The 1961–62 European Cup was the seventh season of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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. The competition was won by Benfica for the second time in a row, beating Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

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 5–3 at the Olympisch Stadion

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 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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Preliminary round

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First leg

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Second leg

Austria Wien won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Nuremberg won 9–1 on aggregate.
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Servette won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Dukla Prague won 6–5 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 11–2 on aggregate.
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Tottenham Hotspur won 10–5 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Rangers won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Partizan won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Boldklubben 1913 won 15–2 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.

First round

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First leg

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Second leg

Nuremberg won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Dukla Prague won 5–4 on aggregate.
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Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 12–0 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Rangers won 6–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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¹ Real Madrid beat Juventus 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the semi-finals.

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Second leg

Benfica won 7–3 on aggregate.
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Tottenham Hotspur won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid 1–1 Juventus on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Second leg

Benfica won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 6–0 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1961-62 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Alfredo di Stéfano Alfredo Di Stéfano Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé, born into a family of Italian immigrants from Capri, is a former Argentinian footballer and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	7
	Bent Løfqvist Bent Løfqvist Bent Løfqvist-Hansen is a Danish former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Career:Løfqvist played club football in Denmark for B 1913 and OB, and in France for FC Metz...	Boldklubben 1913 Boldklubben 1913 Boldklubben 1913 is a Danish football club currently playing in Danmarksserien. They play at Odense Atletik Stadion in Odense on Funen, which has a capacity of 8,000....	7
	Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	7
	Heinz Strehl Heinz Strehl Heinz Strehl was a former German football player.A Bundesliga title-winner with 1. FC Nuremberg in 1968, Heinz Strehl was one of the proven goalscorers in West Germany in the 1960s and able to cap his West Germany debut against Yugoslavia on 30 September 1962, with a hat-trick in between the 23rd...	Nuremberg	7
	Justo Tejada Justo Tejada Justo Tejada Martínez is a former Spanish footballer. He was capped by Spain 8 games scoring 4 goals.-International goals:-Honours:FC Barcelona*Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1955–58, 1958–60...	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	7
6	José Águas José Águas José Pinto de Carvalho Santos Águas was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker.He endured a lengthy professional spell with Benfica, never scoring less than 18 goals in his first division seasons.-Football career:...	Benfica	6
	Roger Claessen Roger Claessen Roger Claessen was a Belgian football player who finished as the top scorer of the Belgian League with 20 goals in 1968 while playing for Standard Liège. He played 17 times with the Belgian national team between 1961 and 1968...	Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....	6
	Bobby Smith	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	6
9	Eusébio Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM , commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans...	Benfica	5
	Rudolf Kučera	Dukla Prague	5
11	Rinus Bennaars Rinus Bennaars Rinus Bennaars is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a right midfielder.Bennaars started his career at the time that professional football in the Netherlands did not yet exist. On 25 November 1951, when playing for SV Dosko Bennaars played his first match for the Dutch national football...	Feyenoord	4
	Frans Bouwmeester Frans Bouwmeester Frans Bouwmeester is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a left winger and who is currently head scout at Feyenoord Rotterdam....	Feyenoord	4
	Luis del Sol Luis del Sol Luis del Sol Cascajares is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.He played in 112 La Liga games for Betis and Real Madrid combined, winning five major titles with the latter....	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	4
	Terry Dyson Terry Dyson Terry Dyson is a retired footballer.- Career:The winger joined Tottenham Hotspur from non-league Scarborough in 1955, and played for Spurs until 1965. He was a regular member of The Double winning side of 1960-61, and scored in the 1961 FA Cup Final against Leicester...	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	4
	Cliff Jones	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	4
	José Augusto	Benfica	4
	Giuliano Robbiani	Servette Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club, based in Geneva currently playing in the Swiss Super League. They were playing in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss football having been relegated from the Swiss Super League at the end of 2004/05 season...	4
18	Jozef Adamec Jozef Adamec Jozef Adamec is former Slovak football player and manager, one of the most famous Slovak football players of all time.He played mostly for Spartak Trnava...	Dukla Prague	3
	Jacques Fatton Jacques Fatton Jacques "Jacky" Fatton was a Swiss footballer.-Career:Fatton, who was born in Exincourt, France, was capped 53 times and scored 29 goals for the Switzerland national football team. He played in two FIFA World Cups, scoring twice in 1950 and once in 1954.During his club career, Fatton played for...	Servette Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club, based in Geneva currently playing in the Swiss Super League. They were playing in the Swiss Challenge League, the second highest tier of Swiss football having been relegated from the Swiss Super League at the end of 2004/05 season...	3
	Gustav Flachenecker	Nuremberg	3
	André Hess	AS Monaco	3
	Horst Kohle	Vorwärts Berlin FC Viktoria Frankfurt Frankfurter FC Viktoria is a German association football club based in Frankfurt , Brandenburg. The club was originally founded in East Germany as the army club SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig in 1951 in the city of Leipzig.- History :One of the characteristics of East German football after World War...	3
	Bruno Nicolè Bruno Nicolè Bruno Nicolè is a retired Italian professional football player.-Honours:* Serie A champion: 1957/58, 1959/60, 1960/61.* Coppa Italia winner: 1958/59, 1959/60, 1963/64.* Coppa delle Alpi winner: 1963.-External links:*...	Juventus	3
	Alex Scott	Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...	3
	Mosje Temming	Feyenoord	3

External links

• 1961–62 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation