8th season of the UEFA club football tournament
1962–63 European Cup Dates 12 September 1962 – 22 May 1963 Teams 30 Champions Milan (1st title) Runners-up Benfica Matches played 59 Goals scored 214 (3.63 per match) Attendance 1,782,579 (30,213 per match) Top scorer(s) José Altafini (Milan) 14 goals
International football competition
The 1962–63 European Cup was the eighth season of the European Cup , a football competition for European clubs. The competition was won by Milan , who beat two-time defending champions Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium in London . Milan's victory was the first by an Italian club.
Albania entered its champion for the first time this season.
Teams
Bracket
Preliminary round
1 Feyenoord beat Servette 3–1 in a play–off to qualify for the first round.
Note: Benfica and Stade Reims received byes.
First leg
Second leg
Milan won 14–0 on aggregate.
Ipswich won 14–1 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 4–1 on aggregate.
Polonia Bytom won 6–2 on aggregate.
CSKA Red Flag won 6–2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–3 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 7–1 on aggregate.
Dundee won 8–5 on aggregate.
Servette 4–4 Feyenoord on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 3–1 in play-off match.
Vasas won 11–1 on aggregate.
Austria Wien won 7–3 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 4–0 on aggregate.
Esbjerg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Norrköping won 3–1 on aggregate.
First round
1 Feyenoord beat Vasas 1–0 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.
First leg
Second leg
Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dundee won 4–2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord 3–3 Vasas on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 1–0 in play-off match.
Stade Reims won 7–3 on aggregate.
Dukla Prague won 5–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Milan won 8–1 on aggregate.
Dundee won 6–2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Benfica won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1962–63 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:[7]
Notes and references
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