1963 European Cup final

June 2017 1963 European Cup final 1963 European Cup Final match programme.jpg Match programme cover 1962–63 European Cup Benfica POR 30px 1 Milan ITA 30px 2 22 May 1963 Wembley Stadium London Arthur Holland (England) 45,715https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Statistics/01/85/99/80/1859980_DOWNLOAD.pdf UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13 UEFA Union of European Football Associations 129 22 September 2013 1962 1964 The 1963 European Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 22 May 1963 to determine the winners of the 1962–63 European Cup. The match was contested by two-time defending champions Benfica of Portugal and Milan of Italy, making it the first European Cup final not to feature a team from Spain. Milan won the trophy for the first time thanks to a brace from José Altafini, which gave them a 2–1 victory. Background Benfica had won the previous two editions of the competition, defeating Barcelona 3–2 in the 1961 final and Real Madrid 5–3 in the 1962 final.Stokkermans Karel European Champions' Cup/Champions League https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec1.html RSSSF 19 June 2025 10 June 2025 Milan had contested the final once previously, losing 3–2 to Real Madrid in 1958. This was the eighth European Cup final and was the first to not feature a Spanish club. Real Madrid had contested six of the previous seven finals while Barcelona represented Spain in the 1961 final – the only previous final not to feature Real Madrid. Route to the final 1962–63 European Cup POR BenficaRoundITA MilanOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legByePrelim. roundLUX Union Luxembourg14–08–0 (H)6–0 (A)SWE IFK Norrköping6–21–1 (A)5–1 (H)First roundENG Ipswich Town4–23–0 (H)1–2 (A)TCH Dukla Prague2–12–1 (H)0–0 (A)Quarter-finalsTUR Galatasaray8–13–1 (A)5–0 (H)NED Feyenoord3–10–0 (A)3–1 (H)Semi-finalsSCO Dundee5–25–1 (H)0–1 (A) Benfica Benfica qualified for the competition as defending champions and they were given a bye in the preliminary round.Ross James M. European Competitions 1961-62 https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196162.html RSSSF 19 June 2025 6 January 2016Ross James M. European Competitions 1962-63 https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196263.html RSSSF 19 June 2025 4 June 2015 In the first round, Benfica faced IFK Norrköping of Sweden. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg away from home, Benfica won the second leg 5–1 at home to advance 6–2 on aggregate. Benfica then faced Dukla Prague of Czechoslovakia in the quarter-finals. After Benfica won the first leg 2–1 at home, the teams played out a goalless draw in the second leg in Prague as Benfica advanced. In the semi-finals, Benfica faced Feyenoord of the Netherlands. After a goalless first leg in Rotterdam, Benfica won the second leg 3–1 at home to advance to the final. Milan Milan qualified for the competition as winners of the 1961–62 Serie A.Mariani Maurizio Italy 1961/62 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital62.html RSSSF 19 June 2025 26 October 2000 In the preliminary round, Milan defeated Union Luxembourg of Luxembourg 8–0 a home in the first leg and 6–0 away in the second leg to advance 14–0 on aggregate. Ipswich Town of England were Milan's opponents in the first round. After winning the first leg 3–0 at home, Milan lost the second leg away from home 2–1 to advance 4–2 on aggregate. Milan then faced Galatasaray of Turkey in the quarter-finals. After winning the first leg 3–1 away from home, Milan won the second leg 5–0 at home to advance 8–1 on aggregate. In the semi-finals, Milan's opponents were Dundee of Scotland. A 5–1 win in the first leg at home was followed up by a 1–0 defeat in the second leg away from home as Milan advanced to the final 5–2 on aggregate. Match Milan won the match 2–1.https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/article/ac-milan-2-benfica-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20200930182553/https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/article/ac-milan-2-benfica-1 dead 30 September 2020 AC Milan 2 Benfica 1 The Blizzard 1 September 2013 24 May 2020 Miguel Delaney Details 22 May 1963 15:00 BST Benfica POR 1–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/61919--milan-vs-benfica ITA Milan Eusébio 19 Altafini 58 66 Wembley Stadium, London 45,715 Arthur Holland (England) _whiteborder _benfica5465 _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF DD0000 Benfica_milan6263a _acmilan8990away FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Milan GK 1 POR Costa PereiraRB 2 POR Domiciano CavémCH 3 POR Raul MachadoLB 4 POR Fernando CruzRH 5 POR Humberto FernandesLH 6 POR Mário Coluna (c)OR 7 POR José AugustoIR 8 POR SantanaCF 9 POR José TorresIL 10POR EusébioOL 11POR António SimõesManager:CHI Fernando Riera300px GK 1 ITA Giorgio GhezziRB 2 ITA Mario DavidLB 3 ITA Mario TrebbiRH 4 PER 1825 Víctor BenítezCH 5 ITA Cesare Maldini (c)LH 6 ITA Giovanni TrapattoniOR 7 ITA Gino PivatelliIR 8 BRA 1960 Dino SaniCF 9 ITA José AltafiniA Brazilian expatriate, Altafini had represented his native Brazil at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but in 1961 he changed allegiances to Italy. He notably played for Italy at the 1962 World Cup.https://forzaitalianfootball.com/2017/08/legend-of-calcio-jose-altafini/ Legend of Calcio: Jose Altafini Suhayl Al-Sammari Forza Italian Football 7 August 2017 19 June 2025IL 10ITA Gianni RiveraOL 11ITA Bruno MoraManager:ITA Nereo Rocco See also 1962–63 S.L. Benfica season 1962–63 AC Milan season 1963 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final 1963 Intercontinental Cup 1990 European Cup final – contested between same teams S.L. Benfica in international football AC Milan in international football Notes References External links 1962–63 season at UEFA.com 1962–63 season at European Cup History Video highlights from official Pathé News archive Final 1963 Category:1962–63 in Portuguese football Category:1962–63 in Italian football Category:S.L. 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