1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup

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.

1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup
Spurs captain Danny Blanchflower holding the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup trophy
Final positions
Champions Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-up Atlético Madrid
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Georgi Asparuhov (Botev Plovdiv)
Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
6 goals each

Teams

Graz (CR) Botev Plovdiv (CW) Slovan Bratislava (CW) B 1909 (CW)
Tottenham Hotspur (CW) Saint-Étienne (CW) Chemie Halle-Leuna (CW) Nürnberg (CW)
Olympiacos (2nd) Újpest (2nd) Shamrock Rovers (CW) Napoli (CW)
Alliance Dudelange (CW) Hibernians (CW) Sparta Rotterdam (CW) Portadown (CR)
Zagłębie Sosnowiec (CW) Vitória Setúbal (CR) Steaua București (CW) Rangers (CW)
Sevilla (CR) Atlético Madrid (3rd)TH Lausanne Sports (CW) Bangor City (CW)
OFK Beograd (CW)

Bracket

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
OFK Beograd 2 3 5
Chemie Halle-Leuna 0 3 3
OFK Beograd 5 2 7
Portadown 1 3 4
OFK Beograd 2 1 3 (3)
Napoli 0 3 3 (1)
Újpest 5 0 5
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0 0 0
Újpest 1 1 2 (1)
Napoli 1 1 2 (3)
Bangor City 2 1 3 (1)
Napoli 0 3 3 (2)
OFK Beograd 1 1 2
Tottenham Hotspur 2 3 5
Lausanne Sports 3 2 5
Sparta Rotterdam 0 4 4
Lausanne Sports 1 0 1
Slovan Bratislava 1 1 2
Slovan Bratislava 2 0 2
Tottenham Hotspur 0 6 6
Tottenham Hotspur 5 3 8
Rangers 2 2 4
Rangers 4 0 4
Sevilla 0 2 2
Tottenham Hotspur 5
Atlético Madrid 1
Graz 1 3 4
B 1909 1 5 6
Alliance Dudelange 1 1 2
B 1909 1 8 9
B 1909 0 0 0
Nürnberg 1 6 7
Saint-Étienne 1 3 4
Vitória Setúbal 1 0 1
Saint-Étienne 0 0 0
Nürnberg 0 3 3
Nürnberg 2 0 2
Atlético Madrid 1 2 3
Shamrock Rovers 0 0 0
Botev Plovdiv 4 1 5
Steaua București 3 1 4
Botev Plovdiv 2 5 7
Botev Plovdiv 1 0 1
Atlético Madrid 1 4 5
Atlético Madrid 4 1 5
Hibernians 0 0 0
Hibernians - - w
Olympiacos - - o

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
OFK Beograd 5–3 Chemie Halle-Leuna 2–0

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3–3

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Bangor City 3–31 Napoli 2–0

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1–3

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Lausanne Sports 5–4 Sparta Rotterdam 3–0

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2–4

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Rangers 4–2 Sevilla 4–0

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0–2

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Saint-Étienne 4–1 Vitória Setúbal 1–1

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3–0

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Alliance Dudelange 2–9 B 1909 1–1

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1–8

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Steaua București 4–7 Botev Plovdiv 3–2

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1–5

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Újpest 5–0 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 5–0

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0–0

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Hibernians (w/o) Olympiacos

1 Won play-off 2–1

First leg

OFK Beograd 2–0 Chemie Halle-Leuna
Milošev 27'
Antić 55'
Referee: Lajos Aranyosi (Hungary)

Bangor City 2–0 Napoli
Matthews 43'
Birch 52' (pen.)
Referee: Joop Martens (Netherlands)

Lausanne Sports 3–0 Sparta Rotterdam
Vonlanthen 12'
Frigerio 55'
ter Horst 64' (o.g.)

Rangers 4–0 Sevilla
Millar 14', 17', 63'
Brand 64'
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Saint-Étienne 1–1 Vitória Setúbal
Mitoraj 72' Report Mateus 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,983
Referee: Gennaro Marchese (Italy)

Alliance Dudelange 1–1 B 1909
Zambon 55' Petersen 50'

Steaua București 3–2 Botev Plovdiv
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

Újpest 5–0 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

Second leg

Chemie Halle-Leuna 3–3 OFK Beograd
Busch 15', 87' (pen.)
Stein 28'
Antić 71'
Hoffmann 17' (o.g.)
Skoblar 35'
Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)

OFK Beograd won 53 on aggregate.


Napoli 3–1 Bangor City
Mariani 29'
Tacchi 54'
Fanello 84'
McAllister 71'

Napoli 33 Bangor City on aggregate.


Sparta Rotterdam 4–2 Lausanne Sports
Wilson 42', 51', 57'
van Miert 87'
Dürr 78' (pen.)
Hertig 83'

Lausanne Sports won 54 on aggregate.


Sevilla 2–0 Rangers
Diéguez 16'
Mateos 48'

Rangers won 42 on aggregate.


Vitória Setúbal 0–3 Saint-Étienne
Report Faivre 44', 55'
Baulu 72'
Attendance: 5,346
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Saint-Étienne won 4–1 on aggregate.


B 1909 8–1 Alliance Dudelange
Madsen 10'
Danielsen 43', 71'
Christensen 60'
Hansen 74', 90'
Nielsen 80'
Berg 87'
Zambon 10'
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

B 1909 won 92 on aggregate.


Botev Plovdiv 5–1 Steaua București
Report
Attendance: 18,614
Referee: Petros Tsouvaras (Greece)

Botev Plovdiv won 74 on aggregate.


Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0–0 Újpest
Referee: Walter Meißner (West Germany)

Újpest won 50 on aggregate.

Play-off

Napoli 2–1 Bangor City
Rosa 37', 85' Report
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McAllister 70'

Napoli won 21 in play-off.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
OFK Beograd 7–4 Portadown 5–1

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2–3

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Újpest Dózsa 2–22 Napoli 1–1

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1–1

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Lausanne-Sports 1–2 Slovan Bratislava 1–1

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0–1

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Tottenham Hotspur 8–4 Rangers 5–2

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3–2

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Saint-Étienne 0–3 Nürnberg 0–0

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0–3

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Graz 4–6 Boldklubben 1909 1–1

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3–5

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Shamrock Rovers 0–5 Botev Plovdiv 0–4

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0–1

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Atlético Madrid 5–0 Hibernians 4–0

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1–0

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2 Won play-off 3–1

First leg

OFK Beograd 5–1 Portadown
Đukić 3'
Skoblar 22', 78'
Gugleta 50'
Čebinac 56'
Clements 58'
Referee: Lajos Horvath (Hungary)


Lausanne-Sports 1–1 Slovan Bratislava
Hosp 40' Moravčík 52'


Saint-Étienne 0–0 Nürnberg
Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui Izco (Spain)

Graz 1–1 Boldklubben 1909
Jank 89' Hansen 38'
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)

Shamrock Rovers 0–4 Botev Plovdiv
Asparuhov 2'
Peshev 47'
Popov 70', 78'
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Atlético Madrid 4–0 Hibernians
Mendonça 12'
Medina 27'
Collar 60' (pen.)
Ramiro 74'
Referee: Abel da Costa (Portugal)

Second leg

Portadown 3–2 OFK Beograd
Burke 17'
Jones 32'
Cush 88'
Popov 60'
Skoblar 65'
Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

OFK Beograd won 74 on aggregate.


Napoli 1–1 Újpest Dózsa
Tomeazzi 33' Solymosi 36'
Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)

Napoli 22 Újpest Dózsa on aggregate.


Slovan Bratislava 1–0 Lausanne-Sports
Moravčík 86'
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Slovan Bratislava won 21 on aggregate.


Rangers 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur
Brand 47'
Davie Wilson 74'
Greaves 8'
Smith 50', 89'
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Tottenham Hotspur won 84 on aggregate.


Nürnberg 3–0 Saint-Étienne
Strehl 27'
Wild 63'
Haseneder 73'

Nürnberg won 30 on aggregate.


Boldklubben 1909 5–3 Graz
Petersen 5', 33', 48', 57'
Berg 75'
Koleznik 28'
Loske 30'
Stessl 43'
Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland)

Boldklubben 1909 won 64 on aggregate.


Botev Plovdiv 1–0 Shamrock Rovers
Peshev 2'
Referee: Aleksandar Škorić (Yugoslavia)

Botev Plovdiv won 50 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid won 50 on aggregate.

Play-off

Napoli won 31 in play-off.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
OFK Beograd 3–33 Napoli 2–0

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1–3

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Slovan Bratislava 2–6 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0

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0–6

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Boldklubben 1909 0–7 Nürnberg 0–1

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0–6

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Botev Plovdiv 1–5 Atlético Madrid 1–1

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0–4

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3 Won play-off 3–1

First leg

OFK Beograd 2–0 Napoli
Samardžić 78'
Popov 88'

Slovan Bratislava 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur
Cvetler 31'
Moravčík 54'
Referee: Ryszard Banasiuk (Poland)

Boldklubben 1909 0–1 Nürnberg
Flachenecker 60' (pen.)

Botev Plovdiv 1–1 Atlético Madrid
Peshev 16' Ramiro 74'
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

Napoli 3–1 OFK Beograd
Cané 12'
Fanello 58'
Mariani 67'
Samardžić 42'
Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

Napoli 33 OFK Beograd on aggregate.


Tottenham Hotspur won 62 on aggregate.


Nürnberg 6–0 Boldklubben 1909
Morlock 34', 40'
Dachlauer 38'
Wild 64'
Engler 84' (pen.)
Haseneder 89'
Referee: Taki Wlachojanis (Austria)

Nürnberg won 70 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid 4–0 Botev Plovdiv
Adelardo Rodríguez 10'
Chuzo 25'
Enrique Collar 65'
Chuzo 85'
Attendance: 36.523
Referee: Marcel Bois (France)

Atlético Madrid won 51 on aggregate.

Play-off

OFK Beograd 3–1 Napoli
Samardžić 19', 83'
Popov 53'
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Cané 23'
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

OFK Beograd won 31 in play-off.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
OFK Beograd 2–5 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 1–3
Nürnberg 2–3 Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–2

First leg

OFK Beograd 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur
Popov 36' (pen.) Report
Report 2
White 27'
Dyson 72'
Referee: Lajos Aranyosi (Hungary)

Nürnberg 2–1 Atlético Madrid
Wild 31', 70' Report
Report 2
Jones 24'
Attendance: 44,140
Referee: Clive Kingston (Wales)

Second leg

Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 OFK Beograd
Mackay 23'
Jones 43'
Smith 49'
Report
Report 2
Skoblar 28'
Referee: Tage Sørensen (Denmark)

Tottenham Hotspur won 52 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid 2–0 Nürnberg
Chuzo 45'
Mendonça 54'
Report
Report 2
Attendance: 86,130
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid won 32 on aggregate.

Final

Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 Atlético Madrid
Greaves 16', 80'
White 35'
Dyson 67', 85'
Report
Report 2
Collar 47' (pen.)
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Georgi Asparuhov Botev Plovdiv 6
Jimmy Greaves Tottenham Hotspur 6
3 Jørgen Petersen B 1909 5
Josip Skoblar OFK Beograd 5
5 Jimmy Millar Rangers 4
Milorad Popov OFK Beograd 4
Spasoje Samardžić OFK Beograd 4
Bobby Smith Tottenham Hotspur 4
John White Tottenham Hotspur 4
Tasso Wild Nürnberg 4

See also

References

  1. The game was played at Real Madrid’s stadium to allow for a larger attendance.
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