1962 European Cup final
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| Event | 1961–62 European Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 2 May 1962 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam | ||||||
| Referee | Leo Horn (Netherlands) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,257[1] | ||||||
The 1962 European Cup final was a football match held at the Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, on 2 May 1962, that saw Benfica play against Real Madrid. Benfica defeated their opponents 5–3, to win the European Cup for the second successive season.
Ferenc Puskás became the first player to score a hat-trick in multiple European Cup finals, having also becoming the only one to ever score four goals in a European Cup final in 1960, and the first to score a hat-trick in the European Cup final but ended up on the losing side.
Route to the final
[edit] Benfica | Round |  Real Madrid | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Bye | Prelim. round |  Vasas SC | 5–1 | 2–0 (A) | 3–1 (H) | |||
 Austria Wien | 6–2 | 1–1 (A) | 5–1 (H) | First round |  Boldklubben 1913 | 12–0 | 3–0 (A) | 9–0 (H) |
 1. FC Nürnberg | 7–3 | 1–3 (A) | 6–0 (H) | Quarter-finals |  Juventus | 1–1 (Replay: 3–1) | 1–0 (A) | 0–1 (H) |
 Tottenham Hotspur | 4–3 | 3–1 (H) | 1–2 (A) | Semi-finals |  Standard Liège | 6–0 | 4–0 (H) | 2–0 (A) |
Match
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Details
[edit]| Benfica | 5–3 | Real Madrid |
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        Benfica | Real Madrid |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Although Santamaría had amassed 20 caps for his native Uruguay from 1952 to 1957, he had been representing Spain in international play since 1958.[2]
- ^ Di Stéfano, a native Argentine, had represented both Argentina and Colombia earlier in his international career. He became a naturalised citizen of Spain in 1956, and began playing for the Spain national football team in 1957.[3][4]
- ^ Though more famous for representing his native Hungary in international play during the 1950s, Puskás became a naturalised a citizen of Spain in 1962.[5] He appeared in four matches for Spain during his time at Real Madrid and was named in Spain's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 129. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Alfredo di Stéfano: A god of the stadium | Inside UEFA". 7 July 2014.
- ^ "Football: Ferenc Puskas dies aged 79 after a long battle against pneumonia". TheGuardian.com. 17 November 2006.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Final of the 1961-1962 European Cup.
- 1961–62 season at the UEFA website
- European Cup History 1962
- Video highlights from official Pathé News archive
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