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
ChampionsEngland Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-upSpain Atlético Madrid

Preliminary round edit

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 edit

Bangor City  2–0  Napoli
Matthews   43'
Birch   52' (pen.)

Saint-Étienne  1–1  Vitória Setúbal
Mitoraj   72' Report Mateus   57' (pen.)

Steaua București  3–2  Botev Plovdiv
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Second leg edit

Botev Plovdiv  5–1  Steaua București
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Botev Plovdiv won 7–4 on aggregate.


Vitória Setúbal  0–3  Saint-Étienne
Report Faivre   44', 55'
Baulu   72'

Saint-Étienne won 4–1 on aggregate.


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

Napoli 3–3 Bangor City on aggregate.

Play-off edit

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

Napoli won 2–1 in play-off.

First round edit

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 edit

Shamrock Rovers  0–4  Botev Plovdiv
Asparuhov   2'
Peshev   47'
Popov   70', 78'

Újpest Dózsa  1–1  Napoli
Bene   1' Fraschini   60'

Second leg edit

Botev Plovdiv  1–0  Shamrock Rovers
Peshev   2'

Botev Plovdiv won 5–0 on aggregate.


Napoli  1–1  Újpest Dózsa
Tomeazzi   33' Solymosi   36'

Napoli 2–2 Újpest Dózsa on aggregate.

Play-off edit

Napoli  3–1  Újpest Dózsa
Fanello   8'
Ronzon   10'
Tacchi   34'
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Kuharszki   52'

Napoli won 3–1 in play-off.

Quarter-finals edit

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 edit

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

Botev Plovdiv  1–1  Atlético Madrid
Peshev   16' Ramiro   74'

Second leg edit

Atlético Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.


Napoli  3–1  OFK Beograd
Cané   12'
Fanello   58'
Mariani   67'
Samardžić   42'

Napoli 3–3 OFK Beograd on aggregate.

Play-off edit

OFK Beograd  3–1  Napoli
Samardžić   19', 83'
Banović   51'
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Cané   23'

OFK Beograd won 3–1 in play-off.

Semi-finals edit

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 edit


Nürnberg  2–1  Atlético Madrid
Wild   31', 70' Report
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Jones   24'
Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 44,140

Second leg edit

Tottenham Hotspur won 5–2 on aggregate.


Atlético Madrid  2–0  Nürnberg
Chuzo   45'
Mendonça   54'
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Atlético Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

Tottenham Hotspur  5–1  Atlético Madrid
Greaves   16', 80'
White   35'
Dyson   67', 85'
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Collar   47' (pen.)

See also edit

References edit

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

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