1962 European Cup Final

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.

1962 European Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1961–62 European Cup
Benfica Real Madrid
5 3
Date2 May 1962
VenueOlympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
RefereeLeo Horn (Netherlands)
Attendance61,257[1]

Ferenc Puskás became the first player to have scored 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
Benfica Round Real Madrid
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Prelim. round Vasas 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
The referees, and captains José Águas and Francisco Gento before kick-off

Details
Benfica 5–3  Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 61,257[1]
Benfica
Real Madrid
GK1 Costa Pereira
CB2 Mário João
CB3 Germano
CB4 Ângelo Martins
CM5 Domiciano Cavém
CM6 Fernando Cruz
AM10 Mário Coluna
RW7 José Augusto
SS8 Eusébio
LW11 António Simões
CF9 José Águas (c)
Manager:
 Béla Guttmann
GK1 José Araquistáin
CB2 Pedro Casado
CB5[lower-alpha 1] José Santamaría
CB3 Vicente Miera
CM4 Felo
CM6 Pachín
RW7 Justo Tejada
SS8 Luis del Sol
SS10[lower-alpha 2] Ferenc Puskás
LW11 Francisco Gento (c)
CF9[lower-alpha 3] Alfredo Di Stéfano
Manager:
 Miguel Muñoz

See also

Notes
  1. 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]
  2. Though more famous for representing his native Hungary in international play during the 1950s, Puskás became a naturalised a citizen of Spain in 1962.[3] He appeared in four matches for Spain during his time at Real Madrid and was listed on Spain's team at the 1962 World Cup.
  3. 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.[4][5]

References
  1. "UEFA Champions League – Statistics Handbook 2012/13" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. p. 129. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
  3. "Football: Ferenc Puskas dies aged 79 after a long battle against pneumonia". TheGuardian.com. 17 November 2006.
  4. "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". 5 September 2016.
  5. "Alfredo di Stéfano: A god of the stadium | Inside UEFA". 7 July 2014.
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