1962–63 European Cup

The 1962–63 European Cup was the eighth edition of the European Cup, an continental club tournament that was held across Europe. Thirty teams competed in the tournament which at the time was the biggest tournament in history. In the final, it was Milan who took out their third European Cup title defeating PSV Eindhoven 3-0 in the final.

Backround
The European Cup is a club competition that was form for the 1955-56 season. It was during that season where the format of a knockout competition between clubs was born with the league winners of each nation being sent to compete in the competition.

Thirty teams were entered into the tournament with it being one of the biggest tournaments to date. The defending champion was Wolverhampton Wanderers who were joined by the champions of Great Britain in Tottenham Hotspur.

Preliminary Round

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1Real Madrid beat RSC Anderlecht 2–0 in a play–off to qualify for the first round.

First Round

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1 Lausanne-Sport beat Ferencvárosi 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Quarters-finals

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Second leg
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate

Dinamo Tbilisi won 3–1 on aggregate

PSV Eindhoven won 3–2 on aggregate

Norrköping won 3–1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

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Second leg
Milan won 3–2 on aggregate

PSV Eindhoven won 5–1 on aggregate

Topscorers
14 goals
 * 🇮🇹 José Altafini (Milan)

6 goals
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Barison (Milan)

5 goals
 * Vladimir Barkaia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
 * 🇬🇧 Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
 * Pierre Kerkhoffs (PSV Eindhoven)

4 goals
 * 🇸🇪 Harry Bild (IFK Norrköping)
 * Slava Metrevili (Dinamo Tbilisi
 * 🇷🇴 Ion Pârcălab (Dinamo București)
 * Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid)
 * Piet van der Kuil (PSV Eindhoven)

3 goals


 * 🇭🇺 Máté Fenyvesi (Ferencvárosi)
 * 🇬🇧 Cliff Jones (Tottenham Hotspur)
 * 🇸🇪 Ove Kindvall (IFK Norrköping)
 * 🇬🇧 Bobby Smith (Tottenham Hotspur)