate. 1962 9 19 y Botev Plovdiv BUL 1946 5–1 https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1962_63/steaua_botev_02.shtml ROU 1952 Steaua București Apostolov 7 Asparuhov 14 30 44 Dermendzhiev 56 Tătaru 50 9th September Stadium Plovdiv 18,614 Petros Tsouvaras (Greece) Botev Plovdiv won 7–4 on aggregate. 26 September 1962 Zagłębie Sosnowiec POL 1928 0–0 HUN Újpest Stadion Ludowy, Sosnowiec Walter Meißner (West Germany) Újpest won 5–0 on aggregate. Play-off 10 October 1962 Napoli ITA 2–1 Report Report 2 WAL Bangor City Rosa 37 85 McAllister 70 Highbury, London Arthur Holland (England) Napoli won 2–1 in play-off. First round OFK Beograd SFR Yugoslavia 7–4 Portadown NIR 5–1 (Report) (Report 2) 2–3 (Report) (Report 2) Újpest Dózsa HUN 2–22 Napoli ITA 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) Lausanne-Sports SUI 1–2 Slovan Bratislava TCH 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) 0–1 (Report) (Report 2) Tottenham Hotspur ENG 8–4 Rangers SCO 5–2 (Report) (Report 2) 3–2 (Report) (Report 2) Saint-Étienne FRA 0–3 Nürnberg FRG 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) 0–3 (Report) (Report 2) GAK AUT 4–6 Boldklubben 1909 DEN 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) 3–5 (Report) (Report 2) Shamrock Rovers IRL 0–5 Botev Plovdiv BUL 1946 0–4 (Report) (Report 2) 0–1 (Report) (Report 2) Atlético Madrid ESP 1945 5–0 Hibernians MLT 1943 4–0 (Report) (Report 2) 1–0 (Report) (Report 2) |} 2 Won play-off 3–1 First leg 7 November 1962 OFK Beograd YUG 5–1 NIR Portadown Đukić 3Skoblar 22 78Gugleta 50Čebinac 56 Clements 58 Omladinski Stadium, Belgrade Lajos Horvath (Hungary) 14 November 1962 Újpest Dózsa HUN 1–1 ITA Napoli Bene 1 Fraschini 60 Megyeri úti Stadium, Budapest Paul Schiller (Austria) 14 November 1962 Lausanne-Sports SUI 1–1 TCH Slovan Bratislava Hosp 40 Moravčík 52 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 11875 Alfeo Grignani (Italy) 31 October 1962 Tottenham Hotspur ENG 5–2 SCO Rangers White 4Greaves 23Allen 37Shearer 43 o.g.Norman 78 Henderson 9Millar 44 White Hart Lane, Tottenham Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) 18 October 1962 Saint-Étienne FRA 0–0 FRG Nürnberg Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Daniel Zariquiegui Izco (Spain) 30 October 1962 GAK AUT 1–1 DEN Boldklubben 1909 Jank 89 Hansen 38 Liebenauer Stadium, Graz Dittmar Huber (Switzerland) 24 October 1962 Shamrock Rovers IRL 0–4 BUL 1946 Botev Plovdiv Asparuhov 2 Peshev 47 Popov 70 78 Dalymount Park, Dublin Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands) 24 October 1962 Atlético Madrid ESP 1945 4–0 MLT 1943 Hibernians Mendonça 12Medina 27Collar 60 pen.Ramiro 74 Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid Abel da Costa (Portugal) Second leg 21 November 1962 Portadown NIR 3–2 YUG OFK Beograd Burke 17Jones 32Cush 88 Popov 60Skoblar 65 Windsor Park, Belfast Einar Poulsen (Denmark) OFK Beograd won 7–4 on aggregate. 28 November 1962 Napoli ITA 1–1 HUN Újpest Dózsa Tomeazzi 33 Solymosi 36 Stadio San Paolo, Naples Arthur Lentini (Malta) Napoli 2–2 Újpest Dózsa on aggregate. 28 November 1962 Slovan Bratislava TCH 1–0 SUI Lausanne-Sports Moravčík 86 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 5314 Fritz Seipelt (Austria) Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate. 11 December 1962 Rangers SCO 2–3 ENG Tottenham Hotspur Brand 47Davie Wilson 74 Greaves 8Smith 50 89 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Marcel Bois (France) Tottenham Hotspur won 8–4 on aggregate. 14 November 1962 Nürnberg FRG 3–0 FRA Saint-Étienne Strehl 27Wild 63Haseneder 73 Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia) Nürnberg won 3–0 on aggregate. 14 November 1962 Boldklubben 1909 DEN 5–3 AUT GAK Petersen 5 33 48 57Berg 75 Koleznik 28Loske 30Stessl 43 Odense Stadium, Odense Hugh Phillips (Scotland) Boldklubben 1909 won 6–4 on aggregate. 14 November 1962 Botev Plovdiv BUL 1946 1–0 IRL Shamrock Rovers Peshev 2 Stadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv Aleksandar Škorić (Yugoslavia) Botev Plovdiv won 5–0 on aggregate. 7 November 1962 Hibernians MLT 1943 0–1 ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid Jones 24 Empire Stadium (Gżira), Gżira Cesare Jonni (Italy) Atlético Madrid won 5–0 on aggregate. Play-off 4 December 1962 Napoli ITA 3–1 Report Report 2 HUN Újpest Dózsa Fanello 8Ronzon 10Tacchi 34 Kuharszki 52 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Daniel Mellet (Switzerland) Napoli won 3–1 in play-off. Quarter-finals OFK Beograd SFR Yugoslavia 3–33 Napoli Italy 2–0 (Report) (Report 2) 1–3 (Report) (Report 2) Slovan Bratislava Czechoslovakia 2–6 Tottenham Hotspur England 2–0 (Report) (Report 2) 0–6 (Report) (Report 2) Boldklubben 1909 Denmark 0–7 Nürnberg West Germany 0–1 (Report) (Report 2) 0–6 (Report) (Report 2) Botev Plovdiv Bulgaria 1946 1–5 Atlético Madrid Spain 1945 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) 0–4 (Report) (Report 2) |} 3 Won play-off 3–1 First leg 6 February 1963 OFK Beograd YUG 2–0 ITA Napoli Samardžić 78Popov 88 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade István Zsolt (Hungary) 5 March 1963 Slovan Bratislava TCH 2–0 ENG Tottenham Hotspur Cvetler 31Moravčík 54 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 22788 Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland) 21 March 1963 Boldklubben 1909 DEN 0–1 FRG Nürnberg Flachenecker 60 pen. Rosenaustadion, Augsburg Jack Taylor (England) 27 February 1963 Botev Plovdiv BUL 1946 1–1 ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid Peshev 16 Ramiro 74 Stadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia) Second leg 20 March 1963 Napoli ITA 3–1 YUG OFK Beograd Cané 12Fanello 58Mariani 67 Samardžić 42 Stadio San Paolo, Naples Albert Guinnard (Switzerland) Napoli 3–3 OFK Beograd on aggregate. 14 March 1963 Tottenham Hotspur ENG 6–0 TCH Slovan Bratislava Mackay 31Greaves 44 65Smith 45Jones 75White 85 White Hart Lane, Tottenham 61504 Leo Horn (Netherlands) Tottenham Hotspur won 6–2 on aggregate. 24 March 1963 Nürnberg FRG 6–0 DEN Boldklubben 1909 Morlock 34 40Dachlauer 38Wild 64Engler 84 pen.Haseneder 89 Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg Taki Wlachojanis (Austria) Nürnberg won 7–0 on aggregate. 13 March 1963 Atlético Madrid ESP 1945 4–0 BUL 1946 Botev Plovdiv Adelardo Rodríguez 10Chuzo 25Enrique Collar 65Chuzo 85 Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid 36.523 Marcel Bois (France) Atlético Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate. Play-off 3 April 1963 OFK Beograd YUG 3–1 Report Report 2 ITA Napoli Samardžić 19 83Popov 53 Cané 23 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Joseph Barbéran (France) OFK Beograd won 3–1 in play-off. Semi-finals OFK Beograd SFR Yugoslavia 2–5 Tottenham Hotspur England 1–2 1–3 Nürnberg West Germany 2–3 Atlético Madrid Spain 1945 2–1 0–2 |} First leg 24 April 1963 OFK Beograd YUG 1–2 Report Report 2 ENG Tottenham Hotspur Popov 36 pen. White 27Dyson 72 Omladinski Stadium, Belgrade Lajos Aranyosi (Hungary) 10 April 1963 17:00 Nürnberg FRG 2–1 Report Report 2 ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid Wild 31 70 Jones 24 Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg 44,140 Clive Kingston (Wales) Second leg 1 May 1963 Tottenham Hotspur ENG 3–1 Report Report 2 YUG OFK Beograd Mackay 23Jones 43Smith 49 Skoblar 28 White Hart Lane, Tottenham Tage Sørensen (Denmark) Tottenham Hotspur won 5–2 on aggregate. 24 April 1963 20:30 Atlético Madrid ESP 1945 2–0 Report Report 2 FRG Nürnberg Chuzo 45Mendonça 54 Santiago Bernabéu, MadridThe game was played at Real Madrid’s stadium to allow for a larger attendance. 86,130 Othmar Huber (Switzerland) Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate. Final 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup final 15 May 1963 20:15 Atlético Madrid ESP 1945 1–5 Report Report 2 ENG Tottenham Hotspur Collar 47 pen. Greaves 16 80White 35Dyson 67 85 Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam 49,000 Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands) Top scorers The top scorers from the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows: RankNameTeamGoals1BUL 1946 Georgi AsparuhovBUL 1946 Botev Plovdiv6ENG Jimmy GreavesENG Tottenham Hotspur63DEN Jørgen PetersenDEN B 19095YUG Josip SkoblarYUG OFK Beograd55SCO Jimmy MillarSCO Rangers4YUG Milorad PopovYUG OFK Beograd4YUG Spasoje SamardžićYUG OFK Beograd4ENG Bobby SmithENG Tottenham Hotspur4SCO John WhiteENG Tottenham Hotspur4FRG Tasso WildFRG Nürnberg4 See also 1962–63 European Cup 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup References External links Cup Winners' Cup 1962-63 Results at UEFA.com Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1962-63 – results, protocols website Football Archive https://archive.today/20130815144926/http://71.176.213.222/uefa/html/cwc-1963.html 1962–63 Cup Winners Cup el 1962–63 Cup Winners' Cup